Make money doing the work you believe in
I massively enjoyed this conversation with Ashlee—in a proper dive bar, with proper drinking—about all the things that matter in media and tech, and the glories of being a journalist. (Ashlee was only slightly better at pool than me.)
Ashlee Vance wrote the book on Elon Musk, circled the globe for Bloomberg, and then walked away from “the last good job in media” to build Core Memory on his own. In Open Tab Ep 3, he and Hamish McKenzie talk shop on the state of new media:
Ashlee’s reach on Substack vs. his reach at Bloomberg
Why PR people keep over-optimizing for prestige publications
The moment he…
May 21
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7:12 PM