Peter Kafka

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@EntStrategyGuy @Lucas_Shaw In the peacock bucket — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@gary_thoren @acitrep @Lucas_Shaw Freebies ended this month. — PolitiTweet.org

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I get bonus points here because I’m calling so I can use an airline credit I got when I had to cancel a flight in March 2020 because of you-know-what. — PolitiTweet.org

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Delighted to report my first business travel complaint in a very long time! Egencia (Expedia’s corporate brand) says I may be on hold for 70 minutes and suggests calling back in… 48 hours. Love it. — PolitiTweet.org

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@sheeraf @moltke I think this happened several times over the years - reporters would find them on sale at airports or penn station etc. Seems like something @brianstelter would remember. — PolitiTweet.org

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@moltke @sheeraf https://t.co/UD7gV70w7L — PolitiTweet.org

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@ethanwsj @JBFlint I’m sure you and I and other people here know families that stayed home for that reason. But, also: Half the country isn’t vaccinated but seems to be doing whatever they want, mask-less. So… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MattGarrahan: Legend — PolitiTweet.org

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@DKThomp @conorsen 85 Broad Street used to have several floors of WeWork plus a WeWork gym plus a schmancy coffee shop with great views that seemed like it was very much part of WeWork but was never quite clear about whether it was part of WeWork so… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @bristei: Disney Plans to Raise ESPN Plus’ Monthly and Annual Subscription Costs https://t.co/UpfEmsMQB1 via @variety — PolitiTweet.org

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(Which, actually, sure: The Internet is *supposed* to let us all watch the weird shit that only we want to watch because it turns out there’s other people like us around the world who also want to see the same weird shit.) — PolitiTweet.org

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TIL that there is something called PBR, “the world’s premier bull riding organization” and that it has its own “signature streaming service RidePass.” — PolitiTweet.org

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This is a pretty satisfying pie chart for Disney (which as @Lucas_Shaw notes is why they’re disclosing it): Roughly equal Black Widow numbers for US theaters, international and streaming. That is: Lots of people went to see it in person and lots of people watched at home. https://t.co/B4ituMvaP1 — PolitiTweet.org

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@sharonwaxman @felixsalmon @mattyglesias Very mocking. Felix is very smart so I’m sure he understands the difference between putting up money in an A round vs owning/controlling a startup. So I don’t take his concerns seriously. Btw I’m all for media companies disclosing their investors. — PolitiTweet.org

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@felixsalmon @sharonwaxman @mattyglesias @Bankoff Got me! But I’m guessing it was something like “I’ll pay you x amount a year plus y options/RSUs and you’ll come work for Vox Media.” Had they wanted to own their own company, they might have done a deal like this instead. — PolitiTweet.org

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@felixsalmon Maybe it’s a super-sophisticated bank shot play where the end goal is to secretly control @mattyglesias’ Substack. You should definitely get to the bottom of it. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Sjcrookston I’m in the more Kevin Delaney camp, myself. — PolitiTweet.org

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@felixsalmon Unless your argument is that any startup that takes UAE $ (or maybe any petrostate $?) is particularly compromised. Which if so, easier to just say that. — PolitiTweet.org

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@felixsalmon Maybe they will find a combination of new and existing investors, like Vox Media and Axios and have done in subsequent rounds? I don’t understand the concern troll here - I don’t recall you fretting that Axios was compromised by getting Comcast or Lerer or Laurene Powell Jobs $. — PolitiTweet.org

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@felixsalmon Confused. Is this some kind of special Series A where the outside investors own a majority of the company? — PolitiTweet.org

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@felixsalmon This was the week I learned that Carlsberg was Danish. So, no. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Bernstein As always, thanks/no thanks for the gen x erasure — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @maxwelltani: Jim Rich is out as editorial director of G/O Media. I'm told he left following disputes with other higher-ups at the compa… — PolitiTweet.org

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@Lucas_Shaw I don’t believe they believe they can do anything remotely sizeable, per above. — PolitiTweet.org

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Then again: Anytime a Netflix would-be competitor merges it puts them on pause for a year or more while they scramble to get approval and then layoffs/reorgs. So Netflix wins either way. — PolitiTweet.org

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Good point: Increased M&A scrutiny is great for Netflix, since much of the M&A is aimed at competing with Netflix. — PolitiTweet.org

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Yes, infrastructure and climate change. But, also: Pick up the trash. https://t.co/SvZAzDDsLs — PolitiTweet.org

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Ps I am looking through my musty tweets not just because I’m an insecure narcissist but also because I’m going to interview @eliotwb about The Cult of We, the excellent WeWork rise-and-fall he wrote with @maureenmfarrell. Very much worth your time. — PolitiTweet.org

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Good tweet. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

Best advice I got at college was to not go to journalism grad school. — PolitiTweet.org