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Media Archive

Archives for December 2018

Technology
HQ Trivia co-founder and CEO Colin Kroll has diedHQ Trivia co-founder and CEO Colin Kroll has died
Technology

Kroll, 34, died of an alleged drug overdose, according to TMZ.

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
How Peter Jackson’s team made World War I footage look newHow Peter Jackson’s team made World War I footage look new
Technology

The way we normally see that footage — black and white, scratchy and silent — is “like a barrier between us and the actual people that were being filmed,” Jackson tells Recode’s Kara Swisher.

By Eric Johnson
Politics
What the Weekly Standard meant to conservatismWhat the Weekly Standard meant to conservatism
Politics

The end of an era in conservative media.

By Jane Coaston
Media
The Weekly Standard, a conservative magazine critical of Trump, is officially shutting downThe Weekly Standard, a conservative magazine critical of Trump, is officially shutting down
Media

Despite interested buyers, the Weekly Standard will stop publishing after 23 years.

By Jane Coaston
Technology
Facebook wants you to buy HBO on Facebook and watch HBO on FacebookFacebook wants you to buy HBO on Facebook and watch HBO on Facebook
Technology

The world’s biggest social network wants to get into the pay TV business — by taking a page from Amazon.

By Peter Kafka
Technology
The big business of being a social media starThe big business of being a social media star
Technology

Platforms like YouTube and Netflix are at war, and Shots Studios CEO John Shahidi is happy to sell content to all of them.

By Eric Johnson
2018’s tech trends and tribulations in 14 charts
Technology

Here’s a visual look back at the year.

By Rani Molla
Politics
The political tribalism of Andrew SullivanThe political tribalism of Andrew Sullivan
Politics

Sullivan’s essay on political tribalism shows he’s blinded by his own.

By Ezra Klein
Technology
Full Q&A: Ezra Klein and Kara Swisher on the future of journalismFull Q&A: Ezra Klein and Kara Swisher on the future of journalism
Technology

Klein says Twitter has made journalists dumber, meaner and more reactive.

By Eric Johnson
Technology
Republican lawmakers still think Google is biased against conservatives. Google still claims that it’s not.Republican lawmakers still think Google is biased against conservatives. Google still claims that it’s not.
Technology

Another day, a similar story featuring Google CEO Sundar Pichai.

By Kurt Wagner
Culture
Why Netflix could have lost Friends — and what it means for the future of streamingWhy Netflix could have lost Friends — and what it means for the future of streaming
Culture

Whatever comes next will probably look a lot more like the expensive cable bundles that cord-cutters tried to escape.

By Emily St. James
Politics
Time’s 2018 Person of the Year runner-up is special counsel Robert MuellerTime’s 2018 Person of the Year runner-up is special counsel Robert Mueller
Politics

Mueller came in third, behind the man that may be next in his sights: Donald Trump.

By Jen Kirby
Technology
New Verizon execs say old Verizon execs made a $5 billion mistake betting on AOL and YahooNew Verizon execs say old Verizon execs made a $5 billion mistake betting on AOL and Yahoo
Technology

And Verizon investors seem fine with that.

By Peter Kafka
Technology
Memo from a ‘Facebook nation’ to Mark Zuckerberg: You moved fast and broke our country.Memo from a ‘Facebook nation’ to Mark Zuckerberg: You moved fast and broke our country.
Technology

Maria Ressa, the journalist who co-founded Rappler in the Philippines, warns that her country is a “cautionary tale” for the United States.

By Eric Johnson
Culture
Roger Ailes was “not rational”: Alexis Bloom on her new film about the Fox News founderRoger Ailes was “not rational”: Alexis Bloom on her new film about the Fox News founder
Culture

“His first loyalty was to the audience, to manufacturing outrage, to weaponizing division.”

By Alissa Wilkinson