Sources: Andreessen Horowitz to launch an opinion section on its website that will publish articles related to technology and business from outside contributors
Silicon Valley investment firm Andreessen Horowitz, which once courted attention from the news media, is ramping up its own media efforts. Tweets: @amir , @nxthompson , @s_m_i , @quinnypig , @alexisohanian , @dangillmor , @tomgara , @birdyword , @john__rosevear , @zebulgar , @bluespacecanary , @jason_kint , @gaberivera , @wadhwa , @teddyschleifer , @paulbradleycarr , and @chrismohney See also Mediagazer Tweets: Amir Efrati / @amir : .@a16z is serious about being a media publisher and is looking for two senior editors to launch, among other things, an opinion section that is “unapologetically pro-tech.” @zoeSaintBernard reports. https://www.theinformation.com/ ... @nxthompson : Andreessen Horowitz is launching its own opinion pages, which will be ""unapologetically pro-tech, pro-future, pro-change." https://www.theinformation.com/ ... Stacy-Marie Ishmael / @s_m_i : A natural next step when you've blocked every journalist who declined to reprint your press releases or asked even mildly skeptical questions https://twitter.com/... Corey Quinn / @quinnypig : Oh shit yes, just what we all have been craving: more VC Opinions on things! https://twitter.com/... @alexisohanian : Welp, that was fast. @a16z is smart to do this: https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/... Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor : They're describing basically all tech journalism until very recently. https://twitter.com/... Tom Gara / @tomgara : I want to congratulate Marc Andreessen, who has inexplicably blocked me, for his commitment to investing in editorial content https://www.theinformation.com/ ... Mike Bird / @birdyword : Cool, I've always thought that what the media ecosystem needed was more opinion pieces https://twitter.com/... John Rosevear / @john__rosevear : So Fox News, but for tech bros. https://twitter.com/... Delian / @zebulgar : techies have been talking non-stop about forming their own media institutions so that we can tell our own stories unapologetically pro-tech pro-future pro-change graet to see a16z putting their money where their mouth is and building an editorial team!! https://www.theinformation.com/ ... @bluespacecanary : ah yes, Futurist political writing in service of wealthy industrialists, a thing with absolutely no historical analogues, https://twitter.com/... Jason Kint / @jason_kint : Exactly. If they plan to have an ounce of editorial credibility, they'll need the rest of their house to start taking and answering tough questions from journalists rather than just blocking anyone who challenges them on Twitter. https://twitter.com/... Gabe Rivera / @gaberivera : My guess is rather than countering anti-tech reporting, this could succeed in simply promoting ideas the tech press isn't interested in or capable of conveying. (Which sounds potentially good to me...) https://twitter.com/... Vivek Wadhwa / @wadhwa : Trump may start his own political party and Andreessen how own media outlets. Maybe they should team up. https://twitter.com/... Teddy Schleifer / @teddyschleifer : “Andreessen also has been known to block members of the tech press from viewing his tweets.” https://www.theinformation.com/ ... Paul Bradley Carr / @paulbradleycarr : Oh good, a billionaire Facebook board member (and major substack/clubhouse investor) is launching an “unapologetically pro-tech” opinion site. That sounds totally unsinister and certainly won't run defense for sociopaths. https://twitter.com/... Chris Mohney / @chrismohney : It's just mindboggling that tech's need for absolute public deference to its mythology still has them barking up this tree, even now https://twitter.com/... See also Mediagazer Expand More For Next Unexpand More For Next
.@a16z is serious about being a media publisher and is looking for two senior editors to launch, among other things, an opinion section that is “unapologetically pro-tech.” @zoeSaintBernard reports. https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
Andreessen Horowitz is launching its own opinion pages, which will be ""unapologetically pro-tech, pro-future, pro-change." https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
A natural next step when you've blocked every journalist who declined to reprint your press releases or asked even mildly skeptical questions https://twitter.com/...
I want to congratulate Marc Andreessen, who has inexplicably blocked me, for his commitment to investing in editorial content https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
techies have been talking non-stop about forming their own media institutions so that we can tell our own stories unapologetically pro-tech pro-future pro-change graet to see a16z putting their money where their mouth is and building an editorial team!! https://www.theinformation…
Exactly. If they plan to have an ounce of editorial credibility, they'll need the rest of their house to start taking and answering tough questions from journalists rather than just blocking anyone who challenges them on Twitter. https://twitter.com/...
My guess is rather than countering anti-tech reporting, this could succeed in simply promoting ideas the tech press isn't interested in or capable of conveying. (Which sounds potentially good to me...) https://twitter.com/...
Oh good, a billionaire Facebook board member (and major substack/clubhouse investor) is launching an “unapologetically pro-tech” opinion site. That sounds totally unsinister and certainly won't run defense for sociopaths. https://twitter.com/...
It's just mindboggling that tech's need for absolute public deference to its mythology still has them barking up this tree, even now https://twitter.com/...
I'm still thinking about @EricNewcomer's article about how a16z has strategically blocked out press so the firm can build its own media operation. Startup puff may be what VCs crave, but it won't be a credible authority without critical self reflection https://www.newcomer.co/...
“10% of the 200-person @a16z works on its marketing team. The company is expanding its editorial operation... @smc90's in-house media strategy is the future of the firm. One communications person remarked to me, 'They've become a media company basically.'” https://www.newcomer.co…
.@EricNewcomer “I talked to Wennmachers for over an hour for this story on the condition that I wouldn't quote her. She asked me to write that she strenuously disagreed with many of this story's characterizations and facts” https://www.newcomer.co/...
You know a story is great when you're jealous you didn't publish it. Bravo, @EricNewcomer. Fantastic and important reporting here. Very curious to watch this a16z strategy play out. https://twitter.com/...
“Today, roughly 10% of the 200-person firm works on its marketing team. The company is expanding its editorial operation. Talk to anyone around the firm and Chokshi's in-house media strategy is the future of the firm.” https://www.newcomer.co/...
I say this as someone that loves journalism and journalists: there is almost no good reporting on tech anymore. Everyone covering it doesn't understand it or hates it. You have to go direct. https://twitter.com/...
The Unauthorized Story of Andreessen Horowitz by @EricNewcomer https://www.newcomer.co/... <- stunning must read. Sad IMHO, but I'm biased. (mostly a big reminder of why I'm very happy no longer to be a journalist)
Love watching people acting as if transformative PR is being able to connect a guy who everyone wants to talk to with everyone else lol https://www.newcomer.co/...
“This is the story of how Andreessen Horowitz disrupted the world of venture capital by cozying up to the media and then, how they purposefully threw that relationship away. Let me tell you the story from the beginning.” @EricNewcomer https://twitter.com/...
“Margit is really a hidden founder of this firm,” a startup founder who has raised money from the firm told me. “The power dynamics there is, Marc, Ben, and Margit.” Great read on a16z's image maker: https://www.newcomer.co/... @EricNewcomer