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Big Opportunity for Content Marketing Acquisitions (412) Jan 26, 2024

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Netflix Q4 earnings show how far the company is ahead in the streaming wars...plus...their licensing deal with WWE vaults them into a live-events leadership position. So, what's next and what can we learn from their strategy?

Sports Illustrated is "mostly" dead. Here's a big opportunity for a brand like Nike or Under Armour to make a content marketing buy. Why isn't this happening more often?

And does the creator economy need a creators' union? The boys say no.

Rants and raves include Google finally killing off the cookie, while MrBeast goes to China.

This week's links:

Netflix Rocks Earnings

SI Almost Dead

Do We Need a Creators' Union?

G/O Media In Trouble

Google Finally Killing Cookies

MrBeast Goes to China

B.J. Novak Headlining Content Entrepreneur Expo (CEX) 2024

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Apple Plays Havoc with Podcast Industry (411) Jan 19, 2024

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Big news in media and marketing as Informa purchases a majority stake in TechTarget. Is their strategy of "focused scaling" correct for B2B?

Apple overhauls their podcast download system, sending podcast leaders into a panic over revised download numbers. Ah...rented land.

And OpenAI launches Chat GPTeams.

Rants and raves include Reddit's court victory over WallStreetBets and a big marketing mistake at Solo brands.

This week's links:

TechTarget x Informa

The Incredible Shrinking Podcast

So Much Media Consumption that's Wrong

OpenAI Debuts Teams

Reddit Wins Lawsuit

Solo Brands Names New CEO

WEBINAR: Unlocking the Path to Generative AI (this Thursday)

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Liked this show? SUBSCRIBE to this podcast on Spotify, Apple, Google and more. Catch past episodes and show notes at ThisOldMarketing.com. Catch and subscribe to our NEW show on YouTube. Subscribe to Joe Pulizzi's Orangeletter and get two free downloads direct from Joe. Subscribe to Robert Rose's newsletter at Experience Advisors.

The Water Polo-Playing Squirrels Episode (410) Jan 12, 2024

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If you don't get the title, stay until the end.

In this episode, Joe and Robert discuss what's happening at CES, including the role of the creator/influencer inside a media company.

Netflix, Instagram and Amazon all make major streaming cutbacks. Is this just "right sizing" the business, or is everyone trying to figure out how to compete with TikTok?

In rants and raves, it's the end of the third-party cookie on Google, and a new sports bar opens with access to sports from women athletes only.

This week's links:

CES 2024 Kicks Off

What Happens When the Creator Goes Crazy?

Netflix Cuts Over 100 Shows

CNBC to Start Courses

Third-Party Cookies

The Sports Bra

A Great Kickstarter Example

The True Crime Podcast from Robert Riggs

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Digital Is Crowdy [The Search for Differentiation] (409) Jan 05, 2024

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Joe and Robert are back from a crazy 2023 with thoughts of Elon and crowdiness.

In this episode, Steamboat Willie is released from its copyright shackles. Is there an opportunity for brands in out-of-date content?

Fidelity lowers X's valuation even more. Is a turnaround to come?

Time appoints a new Chief Events Officer in a clear signal that there is a bull market for in-person events.

In rants and raves, Joe comments on the right-sizing of creator businesses, while Robert pontificates on clickbait.

This week's links:

Mickey Mouse Public Domain

Elon's X Gets Another Valuation Drop

Time Appoints Chief Events Officer

Creators Are Downsizing

Advertisers and Clickbait

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Content Marketing Confessions and Pet Peeves [Special Episode] (408) Dec 29, 2023

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Joe and Robert take time out of their regular programming to talk about key marketing career challenges and how they overcame them. In addition, the boys do a speed round on content marketing pet peeves.

