Shows
Media JungleEP23: Companies Need Soul (w/ Rishad Tobaccowala)Subscribe to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and everywhere you listen to podcasts (if you like the show, leave us a review!). Not much time? Watch short clips on TikTok, Instagram, and Youtube.Greetings from the Media Jungle! This week we have:Rishad Tobaccowala (@rishad): a speaker, teacher, and advisor with over four decades of experience specializing in helping media companies re-work their strategies to remain relevant. He’s the author of Restoring the Soul of Business: Staying Human in the Age of Data, and writes for The Future Does Not Fit In The Containers Of...2022-09-0734 min
Media JungleEP22: Tech's Guinea Pig (w/ Tim Burrowes)Subscribe to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and everywhere you listen to podcasts (if you like the show, leave us a review!). Not much time? Watch short clips on TikTok, Instagram, and Youtube.Welcome back to the Media Jungle!This week we have:Tim Burrowes (@timburrowes), author of Unmade: Australian Media's Most Disruptive Decade, and founder of Mumbrella, a leading publication for media and marketing for the land down under. You can find him now at his Substack, Unmade.media.On today’s episode, we cover:How tech giants ex...2022-08-2424 min
Media JungleEP21: News Fatigue (w/ Mark Stenberg)Subscribe to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and everywhere you listen to podcasts (if you like the show, leave us a review!). Not much time? Watch short clips on TikTok, Instagram, and Youtube.Greetings from the Media Jungle! Quick programming note: we’ll be taking off a coupla’ weeks for the summer, so look out for new episodes in August!This week we have:Mark Stenberg (@MarkStenberg3), Senior Media Reporter at Adweek. He’s the creator of Medialyte, a Substack newsletter that explores the innovators, innovations, and reasons for optimism in the me...2022-07-2025 min
Media JungleEP20: Opinions Go Viral (w/ Joshua Darr)Subscribe to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and everywhere you listen to podcasts (if you like the show, leave us a review!). Not much time? Watch short clips on TikTok, Instagram, and Youtube.Greetings from the Media Jungle! This week we have:Joshua Darr (@joshuadarr), an Assistant Dean for Political Communications at Louisiana State University and author of Home Style Opinion: How Local News Can Slow Polarization. Joshua is also a 2022 Andrew Carnegie Fellow.On today’s episode, we cover:The virality of opinionated journalismThe New York Times do...2022-07-1321 min
Media JungleEP19: Building $100M War Chest For Local NewsSubscribe to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and everywhere you listen to podcasts (if you like the show, leave us a review!). Not much time? Watch short clips on TikTok, Instagram, and Youtube.Greetings from the Media Jungle! Welcome to new subscribers from NBCUniversal, Columbia Journalism Report, Twitter, Kinzen, VICE Media, and more.This week he have: Sarabeth Berman (@SarabethBerman): CEO of the American Journalism Project (@JournalismProj), the first venture philanthropy dedicated to local news. She was the Global Head of Public Affairs at Teach For All, a network of social enterprises in...2022-07-0631 min
Media JungleEP18: Creator Economy Financial Trader Platform - Entrepreneur FocusSubscribe to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and everywhere you listen to podcasts (if you like the show, leave us a review!). Not much time? Watch short clips on TikTok, Instagram, and Youtube.Greetings from the Media Jungle! Welcome to new subscribers from Reuters Foundation, LSU, TikTok, and more. Simply reply to this email with thoughts or feedback!This week we kick off a segment where we focus on an entrepreneur in the creator economy space. Today we speak with:Tobias Heaslip (@tradingtv): Founder and CEO of Trading.TV, a livestream platform built...2022-06-2926 min
Media JungleEP17: Will Facebook & Google Pay For Content In US?Subscribe to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and everywhere you listen to podcasts (if you like the show, leave us a review!). Not much time? Watch short clips on TikTok, Instagram, and Youtube.Greetings from the Media Jungle! Welcome to new subscribers from Columbia Journalism Review, Vice Media, ViacomCBS, and more.This week he have:Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin): A professor at Columbia Journalism School and contributor to Columbia Journalism Review and former managing editor for both The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News.In today’s episode, we cover:Au...2022-06-2220 min
