Newsletter 4 October 2023: Content to make content; starving artists; Banned Books Week; fake agencies
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Newsletter 4 October 2023: Content to make content; starving artists; Banned Books Week; fake agencies

ByJosh Bernoff

Newsletter Week 12: Delving into the “content” debate, the record spread of book banning, plus 3 people to follow, 3 books to read, and plugging yourself in. The difference between creative work and “content” There is none. OK. Put down the pitchforks, people. You and I work in the content industry, whether we admit it…

Based on one complaint, Amanda Gorman’s poem was banned. Why protect our youth from truth?

Based on one complaint, Amanda Gorman’s poem was banned. Why protect our youth from truth?

ByJosh Bernoff

Amanda Gorman composed her poem The Hill We Climb for Joe Biden’s inauguration. Now, based on one feckless parent’s complaint, an elementary school in Miami has removed it so children can no longer access it without a parent’s permission. Here’s the whole poem; judge for yourself. Is this text going to corrupt young people? I’ve…