To release new episodes on Amazon one week before releasing them to other podcasting platforms. This followed Spotifyâs recent acquisition of the super popular âCall Her Daddyâ podcast and their plans to exclusively host it on their platform.
With podcasting advertising revenue breaking the 1 billion mark for the first time, and no signs of this audio medium slowing down, weâve decided to start a new regular segment on The Thirst List that weâre dramatically calling âThe Podcast Warsâ.
We couldnât NOT talk about this. Billionaire Jeff Bezos blasted to space in a rocket, whose shape had the interwebs giggling with glee. And while we are here for all the phallic memes (oh, and the Dr. Evil comparisons too), weâre especially enjoying the debate about the huge dollars being spent by the trio of space cowboys (Bezos, Musk and Branson) while we have so many ongoing issues on planet earth.
To counter this narrative of what some say is irresponsible spending, immediately following his space trip, Bezos announced two 100 million donations to Van Jones and Chef JosĂŠ AndrĂŠs to help them basically change the world.Â
One thing we want to point out — sometimes it takes visionary, ego manically driven billionaires to push change forward. The advancements they are making now will undoubtedly inspire a whole new generation of space exploration.
As Henry Ford famously said, âIf I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.â
Just this week, the director for the opening ceremony was fired for past remarks about the holocaust, the majority of Japanese people donât want the games happening, some athletes have already tested positive for Covid, leaving major advertisers and sponsors scrambling to put option B plans in place.
Toyota, one of the major advertisers, has pulled all their broadcast advertising for the Japanese audience (they’re still going ahead as planned for other markets) in an attempt to not seem insensitive.
Brands are likely weighing the price being associated with a potential sh!t show vs losing out on money already spent on ads.
