Ellison's plan to merge HBO Max into Paramount Plus sounds backwards until you consider tech stacks.

Which platform has better ad targeting? Easier international scaling? Cleaner APIs?

His background is engineering. He's probably evaluating infrastructure capabilities, not just subscriber counts.

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#Publishers are panicking about #GenAI search destroying their traffic. But survival strategies aren't defined by what sounds good in theory.

I argue they're determined by two dimensions:

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▶ Product Innovation Capability

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