Jason Kint
@jason_kint
#HoldTheLine. Ask, think, translate tech/media strategy (subs, ads, video, monopolies, privacy, press rights) for DCN to advance future of trusted news & media.
It's time to call it. AI is built on a house of cards of intellectual property violations starting with Facebook which is starting to look a lot like a crime scene as held back discovery documents begin to be compelled and unsealed in court. /1
(gift article) The headline is a bit off, as I'm not sharing any "anger" -- I'm just raising questions that victims and the public deserve to have answers to. nytimes.com/2025/07/19/opi…
Going off grid. I’ll be back soon - unless, by some miracle, AI firms start rightly paying for what they scrape, Google/Apple stop abusing market power, Meta quits wrecking society for profit, and a free and plural press isn’t under siege. If so… I’ll gladly stay on vacation.
For anyone who hasn't read the reporting from @MikeIsaac and @RMac18, here's a gift link nytimes.com/2025/07/19/tec…
The Times's recent reporting on Sequoia Capital is drawn from interviews our journalists conducted, emails they reviewed and social media posts and public comments from Shaun Maguire. Our story is fair, thorough and accurate in portraying the reactions to Maguire's views.
Someone spamming my timeline downplaying this report by comparing Meta data center water usage to golf courses. Thank goodness we have Google AI Overviews to educate us on the “facts” (converting precious water into toxic sludge?) 🤦♂️
This A1 story on Meta’s data centers, and others, use of water in an age of AI is incredible. /1
It’s a phenomenal A1 by the way. Layout says it all with the house next to the Facebook data center. And the Epstein - Trump report putting it all together.
Canada sends more tourists to America than any other country. Last year, Canadians made over 20 million visits to the U.S. and spent more than $20 billion. But this year, many are not coming to the U.S. @WmBrangham reports.
Byron York says the story doesn't hurt Donald Trump's reputation. Donald Trump says that it caused him "overwhelming .. reputational damage."
Say the WSJ story is entirely accurate. What does it add to our understanding of Trump and Epstein? The birthday letter was January 2003. Trump and Epstein broke off contact in 2004. Epstein was first arrested in July 2006 from an investigation that began in March 2005. WP…
The Economist correctly notes that “If nothing changes, the risk is of a modern-day tragedy of the commons” owing to AI-based answers, leading the evaporation of content. Yet tech giants resist paying for the right to crawl/scrape. Oh well. The Internet was nice while it lasted.
Odd claim. You’re suggesting to cancel the NFL, Rich?
EVERY TV Show That Cannot Generate Ads > Cost Needs to be Cancelled The Late Show Should with Steven Colbert Should Have Been Cancelled Years Ago lightshedtmt.com/2025/07/18/rip…
Great thread. Only thing not mentioned is a Judge Cannon curveball. That’s possible, albeit remote, right?
The first thing to note about Trump's WSJ lawsuit is that he filed it federally in Florida. In almost every jurisdiction, filing a lawsuit federally helps you avoid the anti-SLAPP statute. But not in Florida.
We sued to unseal the docs that revealed the extent of Epstein & Maxwell’s sex trafficking operation. The lawsuit by Trump opens the door to learning the extent of his friendship with Trump.
Ghislaine Maxwell sued Virginia Giuffre for defamation and it didn’t go so well for Maxwell — who is now serving 20 plus years in prison. All the incriminating discovery in that defamation case became public as a result of @MiamiHerald cnbc.com/2025/07/18/tru…
The Senate Intel Committee unanimously concluded that Russia interfered in the 2016 election. If there had been some Obama conspiracy, we would have found it. This latest lie is another sad, dangerous example of Tulsi Gabbard trying to rewrite history and erode trust in the IC.