Dashboard 05-14-21
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Thank you C-SPAN BUS for the memories! @cspanSusan @cspan @cspanwj @CSPANClassroom @cspanbus @c_kresse pic.twitter.com/wgsAkNoBS0
— Doug Kresse (@dkresse) May 11, 2021
One year ago this week, I was unemployed, quarantined alone, & binge-watching Top Chef to stay sane when @WCKitchen offered me a job as their Nashville Project Lead. Helping restaurants and feeding my community has changed my life, and I can’t wait to celebrate by watching this. https://t.co/pH5kvXCMlK
— whitney pastorek (@whittlz) May 13, 2021
When compared to similarly dense international cities, the U.S. cost of broadband comes in lower than its peers. Get the facts: https://t.co/v9ELhvMtUc pic.twitter.com/pOfanDDYX3
— NCTA – The Internet & Television Association (@NCTAitv) May 14, 2021
Research
➢ Verizon’s report analyzed 29,207 incidents from the prior year, and 5,258 of those were confirmed breaches.
➢ With more people working from home than ever before, phishing and ransomware attacks increased by 11% and 6%, respectively. Instances of misrepresenation increased by 15x from the prior year.
➢ 85% of breaches involved a human element, while over 80% of breaches were discovered by external parties.
➢ Breach data showed that 61% of breaches involved credential data.
(Source: 2021 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report)
Up Ahead
May 17-20: Needham Virtual Technology & Media Conference
May 18: Starz #TakeTheLead Transparency Talk: Consumer Demand for Diverse Representation
May 20: WICT Midwest Tech It Out
July 25-28: Fiber Connect 2021
Quotable
“The one thing I regret was that I was not able to convince the board members to allow Hulu to go across the globe. A head of international was hired at Hulu long before others even thought about going international. This is ultimately a global business, and it is a global business because this is a largely fixed-cost business. The cost for distribution is de minimis. All of the investment is in the upfront fixed costs of the stories that we get to tell. Once you do that, it is far to your advantage to amortize that cost across the globe… for the most part, if you simplify it, this is a business of fixed costs and therefore, going global is critically important.”
– WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar at MoffettNathanson’s Media and Communications Summit reflecting on why Hulu didn’t go international, and why it is so important for HBO Max to do so
