You give and give and give...
The so-called “streaming wars” are truly brutal, with the WSJ today reporting that 1/2 of the US viewers who sign up for Disney+ within three days of big blockbuster releases (Hamilton, Wonder Woman, etc) are gone within 6 months. Even the mouse can’t work his usual magic. From the January 31 Wall Street Journal article by Benjamin Mullin and David Marcelis: “Streaming wars require all players to consistently churn out popular and often expensive programming to keep fickle subscribers satisfi...
You give and give and give...
The so-called “streaming wars” are truly brutal, with the WSJ today reporting that 1/2 of the US viewers who sign up for Disney+ within three days of big blockbuster releases (Hamilton, Wonder Woman, etc) are gone within 6 months. Even the mouse can’t work his usual magic. From the January 31 Wall Street Journal article by Benjamin Mullin and David Marcelis: “Streaming wars require all players to consistently churn out popular and often expensive programming to keep fickle subscribers satisfi...
Going DAO
I never gave up hope. I first moved to California during the tech bubble pop in 2000 to join Don Luskin and Dave Nadig at their MetaMarkets Open Fund: an early startup experiment in online media, financial services and community that had many elements of today’s Web3. The online community (mostly pro investors, advisors and day traders) was self-governing, gamified, educational and social. In place of blockchain, there was real money at stake and the fund’s trades were posted in real time -- ...
Going DAO
I never gave up hope. I first moved to California during the tech bubble pop in 2000 to join Don Luskin and Dave Nadig at their MetaMarkets Open Fund: an early startup experiment in online media, financial services and community that had many elements of today’s Web3. The online community (mostly pro investors, advisors and day traders) was self-governing, gamified, educational and social. In place of blockchain, there was real money at stake and the fund’s trades were posted in real time -- ...