Channels with Peter Kafka

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Craiglist's Craig Newmark is using his power and money to save journalism Sep 19, 2019

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Craigslist founder Craig Newmark joins Recode's Peter Kafka on stage in Brooklyn to discuss his unlikely career as a media mogul and how he's actively giving away his fortune to fund philanthropic efforts to support journalism, military veterans, and pigeons - but mostly journalism.

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Featuring: Craigslist founder Craig Newmark (@craignewmark)

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

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How Survivor and The Sopranos created Trump, with New York Times critic James Poniewozik Sep 12, 2019

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Chief television critic for The New York Times James Poniewozik explores how television and the modern media landscape played a critical role in the rise of Donald Trump as both a reality television star and political leader.

Featuring: Chief television critic for The New York Times James Poniewozik (@poniewozik)

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

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Apple TV+ is coming. Will you pay for it? Sep 10, 2019

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At today's Apple’s iPhone 11 event Tim Cook unveiled new details about their upcoming streaming service Apple TV+. Recode Media Senior editor Peter Kafka breaks down everything you need to know it.

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Featuring: Vox Media Senior Producer Zach Mack (@zachthemack)

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

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The epic battle for Uber, with Mike Isaac from the New York Times Sep 05, 2019

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New York Times technology reporter Mike Isaac joins Peter Kafka to discuss Uber and his ongoing investigation into the transportation giant’s tumultuous leadership issues. In his new book ‘Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber’ he unpacks how Travis Kalanick, the contentious founder and original CEO of Uber, was ousted and how Uber’s growth at all costs mentality is indicative of a larger issue in tech.

Later on, Peter is joined by two special guests to discuss what the kids are up these days.

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The decline of the right wing troll with CNN’s Oliver Darcy Aug 29, 2019

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CNN Senior media reporter Oliver Darcy chats with Recode’s Peter Kafka about Fox News, Breitbart, The Drudge Report and the current state of attack politics in right-wing media. Darcy also outlines his own path into media from a conservative writer for Glenn Beck’s The Blaze to his current role covering the media at CNN.

Featuring:CNN Senior media reporter Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy)

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

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Foursquare’s Dennis Crowley wants to know where you are Aug 22, 2019

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Foursquare co-founder and executive chairman Dennis Crowley speaks with Peter Kafka about the business of tracking and selling location data and Foursquare's pivot into that space. Crowley also discusses his personal transition from CEO to executive chairman and why he finds more joy in tinkering and running Foursquare labs than he ever did as CEO.

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The Sportswriter: The Ringer's Bryan Curtis on the sports-media-politics mash-up Aug 15, 2019

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Bryan Curtis is Editor-at-Large at The Ringer, and co-hosts The Press Box podcast, and talks to Peter Kafka about the intersection of sports, media, and politics. Curtis discusses the relationship between journalists and the players they cover, and what happens when players bypass the media to tell their own stories. Also: why podcasting didn’t come naturally to him, his obsession with the New York Times, and - do audiences really know what they want?

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Taylor Lorenz on TikTok, Twitter … and Tumblr Aug 08, 2019

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Taylor Lorenz writes about internet culture for The Atlantic, and talks to Peter Kafka about how she fell in love with Tumblr, why all the kids are now on TikTok, and why Twitter is broken. She also talks about the ‘influencer industry’ and why understanding the mechanics of how people consume news is crucial. And she schools Peter on internet circa 2019: micro-memes on Facebook, authenticity on Instagram, and what’s a tea account, anyway?

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John Harris, co-founder of Politico Aug 01, 2019

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John Harris talks to Peter Kafka about how he helped start Politico, how its subscription model works, and owning your mistakes. Also Donald Trump’s relationship with the media, and his obsession with the intricacies of coverage.

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Splice's Steve Martocci wants to remake the music business + All things Amazon with Recode's Jason Del Rey Jul 25, 2019

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Steve Martocci talks to Peter Kafka about his venture, Splice, a platform for digital music creation, and why big name artists and teenagers alike are using it to share pieces of music and their creative process. Martocci also talks about his previous business GroupMe, a group messaging app ahead of its time.

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