Olympic Ratings are down, but less than expected! Unfortunately for NBC, so is revenue. That, though, is expected: sports and its advertisers remain interconnected. Then, at least NBC finally figured out how to manage multiple mediums.
Amazon’s Overwhelming Leverage, P&G Scaling Back Targeted Facebook Ads, Facebook’s Earnings
In case I wasn’t clear in yesterday’s article, Walmart really has no chance to catch Amazon in e-commerce. Then, the news that P&G will reduce targeting isn’t a surprise, but it’s not necessarily that much of a problem for Facebook. Plus, notes on Facebook’s earnings.
Dollar Shave Club and The Disruption of Everything
Dollar Shave Club is a textbook example of how the new Internet economy will destroy value in incumbent industries.
How Technology is Changing the World (P&G Edition)
P&G is cutting product lines, the plethora of which made far more sense in the retail world than online. More change is coming.