Peter Kafka

Peter Kafka @pkafka

RT @jwolman: Totally agree. Top of timeline should exclusively be used for tv/movie spoilers. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

Also condolences to @hunterwalk who is literally the only person I saw who used Twitter Stories on the regular. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

Easy to dunk on Twitter for not succeeding at the story format when everyone else has made it work. But! Top of the Twitter timeline is very very valuable real estate. Good call to bail on something that used that space and didn’t work. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

RT @felixsalmon: “several executives, including the head of Facebook’s news feed, were dispatched to argue with me on Twitter” https://t.co… — PolitiTweet.org

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Cancel culture — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Lucas_Shaw: “Mucha is known for her full-throated advocacy for all things Disney and her sometimes pugnacious approach.” https://t.c… — PolitiTweet.org

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@knofun Makes sense but I’ve never seen it. Where’s an in-the-wild Google example? — PolitiTweet.org

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That is: JAZZ is essentially paying Yahoo to buy ads on TWTR. Reminder: Yahoo used to be one of the most powerful companies on the internet, and was at one point worth $125 billion. It also turned down an offer to buy Google. — PolitiTweet.org

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Weird-ass arbitrage: Yahoo is flooding my Twitter with ads promising to fix my sleep problems. Clicking on them gives me a search results page, but all of the links are owned by Jazz Pharamceuticals, which sounds made-up but is apparently an $11 billion company. https://t.co/sgPlvtMuYy — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DylanByers: EXCLUSIVE from me: THE ATLANTIC, which surged in 2020 amid Trump & Covid, faces hard path ahead. Subscribers have plateaue… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @danprimack: There is tons of pressure on social media companies to prevent vaccine disinfo on their platforms. There is zero pressure… — PolitiTweet.org

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Very good @benthompson on ESPN/ESPN+ strat: One goes for biggest audience bc ads + cable fees, other goes for lots of niches bc direct subs. https://t.co/Shjhgd86sl https://t.co/uLrM3BrjFV — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DavidUberti: Evergreen https://t.co/JgyFHBhdtM — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JamilSmith: We’ve relaunched VOX CONVERSATIONS today, with me as a co-host alongside @seanilling. Both my conversation with him — and h… — PolitiTweet.org

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@katierosman This is where the Twitter like/heart button is inadequate — PolitiTweet.org

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@ethanwsj @JBFlint Interesting! — PolitiTweet.org

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@JBFlint @ethanwsj Like I said, beyond the coasts. NYC is dropping quickly but it’s still 100% in the subway and I think many people may still consider putting one on before they go inside a store etc. Outside masking way down tho. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ethanwsj @JBFlint Just came back from suburban Minneapolis. As Blue as you can get beyond the coasts. Masks are fully off, everywhere, all ages. — PolitiTweet.org

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@daniela127 @TweetBenMax And - surprise! - luckily for bdb, he won’t have to deal with it. — PolitiTweet.org

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@daniela127 @TweetBenMax Like 6, 9 months of can-kicking, while vax rollout continues. Maybe. I think ultimately tho you’re going to be in a place where a sizeable number of kids and staff are eligible for vax but not taking it. And then it’s a really hard call. — PolitiTweet.org

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@TweetBenMax In a reasonable world we’d mandate vax for all school workers and move on but that’s not happening. — PolitiTweet.org

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@TweetBenMax I mean, my employer says we have to wear masks when we come back. I assume that will change. Schools will be tougher since many high school kids won’t be vaxxed (by choice), and many middle schoolers and below won’t qualify for vax at all. — PolitiTweet.org

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Update! Egencia agent was pleasant, way better humored than I would be if I dealt with freaked-out customers all day, and efficient. Much appreciated. — PolitiTweet.org

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@TweetBenMax Story makes it pretty clear they are kicking the can down the road a bit. And, I assume, trying to assuage concerns from staff about coming back into the building. Not ideal but what I expected - and way better than remote school. — PolitiTweet.org

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@EntStrategyGuy @Lucas_Shaw Which, again, fine. If you’re not really going to compete, don’t compete. (I also wonder if there’s any way to make reality content must have/must sign up/pay for in an on-demand world. ) — PolitiTweet.org

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@EntStrategyGuy @Lucas_Shaw And unless I’m missing it they’re not putting any tentpoles there, mostly just extensions/repeats of stuff on linear. And there are some 90 day fiancé fans who see the value; I know a few. But to me the strategy was to launch a streaming service with minimal investment/ambition. — PolitiTweet.org

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@acitrep @gary_thoren @Lucas_Shaw Went on a for a very long time, extended a couple times. But yes, temporary. — PolitiTweet.org

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@EntStrategyGuy @Lucas_Shaw You call it zagging, I call it literally the only thing they have to offer (and which netflix does a ton). But that’s fine. It pairs well with max, both bc it’s not duplicative and bc it skews female, which is what max is trying to accomplish. — PolitiTweet.org

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@mat Car rental hahahaha — PolitiTweet.org

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@EntStrategyGuy @Lucas_Shaw Luckily it’s no longer a problem bc it will get dumped into hbomaxfoodnetworksharkweek — PolitiTweet.org