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  • Aday Mara and the OKC Woodchipper, An Emergency Celtics Panic Watch, Silver Appreciation(???) and Laker Dreams

    Greatest Of All Talk | Oct 21
    Aday Mara and the OKC Woodchipper, An Emergency Celtics Panic Watch, Silver Appreciation(???) and Laker Dreams
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  • Disney Earnings, Disney 3.0, Streaming and Sports

    Monday, November 13, 2023

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    Disney’s earnings reveal the plan for Disney 3.0; it’s a plan that makes sense, and sports still plays a role.


  • An Interview with Craig Moffett About Charter vs. Disney and the Path Dependency of the Communications Industry

    Thursday, September 14, 2023

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    An interview with Craig Moffett about Charter vs. Disney, the 1990s telecom bubble, the history of the U.S. TV and broadband markets, and why Google might win video.


  • Charter-Disney Winners and Losers

    Tuesday, September 12, 2023

    Winners and losers from the Disney-Charter stand-off, as The Great Re-bundling begins


  • The Rise and Fall of ESPN’s Leverage

    Tuesday, September 5, 2023

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    Charting ESPN’s rise, including how it build leverage over the cable TV providers, and its ongoing decline, caused by the Internet.


  • Disney Earnings, A Split Disney?, ESPN’s Advertising

    Wednesday, August 16, 2023

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    Disney’s earnings point to the importance of advertising going forward; that’s also the best argument for keeping Disney a conglomerate.


  • Bob Iger on CNBC, The End of Linear TV, ESPN and Strategic Partnerships (and Apple?)

    Tuesday, July 18, 2023

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    Bob Iger teased what might be next for Disney in an expansive interview, including the end of linear TV and hints about the future of ESPN.


  • An Interview with Ben Thompson at the MoffettNathanson Technology, Media, and Telecom Conference

    Thursday, May 18, 2023

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    An interview with me about my background, Aggregation Theory, AI, streaming, and more.


  • An Interview with The Ringer Founder and CEO Bill Simmons

    Thursday, March 16, 2023

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    An interview with The Ringer Founder and CEO Bill Simmons about his career, how the Internet has changed media, and the future of podcasts at Spotify.


  • An ESPN Aggregator, Google Magic Eraser, Bing Chat Monetization?

    Wednesday, March 8, 2023

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    ESPN is exploring being a sports video Aggregator, Google shows its a services company, and Bing experiments with ads in Bing Chat


  • An Interview with John Kosner About the Past and Future of Sports in an Age of Abundance

    Thursday, March 2, 2023

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    An interview with former ESPN executive John Kosner about building ESPN.com, the impact of the Internet on sports, managing Bill Simmons, and sports and the next generation.


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  • Aday Mara and the OKC Woodchipper, An Emergency Celtics Panic Watch, Silver Appreciation(???) and Laker Dreams

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    Aday Mara and the OKC Woodchipper, An Emergency Celtics Panic Watch, Silver Appreciation(???) and Laker Dreams
  • (Preview) New Export Controls in Multiple Sectors; Q3 GDP and the Fifth Plenum; Europe Presses Forward; OpenAI and Nvidia Chips

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    Dithering | Oct 20
    Apple + Meta AI

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