How to Make Money in Media, with Kara Swisher
Kara Swisher has been a reporter, an editor, a founder, and is now one of the most successful podcasters in the world. This week, Ben and Max bring on the host of On with Kara Swisher and co-host of t...
31 Jan 202546min
How the Creator Economy Has Transformed Advertising
This week, we look at digital fragmentation through the eyes of a transformed marketing industry – because to really see where media is headed, you have to follow the money. Ben and Max bring on CMO o...
24 Jan 202540min
Davos, the Inauguration, and Media’s Place in the New Global Order, with Ian Bremmer
As the second inauguration of Donald Trump approaches and global leaders head to Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum, we at Mixed Signals want to know: what will media’s role be in an incr...
17 Jan 202542min
How Technology Will Shape Media in 2025, with Jessica Lessin
This year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) showcased an array of new gadgets, screens, and robots – but will any of them impact how and what we consume? Or will the real changes come from Washington,...
10 Jan 202542min
How Dating Apps Survive in the Age of Digital Exhaustion, with Tinder’s Melissa Hobley
We’re kicking off 2025 with a foray into dating apps — and an announcement of Nayeema’s next venture (not a dating app but a new show called Smart Girl Dumb Questions). But first: Today’s episode of M...
3 Jan 202546min
Ozy Founder Gets Prison Time: What Digital Media’s Most Notorious Scandal Says About the Business
On Monday, Carlos Watson, the founder of Ozy Media, was sentenced to nearly 10 years – 116 months – in prison for fraud. Today, in Ben’s first extensive conversation about it since Watson’s arrest, he...
20 Des 202454min
How YouTube Became TV – with Colin and Samir
YouTube and podcasts have come fully of age as dominant forms of media, and legacy media companies are frantic to buy their way in. Ben and Nayeema tackle this with Colin and Samir, two veteran YouTub...
13 Des 202456min
Elon Musk Is Today’s Ted Turner, and Legacy Media Is “Scared”
Mixed Signals is back for Season 2, and this season we’re following the money in the changing media business. What happens now, after the clear win by podcasts and YouTubers in the election? Is it the...
6 Des 202447min
