"It wasn't that way for plenty of you yesterday thanks to AWS' outage. From rogue Alexa devices to issues ordering ahead at Starbucks, here's everything that went wrong. One group had a particularly rough one: Wordle users. In today's big story, Netflix reports earnings this afternoon as the king of streaming tries to retain its crown amid increased competition. What's on deck: Markets: Beyond Meat's share price has beefed up."
"Netflix recently announced a partnership with Spotify to stream its podcasts. The deal hit all the highlights of a classic Netflix agreement. There's a level of exclusivity, as Spotify will remove its video podcasts from YouTube, which in many ways represents Netflix's biggest competition. There's an ad component, as the podcasts' host-read ads will remain in the show. It's unclear if Netflix will include its own ads, but it shows the company is leaning into advertisers."
AWS experienced an outage that disrupted services including rogue Alexa devices, Starbucks order-ahead, and Wordle access for many users. Netflix focuses on monetizing its large subscriber base rather than prioritizing subscriber growth. The company announced a Spotify partnership to stream video podcasts with exclusivity removing those shows from YouTube and host-read ads remaining intact. Netflix's posture toward advertising suggests a leaning into advertiser revenue while video podcasts and live programs like WWE and the NFL add timeliness. Other business items include Beyond Meat's share-price rally driven by an identified catalyst, an internal fight over AI usage at a video game giant, and Tinder's retention strategies.
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