Tue. 11/01 – Twilight Of The Blue-Checks?

Will charging for blue checks actually help Twitter monetarily or… frankly, any way, at all? Amazon has expanded ad-free Music. YouTube is bundling streaming services. Why Uber Eats is interesting inside of Uber earnings. And is it time to start worrying about Sony’s strategy with the Playstation?

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Links:

• Scoop: Musk team working to reboot Vine this year (Axios)
• Jack Dorsey just saved Elon Musk about $1 billion by rolling over his shares of Twitter into a stake in the new private company (Insider)
• YouTube’s Primetime Channels bring streaming movies and TV into the YouTube app (The Verge)
• Amazon Prime now comes with a full music catalog of 100 million songs and ad-free podcasts (TechCrunch)
• Uber Shares Jump as Strong Ridership Eases Inflation Worries (Bloomberg)
• PlayStation Plus has lost nearly 2 million subscribers since its revamp (VGC)

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