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Media Archive

Archives for February 2018

Technology
Everyone wants to build a giant consumer subscription business. Spotify already has one.Everyone wants to build a giant consumer subscription business. Spotify already has one.
Technology

71 million subscribers is a big deal, and it gives CEO Daniel Ek lots of options.

By Peter Kafka
Technology
Spotify is gambling its stock with an IPO that it concedes is riskySpotify is gambling its stock with an IPO that it concedes is risky
Technology

Most companies don’t take chances with the pomp and circumstance of an IPO. Here’s what Spotify is doing differently.

By Theodore Schleifer
Technology
Spotify’s IPO in six chartsSpotify’s IPO in six charts
Technology

What we learned from the streaming company’s public filing.

By Rani Molla
Technology
Spotify’s IPO could be a billion-dollar payday for Sony MusicSpotify’s IPO could be a billion-dollar payday for Sony Music
Technology

Now it has to figure out how to divide that money with Beyonce and its other artists.

By Rani Molla and Peter Kafka
Technology
Here’s why Spotify had to go public this yearHere’s why Spotify had to go public this year
Technology

A three-part play in a debt drama.

By Theodore Schleifer
Technology
Spotify is still burning an enormous amount of cash, but the bigger it gets, the better it looksSpotify is still burning an enormous amount of cash, but the bigger it gets, the better it looks
Technology

Spotify generates billions in revenue and gives most of that money to the music labels. But it is gaining leverage and getting better margins.

By Rani Molla and Peter Kafka
Technology
Why Katie Couric left YahooWhy Katie Couric left Yahoo
Technology

“They hired some big names, and yet they were in the witness protection program.”

By Eric Johnson
Technology
Full transcript: Catherine Price, author of ‘How to Break Up With Your Phone,’ on Too Embarrassed to AskFull transcript: Catherine Price, author of ‘How to Break Up With Your Phone,’ on Too Embarrassed to Ask
Technology

Plus special guest Louie Swisher, who joined the #TooEmbarrassed team to discuss cellphone addiction.

By Recode Staff
Technology
Amazon will start selling UFC pay-per-view fightsAmazon will start selling UFC pay-per-view fights
Technology

Amazon is starting to look more and more like a cable company.

By Kurt Wagner
Politics
Why China banned a ton of wordsWhy China banned a ton of words
Politics

It’s all about President Xi Jinping’s power grab.

By Ricky Zipp
Technology
The media merger wars are on. Next up: Comcast’s bid to undercut Disney’s purchase of Fox.The media merger wars are on. Next up: Comcast’s bid to undercut Disney’s purchase of Fox.
Technology

Comcast bid $31 billion for European pay TV service Sky, besting Rupert Murdoch’s bid.

By Edmund Lee
Politics
Will a boycott hurt the NRA? Take a look at Bill O’Reilly.Will a boycott hurt the NRA? Take a look at Bill O’Reilly.
Politics

Boycotts are becoming a powerful force for social change, as the former Fox host’s dismissal shows.

By Anna North
Culture
Ryan Seacrest’s former stylist says he harassed and assaulted her over several yearsRyan Seacrest’s former stylist says he harassed and assaulted her over several years
Culture

She spoke to Variety about the allegations.

By Jen Kirby
Technology
Only two days of the entire PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics were more popular than SochiOnly two days of the entire PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics were more popular than Sochi
Technology

TV viewership altogether is down since the last winter games.

By Rani Molla
Technology
Netflix spends more on content than anyone else on the internet — and many TV networks, tooNetflix spends more on content than anyone else on the internet — and many TV networks, too
Technology

Last year it spent almost as much as Disney on non-sports programming.

By Rani Molla