David Lidsky

Netflix’s subscriber growth stalled—and it’s bad news for Disney, HBO, and everyone else

Three reasons why Netflix’s second-quarter earnings report is more problematic for its rivals than for the streaming giant.

Meet Matt Mason, the Mattel toy that brought space to life for boomer kids—and then disappeared

Mattel found savvy expats from the effort to get astronauts on the Moon to create the interplanetary future everyone dreamed of . . . for kids to play with in their sandboxes.

On the Moon, the astronauts snacked on sweet Slim Jims right inside their helmets

Pillsbury developed high-protein Space Food Sticks at the request of NASA, then tried to get people on Earth to eat them.

Here’s how to get your free Krispy Kreme Moon-landing tribute donut

Why the Moon landing matters, 50 years later

We owe our current digital age to the 1960s Space Race. What will today’s Space Race herald for the future?

Luxury cinemas are fighting Netflix with steak tartare, expensive booze, and gourmet popcorn

The phenomenon of a luxe night out with a brew and a view extends from the big city to big sky country.

Endeavor’s IPO prospectus for dummies: Why the Hollywood player wants you to think it’s a tech company

The talent agency turned media conglomerate is a money-losing, debt-laden “platform” with voting control solely in the hands of a few people and not public shareholders. Sound familiar?

How Twitch is expanding beyond video games–and helping streamers make money

How this Chinese founder is reimagining social commerce and outdoing Instagram and Pinterest for more than 220 million users

How the Jeff Bezos of Korea is beating Amazon at its own game

How this Alibaba executive has wired up more than one million Chinese mom-and-pop stores

Tech workers organize protest against Palantir on the GitHub coding platform

Kevin Tsujihara is out as CEO of Warner Bros.

This is how Netflix changes everything

Our new series considers how the once-modest streaming app became the most important company in consumers’ lives today and is altering everything.

The 2 most innovative companies in the world today are changing how hundreds of millions of Asian consumers buy food, book hotels, and (a lot) more

The “transactional super app” is transforming local businesses across Asia as well, digitizing their operations and fueling their growth and expansion.

Harry Potter and Luke Skywalker will teach your kid to code

Why everyone from Kylie Jenner to Ford loves Shopify

These Chinese supermarkets make Amazon Go stores seem basic

Alibaba Group’s Hema Xiansheng groceries offer a compelling vision of a retail future that combines the best of real-world experience with digital convenience.

Drop the clicker. Twitch has a vision for the future of live television