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Media Archive

Archives for November 2018

Technology
How to make a big company more innovativeHow to make a big company more innovative
Technology

Former GE and NBCUniversal executive Beth Comstock talks about her new book “Imagine It Forward” with Recode’s Kara Swisher.

By Eric Johnson
Technology
Microsoft is more valuable than Apple again. Why?Microsoft is more valuable than Apple again. Why?
Technology

NYU’s Scott Galloway makes the case for Satya Nadella as “CEO of the year” on the latest episode of Pivot.

By Eric Johnson
Technology
Mic has laid off the majority of its staffMic has laid off the majority of its staff
Technology

The publisher is trying to sell the remainder of the company to Bustle Digital Group.

By Peter Kafka
Technology
Mic.com is in talks to sell to BustleMic.com is in talks to sell to Bustle
Technology

Sale talks started after Facebook ended a video deal with Mic.

By Peter Kafka
Politics
The Ivanka Trump email controversy, explainedThe Ivanka Trump email controversy, explained
Politics

If Hillary Clinton’s emails mattered so much, why shouldn’t Ivanka’s?

By Emily Stewart
Politics
Nancy Pelosi is going to be speaker again. What Democrats need now is a TV talking head.Nancy Pelosi is going to be speaker again. What Democrats need now is a TV talking head.
Politics

The House Democratic leadership team could use a stronger communicator.

By Matthew Yglesias
Technology
Laurene Powell Jobs’s Emerson Collective bought Pop-Up Magazine ProductionsLaurene Powell Jobs’s Emerson Collective bought Pop-Up Magazine Productions
Technology

The social impact firm makes another media acquisition, this time of the publisher of California Sunday Magazine and Pop-Up Magazine events.

By Kara Swisher
Video
Fox News keeps breaking its own rulesFox News keeps breaking its own rules
Play
Video

Sean Hannity is helping turn Fox News into a GOP campaign operation.

By Carlos Maza
Politics
Fox News’s bizarre history of describing pepper spray as foodFox News’s bizarre history of describing pepper spray as food
Politics

“You could actually put it on your nachos and eat it.”

By Aaron Rupar
Politics
Fox News wants you to be very afraid of what’s happening at the borderFox News wants you to be very afraid of what’s happening at the border
Politics

Fear-mongering about the migrant caravan is back after clashes over the weekend.

By Emily Stewart
Technology
Full Q&A: ‘Dear America’ author Jose Antonio Vargas on Recode DecodeFull Q&A: ‘Dear America’ author Jose Antonio Vargas on Recode Decode
Technology

When he was 16, Vargas found out that he is an undocumented immigrant — and after years of secrecy, he decided to “come out.”

By Eric Johnson
Culture
Perfect TV shows to stream in your food comaPerfect TV shows to stream in your food coma
Culture

Thanksgiving was made for streaming great television with your pants unbuttoned, occasionally groaning about how full you are.

By Alex Abad-Santos, Emily St. James and 4 more
Technology
How Twitch CEO Emmett Shear thinks about tech addictionHow Twitch CEO Emmett Shear thinks about tech addiction
Technology

To Shear, watching something for two hours is different from repeatedly opening an app over two hours.

By Eric Johnson
Technology
Recent East Coast hurricanes have gotten more media coverage than California wildfiresRecent East Coast hurricanes have gotten more media coverage than California wildfires
Technology

It’s not your imagination: Fires get written about less.

By Rani Molla and Shirin Ghaffary
Politics
Jim Acosta vs. the Trump White House, explainedJim Acosta vs. the Trump White House, explained
Politics

A feud, a lawsuit, and a mutually beneficial relationship.

By Matthew Yglesias