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  • SpaceX Buys Spectrum, Spectrum Specifics, SpaceX’s Big Bet

    Tuesday, September 9, 2025

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    SpaceX just made a huge deal for spectrum, but they will still need partners; the real goal is knocking competition out of the game.


  • An Interview with Craig Moffett About Apple and Telecoms

    Thursday, September 19, 2024

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    An interview with Craig Moffett about how the iPhone changed the telecoms industry, Apple’s outlook in the age of AI, and how the TV situation has gone from bad to worse.


  • iPhone Pricing, DirecTV and Disney, Bars and Sports

    Monday, September 9, 2024

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    Why I think Apple will raise iPhone prices, plus Disney is in another carriage dispute.


  • An Interview with Ben Thompson at the MoffettNathanson Media, Internet, and Communications Conference

    Thursday, May 16, 2024

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    An interview of me by Craig Moffett, Michael Nathanson, and Michael Morton about what an AI re-alignment in tech might look like, Meta’s spending, the realities of scale and the challenges in regulating Aggregators, the current state of the bundle, and a few other additional questions from the audience.


  • An Interview with Michael Nathanson About Streaming and Digital Advertising

    Thursday, June 2, 2022

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    An interview with analyst Michael Nathanson about streaming, cable, digital advertising, and a whole lot more.


  • Amazon Buys MGM, The Streaming Opportunity, Anti-Monopoly vs. Antitrust

    Thursday, May 27, 2021

    Amazon’s purchase of MGM makes sense strategically, but also points to bigger ambitions; it also highlights how a lot of antitrust talk is actually anti-monopoly.


  • Distribution and Demand

    Tuesday, May 18, 2021

    Distribution on the Internet is free; what matters is controlling demand. AT&T and Verizon didn’t understand the distinction.


  • AT&T’s Original Bad Deal, Discovery + WarnerMedia, The Streaming Landscape

    Monday, May 17, 2021

    AT&T bails on its streaming ambitions; they can’t undo the mistake of buying Time Warner, but merging WarnerMedia with Discovery is a nice recovery.


  • WarnerMedia to Stream Movies First Day, AT&T Versus HBO, Self-Disruption

    Monday, December 7, 2020

    WarnerMedia’s move to stream all of its movies on HBO Max appears to be value disruptive, but if the company is actually meaningfully responding to disruption, that was inevitable.


  • Anti-Monopoly vs. Antitrust

    Wednesday, October 7, 2020

    What matters about the Congressional report on tech and antitrust is that it exists, not the specific details.


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  • Intel Earnings, AMD Earnings, Intel and AMD’s Divergence

    Wednesday, November 11, 2026
  • The Jensen Huang Story Gets Worse, Washington vs. New York, Silicon Valley

    Tuesday, November 10, 2026
  • Jensen Huang’s Affair, The Culper Report, Huang’s Righteousness

    Monday, November 9, 2026
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  • Jensen Huang Likely Out at Nvidia; The Megaspeed Maelstrom in D.C.; APEC in Seven Days; Legislation That May Come Next

    Sharp China | Nov 11
    Jensen Huang Likely Out at Nvidia; The Megaspeed Maelstrom in D.C.; APEC in Seven Days; Legislation That May Come Next
  • Agony and Ecstasy After Three Weeks, The “Earn Their Ice” All-Stars, Difficult Conversations About AJ and Season Ticket Holder Decorum

    Greatest Of All Talk | Nov 10
    Agony and Ecstasy After Three Weeks, The “Earn Their Ice” All-Stars, Difficult Conversations About AJ and Season Ticket Holder Decorum
  • The Jensen Huang Affair

    Dithering | Nov 10
    The Jensen Huang Affair

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  • An Interview With Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi About Accounting and AI

    Thursday, November 5, 2026
  • An Interview with Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar About the AI Religious War

    Thursday, October 29, 2026
  • An Interview with Craig Moffett About SpaceX and Bubbles

    Thursday, October 22, 2026
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    Friday, November 6, 2026
  • Kylian Mbappé’s Little Red Card
    Friday, October 30, 2026
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    Friday, October 23, 2026
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