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#ShortTake: The Rise of AI Coworkers, Creators as Financial Advisors & Off-Grid Social

By Jeff Barrett  • Published April 21, 2025

ShortTake is your weekly FYP from The Shorty Awards for quick, new and thought-challenging takes on culture, creativity and TLDR. Things that need a closer look and things that need a completely different perspective.

What - not who - is on your team?

I came across this post from Ruben Hassid last week and it stuck with me over the weekend. It’s easy to visualize but so often solopreneurs, entrepreneurs, …

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#ShortTake: VidCon Preview, What’s Up With Snap, Big NAB Takeaways

By Jeff Barrett  • Published April 14, 2025

ShortTake is your weekly FYP from The Shorty Awards for quick, new and thought-challenging takes on culture, creativity and TLDR. Things that need a closer look and things that need a completely different perspective.

What we learned from The Creator Lab at NABShow

Lots of great content and takeaways coming from the event and Jim Louderback has a great recap of what was said, learned and overheard. 

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#ShortTake: Is Our Data Obsolete? Plus: TikTok Tension and What’s Next for YouTube

By Jeff Barrett  • Published April 7, 2025

ShortTake is your weekly FYP from The Shorty Awards for quick, new and thought-challenging takes on culture, creativity and TLDR. Things that need a closer look and things that need a completely different perspective.

What should we actually measure?

In our never ending quest to determine what is measurable and what those insights mean Avi Gandhi highlighted research from Barbara Duffek a couple weeks back. It’s interesting and points to …

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#ShortTake: The New Rules of AI, TV, PR, and Gaming Engagement

By Jeff Barrett  • Published March 31, 2025

ShortTake is your weekly FYP from The Shorty Awards for quick, new and thought-challenging takes on culture, creativity and TLDR. Things that need a closer look and things that need a completely different perspective.

Here’s a cool trick with the new ChatGPT image model

If you’re looking to know how to navigate AI better, Ruben Hassid is your guide. This specific trick is how to recreate an iconic ad with …

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#ShortTake: 50% Creator Budgets, College Sports Deals, and Hollywood’s Uncertain Future

By Jeff Barrett  • Published March 24, 2025

ShortTake is your weekly FYP from The Shorty Awards for quick, new and thought-challenging takes on culture, creativity and TLDR. Things that need a closer look and things that need a completely different perspective.

Will 50% of the budget become the norm for creators?

Unilever sure thinks so. Its new CEO says it’ll spend half of its media dollars on social channels and work with 20x more creators.

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