Verizon says its media brand including Yahoo and AOL is essentially worthless (cnn.com) 15 points by ilamont 7y ago ↗ HN
[–] robbyt 7y ago ↗ Why did they buy it? [–] syntheticnature 7y ago ↗ In short, investors expected and wanted a media play. There's some discussion here about how comparatively, Verizon only dipped their toe in, to their benefit now:https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/11/verizon-made-the-right-decis... [–] cweiss 7y ago ↗ /me gets tinfoil hat1. Verizon buys some content producers that flop - Content will not be a profit center for Verizon.2. Other media companies buy content producers that don't flop (as much).3. Verizon's General Council (Ajit Pai) becomes head of FCC.4. FCC pushes to roll back regulations allowing communication providers to charge premiums for content access.Is it really as bad as it looks?
[–] syntheticnature 7y ago ↗ In short, investors expected and wanted a media play. There's some discussion here about how comparatively, Verizon only dipped their toe in, to their benefit now:https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/11/verizon-made-the-right-decis... [–] cweiss 7y ago ↗ /me gets tinfoil hat1. Verizon buys some content producers that flop - Content will not be a profit center for Verizon.2. Other media companies buy content producers that don't flop (as much).3. Verizon's General Council (Ajit Pai) becomes head of FCC.4. FCC pushes to roll back regulations allowing communication providers to charge premiums for content access.Is it really as bad as it looks?
[–] cweiss 7y ago ↗ /me gets tinfoil hat1. Verizon buys some content producers that flop - Content will not be a profit center for Verizon.2. Other media companies buy content producers that don't flop (as much).3. Verizon's General Council (Ajit Pai) becomes head of FCC.4. FCC pushes to roll back regulations allowing communication providers to charge premiums for content access.Is it really as bad as it looks?
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https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/11/verizon-made-the-right-decis...
1. Verizon buys some content producers that flop - Content will not be a profit center for Verizon.
2. Other media companies buy content producers that don't flop (as much).
3. Verizon's General Council (Ajit Pai) becomes head of FCC.
4. FCC pushes to roll back regulations allowing communication providers to charge premiums for content access.
Is it really as bad as it looks?
Can we say death by a thousant sales?