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Maybe some rich VCs should buy this thing, and convert it into a tech publication that is pro tech.
by justinzollars 3y ago
Maybe some rich VCs should buy this thing, and convert it into a tech publication that is pro tech.
- sadhorse 3y agoVC tend to invest in things going the opposite way.
- qudat 3y agoHN eats that lunch
- manicennui 3y agoAnd fill it with even more ads and clickbait articles.
- eropple 3y agoIf "tech", as you define it here, was doing things that were good for people, would a party-apparatus publication be necessary? This is obvious, of course, but rarely do socially valuable innovations require captive media to substantiate them to the body public. When the body public actually wants to hear about them, there's money to be made by educating them. Real "are we the baddies" energy here.
- h2odragon 3y agoAlso, "Wired" has been filling that slot
- excitom 3y agoIt will be interesting to see if the revival of the printed Rock & Roll magazine Creem https://www.creem.com https://www.creem.com will find enough Boomer nostalgia to succeed. If so, then maybe PopSci too. Not holding my breath, however.