Ben Thompson
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Podcast: Exponent Episode 013 – BuzzFeed and Native Advertising
On the newest episode of Exponent, the podcast I co-host with James Allworth: In this week’s episode we discuss feedback about Ben’s Android criticism, then dive into Andreessen Horowitz’s $50 million investment into BuzzFeed. Is there a real business here? We also discuss native advertising: Ben is quite a bit more optimistic than James. Links […]
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August 15: No Daily Update Today
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Is BuzzFeed a Tech Company?
It’s telling that Chris Dixon, in a blog post explaining Andreessen Horowitz’s $50 million investment, goes out of his way to explain that BuzzFeed is not really a media company, but a technological one: We see BuzzFeed as a prime example of what we call a “full stack startup”. BuzzFeed is a media company in […]
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Daily Update: In Denise Kote’s World, Everyone Loses; Defending Samsung; Xiaomi Apologize for Data Collection
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Daily Update: Buzzfeed Raises $50 million, NVidia’s Results and Gaming’s Resilience, Apple University Profiled
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The iPhone in India (versus China), and the Week in Daily Updates
This week’s Daily Updates have had a heavy international focus, especially on China but also India. This particular update is from this morning and seeks to understand why Apple fares so differently in these two critical markets. To read all of the Daily Updates for $10/month or $100/year, please visit the membership page. Bloomberg writes […]
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Daily Update: Apple/China Follow-up, The iPhone in India (versus China), Buying Smartphones in the U.S.
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Podcast: Exponent Episode 012 – The Internet Rainforest
On the newest episode of Exponent, the podcast I co-host with James Allworth: In this week’s episode we discuss how the Internet is enabling not only big winners, but also small, focused niche players, and why that’s exciting. We also discuss the impact this transition will have on society, follow up on last week’s integrated/modular […]