219: Swimming Upstream—A Tale of Two Platform Pivots

“Everything is the pandemic’s fault,” said Jeffrey Katzenberg, co-founder of nascent streaming platform Quibi last week. Is it? I share my thoughts in this week’s riff on how streaming companies are responding and piloting during this time.

Building on episode 142: Creative Economy Lessons from “The Great Race to Rule Streaming TV”, I share a tale of two platforms — and encourage you to examine where you might still be stuck in unhelpful thinking.

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• Articles:

  • Movie Theaters Face Ruin. Blame ‘Trolls’

  • Jeffrey Katzenberg Blames Pandemic for Quibi’s Rough Start

  • ‘Hamilton’ Movie Will Stream on Disney Plus on July 3

  • ‘Hamilton’ Movie, With Original Broadway Cast, to Hit Theaters Next Year

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  • 142: Creative Economy Lessons from “The Great Race to Rule Streaming TV”

  • 143: Transmogrify with Neil Pasricha

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