Shakir Husain

The Hounds.

A flyer for the panel event, called The Unusual Suspects, as part of the CMA Summit 2025. The event flags the participation, with photos, of Matt Potter, Anna Byrne of conde Nast, Annie Jarvis of OMD, and Aziza Makamé of the Linked Ick podcast and RAPP

Tomorrow at @barbicancentre.bsky.social London, I'm chairing a star panel as part of CMA Summit 2025, bringing together 3 of the brightest minds in creative storytelling to talk about how media needs to step away from the algorithm to land stories that resonate wide & fuel real-world outcomes. Come!

Happy New Year everyone.

HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray Talks Hot Print Book Sales and AI Deluxe editions of popular titles are driving sales of print books this holiday season, HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray said at a media conference this week. The company is also looking at various AI-d...

"One idea is a “talking book,” where a book sits atop a large language model, allowing readers to converse with an AI facsimile of its author."

Sometimes I hate publishing

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Tuesday in America.

Such a great thread. When the kids were younger I didn’t want to adopt because of the sheer number of little kids going through the house. Now that they’re older the next one will be a rescue for sure.

50k? That’s like one chemo treatment. They need to up that reward!

Take The Cannoli

This Weeks Editorial Cartoon: Take The Cannoli

a very happy birthday to @mosharraf.bsky.social . May he enjoying skiing in Gstaad this year at his lovely spot.

The beauty of the twitter deal is that most of the cash came from banks and funds and not Elon himself. His cash contribution is minimal compared to the money he’s about to make.

When businesses talk about ending government “overreach” they’re usually talking about screwing their customers over

Someone Just Paid $6.2 Million for a Banana Duct-Taped to a Wall — The Wall Street Journal Sotheby’s auctioned the artwork by artist Maurizio Cattelan on Wednesday; it comes with instructions on how to refresh the piece with new bananas and tape

This is genius. apple.news/At-_n4RW4Rfa...

“bluesky is an echo chamber” everywhere’s an echo chamber i’m going with the one without cybertruck guys

I really don’t understand this whole ‘stay on Twitter and fight’ thing. You’re jousting with bots and reply guys and wading through ads it’s not Waterloo.

Same. I see the exodus from Elom’s spot is coming along nicely!