Chris Lesinski

Inside media organizations, one of the most contested browse surfaces on a homepage or streaming app is the “hero” section.

How do you get cross-functional buy-in?

Want to make a hit on streaming?

Media companies face some challenges but bundling is a solution—not a problem.

I recently resurrected an old presentation I gave at Twitch and shared a new version with students in Justin Winter‘s AI Producing class at LMU.

Recently a coworker asked me about if I ever dealt with my 3-year-old waking up many times throughout the night.

I bought this new rug for our family room and I love it.

This is a short primer if you’re joining me at the Magic Castle!

This January, when I had my daughter baptized, I couldn’t invite any friends or family because of the pandemic.

Boy, I’m really into the parenting stuff lately!

Boy, I’m really into the parenting stuff lately!

If you (or someone you know) is expecting a newborn I can already predict that their baby registry is packed to the gills with ironic onsies found on Instagram and useless organic baby bath salts.

We all know what Christmas is really about: scandalizing your friends and family with your questionable sense of humor.

The holidays are a time for joy, family, and moments of pure childish laughter when you hear words that sound just a little… off.

For over seven years, the side of the Deck Around box has boldly claimed it contains: 4 mini pencils we stole at a municipal golf course.

In college, my friends and I joked that fast food would eventually evolve to the point where young professionals in suits would beer bong a perfectly balanced meal at a chain down the street to get their lunch down in minutes.

Lots of folks are talking about Marie Kondo now that she has a Netflix show.

I’ve been thinking a lot about the rumor of Apple’s hardware and content subscription bundle.

Netflix is killin it and I continue to be bullish on their future.

Weighted way-too-heavily with tech platform executives, journalists and media moguls, Vanity Fair’s New Establishment list (out today) is basically a who’s-who of people I idolize… But my favorite part of the list is how they recap their picks and in part…

People keep saying that Google and Facebook get 90% of digital ad spending… though still a concerning stat, this is somewhat of a distortion.

I love how ballsy this would be.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this slide from Rich Greenfield at BTIG.

I’ve searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees. – British writer, G.K.

What’s one of today’s prime digital advertising concerns?

There’s a quick Recode note by Tess Townsend pointing out Apple’s huge advantage over Google: they can quickly deploy new features across all of their devices.

I don’t endorse this at all and I have no idea if it works… …But I got a ride from an Uber driver from LAX the other day.

I talk a TON about how important knowing your target is.

We’re in a huge boom of VC-backed media start-ups with tons of investment in digital media brands that are growing because of the obvious shift of consumer attention from print and radio to mobile and internet.

Bloomberg has an awesome breakdown of YouTube’s really cool announcement today.