Streaming media is going to be a blood bath over the next 18 months. American households, there's a hundred and 15 million us. 25 or 35 million are either so far right they don't want that profane streaming in their house. So call it 80 million households or streamable. That means that these companies are spending three thousand dollars per household to send you euphoria and bridgertin and better call salt.That is just not sustainable.
In the most Elon Musk move ever, the billionaire bought Twitter just 2 hours after we finished taping. But don’t worry, we did an emergency re-tape so you’d have our latest thoughts. Scott & Kara discuss the unprecedented buyout, as well as Scott's front row seat to the demise of CNN+. And as Amazon labor organizers make inroads in New York, Kim Kelly, author of Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor, joins us to talk about the past, present, and future of unions.
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