I had no idea there was that animosity or that negative view of him. He just seems so likable quite frankly. I think he hasn't been a troll about it. That's like a low bar. A lot of these employees aren't going to do very well with this. So our top executives and you'll probably see him leaving. The thing that struck me the most about those text messages that came out was just the level of sycophontery among his close friends, but also people who were willing to engage in what is just bottom line, a stupid irrational deal. What I don't get is some of these VCs. How can anyone put $800 million in this company
Netflix beat estimates for Q3 and added two million subscribers. Meta has Super-App dreams for WhatsApp, and Mark Zuckerberg is ready to take on iMessage. Plus, Twitter freezes employees' stock accounts, and an activist investor grabs a significant stake in Salesforce. Friend of Pivot Ben Smith joins Kara and Scott to talk about the state of media, and the launch of his news platform, Semafor.
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