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  • Jaden McDaniels Is The Best Player in the World, The Sixers and Celtics and GAME SEVEN, The Lakers Officially on Collapse Watch

    Greatest Of All Talk | May 1
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  • TV Advertising Falls; The Sports Linchpin, Revisited; NBA Ratings

    Wednesday, December 11, 2019

    TV Advertising is down, as price increases finally overwhelm the decline in viewers. It’s important to note, though, that sports still matter. This is something the NBA may not completely understand.


  • China Cultural Clash Follow-Up, Disney and Blizzard, Choosing Customers

    Wednesday, October 9, 2019

    More on TikTok, then Disney and Blizzard demonstrate how expensive customers can be, while Google and Facebook benefit.


  • The China Cultural Clash

    Tuesday, October 8, 2019

    The NBA controversy in China highlights a culture clash that both tech companies and the U.S. government need to take to heart. Plus, why Tiktok being Chinese is increasingly a problem.


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  • Jaden McDaniels Is The Best Player in the World, The Sixers and Celtics and GAME SEVEN, The Lakers Officially on Collapse Watch

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    Jaden McDaniels Is The Best Player in the World, The Sixers and Celtics and GAME SEVEN, The Lakers Officially on Collapse Watch
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    OpenAI, Musk & Microsoft
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    Tuesday, April 28, 2026
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    Thursday, April 23, 2026
  • An Interview with F1 Driver and Venture Capitalist Nico Rosberg About the Drive to Win

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  • An Interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and AWS CEO Matt Garman About Bedrock Managed Agents

    Tuesday, April 28, 2026
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  • Jaden McDaniels Is The Best Player in the World, The Sixers and Celtics and GAME SEVEN, The Lakers Officially on Collapse Watch

    Greatest Of All Talk | May 1
    Jaden McDaniels Is The Best Player in the World, The Sixers and Celtics and GAME SEVEN, The Lakers Officially on Collapse Watch
  • OpenAI, Musk & Microsoft

    Dithering | May 1
    OpenAI, Musk & Microsoft
  • (Preview) AWS History and Trainium’s AI Future, OpenAI Makes a Deal With Microsoft, Meta and the Future of Wearable Devices

    Sharptech | May 1
    (Preview) AWS History and Trainium’s AI Future, OpenAI Makes a Deal With Microsoft, Meta and the Future of Wearable Devices

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  • An Interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and AWS CEO Matt Garman About Bedrock Managed Agents

    Tuesday, April 28, 2026
  • An Interview with Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian About the Agentic Moment

    Thursday, April 23, 2026
  • An Interview with F1 Driver and Venture Capitalist Nico Rosberg About the Drive to Win

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