The inside story of Iger's Disney return, Epic Games record-breaking fines + ClimateCamp CEO | E1643
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
4.2 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2022
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
First up, J+M break down Disney's "Battle of the Bobs" (2:59), before covering two record-breaking fines against Epic Games, and explaining "dark patterns." (20:35) Molly wraps the show by interviewing ClimateCamp CEO Stijn Gysemans on Scope 3 emissions tracking! (44:26)
(0:00) J+M tee up today's topics!
(2:59) WSJ report on the rift between Iger and Chapek at Disney
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(15:03) The role Christine McCarthy, Disney's CFO, played in bringing back Bob Iger
(20:35) Epic Games receives two record-breaking fines from the FTC, understanding "dark patterns" and deceptive design
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(31:40) Tangent continued: calling out the worst "dark design" offenders
(44:26) ClimateCamp CEO Stijn Gysemans joins Molly Wood to chat target markets, Scope 3 emissions, and more!
(51:29) Understanding how emissions are calculated, EU rules and regulations
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody, it's Tuesday. |
| 0:01.6 | And we've got a big show for you today. |
| 0:04.2 | There's a long read about the Battle of the Bob's |
| 0:07.3 | Tiger and Chapeck at Disney. |
| 0:09.5 | And we have a new segment. |
| 0:11.1 | Long reads made short. |
| 0:13.4 | And in this, a 24-minute long read |
| 0:16.3 | will be narrowed down to two minutes |
| 0:18.9 | by professional broadcasts from Hollywood. |
| 0:21.6 | It's incredible. |
| 0:22.4 | And then we're going to gossip a little bit about it |
| 0:23.9 | because it's just so fun. |
| 0:25.3 | We're also going to cover two record-breaking FTC |
| 0:28.8 | finds against the same company at big games. |
| 0:34.6 | Guys, dinged over some Fortnite behavior, |
| 0:37.7 | collecting kids' information, some children's |
| 0:40.2 | by privacy violations, and these dark patterns, |
| 0:45.3 | we will explain what those are. |
| 0:47.5 | And then it's possible that a tangent occurs. |
| 0:50.4 | Oh, a big, Jake, how tangent-coming. |
| 0:52.7 | These dark patterns where you cannot unsubscribe |
| 0:55.2 | from the Wall Street Journal Equinox or the Economist, |
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