Twitter's New CEO, Streaming Wars Are Over, Traffic's Lessons

Big Technology Podcast

Alex Kantrowitz

Management, Religion, Politics, Entrepreneurship, Business News, News, Investing, Marketing, News Commentary, Social Sciences, Science, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Business, Tech News, Philosophy, Government, Technology

4.7 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Ben Smith is the author of Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral. He's also the editor-in-chief of Semafor. He joins Ranjan Roy and Alex Kantrowitz for our weekly news recap show. We cover: 1) New Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino 2) Tucker Carlson's move to Twitter 3) End of the streaming wars 4) Trump's CNN Interview 5) Lessons from Ben's book, Traffic 6) Mark Zuckerberg's jiu-jitsu prowess. You can find Ben's book here. --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. For weekly updates on the show, sign up for the pod newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/6901970121829801984/ Questions? Feedback? Write to: bigtechnologypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	From LinkedIn News, I'm Jesse Hempel, host of the Hello Monday podcast.
0:05.1	Start your week with the Hello Monday podcast.
0:08.1	We'll navigate career pivots.
0:10.1	We'll learn where happiness fits in.
0:11.9	Listen to Hello Monday with me, Jesse Hempel on the LinkedIn Podcast Network or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:20.2	Hey, I'm Gianna Predente.
0:22.0	And I'm Jemay Jackson-Gadston.
0:23.7	We're the host of Let's Talk Offline from LinkedIn News and IHart Podcasts.
0:27.4	There's a lot to figure out when you're just starting your career.
0:30.1	That's where we come in.
0:31.3	Think of us as your work besties you can turn to for advice.
0:34.3	And if we don't know the answer, we bring in people who do, like negotiation expert
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0:48.6	podcasts.
1:02.3	Thank you. Welcome to Big Technology Podcast Friday edition, where we break down the news in our traditional cool-headed and nuanced format.
1:04.7	We are joined today by Ben Smith.
1:07.0	He is the author of Traffic, Genius, Rivalry, and Ill Delusion in the billion dollar race to go viral.
1:12.5	And he's been on the podcast circuit, but we're going to break down the week's news, including
1:16.7	some really interesting stories about the new CEO of Twitter, the latest on Google's
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