Wisdom

Big tech owning media is a marriage made in hell

Quote

I think it's a marriage made in hell. And any attempt to for big tech to take over media in some way, is just destined to fail.

Episode 38: Episode 38 00:13:02 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)

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Summary

As AT&T unwound its Time Warner purchase, Dave said the lesson isn't just mismanagement. Something inherent in media doesn't jive with tech. Even Netflix's real hits came when it wrote a check and let the media people do what they wanted. Tech trying to manage creative work into efficiency is destined to fail.