Channels with Peter Kafka

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How Netflix is changing The Oscars Feb 06, 2020

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Vox culture and movie mavens Alissa Wilkinson and Allegra Frank sit down with Recode’s Peter Kafka to discuss the 92nd Academy Awards. Who will win? Who should win? And how has Netflix and the streaming industry changed the Oscars?

Featuring: Allegra Frank (@LegsFrank), Associate Culture Editor at Vox

and Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie), Film Critic at Vox

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

More to explore: Subscribe for free to Recode Media, Peter Kafka, one of the media industry's most acclaimed reporters, talks to business titans, journalists, comedians, and more to get their take on today's media landscape.

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Why Ben Smith is leaving BuzzFeed for the New York Times Jan 30, 2020

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Ben Smith spent eight years building BuzzFeed News into a publication that could compete with the New York Times. Now he’s going to the New York Times as its media columnist. He sits down with Recode’s Peter Kafka to explain why he’s going, and what it means - or doesn’t mean - for digital media.

Featuring: Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) Editor-In-Chief of BuzzFeed News

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

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BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti reboots his business plan Jan 23, 2020

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BuzzFeed CEO, Jonah Peretti, sits down with Recode’s Peter Kafka live from the Digital Content Next Summit in Miami to discuss BuzzFeed's new direction.

Featuring: Jonah Peretti (@peretti) CEO & Founder of BuzzFeed

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

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NBC’s Peacock enters the Streaming Wars Jan 17, 2020

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Recode's Peter Kafka and Rani Molla break down everything you need to know about NBC's new upcoming streaming service, Peacock, and share their thoughts on how it will fair against its competitors.

Featuring: Rani Molla (@ranimolla) Senior Data Reporter at Recode

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

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Anna Wiener on disillusionment with startup culture Jan 16, 2020

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The New Yorker’s Anna Wiener chats with Recode’s Shirin Ghaffary about her new memoir, Uncanny Valley, which gives insight on her time working in the tech startup industry, and how being one of the few women in it, gave her a whole new perspective.

Featuring: Anna Wiener (@annawiener) author and writer for The New Yorker

Host: Shirin Ghaffary (@shiringhaffary), Reporter at Recode

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How The Safdie Bros. landed Adam Sandler for Uncut Gems Jan 09, 2020

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Filmmakers Josh & Benny Safdie join Recode’s Peter Kafka for a great discussion on their early path to making movies and why Adam Sandler originally turned down the part of Howard in their latest movie Uncut Gems.

Featuring: Josh & Benny Safdie (@JOSH_BENNY) writers and directors of Uncut Gems

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

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Adam Davidson on how to thrive in this economy Jan 02, 2020

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The New Yorker’s Adam Davidson chats with Recode’s Peter Kafka about his start as a financial reporter, launching NPR's Planet Money, the science of consumerism, and his new book “The Passion Economy: The New Rules for Thriving in the Twenty-First Century”.

Featuring: Adam Davidson (@adamdavidson) author and writer for The New Yorker

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

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Streaming wars! (Don’t call them streaming wars!) and everything else we learned in 2019, with Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw Dec 26, 2019

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Bloomberg Business reporter, Lucas Shaw joins Recode's Peter Kafka to wrap up the decade by reviewing the year in media. They also discuss the current state and future of streaming.

Featuring: Lucas Shaw (@Lucas_Shaw), reporter for Bloomberg Business

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

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Eat up! Food talk with The Infatuation’s Chris Stang and the New Yorker’s Helen Rosner Dec 19, 2019

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It's an all food edition of Recode Media! CEO & Co-Founder of The Infatuation, Chris Stang, and roving food correspondent for the New Yorker, Helen Rosner join Recode's Peter Kafka to delve into all things food and culture.

Featuring: Chris Stang (@houseofstang), Co-Founder & CEO of The Infatuation

Helen Rosner (@hels), Food Correspondent for The New Yorker

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

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Vice Media CEO Nancy Dubuc on the internet, TV and her famous founder Dec 16, 2019

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Vice Media CEO Nancy Dubuc discusses the different challenges she faced since taking charge in 2018 and how their new acquisition of the lifestyle brand Refinirey29 fits in with their strategy for the future of Vice Media.

Featuring: Nancy Dubuc, CEO of Vice Media

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

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