Note that I launched The Mediator in December 2023. All the posts dated prior to that were originally published on Medium.
About Me
I’ve been in and around the media business for nearly three decades, as an analyst, operator, strategist and advisor. So, I understand the perspective of investors trying to generate returns and operators dealing with the day-to-day challenges of running a business.
For more about me, see here.
I write The Mediator as a structured form of learning and to get closer to the “frontier” of what is happening in the media business. I love the dynamism of media and have a deep respect for the role it plays in society.
For more about why I write The Mediator, the underlying philosophy and what I hope you get out of it, see here.
What’s The Mediator?
The Mediator is (mostly) about the long term structural changes in the media industry and the business and societal implications of those shifts. I write it as a structured form of learning and to generate feedback.
To get a sense of my writing, here are some of my most popular posts:
Here is a 4-part series I posted in early 2024 about the tectonic trends (fragmentation, disintermediation, concentration and virtualization) that will determine the flow of value along the media value chain in coming years:
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Prior to December 2023, I published my posts on Medium. In the grand tradition of windowing in media, from December 2023 forward, I will publish first on Substack. They will be posted one week later on Medium.
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As mentioned above, one of my goals is to generate feedback. Writing is great for structuring thoughts and realizing how much you don’t know. But I believe that only through a dialog with other engaged people can we collectively become smarter.
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