This Week in Startups - Video

E1064: News Roundtable! Sam Parr & Zach Coelius on Barstool Sports vs. Call Her Daddy, SoftBank’s $17B loss, TikTok poaches former Disney exec as CEO, Facebook launches Shops & more!

05.21.2020 - By Jason CalacanisPlay

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0:51 Jason intros Zach Coelius & Sam Parr

2:28 Barstool Sports vs. Call Her Daddy

6:49 Penn National Gaming stock soaring, Dave Portnoy winning this controversy

13:17 SoftBank reports $17.7B annual loss, worst figures in 39-year history

17:19 Does SoftBank's involvement typically include a loss of focus for the founder?

21:43 TikTok’s parent co. Bytedance trades at a $140B valuation, poaches Disney’s former Head of Streaming as new CEO of TikTok

25:08 Was Kevin Mayer wrong to take this role? Are TikTok's recommendation algorithms the best in the world?

28:52 How do Chinese companies grow so rapidly?

32:06 Facebook launches Shops, is Zuck trying to kill e-commerce giants? Zach on his experience with Facebook slowly killing his business

40:06 How does Facebook's product organization work?

47:13 Jason on the future of social networks

49:56 Amazon potentially acquiring AMC Theatres, could this be an Amazon Prime upsell?

53:52 Everyone gives their best idea for Amazon's first move after buying AMC

59:59 Zach on his quarantine deal flow

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