(Preview) Monetizing WhatsApp, Big Companies and Big Company Incentives, Why the New York Times Has a Podcast App
A closer look at Meta's strategy with WhatsApp, why Disney's failure to buy Google in 1999 shouldn't be surprising, Apple's doomed car project and attendant AI ambitions, and a question about the New York Times spawns discussion of the podcast industry, in general.
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WhatsApp launches in-chat payments service for businesses in India — Financial Times
Strategy Letter V — Joel on Software
The incredible shrinking podcast industry — Semafor
How Apple Sank About $1 Billion a Year Into a Car It Never Built — Bloomberg
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