Charter-Disney Winners and Losers

Winners and losers from the Disney-Charter stand-off, as The Great Re-bundling begins

The Rise and Fall of ESPN’s Leverage

Charting ESPN’s rise, including how it build leverage over the cable TV providers, and its ongoing decline, caused by the Internet.

Disney’s Taylor Swift Era

Not even Taylor Swift can fight the devaluation of recorded music, but she makes it up in physical experiences; Disney isn’t much different, but it looks much worse given the company’s old business model.

Meta Blocks News in Canada, LK-99, YouTube and TV Advertisers

Meta is blocking news in Canada after another law requiring Aggregators to pay for links; it’s still an upsetting idea. Then, a brief primer on LK-99, the potential superconducting material.