Was Ozy Doomed From the Start?

It aspired to change the world of media. Instead, Ozy flamed out in classic old school style

Kevin Brass
Marker
Published in
6 min readOct 3, 2021

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Ozy.com home page
The Ozy.com home page (screen capture/KB)

Ozy was always more than a tad pretentious. “Who in their right mind would name their company after Ozymandias?” one friend recently asked. Based in Mountain View, California, and fueled by Silicon Valley investors, it was billed as a “modern media company,”…

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Kevin Brass
Marker
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Writes about architecture, travel, media and cities. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Austin Chronicle and Los Angeles Times.