The assassination attempt on Donald Trump was a stress test for the Information Space, and a reminder of just how much the media has changed. You had mainstream news outlets jockeying with individuals holding forth with a collection of expertise, conspiracies, jokes, memes and partisan potshots. Some of it was informative, some of it was hilarious, some of it was infuriating, and much of it was… entertaining? We unpack yet another crazy plot twist and look forward to what it means as the media business girds for what looks very likely to be a return to power of Donald Trump and an ascendent political movement that’s to a large degree successfully vanquished the packaged news media.
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00:00 Introduction
02:50 Personal Media Consumption Experiences
04:13 The Evolution of Media and Information
08:08 Trump's Influence on Media and Politics
15:13 The Future of Media in a Polarized World
26:23 Trump's Media Mastery and Political Impact
38:34 Tech's Political Landscape
42:44 Big Tech vs. Small Tech
44:26 The Role of Media in Politics
49:55 The Rise of YouTube as a Podcast Platform
53:58 The Evolution of Digital Advertising
01:03:51 Good Product
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