Decoder is off this week for a short end-of-summer break. We’ll be back with both our interview and explainer episodes after the Labor Day holiday, and I’m very excited for what we have coming up on the schedule. 

But while we’re out, we’d like to highlight a great episode from the Land of the Giants podcast, which is over at Vulture this season, for a deep dive into Disney. Can it be a tech company? It’s the question that defines the struggles of its streaming service Disney Plus — and it also tells us where it needs to go in the future to compete with Amazon, Apple, and Netflix. 

Links: 

• Disney Is a Tech Company? | Vulture
  


• Why Disney plussed itself | Vulture
  


• Disney’s CEO drama explained, with Julia Alexander | Decoder
  


• The clock is ticking on Disney’s streaming strategy | Decoder
  


• The Disney Plus, Hulu, and Max streaming bundle is now available | The Verge
  


• Disney reportedly wants to bring always-on channels to Disney Plus | The Verge
  


• How baseball's tech team built the future of television | The Verge
  


• The year Netflix ended the streaming wars | The Ringer
  

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Decoder is a production of The Verge and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Our producers are Kate Cox and Nick Statt. Our editor is Callie Wright. Our supervising producer is Liam James.

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