MSoM #023 | The history of media disruption
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In this episode, I’m joined by Tim Burrowes. He’s the former founder of Mumbrella, one of the most significant media organisations servicing the marketing, advertising, and media industries in Australia. Tim’s also the founder of the recently launched Unmade, a popular newsletter that explores topics centered on technology and media. The newsletter is based on his first book of the same title. Media Unmade surveying more than a decade of technology disruption in media, publishing, and advertising.
Tim has a unique perspective on how technology has changed the landscape of media as he’s been in the room seeing the decisions play out as leaders adapt to a changing environment of content consumption and consumer change. In this conversation we talk about just that, what exactly did the last decade look like throughout this change, why Tim has pivoted to newsletters, and what is driving media innovation today.
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You can find Tim Burrowes on LinkedIn, Twitter, the Unmade newsletter and you can find his latest book - Media Unmade here.
📚 Resources
Tim Burrowes’ Media Unmade is definitive media history
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