[kictanet] Zuckerberg appears to admit Facebook is a media company

[Ali Hussein]

Harry

That's the beast we must tame. The pigeon holing oneself to an industry and missing huge opportunities. There's a new meaning of Focus in today's hyper changing world. 


Ali Hussein
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> On 4 Jan 2017, at 12:06 PM, Harry Delano <harry26001 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Ali,
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> They'd best pass off as a "jack of all trades"..aka "identity crisis"..
> 
> Little surprise none of the  ceo's can with pin point  accuracy  define or place themselves exactly where they belong ..
> 
> Harry
> 
> From: Ali Hussein via kictanet
> Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2017 11:27
> To: Harry Delano
> Reply To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> Cc: Ali Hussein
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Zuckerberg appears to admit Facebook is a media company
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> If it walks like a duck, sounds like a duck and swims like a duck... :-)
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> In today's complicated world however, where whole industries have been disrupted its more difficult to pigeon hole a company into an industry.. The loose definition is usually taken from the business model of companies - Say if more than 50% of your revenue comes from advertising space on your platform then you are a media company; from Software and Hardware then you are an IT/Technology Company; from voice calls/data a telco company etc. 
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> This however is the traditional definition hence why I'd agree with Zuckerberg in his assertions that whilst Facebook is a media company it's simply not a traditional media company.
> 
> So if we look at the local context I'd like to pose some questions:-
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> 1. Which industry is Safaricom in? Media? Telecommunications? Banking? Entertainment? 
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> 2. How about Equity Bank? Telco, Banking?
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> 3. Wananchi? Media? Telecommunications? Content disruption? 
> 
> Ali Hussein
> Principal
> Hussein & Associates
> +254 0713 601113 
> 
> Twitter: @AliHKassim
> Skype: abu-jomo
> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
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> 
> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought".  ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi
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> Sent from my iPad
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>> On 4 Jan 2017, at 10:15 AM, Mildred Achoch via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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>> Happy new year everyone,
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>> This may be of interest:
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>> "Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, appears to have finally conceded that the social network is a media company, just not a “traditional media company”."
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>> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/22/mark-zuckerberg-appears-to-finally-admit-facebook-is-a-media-company
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>> Regards,
>> Mildred Achoch.
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