Ben Thompson’s Stratechery should be crossing 3 Million in Profits this Year
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Ben Thompson’s Stratechery should be crossing 3 Million in Profits this Year
It’s easy to think that the Internet Age is well-established, but the truth is we’re only getting started. Remember, it took nearly two decades for the Model T to develop the car ecosystem to the point where new opportunities emerged to offer differentiated vehicles at much higher prices and much greater per-unit profit (Mercedes-Benz, for example,... See more
Ben Thompson • Differentiation and Value Capture in the Internet Age
Affiliate fees have certainly been a big deal for a few years now. Back in 2016 the New York Times acquired The Wirecutter, validating the idea of affiliate fees as a publishing business model. Buzzfeed dove in head first over the following year, along with the publications formerly known as Gawker. The mania seems to have reached its peak last Nov... See more
Stratechery • Amazon Cuts Affiliate Marketing, Google Versus French Publishers, Streaming Services and Movies
I like to say that I write about media generally and journalism specifically because the industry is a canary in the coal mine when it comes to the impact of the Internet: text shifted from newsprint to the web seamlessly, completely upending the industry’s business model along the way.Of course I have a vested interest in this shift: for better or... See more
Ben Thompson • The IT Era and the Internet Revolution
- Changes in the content distribution model have been favorable for creators