A closer look at Meta's strategy with WhatsApp, why Disney's failure to buy Google in 1999 shouldn't be surprising, Apple's doomed car project and attendant AI ambitions, and a question about the New York Times spawns discussion of the podcast industry, in general.
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Strategy Letter V — Joel on Software)
The incredible shrinking podcast industry — Semafor)
How Apple Sank About $1 Billion a Year Into a Car It Never Built — Bloomberg)
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