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Second-Tier China(chinachannel.org)
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Google Developing New ‘Unified’ Communications App for Businesses(theinformation.com)
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The Reverse Management Phenomenon(fiveeasypieces.substack.com)
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by erikbe 7y ago
Subscription-based media (almost) only works for niche publications. NYT is an exception but it's only partially funded through subscriptions. The New Yorker took decades to turn a profit, and has ads as well. Based on the fact that hi
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Curation as a Service(fiveeasypieces.substack.com)
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Print set to return as curated media(fiveeasypieces.substack.com)
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After 200 days of preparation, China’s high-tech bourse goes liv(kr-asia.com)
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Print is the new social medium(fiveeasypieces.substack.com)
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Print's Return as Curated Media(fiveeasypieces.substack.com)
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Blumhouse, not Netflix, is the film production innovator to watch(fiveeasypieces.substack.com)
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China’s startup working hours prompt online debate(technode.com)
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by erikbe 8y ago
I find this to be off-base in a number of ways, starting with the premise that Netflix is a two-sided platform like Facebook, Google and Amazon. Netflix used to be a distributor. It paid content owners to license its back catalog which no l
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by erikbe 8y ago
IIRC, Diller failed completely at HSN and sold his share, and then started IAC which is a separate venture.
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by erikbe 8y ago
What's interesting is that the same thing Diller attempted at QVC/Home Shopping Network is being done again my publishers are attempting to combine content with commerce. And it will fail for the same reasons: https://f
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by erikbe 8y ago
I find this to be off-base in a number of ways, starting with the premise that Netflix is a two-sided platform like Facebook, Google and Amazon. Netflix used to be a distributor. It paid content owners to license its back catalog which no l
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by erikbe 8y ago
Apple isn't a company without a middle management layer and never was, of course. The quote is used to illustrate a point. Middle management is a structural requirement in an organization past a certain size. If it's not working o
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Steve Jobs was wrong about middle management(fiveeasypieces.substack.com)
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by erikbe 8y ago
This was actually (part of) MUJI's concept at launch. An example is selling broken-off mushrooms: "For example, there was a poster of dried shiitake mushrooms that were slightly damaged during the production process. In the Japane
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by erikbe 8y ago
For Netflix, it doesn't work to only show their original productions on their own platform. We will likely see them start to show their films in theaters to maximize revenue, and even offer one-time access for people to watch a film bu
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by erikbe 8y ago
It's highly questionable that you can produce _great_ shows based on data. You can't just go to a producer and tell them, make something about Japan, because it's trending, and use these two actors because they're the mo
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by erikbe 8y ago
Producers are dependent on distributors, and distributors are dependent on producers. Producers thought they'd improve their position by going into distribution. Distributors (Netflix) thought they'd better themselves by going int
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by erikbe 8y ago
Producing content does give Netflix independence, but on the flipside it also means they stand alone. Their former partners are now competitors.
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by erikbe 8y ago
It probably will. Compare their challenge before - paying to acquire users with a huge content library - to what they have to do now - pay to acquire users with a content library that does not really exist, that they have to pay to build ou
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by erikbe 8y ago
You're right. Many industries still haven't digitalized, and there, adopting "tech" gives a temporary advantage. But it's really just one infrastructure replacing another. It's a hurdle to get over, not a lasti
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by erikbe 8y ago
You're right that they probably weren't going to be able to license all that content indefinitely, so they had to move on and create some other competitive advantage. But then they lost the advantage they had. The subscribers they
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by erikbe 8y ago
Tech companies are valued based on future potential and as future becomes present, that potential is replaced by a reality that is often much less grand. Netflix is a great example. It went from having a large library because the producers
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Why Digital Native Vertical Brands Are Boring(fiveeasypieces.substack.com)
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Television’s 1993 future is being recreated on the Internet(fiveeasypieces.substack.com)
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Flat organizations are the most hierarchical(fiveeasypieces.substack.com)
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by erikbe 8y ago
I work at Makeblock so I will chime in. We design our robots to be a tool for educators that, as you mention, helps them make classes so much more engaging. The number of students who will be able to learn, and be interested in learning, to

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