Thinking about who will be punished when Quibi shuts down, who’s careers will be set back and who will be given more money and opportunities to create a media venture.

In May, Katzenberg blamed ALL of Quibi’s problems on the virus, instead of mismanagement and strategic errors
Probably the best written, most informative piece about everything that went wrong at Quibi.

It focuses on blundering, costly mistakes, the animosity between Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman and that neither of them appeared to know what they were doing https://www.vulture.com/2020/07/is-anyone-watching-quibi.html
These two paragraphs about Quibi's founder and CEO are devastating and revealing...

When Quibi CEO Meg Whitman was asked what shows she watches, she said: "I’m not sure I’d classify myself as an entertainment enthusiast."

Jeffrey Katzenberg has an assistant print out his emails
"Almost immediately, it became clear just how badly Quibi had failed to understand its digital-native audience"

This story reveals staggering incompetence by veteran CEOs, and will likely foreshadow that next chapter in the media industry: failing upwards https://www.vulture.com/2020/07/is-anyone-watching-quibi.html
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