News: the ultimate ‘3-comma-club’It is perhaps in the nature of the beast that the news industry is so given to self examination. But what I find curious about this…Dec 11, 2020Dec 11, 2020
What’s wrong with the news?News has a lot of problems. But there’s one that’s bigger than all the rest combined.Dec 4, 2020Dec 4, 2020
Published inSpot ProtocolAnnouncing Spot — building the future news economy.Fake news is an enormous problem facing both society and media companies. It is a problem that, despite many efforts, no one has yet…Jun 6, 20181Jun 6, 20181
Published inSpot ProtocolIf the deck is stacked, change the rulesIn the last few posts we’ve talked about the underlying drivers of fake news and why it is inexorably linked to the publisher economics…May 24, 2018May 24, 2018
Published inSpot ProtocolIs this point an inflection point?Although the consumption of news has become free, the task of creating it has not. Journalism is, and will continue to be, a paid…May 11, 2018May 11, 2018
Published inSpot ProtocolA 24-carrot solutionOne of the best lectures in my undergrad course was on the history of financial regulation (and its circumvention) in the US banking…May 1, 2018May 1, 2018
Published inSpot ProtocolThe coming mis-regulation of dataThis whole Cambridge Analytica situation is going to get worse. A LOT worse. And it’s not going to happen because of a lack of regulation —…Mar 23, 2018Mar 23, 2018
The pipeline and funnel reportFive years ago I was part of the team at Fairfax Media that set up online subscriptions for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. As part…Aug 24, 2017Aug 24, 2017
Republicans voice disdain after Trumps tweets support for Julian Assangecourtesy of theguardian.comJan 10, 2017Jan 10, 2017
