Channels with Peter Kafka

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Jeffrey Katzenberg's $1.75 billion bet on Quibi Apr 06, 2020

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Quibi is here. Founder Jeffrey Katzenberg chats with Recode’s Peter Kafka about launching a new product during a pandemic, how he thinks his service differs from other bigger streaming platforms, and his vision for Quibi’s future. Later, The Verge’s Julia Alexander reviews some of Quibi’s new and original shows.

Featuring: Jeffery Katzenberg (@Quibi), Founder of Quibi

Julia Alexander (@loudmouthjulia), Reporter at The Verge

Host: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode

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TikTok, Facebook and podcasts respond to the pandemic Apr 02, 2020

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Taylor Lorenz, who covers the internet for the New York Times; Campbell Brown, who heads up Facebook news partnerships; and Sarah Larson, who writes about podcasts for the New Yorker, chat with Recode’s Peter Kafka about the way the pandemic is affecting their industries. Lorenz discusses the way social networks like TikTok have responded — and why Zoom is a new social network; Brown discusses Facebook’s $100 million plan to boost local news outlets; and Larson talks about the way podcasters are tailoring their shows for a stuck-at-home audience.

Featuring: Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz), reporter for The New York Times

Campbell Brown (@campbell_brown), VP of Global News Partnerships at Facebook

Sarah Larson (@asarahlarson), New Yorker staff writer, Podcast Dept. column

Host: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode

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Making people laugh during a pandemic, with Jon Lovett and Jon Gabrus Mar 26, 2020

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Two chats with people who make you laugh for a living: Pod Save America co-host Jon Lovett talks about making his shows — including one that’s supposed to happen with a live audience - from home during the pandemic, what’s happening to his podcast business during the economic disruption, and how to help people get through a very rough time. Then, in an interview taped as the pandemic was beginning to hit the U.S., improviser Jon Gabrus explains how podcasting has allowed him to build a loyal audience and make money. Gabrus talks about how he got his start, via the influential Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York, how he’s making his way in Los Angeles, and what the comedy landscape looks like in 2020.

Featuring: Jon Gabrus (@Gabrus), comedian and host of High & Mighty and Action Boyz

Jon Lovett (@jonlovett), Co-Founder of Crooked Media, host of Lovett or Leave It

Host: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode

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How social media works - and doesn’t — during the pandemic Mar 19, 2020

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Stratechery’s Ben Thompson, Lightshed’s Rich Greenfield, and Crisis Text Line’s Bob Filbin join Recode’s Peter Kafka to talk about the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic. Thompson talks about the pros and cons of social media in a crisis - and what it’s like to live in Taiwan, where he’s based; Greenfield discusses Hollywood’s move to let us watch new movies at home instead of theaters; and Libin explains what we can do to help people in crisis.

Featuring: Ben Thompson (@benthompson), founder of Stratechery

Rich Greenfield (@RichLightShed), analyst and partner at Lightshed

Bob Filbin (@bobfilbin), Chief Data Scientist at Crisis Text Line

Host: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode

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Why the Coronavirus canceled the NBA, with ESPN’s Brian Windhorst Mar 12, 2020

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In a conversation taped hours before the NBA suspended its season, ESPN’s Brian Windhorst and Recode’s Peter Kafka discuss how the Coronavirus could affect the NBA, and why the league could cancel games — including its playoffs this spring - entirely. Windhorst also discusses the NBA’s TV problems, its dust-up with China last fall, and how LeBron James kickstarted his career.

Featuring: Brian Windhorst (@WindhorstESPN), ESPN Reporter

Host: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode

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How streaming changed comedy with Vulture’s Jesse David Fox Mar 05, 2020

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Vulture Senior Editor and host of the Good One podcast, Jesse David Fox, sits down with Recode’s Peter Kafka to discuss how social media and streaming has had an effect on the comedy industry and specifically how Netflix has revitalized the hour long standup comedy special.

Featuring: Jesse David Fox (@JesseDavidFox), Senior Vulture Editor

Host: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode

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ViacomCBS gets into the streaming wars, too. Sort of. Feb 27, 2020

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ViacomCBS just announced new plans to do… something in streaming video. CNBC’s Alex Sherman explains how the newly merged TV company sees itself competing with Netflix, Apple and everyone else, and how that might actually work. Also: Who wants to spend billions and billions of dollars to buy NFL rights? The answer might surprise you.

Featuring: Alex Sherman (@sherman4949), CNBC Media & Tech reporter

Host: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode

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Food52’s surprising success story, with co-founders Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs Feb 20, 2020

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Food writers Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs turned a book deal into a digital publishing and retail company. Then they spent 10 years turning that company into something worth more than $100 million. They tell Recode Media’s Peter Kafka what they learned along the way — and why he was wrong to count them out years ago. Plus: A conversation with Pod Save America’s Dan Pfeiffer about the state of the 2020 race, the media strategies the candidates are using, and what they did and didn’t learn from 2016.

Featuring: Amanda Hesser (@amandahesser) and Merrill Stubbs (@merrillstubbs), Co-Founders of Food52

and Dan Pfieiffer (@danpfeiffer) author of Un-Trumping America, co-host of Pod Save America

Host: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode

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Local news is dying. John Thornton wants to save it. Feb 13, 2020

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John Thornton went from venture capitalist to founder of The Texas Tribune. He sits down with Recode's Peter Kafka to discuss his latest plans to empower local news organizations via the American Journalism Project.

Featuring: John Thornton (@thorntonaustin), Founder of The Texas Tribune, Co-Founder of American Journalism Project

Host: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode

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Spotify, The Ringer and the future of podcasts Feb 06, 2020

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Spotify is buying Bill Simmons’ sports and pop culture website and podcast network, The Ringer. It’s Spotify’s fourth podcast acquisition in a year. Recode’s Peter Kafka (who broke the story) sits down with Vox Media Podcast Network producer and former Ringer staff member Zach Mack to discuss what this deal means for Spotify, The Ringer and the future of podcasts.

Featuring: Zach Mack (@zachthemack), Senior Podcast Producer at Vox Media Podcast Network

Host: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode

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