YouTube has never really veered that way, you know, in the way that Amazon they tried. And so why is that? Why does the Amazon has done a pretty good job? You can not like everything that some of it's very good and Apple's done a stellar job. Facebook has not wandered in there, has tried slightly, but never really has gone that way.
Kara and Scott are back to discuss the demise of a journalism antitrust bill, as well as a potential deal between Vice and a Saudi media giant. Also, Twitter says payments to a whistleblower shouldn't affect its deal with Elon Musk. Then, Friend of Pivot Mark Bergen chats about his new book, “Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube’s Chaotic Rise to World Domination.” Plus, Scott was on Bill Maher!
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