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I fight for the user. Editor-At-Large . Send me news tips & crazy rants via DM or josh at techcrunch, and join my newsletter here:

Mission SF, CA
Joined January 2009

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    My newsletter Moving Product on the most important tech launches through the lens of sociology officially launches this month. I'd be honored if you'd subscribe here & debate it with me! 2/

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  2. *screenwriters furiously scribbling Shakira / J Lo buddy cop movies*

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    Feb 1
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  4. 2005: Late for class. 2020: Teaching class. Thanks for letting me guest lecture,

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  5. Starting a GoFundMe to buy TikTok comedians real wigs

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  6. Bitmoji TV premiered this morning. Go watch, link here. It’s hysterical

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  7. -Fast Nine & The Furious -Fast Ten Your Seatbelt

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  8. SF fulfills its destiny by uploading itself to the cloud

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    Jan 31

    Blown away by the persistence of the team. Legends in the making.

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  10. My feature story reveals how Dubsmash almost failed, fired everyone, rebuilt, raised a secret $6.75M, and climbed to 27% of the US short form video market vs TikTok's 59%

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  11. We found our little piece of SF, The City Of Lucid Dreams! Startup founders, you can’t escape me. Mwah Ha Ha

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  12. Snapchat finally has a must-see show. Think psychedelic SNL on fast-forward starring your Bitmoji

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    Bitmoji TV launches Saturday. It's funny, addictive, and one thing Facebook can't copy.

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  14. 70% of daily Snapchat users aka 147M have made a Bitmoji. Snapchat paid just $62M to acquire it. Now Bitmoji TV could monetize avatars with ads and premium/sponsored clothes tip

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  15. "We really believe that we have invented a new category of entertainment. It's scripted but it's personalized" Bitmoji TV CEO/Director tells me

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  16. Bitmoji TV launches Saturday. It's funny, addictive, and one thing Facebook can't copy.

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  17. Facebook will pay $550M to settle an Illinois class-action suit over its facial recognition Tag Suggestions feature, though penalties could have reached $35B

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  18. Facebook warns the world's sudden interest in privacy will hurt its ad targeting & revenue, even as user grow: -GDPR & California's CCPA -Anti-targeting in browsers, iOS, & Android -Fb's own privacy tools (some mandated by FTC)

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  19. I think Facebook wants to hide how users & dollars are fleeing to Instagram, and now it confirms it will cease sharing Fb-only metrics in late 2020.

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  20. Facebook's 2019 expenses grew $47B, up 51% vs 2018. Content moderation & safety costs are strangling the golden goose

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  21. Facebook introduces new stat, Family Average Revenue Per Person, to mask how revenue might be shifting from Fb to Instagram

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