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Biz Analyst Club Newsletter

by The Business Model Analyst

Hello, Biz Enthusiasts!
This week’s headlines smell like croissants, sound like jet engines, and look faker than a Hollywood green screen. From Disney pulling the plug on Hulu to OpenAI’s Sora racking up downloads faster than ChatGPT, the business world is weirdly wonderful right now. Let’s get into it.

Hot Takes 🚀

1. Disney Kills Hulu After 20 Years. RIP, Green Logo 👋📺
Disney just confirmed what we all suspected: Hulu is merging into Disney+ by 2026. The standalone app will vanish, but the name survives in international markets (farewell, Star). Meanwhile, prices are going up faster than Elsa’s ice wall.
👉 See how Disney’s streaming game is evolving (and what it’ll cost you)

2. Delta: Where Premium Seats Beat Economy by 2026 ✈️💸
Delta says its fancy seats will outsell basic ones within a year or two. Revenue’s already flying high, thanks to business travelers chasing “experiences,” not just SkyMiles. Even turbulence can’t stop people from chasing luxury.
👉 Why Delta thinks you'll pay more to fly posh

3. Netflix Adds Games to Your TV. Tetris, Anyone? 🎮📺
Netflix is letting you play games like Pictionary, Boggle, and Tetris — right from your TV. Your phone becomes the controller. No ads, no extra fees, just pure couch gaming. Step aside, board games.
👉 What to play now on Netflix (besides reruns)

4. Debenhams Goes Full Digital – Meet the Spotify of Retail 🛍️🎧
The 200-year-old UK department store is ditching its “digital dinosaur” reputation and rebranding as a sleek, multi-brand online marketplace with 15,000+ partners. Think legacy brand meets discovery-driven shopping joy.
👉 How Debenhams reinvented itself online

5. The AI Boom Has a Copper Problem. Microbes to the Rescue 🦠⚡
Data centers are devouring copper like it’s candy. But traditional mining can’t keep up. Enter Endolith — a startup using microbes to extract copper from waste piles. Nature’s recycling just got high-tech.
👉 Meet the startup bio-mining copper to save AI

Strategy Deep Dive

Quick Hits 📰

• Vancouver’s Transit Comeback 🚇
  While U.S. cities flail, TransLink is already back to 90% of pre-COVID ridership.
  👉 Here’s how they did it

• Kids as Young as 5 Are Using ChatGPT 👶🤖
  Nearly 1 in 10 kids under 12 have tried AI chatbots. Screen time is now prompt time.
  👉 How parents are managing AI-age childhood

• China Built a Solar Farm the Size of Chicago ☀️
  162 square miles of solar panels on the Tibetan Plateau? China’s renewable ambitions are sky-high.
  👉 See how China’s building a clean-energy empire

• Sora Hits 1M Downloads in 5 Days 🚀📱
  OpenAI’s video app beat ChatGPT’s record — despite invite-only access.
  👉 Why everyone’s obsessed with AI-generated videos

• Intel’s $20B Desert Gamble 💽🌵
  Its new Arizona chip factory could make or break its comeback plan.
  👉 Inside Fab 52, Intel’s bet-the-house factory

• IKEA Now Helps You Move (and Go Green) 🚚🌱
  From relocation to renewable energy, IKEA’s “Life at Home” is now a full-on lifestyle brand.
  👉 Explore IKEA’s new services

• Reflection AI Raises $2B to Challenge OpenAI 💸🤖
  Founded by ex-DeepMind devs, Reflection is building an open-source frontier model.
  👉 The startup taking on the AI giants

• Croissant-Scented Stamps Are a Thing Now 🥐📬
  France’s postal service released buttery scratch-and-sniff stamps. Mail never smelled so good.
  👉 This is peak French behavior

• AI Video Generators Are Too Good. Trust Nothing 🧠🎥
  Tools like Sora are creating ultra-realistic videos. Welcome to the era where even your vacation footage could be fake.
  👉 Why video “evidence” may be obsolete

• UGC + EGC + CGC = Content Gold 🎥🔢
  Blending user, employee, and creator content is the new brand strategy.
  👉 Why content isn’t one-size-fits-all anymore

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