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Episode 040 – BuzzFeed and Amazon

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Ben Thompson / James Allworth

Technology

4.6832 Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2015

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode Ben and James discuss BuzzFeed in the context of the Brother Orange story, then talk about Amazon’s Dash Button and Home Services initiative, along with a dive into the technical details of Amazon’s balance sheet (sorry, it’s a bit dry) and why Ben is nervous. Links Matt Stopera: I Followed My Stolen iPhone Across The World, Became A Celebrity In China, And Found A Friend For Life – BuzzFeed Ben Thompson: Why BuzzFeed is the Most Important News Organization in the World – Stratechery Matt Stopera: Who Is This Man And Why Are His Photos Showing Up … Continue reading Episode 040 – BuzzFeed and Amazon

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0:00.0

Hi, James.

0:01.0

Ben, how are you?

0:02.0

Ah, not so hot.

0:04.0

Oh, no. What's up?

0:05.0

Well, I think I've actually reached the point where I'm kind of resigned to my bad day and now I kind of, I find it mildly amusing.

0:11.0

Oh, no, it's turned into black comedy. What's happened?

0:15.0

No, it's not that bad. No, I was up late, finishing my article last night.

0:22.1

Very late.

0:23.1

So my apologies to my subscribers.

0:25.5

But it was actually almost the problem was there was so many angles to title the music service.

0:30.7

Maybe we'll get to it.

0:31.2

We touched on a lot of it last week that I almost like couldn't I couldn't get it focused.

0:36.4

But anyhow, so I was up

0:37.7

way so I woke up this morning I was a little you know it but still powered through

0:41.3

got my daughter off to school went to work out and I was you know I was moving kind of slow um

0:46.4

but it's okay I was I thought I had a call but the call it canceled so I'm like oh I could take my

0:50.8

time um mosey on out get to my get my scooter. I get this call from my wife, where are you?

0:57.1

Forgetting that she had to go to my daughter's school at 9 o'clock.

1:02.3

And so, of course, I'm hustling back and I'm riding my scooter probably too quickly.

1:08.1

Uh-oh.

1:08.3

Uh-oh.

1:08.6

And I come in and I pull up and start going in and my mother-in-law is outside.

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