Peter Kafka

Peter Kafka @pkafka

Jcal explains that he’s just trying to help. “You know I’m ride or die brother - I’d jump on a grande [sic] for you.” — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

Elon to @jason Calacanis, who was trying to round up his own group of Twitter investors (for a fee): “This makes it seem like I’m desperate. Please stop.” — PolitiTweet.org

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@eringriffith Funding secured! — PolitiTweet.org

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“I’m serious. It’s doable. Will be fun.” March 30 2022. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

That’s the CEO of giant publisher Axel Springer texting Elon Musk with an offer to run Twitter once Musk bought it. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @chafkin: For @bw I wrote a column about Twitter, Musk, the whistleblower, and the absentee leadership of Twitter’s former CEO https://t… — PolitiTweet.org

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@jowrotethis https://t.co/4EL1BoXy1y — PolitiTweet.org

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@JamieArtkin Discussed! — PolitiTweet.org

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Guy who made his mark doing monologues is true to form: Answer to my first q runs ~ 10 minutes. Tons in here about history of Hollywood in last two decades, and what the streaming boom has meant for working actors, writers. — PolitiTweet.org

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Men of a certain age know exactly who Eric Bogosian is why + I was giddy about interviewing him. For the rest of you: Dude you saw on Billions, Succession and Uncut Gems is anchoring Interview with the Vampire, which AMC wants to be its next Walking Dead. https://t.co/gh5ISZMXa7 https://t.co/tF4suTr4q2 — PolitiTweet.org

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Informed peanut gallery takes issue with “gazillion.” Try it another way: Trillion dollar tech giant unable to crack gaming. — PolitiTweet.org

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Google spent a gazillion dollars trying to crack video games. Couldn’t do it. Amazon is also flailing. Helps explain, sorta, why Microsoft wants to pay $70 billion for Activision. https://t.co/CK9Dm3GMXD — PolitiTweet.org

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Rani and me, doling out good vibes to media nerds like it’s already Christmas. — PolitiTweet.org

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@royrod Hi there. It’s working for me. Can you try again? And if it doesn’t work for you please let me know what device and browser you’re using. Thx — PolitiTweet.org

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@sherwoodseo @SamRo Yes, definitely heard this. — PolitiTweet.org

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More ideas? I’m all ears. Ping me or @ me; and let me know if I can use your notes in a future column. — PolitiTweet.org

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4) Relax. It’s a hangover. Things look slow now compared to the last couple years. But the last couple of years were nuts. The party was always going to come to an end. Here’s a helpful illustration via GroupM: https://t.co/XQqAcliIMk — PolitiTweet.org

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3) It’s structural: In the old days advertisers bought lots of ads a year in advance. Now that the business is digital it’s easy to buy ads when you need them - and to turn it off when you don’t. — PolitiTweet.org

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2) Blame the tech guys. You can blame Apple and TikTok for disrupting the ad market. Or the crypto bust. Or the VC-funded startup freeze. Or all of the above. — PolitiTweet.org

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I’ve heard at least four theories. 1) Things are actually bad (inflation + supply chain) and will get worse. No reason to wait to pull back on ads. — PolitiTweet.org

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New from me: The ad market is supposed to disappear when the economy falls apart. This time it’s happening *before* the wheels fall off. What gives? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @davidgura: Here is the backstory, from @jacobgoldstein and @mdc: https://t.co/3mkGYS3oAl — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @davidgura: Remember that New Jersey deli that had a $100 million valuation? Here's the latest, from the Securities and Exchange Commi… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @dirtxyz: Industry is accelerated prestige TV: every episode a finale @konradmkay @mnadown https://t.co/4oseXKDegA — PolitiTweet.org

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@bmorrissey Meta is current leader in the clubhouse. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @lisatozzi: 👀 Axios Employees Instructed To Use Axios Funds To Buy Six Copies Each Of Axios Founders’ Dumb Book https://t.co/xdkV4PmPYV — PolitiTweet.org

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Real q for twitter lawyers and real ones: Large financial institutions provided services and loans to Donald Trump well after he established a track record as a liar and serial bankruptcy filer. Why is the state of New York suing on their behalf? Why aren’t they suing Trump? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @gerryfsmith: Amazon's "Thursday Night Football" looked like a typical NFL broadcast, except there were no beer commercials. The company… — PolitiTweet.org

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New pod: YouTube Shorts is like TikTok except it’s owned by YouTube. Now there’s another difference: YouTube is promising to pay the most popular people who make YouTube Shorts. My chat with YouTube exec @nealmohan: https://t.co/1RNcNprKcg https://t.co/D2nSZMVTGj — PolitiTweet.org

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Former Twitter execs are just like us - they also use Twitter to complain about spoofed Instagram accounts. — PolitiTweet.org