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Media Archive

Archives for June 2018

Technology
AT&T can buy Time Warner. What does that mean for everyone else?AT&T can buy Time Warner. What does that mean for everyone else?
Technology

“This is going to reshape the media world,” Recode’s Peter Kafka says.

By Eric Johnson
Explainers
Why we pretend to know things, explained by a cognitive scientistWhy we pretend to know things, explained by a cognitive scientist
Explainers

New research explains why we pretend to know more than we do.

By Sean Illing
Technology
Full transcript: Vox Editor at Large Ezra Klein on Recode MediaFull transcript: Vox Editor at Large Ezra Klein on Recode Media
Technology

He explains Vox’s new Netflix show, “Explained.”

By Recode Staff
Culture
Why Tiffany Haddish’s “someone bit Beyoncé” story is so enthrallingWhy Tiffany Haddish’s “someone bit Beyoncé” story is so enthralling
Culture

Besides the obvious.

By Constance Grady
Technology
Snapchat is finally opening its app to developers — and has clearly learned from Facebook’s mistakesSnapchat is finally opening its app to developers — and has clearly learned from Facebook’s mistakes
Technology

Snap is launching APIs, but won’t share much user data with developers.

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
Gimlet’s Alex Blumberg and Matt Lieber started with a podcast about the trials of entrepreneurship. They’re still learning how hard that life can be.Gimlet’s Alex Blumberg and Matt Lieber started with a podcast about the trials of entrepreneurship. They’re still learning how hard that life can be.
Technology

When you run a startup, “it feels like everything is about to break,” co-founder Lieber says.

By Eric Johnson
Technology
Disney and Comcast are willing to walk away from Rupert Murdoch’s local sports networksDisney and Comcast are willing to walk away from Rupert Murdoch’s local sports networks
Technology

If regulators insist. Which might not be a terrible thing.

By Peter Kafka
Technology
Comcast has formally announced its plan to make Rupert Murdoch even wealthierComcast has formally announced its plan to make Rupert Murdoch even wealthier
Technology

Comcast’s new $65 billion bid for some of 21st Century Fox will force Disney to raise its own bid.

By Peter Kafka
Technology
Watch Fortnite take over the live video game marketWatch Fortnite take over the live video game market
Technology

And it’s not even on Android yet.

By Rani Molla
Technology
Twitter stock is at a three-year high. What is going on?Twitter stock is at a three-year high. What is going on?
Technology

Unlike years past, people aren’t just buying Twitter because they think the company will be acquired.

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
Full transcript: Corey Pein, author of ‘Live Work Work Work Die,’ on Recode DecodeFull transcript: Corey Pein, author of ‘Live Work Work Work Die,’ on Recode Decode
Technology

“I think as Americans we’re raised to believe that hard work and a good idea will lead to success and riches, and that’s simply not true.”

By Recode Staff
Technology
AT&T can buy Time Warner, and everyone else can buy everything elseAT&T can buy Time Warner, and everyone else can buy everything else
Technology

No conditions, no restraints. A victory for mergermania, and a loss for the Trump administration.

By Peter Kafka
Technology
Full transcript: YouTube Music head Lyor Cohen on Recode MediaFull transcript: YouTube Music head Lyor Cohen on Recode Media
Technology

As a record exec, Cohen used to be a bit anti-YouTube. Now he’s soaking in it.

By Recode Staff
Technology
The media landscape is in for a seismic change, no matter what happens to AT&T and Time WarnerThe media landscape is in for a seismic change, no matter what happens to AT&T and Time Warner
Technology

Even if a judge rules that the pipe guys can’t buy, the media guys want to sell.

By Peter Kafka
Technology
Full video and transcript: Momofuku chef David Chang at Code 2018Full video and transcript: Momofuku chef David Chang at Code 2018
Play
Technology

“How do you balance out what’s essentially still blue-collar labor — which is cooking — which is now glamorized to the point where it now has white-collar values?”

By Recode Staff