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Mark Stenberg
3 years
I kid you not: My dad came home complaining of feeling sick, and our whole house immediately jumped into Covid protocol, fearing the worst. An hour later, the truth comes out: My dad had eaten a McDonald’s quarter-pounder for the first time in years.
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my editor: let's keep the word count to around 800 me: no problem also me: "Since the dawn of time, mankind has strived for a sense of purpose ... "
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New: Jezebel is coming back. The independent publisher Paste Magazine has acquired the feminist title from G/O Media in an all-cash deal. “We want the world to know that Jezebel is not dead,” said Paste EIC Josh Jackson. For @Adweek :
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*committing a serious crime* “thats leo season, baby!!!”
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@whnt This exchange lmao
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3 years
using a group text to ask one specific person a question because texting them would be too intimate
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Hi all, some personal news: This is my first week at @Adweek , where I’ll be covering the media industry! I loved everything about @BusinessInsider , but I couldn’t be more excited about this new opportunity. Please reach out with tips and scoops at mark.stenberg @adweek .com !
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BREAKING: The entire staff of Mel Magazine was laid off this afternoon. The news comes exactly one year after its new ownership, Recurrent Ventures, acquired the publication. Staff were notified in a Google Hangout that cut off mid-meeting. For @Adweek :
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3 years
i am nervous that key parts of my writing process –– photographing my dog, lying on bed, taking multiple showers –– might be difficult to replicate in an office environment
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3 years
it is a sign of how broken my brain is that i read this as “Starving for a RT”
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4 years
Using @fanhouseapp , creators are putting their selfies and jokes behind a paywall and making thousands in subscriptions. "That's the appeal of FanHouse," said @jasminericegirl . "You get to monetize being yourself." My latest for @businessinsider :
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SCOOP: Paper Magazine, which published the famous "Break the Internet" photoshoot with Kim Kardashian in 2014, laid off its entire staff this afternoon. The cuts come amidst a grim series of layoffs sweeping the industry. For @Adweek :
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3 years
moving to New York today! if you live in Brooklyn and are willing to give me a celebrity-based tour of the city, hit me up!
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SCOOP: The fashion publisher Coveteur is shuttering and laid off its staff today. The decision comes just months after the title announced a brand refresh and hired Jenna Lyons as its EIC. For @Adweek :
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3 years
Monday vibrations
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2 years
Terrible morning here at Adweek, as the company has laid off at least eight of my brilliant colleagues. It's one thing to report on these things and another thing entirely to see their impact on your friends, their families and their futures. Incredibly frustrated for them.
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4 years
NEW(ish) JOB, NEW BOOTS: i’m happy to report that my @businessinsider fellowship has turned into a @businessinsider staff position! so excited to continue working with a team i love, now while wearing these
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2 years
BREAKING: BuzzFeed News EIC Mark Schoofs has shared internally that the outlet will be downsizing through voluntary buy-outs. BF News lost less money in 2021 than 2020, and Samantha Henig will temporarily replace Schoofs. BuzzFeed has its first earnings call this morning.
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3 years
broth is just meat tea and i won’t be silent about this
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5 months
Scoop: Google is paying independent publishers to test a suite of unreleased gen AI tools. Publishers in the private program are expected to produce 3 articles a day using the platform. There is no requirement that the content be labeled. For @Adweek :
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2 years
BREAKING: The digital media company BDG is closing down its tech title, Input, by the end of the day. It is also laying off at least 19 staff across Mic and Input, with the majority of the cuts affecting Mic. For @Adweek :
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3 years
there should be a scholarship program for moderately smart people called a Halfbright
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4 years
Personal news time: I am happy to announce that I will be starting a six-month fellowship with @businessinsider next week, where I will be covering entrepreneurship, startups and small business. If you have any story tips or juicy secrets, my DMs are, as they say, "open."
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New: Time dropped its paywall last June, making it one of only three of publishers to do so. The decision serves as a rare case study, revealing what happens to revenue, readership and audience behavior when a publisher walks back a paywall. For @ADWEEK :
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3 years
i loved this @NiemanLab piece from @RoyPeterClark making the case for why Darnella Frazier, who filmed George Floyd’s murder by police, should win a Pulitzer Prize
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2 years
Left the office today and intentionally went the wrong way to avoid walking to the train with a coworker I barely know, only to circle the block and discover they had done the same to avoid me. This is the kind of priceless social interaction you don’t get working from home.
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3 years
Who knew writing one article about NFTs six months ago would be the worst thing I could have done to my inbox
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3 years
Ozy once pitched me a story about it having 25 million newsletter subscribers — an astonishing number — but demurred for weeks when asked for evidence. Eventually, I was told it was “going with another outlet,” but that story never materialized …
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@thelicoricekid @The_SummerMan Frasier: “Niles, guess what thriving Seattle night spot is closing its doors!” Niles: “Roz, you're moving!”
