The Mediator explores the structural changes reshaping the media industry and what they mean for the media business, culture, and society. I try to get at the why, not just the what.
Twenty-five years at the intersection of technology and democracy — inside the campaigns, the platforms, and the rooms where the decisions got made. The synthesis, the patterns, and the early warnings from someone who was actually in the machine.
A tech and online culture publication by Taylor Lorenz, featuring original reporting on how the internet is reshaping politics, business, media, and culture.
I build data products at a major streamer by day and write TV screenplays by night. This newsletter covers what I see from both sides: why streamers can't tell what's working, why creators can't get paid fairly, and what it'd take to fix both.
