Palantir's stock fell 10% on February 19 after the WaPo reported US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plans to cut military spending; PLTR is up 50%+ in 2025
- Spending shift would affect 8% of US defense spending — AI-focused Palantir has become major government contractor
Sources: SpaceX's accounting is more “art than a science”, often omitting costs of putting Starlink satellites in orbit to make numbers look better to investors
at... Ken Kirtland IV / @kenkirtland17 : @Cosmic_Andrew1 Either way, the article ends with: Yeah Starlink is improving and is consistently profitble. And SpaceX revenue is >3X YoY. Couple that with Wa...
An analysis of Meta's Journalism Project: investments in 564 organizations totaling $29.4M through 17 grant programs since 2018, 43% received just $5K, and more
b — “People want more local news, and local newsrooms are looking for more support,” Campbell Brown wrote in 2019 when Meta … Tweets: @mathewi , @__gabbymiller , @__gabbymiller , @michaelbolden , @_...
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
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...
Sources: WaPo is nearing 3M digital subscribers, up 50% YoY; NYT has tripled digital-only subscribers since 2016 to 6.1M
Sources: WaPo is nearing 3M digital subscribers, up 50% YoY; NYT has tripled digital-only subscribers since 2016 to 6.1M
The New York Times and The Washington Post have very different strategies for building the subscription news company of the future. — The big picture … Tweets: @axios , @walegates , @ylichterman , @...