240: Social Media Is Out to Destroy Us

<p>Facebook was <a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/technology/facebook-ad-boycott-civil-rights.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">under fire</a> this week for possibly spreading hate speech and misinformation (what's new?). Some people think <a href= "https://typeagroup.cmail20.com/t/ViewEmail/d/C80720DDF8BEE5ED2540EF23F30FEDED/3B9A7738678B1809B3138EAD4DECE712" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zuckerberg should be out</a>.</p> <p>At the same time, <a href= "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tiktok-pompeo-united-states-weighing-ban-chinese-social-media-apps/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TikTok may possibly be forced out</a> of the United States as concern of Chinese data tampering persists.</p> <p>In other news, <a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/29/business/lululemon-buys-mirror.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lululemon buys Mirror</a> in a content/technology deal that seemed almost too cheap to pass up.</p> <p><a href= "https://digiday.com/media/how-substack-has-spawned-a-new-class-of-newsletter-entrepreneurs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">And when did Substack get so big</a>? Could it be the next bubble?</p> <p>Rants and raves include a <a href= "https://www.vulture.com/2020/07/is-anyone-watching-quibi.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#Quibi update</a> (doesn't look good) with <a href= "https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/02/project-m-acquires-the-hard-times/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Project M buying <em>The Hard Times</em></a> and <a href= "https://www.joepulizzi.com/news/queen-and-audience-building-strategies-that-work/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Queen teaches about audience development</a>.</p> <p>This week's sponsor: <a href= "https://www.contenttechsummit.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">ContentTECH Summit</a></p> <p>------</p> <p>Subscribe to PNR: This Old Marketing at <a title= "This Old Marketing on Apple" href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-old-marketing/id760760485" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a title= "This Old Marketing Goog