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Cohen: Audience fragmentation is legacy television's greatest ongoing macro threat
“The biggest challenge, the macro challenge, the most interesting challenges is about that fragmentation and that digital transition. And that's very challenging for a legacy broadcaster like the BBC or like a network in the US, CBS, ABC, when you can see those…”
Stebbings: BBC compensation cannot match modern independent creator earning potential
“Like, the BBC's salary incentive structure is not nearly as attractive as what one can earn in a modern media world.”
Cohen: BBC receives 10x to 20x more young applicants than open roles
“And yeah, there's, there is, I'm sure, 10 x, 20 x the amount of young people who want to work at the BBC than they have roles for.”
Stebbings: UK TikTok news creator reached 10M followers and faced BBC attacks
“There's a TikTok star who does kind of news in the UK, and he has ten million followers now. And the BBC attacked him recently.”
Stebbings: $250 Diet Coke promotion pushed 20VC to #2 in UK
“I remember going with three friends to a football stadium, and having 500 Diet Coke cans strapped in, like, drinks, rucksacks, and saying, we'll give you a free Diet Coke, if you'll give us your phone for a review. And we spent, like, the 50 P each, so like, a…”