Longreads + Open Thread
Fraud, Poop Music, Research, France, Athens/Jerusalem/Silicon Valley, Ireland
Fraud, Poop Music, Research, France, Athens/Jerusalem/Silicon Valley, Ireland
Plus! Memberships; The Half-Life of Free-to-Play; Instacart and Going Direct; Self-Regulation; AI Art
Plus! Grills, Ads, Pricing, Drops, Movies, Diff Jobs
Plus! Drones; Distressed Distress in China; Buybacks; LNG
Plus! Consolidation; Shareholder Activism; Cash Burn; PE and Software Compete to Eat the World; Reinsurer of Last Resort; Diff Jobs
Plus! Always a Bull Market Somewhere; SPACs; "Most-Hated Rally"; Pricing; Amazon and Seasonality
Plus! Coal and Spinoffs; Build-Your-Own-Amazon; Oil; Two Risks, One Risk Premium; Snap
Plus! BNPL; Coopetition; Marketplaces and Ads; Last Mile, Last Users; Value and Rates; Diff Jobs
Plus! Food Stamps-as-a-Service; Disney+Ads; Prices and Market Share; Learning the Meta; Crypto's Long March
Plus! Sanctions; Ads, Everywhere; Newsletters!; Value; VC Markdown Game Theory
Plus! Apple and Ads; MetaBonds!; Capex; Distribution; Expensive Executive Assistants
Plus! Becoming Macro; AI and SEO; China's Chips; New, Used, and Subscription; Real Estate and Software