This week's links:

Sahil Bloom's Annual Review

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2024 Content Marketing Predictions Show [Special Episode] (407) Dec 22, 2023

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It's here! The annual episode where Robert and Joe predict everything that will not go right in the content marketing and media world. This year, the boys predict:

A social media collapse - TikTok and YouTube see big surges as the waves of the strike Tsunami hit.
AI goes mainstream and actually starts to earn its keep – but NOT in creating externally focused content but rather conversational Advertising and behind the scenes marketing work.
Brands go "all in" on owned media - especially video.
Local news and journalism make a big comeback.
At least three, major brands launch new, shiny print publications and send them through the post.
X will see a huge advertising turnaround (due to the fact that most everyone left). More eyeballs for less dollars.
Newsletters will continue their hot stream, led by creator referral networks, and you'll see more creators stop producing their lagging podcasts.
More AI-driven news networks continue to launch, followed by an AI running for president in 2028.

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Short-Form Video Is the New Marketing Gateway Drug (406) Dec 15, 2023

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The latest social media usage results by Pew are out and...surprise, surprise...almost half of all teenagers are on social media "literally all the time." It seems that short-form videos are ruling the day on nearly all platforms.

Mega-publisher Axel Springer does a deal with ChatGPT to include news. What does this mean for media companies and the future of search?

And everything you know about podcasts might actually be wrong.

Rants and raves include permissions on Dropbox and Magna/OpenAP doing a deal.

This week's links:

Axel Springer Deals with OpenAI

Pew Research on Teen Social Media Usage

Everything You Know about Podcasts Is Wrong

Sounds Profitable Podcast Research

Spotify and Audiobook Streaming

Dropbox and Third-Party AI

How Anxiety Became Content

Magna and OpenAP Data Deal

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Will Gemini Be Google's Search Savior? (405) Dec 08, 2023

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Google makes their big AI announcement regarding Google Gemini. Can the new AI suite save Google's stalling search business?

Is purpose-driven content dead after failures by Bud Light and Target? Joe is skeptical but Robert thinks there is a big opportunity.

Spotify announces some big layoffs and a strategic change, while the NCAA might be hiring students in the very near future.

Rants and raves include TikTok shopping and a new model for digital ad revenue.

This week's links:

Google's Gemini Announced

Brand Backlash

Spotify's Strategic Changes

NCAA and NIL

Digital Ad Revenue's Up

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Is Elon Destroying X on Purpose? (404) Dec 01, 2023

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Elon Musk's remarks at the recent Dealbook conference show (inconclusive) evidence that he is actually trying to lower X's valuation to such a point to where he can buy the company back (from debtors) at pennies on the dollar.

Synthetic (AI) content is on the rise. Google is having major problems with it, and some (experts) say that over 90 percent of all content will be AI generated by 2026.

And finally, should creators (and marketers) start thinking about protecting their digital likeness? The boys say yes.

Rants and raves include an interesting move by Weibo and Google paying off publishers.

This week's links:

Joe's Studio Setup Details Here

Elon says "Go F' Yourself"

The Rapid Rise of Synthetic Content

How Creators Own Their Digital Likeness

Weibo and Anonymous Creators

Google's Publisher Group Shutting Down

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The Mess at OpenAI (403) Nov 24, 2023

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Note: This was recorded before Sam Altman was reinstated at OpenAI. Go figure!

Joe and Robert go indepth on the soap opera that is OpenAI, and the ramifications on marketers and content creators.

X sees another exodus of advertisers. Is this the end of the road for the former blue bird?

And TikTok is now used at a key news source for 30 percent of young adults. Should we be scared?

Rants and raves include ideas to save local journalism and Buzzfeed's new business model.

This week's links:

Paul Roetzer's AI Podcast about the History of OpenAI

Sam Altman Returns to OpenAI (added link)

Sam Altman Joins Microsoft

Why OpenAI Blew Up

X Responds to Advertisers Jumping Ship

Media Matters Grills Elon and X

Crisis in Local News

BuzzFeed Shifts Business Model

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