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People vs Algorithms

Troy Young, Brian Morrissey, Alex Schleifer

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Frequency: 1 episode/7d. Total Eps: 197

Uncovering patterns of change in media, culture, and technology, each week media veterans Brian Morrissey, Alex Schleifer and Troy Young break down stuff that matters. Get our newsletters: https://www.peoplevsalgorithms.com/ https://www.therebooting.com/

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AI Optimism in Cannes

Season 3 · Episode 139

Friday, June 20, 2025 • Duration 45:31

We take a mostly optimistic view of publishing in the AI era, even if Neil allows that search traffic will inexorably trend to zero. Plus: A path to publisher leverage against AI companies.

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Chapters:

* 00:00 PvA Live @ Cannes

* 01:00 Welcome to PvA @ Cannes

* 02:16 Sustainable Media Ecosystem Of The Future

* 08:54 Changes in Advertising

* 18:11 Google's Reaction

* 22:01 AI Media Deals

* 35:38 Consolidation of Publishers

* 40:09 Q&A

* 44:36 Outro

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Liquid Courage

Friday, June 13, 2025 • Duration 01:04:26

Alex reviews the “liquid” interface and wonders if anyone at Cupertino actually used the beta outdoors.

Plus: a spirited defense of Zaslav as the media's embattled savior, fighting for the spoils of the operator class; the sad saga of the link economy and why publishers are stuck tolling bots for pennies.

Also: the gloriousness of popcorn and Coke, Peter Kafka as Good Product, and renewed appreciation for the Denver airport.

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Chapters:

* 00:00 Open

* 00:45 Welcome

* 08:14 In this episode

* 14:38 Liquid Glass

* 28:33 Sad State Of The Media Economy

* 39:34 AB Tags In

* 45:18 Death Of The Link Economy

* 48:54 AI Toll

* 59:12 Good Product

* 01:03:27 Outro

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Loro Piana Populism

Friday, April 11, 2025 • Duration 01:14:49

The tariff wars kicked off and confirmed that we are in a post-expertise era where your bona fides matter less than your confidence. Plus: celebrating GDPR’s impending demise. what to do with Vanity Fair, and Shopify’s AI manifesto.

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NYT vs CNN

Wednesday, June 14, 2023 • Duration 43:36

The old levers of the media business aren't working. This is a time of existential change in many parts of the media business. This week, Troy and Brian consider the divergent paths taken by The New York Times and CNN. The times has successfully reoriented its business to the DTC lane, after a near-death experience during the Financial Crisis. CNN, on the other hand, never faced such dire straits. Thanks to the insulation of the cable model, with carriage fees paid no matter the rating, CNN could put off such profound shifts. But as the old saying goes, if you're uncomfortable with change, you're going to like irrelevance even less. CNN is still a cash generator, producing a reported $750 million in profits last year, but the cable model that underpins its business is crumbling. What path should it take?

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Enter the Face Computer

Wednesday, June 7, 2023 • Duration 58:24

Apple has unveiled its long-anticipated entree into mixed reality, with the announcement of a headset that will be available starting next year. We discuss whether the Vision Pro stands a chance as a mass consumer product, along with the outlook for CNN as its revamp devolves into chaos.

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The End of Ads and The Last Impression

Thursday, June 1, 2023 • Duration 54:14

Ads are like cockroaches. You might not like them, but they always find a way to survive and multiply. But without a doubt, the ad industry is facing momentous challenges, not just from short term economic pressures, but the possibility of structural collapse from the shifts driven by AI.

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Advertising Is Bugs

Thursday, May 25, 2023 • Duration 57:45

This week, Troy, Alex and I discuss a variety of topics, ranging from Alex’s beef with advertising, whether gaming will ever be fully mainstream, the potential collapse of the cable bundle without sports programming, and how AI could enable super-empowered individuals. Also, Troy reports back with curios from a trip to Tim Horton's.

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The Deterioration of Webpages

Wednesday, May 17, 2023 • Duration 01:00:07

The pageview has long been the atomic unit of the internet. The business of digital publishing has revolved around it. But in a world of chatbots bringing information directly to people, the power of the page is set to decline as fewer people need to bounce from website to website, instead getting their information “directly to the vein.” This week, Troy, Alex and Brian discuss how the biggest change to search in a generation will drastically change the digital media business.

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Ambient Media

Wednesday, May 10, 2023 • Duration 51:21

The battle for engagement has long been a losing battle. The arrival of AI, and the prospect of limitless synthetic content, means media companies on the hunt for engagement are bringing a butter knife to a gun fight. Perhaps it’s time to consider ambient media, the humbler request for people’s partial attention but done in such a way as to establish durable human connection.

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The New Interface

Wednesday, May 3, 2023 • Duration 47:11

The commanding heights of the digital economy are control of the interface. It’s the interface through which the vast expanses of the tangle of data that makes up the digital economy are accessible. Think of the most powerful digital businesses and they are, in essence, interface businesses. Google is the interface for accessing information. Facebook is a social interface. TikTok is an entertainment interface. This week, Troy, Alex and Brian discuss how AI is already changing the interface for accessing information and implication that has for the media business and the digital economy as a whole.

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