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TikTok Trouble And More On CHOM 97.7 FM

Every Monday morning at 7:10 am, I am on air at CHOM 97.7 FM radio out of Montreal (home base). It’s not a long segment – about 10 minutes every week – to decode the future. We discuss everything that is happening in the world of technology, digital media and culture. The good folks at CHOM 97.7 FM are posting these segments weekly on i Heart Radio, if you’re interested in hearing more about what’s happening in the transformation of our digital world. I’m really excited about these weekly hits, because this is the radio station that I grew up listening to, and it really is a fun treat to be invited to the Mornings Rock with Terry DiMonte morning show. The segment is called, CTRL ALT Delete with Mitch Joel.

This week we discussed:

Apple had their semi-big launch last week. No new iPhone (which was expected, but still a surprise). But we did get new iPads and a new Apple Watch. The biggest excitement seems to their new Apple Fitness+ (and Apple’s push further into the services space). The announcement shook Peloton‘s stock. Gyms need to also pay attention to this.
What’s going on with TikTok? Is it banned? Nope. It looks like that has been delayed. Is it sold? Not exactly. Oracle (with Walmart) with TikTok will start a new company called, TikTok Global, that will be headquartered in the US. “TikTok’s data would be stored by Oracle, which would have the right to inspect its source code,” says the BBC. Is President Trump happy about this? According to his Twitter account, he has given this deal his blessing, and said that the new company will be “totally controlled by Oracle and Walmart”. But in a joint statement on Saturday, Oracle and Walmart said they were together investing to acquire 20% of the newly formed TikTok Global business. So… here we are. Lots of drama, and it’s mostly about the trade dispute between US and China. Are we going to lose TikTok in Canada? Doesn’t seem like it.
App of the Week: Krisp – mute background noise in any communication app.

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Mitch Joel · CTRL ALT Delete – CHOM FM – September 21st, 2020

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Mitch Joel

Mitch Joel lives at the intersection of technology, business transformation and consumer culture. He is the Executive Director of Next Era Institute, a strategic intelligence platform helping leaders understand the forces reshaping business, technology, culture and society. The Institute identifies which shifts matter, explores their wider significance and translates them into strategic direction and momentum. Mitch is also a globally recognized keynote speaker. He has delivered thousands of presentations across both B2B and B2C industries to organizations including Google, Walmart, LEGO, Shopify, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble and Unilever. Strategy Magazine has called him “one of North America’s leading visionaries.” Mitch built his career by working directly inside the waves of change that reshaped modern business. He founded and built a digital marketing agency that worked with some of the world’s largest brands and was later acquired by WPP, where he served as President of a firm operating in 25 countries with almost 3,000 employees. Mitch is the bestselling author of Six Pixels of Separation and CTRL ALT Delete, and the host of Thinking With Mitch Joel, one of the longest-running business podcasts in the world. His writing and commentary appear in outlets including Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and Inc. Magazine. He is a member of Dr. Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches and was named to the Thinkers50 Radar. Mitch also hosts Groove – The No Treble Podcast, documenting the oral history of electric bass players. Mitch is also Co-Founder of ThinkersOne, a platform that enables companies to bring personalized thought leadership from world-class experts into meetings, events and off-sites in focused 15-minute bursts.