Yes, already happened for CNN. You may ask "Why would someone spend a billion dollars on a company that makes less than a 10 year Treasury, and in fact has been known money-loser for decades?" Or maybe you already know the answer to this.
Then you realize, it's not about making money, money is meaningless at that level. What they are making are Eyeballs. They have The Narrative, what they need is for someone to watch it, that's worth any price, even losing billions on every show, every movie, like Disney does. Ah, but CNN...no eyeballs. They can put up any, the most magical, convincing, profitable, directed messages ever invented -- and they do -- but with no one to watch them, the magic doesn't work.
They'll pay any price to convince you to click and watch.
Yes, already happened for CNN. You may ask "Why would someone spend a billion dollars on a company that makes less than a 10 year Treasury, and in fact has been known money-loser for decades?" Or maybe you already know the answer to this.
Then you realize, it's not about making money, money is meaningless at that level. What they are making are Eyeballs. They have The Narrative, what they need is for someone to watch it, that's worth any price, even losing billions on every show, every movie, like Disney does. Ah, but CNN...no eyeballs. They can put up any, the most magical, convincing, profitable, directed messages ever invented -- and they do -- but with no one to watch them, the magic doesn't work.
They'll pay any price to convince you to click and watch.
Virus — particularly virulent strain. Won’t quit the body (politic) easily …
Yes. Manifest