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Member Mailing: The Twitter Funhouse Mirror

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Member Mailing: The Twitter Funhouse Mirror

By Andrew A. Rosen · Nov. 9, 2022 2:13 PM PST

PARQOR is the handbook every media and technology executive needs to navigate the seismic shifts underway in the media business. Through in-depth analysis from a network of senior media and tech leaders, Andrew Rosen cuts through what's happening, highlights what it means and suggests where you should go next. In Q4 2022, PARQOR will... PARQOR is the handbook every media and technology executive needs to navigate the seismic shifts...

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Monday AM Briefing: Why Won't Legacy Media & Wall Street Discuss Other DTC Models?

By Andrew A. Rosen · Nov. 7, 2022 3:30 AM PST

PARQOR is the handbook every media and technology executive needs to navigate the seismic shifts underway in the media business. Through in-depth analysis from a network of senior media and tech leaders, Andrew Rosen cuts through what's happening, highlights what it means and suggests where you should go next. In Q4 2022, PARQOR will... PARQOR is the handbook every media and technology executive needs to navigate the seismic shifts...

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Friday Mailing: Bo Knows Media

By Andrew A. Rosen · Nov. 4, 2022 11:30 AM PDT

PARQOR is the handbook every media and technology executive needs to navigate the seismic shifts underway in the media business. Through in-depth analysis from a network of senior media and tech leaders, Andrew Rosen cuts through what's happening, highlights what it means and suggests where you should go next. In Q4 2022, PARQOR will... PARQOR is the handbook every media and technology executive needs to navigate the seismic shifts...

By Andrew A. Rosen · Nov. 2, 2022 12:00 PM PDT

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Member Mailing: YouTube PrimeTime Channels Emerge As A Blessing And/Or A Curse

By Andrew A. Rosen · Nov. 2, 2022 12:00 PM PDT

PARQOR is the handbook every media and technology executive needs to navigate the seismic shifts underway in the media business. Through in-depth analysis from a network of senior media and tech leaders, Andrew Rosen cuts through what's happening, highlights what it means and suggests where you should go next. In Q4 2022, PARQOR will... PARQOR is the handbook every media and technology executive needs to navigate the seismic shifts...

Monday AM Briefing: What Will Happen When Artificial Intelligence Recasts "The Office"?

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Monday AM Briefing: What Will Happen When Artificial Intelligence Recasts "The Office"?

By Andrew A. Rosen · Oct. 31, 2022 3:30 AM PDT

PARQOR is the handbook every media and technology executive needs to navigate the seismic shifts underway in the media business. Through in-depth analysis from a network of senior media and tech leaders, Andrew Rosen cuts through what's happening, highlights what it means and suggests where you should go next. In Q4 2022, PARQOR will... PARQOR is the handbook every media and technology executive needs to navigate the seismic shifts...

Friday Mailing: Pluto Rises

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Friday Mailing: Pluto Rises

By Andrew A. Rosen · Oct. 28, 2022 12:00 PM PDT

PARQOR is the handbook every media and technology executive needs to navigate the seismic shifts underway in the media business. Through in-depth analysis from a network of senior media and tech leaders, Andrew Rosen cuts through what's happening, highlights what it means and suggests where you should go next. In Q4 2022, PARQOR will... PARQOR is the handbook every media and technology executive needs to navigate the seismic shifts...

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Member Mailing: Youtube's Earnings & Little Green Shoots Among The Ad Market's Bear Signals

By Andrew A. Rosen · Oct. 26, 2022 12:00 PM PDT

PARQOR is the handbook every media and technology executive needs to navigate the seismic shifts underway in the media business. Through in-depth analysis from a network of senior media and tech leaders, Andrew Rosen cuts through what's happening, highlights what it means and suggests where you should go next. In Q4 2022, PARQOR will... PARQOR is the handbook every media and technology executive needs to navigate the seismic shifts...

By Andrew A. Rosen · Oct. 24, 2022 3:30 AM PDT

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Monday AM Briefing

By Andrew A. Rosen · Oct. 24, 2022 3:30 AM PDT

PARQOR is the handbook every media and technology executive needs to navigate the seismic shifts underway in the media business. Through in-depth analysis from a network of senior media and tech leaders, Andrew Rosen cuts through what's happening, highlights what it means and suggests where you should go next. In Q4 2022, PARQOR will... PARQOR is the handbook every media and technology executive needs to navigate the seismic shifts...

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Friday Mailing: Is That Your Final Answer, Ted Sarandos?

By Andrew A. Rosen · Oct. 21, 2022 1:05 PM PDT

PARQOR is the handbook every media and technology executive needs to navigate the seismic shifts underway in the media business. Through in-depth analysis from a network of senior media and tech leaders, Andrew Rosen cuts through what's happening, highlights what it means and suggests where you should go next. In Q4 2022, PARQOR will... PARQOR is the handbook every media and technology executive needs to navigate the seismic shifts...

Member Mailing: An Elegy to "Premium" Content Defined By Production Budgets

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Member Mailing: An Elegy to "Premium" Content Defined By Production Budgets

By Andrew A. Rosen · Oct. 19, 2022 2:32 PM PDT

PARQOR is the handbook every media and technology executive needs to navigate the seismic shifts underway in the media business. Through in-depth analysis from a network of senior media and tech leaders, Andrew Rosen cuts through what's happening, highlights what it means and suggests where you should go next. In Q4 2022, PARQOR will... PARQOR is the handbook every media and technology executive needs to navigate the seismic shifts...

