Chris Dixon's book becomes an NYT Best Seller but with a dagger icon denoting bulk orders; a16z and some startups linked to it gave the book to staff and others
Motherboard found that firms linked to a16z and general partner Chris Dixon bought numerous copies of his new book promoting cryptocurrencies …
a16z invests in Adam Neumann's residential real estate management startup Flow, sources say ~$350M at a $1B+ valuation, the firm's largest-ever individual check
Our nation has a housing crisis. — The demographic trends driving … Ryan Deffenbaugh / Protocol : Can proptech go with Adam Neumann's Flow? Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE : NIMBY Marc Andreessen Gives WeW...
Sources: some US news outlets prepare for shortfalls as Meta weighs ending fees for news; annual fees averaged $20M+ for NYT, $15M+ for WaPo, and $10M+ for WSJ
Daily News Snapshots — Draghi's ECB Consigned to History … Anusuya Lahiri / Benzinga : Facebook Appears To Migrate Investments From News To Better Compete With TikTok Tweets: @s_m_i : i legit checke...
Sources: some US news outlets prepare for shortfalls as Meta weighs ending fees for news; annual fees averaged $20M+ for NYT, $15M+ for WaPo, and $10M+ for WSJ
Social-media company pays more than $10 million a year to a handful of news organizations to feature their content on its news tab
Online podcast recording service Riverside raises a $35M Series B led by Oren Zeev and says its clients include the NYT, Fox Sports, Marvel, and iHeartMedia
Brian Heater / TechCrunch :
Amid tech stocks' poor performance, especially IPOs, some venture firms are cutting back investments and startup valuations, as they renegotiate funding deals
As everyone with a brokerage account braces for emotional trauma they've rarely … Tweets: Eliot Brown / @eliotwb : Several large startup investors rapidly pulling back -prices for private shares dropp...
OpenWeb, formerly Spot.IM, used by 1,000+ publishers to manage comments and user interactions, raises a $150M Series E with NYT investing, valuing it at $1.1B
OpenWeb, a platform used by publishers to manage comments and user interactions, has raised $150 million in a series E financing round … See also Mediagazer
Analysis of leaked data from 4.9M Twitch accounts: the top 1% of streamers made over half of the money paid out in 2021, 3/4 made under $120, and more
Top 1% of Twitch streamers earn 50%+ all revenue —Top 1% podcasters earn almost all ad revenue —Top 10 Substacks make $20M Tipping and micropayments may help solve this. But prob not meaningfully or s...
Profile of Discovery+, which has hit 12M paid subscriptions globally and offers a reality TV-focused catalog with 55K episodes, rivaling Netflix in sheer volume
its only sports/news now https://twitter.com/... Nisha Chittal / @nishachittal : Feeling very vindicated for my decision to watch 100+ hours of 90DF in the past year while Renan was judging me https:/...