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Oct 5
58m 58s

Monitoring the Situation #2: Alana Newho...

Andreessen Horowitz
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Two trends in media have been abundantly clear since 2020: legacy media is dying, and independent media is rising. a16z General Partners Erik Torenberg and Katherine Boyle sit down with Tablet founder and editor-in-chief Alana Newhouse to discuss the great media realignment, why real institutions will outlast the new “internet pirates", Alana’s deeply perso ... Show More
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