Pulled Quotes

“This deadline that President Trump has set, 8 p.m., for threatening to destroy a civilization: How does an investor course of that? Is it an even bigger upside threat or draw back threat?”
CNBC anchor Sara Eisen, asking the vital questions
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“Judging by Trump and Mamdani, main a authorities and being a content material creator are primarily the identical job.”
The Rebooting writer Brian Morrissey, on why OpenAI purchased TBPN
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“I’ll destroy you.”
Block Communications CEO Allan Block to his brother, John Block, who was exploring a sale of Block’s media property
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“I’m going to avoid wasting newspapers in America.”
Billionaire David Hoffman, the brand new majority proprietor of Lee Enterprises, on his impossible goal
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Quote/Unquote

Jaya Saxena is among the 5 cofounders of the newly launched meals media model Ravenous, which debuted on Monday. The outlet, which consists totally of former Eater employees affected by its current rounds of layoffs, goals to heart the sort of written editorial work that Eater has moved away from in recent times. 

The launch adds even further froth to the already heady food media scene, because it joins Caper and Gourmand because the third new outlet to launch in as many months. Notably, Ravenous is a worker-owned co-op, a mannequin styled after unbiased media ventures like Defector and Listening to Issues, a choice that stems largely from the frustration the staff skilled underneath Vox Media.

This interview has been edited.

Mark Stenberg: So what’s Ravenous and the way did it come to be?

Jaya Saxena: Ravenous is a worker-owned media outlet that may characteristic in-depth reporting, cultural protection, and well-informed opinion items, alongside some extra private items. There are 5 of us, distributed throughout the nation, who have been all part of the identical spherical of layoffs at Eater final yr. 

Mark: The place does Ravenous match into the broader meals media ecosystem, which appears to be present process a tectonic rearrangement?

Jaya: We saved seeing completely different meals publishers draw back from the sort of work that we wished to do in favor of content material that was shorter, oriented round lists and suggestions. I believe a few of our not too long ago launched friends, like Caper and Gourmand, are additionally reactions to the identical pattern and proof that there’s demand for this type of work.

Mark: Notably, Ravenous just isn’t centering social video, restaurant discovery, or perhaps a publication. As an alternative, the web site is the house base, a transfer that runs counter to most of the many traits I see amongst new retailers. Why make that alternative?