How YouTube ate the world

More people listen to music on YouTube than Spotify. It's the world's biggest podcast platform and it's worth twice as much as Disney. So what does it mean when one media company commands so much of our attention? We explain why fast food restaurants are betting on hot hot hot menu items. Also, the U.S. is making it harder for the world's brightest minds to work in America. Soooo, maybe they wanna come here?

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More people listen to music on YouTube than Spotify. It's the world's biggest podcast platform and it's worth twice as much as Disney. So what does it mean when one media company commands so much of our attention? We explain why fast food restaurants are betting on hot hot hot menu items. Also, the U.S. is making it harder for the world's brightest minds to work in America. Soooo, maybe they wanna come here?

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