Tag: business models

• A playbook for cultural hitmaking

  July 19, 2025

  Reading list https://open.substack.com/pub/andjelicaaa/p/the-cultural-hitmaking-playbook?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=oj2p5 more ›

• Come for the Network, Pay for the Tool

  July 16, 2025

  The uneasy Web 2.0 truce between social networks, legacy media, and brands is falling apart. Once it was held together by ad tech. But advertising spends keep going up, brand… more ›

• De-Extinction

  July 10, 2025

  Jumpstart nature’s ancestral heartbeat via genetics, revive Woolly Mammoth, advance biology and healing economies, enhance humanity. more ›

• JS: The iconic magazine which ‘invented’ the Indian teenager

  July 9, 2025

  When JS exploded onto the scene in February 1967, featuring The Beatles on its first cover, it quickly captured the zeitgeist of the urban youth of a nation grappling with… more ›

• Who Is Leo Radvinsky, the Mysterious Billionaire Behind OnlyFans

  July 1, 2025

  Leo Radvinsky is asking as much as $8 billion for the platform he popularized for sex workers and others producing explicit content, even as he personally avoids the spotlight https://www.wsj.com/business/media/only-fans-leonid-radvinsky-profile-706c914d?st=5jeDZg&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink more ›

• Going to an office and pretending to work: A business that’s booming in China

  June 11, 2025

  Many citizens who don’t want to explain their employment status pay to rent a position in a fake office, with some even assigning fictitious tasks and organizing supervisory rounds. For… more ›

• The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem

  March 22, 2025

  Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here. Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (Noa) using AI narration. Listen to more stories on the… more ›

• Tuning into Hate: Uncovering Risks associated with Far Right Music Festivals in France

  February 9, 2025

  Cookie settings We use cookies on our website to enhance your browsing experience, analyze site traffic, and personalize content. By clicking “Accept All,” you consent to the use of all… more ›

• Remittance startups ride Africa’s migration wave

  January 28, 2025

  Remittance startups have injected new competition into a market long dominated by US giants like Western Union and MoneyGram. https://www.semafor.com/article/01/27/2025/remittance-startups-ride-africas-migration-wave more ›

• The Secret Sauce of Chinese Social Media Apps

  January 27, 2025

  Addictive algorithms fuse social networking with shopping and entertainment. https://restofworld.org/2025/tiktok-algorithm-shopping-china/ more ›