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“The screen experience is so reductionist,” Casimiro said. “It just flattens the world, so that a Pulitzer Prize-winning story feels the same as spam. Some things deserve better.”
John Branch • In a Digital Age, High-End Outdoors Magazines Are Thriving in Print
The New York Times will triumph financially, dramatically so, and utterly fail as an intellectual institution, at least by its former standards. The editorial branding will be august pronouncements about ‘the paper of record’, but the business model is pure Netflix: All The News Fit To Binge.
Antonio Garcia Martinez • Twilight of the Media Elites
Natalie loved her job. Sam had never once been cruel or abusive or even flirty. Just the opposite: she felt protected by him from the abuse of others. He’d occasionally surprise her with some kindness—for example, after he’d met privately with President Clinton, and asked him what the United States might do if China invaded Taiwan. Whatever Clinton
... See moreMichael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
beautiful, unexpected relief.
Curtis Sittenfeld • Romantic Comedy: The bestselling Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick by the author of RODHAM and AMERICAN WIFE
- PUBLISH YOUR PROGRESS
Elizabeth Segran • fastcompany.com
Times are changing for writers. There’s been a recent wave who’ve stopped contributing to outlets and moved to newsletters like this, such as myself. To give some insight into what’s happening, the following is a postmortem of my decade-long career writing nonfiction for well-known media outlets like The Atlantic or The Daily Beast.
Erik Hoel • Writing for outlets isn't worth it anymore
Freddie deBoer | Substack
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