Tax is the answer; media’s great extinction deb(AI)t; and the Unmade Index rebounds

Welcome to a Tuesday update from Unmade

Today, we reveal the lineup for The Great DebAIt, where the inventor of The Newspaper Extinction Timeline will take to the stage to argue that AI is not media’s extinction level event.

And below the paywall, in our members-only content, we make the case that the real question on the digital platforms isn’t whether they pay for news, it’s why they aren’t being made to pay more local tax. Plus, the Unmade Index bounces back.

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