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What is New Media? | Andreessen Horowitz

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An important part of a16z’s origin story, which you may already know, is that we were founded by Marc & Ben to be “CAA for the tech industry.” When Michael Ovitz founded CAA (The Creative Artists Agency) in 1975, Hollywood was completely controlled by a few dozen big entities, who served as gatekeepers to the entertainment industry. Ovitz built CAA to help the creative actors and artists build franchises on their own terms and forever changed how entertainment worked. A half century later, a similar transition is happening in tech – or at least, has half-happened. The old guard of legacy capital, legacy media, and legacy distribution can now be sidestepped; anyone can go viral, and gain relevance for a day. But what do you do with this? As a founder, what would you want from your VC – whose purpose is to give you power and legitimacy – to navigate media today? Our goal is to build the best turnkey media operation in venture: a single place where founders acquire the legitimacy, taste,

What is New Media? | Andreessen Horowitz General What is New Media? Erik Torenberg, Alex Danco, Henry Williams, and Brent Liang Posted November 6, 2025 Subscribe Share Share Email X LinkedIn Facebook Hacker News WhatsApp Flipboard Reddit Share Share Email X LinkedIn Facebook Hacker News WhatsApp Flipboard Reddit An important part of a16z's origin story, which you may already know, is that we were founded by Marc & Ben to be "CAA for the tech industry." When Michael Ovitz founded CAA (The Creative Artists Agency) in 1975, Hollywood was completely controlled by a few dozen big entities, who serv

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