Media JungleEP16: Harvard Law School Fmr Dean on Policies To Save JournalismSubscribe to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and everywhere you listen to podcasts (if you like the show, leave us a review!). Not much time? Watch short clips on TikTok, Instagram, and Youtube.Greetings from the Media Jungle! Welcome to new subscribers from United Nations, Medill School of Journalism, CNN and more. Quick survey: do you find the transcripts of episodes below helpful? What types of interviewees do you like most? Simply respond to the email… thanks for your support!This week he have:Martha Minow: A professor and former Dean of...2022-06-1526 min
Media JungleEp. 15: Trusting the News, Division in Journalism, David Carr's Self-cleaning OvenSubscribe to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and everywhere you listen to podcasts (if you like the show, leave us a review!). Not much time? Watch short clips on TikTok, Instagram, and Youtube.Welcome back to Media Jungle! Welcome to new subscribers from Report for America, the Rebuild Local News Coalition, Twitter, the LA Times, The Defiant and more. Simply respond to this email with any feedback…This week he have:Jeffrey Dvorkin (@jdvorkin): Author of “Trusting the News in a Digital Age: Toward a ‘New’ News Literacy.” Jeffrey is a senior fellow at Massey...2022-06-0826 min
Media JungleEP14: Local News Matters, Pink Slime WebsitesSubscribe to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and everywhere you listen to podcasts (if you like the show, leave us a review!). Not much time? Watch short clips on TikTok, Instagram, and Youtube.Welcome back to Media Jungle! We want to give a special welcome to new subscribers from Twitter, The Defiant, LA Times, Washington Square Films, and more. Simply respond to this email if you have any feedback…We have a great episode this week with:Steve Waldman (@stevenwaldman) : Co-founder and President of Report for America and the Save Local News Coalition.2022-06-0127 min
Media JungleEP13: Fighting Misinformation with Machine LearningSubscribe to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and everywhere you listen to podcasts (if you like the show, leave us a review!). Not much time? Watch short clips on TikTok, Instagram, and Youtube.Welcome back to Media Jungle! Welcome to new subscribers from Twitter, The Defiant, LA Times, Washington Square Films, and more. Simply respond to this email with any feedback… We have a great episode this week with:Mark Little (@Marklittlenews): Co-founder and CEO of Kinzen, and founder of Storyful. He’s also worked as a VP at Twitter and a foreign corr...2022-05-2518 min
Media JungleEP12: Building A Crypto Media Company, DeFi ExplainedSubscribe to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and everywhere you listen to podcasts (if you like the show, leave us a review!). Not much time? Watch short clips on TikTok, Instagram, and Youtube.Welcome to new subscribers from Committee To Protect Journalists, CNN, Vox, Harvard University, Bloomberg Media, Oneof.com, Report for America, and more. Simply reply to this email with feedback or comments!Also, the best way people discover this newsletter is through a friend or colleague. Please consider sharing Media Jungle with someone interesting in learning about how the media industry works, and...2022-05-1837 min
Media JungleInfodemic: How Censorship, Lies Made The World Sicker and Less FreeSubscribe to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and everywhere you listen to podcasts (if you like the show, leave us a review!). Not much time? Watch short clips on TikTok, Instagram, and Youtube.Welcome back to a new season, and new look ;) for Media Jungle! In this season we’re changing up the format a little to go deeper into the state of the news industry, the future of media, and focus on new media businesses that are changing the game. As always, would love to hear from you… Simply respond to this email with your...2022-05-1129 min
Media JungleJoe Rogan Politics, Crypto Takes Over Marketing, Hackers Steal NFTsSubscribe to Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, Stitcher (if you like the show, please help us by leaving a review!)Welcome to new subscribers from Valuetainment, Radical Media, Coinfund, Ethernity, CBS News, Harvard’s Neiman Labs and more. I truly appreciate your support. If you’ve been enjoying the content we are creating, please forward this on to a friend or colleague! A little housecleaning: You can also help improve our deliverability to help us grow by — simply pressing reply and sending an email response here and/or move this email to “primary” if you use Gm...2022-02-0223 min
