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The MySpace Meltdown: Murdoch, Missteps, and the Lost Battle for Social Media
November 01, 202401:02:4958.15 MB

The MySpace Meltdown: Murdoch, Missteps, and the Lost Battle for Social Media

In this episode we dig down into the very beginnings of social media, where MySpace was streets ahead of everyone else. And then Rupert Murdoch, the most famous, the most feared and perhaps one if not the most successful media tycoons of the 20th century enters the fray and I don’t know about you...

Ackman vs. Icahn: The Herbalife Battle That Shook Wall Street
September 30, 202401:08:0262.3 MB

Ackman vs. Icahn: The Herbalife Battle That Shook Wall Street

Welcome to todays episode "Ackman vs. Icahn: The Herbalife Battle That Shook Wall Street"- now shook might be too strong a word- but it definitely gripped Wall Street and the business media as billionaire hedge funders Bill Ackman and Carl Icahn publicly feuded when Ackman took a short po...

The BlackBerry Revolution: What Went Wrong?
September 01, 202401:07:2461.72 MB

The BlackBerry Revolution: What Went Wrong?

In the episode we look at how 2 very different, diametrically opposed men came together and built a tiny Canadian wireless company into a huge success, and in doing so transformed the way people did business. And Blackberrys weren’t just transformative, they were loved.  The company was jus...

Sumner Redstone’s Battles & Billion Dollar Deals
August 01, 202401:04:3272.38 MB

Sumner Redstone’s Battles & Billion Dollar Deals

To subscribe on Patreon go to: https://www.patreon.com/greatbusinessstories Link to the story on our blog: https://app.podcastpage.io/settings/great-business-stories/blog/edit/sumner-redstones-battles-billion-dollar-deals Redstone, who died in 2020 is one of the most interesting and successfu...

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