19: China's $20 billion news app with Dannie Li
Aug 30, 2017•42 min•Ep. 19
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Episode description
This week Matt and John talk with Dannie Li, an analyst at China Tech Insights about Jinri Toutiao, a Chinese content aggregator recently valued at $20 billion, including:
- Why Jinri Toutiao is so popular
- How it is so sticky
- Its business model and why its valuation is high
- Why advertisers love it so much
- Risks to the app and business model
- Conflicts between Toutiao and content producers
- Challenges as Toutiao expands inside and outside China
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