I think in all these online publishers of that era, to differing degrees saw that coming. Probably the person you saw it most clearly was Jonah Peretti who created BuzzFeed and hired me in 2012. After this conversation where at first he was talking about all this futuristic mumbo jumbo I didn't really understand, but the notion of a consumer who opens Facebook, opens Twitter rather than opening your websitereally was where people in politics were already living. The notion of doing these organizations front page was Twitter, which was what BuzzFeed News really launched as was very compelling for me. And by the way, consumers love it. Consumers think it's cool that on their Facebook feed there's a New York Times
Higher rates are here to stay, and some stories we expected to see in the first half of 2023 might still be ahead of us.
(00:21) Jason Moser and Matt Argersinger discuss: - Whiplash in employment data, and the certainty of rate hikes for the rest of the year. - Meta’s new app Threads and what it means for Twitter. - Some surprises from the first half of 2023 and stories to watch for the rest of the year.
(19:11) Motley Fool Money’s Deidre Woollard spoke with Smith about the cycles in digital media, his new book Traffic, and how one legacy media company has managed to stay on top throughout all the shifts.
(32:04) Jason and Matt break down two stocks on their radar: Vesta Real Estate and Callaway Golf.
Stocks discussed: AAPL, META, NYT, BZFD, AMZN, VTMX, MODG
Host: Dylan Lewis Guests: Matt Argersinger, Jason Moser, Deidre Woollard, Ben Smith Engineer: Dan Boyd
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