Episode 013: BuzzFeed and Native Advertising

In this week’s episode we discuss feedback about Ben’s Android criticism, then dive into Andreessen Horowitz’s $50 million investment into BuzzFeed. Is there a real business here? We also discuss native advertising: Ben is quite a bit more optimistic than James.

Links

• Ben Thompson: Is BuzzFeed a Technology Company? – Stratechery
• Chris Dixon: BuzzFeed – Chris Dixon’s Blog
• Marc Andreessen: Introducing our new venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz – Blog Pmarca
• Ben Casselman: Corporate America Hasn’t Been Disrupted – 538

Hosts

• Ben Thompson, @monkbent, Stratechery
• James Allworth, @jamesallworth, Harvard Business Review

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