Tag: digital media

• The chaos and confusion of itch.io and Steam’s abrupt adult game ban | The Verge

  October 14, 2025

  In response to pressure from its payment processors, itch.io had a broad swath of adult content on its platform targeted and removed. https://www.theverge.com/games/715299/itchio-games-delisting-payment-processor-paypal more ›

• Emily Witt · Do you feel like a failure? In the Manosphere

  September 4, 2025

  The manosphere is confusing, because it’s a place where one can find both benign advice about protein consumption and… https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n16/emily-witt/do-you-feel-like-a-failure?utm_campaign=3750239_20250903NewIssue&utm_medium=email&utm_source=LRB%20email&dm_i=7NIQ,28DPB,3GWB87,46O6R,1 more ›

• Maneuvering the Algorithm: How Chinese Women Are Hacking Censorship to Keep Female Voices Alive

  August 25, 2025

  Using innocuous comments, Chinese women are helping each other speak out and stay visible in a system that’s designed to silence them. https://open.substack.com/pub/pekingquack/p/maneuvering-the-algorithm-how-chinese?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=oj2p5 more ›

• Rolling Stone

  August 25, 2025

  Podcasts like ‘Serial,’ ‘The Shrink Next Door,’ and ‘Over My Dead Body’ were once a booming industry. But times — and budgets — have changed. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/narrative-podcasts-gone-serial-over-my-dead-body-1235409945/ more ›

• What’s a smut peddler to do these days?

  August 10, 2025

  In the aftermath of Steam and itch pulling thousands of pages of adult content, their creators are speaking about their experiences making a living selling smut. more ›

• The chaos and confusion of itch.io and Steam’s abrupt adult game ban | The Verge

  August 10, 2025

  In response to pressure from its payment processors, itch.io had a broad swath of adult content on its platform targeted and removed. https://www.theverge.com/games/715299/itchio-games-delisting-payment-processor-paypal more ›

• Trump Says He’s ‘Getting Rid of Woke’ and Dismisses Copyright Concerns in AI Policy Speech

  July 23, 2025

  The remarks, which came during a keynote speech at a summit hosted by the All-In Podcast, follow President Donald Trump’s newly released AI Action Plan. https://www.wired.com/story/president-trump-ai-action-plan-speech/ more ›

• Popular Podcasts Like Joe Rogan and Theo Von Are All Video Now. Who Is Watching?

  July 21, 2025

  An audio-only medium spawned a giant industry that is now largely focused on video. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/style/podcast-video-audience.html?unlocked_article_code=1.X08.zutZ.4HYijlURYFmh&smid=url-share more ›

• The Future of Food Media Is in Your Inbox

  July 12, 2025

  Indie newsletters are booming, and they’re home to some of the most exciting food writing today. https://tastecooking.com/the-future-of-food-media-is-in-your-inbox/?ref=PRH3A12FA32D2C7&linkid=PRH3A12FA32D2C7&cdi=6A02E1A469B9E83496B39F14973E085A&template_id=19177&aid=randohouseinc43265-20 more ›

• The new marketing war isn’t for clicks – it’s for memory

  July 12, 2025

  Everything is now opaque. Here’s why marketers must shift from chasing visibility to shaping the signals models remember and infer from. https://searchengineland.com/new-marketing-war-memory-458326 more ›