While living has gotten costlier, prices for US events on @residentadvisor have not, cutting against the narrative that the club is merely the latest asset under management. components.news/there-is-infla…
This is really good, a data heavy essay on substack and recentering money as the basis for allocating value
components.news/the-desire-dis…
Components is always really good. Their bandcamp analysis was great.
Two very interesting ideas in media:
@asthompson long-tail success only happens when consumers pay for media with money rather than attention
@TaylorLorenz Livestreaming is the antidote to AI
What's old is new....
This is the best article on news media and social media I've read in a long time - with some very good news for the relatively few outlets taking the much harder path of building subscription businesses instead of attention businesses. components.news/the-desire-dis…
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