New Media’s Authenticity Problem

Prior to OpenAI acquiring TBPN for approximately $100 million, there had been something about the podcasts, newsletters, and livecasts comprising new media that wasn’t sitting right with me. It increasingly felt like some of the prevailing assumptions underpinning new media’s growth over the past decade had been a mirage. There is now a side to new media that once seen, can’t be unseen, and it’s…