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The Wall Street Journal

also referred to as: wall street journal

9 statements across 7 episodes · 5 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Oct 19, 2021 by David Rosenthal · said 82 times in 30 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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brought up most by David Rosenthal (39), Ben Gilbert (36), Steve Ballmer (2), Michael Mauboussin (1), Jim Weber (1), Howard Marks (1), Hamilton Helmer (1), Eric Yuan (1)

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2026 31 mentions in 5 episodes 6 per episode
2025 7 mentions in 5 episodes 1 per episode
2024 20 mentions in 6 episodes 3 per episode
2023 1 mention in 1 episode
2022 17 mentions in 10 episodes 2 per episode
2021 6 mentions in 3 episodes 2 per episode

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Everything said about The Wall Street Journal, oldest first

Oct 19, 2021 negative
Opinion
Rosenthal: Facebook leadership repeated Standard Oil's mistake responding to press scrutiny
“And I think about not all the big tech companies, but, again, to pick on Facebook, like, this really seems to, on the outside, to be the case with Facebook right now and, like, the Facebook files and everything going on with the Wall Street Journal, like, it r…”
David Rosenthal Oct 19, 2021 ▶ 2:20:39 Standard Oil Part II (Extended Cut) · Acquired
Dec 3, 2021
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Rosenthal: Most Wall Street Journal subscriptions are expensed by employers
“Most people who pay for the journal, it's their companies that are paying for the journal.”
David Rosenthal Dec 3, 2021 ▶ 1:00:27 Not Boring (with Packy McCormick) - Extended Cut · Acquired
May 19, 2022 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Yuan: Walt Mossberg's WSJ review drove 50,000 Zoom users overnight
“And the good news, he did write down a very nice article published in Wall Street Journal, and also he personally recorded a video, and over the night, we got a 50, 50,000.”
Eric Yuan May 19, 2022 ▶ 22:49 Capital-Efficient Growth (with Zoom CEO Eric Yuan & Veeva CEO Peter Gassner) · Acquired
Sep 28, 2022 positive
Assertion Supported
Benchmark's 2011 fund reached a 25x gross return before fees
“According to a 2018 Wall Street Journal article, they reported that before fees, the 20 11 fund was sitting on a 25 X on that five hundred and fifty million.”
Ben Gilbert Sep 28, 2022 ▶ 2:50:10 Benchmark Part I · Acquired
Feb 20, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
Birkin and Kelly bags alone generate 25% to 30% of Hermès revenue.
“In 2020, the Wall Street Journal estimated that about a 120,000 Birkin and Kelly bags were made in that year. That's about 25 to 30% of total revenue coming from just those two bags, which, again, you can't buy.”
Ben Gilbert Feb 20, 2024 ▶ 3:14:54 Hermès (Audio) · Acquired
Aug 8, 2024 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Acquired added 317,000 subscribers after Wall Street Journal profile
“317,000 new subscribers or followers, depending on whether you're using Apple or Spotify's parlance, have followed the show since the Wall Street Journal piece went live.”
Ben Gilbert Aug 8, 2024 ▶ 5:29 Chase Center + Summer Update (Audio) · Acquired
Aug 8, 2024 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Acquired reached #1 globally on Apple and Spotify following WSJ profile
“And what happened is when that article came out, Acquired became the number one podcast on both Spotify and Apple charts in the world.”
Ben Gilbert Aug 8, 2024 ▶ 4:31 Chase Center + Summer Update (Audio) · Acquired
Jun 23, 2026 neutral
Assertion Supported
The famous Disney flywheel sketch was drawn for the Wall Street Journal
“So the legend that's out there that everybody believes is that this was a napkin sketch that Walt himself drew. No, it was actually created Buy a Disney Studio artist as an illustration for this Wall Street Journal piece.”
David Rosenthal Jun 23, 2026 ▶ 3:32:18 The Walt Disney Company: The most successful enterprise for monetizing human nostalgia (Audio) · Acquired
Jun 23, 2026 positive
Assertion Supported
Disney filmed 1950s TV in color anticipating its future value
“The other thing this article reveals is that Disney was intentionally making its TV shows in color even when TVs were still black and white because they thought it was likely TVs would go color soon and they knew that the IP they were making would stay valuabl…”
Ben Gilbert Jun 23, 2026 ▶ 3:35:18 The Walt Disney Company: The most successful enterprise for monetizing human nostalgia (Audio) · Acquired
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