If you look not just at the Arab spring, but at what I call the youth spring that has started in Europe, young people are starting to find a voice, and they are not looking to the traditional media to reflect that.
I woke up. I was like, "Look, you can do anything you want - and you want a lot of things, so you should get to work." - Shane Smith
I woke up. I was like, "Look, you can do anything you want - and you want a lot of things, so you should get to work."
- Shane Smith
I always used to say that I wanted to be the next MTV, the next ESPN, the next CNN rolled up into one, and everyone would laugh at me. But now I thin… - Shane Smith
I always used to say that I wanted to be the next MTV, the next ESPN, the next CNN rolled up into one, and everyone would laugh at me. But now I thin…
Success. Money. Fame. Whatever you're going after. You have one kick at the can, I always say. It's very rare that you have many kicks at the can. Yo… - Shane Smith
Success. Money. Fame. Whatever you're going after. You have one kick at the can, I always say. It's very rare that you have many kicks at the can. Yo…
I think if you look at the failure of journalism in the modern age, then I don't want to be called a journalist. - Shane Smith
I think if you look at the failure of journalism in the modern age, then I don't want to be called a journalist.
I thought I was a pretty good writer, but I didn't have anything to write about. I wanted to go out in the world, have some adventures and then write… - Shane Smith
I thought I was a pretty good writer, but I didn't have anything to write about. I wanted to go out in the world, have some adventures and then write…
I'm sure everybody looked at me cockeyed. But if you don't believe it, then it's not going to happen. If you don't believe it, no one else is going t… - Shane Smith
I'm sure everybody looked at me cockeyed. But if you don't believe it, then it's not going to happen. If you don't believe it, no one else is going t…
Everyone told me, "Don't ever talk about international stuff," and "Don't do long-form content online," and "Don't get too serious in news," and "Don… - Shane Smith
Everyone told me, "Don't ever talk about international stuff," and "Don't do long-form content online," and "Don't get too serious in news," and "Don…
My life, like most people's, has been negatively affected by cancer, and the thought of my young children living in an age where this is no longer hu… - Shane Smith
My life, like most people's, has been negatively affected by cancer, and the thought of my young children living in an age where this is no longer hu…
Every generation has a changing of the guard in media. We do the same stuff that everybody else does, but we just do it differently. We do our conten… - Shane Smith
Every generation has a changing of the guard in media. We do the same stuff that everybody else does, but we just do it differently. We do our conten…
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