Look, I been in this business a while, and lemme tell ya… most people who wanna be an artist don’t know how to trim, to edit, to slice an’ dice an’ cook their work so it’s palatable to their industry. They overdo it, they under-do it, they end up covered in carnage and throwin’ the whole thing out. It’s okay, I’m here to guide ya through the three basic things you need to know before startin’ your meaty journey.

On March 11th, agents, editors, and other employees of the publishing world watched as more and more people in their industry posted very public statements saying it was their last day on the job. Some left the Big Names for indie presses. Others left to spend time in a quieter, more nature-filled environment — and not because Thoreau’s lifestyle started trending.

Academics, who are traditionally white and male, like to cite other white males as their sources, creating a quietly insular perspective that masquerades as gospel truth.

On August 4th, news broke that conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery plans to merge HBO Max with Discovery+ to create a new streaming Megazord that will launch in Summer 2023. The scuttlebutt surrounding this announcement has a tone of confusion. HBO Max seems like a giant, having built its brand largely on works about people on top of the world like “Succession” and “Game of Thrones.” So how were they being quietly subsumed by Warner Bros Discovery and merged with Discovery+, a streaming service that had a meager 24 million subscribers as of last April?

Our core tenets — the reasons we founded our ambitious venture studio — are still being challenged on a large scale, played out in the media, and we couldn’t help but notice. Here are some examples.