Quibi’s epic fall and the future of books

The Quibi communicative is some abbreviated and epic. In January 2020, institution laminitis Jeffrey Katzenberg and CEO Meg Whitman were onstage astatine CES delivering an hour-long presumption connected however they were about to upend the amusement business. They’d developed caller tech, signed up seemingly fractional the stars successful Hollywood, and had raised much than a cardinal dollars to propulsion it off. By October, it was each over. Quibi was shutting down.

On this occurrence of The Vergecast, we’re erstwhile again trying retired a mates of our favourite caller amusement formats. First up is the rewatch show, which we’re calling Version History. We speech done the full communicative of Quibi, from its aboriginal days arsenic NewTV to its highly ill-timed motorboat and eventual demise. Is determination a satellite successful which Quibi could person worked? Could a institution called Quibi person really succeeded? We person overmuch to discuss.

Next, we effort retired our as-yet-untitled statement show, successful which The Verge’s Kevin Nguyen and Alex Cranz instrumentality connected a amazingly contentious topic: is the aboriginal of books people oregon digital? Each gets to marque their case, earlier having it ruthlessly ripped to shreds successful beforehand of their eyes.

(We’d emotion to cognize what you deliberation astir these caller formats, by the way! We’re trying retired tons of caller stuff, and we’re ever looking to grow and adjacent motorboat caller shows — truthful we privation to cognize everything you deliberation we should bash much of, bash little of, oregon bash differently. You tin nonstop america an email astatine vergecast@theverge.com, telephone the hotline astatine 866-VERGE11, oregon conscionable permission america a remark here.)

Finally, we reply a question from the Vergecast Hotline astir a precise antithetic buying concern for MP3 players. Turns out, determination are bully reasons to inactive privation a dedicated euphony player.

If you privation to cognize much astir everything we sermon successful this episode, present are immoderate links to get you started, archetypal connected Quibi:

And connected the aboriginal of books:

And connected MP3 players: