An Interview with Matthew Ball About Disney, Streaming, and the Metaverse

An Interview with Matthew Ball Disney and Bob Iger’s return, the future of ESPN, Netflix’s resurgent position, and the trouble facing the rest of the TV industry. Plus, why the Metaverse isn’t here, and what Apple’s headset may look like.

Tech Layoffs, Big Tech’s Hiring Rates, Microsoft’s VR Layoffs

Tech’s layoffs are popularly thought to be because of over-hiring during the pandemic, but in fact there isn’t much evidence that tech over-hired based on past rates. Then, Microsoft still has a metaverse strategy, it just doesn’t involve hardware.

Meta Myths

Meta deserves a bit of a discount off of its recent highs, but a number of myths about its business have caused the market to over-react.

Meta Meets Microsoft

Meta’s new hardware is more impressive than expected, and the Microsoft partnership makes a lot of sense. The question is if Meta will capture enough value to outweigh their costs.

Roblox Ads, Walmart Land, Internal Economies

Roblox announced an advertising platform; I’m skeptical about the value to brand advertisers, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be valuable to Roblox itself.

Nvidia In the Valley

Nvidia is in the valley in terms of gaming, the data center, and the omniverse; if it makes it to future heights its margins will be well-earned.