Dave Tallon
@davetallon.bsky.social
I wish I was a little bit taller.
YouTube didn’t just replace television – it invented entirely new forms of content: vodcasts, vlogs, video essays, reaction videos, ASMR and its heinous cousin mukbang.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
The Guide #218: For gen Zers like me, YouTube isn’t an app or a website – it’s the backdrop to our waking lives
When the video-sharing site launched in 2005, there were fears it would replace terrestrial television. It didn’t just replace it – it invented entirely new forms of content. ASMR, anyone?
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:58 PM
YouTube didn’t just replace television – it invented entirely new forms of content: vodcasts, vlogs, video essays, reaction videos, ASMR and its heinous cousin mukbang.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Every two weeks I write about culture, brands, creativity and technology.
This issue #225 covers:
→ gooning 🤪
→ decisions 🤔
→ clowning 🤡
→ answer engines🕵
→ morgan 👏.
Enjoy the weekend and stay warm 🥶.
open.substack.com/pub/upstream...
This issue #225 covers:
→ gooning 🤪
→ decisions 🤔
→ clowning 🤡
→ answer engines🕵
→ morgan 👏.
Enjoy the weekend and stay warm 🥶.
open.substack.com/pub/upstream...
Upstream #225
gooning 🤪, decisions 🤔, clowning 🤡, answer engines🕵 , morgan 👏.
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Every two weeks I write about culture, brands, creativity and technology.
This issue #225 covers:
→ gooning 🤪
→ decisions 🤔
→ clowning 🤡
→ answer engines🕵
→ morgan 👏.
Enjoy the weekend and stay warm 🥶.
open.substack.com/pub/upstream...
This issue #225 covers:
→ gooning 🤪
→ decisions 🤔
→ clowning 🤡
→ answer engines🕵
→ morgan 👏.
Enjoy the weekend and stay warm 🥶.
open.substack.com/pub/upstream...
Creator boom 💥
IAB: ad spend in the creator ecosystem in 2025 is expected to rise 26% YoY to $37B, vastly outperforming ad spend in media overall, set to grow 5.7% YoY (Kayla Cobb/The Wrap)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
November 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Creator boom 💥
This is great.
I'll point once again to one of my favourite pieces of writing about writing, which is distinctly snarky: "9. All short stories should be 3,000 words long."
owen-booth.com/2017/10/24/2...
owen-booth.com/2017/10/24/2...
24 Rules for Writing Short Stories
Based on my years of experience in the writing game, I’ve come up with a list of 24 essential rules for creating short stories that will engage, entertain and enthral. Feel free to use them w…
owen-booth.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:50 AM
This is great.
“Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.”
Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer
November 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
“Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.”
Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer
It was always coming…
ElevenLabs partnered with Sir Michael Caine, adding his voice to its new Iconic Marketplace where companies can license over 25 culturally famous voices for creative projects.
elevenlabs.io/blog/announc...
ElevenLabs partnered with Sir Michael Caine, adding his voice to its new Iconic Marketplace where companies can license over 25 culturally famous voices for creative projects.
elevenlabs.io/blog/announc...
Announcing Partnership with Sir Michael Caine to Newly Launched Iconic Marketplace
elevenlabs.io
November 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM
It was always coming…
ElevenLabs partnered with Sir Michael Caine, adding his voice to its new Iconic Marketplace where companies can license over 25 culturally famous voices for creative projects.
elevenlabs.io/blog/announc...
ElevenLabs partnered with Sir Michael Caine, adding his voice to its new Iconic Marketplace where companies can license over 25 culturally famous voices for creative projects.
elevenlabs.io/blog/announc...
Man of the match performance from Mack Hanson 🇮🇪 🏉
November 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Man of the match performance from Mack Hanson 🇮🇪 🏉
Digital display but still
"genAI-created ads consistently outperform both human-and genAI-modified ads, increasing CTRs by up to 19% in field settings".
"...disclosing AI involvement in ad generation significantly reduces advertising effectiveness by up to 31.5%".
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
"genAI-created ads consistently outperform both human-and genAI-modified ads, increasing CTRs by up to 19% in field settings".
