Keep expectations high, build credibility and trust You’re reading the My News Biz blog. My goal is to help digital media entrepreneurs find viable business models. This is the third of a series about mentors -whether friends, family, coaches, guides, or teachers — and how we can be good mentors to others. With rapid change in the…

The best ones demanded our best and left us with words to live by You’re reading the My News Biz blog. My goal is to help digital media entrepreneurs find viable business models. This is the second of a series about mentors -whether friends, family, coaches, guides, or teachers — and how we can be good mentors to others. With rapid change in the…

Thanks to those who met us just once or gave us one great recommendation You’re reading the My News Biz blog. My goal is to help digital media entrepreneurs find viable business models. This is the first of a series about mentors -whether friends, family, coaches, guides, or teachers — and how we can be good mentors to others. With rapid change in the…

He also self-publishes his work: ‘Nobody cares as much about your book as you do’ Many journalists and lawyers believe they have a book in them. It’s logical. They have a front-row seat on sensational stories of sex, violence, and corruption. And they see that the public seems to have an insatiable appetite for these stories. Look no further than all the true-crime shows available…

A lesson for entrepreneurs is the value of trust and intellectual property In the previous two parts of “Shakespeare the media entrepreneur” I showed many parallels between the media ecosystem of England four centuries ago and that of today — similar risks and similar rewards. Part 1: Shakespeare the media…

Incognito mode was safer in a media world filled with rumors and vicious gossip In my previous newsletter, I talked about how Shakespeare lived and worked in a time of media disruption comparable to our own. He was an entrepreneur, a theater owner, a content creator, and a stage performer in the new business of public playhouses. There was money to be made at…

He innovated in a world rife with plagiarism, censorship, death threats, and worse What many people don’t know about Shakespeare the poet and playwright is that he became wealthy in the new media business of his time — public theater. Numerous startup companies built large open-air playhouses in London at the end of the 1500s. Shakespeare was an entrepreneur, a theater owner, and…

ChatGPT and other AI tools make journalists look powerless I’ve been training digital entrepreneurs for several years on how to combat disinformation and propaganda online. Bravely — or naively — I preach the value of spreading trustworthy information. Over the long haul, the truth will triumph, I say. But I have to admit that my cheery, optimistic attitude has…

You’re reading the My News Biz newsletter. My goal is to help digital media entrepreneurs find viable business models. This edition originally appeared May 27, 2021, before my health sabbatical. It has been updated and shortened. A book on artificial intelligence caught my attention recently because its findings have so…