Essays on strategy, media, and the creator economy. https://jasonnellis.com/ 2026-07-15T00:00:00.000Z Jason Nellis hello@jasonnellis.com https://jasonnellis.com/blog/what-you-learn-when-you-stop-building-and-start-listening/ 2026-07-15T00:00:00.000Z

Packagd built two products creators never asked for. What got the team acquired by Meta was learning to listen instead.

https://jasonnellis.com/blog/comedy-time-and-the-format-problem-at-hulu/ 2026-07-13T00:00:00.000Z

A stand-up comedy library was stuck at $400 a month in revenue. The fix wasn't the content — it was the format.

https://jasonnellis.com/blog/every-generation-blames-the-next-medium/ 2025-02-10T00:00:00.000Z

Why moral panic about new media is as old as the printing press — and what the BAFTAs had to do with it.

https://jasonnellis.com/blog/dump-your-algorithm-follow-people-instead/ 2025-01-14T00:00:00.000Z

The Discover tab is optimized for engagement, not for you. There's a better way.

https://jasonnellis.com/blog/live-video-still-cant-figure-out-the-money/ 2024-10-15T00:00:00.000Z

Ten years of trying to make live commerce work — and why the economics keep breaking the same way.

https://jasonnellis.com/blog/time-zones-arent-chaos-theyre-structure/ 2024-09-12T00:00:00.000Z

What working across eight time zones taught me about async communication and the myth of synchrony.

https://jasonnellis.com/blog/hulu-made-my-career-now-its-really-gone/ 2024-08-22T00:00:00.000Z

What it meant to be there in the beginning — and what it means to watch it end.

https://jasonnellis.com/blog/we-moved-to-europe-to-change-our-lives/ 2024-06-05T00:00:00.000Z

Not for a vacation. Not for an adventure. For a different answer to what a life is for.