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1 year
Help I’m at the Puck party and everyone is saying “imbroglio” and “defenestration”
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SCOOP: Newly disclosed documents reveal that Vice raised over $1.3 billion in financing since 2017—often to compensate for a cash deficit. The company, which generated $258 million in 2022, is now unable to pay severance to laid-off staff. For @Adweek :
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1 year
I have a question: Why are (almost) all the layoffs across tech and media roughly the same percentage (7% - 12%) of total headcount? Genuinely curious!
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3 years
i am worried my Twitter presence will grow less engaging now that i am enjoying my life again
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4 years
"And I couldn't help but wonder: Could my personal brand and audience reach make me a good candidate for a solo Substack?"
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1 year
Big internal news at Adweek: CEO and CCO Juliette Morris and Ann Marinovich, respectively, have left the company effective immediately. Will Lee, most recently the COO of NPR, will begin his tenure as the new CEO of Adweek beginning Aug. 14.
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1 year
Not to be a total Virgo, but I have a sinking suspicion that AI is going to come for the horoscope writers first
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3 years
i got the jab while someone side-swiped my car in the parking lot! everything in balance 😌😌😌
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3 years
Today is my birthday! What an insane year it has been ❤️
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3 years
The publishing platform @Ghost , an open-source non-profit whose structure prevents it from being sold or owned, has doubled its annual revenue. Newsletter creators have flocked to the platform in recent months, thanks to it philosophy and flat pricing.
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2 years
It's just a matter of time before I confuse The Atlantic and The Athletic in some serious way that irrevocably torpedoes my career
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3 years
New: the @thisisinsider journalists have formed a union. One of their graphics includes the word "impact," potentially a tongue-in-cheek reference to the publication's use of "impact points"
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SCOOP: An OpenAI pitch deck obtained by ADWEEK reveals the details of its Preferred Publisher Program. The AI firm has courted publishers, like Dotdash Meredith, to partner by promising payment and greater visibility in search results. For @ADWEEK :
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3 years
if you work at the New Yorker, do you have to follow the style guide even when sending emails? someone wrote "twenty per cent" in an exchange, and i just want them to know they can drop the mask with me, no one is watching
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3 years
from now on referring to my birthday as “the beginning of my origin story”
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3 years
being in a relationship is just Venmoing the same $30 back and forth until one of you dies
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6 months
Scoop: Bustle Digital Group quietly cleared house at another one of its editorial titles, Fatherly, on Friday. BDG laid off its entire editorial staff, making Fatherly the fourth title to be closed or cleaned out in the last two years. For @ADWEEK :
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4 years
vaccine shot no. 1 has the chip in it, and vaccine shot no. 2 has the dip in it
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3 years
*meeting new coworkers in 2021* "It's so nice to finally put a videoconference face to a Slack name!"
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3 years
The sports media company @togethxr , founded by @alexmorgan13 , @S10Bird , @swimone and @ChloeKim , has unveiled a slate of new Olympic programming. The young brand has already booked double its annual revenue goal, said @jesscribe . My latest for @Adweek :
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3 years
girlfriend just called a newborn a “raw baby”
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3 years
in this week's Medialyte, i spoke with media reporter and scoop savant @maxwelltani ! we talked about impact points, the woes of the industry, and how independent publishing has made media interesting again
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4 years
male culture in texas means moisturizing your boots but not your face
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4 years
if i sneeze and you don't say "bless you," i know this makes no sense, but i'm going to have to assume that you hate me
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3 years
achieving inbox zero by being an insufferable person to email
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3 years
woah crazy new mental health diagnosis just dropped
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3 years
WSJ food section choosing violence this morning
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4 months
Inbox: Some good news — The Atlantic has topped 1 million total subscribers and is profitable. Full release with more info below:
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3 years
my most toxic trait is that i actually love hearing my voice on recordings, sorry!!
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3 years
one thing i am learning about living in New York is that you can basically only get one thing done per day
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2 years
Consistently the hardest part of reporting on advertising is remembering that OOH is an acronym and not an expression of excitement
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3 years
Spotify has unveiled a new ad technology that will give podcast ads a clickable component that lives for up to seven days in the app. Gone, potentially, are the days of having to remember unique coupon codes and vanity URLs. My latest for @Adweek :
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2 years
Morning Brew brought in $36 million in revenue in 1H 2022, thanks to its growing newsletter roster: It launched its 10th, CFO Brew, on Monday. The publisher, which netted $46 million in revenue in 2021, is on pace to grow that figure by 66%. For @Adweek :
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3 years
i have already spent all the money i saved during quarantine
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3 years
optometrists will charge you $450 for the ability to see, then slip you a free 2oz. bottle of contact solution and act like they’re hooking you up
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2 years
Interesting case study on how The Washington Post added 1.2 million Instagram followers in the past 12 months. In short: The era of vertical video has arrived. For @Adweek :
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publishers brainstorming new ways to generate revenue
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The paywall of every digital newspaper and magazine, just minutes after I logged in on another device
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3 years
dm'ing someone i barely knew from high school "why didn't you invite me to your wedding?" just to feel something
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4 years
is this your king?
