Everything good starts with an ask.
My friend @BloomTO at @readthepeak has 10 hours to hit his $100,000 goal for Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada (@LLSCanada).
Together we can help cure blood cancer! Link in the thread.๐๐
๐๏ธ Don't forget to tune in tonight for "Election Night at the ZoomerPlex"!
Join hosts Libby Znaimer and Marissa Lennox as they unpack the results and moderate a thought-provoking discussion featuring guest commentators!
Join us tonight at 8pm!
zoomerradio.ca/blogs/stationโฆ#Toronto
๐ @BloomTO , @taylorscollon and I just sold The Peak to Zoomer Media for an aggregate purchase price of $5 million.
Super happy and so grateful to our team, investors, advertisers, readers, viewers and listeners.
I wrote about how it happened here:
linkedin.com/feed/update/urnโฆ
Someone should build a GPT3 powered podcast summarizer.
โSummarize the latest episode of HubermanLabโ
And have it spit out key points and takeaways.
Is Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter good or bad for democracy? Or does it even matter at all?
Hear @navalang and @jamiljivani debate the issue live in Toronto on June 27th. Get early bird tickets now and save 30%.
The Peak is coming to airwaves near you! Starting Monday, January 17, The Peak Daily Minute will air on the Corus (@CorusPR) networkโcatch Brett and Jay with the news you need to know on all Global News Radio stations across the country ๐ถ.
For @Chatelaine's January 2022 issue, I recommended 5 Canadian newsletters you can subscribe to this year instead of doomscrolling your way into despair
Reading hot takes on Twitter is great, but reading these newsletters' detailed takes is even better! chatelaine.com/living/smart-โฆ
ALT A screenshot of an article on Chatelaine.com whose headline reads "5 Smart Canadian Newsletters To Subscribe To This Year." The subtitle says "Subscribe to an even smarter you in 2022." The article is written by Zeahaa Rehman and updated January 13, 2022. Below the byline is an image with a peach background with logos of five newsletters superimposed on it. The logos are, from top to bottom, left to right: At The End of the Day, Friday Things, The Maple, The Peak and Minimum Viable Planet.
Hey @readthepeak is hiring for an Editor. We're one of the most read media brands in the country with our newsletter trusted by 42,000 Canadians (48% avg open rate).
Super neat opportunity to own and build a product already read by a ton of people:
pallet.xyz/list/the-peak-jobโฆ
.@readthepeak has great guests booked and we're looking for more. ISO reccos for speakers, preferably non-tech and from under represented communities. ๐?
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Weโre looking for freelance writers to work with on some exciting new projects.
If youโre a Canada-based freelance writer interested in working with The Peak, slide into our DMs and weโll send you more details.
Here we go! The final product looks even better than the proof.
These catalogues feature 20 awesome DTC brandsโ which we will also be adding to our website very soon.
Next stop, 50,000 Manhattan Brooklyn mailboxes!
Itโs happening!
Weโve just signed off on our first catalogue print proof. Within a couple of weeks, 50,000 copies will make their way to select NYC neighbourhoods.
DTC ๐ค Direct mail.
The BTS meal will be available globally, does that mean at @McDonaldsCanada? Not a BTS fan but I missed out on the Travis Scott meal, so gotta try this.
DTC!
WTF is DTC?
DTC is a rapidly growing category of products that are being sold and shipped "Direct To Consumer".
@pmarca wrote that "software is eating the world. Well, DTC is eating retail.
IMO it's WILD that this article was just written. The science has been clear for ages that "briefly passing someone on the sidewalk just isnโt risky." slate.com/technology/2021/04โฆ