“I think the last job to be done by a machine is creativity”

“Every single successful media platform has been built off the back of existing content, even though they’re most known for their own things today”

Luminary raised hundreds of millions to become to the “Netflix of podcasts” But… it’s not really working

On average, people download 1 new app per year.

“We know that discovery is one of the core benefits that we provide to people. If we can get you to discover one new item of content that you absolutely love every single month, we’re pretty sure you’ll remain a user or customer with us for a very long time.."

“The reality is we’ve seen very few examples where this has worked. The exception is with the large platforms – Apple, Google, and to an extent, Facebook.”

“Getting distribution on something new is insanely hard in this day in age”

“There’s no doubt in my mind that we’re going to go through a very similar journey where even the concept of what a podcast or audio actually is will become re-imagined.”

Ex.: How Facebook created its own Messenger app