Paul Graham’s viral essay explains why Brian Chesky and Steve Jobs ruled and professional managers stink. But if a manager is smart and the founder is meh, who’s better?
Everywhere There’s Signs, But Only One of Them is Still a Blockbuster
The signs outside Blockbuster video stores were designed to look like a movie ticket, torn on one end. A paper movie ticket? Torn by…a ticket taker? Those things are obsolete, of course, but Blockbuster isn’t (not entirely, anyway). There’s one remaining location–a family-run operation in Bend, Oregon–that serves as a community hub and retro wonderland….
Vibe Check: How Dating Apps Stack Up in the Gen Z Seduction Game
Top marketers at Tinder and Hinge will be sharing their insights at Brandweek from Sept. 23-26 in Phoenix, AZ. Follow along here. Dating apps are giving the TikTok generation the ick — and that sentiment shows in declining use. A 2023 Axios / Generation Lab survey revealed that 79% of college and graduate students in…
Netflix’s Sarandos: Streamers Should Be More Transparent With Viewing Data
Is there a “number” is out there that talent, agents and press can see to know what’s a hit and what’s a miss?
New For Fall: CBS’ ‘Matlock’ Vs. The Original
Readers should be well aware by now that a new “Matlock” is in the offing because the TV Blog has written about it at least three times already.
Sinclair Raises Q3 Political Ad Revenue Estimates By 18%
Sinclair now expects political ad revenues for Q3 to be between $140 million and $145 million and “core” ad revenues at $285 million to $293 million, due to “crowding out” by political advertising.
Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for Fri, 20 Sep 2024
TelevisaUnivision Names Daniel Alegre as New CEO, Wade Davis Steps Down
TelevisaUnivision has a new CEO. The Spanish-language media giant said Wade Davis stepped aside. Daniel Alegre, former president and chief operating officer of Activision Blizzard and CEO of Yuga Labs, became CEO effective Thursday. (THR) TelevisaUnivision confirmed Davis’ departure from the top job late Wednesday, hours after The New York Times reported the company’s plans,…
FTC Study Finds ‘Vast Surveillance’ of Social Media Users
The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday that it found that several social media and streaming services engaged in “vast surveillance” of consumers, including minors, collecting and sharing more personal information than most users realized. (NYT) The report, which stretches more than 100 pages, details the data, advertising, and recommendation-system efforts by these companies, and how…
Politico Owner Axel Springer Strikes Breakup Deal With KKR
Axel Springer struck a deal that will see its media assets–which include Politico, Business Insider, and newspapers Bild and Die Welt–hived off into a private company with the aim of building an international digital news media powerhouse. (The Guardian) Axel Springer’s profitable classifieds businesses are to become separately held entities under U.S. firm KKR and…