Social Media Is the Dread Pirate Roberts of Marketing (254)

<p>This week on <em>This Old Marketing</em>, Joe and Robert cover <a href= "https://www.adweek.com/media/dont-weep-for-parler-amazon-apple-google-pull-plug/?utm_content=position_1&utm_source=postup&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Media_Newsletter_210112065317&lyt_id=113323" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Amazon taking down Parler.</a> Does it tell us anything about <a href= "https://qz.com/1956380/amazons-parler-ban-displays-big-techs-power-over-online-speech/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">free speech</a>?</p> <p>And, while that was happening, <a href= "https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/12/parler-data-downloaded/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">someone scraped all Parler's data</a>.</p> <p>The run on music archives continues, with <a href= "https://www.wsj.com/articles/kkr-buys-into-producer-ryan-tedders-music-catalog-11610364781?mod=hp_lista_pos3&utm_source=morning_brew" target="_blank" rel="noopener">OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder getting a boat load of cas</a>h for songs we've never heard.</p> <p>How does the media rebound? By <a href= "https://whatsnewinpublishing.com/how-the-media-industry-rebuilds-by-becoming-human-again/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">becoming human again</a> of course.</p> <p><a href= "https://www.wsj.com/articles/axios-wants-to-help-companies-write-like-its-reportersfor-10-000-a-year-or-more-11610632800" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Axios launched a 10k subscription product</a> to help brands communicate better internally. They may not have priced it high enough.</p> <p>And as a cake topper, <a href= "https://www.axios.com/brands-ran-ads-against-election-misinformation-b4bc06d3-4464-43e8-88ba-3fc9903f76ae.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic&utm_content=1100" target="_blank" rel="noopener">over 1,000 brands unknowingly ran ads against articles promoting conspiracy theories</a>. We are shocked.</p> <p>In rants and raves, Joe raves about <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFzJKQ_Sdyg" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Mr Beast's origin story</a>