Media JungleMicrosoft Metaverse, Twitter's NFT Profiles & NetflixSubscribe to Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, Stitcher (if you like the show, please help us by leaving a review!)Welcome to new subscribers from Billboard, Oneof.com, Bloomberg’s Quicktake, Reuters Foundation, IHeartRadio and more. I'd love to know what you think about the podcast.Also, if you have any feedback, comments, or ideas, just respond to this email! In this episode we learn about the practical implications of the boom in in NFT & Metaverse investments, the role social media platforms will play in Web3, and discuss video streaming subscription fatigue. I’m jo...2022-01-2735 min
Media JungleKim Kardashian & Mayweather Sued In Crypto Scheme?? Also, Social Media Tips from Tech GuruSubscribe to Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, Stitcher (if you like the show, please help us by leaving a review!)Welcome to new subscribers from VICE, The London School of Economics, Nacci.io, Lab Miami, Pond5, Ethernity and others . I'd love to know what you think about the podcast. Also, if you have any feedback, comments, or ideas, just respond to this email!We have an insightful and entertaining episode today, exploring the business behind the creator revolution and biggest news in digital media… I’m joined again with my panel of friends:...2022-01-2027 min
Media JungleMusic Looks DifferentSubscribe to Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, Stitcher (if you like the show, please help us by leaving a review!) Happy January! Do you like music? In this episode, we dive into the business behind the fascinating innovations happening in the music industry… I’m joined again with my panel of friends:Jesse Kirshbaum, CEO of Nue Agency and CMO of Dreamstage, Executive Producer of #CRWN hip hop podcast, and publisher of Beats and Bytes music business newsletter. Mosheh Oinounou, IMO the best news account on Instagram (@mosheh), and former exec...2022-01-1325 min
Media JungleDon't 'Follow Your Passion' - Career Tips For in 2022 - Holiday EditionHappy Holidays!In Episode 6 of our 1st season, we have a shorter holiday edition (15 mins) discussing strategies for moving up the ladder in the media business in 2022. We’ll take a week off but will be coming back Jan. 12 with a lot of new faces to unpack the business behind media and technology. I’m producing this for you, so let me know any topics you’d like me to cover (just reply to this email), or any interesting person you think I should have on. Or just press reply to say hi!ALSO, we’re...2021-12-2912 min
Media JungleEP5: Media Merger Faceoff, Podcasters Are Ballin', Sports Gambling Boom, Meta Sued for GenocideIn Episode 5 of our 1st season, we tackle the biggest media stories of the past week, and here are my key takeaways from the fascinating discussion:Cool digital media companies that focused on “millennials” (VICE, Vox, Buzzfeed, NowThis, Thrillist, etc) have gotten married with kids, looking to make a downpayment on a new house. It’s a CFO media story now, not the sexy one of the past 15 years. The new model for media looks more like what we saw last week with Pat McAfee and his $30M deal with Fanduel as gambling sites make it rain $...2021-12-1525 min
Media JungleEP4: Omicron Variant, Chris Cuomo Out, Dorsey Resigns, Saving Local JournalismIn Episode 4 of our 1st season, we spoke with Brian Morrissey, founder of The Rebooting newsletter, and Mosheh Oinounou, president of Mo Digital about the news coverage over the Omicron variant, the resignation of Jack Dorsey, Chris Cuomo getting suspended by CNN and more. If you aren’t already, make sure to subscribe:We’re slowly tweaking and developing the show, so send us your feedback by reaching out on our new social media channels — Youtube channel, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter.Here’s the full episode on Youtube: Here’s the full episode, a...2021-12-0333 min
Media JungleEP3: Crypto Goes Mainstream, 50 Most Famous On Social, ConstitutionDao SagaIn Episode 3 of our 1st season, we spoke with Brian Morrissey, founder of The Rebooting newsletter, and Mosheh Oinounou, president of Mo Digital. We’re testing out the audio version of Media Jungle (listen to it above) and we’ve started this Substack account. If you aren’t already, make sure to subscribe:We’re slowly tweaking and developing the show, so send us your feedback by reaching out on our new social media channels — Youtube channel, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter.Here’s the full episode, and if you enjoy it, make sure to subscribe and like the vid...2021-12-0229 min