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Media Archive

Archives for February 2015

Technology
Facebook Is Talking to Publishers About Hosting Their Content (Video)Facebook Is Talking to Publishers About Hosting Their Content (Video)
Technology

Facebook product head Chris Cox talks video and News Feed with Re/code at Code/Media.

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
New York Times CEO Mark Thompson Addresses Talent FlightNew York Times CEO Mark Thompson Addresses Talent Flight
Technology

“Every year, we’ve got as many great journalists coming in the door as we have leaving,” Thompson said at Code/Media.

By Dawn Chmielewski
Technology
New York Times Is Considering Giving Away News Digest App for Free, CEO Says (Video)New York Times Is Considering Giving Away News Digest App for Free, CEO Says (Video)
Technology

“Part of the price of that success, of getting that audience, is [that] we’ve not sold as many subscriptions as we would have liked,” Mark Thompson said.

By Jason Del Rey
Technology
Remembering the ‘Irreplaceable Voice’ of David Carr (Video)Remembering the ‘Irreplaceable Voice’ of David Carr (Video)
Technology

The New York Times CEO paid tribute to the much-admired media critic, who died last week.

By Ina Fried
Technology
BuzzFeed Video’s Ze Frank and Screenwriter John August Talk About Different ‘Gardens’ of Content (Video)BuzzFeed Video’s Ze Frank and Screenwriter John August Talk About Different ‘Gardens’ of Content (Video)
Technology

The duo collaborated on a Web series during the writers’ strike of 2007, but their paths have since diverged.

By Dawn Chmielewski
Technology
Ray Wants to Change Your TV Experience, With a Touchscreen Remote Control (Video)Ray Wants to Change Your TV Experience, With a Touchscreen Remote Control (Video)
Technology

Is it a smartphone or a remote? Or is it ... both?

By Lauren Goode
Technology
BuzzFeed’s Video Boss: Facebook ‘Very Significant’ for Traffic (Video)BuzzFeed’s Video Boss: Facebook ‘Very Significant’ for Traffic (Video)
Technology

Facebook and YouTube provide the bulk of BuzzFeed’s massive video traffic, but YouTube is still king -- for now.

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
Code/Media Kicks Off With an ‘Honest Trailer’ (Video)Code/Media Kicks Off With an ‘Honest Trailer’ (Video)
Technology

If you can’t laugh at yourself, we will.

By Ina Fried
Technology
The ‘Hey-I-Chit-Chatted-With-President-Obama’ Photo Show (Because: Hey, I Chit-Chatted With the President)The ‘Hey-I-Chit-Chatted-With-President-Obama’ Photo Show (Because: Hey, I Chit-Chatted With the President)
Technology
ABC’s ‘Modern Family’ Shot an Entire Episode Using Only Apple’s iPhone and iPadABC’s ‘Modern Family’ Shot an Entire Episode Using Only Apple’s iPhone and iPad
Technology

In a novel storytelling approach, a forthcoming “Modern Family” episode plays out entirely on a computer screen.

By Dawn Chmielewski
Life
How NAFTA fueled the great avocado boomHow NAFTA fueled the great avocado boom
Life

A new USDA study shows how trade in many fruits and vegetables has changed since NAFTA

By Danielle Kurtzleben
Politics
The underrepresentation of women in foreign policy is a huge problemThe underrepresentation of women in foreign policy is a huge problem
Politics

Across six major DC think tanks exactly zero women spoke at more than 150 events on the Middle East.

By New America Foundation Weekly Wonk
Technology
Re/code on TV: Female CEOs, Spear-Phishing and the Late David CarrRe/code on TV: Female CEOs, Spear-Phishing and the Late David Carr
Technology

Plus, three “Code Forward” appearances, including that one thing in your medicine cabinet that’s watching you.

By Amy Keyishian
Syria
11 questions you weren’t too embarrassed to ask Vox in our AMA11 questions you weren’t too embarrassed to ask Vox in our AMA
Syria

You asked. We answered.

By Lauren Katz
Technology
Time Inc. Exec: Actually, Our Editors Didn’t Create Ads for Google. But They Could!Time Inc. Exec: Actually, Our Editors Didn’t Create Ads for Google. But They Could!
Technology

After all, they’ve already made ads for Amazon.

By Peter Kafka