Tue. 01/23 – Netflix Buys Rights To Raw And WWE Shows

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🗓️ 23 January 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Netflix is getting into the live event business in a big way by buying the rights to WWE wrestling. We have the first political ad incident of the AI era. Who’s really doing all the buying on apps like Shein and Temu? OpenAI struggles to fend of an army of girlfriend bots. And let me introduce you to Palworld. Sponsors: Notion.com/ride TryFum.com/ride and code ride Links: Netflix Pays $5 Billion for ‘Raw’ in Bet on Live Events (Bloomberg) Fake Joe Biden robocall tells New Hampshire Democrats not to vote Tuesday (NBCNews) iOS 17.3 is out, adding Stolen Device Protection for your iPhone (The Verge) Temu’s Most Loyal Shoppers Are Actually Boomers and Gen Xers (Bloomberg) OPENAI STRUGGLING TO DESTROY ONSLAUGHT OF AI GIRLFRIENDS (The Byte) AI girlfriend bots are already flooding OpenAI’s GPT store (QZ) The Rise of Palworld: How ‘Pokémon With Guns’ Became an Overnight Hit (Wired) Palworld is a hit, and it’s easy to see why (The Verge) Video of me flirting with an AI "girlfriend" bot YouTube of Saturday's Bonus Episode with Baratunde Thurston Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Mem Ride Home for Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024. I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:09.0	Netflix is getting into the live event business in a big way by buying the rights to
0:13.4	W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W.
0:17.1	We have the first political ad incident of the AI era who's really doing all the buying on
0:20.0	apps like Sheehan and Temu. Open AI struggles to fend off an army of girlfriend bots, and let me introduce
0:26.1	you to Powell World. Here's what you miss today in the world of Tech.
0:29.8	Netflix is making its biggest bet ever on live events and live sports I guess in
0:38.1	quotes Netflix has bought the exclusive rights to raw and other
0:42.3	W. W. W. W.E. Programs say paying $5 billion for a 10-year
0:47.8	deal. This deal begins airing in 2025, quoting Bloomberg.
0:52.4	Raw will air on Netflix in the US, Canada, quoting Bloomberg. Raw will air on Netflix in the U.S. Canada, Latin America, and other international markets
0:56.5	beginning in January 2025 after the expiration of the WWE's domestic deal with Comcast. The company will also become the exclusive home outside the US for all W. W. W. W. W. W. W. S. W. S. W. S. W. S. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. and next as well as pay-per-view live events like Wrestle
1:13.6	mania, Summer Slam and Royal Rumble.
1:16.0	The pay-per-view events will be included at no additional cost
1:19.0	for Netflix customers.
1:20.6	After attracting more than 200 million customers by offering films and TV shows on demand
1:25.7	Netflix has now committed to offering three hours of live wrestling a week starting next year.
1:31.1	The company hopes the deal will bring in millions of loyal
1:33.4	W. W. W. E. viewers and provide a boost for its fledgling
1:36.4	advertising supported plan. Netflix has been dabbling in live events for the last
1:40.5	year, airing a live comedy special as well as a golf match but this is the first
1:44.3	long-term rights deal end quote.
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