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Platformonomics TGIF #137: August 7, 2026
Platformonomics TGIF is a weekly roll-up of links, comments on those links, and perhaps a little too much tugging on my favorite threads. Get Platformonomics Updates By Email Summer is flying by… News Useful Idiots, Fellow Travelers and Unregistered Foreign Agents: Oracle We’ve written at length about the financial risks of Oracle’s Hail Mary scramble…
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Circling the Drain – The End Game Begins
So the rumor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer being up for sale was true. I expect Seattle’s days as a two newspaper city are numbered (and n is <= 60). My assumption is the sales process is window-dressing by Hearst, who own the P-I. They don’t expect any bidders because of the terrible economic climate and…
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Circling the Drain – The End Game Commences?
The future of one of Seattle’s two daily newspapers was called into question Thursday by a TV station report, although top leaders at both papers appeared surprised by it. KING/5 reported at 5 p.m. that “a source close to the deal” said The Hearst Corp., owner of the Seattle P-I, would announce as soon as…
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SOA: “Never Mind”
Anne Thomas Manes of the Burton Group writes an obituary for SOA and says: “SOA” has become a bad word. It must be removed from our vocabulary. Coming from one of the bigger SOA enthusiasts, this is a milestone. She attributes its death to the recession, underscoring it with the spiffy accompanying illustration. But the…
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The Italian Cheese Wheel Bailout
The Wall Street Journal reports there is a bull market in at least one commodity: bailouts. I, for one, thought the NASCAR bailout would be impossible to top, but I stand corrected. The world is bailing out banks and car companies. Italy is coming to the rescue of parmigiano cheese. In an effort to help…
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Circling the Drain – Part 5
The newspaper industry continues to draw its bloodbath. It is ugly and unfortunately will get uglier. The New York Times is trying to borrow against its swanky, new building to ease what the Times itself calls “a potential cash flow squeeze as the company grapples with tighter credit and shrinking profits.” Silicon Alley Insider continues…