Mon. 01/31 – Spotify “Clarifies” The Joe Rogan Situation

Summing up the whole Joe Rogan brouhaha from over the weekend. Meta joins a crypto legal alliance and takes a page out of Alphabets book by planning to break out reporting of its metaverse business. And the dotcom bubble called and wants its headlines back: wash trading might be rampant on NFT marketplaces, and a look at the six startups trying to succeed, where Kozmo.com failed. Sponsors: Devry.edu/future Links: Spotify finally responds to Joe Rogan controversy with a plan to label podcasts that discuss COVID-19 (The Verge) Joe Rogan defends podcast and apologizes to Spotify for backlash (The Verge) Spotify’s big Rogan mistake (Protocol) Facebook parent Meta joins crypto group promoting open patents (The Block) Facebook's metaverse efforts are already generating close to $3 billion a year in revenue, analysts estimate. (Insider) LooksRare Has Reportedly Generated $8B in Ethereum NFT Wash Trading (Decrypt) Losses Mount for Startups Racing to Deliver Groceries Fast and Cheap (WSJ)