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Why Media Companies Fail
The seven self-inflicted wounds that explain why traditional media companies struggle with digital transformation.
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The seven self-inflicted wounds that explain why traditional media companies struggle with digital transformation.
Most media companies aren't failing because of external forces. They're accelerating their own demise through seven self-inflicted wounds.
Media executives are optimizing homepages while their audiences live in feeds, chats, and AI interfaces. The divergence is complete—and irreversible.
Why media analytics show 30 seconds on homepages but three hours on TikTok—and what it means for the future of journalism.
How the relationship between publishers and their audiences is fundamentally transforming, and what it means for the future of media.