Channels with Peter Kafka

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Matt Levine left Goldman to become a journalist. Great move! Nov 07, 2019

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Bloomberg's financial columnist Matt Levine joins Recode’s Peter Kafka to discuss his early career in investment banking at Goldman Sachs and that path that led him to becoming one of the industry's top financial columnists.

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Featuring: Matt Levine (@matt_levine), Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering finance

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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It's not HBO... It's HBO Max. Plus Steve Swartz, CEO of Hearst on turning a magazine publisher into a diversified media company Oct 31, 2019

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Recode’s Peter Kafka covers the latest in the Streaming Wars as Warner Media unveiled new details about its upcoming streaming service HBO Max. How will this new streaming service stack up against other newcomers like Apple TV Plus and and Disney Plus in the race to take on Netflix? And later, Hearst President & CEO, Steve Swartz talks about his journey from reporter for the Wall Street Journal, to becoming the head of one of the top media and news brands in the world — and why Hearst is working hard to diversify out of consumer media.

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Featuring: Steven R. Swartz, President and CEO of Hearst

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

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How the Wu-Tang Clan raised Sophia Chang Oct 24, 2019

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From managing members of The Wu-Tang Clan and A Tribe Called Quest to training the next generation of entrepreneurs, Sophia Chang chats with Recode’s Peter Kafka to discuss her new audiobook-only memoir, The Baddest Bitch In The Room. In it, she outlines what it was like being one of the first asian women in Hip-Hop, the power of networking, and how to break into the business.

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Featuring: Sophia Chang (@sophchangnyc), Author, The Baddest Bitch In The Room

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

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Introducing Reset: Can AI Teach You To Write Better? Oct 20, 2019

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Introducing Reset, a new podcast about how tech is changing our lives. In this episode, students across the country are graded by artificial intelligence. But does an algorithm really know how to write?

About Reset

Arielle Duhaime-Ross explores why–and how–tech is changing everything.

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How The Athletic CEO Alex Mather convinced people to pay for sports news on the internet Oct 17, 2019

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CEO of The Athletic Alex Mather chats with Recode’s Peter Kafka about his path of setting out to disrupt local sports media through hiring away top talent and building out a subscription model. But will it be profitable?

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Featuring: Alex Mather (@amather), CEO of The Athletic

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

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How Shea Serrano used the internet to become a best-selling author Oct 10, 2019

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New York Times best selling author and staff writer for The Ringer, Shea Serrano chats with Recode’s Peter Kafka about his new book Movies (And Other Things). Shea recounts his career trajectory and how he went from middle school teacher to twitter celebrity and best selling author.

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Featuring: Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano), New York Times best selling author and staff writer for The Ringer

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

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BuzzFeed News' Ben Smith on covering Trump and making money Oct 03, 2019

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Buzzfeed News Editor-In-Chief, Ben Smith sits down with Recode’s Peter Kafka at the Texas Tribune Festival to discuss how Buzzfeed News went from fledgling news organization to breaking major news stories in the Trump era. They also explore how Buzzfeed's newsroom is testing out new journalism tactics like text messaging to communicate with the 2020 presidential candidates and more.

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

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

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Complex CEO Rich Antoniello on running a youth culture media empire Sep 27, 2019

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CEO of Complex Rich Antoniello chats with Recode's Peter Kafka about co-founding and building a powerful youth culture brand that's leveraged its popularity into viral video series's like Hot Ones and Sneaker Shopping and major events like ComplexCon.

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Featuring: Rich Antoniello (@BuzzFeedBen), CEO and Co-founder of Complex

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

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Vox Media + NY Media CEOs Jim Bankoff and Pamela Wasserstein go behind the deal Sep 25, 2019

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Breaking News: Vox Media has acquired New York Media. CEO of Vox Media Jim Bankoff and CEO of New York Media Pamela Wasserstein join Recode’s Peter Kafka to discuss the merger and what’s next for the media brands within the Vox Media and New York Media umbrella and how the financial model is going to work.

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Featuring: Jim Bankoff (@Bankoff), CEO of Vox Media & Pamela Wasserstein, CEO of New York Media

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

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Behind the scenes of the Brett Kavanaugh investigation with NYT's Kate Kelly Sep 24, 2019

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New York Times reporter and co-author of 'The Education of Brett Kavanaugh' Kate Kelly joins Recode's Peter Kafka to discuss the polarizing Supreme Court justice and the criticism Kelly faced from both the right and the left while reporting the story.

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Featuring: Kate Kelly (@katekelly), reporter at The New York Times

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

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