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September 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Which podcasts do entrepreneurs really listen to? The entrepreneurs that have the big startup ideas? This cheat sheet is where one starts. Don't be fooled by the TechCrunch Startup News "podcast," because all it is is an AI voice-synthesized audio file of a story that ran as a tech article -- it's…
September 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A kind and generous subscriber shared the data on the latest producers on CNBC, the shows that they produce, and the times that the show is aired. This is what the Media Survey family is all about. The sidebars are from Anthropic's Claude, and DeepSeek. Enjoy, and good luck.…
September 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Here’s a cheat sheet on whom to approach and pitch in selected Tier 1 event operations, updated from the Jan. 2024 version. Unlike reporters, event influencers have no content to review.
September 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
You're not going to get on Bloomberg TV without impressing either one or both of these women, so make sure you read up.
August 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
This is a must-read article about both Business Insider and Wired being tricked by a phony freelance reporter writing phony stories. If BI and Wired can be fooled, everybody can be fooled.
July 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
This cheat sheet focuses on who covers CTOs and the problems that they face. It doesn’t focus on job changes, e.g who was hired in inside the DC beltway.
July 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The WSJ has the story.
July 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Construction is a big business, but it does not show up in the media. The DeepSeek sidebar gets into the reasons why.
July 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Many PR pros mourned the damage at TechCrunch this spring, but this cheat sheet reminds us that more than two dozen pitchable reporters remain. Click on the name of the reporter for their beat and their recent work. The higher the name appears on the list, the more often they write.
DALL·E produced…
July 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Veteran tech journalist David Strom is working with a couple of AI developers to understand exactly the nature of his writing as it has unfolded over the years. In this edition of Sound Thinking, David shares his learnings and where everything might go.
July 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
This cheat sheet is unusual for SWMS. It comprises non-traditional targets -- podcasters and newsletter authors. It mixes of entrepreneurial behavior and the future of work. It's a bit here and there. Hopefully it will open a backdoor along your path to placement. ChatGPT-4 and DALL·E contributed…
July 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
It's been tough to keep track of SDxCentral this year, with the sale... management moves... Here's a podcast and an article that will help you catch up.. thank you, Ben, for the assistance.
July 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Perhaps you saw Joanna Glasner's July 16th CrunchBase News story about the spike in cybersecurity funding. Cybersecurity was a hot area for venture investment in the first half of 2025, with total funding to the space hitting its highest level in three years... overall, we counted at least 11 rounds…
July 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Newly merged TechTarget and Informa this month laid off 10 percent of their employees. Check out the euphemism in the 8-K: "[the] net reduction [will be] up to approximately 10% of the Company’s current global colleague base." That just beats all, doesn't it?
July 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Using NLP software, Business Insider assesses how readers will react to its content emotionally, and then sells advertising based on that info. For example, an advertiser can choose to advertise against a story (or video) that makes you feel good or optimistic or pessimistic. This is where content…
July 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
An avalanche of fake news sites threatens the viability of the web itself. You may need a subscription to read this article, but this publication is definitely worth the money for a subscription.
July 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The former TC star reporter picked a good place to go. Here's his latest.
July 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Here's a cheat sheet comprising 11 reporters who recently covered a cybersecurity survey as news. We carried over three targets from our Sept. 2022 cheat sheet; all other names are new.
July 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
When Axios prompted ChatGPT for basic background research on Wealthfront's confidential IPO filing last week, the bot confidently detailed a Wealthfront investor deck. The problem? It appears to be entirely made up.
June 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Indy media business experts Brian Morrissey and Jacob Cohen Donnelly have built two very successful businesses with both newsletters and face-to-face events. Axios has noticed this and has decided to get into the event space focusing on the economics of publishing, which of course is a topic close…