Media editor @TheEconomist. Previously Britain ed, Mexico correspondent. Author of Narconomics: How to Run a Drug Cartel. [email protected]
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New piece on how YouTube is eating television economist.com/business/2024/…
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Our town is seeing an escalating guerrilla war against the single lonely Conservative banner. Every day a new addition, quickly removed and immediately replaced with something else
A suggestion for Rishi Sunak (from the last time national service was proposed) economist.com/leaders/2018/0…
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Muy contento y agradecido por esta reseña elpais.com/babelia/2024-03-2… via @el_pais
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🚨How British companies are bolstering Vladimir Putin’s war machine🚨
A depressing thread.
But an important one.
With some pretty shocking charts.
Let’s begin with the “official” picture. It suggests UK trade with Russia has collapsed since Feb 2022. Down by 74%…
How social media are splitting into passive, TV-like apps on one hand, and closed, private messaging groups on the other economist.com/leaders/2024/0…
And what this means for the "digital town square" economist.com/briefing/2024/…
On Netflix’s entry into live sport and what it could mean economist.com/business/2023/…
About time - it's bizarre that Britain sees chickenpox as something to just endure when a good vaccine has been available for years theguardian.com/society/2023…
Always enjoy this feature on the cover designs that didn’t make it and why view.e.economist.com/?qs=f82…
Luckily timed for the end of the Hollywood strike: my cover story this week on how AI will transform fame
Just as film created the superstar and TV the megastar, AI will create a new, ubiquitous kind of celebrity: the omnistar economist.com/leaders/2023/1…
Celebrities may be complaining about AI, but in fact the biggest stars have the most to gain economist.com/briefing/2023/…
