“I speak at journalism schools and the idea that they're still teaching television is insane to me. You look at news on TV and the median age is somewhere between 67 and 70. And people under 30 don't have cable. And so there are no new people coming in and you know how the story ends, right?”
Pivot (Kara Swisher & Scott Galloway) · Tech Strategy & Big Tech · November 2026
Context
Asked what media company he would start today, TMZ's Harvey Levin says he is already building it around social video and YouTube, and that TV and even websites are now legacy media. The median-age figure is his own claim.
Transcript
How would you approach
it? Build a business 30, take yourself back 30 years ago and you have a mandate to start a new media company. What would it look like?
We're doing it. Look, I speak at journalism schools and the idea that they're still teaching television is insane to me. I mean, television, you know, you look at news on TV and the median age is somewhere between 67 and 70. And people and people under 30 don't have cable. And so there are no new people coming in and you know how the story ends, right?
Death.
Yeah. And so, well, and so television is legacy. And even websites now are legacy. So my focus is, my focus is on social and especially on YouTube. Beginning next week, we're launching a documentary a month on YouTube. And we're not only putting it on YouTube, but it's a YouTube style. It looks…
that mean? What is the YouTube stuff from your perspective?
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