people who care about conspiracy theories have way too much weight now….what happened to believing in big foot and the Loch Ness monster

During a staff meeting today, one Fortune employee asked the company's CEO why she deserves to remain in charge: "After last year's profit miss, questionable revenue allocation, and now multiple rounds of painful layoffs, many employees are openly questioning the strength of Fortune's C-Suite."

It’s over

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...