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    "text": "There are some news,\nsome news I didn't see coming."
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    "text": "I haven't heard about it any earlier than,\nlike, one"
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    "text": "or two hours ago. Udemy\nis getting acquired by"
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    "text": "Coursera. Now,\nin the official announcement here by"
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    "text": "end, it's an acquisition as I read it."
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    "text": "I mean, the Udemy brand will disappear\nand the new"
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    "text": "board of directors will have more people\nfrom Coursera than Udemy."
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    "start": 29.47,
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    "text": "The new CEO will be the old CEO by\nCoursera."
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    "text": "So yeah, it's an acquisition. Now, there"
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    "text": "aren't a lot of details yet.\nIt's not really"
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    "text": "clear to me and probably not to anybody\nelse,"
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    "text": "maybe except for a very small inner\ncircle, what"
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    "start": 47.74,
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    "text": "exactly will happen to Udemy over the"
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    "start": 51.42,
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    "text": "next year or years. I mean, for now,\nit's continuing"
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    "start": 55.52,
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    "text": "as always. The deal hasn't closed yet."
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    "start": 59.26,
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    "text": "Of course,\nthere is a danger of it not closing"
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    "text": "at all, though I guess that's unlikely."
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    "text": "And it's also not really a huge surprise\nthat"
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    "text": "some consolidation is happening in\nthat space."
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    "text": "I mean,\nthe last couple of years have been rough."
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    "text": "I shared a video,\nwhy nobody's creating coding tutorials"
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    "start": 81.06,
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    "text": "anymore last week,\nand it's kind of ironic because, yeah,"
  },
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    "start": 85.12,
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    "text": "I didn't know about these news\nbut kind of fits the theme."
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    "start": 88.84,
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    "text": "It's been a-\na rough stretch with the macroeconomics,"
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    "text": "with AI obviously,\nand all these companies,"
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    "start": 96.4,
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    "text": "they're facing some problems,\nsome challenges."
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    "text": "So yeah, I guess a merger, an acquisition,\nwhatever you wanna call"
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    "start": 102.6,
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    "text": "it, makes sense. I also don't know what"
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    "start": 106.5,
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    "text": "it'll mean for me as a Udemy instructor,\nand"
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    "start": 111.2,
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    "text": "with that I mean I really don't know."
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    "text": "I don't know if we Udemy instructors will\nbe part of this"
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    "start": 117.8,
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    "text": "new long-term strategy. Obviously,\nI'm not going"
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    "start": 121.5,
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    "text": "away short term. (laughs) I'm-\nI'm still there, I will stay there,"
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    "start": 125.48,
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    "text": "um, but I don't know what that means."
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    "start": 128.038,
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    "text": "I don't know what that means for learners."
  },
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    "start": 131.36,
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    "text": "There are no details regarding that."
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    "start": 133.36,
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    "text": "But of course, Coursera\nis not buying Udemy just to get rid"
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    "start": 137.3,
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    "text": "of all the courses, all the customers,\nall the instructors."
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    "start": 140.94,
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    "text": "So clearly, that will not be the plan."
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    "start": 143.88,
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    "text": "But yeah, there are a lot of unknowns,\nand therefore I don't"
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    "start": 147.84,
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    "text": "really wanna speculate about any of\nthat here"
  },
  {
    "start": 151.84,
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    "text": "in- in this video.\nI just wanted to share the news and"
  },
  {
    "start": 156.64,
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    "text": "one important very personal thought"
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    "start": 160.4,
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    "text": "about this deal. For almost"
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    "start": 164.06,
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    "text": "exactly 10 years, Udemy has"
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    "text": "been a super important part of my\nprofessional"
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    "text": "life. Obviously, I've created dozens of"
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    "start": 173.74,
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    "text": "courses.\nI am one of the biggest instructors on the"
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    "text": "platform.\nI've taught more than three million"
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    "start": 181.48,
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    "text": "is an astonishing number,\nand as I mentioned, I plan"
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    "text": "to continue doing that.\nDon't get me wrong."
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    "start": 187.46,
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    "text": "I'm not leaving,\nI'm not getting kicked out of there."
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    "start": 190.76,
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    "text": "There are no details yet.\nBut the Udemy brand will"
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    "start": 194.54,
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    "text": "disappear. The Udemy name will disappear."
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    "start": 198.36,
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    "text": "The new platform will be called Coursera,"
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    "start": 202.66,
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    "text": "and that is really kind of a weird,"
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  {
    "start": 206.34,
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    "text": "sad feeling. I mean, it's just a"
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    "text": "name, sure. It's been an"
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    "start": 213.8,
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    "text": "integral part of my professional life for\nthe last 10"
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    "start": 217.54,
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    "text": "years. I've said that name\nor thought about"
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    "text": "that name probably trillions of time, and"
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    "start": 225.3,
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    "text": "there's a lot you could criticize about\nUdemy"
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  {
    "start": 228.68,
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    "text": "and, uh, a lot I could criticize about"
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    "start": 232.18,
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    "text": "Udemy. And- and again, it's-\nit's not goodbye here."
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  {
    "start": 235.48,
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    "text": "Don't get me wrong.\nIt's super easy to feel like that's the"
  },
  {
    "start": 239.36,
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    "text": "this video. It's not. (laughs)\nBut saying goodbye to that"
  },
  {
    "start": 243.32,
    "end": 246.84,
    "text": "name is really a weird feeling. Yeah,"
  },
  {
    "start": 247.1,
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    "text": "I'll leave it at that.\nKind of a different video."
  },
  {
    "start": 250.38,
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    "text": "Um, we'll see what the future holds."
  },
  {
    "start": 253.34,
    "end": 257.3,
    "text": "Again, I'm not going anywhere.\nI'll also keep doing videos here,"
  },
  {
    "start": 257.32,
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    "text": "I'll share whenever there\nis something to share."
  },
  {
    "start": 259.64,
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    "text": "But yeah, just figured this"
  },
  {
    "start": 263.44,
    "end": 265.35,
    "text": "news might be worth sharing"
  },
  {
    "start": 265.4,
    "end": 268.22,
    "text": "too."
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