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Jon Ossoff
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@pitchforkmedia Looking forward to your writeup of the new @imaginedragons album
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3 years
With just one typo, you too can transform your bland email signature into a cool-as-hell sign-off
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4 years
I graduate from @MedillSchool today, and I'm a mess of emotions. What a weird way for it to end. But what a unique moment in history to be a part of. I'm excited to take what I've learned and help make the media industry a more equitable, sustainable place. #NU2020
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me in my flop era
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Something I have learned recently is that if you are a guy with an Instagram and a girlfriend, you actually do not have an Instagram. Your girlfriend just has two Instagrams.
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3 years
got my second vaccination the day the Gates announced their split, so i don’t know who gets me in the divorce
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4 years
my mom, who has been working 6 days a week since March to slow the spread in Washington, just got her first vaccine shot! add this to the list of things you love to see
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4 years
I spoke with @gabemschneider , a @MinnPost reporter and cofounder of @ObjectiveJrn , about non-profit newsrooms, objectivity, and the future of journalism –– one of my favorite interviews, by far!
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4 years
. @PunchbowlNews news has been live for all of three days and they're already covering the story of a lifetime, from inside the Capitol
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3 years
the movement to replace "biweekly" with "fortnightly" begins here
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This should be required reading for all Texans! It takes just three chapters (and wait till the Santa Anna parts!) before you begin to realize how much was omitted in all those Texas History classes Great writing, @BryanBurrough , @cltomlinson and @JasStanford !
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Entrepreneurs run a higher-than-average risk of mental illness and depression. For @businessinsider , I collected advice from founders who have spoken out about their mental health journeys to see how they cope.
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3 years
what the GameStop thing really underscores is how simple it would be to take a few billion dollars from people who would hardly notice and give it to people whose lives it would drastically improve
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SCOOP: In an all-hands meeting yesterday, BuzzFeed unveiled a companywide strategic shift. In response to changes in social reach, it will now sell and operate by brand rather than network. Publisher Dao Nguyen is also stepping down. For @Adweek :
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7 years
Joe's Volcano: Take me to... San Antonians: The Volcano!!!
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I wrote about @OnlyFans sex-work entrepreneurs for @businessinsider , exploring how creators use social media creatively to build massive audiences (without breaking content guidelines!) and then funneling those audiences back to their OF accounts
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3 years
me Friday night and then @jacobwgallagher in the @WSJ Saturday morning i am always 12 hours ahead
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Scoop: Amazon is planning to sunset its Freevee app in the coming weeks, part of a broader effort to focus its advertising and product resources on Prime Video. Prime Video will then have three tiers, with Freevee acting as its FAST service. For @ADWEEK :
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The @Axios Local program is off to a strong start. Just four months in, it has: ➡️Announced plans to expand from 6 to 14 cities ➡️Accrued 350,000 subscribers ➡️ Projected between $4 - $5 million in annual revenue My latest for @Adweek :
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3 years
This sign in the @Adweek elevator gives me big “i have girlfriend she just goes to a different high school” energy
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4 years
ordering a Cameo video from a famous source so they have to give me a quote? that's called journalism, baby
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3 years
almost a year ago exactly i published my first Medialyte on Substack, so it feels full-circle that today i am deleting my Substack account! i've migrated all my old writing to my new Ghost-hosted website, so please feel free to follow along there 😇
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how it feels to check your phone every morning when you live on the West Coast
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Elon thinks he has just invented micropayments — this man is just repeating, at breakneck speed, every mistake ever made by a social platform in the last decade
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Rolling out next month, this platform will allow media publishers to charge users on a per article basis with one click. This enables users who would not sign up for a monthly subscription to pay a higher per article price for when they want to read an occasional article.
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my dad’s latest thing is complaining that “food isn’t served hot anymore,” so whenever he cooks something i just say, “nice, dad — and super hot!” and he just beams with pride
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4 years
what if we ... touch bases regarding your email 😩😩... aha ha, or we could circle back to this later 😳😳 unless..?
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2 years
NEW: Outside Inc. laid off between 85 - 90 staff Friday. It will also eliminate three titles and reduce its print cadence. The cuts represent 15% of its workforce and come as the publisher aims to trim costs, transition to digital and focus on video.
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3 years
I regret to inform y'all that I am becoming very interested in ad-tech
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one of the great tragedies of working from home is that there is no one to see you when you are having a great hair day
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@dlicj "Taking the weekend off this weekend, boss."
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2 years
New: The tongue-in-cheek feminist publisher Reductress has been acquired by Phenomenal Media, the multimedia enterprise created by Meena Harris. Both parties characterize the deal as a partnership, one aimed at growing the Reductress brand. For @Adweek :
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very fucked up that "biweekly" can mean twice a week or every other week — what is the point of a word whose meaning is unclear literally every time it's used?
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