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Software has become cheaper and easier to create. Add product-led growth, freemium, GTM playbooks, and an era of abundant capital – and you get a recipe for creating a hyper-competitive market. And SaaS has never been more competitive than it is today.
Software Ate All the Easy Shit
andrewrea.substack.com
Fuchs thinks Zaslav is out of his depth. “Zaslav is like a joke,” he says. “He comes in to run things that he knows nothing about. Two layers of management have been cut out”—Reilly and Greenblatt—“but Zaslav is having every division report to him, particularly when you’re running assets you’ve never run before—scripted entertainment is a completely different culture than reality-based programming—it’s impossible, unless you’re Superman.”14 (Zaslav has an estimated eighteen executives reporting directly to him.)
Pandora's Box
Peter Biskind
The Vision Pro
Yeah. Is that the one word summary of what is the Apple Vision Pro? Let’s say I haven’t read your review yet, I haven’t watched your video, is your answer just that, “it’s fun”?
JS: Yeah, I think for the first 24 hours it’s fun.
What happens after that? TBD?
JS: After that, you’re sort of like, “Yeah, okay, I get it. Now what am I going to use it for?” Yeah, I think it’s fun. Yeah, I have to think about it, only one word.
An Interview With Joanna Stern About Creating Content
stratechery.com
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