We may be in a crypto winter but coverage of NFTs proceeds apace. This cheat sheet focuses on 14 targets in business titles and trades. We omitted the crypto verticals; dozens of targets populate them and are easy to find.
Here’s a list of 13 targets who cover banking and payments from the POV of a crypto vertical. We focused on the titles with the largest audiences. Also check out our list of comparable targets who operate in Tier 1.
Here’s a list of 14 Tier 1 reporters whose job it is to map the encroachment of crypto into the banking and payments industries. Be sure to check out our other cheat sheet in this space, focused on crypto trades.
This is a tale of two Fortunes — “new” Fortune and “classic” Fortune, each with their own needs and culture. You’ll want to approach accordingly.
With 2022 a month away, it’s time to imagine next year’s trends, in a way that lets our subscribers take action whenever possible. Here’s our list.
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It’s not too early to bear down on NFT reporters — here’s a list of 14. Many are tire-kicking at the moment, touching upon NFTs as part of a wider beat. Soon we should expect NFTs to be their own beat, living somewhere between crypto and e-commerce.
The Block “is not an enthusiast site [for crypto],” says new editor-in-chief John Biggs. “We’re not rah rah rah all day long like other sites.” The 12-year veteran of TechCrunch is now a full-timer at The Block, a thoughtful crypto publication that’s coming up on its first birthday.
For tech PR, “crypto” is here, finally. After years of hearing about it, many if not most agencies have clients somewhere in the space. Swaths of journalists cover it. Most exciting: crypto is now “baked in” — there’s a crypto angle to just about every aspect of tech edit, from gender to IoT.
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Which musical artist, over the course of his still-active career, played sold out shows at both Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium? Sirius/XM is broadcasting a channel celebrating his music, for “a limited time.”
From today’s TC+ Newsletter: “No one I met said they were looking for ‘thought leadership’ or scorching hot takes,” wrote TC’s contributed content gatekeeper. “Almost everyone wanted actionable advice that would help them fundraise, build and scale.”
Good guidance indeed.
Somewhere along the line, Cambridge, Mass.-based Devo Technology rebranded as Devo. Warner Music Group apparently has no objection.
Here’s how Mike Isaac presents himself. A single perfunctory paragraph doesn’t cut it anymore in a world of disinformation and synthetic, AI-generated content where no one really knows the agenda. The NYT wants to get out in front of that, especially before the 2024 elections heat up. Read the background behind this in Vanity Fair.
Legendary journalist Louise Story reveals how the smartest edit shops are using AI. Here come the flexicles.
Sara Fischer of Axios nails another scoop: Time is merging its Time Ideas section into a new one, called Time100 Voices. It doesn’t promise big opportunity for tech PR — it aims so high that only the Benioffs and Nadellas stand a chance.
