Betaworks’ John Borthwick: Facebook is the New AOL

At Digiday Social last Thursday, Digiday editor in chief Brian Morrissey sat down for a keynote conversation with John Borthwick, founder and CEO of Betaworks. See what Borthwick has to say about moving into a multiplatform world, Facebook as the new AOL, Google+ as being “over-architected” and more. Watch now.

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