Drumrolls! 🥁 Join us in welcoming the newest additions to our Fiduciary Board! Joining us are; Adelle Onyango, Media Personality and Founder of Legally Clueless Africa, Dr. Njoki Ngumi, health guru fostering socioeconomic equity, and Rishad, Co-Founder of Splice #splicebeta.

Twitch for haircuts. HairCutHarry has 500k YouTube subscribers who watch him get haircuts around the world. It all started when his partner filmed him getting a haircut in Mumbai in 1999, they stuck it on YT in 2006 — 10m views later, it’s his full-time job. #mediaproduct

Let's join Baraza Media Lab in welcoming their latest addition to the Fiduciary Board! Meet the dynamic trio: Adelle Onyango, Dr. Dr. Njoki Ngumi, and Rishad. Get ready for positive media change! #usanifunews

“The older you get, the more quiet you become. Life humbles you so deeply as you age. You realize how much nonsense you’ve wasted time on.”

We think avoidance is a problem for journalism, for society, and for people missing out. But many news avoiders do not see their (distant) relationship to news as a problem. They do not see news as worthwhile, serving people like them, net good for society, let alone a duty 7/9

I’ll say something you won’t like: much like Web 1.0 made portion of print journalists obsolete, mobile/platform as 2nd wave, we are in 3rd wave journalists obsolescence, if not journalism itself. The brutal end result below, yet diagnosis is incomplete: nytimes.com/2024/01/21/opi…

"We’ve failed to update our definitions of media, news, and journalism. We’ve kept these in specific boxes in our heads and filled them with romanticised concepts that no longer exist in today’s algo-driven, attention-starved information space." Alan Soon #splicebeta mailchi.mp/splicemedia.co…

This is the best time to start a company in 30 years. I’ll summarize some of the best opportunities for you: 1. Buy distressed VC assets. Recap them. Offer team dividends going forward. Turn them into profit machines. 2. The media apocalypse is here. 20,000+ media employees

All The Messenger employees: — I'm sorry about your bosses/owners. — I would welcome all of your thoughts, on or off the record, at [email protected].

I’m at the wonderful Africa Media Festival in Nairobi, Kenya talking about chips. And media. #AMF2024

"I’m especially resentful that something like Vice — fattened on VC money (...), run by misogynistic managers who cultivated a (...) culture of sexual harassment, and sold syndicated advertorials as journalism — even existed." Read Alan Soon #splicebeta 's newsletter. mailchi.mp/splicemedia.co…

My rules for being a founder (after selling 3 companies): - Pay your invoices fast. People appreciate it - Recurring meetings are mostly useless - Your best internet ideas come when you are off the internet - Create products no one asks for but everyone wants - Really

Wow, this is an impressive list. In my opinion, the groups on here represent the exact types of civil society organizations with deep local expertise & knowledge that large platforms need to be working with *more*...not turning their backs on. foundation.mozilla.org/en/campaigns/o…

I always read Splice #splicebeta's excellent newsletters - but extra worth it today for reupping my Mekong Review sub with a fat discount! mailchi.mp/splicemedia.co…

Please welcome our new ICFJ Knight Fellowships Fellows @Alansoon & @Rishadist. Soon & Patel co-founded Splice #splicebeta. Read more: buff.ly/3X1UW2s

🥁Drum roll 🥁We are excited to announce our newest 2024 ICFJ Knight Fellowships fellows: @Alansoon & @Rishadist of @Splicenewsroom. The two will launch an innovative program called Splice Nano, aiming to create 10 media startups powered by AI within the year. buff.ly/3X1UW2s

.ICFJ Knight Fellowships Fellows Alan Soon #splicebeta & Rishad of Splice #splicebeta are creating a community of mavericks around the idea that it’s possible to build tiny solo media companies, called Nanos, through the thoughtful use of AI. Join the movement: buff.ly/3MByeHZ

"Tell your Lord that the iPhone 16 has Apple Intelligence, a custom action button, a water and dust-resistant design, titanium finish, A18 chip and a 48 mega-pixel camera.” "The Anjin says iPhone 16 is exactly like the iPhone 15 with a slightly better camera and comes in gold.”

Through their ICFJ Knight Fellowships Fellowship, Alan Soon #splicebeta & Rishad of Splice #splicebeta are looking for 10 “Nanos” to build a product, service or company that serves user needs with the help of AI. Interested? Click here: buff.ly/3MByeHZ