Li Jin (@ljin18), formerly of a16z and founder of a new firm called Atelier, and Nathan Baschez (@nbashaw), writer of Divinations and co-founder of the Everything bundle, join Erik on this episode.

They discuss:

- Where they would be investing if they were running a fund focused on the space.

- The first wave of content companies and the lessons that have been learned from them.

- The key learnings of the last decade for media businesses.

- The future of journalism and journalists.

- The impact of subscription models on the content of a writer’s work.

- Aggregation models for writing.

- Podcasting, including whether there will be a unicorn in the space and the future of subscription podcasts.

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