Is AI Coming for Your Media Job? Plus, the Passion of Tony Romo and the Smugness of Book Collectors.

The Press Box

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Sports

4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Bryan and David react to the news that BuzzFeed will be utilizing artificial intelligence throughout the company and discuss how this could impact the media landscape (5:47). Then, they talk through weekend media takeaways from the NFC and AFC championship games, from the lack of replay shots to Tony Romo’s overly enthusiastic performance in the booth (19:20), before weighing in on Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett’s column in The Guardian where she discusses the cult of book ownership and why she’s giving away her books (39:46). Plus, the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week and David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline. Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker Associate Producer: Erika Cervantes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Derek Thompson, the host of the podcast, Plain English.
0:06.5	We tackle technology, politics, culture, history, everything that's happening in the world
0:11.5	and why it matters.
0:13.0	New episodes of Plain English Drop every Tuesday and Friday on Spotify or wherever you
0:17.7	get your podcasts.
0:24.5	We all have a fire inside us.
0:26.9	It gives us energy and spirit to do the things we love.
0:30.8	Every morning we get to feed that fire and set ourselves up for the day with a warming
0:35.3	and satisfying bowl of Quaker Oats.
0:39.3	Because when we feed it right, when it's fully ablaze, we can take on anything the day
0:43.9	might bring.
0:47.6	Feed more than just your body.
0:50.1	Feed the fire inside.
0:52.8	Quaker Oats.
0:59.3	The Philadelphia Eagles have made the soup bowl.
1:02.6	I'm aware, yeah.
1:04.5	Two things about that are important.
1:06.7	There's the football part and more seriously for our purposes, the empowerment of Eagles
1:14.4	fans in the media.
1:19.3	More seriously.
1:21.3	Yeah, I mean, there are a lot of Eagles fans in the media.
1:26.8	It's not like this is news.
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