media

16 statements across 14 episodes · 3 bullish · 9 bearish · 12 people on the record · first statement Jul 15, 2017 by Benedict Evans · across every show →

Everything said about media, oldest first

Jul 15, 2017 bullish
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Evans: Everything the internet did to media will happen to retail
“Everything that the internet did to media will happen to retail.”
Benedict Evans Jul 15, 2017 ▶ 17:48 Mobile Is Eating the World, 2016
Mar 7, 2018 negative
Insight
Chan: Media drives zero-sum US-China tech narrative for clicks
“The media has trained us into thinking that the world is a zero sum game. If the U.S. Wins, then China loses. If China wins, then the U.S. Loses. This is the narrative that we've been sold because it's what sells magazines. It's what causes people to click int…”
Connie Chan Mar 7, 2018 ▶ 0:21 Beyond a Zero-Sum Game: Tech Innovation and China
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
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Andreessen: Technology has reduced costs in media and finance, but not healthcare or education
“Technology steadily drives down prices in sectors like media and in financial services. But technology is not yet driving down costs, ah, in healthcare and education.”
Marc Andreessen Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 5:05 a16z Podcast | Ben and Marc Explain (Practically) Everything – Part 1
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Insight
Wennmachers: Lying to the media during a crisis permanently destroys credibility
“I actually like to know really what happened, because once you lie to the media, you're basically fucked.”
Margit Wennmachers Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 29:33 a16z Podcast | Crisis Communications
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Opinion
Chokshi: Mainstream media dilutes expertise by relying on third-person reporting
“Media dilutes expertise with third party, third person voice. Yeah. There should always be first person voice for experts.”
Sonal Chokshi Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 12:18 a16z Podcast | The Law (and Tech) of Warfare
Dec 19, 2019 neutral
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Dixon: Tech has only truly disrupted media, transportation, and retail
“The, it's kind of surprising, 25 years into the internet that, The only industries that have been really quote disrupted have been, I think media, maybe transportation and maybe starting to happen is retail, right? And then the rest, I mean, if you look at the…”
Chris Dixon Dec 19, 2019 ▶ 30:53 What's Next for the Internet?
Nov 9, 2022 negative
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Karen X Cheng: Media Incentives Will Inevitably Drive Negative AI Coverage
“There's gonna be every gravitational force for the media is gonna push towards the bad because that is what's gonna get more clicks and engagements and views.”
Karen X Cheng Nov 9, 2022 ▶ 37:00 AI and the Creator Economy with Karen X Cheng
Nov 16, 2022 negative
Opinion
Balaji: Media covers drug failures but ignores regulatory delays of effective drugs
“It's because media Only covers it when a drug doesn't work and doesn't cover it when a drug does work, but it's been delayed.”
Balaji Srinivasan Nov 16, 2022 ▶ 1:16:24 The Network State with Balaji Srinivasan
Feb 6, 2023 bullish
Insight
VandeHei: Media is the most cost-effective way to build a brand
“One of the upsides of media is that it's one of the easiest and most cost effective way to build a brand that has real meaning and real resonance with a big swath of people.”
Jim VandeHei Feb 6, 2023 ▶ 3:10 The 4th Estate: How Media is Changing in Washington, D.C.
Feb 6, 2023
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Best: Media will never return to pre-internet centralized gatekeeping
“We're not gonna not have people able to directly connect with a large audience. That's a change in the world that, you know, put the genie back in that bottle. We're not gonna go to a world where new people can't start their own media empire, start their own c…”
Chris Best Feb 6, 2023 ▶ 13:29 The 4th Estate: How Media is Changing in Washington, D.C.
Feb 6, 2023 bearish
Insight
VandeHei: Venture investors seeking 10x returns should avoid media
“If you're an adventure guy or woman, and you're trying to get a 10 X, Get the hell out of media. Go to healthcare, or go to energy, or technology places that you're much more likely to get that kind of return.”
Jim VandeHei Feb 6, 2023 ▶ 2:34 The 4th Estate: How Media is Changing in Washington, D.C.
Mar 31, 2023 bearish
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McFedries: Generative AI will accelerate media's race to the bottom
“This kind of race to the bottom in a lot of media is going to, like, that bottom's going to hit far quicker because of AI. It's going to be really easy to be good at things.”
Trevor McFedries Mar 31, 2023 ▶ 29:08 Digital Humans and the Story Behind Lil Miquela
Jun 10, 2023 negative
Opinion
Andreessen: Media panic over AI existential risks is ridiculously overcooked
“And then, you know, on the other side of it, if you, like, read about this in the media or follow the public conversation, there's just this, like, horrifying, basically, you know, sort of onslaught of, like, fear and panic and hysteria about how this is, like…”
Marc Andreessen Jun 10, 2023 ▶ 1:54 AI Will Save The World with Marc Andreessen and Martin Casado
Jul 25, 2025 positive
Insight
Tornberg: Media hostility toward a product indicates a winning proposition
“If the media hates it, you, you've really got something.”
Erik Torenberg Jul 25, 2025 ▶ 1:09:50 Marc & Ben on the Collapse of Traditional Media - Podcasts, Politics & the New Media Playbook
Aug 1, 2025
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Balaji Srinivasan: Legacy media turned hostile toward tech in spring 2013
“After the 2012 election, right after Obama's inauguration, you can date it to right after that, because even in 2012, like, New York media and so on was saying there's no such thing as a brogrammer, ok? You can google that article. So 20 12, tech was part of t…”
Balaji Srinivasan Aug 1, 2025 ▶ 2:32 Tech vs. Media: Balaji Srinivasan on the Battle Shaping Our Future
Sep 2, 2025 negative
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Best: AI and algorithms will supercharge dopamine-driven media
“And I think that that side of media is going to get supercharged. We have very sophisticated AI goon bots now. Is that a good thing? I don't know, but it's happening. And we're going to have that across like, you know, everything, every Short form video, every…”
Chris Best Sep 2, 2025 ▶ 34:13 Substack Cofounder on AI Slop Content & the Decline of Social Media
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