Fri. 12/04 – CRACK! Warners Blows Up The (Traditional) Hollywood Business Model

Another monumental crack across the land as Warner Brothers has maybe signaled the death of the business model Hollywood has relied on for 100 years. Is Stripe signaling it wants to completely rewire the global monetary system? Have Chinese scientists achieved Quantum Supremacy? Would you be interested in deep sea tourism? And of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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Links:

• Warner Bros. will release all of its new 2021 movies simultaneously on HBO Max (The Verge)
• WarnerMedia’s CEO explains why he’s blowing up the movie business (Recode)
• Stripe to Offer Banking Services in Deal With Goldman Sachs, Citigroup (WSJ)
• Stripe: Platform of Platforms (Stratechery)
• China Stakes Its Claim to Quantum Supremacy (Wired)
• Triton's latest submarine puts six people in a bubble, 3,300 feet under (New Atlas)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• Hollywood’s Obituary, the Sequel. Now Streaming. (NYTimes)
• Why Most Newsletters Fail (What Went Wrong)
• These Tech Startups Want to Sell You Their Life Insurance (WSJ)
• A.A. to Zoom, Substance Abuse Treatment Goes Online (NYTimes)
• An oral history of the hamburger icon (by the people who were there) (invision)