{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Media and the Machine","title":"Ex-Meta & Snap VP: How to Monetize Content Without LLMs Stealing Chickens from the Coop","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2746,"description":"Ty Ahmad-Taylor is a founder & two-time CEO with a career at the center of media & tech. He started at The NY Times, built and sold his startup FanFeedr to Samsung, and later became a product VP at Meta and Snap. Today, he’s on the boards of GoPro and SFMOMA—and working hands-on with AI.One of the wildest parts of this conversation: Ty rebuilt a startup that once took four and a half years to build… in just five minutes with AI.Ty and I talk about what the AI shift really means for media companies.Not theory. Real examples.We focus on content, distribution and money.Key Takeaways: • How Ty rebuilt FanFeedr—a startup that took four and a half years to build—using one AI prompt in just five minutes (using ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity)  • Why Yahoo Sports shows up everywhere in AI tools—and why The Athletic from The NY Times does not • What media companies gain and lose by blocking AI bots like ChatGPT and Google/Gemini • Why AI agents and scheduled tasks change how products get built • How tools like Granola, ChatPRD, and Lovable compress months of work into minutes • What Ty learned running AI workshops with OpenAI, Perplexity, Delphi, and Listen Labs • Why affiliate revenue may replace ads as Google traffic falls • Ty’s simple 3-part framework for AI product developmentFamily too — We also talk about how Ty thinks about AI and his kids, and why human skills still matter in an AI world.If you run a media business, build products, or create content, this episode will help you understand what’s actually changing—and what to do next.Thanks, Rob","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/HFcKrDy4G3ckU9bjuMpsJ7q5fCZAR2rBgUQcovom8lk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hMjUw/Mjk1Y2I5Nzg4Mzg3/YzZiMzk2YTQ4MTI3/NGE2ZS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}