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 realized 65% of his YouTube viewers were watching on a TV

• All he gave up leaving Bloomberg, and why he still wouldn't go back