(Bonus) Peter Kafka on Media, Hollywood, Substack and TikTok
As promised, here’s Recode’s Peter Kafka, the dean of the media reporters, someone we should have had on the podcast a long time before this. Do checkout his podcast, Recode Media with Peter Kafka. Sp...
5 Dec 202029min
Fri. 12/04 – CRACK! Warners Blows Up The (Traditional) Hollywood Business Model
Another monumental crack across the land as Warner Brothers has maybe signaled the death of the business model Hollywood has relied on for 100 years. Is Stripe signaling it wants to completely rewire ...
4 Dec 202018min
Thu. 12/03 – A Law To Turn Crypto Basic?
A new bill could regulate crypto in a way that crypto folks say would defeat the point of decentralization. Facebook antitrust could be coming next week. Loon is the first to turn the skies over to ar...
3 Dec 202017min
Wed. 12/2 – A Salesforce/Slack Deal Analysis
A full analysis of the huge Salesforce/Slack deal. What HPE leaving Silicon Valley means, even if only symbolically. Qualcomm’s new flagship Snapdragon chip. All the announcements from AWS re:Invent. ...
2 Dec 202018min
Tue. 12/01 - Amazon Launches EC2 Mac Instances
Amazon launches EC2 Mac instances. Don’t call it Libra. At least, not the Libra Association. Is Samsung thinking about discontinuing the Galaxy Note line? Why DeepMind solving the protein folding prob...
1 Dec 202018min
Mon. 11/30 – DoorDash’s IPO Seems To Be Cresting The Wave
DoorDash lines up for its IPO and seems to be cresting the wave perfectly. Airbnb is right behind it, swelling a bit as well. Salesforce looks like it will be buying Slack as soon as tomorrow. The UK ...
30 Nov 202017min
Wed. 11/25 – The Blue Checkmarks Are Returning To Twitter
Twitter is revving the little blue checkmark engine back up, but it will work slightly differently than before. Stripe is either already impossibly big, or not nearly as big as it should be, depending...
25 Nov 202019min
Tue. 11/24 – Apple’s Head Of Global Security Indicted On Bribery Charges
Apple’s head of global security is indicted on bribery charges. But… it’s a little nuanced. Facebook turned back the dial on divisive news stories after the election. Forget Substack; why OnlyFans mig...
24 Nov 202015min
