{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Negotiation","title":"Matthew Brennan Part 2 | The Middle Platform & Turning Cringe Into Crave","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/230a0132\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2290,"description":"Welcome to Part 2 of our chat with Matthew Brennan, Co-Founder and Managing Director of China Channel based in Beijing, and author of a new amazing book called Attention Factory, The Story of TikTok & China’s ByteDance. In this second half we dive right discussing something called the “Middle Platform”, basically a central nervous system that allows ByteDance’s apps to all plug into and share resources, how TikTok started out as a “cringe” app, the difference between it and Snapchat, why it made sense for Oracle to acquire TikTok, and some dialogue around TikTok becoming a political posturing pawn and how that will net out as the Biden administration takes office. Enjoy.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Wu4cbW0ERIV50FkYdsWDJCdAyxrlLfITgs8OoPtJoMU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM2MzUvMTU2NzEy/MDA2NC1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}