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Ben Thompson, founder and author, Stratechery (Code Media 2017) — There are two ways to make money: bundling and unbundling
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Michael Babich
Very interesting presentation by @BenThompson, founder and author of @Stratechery, and host of @ExponentFm podcast, at Code Media conference—essence of many his posts and talks about media business strategies. Ben talks about how the internet has impacted different types of media— text, audio and video—and what other industries such as hotels can learn from that history. He explains the power of bundling in media economics and why companies like Google and Facebook are so disruptive to that practice. After his presentation, he talks with Recode's @PKafka about why he started covering tech strategy instead of tech products and how, as a writer based in Taiwan, he has attracted paying subscribers in 30 countries.