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Decoding Media with Peter Kafka
·47 min
Peter Kafka discusses how media business models continuously reinvent themselves. Key themes: Netflix as exemplar of successful pivot from DVDs to streaming; subscription model limitations; structural collapse of local news; YouTube's massive undercovered dominance; platform dependency as inherent media challenge. Kafka emphasizes that viable media requires either massive reach or deep niche focus, drawing from his experience across startup and corporate media.
