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Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, • Smart Brevity
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Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, • Smart Brevity
Expertise isn’t going anywhere: we’re just finding new ways to measure and signal it.
future.a16z.com • 21 Experts on the Future of Expertise - Future
Peretti’s solution to that problem, it turns out, sounds a whole lot like a combined BuzzFeed/HuffPost — publications that are widely distributed, supported by advertising, and free:
Vox • BuzzFeed’s Jonah Peretti on why he bought HuffPost and why the New York Times can’t be "the paper of record"
When Emil joined Uber, his role was scoped as "the external face to Uber"
Erik Torenberg • Emil Michael (ex CBO at Uber)
➑ Brevity, always.
Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, • Smart Brevity
tolerance for thin margins
Jason Kilar • Jason Kilar on Hulu and content
He became his YouTube persona.
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Some chalked up Hurley’s success to “luck,” in having created a workable video site just when Google and the world wanted one. But others credited Hurley’s instincts and sensibility for maintaining a service that normal people, even the less technically adept, found easy to use.