We Love the Internet 2026/16: The Are bots taking over music edition Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Are bots taking over music? The AI Myth of Solomon Fairfax, the “Grim Reaper” of Charleston What Is YouTube’s Dominance Doing to Us? …

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We Love the Internet 2026/15: The Apple charging situation edition Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Meta can kill the metaverse. It can’t escape the name Why Spring TV Has Us Seeing Stars How to Guess If Your Job Will Exist in Five Years  R…

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We Love the Internet 2026/14: The Gen Z lives in the archive edition Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Gen Z Lives in the Archive The Death of Spotify: Why Streaming is Minutes Away From Being Obsolete Your AI-generated password isn’t random,…

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We Love the Internet 2026/13: The Hunt for dark breakfast edition Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: The Myspace Dilemma Facing ChatGPT Why is OpenAI like this? How The Atlantic won ‘tortoise and hare’ race versus digital news start-ups  Referenc…

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We Love the Internet 2026/12: The Child’s play edition Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: What do coders do after AI? Why (and how) everyone is cold-calling the president What Makes ‘Good TV’ on the Internet? Piers Morgan Has Thoughts. &nbs…

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We Love the Internet 2026/11: The Alien assumptions edition Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Gen Z has perfected the glorious art of boredom as entertainment Inside the hideous, exploitative, but still addictive world of vertical dramas  …

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We Love the Internet 2026/10: The Thirteen waters edition Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: ‘He Is Basically the Goop That’s Inside a Lava Lamp’ The Death of the Downvote The Complicated Legacy of Bob Iger Microsoft’s Pivotal AI Product Is Ru…

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We Love the Internet 2026/09: The blindboxification of everything edition Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: A Slow-Motion Eulogy for the TV Industry Storied, faceless, and stubbornly profitable: The Economist braces for change Here’s how Epstein broke …

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We Love the Internet 2026/07: The Friction reloaded edition Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Welcome to Desocialized Media Silicon Valley Goes To War “Faking ‘realness’ on a computer doesn’t get us anywhere new.” Dan Bongino’s podcast ho…

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We Love the Internet 2026/06: The Velocity is the new authority edition Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Velocity Is the New Authority. Here’s Why Chaos in Minneapolis Exposes an Internet at War With Truth How the National Gallery of Art is “rizzing up th…

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We Love the Internet 2026/05: The Harry Potter generation needs to grow up edition Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Is Craigslist the Last Real Place on the Internet? Make TVs great again  Reference points: Journalism, media, and technology trends and predictio…

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We Love the Internet 2026/04: The YouTube vibecession edition Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: The YouTube Vibecession The Laptop Boyfriends Can’t Stop Watching YouTube in Bed Ted Sarandos Says Critics Just Misunderstand Netflix Bricking your ph…

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We Love the Internet 2026/03: The Son King of Hollywood edition Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: The Man Who Could Be Apple’s Next C.E.O. Why I think it’s time for a new kind of advertising agency Everything (Including Netflix) Will Become Y…

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We Love the Internet 2026/02: The Why we can’t quit Excel edition Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Leaked documents show Instagram’s plan to win back teens Who is Mubi for? Behind the Scenes of Our Nicolás Maduro Front Page These College Students Di…

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We Love the Internet 2026/01: The Death of channel planning edition Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: The Death of Channel Planning The comms strategy behind Stranger Things cult success  Reference points: TIME’s Top 100 Photos of 2025 ‘The sight …

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My five fives of 2025 Previous lists for 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010. Top 5 Films (Cinema) (Released in UK cinemas in 2025, which I have seen. Links p…

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We Love the Internet 2025/52: The Trends 2026 edition Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: YouTube Has a Firm Grip on Daytime TV The Slopification of Everything What Tubi’s 32 FAST Channels reveal A Father, a Son and Their $108 Billion Push …

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We Love the Internet 2025/51: The 26 most important ideas for 2026 edition Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Grapple With the Future of Hollywood ‘You won’t understand unless you chew on it’: Hideo Kojima wants you to remember his games for decades The Hit Ho…

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We Love the Internet 2025/50: The Old Young Person edition Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: The Elephant in the Tube ‘Alan’s Universe’ Shows What It Might Look Like to Win at YouTube Why Are So Many Songs From 2024 in the 2025 Year-End Chart?…

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We Love the Internet 2025/49: The What did men do to deserve this edition Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: There Are No Weird Blogs Anymore Cause It’s More Fruitful to Drive Them Out of Business Google, Nvidia, and OpenAI The metaverse is cooked, and Wall S…

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We Love the Internet 2025/48: The Is Gen Z “utterly screwed” edition Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: HBO Max’s Big Plan: Be HBO Again America’s Polarization Has Become the World’s Side Hustle The crypto industry got everything it wanted. It’s st…

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We Love the Internet 2025/47: The Pop culture got stale edition Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Pop Culture Got Stale. Counterculture Went Right-Wing. 5 highlights from Rob Stringer’s Sony presentation on catalogue, superfans, AI, distribut…

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We Love the Internet 2025/46: The Rise of ‘vibe working’ edition Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: The rise of ‘vibe working’ The Company Quietly Funneling Paywalled Articles to AI Developers Make All Classic Cartoons Free You’re Getting…

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We Love the Internet 2025/45: The Here’s how the AI crash happens edition Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Here’s How the AI Crash Happens The great erosion K-pop prospects brighten on China market hopes as Seoul and Beijing sign content exchange deal AI-ge…

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We Love the Internet 2025/44: The dawn of the post-literate society edition Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Shock therapy: why scary movies keep evolving – and making money Six movies that made Ghost of Yōtei – PlayStation’s “love letter” to samurai cinema B…

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We Love the Internet 2025/43: The Measured AI edition Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Measured AI Against images as accessories Elon Musk says he needs $1 trillion to control Tesla’s robot army. Yes, really. Reference points: “What Ever…

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We Love the Internet 2025/42: The YouTube just ate TV edition Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Why Streamers & TV Networks Are Finally Making Friends 5,000 Podcasts. 3,000 Episodes a Week. $1 Cost Per Episode — Behind an AI Start Up’s Plan R…

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We Love the Internet 2025/41: The Who killed the narrative podcast edition Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? The South London lock up home to one of the world’s best cultural archives I Saw ‘One Battle After …

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We Love the Internet 2025/40: The Obscure but badass folks you should know about edition Part 1: For the day job Things to think about: The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas OpenAI’s New Video Tool Features User-Generated ‘South Park,’ ‘Dune’ Scenes.…

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