"...disclosing AI involvement in ad generation significantly reduces advertising effectiveness by up to 31.5%".
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The Impact of Visual Generative AI on Advertising Effectiveness
The advertising industry stands at a pivotal moment as visual generative AI (genAI) can transform creative content production. Despite growing enthusiasm, empir
papers.ssrn.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Digital display but still
"genAI-created ads consistently outperform both human-and genAI-modified ads, increasing CTRs by up to 19% in field settings".
"...disclosing AI involvement in ad generation significantly reduces advertising effectiveness by up to 31.5%".
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
"genAI-created ads consistently outperform both human-and genAI-modified ads, increasing CTRs by up to 19% in field settings".
"...disclosing AI involvement in ad generation significantly reduces advertising effectiveness by up to 31.5%".
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
This.............
November 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
This.............
Trump bump?
The New York Times added 460,000 digital-only subscribers in Q3, its largest three-month jump in several years. Ad revenue also grew 20.3% year on year to $98.1m. Total revenue grew 9.5% to $700.8m.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/b...
The New York Times added 460,000 digital-only subscribers in Q3, its largest three-month jump in several years. Ad revenue also grew 20.3% year on year to $98.1m. Total revenue grew 9.5% to $700.8m.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/b...
The Times’s Profit Jumps With 460,000 More Subscribers
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Trump bump?
The New York Times added 460,000 digital-only subscribers in Q3, its largest three-month jump in several years. Ad revenue also grew 20.3% year on year to $98.1m. Total revenue grew 9.5% to $700.8m.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/b...
The New York Times added 460,000 digital-only subscribers in Q3, its largest three-month jump in several years. Ad revenue also grew 20.3% year on year to $98.1m. Total revenue grew 9.5% to $700.8m.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/b...
I like the John Lewis ad.
Could be for literally anyone though.
Could be for literally anyone though.
November 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I like the John Lewis ad.
Could be for literally anyone though.
Could be for literally anyone though.
“A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.” Max Planck
October 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM
“A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.” Max Planck
Sad to hear this. Such an iconic brand. Much of Bill’s wisdom, remains evergreen.
www.produ.com/ushispanic/n...
www.produ.com/ushispanic/n...
Omnicom and IPG Confirm $13.5 Billion Global Merger; Iconic DDB Network to Be Dissolved
Omnicom Group and Interpublic Group (IPG) have officially confirmed their global merger in a deal valued at US$13.5 billion, marking the most significant structural shift in the advertising industry i...
www.produ.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Sad to hear this. Such an iconic brand. Much of Bill’s wisdom, remains evergreen.
www.produ.com/ushispanic/n...
www.produ.com/ushispanic/n...
One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI releases web browser to rival Google
ChatGPT Atlas was unveiled as the company seeks new ways to corral users to its online offerings.
www.bbc.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:44 AM
One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
“The algorithm breakthrough, enabling a quantum computer to operate 13,000 times faster than a classical computer, was detailed in a peer-reviewed paper published in Nature on Wednesday”.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Google hails breakthrough as quantum computer surpasses ability of supercomputers
Algorithm performed task beyond capability of classical computers, although experts say real-world application still years away
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
“The algorithm breakthrough, enabling a quantum computer to operate 13,000 times faster than a classical computer, was detailed in a peer-reviewed paper published in Nature on Wednesday”.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Key & Peele - Text Message Confusion - Uncensored
YouTube video by Comedy Central
www.youtube.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
realistic humanoid robots mimic people with their lifelike skin and facial expressions
www.designboom.com
October 18, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Netflix and Spotify teaming up, with podcasts on the Netflix app next year 👀👀.
Video podcasts are coming for your streaming queue. To piece together what that means for Netflix and Spotify, Vulture streaming columnist Josef Adalian and critic Nicholas Quah laid out the factors that led each company to this decision.
Why Netflix Is Getting in Bed With Spotify
Video podcasts are coming for your streaming queue. To piece together what that means for Netflix and Spotify, Vulture streaming columnist Josef Adalian and critic Nicholas Quah laid out the factors that led each company to this decision.
www.vulture.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Netflix and Spotify teaming up, with podcasts on the Netflix app next year 👀👀.