From Extra Crunch
- Apologies – yesterday’s daily got stuck on a plane from LAX and never sent out. This is your combined Tuesday + Wednesday editions.
- New Experiment: The Bold Italic’s popular podcast This is Your Life in Silicon Valley is a mainstay on playlists in the Bay Area. Given the popularity of Equity’s transcripts, we are experimenting with transcribing non-TechCrunch podcasts as a member benefit of Extra Crunch. The transcript of the first episode is an interview with Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf.
- Devin Coldewey gives Extra Crunch members a comprehensive and careful look at the coming war over game streaming. Plus, we posted the transcript of our GDC-focused conference call with Lucas Matney and Eric Peckham from last Friday.
- Greg Epstein has published his next conversation on ethics in technology, this time interviewing prominent youth culture and social networks journalist Taylor Lorenz. This one focuses heavily on product: how do you design and build ethical products that are used by diverse users?
- Eric Eldon has profiled another Verified Expert startup attorney, this time Cooley LLP lawyer Mike Lincoln.
- Arman Tabatabai has a summary of a new report on the future of work.
Wide Angle
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Stories from outside the 280/101 corridor
- VIPKid, a prominent Chinese edtech startup, has let go several of its American teachers for touching on sensitive topics. The startup offers English language lessons, but don’t tell anyone how to say Tiananmen in Chinese.
- Europe votes to move forward with copyright reform that has many internet advocates concerned about censorship and startup access (mandatory content filtering is expensive). That said, it will take quite some time for the legislation to come into force, and more could change in European Parliament sections slated for May.
- Josh Constine has a great analysis on the implications of Apple News+, which may have grave implications for the global media industry.
- Way afield: an entrepreneur has been building out an “Underground Railroad” for North Korean refugees.
Thanks
To every member of Extra Crunch: thank you. You allow us to get off the ad-laden media churn conveyor belt and spend quality time on amazing ideas, people, and companies. If I can ever be of assistance, hit reply, or send an email to danny@techcrunch.com.