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The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway

No Mercy / No Malice: Lonely Fans

The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway

Vox Media Podcast Network

Careers, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.64.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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0:00.0

Support for the show comes from Sacks Fifth Avenue. Sacks Fifth Avenue makes it easy to shop for your personal style. Follow us here, and you can invest in some new arrivals that you'll want to wear again and again, like a relaxed prodder blazer and Gucci loafers, which can take you from work to the weekend. Shopping from Sacks feels totally customized, from the in-store stylist to a visit to sacks.com, where they can show you things that fit your style and taste.

0:22.7

They'll even let you know when arrivals from your favorite designers are in

0:25.3

or when that Brunella Cuccinelli sweater you've been eyeing is back in stock.

0:28.8

So, if you're like me and you need shopping to be personalized and easy,

0:32.7

head to Sacks Fifth Avenue for the best follow rivals and style inspiration.

0:37.4

Here is a big existential question for every media company today.

0:42.4

Do they fight the AI tech overlords or do they just take their money?

0:47.1

So far, most of them are taking the money, but a few are fighting.

0:51.3

One of them is Zip Davis.

0:53.8

This is Peter Kafka, the host of channels.

0:56.5

And on this week's episode, I'm talking to Ziff Davis,

0:58.6

CEO of Vec Shah, who tells me he's kind of optimistic about the media business

1:02.5

and why he's taking on the people behind ChatGBT.

1:06.2

That's this week on channels, wherever you listen to your favorite podcast.

1:12.0

I'm Scott Galloway, and this is no mercy, no malice.

1:16.5

OnlyFans has a customer base greater than the U.S. population.

1:21.3

But that success comes at huge cost.

1:25.2

Lonely fans, as read by George Hahn.

1:35.7

Loneliness is lucrative. Leonid Redvinsky, the secretive owner of OnlyFans, received a $700 million windfall last year,

1:47.8

while the platform's top tier of content creators, mostly women, earned millions annually.

1:55.4

With $7.2 billion in annual gross revenue and just 46 employees, only fans may be one of the most

2:03.8

profitable companies on the planet. The site is viewed as a porn-centric hub where men pay women

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