Episode 048 — An Exhausting Week

In this week’s episode, Ben and James discuss Dick Costolo stepping down as CEO of Twitter, Apple’s seeming war on Google, and the concerning launch of Apple Music.

Links

• Ben Thompson: Dick Costolo Out as Twitter CEO, Costolo’s Key Shortcoming, Twitter’s Next CEO — Stratechery Daily Update (members-only)
• Ben Thompson: Twitter Needs New Leadership — Stratechery
• Chris Sacca: What Twitter Can Ben — Lowercase Capital
• Mary Meeker: Internet Trends 2015 (Slide 47) — KPCB
• Ben Thompson: Apple Enables Ad-Blockers — Stratechery Daily Update (members-only)
• Ben Thompson: Apple Music and Apple’s Focus — Stratechery
• Charlie Warzel: Apple’s Junk Drawer Problem — BuzzFeed News
• dfbclark: Apple Music is a new Music Label — Stratechery Forum (members-only)

Hosts

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

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