Stratechery

Faceless Publishers https://stratechery.com/2017/the-faceless-publisher/ … Vox Media + The Ringer points to the faceless publishers of the future

Tulips, Myths, and Cryptocurrencies https://stratechery.com/2017/tulips-myths-and-cryptocurrencies/ … The tulip bubble is a myth, which shows that myths are powerful — and valuable

Boring Google https://stratechery.com/2017/boring-google/ … Google's I/O was exactly what you would expect from Google, and that's a great sign for the company.

WannaCry About Business Models https://stratechery.com/2017/wannacry-and-the-power-of-business-models/ … The blame for WannaCry and most security breakdowns is the business model.

The Local News Business Model https://stratechery.com/2017/the-local-news-business-model/ … Local news will be subscriptions; it (probably) won't be newspapers

Apple's China Problem https://stratechery.com/2017/apples-china-problem/ … iOS is Apple's differentiator — except in China, where WeChat matters more.

Not OK, Google https://stratechery.com/2017/not-ok-google/ … If Google is deciding on "authoritative" news it needs to be a whole lot more transparent

Facebook and the Cost of Monopoly https://stratechery.com/2017/facebook-and-the-cost-of-monopoly/ … The F8 keynote was disappointing and lacked vision; that's a natural outcome

The Walt Mossberg Brand https://stratechery.com/2017/the-walt-mossberg-brand/ … @waltmossberg's influence on tech is well-known; his influence on media just as profound

The Arrival of Artificial Intelligence https://stratechery.com/2017/the-arrival-of-artificial-intelligence/ … Machine learning is a step change from what has come before.

Ad Agencies and Accountability https://stratechery.com/2017/ad-agencies-and-accountability/ … Google should improve, but ad agencies and brands have responsibility for their ads

Intel, Mobileye, and Smiling Curves https://stratechery.com/2017/intel-mobileye-and-smiling-curves/ … Examining self-driving cars and understanding Intel's purchase of Mobileye

The Uber Conflation https://stratechery.com/2017/the-uber-conflation/ … Criticizing — and defending —Uber, and all of tech

Twitter, Live, and Luck https://stratechery.com/2017/twitter-live-and-luck/ … The Oscars were a reminder of just how lost Twitter is from a product perspective

Twitter, Live, and Luck https://stratechery.com/2017/twitter-live-and-luck/ … The Oscars were a reminder of just how lost Twitter is from a product perspective

Manifestos and Monopolies https://stratechery.com/2017/manifestos-and-monopolies/ … Facebook has long been too powerful, but Mark Zuckerberg's manifesto crossed the line

Snap's Apple Strategy https://stratechery.com/2017/snaps-apple-strategy/ … Snap plans to win on innovation; we've known for 30 years that that is not always enough.

Inspired Media https://stratechery.com/2017/inspired-media/ … Paid media and earned media don't matter nearly as much as inspired media—for products and politics

The Great Unbundling https://stratechery.com/2017/the-great-unbundling/ … Not all media — nor all TV — is the same. That will be the root of unbundling.

The Ten Year Anniversary of the Apple TV https://stratechery.com/2017/the-ten-year-anniversary-of-the-apple-tv/ … Not even Steve Jobs foresaw the iPhone's impact.