We Love the Internet 2022/51: The Golden age of streaming TV is over edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• The golden age of streaming TV is over
• A Totally Normal Interview With Author Emily St. John Mandel
• Can you get sued for using a meme?

Reference points:

• The 20 Best Memes of 2022
• An All But Definitive Guide to the Hollywood Nepo-Verse

Longer reads:

• Is Live Music Broken? It’s Not Just Ticketmaster, It’s Everything.
• You’ve Met MrBeast, the YouTuber. Now Meet Jimmy, the Business Mogul.
• How Did We Get So Obsessed with Streaks?
• How Facebook designed the like button — and made social media into a popularity contest
• Bob Iger vs. Bob Chapek: Inside the Disney Coup
• Picture Limitless Creativity at Your Fingertips

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• CX Conversations: The Launch of ITVX
• Every Bone in the Human Body and How they Break (Explained Using John Wick)

Things to look at/read:

• The billionaire vibe shift
• Who Really Owns/Brews Your Favourite Beer?
• Inside the Wild Life of Footballers’ Luxury Assistants
• London life is now made-to-order — and it’s nauseating

Animal corner:

• OVER AGAIN
• The attitude
• Just a #birthdayboy enjoying his #birthdaycake. Happy 45th birthday Azy!

Tweets of the week:

• asked for cheesy chips and basically got chip lasagne, chippy shop in its icon era x
• Love being your Christmas Danny.

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• How a Nepo Baby Is Born
• The beautiful, brutal world of Bonsai
• Putin’s War
• ‘Who remembers proper binmen?’ The nostalgia memes that help explain Britain today
• Life in the Slow Lane

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