

Its younger users are flocking to Snapchat and TikTok, and That could turn the tide if they’re successful.īut Facebook’s research tells a clear story, and it’s not a happy Newer initiatives, like augmented and virtual reality products, Outside the United States, and could succeed there even if it Strong advertising revenue and a spike in use of some productsĭuring the pandemic. Price has risen nearly 30 percent in the past year, lifted by It’s far too early to declare Facebook dead. Kevin Roose’s take on the inside look at Facebook revealed by The Wall Street Journal’s “Facebook Files” series, which in turn is based on Frances Haugen’s whistleblower leaks: Kevin Roose: ‘Facebook Is Weaker Than We Knew’ ★ I’ll give it another shot this week, but one more like last week’s and I’m out. The premiere of The Problem With Jon Stewart can only be described as “plodding”. John Oliver’s This Week Tonight devotes itself to the most serious issues in the world today, but the show is entertaining, fast-paced, and funny as hell. I like serious issue-based shows, too, but the good ones, like 60 Minutes, move along at a fast clip.

I’m not saying Stewart can or should only do comedy. Strong “ When is this going to be over?” vibes. veterans who’ve been gravely harmed by the burning of toxic waste, but the show itself felt like a droll hour-long lecture - not a good sign when the show was in fact only 40 minutes long. I certainly sympathize with the plight of U.S. I watched the first episode and was bored to tears. Staff banter over each episode’s topic (expanded on in a weeklyĬompanion podcast). Segments in the show’s writers’ room, where Mr. Self-deprecating cracks like, “I am what’s left of Jon Stewart.”īreaking from his previous format, the show includes unscripted

The camera, stifles giggles behind his fist and makes He twirls his pen, pauses for deadpan stares into Monologue (now wearing a T-shirt and bomber jacket instead of a In front of an audience, he sits at a table for an opening Apple TV+ is decidedly more plush butįans will find aspects of “The Problem With Jon Stewart” familiar. “The Problem With Jon Stewart,” his first challenge is getting Now he’s attempting to re-engage with a show that offers fewer John Jurgensen, writing for The Wall Street Journal ( News+): The Problem With ‘The Problem With Jon Stewart’ ★
