Airbnb Called, and D.C. Answered
Skift Take
Airbnb announced Monday that it has appointed former White House chief of staff and a prominent figure in Democratic circles Ron Klain as its chief legal officer.
Welcome to a brand new week, folks! Here’s a Tuesday tidbit for you: Between 2020 and 2021, Manhattan residents who moved to Miami brought $2.9 billion in taxable income with them. And Palm Beach County netted $1.06 billion from these Manhattan ex-pats. Wow, that’s some serious wealth migration.
Alright, strap in, we have a long one today.
Airbnb lands ex-Biden official FTC ran the numbers on fees Joivy launches A Cultural RebrandI have always wondered why companies decide to rebrand and change identities? And if it indeed achieves the goal — did we switch to calling Facebook, Meta? Are you Alphabet-ing something on the internet or do you continue to Google?
I am not going near X, the former Twitter, that one has most branding pundits puzzled.
But here’s the thing about these rebrands; these are services or products (depends on your tech philosophy) that we consume everyday. What