Mergers and Acquisitions
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Akamai Buys Linode, Akamai’s Strategy, Cloudflare and Disruption
Akamai’s acquisition of Linode makes lots of sense, even if Linode’s customers won’t be happy. The real winner, though, is Cloudflare.
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Peloton’s Operations, Intel Buys Tower Semiconductor, What Now for ARM (plus Intel + RISC-V)
One more point on Peloton’s poor operations, then more news from the chip industry: Intel makes an acquisition and ARM is on its own.
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Gaming the Smiling Curve
The spate of recent acquisitions in the gaming space — Take-Two and Zynga, Microsoft and Activision, and Sony and Bungie — make sense in the context of the Smiling Curve.
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Take-Two Acquires Zynga, The New York Times Buys The Athletic
Take-Two buys its way into mobile, and the New York Times re-bundles.
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Square Buys Afterpay, Network Effects, Apple and the Cost of Time
Afterpay is a leading market in “Buy Now Pay Later”; Square’s purchase makes a lot of sense, and the price is worth the time it would take to build a competitor.