Peter Kafka

Peter Kafka @pkafka

“about half of all people who donated to ConstitutionDAO are now going to either lose basically everything they put into Ethereum network fees or will have to become a supporter of an organization that tried to buy the Constitution, failed, and now essentially has no purpose.” — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@aagave @realKunalAShah If you’re complaining about SVOD and AVOD UI/UX on Twitter you are a very particular kind of person. You might even be my friend! But I’m not going to draw many correlations between your tweets and the health of the service. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@aagave Netflix design and engineering chops are certainly useful! For instance, Netflix *always* works well on my TCL Roku; HBO, Amazon, Apple and everyone else are eratic at best. But when I want to watch succession I watch it on HBO even tho the app is no bueno. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@aagave BC Netflix was the only SVOD for years and built a huge lead and has turned that lead into programming budget for exclusive shows and movies that keep existing subs and bring in new ones? — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@aagave Netflix is good at telling me there are other Netflix shows to watch, but not at surfacing other stuff. But that helps retention. You don’t download a new app bc it has UI; you go to watch a show or movie you can’t watch on the services you have. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@aagave I use Hulu live multiple times a week and each time it’s like I’ve never used it before. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@aagave Not at all evident that Hulu UI gives many fucks about what I want to watch. Hard to argue that *any* streamers’ UI/UX drives growth. Retention maybe? — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

Ps: I remember when @loudmouthjulia was a mere streaming wars scribe. Now she tells other scribes what’s what! https://t.co/RPrmfIao9E — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

The fact that NBCU is debating whether its best stuff should be on Peacock tells you most of what you need to know about Peacock. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

RT @JBFlint: I'm one for three on credits from Penske publications for scoop on Kevin Spacey - MRC arbitration story. Thanks Deadline and b… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@hblodget Tldr buy index funds and stop thinking about the market unless someone is paying you to do that (or unless you’re so rich that you can gamble for fun). — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

RT @hblodget: Here are 3 things I learned in the last bubble that explain why I’m not going hog wild (in either direction) in this one… htt… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @fitzyrichard: Great listen on history of HBO , so many patterns with how cable grew and how streaming is growing ⁦@pkafka⁩ ⁦@Recode⁩ h… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

“seeking a price of $600 million to $800 million, according to two people familiar with the matter. The New York Times did not reach a deal with the startup recently after crunching the numbers and assessing the value of The Athletic at less than $500 million.” — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

Fox insiders and outsiders who bemoan its fate in the Trump era are endorsing its pre-Trump existence. When it was run by Roger Ailes. — PolitiTweet.org

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Ps you can’t blame this one on the poor social person: It’s an accurate summary of the story, presumably written and edited and humans. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

Dunking on dumb tweets is supposed to be bad for us but if this is bad I don’t want to be right. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

RT @sarahellison: Literally made for Tucker Carlson — PolitiTweet.org

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This is very good, and depressing. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@laureltouby @DoubleLJSquared @Braze This isn’t a criticism of media or media consumers; just a fact. See, for example, the newfound interest in logistics/supply chain - there’s a very specific reason it’s happening now, and why it won’t sustain in the future. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@laureltouby @DoubleLJSquared @Braze Most people don’t write about B2B companies because most people don’t want to read about them. The fact that they’re (potentially) more complex than other things that get written about is secondary. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

RT @jherskowitz: The intersection of these topics is going to be catnip for some of you. https://t.co/rscKILpo4K — PolitiTweet.org

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Indeed. I linked to it near the end but let’s make it more obvious: https://t.co/ev02fdLxd5 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

RT @ranimolla: Is your company throwing a virtual or in-person holiday party this year (or doing something totally different)? Tell me abou… — PolitiTweet.org

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@JKosner @HBO @netflix @SInow @espn It’s almost like you clicked on the link and read what I wrote! — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

Why did HBO pass on a plan to become Netflix in 2005? Why didn’t a Time Warner/Apple deal happen? And why did AT&T dump WarnerMedia a couple years after buying it for > $100 billion? My chat with @JimMiller about Tinderbox, his new HBO oral history https://t.co/dBj2MWp0OQ — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

In 2006, some HBO execs wanted to buy Netflix, which was worth $1 billion at the time. Netflix is worth $300 billion today. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

RT @hels: I’m on @gavinpurcell’s super cool new podcast talking about my obsession with MOSS (the weird tiny plant, not the model or the ri… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@eliotwb To be fair: Those are all companies. And Bird is a company. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

Oh also! Salutations to subway peeps who don’t wear headphones so they can share their phone’s audio w/the rest of us. (Bonus hello to the large subset who don’t wear masks.) — PolitiTweet.org