http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/technology/farhads-and-mikes-week-in-tech-interest-in-twitter-from-disney-unlikely.html 2016-10-01 16:06:34 Farhad’s and Mike’s Week in Tech: Interest in Twitter From Disney? Unlikely. Twitter news, including a prolific tweeter’s hiatus. Also: A human sacrifice is needed for Elon Musk’s Mars shot. By popular acclamation, it’s Farhad. === Each Saturday, Farhad Manjoo and Mike Isaac, technology reporters at The New York Times, review Mike: How have things been while I was away? Farhad: Mike: Farhad: Mike: Farhad: But the big one is about media: Twitter wants to sign up lots of content companies to provide programming on Twitter. As Peter points out, if Disney owns it, why would competing companies want to play along? They wouldn’t. Mike Farhad I think this is terrible news for Twitter. Whether or not you’re a fan of Andreessen’s tweets, it’s a pretty bad sign if one of your more prolific producers of content decides he needs a break — and then says he feels much better after quitting. But I’m doubtful this will last long. Andreessen seems to really love the daily scrum of Twitter. As someone who shares that affection, I suspect it must be hard to stay away too long. I predict he’ll be back in six months. Mike: In other news, Facebook Farhad: Mike: Oh, also Funny thing is, after asking about Cohen on Twitter yesterday, everyone told me the guy is sort of notorious for being, um, brusque, so we’ll see how well that charm offensive goes. Farhad: Mike: In a nutshell, Sounds good to me. Thoughts? Farhad: Mike: Farhad: Just look at his schedule: In the past few months Musk That’s so much stuff! If he ever wants to finish anything, shouldn’t he, like, focus? Mike Anyway, Farhad: