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Neil Freiman

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Morning Brew Daily
CNN Founder Ted Turner Dies at 87 & “Blue Dot Fever” Cancels Concerts

This is not a ride hailing company anymore.

Morning Brew Daily
CNN Founder Ted Turner Dies at 87 & “Blue Dot Fever” Cancels Concerts

I mean, they are well on their way to becoming a super app.

Morning Brew Daily
CNN Founder Ted Turner Dies at 87 & “Blue Dot Fever” Cancels Concerts

Just look at delivery revenue is up 34% in the past year to $5 billion compared to ride hailing division revenue was up just 5% to 6.8 billion.

Morning Brew Daily
CNN Founder Ted Turner Dies at 87 & “Blue Dot Fever” Cancels Concerts

So I'm just looking at this chart right here and it probably won't be that long until

Morning Brew Daily
CNN Founder Ted Turner Dies at 87 & “Blue Dot Fever” Cancels Concerts

Uber Eats and delivery eclipses the traditional ride-hailing business.

Morning Brew Daily
CNN Founder Ted Turner Dies at 87 & “Blue Dot Fever” Cancels Concerts

And meanwhile, Uber's committed more than $10 billion to robo-taxis.

Morning Brew Daily
CNN Founder Ted Turner Dies at 87 & “Blue Dot Fever” Cancels Concerts

Last week, it announced a partnership with Expedia to put hotels on its app.

Morning Brew Daily
CNN Founder Ted Turner Dies at 87 & “Blue Dot Fever” Cancels Concerts

So it's putting its tentacles pretty much everywhere, and it's become an extremely profitable company under Dara Khashoggi.

Morning Brew Daily
CNN Founder Ted Turner Dies at 87 & “Blue Dot Fever” Cancels Concerts

And then the final company mentioned is Burger King.

Morning Brew Daily
CNN Founder Ted Turner Dies at 87 & “Blue Dot Fever” Cancels Concerts

Now, Burger King had this big relaunch of the Whopper, and they had their president, very visible, taking calls from customers, revamping their menu, understanding what was wrong.

Morning Brew Daily
CNN Founder Ted Turner Dies at 87 & “Blue Dot Fever” Cancels Concerts

And it looks like

Morning Brew Daily
CNN Founder Ted Turner Dies at 87 & “Blue Dot Fever” Cancels Concerts

That whole program, that whole campaign has been working really well.

Morning Brew Daily
CNN Founder Ted Turner Dies at 87 & “Blue Dot Fever” Cancels Concerts

Burger King's same sort of sales growth was 5.8%.

Morning Brew Daily
CNN Founder Ted Turner Dies at 87 & “Blue Dot Fever” Cancels Concerts

There are expectations for a 3.5% increase.

Morning Brew Daily
CNN Founder Ted Turner Dies at 87 & “Blue Dot Fever” Cancels Concerts

And we have McDonald's earnings actually coming this morning.

Morning Brew Daily
CNN Founder Ted Turner Dies at 87 & “Blue Dot Fever” Cancels Concerts

So it'll be interesting to look at the Burger King McDonald's race.

Morning Brew Daily
CNN Founder Ted Turner Dies at 87 & “Blue Dot Fever” Cancels Concerts

Moving on, high-profile musicians are doing something that would have been unthinkable a few summers ago.

Morning Brew Daily
CNN Founder Ted Turner Dies at 87 & “Blue Dot Fever” Cancels Concerts

They're shutting down their tours.

Morning Brew Daily
CNN Founder Ted Turner Dies at 87 & “Blue Dot Fever” Cancels Concerts

In just the past few days, big names like Post Malone, Meghan Trainor, Zayn Malik, and the Pussycat Dolls

Morning Brew Daily
CNN Founder Ted Turner Dies at 87 & “Blue Dot Fever” Cancels Concerts

have either canceled some upcoming tour dates or shut them down altogether.