SWMS Emailers To Resume Next Week
June 11, 2025
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I am currently informing all subscribers personally that SWMS is back. Informing people through an email blast is of course bad form. So I’m going
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Axios is Hiring…
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Next Big Thing: BrainTech
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The Era of ‘Camera-less’ Video
June 4, 2025
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From the excellent The Rundown AI newsletter: The future of video content creation is increasingly looking camera-less — with this latest round of upgrades taking
Business Insider Lays Off 20% of Staff
May 30, 2025
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The BI culture over the years has been aloof to vendors and definitely PR. Now that many of those affected could use a friend or
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May 27, 2025
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Politico’s Union
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Sports Gambling + Social Media Can Prove Ugly
May 25, 2025
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The Media Business Underperforms Other Industries, Badly
February 6, 2025
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SWMS Emailers To Resume Next Week
June 11, 2025
I am currently informing all subscribers personally that SWMS is back. Informing people through an email blast is of course bad form. So I’m going to defer the reintroduction of the SWMS emailers until next week… thank you for your patience.
Axios is Hiring…
June 7, 2025
Axios is hiring a senior tech reporter to cover AI. How long will it take for the “laid-off” to land on their feet? It is already happening.
Next Big Thing: BrainTech
June 5, 2025
From Crunchbase News:
Neuralink’s recent $650 million raise is by far the largest for a neural interface startup on record, but comes as funding to neuroscience startups overall is set to rise sharply this year. All told, funding to the broader category of neuroscience startups totaled $896 million last year and is on track to reach $1.4 billion in 2025.
The Era of ‘Camera-less’ Video
June 4, 2025
From the excellent The Rundown AI newsletter: The future of video content creation is increasingly looking camera-less — with this latest round of upgrades taking avatars from more robotic talking heads to full-fledged actors with more granular control over motion and expressiveness.
Time to get a grip on Veo.
Business Insider Lays Off 20% of Staff
May 30, 2025
The BI culture over the years has been aloof to vendors and definitely PR. Now that many of those affected could use a friend or two, here’s hoping they get the lift they need. Here is the message from BI CEO Barbara Peng.