“We failed because the idea wasn’t strong enough and/or timing” - Katzenberg and Whitman deserve kudos for the incredible effort and having the courage to shut down early. quibi-hq.medium.com/an-open-letter…

Couldn’t agree more ;-)

Fascinating thread.

Yahoo News did pretty well this month

Top contender for best 2020 meme

Two scorpions in a bottle? "He plans to wreck Fox": Trump eyes starting his own digital media empire axios.com/trump-fox-news…

Chris was a powerhouse. Smart, tough, funny and incredibly kind. The news industry will miss him dearly. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-556981…

.Lippe Oosterhof: At Yahoo News, the biggest challenge is to reduce our dependence on advertising revenue by diversifying our revenue base. "We also consider this our biggest opportunity." ow.ly/K6KN50DpK56 Jodie Hopperton.

I did mine last year and was very impressed. Smooth process with great service and expert analysis. Highly recommended!

What’s the ratio of hard news vs fluff (sorry, features) on the NYT front page? You’d be surprised… blog.tjcx.me/p/tracking-fro…

This is exciting news and I am thrilled about the value this deal can unlock for Yahoo. verizon.com/about/news/ver…

So excited about this - aging is humanity’s biggest disease. Congrats on the official launch Michael Geer and Pete Ward!

Looking forward to speaking on the role of product in news at the INMA summit tomorrow together with Louise Story Marcel Semmler and others

“I don’t think the BBC ever thought of me as a BBC man. He pauses to swallow some raw meat.” - Such a tasty interview with Andrew Neil by Janine Gibson ft.com/content/c1f010…

.Lippe Oosterhof told attendees to the INMA Product and Data Summit for Media that much of the value of setting OKRs (objectives and key results) comes from the process itself. ow.ly/PZiC50GyUIx Jodie Hopperton

Hot take: Everyone is wrong about the Metaverse. here's my 3 part theory..

True story. Made my day.

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Over the past months we've been working hard to build a radically new product at the Washington Post. Excited to finally share this with the world.