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“My Prerogative.”
John Seabrook • The Song Machine: How to Make a Hit
When pressed, all of them would admit that in the race between the omnivorous web and their burgeoning technology, the web was winning
Steven Levy • In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
“Under algorithmic feeds, the popular becomes more popular, and the obscure becomes even less visible. Success or failure is accelerated.” — Kyle Chayka, Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture
Gaby Goldberg • Making the Internet Alive Again
human tastemakers,
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
Second, I’m reflecting on a point former Netscape CEO Jim Barksdale famously made in 1995: “There are only two ways to make money in business: bundling and unbundling.” I think we’re burnt out by the fragmentation that the D2C era brought to everything. After subscribing to tons of hyper-niche content over the years, the idea of a couple brands we ... See more
Michelle Rose Joseph • No. 13 — Reclaiming Discovery From the Algorithms
Staff picks: Art books, new new media, and why you don't need a smartphone
Yancey Strickleropen.substack.com
word we often use for the people who sort and select the culture that we consume. Booksellers are tastemakers, but so are librarians who recommend titles for their patrons, professional buyers for lifestyle boutiques, radio-station DJs, movie booking agents who advocate on behalf of films to theaters nationwide, and concert programmers who book ban
... See moreKyle Chayka • Filterworld
Digital platforms are largely devoted to making users consume more, faster—think of TikTok’s frenetic “For You” feed or Spotify’s automated playlists. Curators slow down the unending scroll and provide their followers with a way of savoring culture, rather than just inhaling it, developing a sense of appreciation.
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