# Professor Scott Galloway shares his views on Alphabet's earnings results and the shutdown of Google+

1 Faculty News October 25, 2018 ![Guardian logo ](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030939.jpg?itok=g7FgVwid)>

Excerpt from [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/oct/25/alphabet-reports-337bn-revenue-as-sexual-misconduct-claims-engulf-google) -- "Scott Galloway, a professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business, said it should come as no surprise that the move didn’t turn into a financial setback this quarter, especially considering how poorly Google+ was performing. 'They were looking for an excuse to shut it down,' he says. 'To connect this problem to shutting the platform down was disingenuous.'"

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