Nick Quah

I read about Elite Management's effort, let's call it, on Axios. And I was like, this sounds super weird, what's going on here. And the immediate question then comes, what is the bigger punch here? Is the bigger punch here the headline about it, or is it the actual thing? that is being created. And I think it's largely the former more so than the latter.

I read about Elite Management's effort, let's call it, on Axios. And I was like, this sounds super weird, what's going on here. And the immediate question then comes, what is the bigger punch here? Is the bigger punch here the headline about it, or is it the actual thing? that is being created. And I think it's largely the former more so than the latter.

I read about Elite Management's effort, let's call it, on Axios. And I was like, this sounds super weird, what's going on here. And the immediate question then comes, what is the bigger punch here? Is the bigger punch here the headline about it, or is it the actual thing? that is being created. And I think it's largely the former more so than the latter.

The novelty of the existence of a capital firm launching a podcast in order to advance an activist shareholder campaign, it's a strategy, it's a little ploy, it's a gambit. I think you're touching upon something really interesting here in the sense of we just lived through this quote-unquote podcast election

The novelty of the existence of a capital firm launching a podcast in order to advance an activist shareholder campaign, it's a strategy, it's a little ploy, it's a gambit. I think you're touching upon something really interesting here in the sense of we just lived through this quote-unquote podcast election

The novelty of the existence of a capital firm launching a podcast in order to advance an activist shareholder campaign, it's a strategy, it's a little ploy, it's a gambit. I think you're touching upon something really interesting here in the sense of we just lived through this quote-unquote podcast election

in which there's a very clear display of let's call it alternative media power in the sense of like a stakeholder of certain powers trying to express their will without having to go through mainstream media and going directly whatever that means.

in which there's a very clear display of let's call it alternative media power in the sense of like a stakeholder of certain powers trying to express their will without having to go through mainstream media and going directly whatever that means.

in which there's a very clear display of let's call it alternative media power in the sense of like a stakeholder of certain powers trying to express their will without having to go through mainstream media and going directly whatever that means.

uh in this case in pretty much it was the trump campaign going through uh to their sort of constituency of young white men to these you know very robust built up alternative media platforms and here what you're describing i think is an expression of a misunderstanding of the big lesson here the lesson is not to start your own silly little podcast to like um engage with whatever constituency you want to express whatever will you want

uh in this case in pretty much it was the trump campaign going through uh to their sort of constituency of young white men to these you know very robust built up alternative media platforms and here what you're describing i think is an expression of a misunderstanding of the big lesson here the lesson is not to start your own silly little podcast to like um engage with whatever constituency you want to express whatever will you want

uh in this case in pretty much it was the trump campaign going through uh to their sort of constituency of young white men to these you know very robust built up alternative media platforms and here what you're describing i think is an expression of a misunderstanding of the big lesson here the lesson is not to start your own silly little podcast to like um engage with whatever constituency you want to express whatever will you want

The lesson there is to look at the state of play, look at where people actually are, and go to them where they are as opposed to making your own thing.

The lesson there is to look at the state of play, look at where people actually are, and go to them where they are as opposed to making your own thing.

The lesson there is to look at the state of play, look at where people actually are, and go to them where they are as opposed to making your own thing.

There's this progression, right? It used to be blogs. Maybe it was a newsletter at some point, CEOs wrote books or whatever. But, um, the question there is that like, has that mode of expression, has that mode of communication or propaganda, whatever you want to call it, has it ever been effective? And like, what is the sort of frame and the, and the lines of attack for that particular thing?

There's this progression, right? It used to be blogs. Maybe it was a newsletter at some point, CEOs wrote books or whatever. But, um, the question there is that like, has that mode of expression, has that mode of communication or propaganda, whatever you want to call it, has it ever been effective? And like, what is the sort of frame and the, and the lines of attack for that particular thing?

There's this progression, right? It used to be blogs. Maybe it was a newsletter at some point, CEOs wrote books or whatever. But, um, the question there is that like, has that mode of expression, has that mode of communication or propaganda, whatever you want to call it, has it ever been effective? And like, what is the sort of frame and the, and the lines of attack for that particular thing?

mode of outreach. So the example you gave, if you're a 22-year-old musician rolling out your music on TikTok or a couple years ago, SoundCloud, right? That is a different power dynamic, right? That musician has no power. So they're essentially just pulling the slot machine levers of the internet to see if they can increase their power again in front of more people.

mode of outreach. So the example you gave, if you're a 22-year-old musician rolling out your music on TikTok or a couple years ago, SoundCloud, right? That is a different power dynamic, right? That musician has no power. So they're essentially just pulling the slot machine levers of the internet to see if they can increase their power again in front of more people.