In an email to employees, Fortune says it has cut 10% of staff, the result of a decline in traffic, and rise of audio/video. The company says its new strategy is "to cultivate our premium franchise communities and deliver premium editorial content to them."

"I have memories of going to films and being in awe of what I was seeing. And that's what drove me in wanting to be a filmmaker. And I feel like I'm seeing awe just disappearing, especially as these images can be made in an instant." Ari Aster talks to @maxwelltani and @semaforben about his views on AI:

the fastest growing political youtube channel is benny johnson's account, he grew more last quarter than the next four highest accounts combined...

. @FortuneMagazine is laying off staff this morning, I'm told.

New: Palantir's CTO and several early employees are raising money to launch Founders Films, a film and TV production studio that aims to "say yes to projects about American exceptionalism, name America’s enemies, back artists unconditionally, take risk on novel IP.”

A @maxwelltani mustread on a new effort by a Palantir exec to remake Hollywood

We are breaking very important news on @semafor's Mixed Signals podcast...

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"I feel like I shouldn't say. Should I?" @maxwelltani asks director Ari Aster about a rumor that he was asked to do a Marvel movie on Mixed Signals from Semafor Media:

Ari Aster's 'Eddington' is a modern Western placed in the height of lockdown during the 2020 pandemic, where digital media is the real villain. This week on Mixed Signals, @semaforben and @maxwelltani bring on the writer and director to talk about why he decided to make a film set during COVID when the rest of Hollywood is running in the other direction, how his relationship with social media led to 'Eddington,' and how his research for the film made him more empathetic to conspiracy theorists. Plus, Ari reveals what Marvel movie he turned down.