The Weekly Cut

The Weekly Cut is my Friday briefing on the business behind news and media: the products, platforms, operating models and economics reshaping the industry.

Each edition cuts across the week’s essential developments, then goes deeper on the playbook underneath one of them. It is written for people who run, build and invest in media, but without the throat-clearing.

I’m Joe Cooke. I work across strategy, growth and operations at The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones, and previously spent eight years in strategy and business development across NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, TODAY and Dateline.

You can browse the complete archive at https://joeolivercooke.com/weekly-cut/archive and more about my work at https://joeolivercooke.com/joe-cooke.

Written in a personal capacity. Views are my own.

I use AI tools to help gather sources, structure research and prepare drafts. I review, edit and approve every edition; the judgment and final publication decision are mine.