David Ocker's decision to rename the network HBO was a "brain dead move," he says. The board should not dictate strategy, but someone on the board who understands branding and assets should say, 'You're taking billions of dollars and you're emulating it' When Dot Datsun became Nissan, that made absolutely no sense,. But ultimately, people get used to it, right? They'll be like, oh, it's Max, right? Yeah, but it's like ultimately they get used to a shittier product.
Meta will sell Giphy in an antitrust loss, and the man who ran a Twitter account tracking Elon Musk’s private jet is now tracking Ron Desantis. Also, the latest in the culture wars: A Florida school has limited access to Amanda Gorman’s poetry, and Target will remove some Pride merch after a backlash. Plus, Governor Ron DeSantis announced his presidential run on Twitter Spaces… and it didn’t go quite as planned. And the Surgeon General warns that social media may be harmful to young users. Then, a listener question on HBO Max rebranding to Max.
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