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Where's Your Ed At (Opinion)

U.S. center-left, tech-critical

Owned byIndependently owned and operated by Ed Zitron, an English-born writer and PR consultant based in the United States
FundingPaid reader subscriptions (tiered pricing: approximately $7/month, $18/quarter, or $70/year); no advertising or outside investors identified
On the administrationbroadly critical

Background

Ed Zitron launched Where's Your Ed At in 2020 on Substack, initially writing about media and public relations before shifting to broader technology criticism. His 2023 essay 'The Rot Economy,' arguing that Big Tech had abandoned product quality for mindless growth metrics, went viral and significantly expanded his audience. By early 2025 the newsletter had more than 50,000 paid and free subscribers. Zitron migrated the publication from Substack to Ghost (self-hosted at wheresyoured.at) over objections to Substack's policies on hate speech. He also hosts the podcast 'Better Offline' and has contributed to outlets including The Atlantic and Business Insider. Zitron is one of the most prominent lay critics of the generative AI boom, arguing that major AI products are overhyped and financially unsound. His tone is polemical and first-person; the outlet functions as a one-person opinion column rather than a news organization. He has been consistently critical of the cozy relationship between Silicon Valley executives and the Trump administration, describing tech leaders' political alignment with Trump as a form of submission with few tangible public benefits.

Sources

  1. Ed Zitron – Wikipedia
  2. Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At (official site)
  3. Ed Zitron: One of Big Tech's angriest critics explains the problem — and solution — of A.I. (Slate, Feb 2025)
  4. Ed Zitron Substack-to-Ghost migration note
  5. The Man Calling Bullshit on the AI Boom (The Present Age / Parker Molloy)
  6. Silicon Valley Deserves Your Anger, With Ed Zitron (The Nation)

Profile compiled 2026-09-07; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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