Axelrad pits humans against AI in a cocktail challenge
Texas bar Axelrad is testing whether human bartenders or ChatGPT is better at coming up with new, delicious cocktails.
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TikTok tries out being indie TV
TikTok is taking on YouTube by introducing Series — large paywalled collections of videos that can be double the length of a normal TikTok.
TikTokers turn to alternative forms of revenue
With overall viewership down, payouts from the company's creator fund dwindling, and the specter of an outright ban of the app in the US, TikTokers are updating how they make their videos or finding new outlets for creative expression (and making money).
Madison Avenue joins the quest to open the black box of viewership data.
Madison Avenue and Hollywood are teaming up to certify the results of new audience-measurement systems. T
Influencers are now creative directors
Because influencers are no longer dependent upon brands to make a living, brands are now approaching them as true collaborators.
The agent vs. manager debate
Hollywood’s major talent agencies have all experienced a stream of departures over the last few years, creating a new generation of managers who understand dealmaking.
OpenAI loans out ChatGPT
To hit that projected $1 billion in revenue by 2024, OpenAI is making ChatGPT available to companies and developers.
Industry outsiders become mainstream trendsetters
While social media has opened up the creator economy — and given a platform to talent who may have otherwise gone undiscovered — many young creators are still appropriated and underpaid.
Twitter could get a Boring CEO
Steve Davis, CEO of The Boring Company since 2019, is rumored to be in contention to take over the top bird spot from Musk.
VICE Media Group appoints co-CEOS
After Nancy Dubuc’s exit last week, VICE Media Group (VMG) promoted two longtime executives, Bruce Dixon and Hozefa Lokhandwala, to co-CEOs to lead the company through its next chapter.