Media Summit

Big tech didn't stop speaking up on politics out of principle. WIRED's @ZoeSchiffer outlines why it was a business decision. Want to see more insights like this? Get your tickets to our next event at mediasummit.live.

Sergei Brin protested at SFO in 2016. He stood behind Trump at the inauguration in 2025. The Founder of Sources, @alexeheath’s thoughts on what that image tells you.  Want to see more insights like this? Get your tickets to our next event at mediasummit.live.

@alexeheath, the Founder of Sources, outlines the clearest shift inside big tech between Trump's first and second terms: employees used to run things. Now Trump does. Want to see more insights like this? Get your tickets to our next event at mediasummit.live.

A for-profit company acting like a for-profit company turned out to be the story. Zoe Schiffer (WIRED) on why the Trump era made big tech more honest and more interesting to cover. Request your tickets at mediasummit.live

Every big tech company says they love the podcasts and the YouTubers. But when something important needs to be said, they still go straight to mainstream media. Request your tickets at mediasummit.live

Tech companies don't need reporters to reach audiences anymore. Alex Heath (The Verge) on the biggest structural change in media relations over the last 7 years. Request your tickets at mediasummit.live

OK, I promise this is *probably* the last @mediasummitlive speaker announcement I'll make. But it's a doozy. Psyched to welcome nearly a dozen new speakers, including: • Reuters' @chernandburn, The Information's @anissagardizy8, and The New York Times' @trippmickle for a panel on AI infrastructure reporting • @Kantrowitz who will moderate said panel • Bertrand Seguin, aka @EconomyApp, who will join our Substack panel • @zamosta, moderating our Big Tech Reporting panel • Bain's @allisonbraley, Affirm's @SG, and Lyft's Terra Carmichael for a panel on the role of LLMs in brand perception • @5blocks CEO @SamMichelson, who will moderate the above panel • @scrunch CEO @chriswandrew, who will moderate our AI Reporting panel They join another 20 of the smartest people in tech media speaking on stage. Wanna see em? You can still request an invitation below: mediasummit.live/events/media-s… See ya in June!

The AI era finally put the technology back at the center of the story. Reed Albergotti (Semafor) on how big tech coverage has fundamentally shifted. Request your tickets at mediasummit.live

As I warned, the Media Summit | SF lineup only continues to get STRONGER. Bloomberg's @nmasc_ and TechCrunch's @MTemkin will join an incredible slate of programming that already includes: • @stephaniemehta • @BradStone • @dee_bosa • @LaurenGoode • @berber_jin1 • @annatonger • @jasminewsun • @rocketalignment • @harrymccracken • @jeffbercovici • @imkialikethecar • @JoshConstine • @dseetharaman Want to join 200 reporters, comms execs, investors, and founders? Request an invitation: mediasummit.live/events/media-s… As always, 10% of ticket sales go directly to @pressfreedom

Announcing MOAR speakers for Media Summit | SF: • @harrymccracken, longform writer extraordinaire at Fast Company. • @jeffbercovici, Deputy Editor of Tech & Media at The Wall Street Journal • @imkialikethecar, Senior Editor of Venture Capital News at Pitchbook They join an already incredible slate of folks, including: • @stephaniemehta, CEO of Mansueto Ventures • @BradStone, Editor of Bloomberg Businessweek • @dee_bosa, Anchor of TechCheck at CNBC • @grifftgaff, CEO of The San Francisco Standard • @LaurenGoode, Senior Correspondent at WIRED • @berber_jin1, Reporter at The Wall Street Journal • @annatonger, AI Reporter at Forbes • @jasminewsun, AI & Culture Writer on Substack • @rocketalignment, AI Reporter at The Information • @JoshConstine, Venture Partner at SignalFire • and many more... Request an invite below if you don't want FOMO. mediasummit.live/events/media-s…

I talk a lot of about the speakers we have at @mediasummitlive, and for good reason. They are incredible. But the audience is *really* what makes Media Summit special. We work very, very hard to make sure that everyone who attends worth talking to, and that no one is stalking the floor trying to make sales. And we already have an incredible group brewing for Media Summit | SF in June. That includes executives from Anduril, Lightspeed, Plaid, Ramp, Google, a16z, Kleiner, Thrive, and Mercedes, and reporters from nearly every business media outlet you can think of: The Wall Street Journal, FT, BBC, Reuters, NBC, Bloomberg, WIRED, Semafor… If you want us to have all the fun without you, we will. But you can also apply for a ticket below: mediasummit.live/events/media-s…

I'm proud to say that @mediasummitlive has done something entirely original and unprecedented: We have started a @Substack. My hope is that this will serve as something of a digital continuation of our events—some simulacrum of the camaraderie, insights, and validation that folks get from Media Summit IRL. If that sounds cool, join us here: open.substack.com/pub/mediasummi…

The Media Summit | SF lineup keeps growing. Thrilled to announce that @stephaniemehta will join us onstage on June 8th. As the CEO & Chief Content Officer of Mansueto Ventures, the company behind @FastCompany & @Inc, Stephanie is also the author of the fantastic Modern CEO newsletter. She joins an already incredible slate of speakers including: • @eringriffith, Tech Reporter at The New York Times • @dee_bosa, Anchor of TechCheck at CNBC • @LaurenGoode, Senior Correspondent at WIRED • @berber_jin1, Reporter at The Wall Street Journal • @jasminewsun • @JoshConstine, Venture Partner at SignalFire • and many more... Want to join us? Request an invitation below: mediasummit.live/events/media-s… 10% of all tickets go directly to @pressfreedom. See you in June!

Psyched to announce that Media Summit | SF is BACK. Here’s an early look at our lineup for June 8th in San Francisco: • @eringriffith • @dee_bosa • @sfstandard CEO Griffin Gaffney • @LaurenGoode • @berber_jin1 • @annatonger • @jasminewsun • @dseetharaman • @rocketalignment • @JoshConstine Want to join more than 200 reporters, comms execs, investors, & founders? Request a spot below: mediasummit.live/events/media-s… As always, 10% of ticket sales go directly to @pressfreedom. Can’t wait to see you all in June!

A website can go down. A story can get buried. But a print feature goes on the shelf. For companies and executives, there's still nothing quite like it. Print's business rationale has weakened. Its cultural weight, apparently, hasn't.

The most advanced tech companies in the world are the ones helping to make print obsolete, yet they still really care about being in the magazines. Brendan Vaughan (Editor-in-Chief of Fast Company) finds that equal parts funny and telling.

Because when AI starts eating into organic traffic, community is the thing that's hardest to replicate.

About a third is consumer revenue: subscriptions, award program applications, licensing, and foreign editions. The goal is to keep building direct relationships with their audience, rather than flip to an 80/20 consumer model overnight.

A look inside Fast Company's revenue mix, straight from their Editor-in-Chief, Brendan Vaughan: Just over 50% is advertising and sponsorship, increasingly bespoke partnerships rather than programmatic.

No discussion of tech media can get past this basic traffic fact: in the AI world, Google and social no longer refer traffic, which means that the vast majority of readers just never find you in the first place. Analysis: growtika.com/blog/tech-medi…