SWMS Q&A: Brendan Vaughan, Editor-in-Chief, Fast Company

Fast Company EIC Brendan Vaughan had a busy week this week, chairing the publication's tenth annual Innovation Festival. On Sept. 11 Brendan made time for

SWMS Q&A: Jon Fortt, CNBC

No one interviews more CEOs than Jon Fortt. Now in his 14th year at CNBC, the TV co-anchor and podcaster enjoys interviewing founders too. Jon

Q&A: Jim Aley, Deputy Editor, Bloomberg Businessweek

Think back to what you were doing in 1992. Jim Aley was writing features for Fortune. Eight years later he was editing them for Business

Q&A: Timothy B. Lee, ‘Understanding AI’

You may be familiar with Timothy B. Lee's work from The Washington Post, Vox or Ars Technica -- he worked at all three. Today Tim

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Gen AI Sizes Up Fortune’s Allie Garfinkle

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Marker Collective Bets on Software

SWMS tends not to cover the business initiatives of its subscribers, but the Marker Collective has embarked on something revealing. The parent org of Archetype, Nectar and OutCast last month launched

SDxCentral Blends AI, Freelancers To Create a New Kind of Publication

SDxCentral is doing something brave: it's overtly using AI to generate copy and dollars, and in a real sense is gambling its future. The 12-year-old B2B edit brand is past the

Cheat Sheet: NYT’s San Francisco Bureau

The New York Times employs 14 tech editors in its San Francisco bureau, supervised by technology editor Pui-Wing Tam and deputy tech editor Jim Kerstetter. How many are actually pitchable?

Updated Cheat Sheet: CEO Profiles

Here's an all-new cheat sheet on Tier 1 CEO profiles, scarcer and more valuable than ever. You might want to bookmark this page and check in now and again. Please

Cheat Sheet: Leadership Podcasts

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The ‘AI Fantasy Draft’ From Eric Newcomer

At this time last year, Eric Newcomer and his two podcast co-hosts — Max Child and James Wilsterman — each formed an “AI startup fantasy team” and picked five AI startups to seed their rosters. We’re now in year 2 and it’s time to draft again. The podcasters wonder… which startups do they dump? Which do they add? The player whose startups accumulate the most total value by Nov. 1, 2028 is the winner, so there’s plenty of time to make adjustments. Here’s a link to the AI fantasy team podcast — you may need a password. Not sure.

How Do We Read?

This timeless explainer — a powerful blend of visuals and text — will explain the psychology of how we read, as in, how does the mind actually work? Hats off to Message Labs, the producer.

How NYT Uses Gen AI

Ars Technica recently filed this revealing piece on how the NYT uses gen AI to analyze gargantuan transcripts, ones that would overwhelm mere mortals. The results still need to be reviewed by humans, but the grunt analysis is done by the LLM. Investigative reporting becomes easier. Journalism is served.

TechTarget Shareholders to Vote on Merger With Informa

It was announced long ago, but on Nov, 26 we learn whether TechTarget stockholders want to join forces with Informa and its legion of IT media brands, not least of which is Industry Dive. It will be hard to imagine a rival of equal power, with IDG/Foundry now a shadow of its former self. IDG/Foundry’s lack of investment and focus on cost-cutting will look unwise if TechTarget and Informa do merge.

Wired To Run Stories from 404 Media

404 Media may not be on your radar, but it currently ranks 8th of 50 leading publications recognized by Techmeme. The edit startup took a step forward this week, announcing a deal with Wired, which will run two 404 Media stories a month — and the pair might collaborate on stories beginning in 2025.