Apple's new feature & potential ads business + more HBO Max layoffs & chaos | E1538
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
4.2 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 19 August 2022
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
New segment alert! J+M debut "Little Big Things" to highlight a unique new feature from Apple (1:46), before breaking down the company ramping up its ads business and what that means for consumers. (10:49) Then, Lon Harris joins to break down all things streaming. (21:20)
(0:00) J+M intro today's segments!
(1:46) New segment! Little Big Things: Apple News audio stories
(9:42) Embroker - Use code TWIST to get an extra 10% off insurance at https://Embroker.com/twist
(10:49) Apple's potential ads business: great for revenue, potentially bad for consumers
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(21:20) Lon joins and Jason discusses Molly's appearance on the Pivot podcast!
(23:47 More chaos at $WBD: 14% RIF at HBO Max, 30+ titles getting canned off streaming, bad feelings with creators
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(39:20) Digital distribution rights, how Netflix changed the industry and how Warner Bros Discovery might use this recent move as leverage going forward
(43:20) New series premiering with massive budgets: House of the Dragon, Rings of Power; breaking down the math on why these shows cost $20M-$58M per episode
(55:32) Streaming overtakes cable viewership for the first time!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Alright everybody, super fun Thursday show on this weekend's startups today. |
| 0:04.4 | First up, a new segment, little big things. This is little things we're noticing in products |
| 0:12.2 | that are awesome or that suck. And today Apple News is in my crosshairs with one thing that's |
| 0:19.2 | awesome and then one thing that really sucks. Yeah, how a little bit thing can lead to a big |
| 0:26.4 | conversation and Apple's ad business is definitely that conversation. |
| 0:30.0 | And then Lawn Harris is back for this week in streaming. We're going to talk about |
| 0:33.2 | Zazzlov again and the cuts and the shows being put into the basement to collect dust |
| 0:39.2 | Sithboard Zazzlov. It's not pleased. You know, Jason's loving this one. |
| 0:43.7 | They've moved over 30 titles from HBO Max, including 20 originals. Anyway, this is going to be |
| 0:48.3 | a great conversation with Lawn. It's going to be a great show. Stick with us. |
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| 1:46.2 | All right, Molly. I wanted to do a new segment on the show. We have a lot of founders listening, |
| 1:49.6 | a lot of investors listening and we have people who are fans of technology writ large and so |
| 1:54.8 | what I wanted to do was start a new concept. We live in the future. We do okay. Boomer. We do VC |
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