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*NETFLIX LOST OUT TO FOX IN PURSUIT OF ROKU: SEMAFOR
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Jun 15
Woof. Just writing this week’s post about CTV and included the “who will buy Roku” question. And here’s the answer.
Jun 15
*FOX TO BUY ROKU FOR $160/SHARE IN CASH AND STOCK DEAL; VALUES ROKU AT $22B
Wow! That's one way to quickly diversify away from the cable TV bundle
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Jen Topping retweeted
May 30
For the best Sturgeon bants make sure you’re following @BrianSpanner1 @bindelj @euanmccolm and @alexmassie.
I wouldn’t want you to miss out.
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May 27
Now this is a great story. And as podcasters are reporting there is waayyy too much inventory at the moment, I also wonder if this is about increasing share of subscriptions and memberships. Who will buy patreon??
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May 20
Google overhauling search & YouTube to integrate AI has gone down like a cup of cold sick with those I follow. Many wondering why Google is killing the business model for the human content their search/video platforms depend on. 1/2
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May 20
I wonder if Google can see the threat of other AI tools taking their search dominance & integrating ads, so have decided this strategy is the best defensive move to hold onto their search and advertising share, even at the clear risk of degrading the experience overall.
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May 19
Very good. And still the best summary of Vice’s journalism is youtu.be/cM7bMe-eDao?si=0qB5… by @ryanlongcomedy
May 19
"What Vice had cracked was the willingness of corporate advertisers to pay premium rates to associate themselves with disreputability."
Fantastic story on the death of new media. @rich_greenwald @unherd.
unherd.com/2026/05/algo-kill…
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Jen Topping retweeted
May 18
New: In an effort to control its costs, Amazon has slashed the affiliate commissions it pays to many of its publisher partners, in some cases up to 50%.
The changes are another blow to publishers' affiliate businesses, which have already been upended by Google Zero.
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May 7
This is interesting. Up til now, the AI cull on YouTube has been positioned as only hitting content farmers, & yet the complaints have increased from more reputable creators. Now to see Ed getting deleted suggests there might be something in the lack of finesse in YT’s AI tools.
May 7
Something slightly unusual and rather unsettling happened last night.
Out of nowhere, @YouTube terminated my personal account.
No warning. Zero detailed information about why this happened.
I've appealed but the (presumably) algorithmically-determined decision stands...
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May 3
I must bore people raving about the Savannah Bananas but it is such an extraordinary tale!
May 3
Today’s edition of the log line for a soon to be written feature film.
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Jen Topping retweeted
Apr 28
I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to call this the greatest piece of prediction market content created to date.
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Apr 16
This is excellent. Clips long been key for TV - I say that, having launched a clips website plus MSN & YouTube for Channel 4 back in (ahem) 2008. But I do wonder that the incentive to make a buck is warping the whole exercise, especially when combined with viewbotting.
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Apr 16
I wrote this about both - paid clippers and viewbotting - yesterday, and whether this model is sustainable or a house of cards, and some people think it is. businessoftv.substack.com/p/…
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Apr 8
In a world of content overload and gen AI, being live and real is going to have real currency. 1/
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Apr 8
So for now, being live and real will have real value in a world of content overload and AI slop. Link in next post.
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