Sep 26
🚛 “Sloppy Soundtracks” — Spotify’s AI purge. NFL’s 3 huge sales. Starbucks’ McDonald moment. + Anthropologie’s $1K rock.
<p>Starbucks is decaffeinating itself, closing 400 stores… but there’s hope for Starbs at McDonald’s.</p><p>3 NFL teams just sold at record prices... They sold to Private Equity, but what about fan shares?</p><p>Spotify deleted 75M AI songs, while AI slop is slowing your work day ... Show More
22m 56s
Oct 21
🏴☠️ “The Day the Internet Broke” — AWS’ outage. Canyon Ranch’s menopause resort. TiVo’s last day. +FBI’s art crime team
<p>Canyon Ranch is opening a $500M hotel in Austin, but for just 1 customer… Women.</p><p>The internet broke yesterday because of Amazon Web Services… It’s too connected to fail. </p><p>TiVo, the TV pioneer, just sold its last TiVo… It’s a case study in “moats vs islands.”</ ... Show More
22m 22s
Episode 392: Neal and Toby examine the struggling housing market which is reflected in the latest earnings report by Lowe’s and Home Depot. Then, a roundup of the biggest headlines: What happened to Mike Lynch and the yacht? Disney walks back on its attempt to block the wrongful death suit against them. Alex Cooper gets a big paycheck for leaving Spotify and ... Show More