Good morning, I fell pretty drastically behind on both email and in processing rebates/credits over the last few days, so my apologies for any delays. I’ll be taking care of that this week. On to the update: Facebook Facebook Facebook There was a trio of noteworthy Facebook announcements over the weekend: Facebook is improving itsSubscribe […]
An Update on the Stratechery Membership Program
Last spring I wrote a series about the future of journalism: Part 1: FiveThirtyEight and the End of Average – link Part 2: The Stages of Newspapers’ Decline – link Part 3: Newspapers Are Dead; Long Live Journalism – link In the third installment I wrote: More and more journalism will be small endeavors, often […]
Daily Update: Bandcamp, Tencent Earnings, Twitter’s Analyst Day, plus a Stratechery Announcement
Good morning, A few quick bits of housekeeping: First off, I’ve heard from enough people that they really don’t want to get articles in their email. I’m going to have a think about the best way to proceed Secondly, I’m going to put a brief note up on Stratechery later today announcing some of theSubscribe […]
Daily Update: Apple’s Seattle Office, The Imminent Demise of Radio, CNET Launches a Magazine
Good morning, We’re 70+ posts in on the Stratechery Forum, so check it out if you haven’t! A couple of quick notes to questions that came up: There is not an app, but the forum is fully responsive and works well on the phone. I myself have pinned the page to my start screen I’veSubscribe […]
Publishers and the Smiling Curve
Publishers used to live at the point of integration. The value of that integration, though, is gone with the Internet, which means value flows to suppliers and aggregators.
Daily Update: GT Advanced’s Bankruptcy, The Magazine is Shutting Down, Priceless Beats
Good morning, Just a heads up that there will be no Daily Update tomorrow. It is a national holiday in Taiwan and I will be traveling with my family. On to the update: GT Advanced’s Bankruptcy More details are slowly emerging about the shocking bankruptcy of Apple sapphire supplier GT Advanced Technologies Inc. From theSubscribe […]
Daily Update: The Player’s Tribune and Corporate Journalism, Box Delays IPO, Rovio Layoffs
Good morning, I’m planning to write about the Paypal spinoff later today, so keep an eye out for that. On to the update: The Player’s Tribune and Corporate Journalism Over the last few weeks there have been a number of widely-shared articles despairing about the spread of corporate journalism, including this long piece in theSubscribe […]
Daily Update: Facebook Launches Atlas, News as a Service
Good morning, My first item today is about Facebook’s new (relaunched) Atlas product. You may think it’s creepy, so check back on Stratechery later on to see what I think about Ello. I will warn you, though, I’m not a fan. On to the update: Facebook Launches Atlas From the New York Times: Facebook builtSubscribe […]
Daily Update: Why Next Year for Apple Watch, I Love the Blackberry Passport, Bill Simmons and Writer as Brand
Good morning, It seems that yesterday’s update got marked as spam, so please take a look and mark it as not-spam – this will help ensure this happens less often in the future. On to the update: Why Now Next Year for Apple Watch While I noted last week that I had changed my mindSubscribe […]
Daily Update: Print, Chinese Walls, and "Objective" Journalism; Twitter’s New Photo-removal Policies; Steve Ballmer Leaves Microsoft’s Board
Good morning, I will hopefully – finally – have a new article up later today about video games. I think you might be surprised. But now, on to the update. Print, Chinese Walls, and “Objective” Journalism Clay Shirky, who has been forecasting the death of print for years now, bemoaned the business ignorance of journalistsSubscribe […]