Monday AM Briefing: Netflix ($NFLX) May Not Have Any Answers For YouTube Shorts

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Monday AM Briefing: Netflix ($NFLX) May Not Have Any Answers For YouTube Shorts

By Andrew A. Rosen · Oct. 17, 2022 3:30 AM PDT

PARQOR is the handbook every media and technology executive needs to navigate the seismic shifts underway in the media business. Through in-depth analysis from a network of senior media and tech leaders, Andrew Rosen cuts through what's happening, highlights what it means and suggests where you should go next. In Q4 2022, PARQOR will... PARQOR is the handbook every media and technology executive needs to navigate the seismic shifts...

By Andrew A. Rosen · Oct. 14, 2022 11:13 AM PDT

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Friday Mailing: How Linear's Decline May Fuel Gaming's Next Decade

By Andrew A. Rosen · Oct. 14, 2022 11:13 AM PDT

PARQOR is the handbook every media and technology executive needs to navigate the seismic shifts underway in the media business. Through in-depth analysis from a network of senior media and tech leaders, Andrew Rosen cuts through what's happening, highlights what it means and suggests where you should go next. In Q4 2022, PARQOR will... PARQOR is the handbook every media and technology executive needs to navigate the seismic shifts...

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Monday AM Briefing: More Than Catalysts That Will Drive YouTube's Inevitable Win in CTV

By Andrew A. Rosen · Oct. 10, 2022 3:30 AM PDT

About PARQORPARQOR is the handbook every media and technology executive needs to navigate the seismic shifts underway in the media business. Through in-depth analysis from a network of senior media and tech leaders, Andrew Rosen cuts through what's happening, highlights what it means and suggests where you should go next. I'm keen to... About PARQORPARQOR is the handbook every media and technology executive needs to navigate the...

Friday Mailing: Where Are The Profits To Drive The Flywheels (And Vice Versa)?

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Friday Mailing: Where Are The Profits To Drive The Flywheels (And Vice Versa)?

By Andrew A. Rosen · Oct. 7, 2022 12:03 PM PDT

About PARQORPARQOR is the handbook every media and technology executive needs to navigate the seismic shifts underway in the media business. Through in-depth analysis from a network of senior media and tech leaders, Andrew Rosen cuts through what's happening, highlights what it means and suggests where you should go next. I'm keen to... About PARQORPARQOR is the handbook every media and technology executive needs to navigate the...

Monday AM Briefing: Four Trends in Media for Q4 2022

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Monday AM Briefing: Four Trends in Media for Q4 2022

By Andrew A. Rosen · Oct. 3, 2022 3:30 AM PDT

About PARQORPARQOR is the handbook every media and technology executive needs to navigate the seismic shifts underway in the media business. Through in-depth analysis from a network of senior media and tech leaders, Andrew Rosen cuts through what's happening, highlights what it means and suggests where you should go next. I'm keen to... About PARQORPARQOR is the handbook every media and technology executive needs to navigate the...

Friday Mailing: MrBeast Seeks Hits on Netflix

Friday Mailing: MrBeast Seeks Hits on Netflix

By Andrew A. Rosen · Sept. 30, 2022 1:22 PM PDT

Friday Mailing: MrBeast Seeks Hits on Netflix

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Friday Mailing: MrBeast Seeks Hits on Netflix

By Andrew A. Rosen · Sept. 30, 2022 1:22 PM PDT

About PARQORPARQOR is the handbook every media and technology executive needs to navigate the seismic shifts underway in the media business. Through in-depth analysis from a network of senior media and tech leaders, Andrew Rosen cuts through what's happening, highlights what it means and suggests where you should go next. I'm keen to... About PARQORPARQOR is the handbook every media and technology executive needs to navigate the...

Member Mailing: Disney's Complex Path to Higher ARPU

Member Mailing: Disney's Complex Path to Higher ARPU

By Andrew A. Rosen · Sept. 28, 2022 12:14 PM PDT

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy recently wrote to shareholders that "Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power is one of a number of “unique benefits” to “make Prime even better for members”. In other words, the measure of success for The Rings of Power will be in sales of Prime memberships and retail sales. Or, presumably, that is the case. We... Amazon CEO Andy Jassy recently wrote to shareholders that "Lord of The Rings: The Rings...

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Monday AM Briefing: The Subscriber Is and Isn't "A Hollow KPI"

By Andrew A. Rosen · Sept. 26, 2022 3:30 AM PDT

Warner Bros. Discovery CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels recently told the Goldman Sachs Communacopia conference that “we’re not optimizing for subscribers.” He argued that metric reflects “the old world of streaming service evaluation” and is a “hollow” measure of success. In the macro sense, he is right: his competition is pivoting away from the... Warner Bros. Discovery CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels recently told the Goldman Sachs Communacopia...

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Friday Mailing: YouTube's Big Week in Music

By Andrew A. Rosen · Sept. 23, 2022 10:30 AM PDT

My favorite article from the past few weeks is a Vox article on the Department of Justice antitrust suit against seeking to block the book publisher Penguin Random House (PRH) from merging with rival Simon & Schuster. Its title - “Book publishers just spent 3 weeks in court arguing they have no idea what they’re doing” - reflects the... My favorite article from the past few weeks is a Vox article on the Department of Justice...

By Andrew A. Rosen · Sept. 21, 2022 11:41 AM PDT

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Member Mailing: The Future of CDPs in Media, According to SEO

By Andrew A. Rosen · Sept. 21, 2022 11:41 AM PDT

I had lunch in Simi Valley, CA over the weekend. While driving back with my friend - a Chief Technology Officer at an AdTech Software as a Service (SaaS) company- I realized that the last time I had been there was to evaluate a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) vendor for MTV Networks (MTVN) websites in 2006. At the time, Google was rapidly... I had lunch in Simi Valley, CA over the weekend. While driving back with my friend - a Chief...