Vanity Fair just published a two-part article on the brain trust surrounding Donald Trump. The writer, Chris Whipple, is the author of a book on chiefs of staff in the White House. The photos were by Christopher Anderson, an accomplished portrait photographer. Trump’s advisors look very, very bad in this piece. His chief of staff…
Newsletter 129. Strategies for principled ghostwriters, Kindle enables AI queries, the polarization risk of closer social connections, plus three people to follow and three books to read. Who wins when a ghostwriter disagrees with a client? Sometimes ghostwriters and their clients have a serious disagreement. I’m not talking about the Oxford Comma (although as serious…
According to TechCrunch India: India has proposed a mandatory royalty system for AI companies that train their models on copyrighted content — a move that could reshape how OpenAI and Google operate in what has already become one of their most important and fastest-growing markets globally. On Tuesday, India’s Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade released a…
The media company Warner Bros./Discovery has been in play for months. It just accepted a bid from Netflix for $83 billion — for its production studio assets and HBO Max streaming services only. This deal may face antitrust scrutiny for consolidation in the streaming space and may not go through. Paramount/Skydance and Comcast/NBC were outbid…
You want writing in a hurry? Great! I love to work fast. This could work out well. It could also be a disaster. Here’s what I need to complete a rush job (and you’ll find this applies to most good, fast writers). I actually prefer speedy writing If all the right pieces are in place,…
Yesterday, I announced that we were releasing the results of a survey, sponsored by Gotham Ghostwriters, of 1,481 writing professionals about their attitudes about AI. From time to time, I’ll be examining and sharing data from that survey in more detail. One of the most interesting parts of the survey compared attitudes of different groups…
Newsletter 122. A deep dive into what 1481 writers told us about how they use AI. Plus, AI is a better parrot than MFAs, demystifying royalty statements, three people to follow, and three books to read. And, I’ll see you next week at the Gathering of the Ghosts — let’s connect! Key results from the…
Fifty years ago, William J. Brink, editor at the New York Daily News, wrote a front-page headline for the paper’s story on President Gerald Ford’s refusal to bail out New York City as it neared bankruptcy: Ford to City: Drop Dead With apologies to the runner up, “Headless Body in Topless Bar,” this was the…
In August and September, with the support and sponsorship of Gotham Ghostwriters, I undertook a study of writers and their attitudes about AI. The results were fascinating. This Wednesday, November 5, we’ll be releasing them in the form of a free report. While I can’t share any statistics yet, I can tell you a little…