I would say TikTok broadly is the biggest, most undercover story in media. People are doing incredibly creative things on TikTok around news. Just because a bunch of the news industry had a bad experience with a particular Facebook program is an insane reason to walk away from this powerful form and medium. I don't know why I'm thinking about it all the time, but you're absolutely right. It's because of TikTok and places you just see the power and creativity at once.
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.
You can find Ben on Twitter at @semaforben, and Semafor at semafor.com.
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