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Media Archive

Archives for July 2018

Politics
Elon Musk and the Thai cave rescue: a tale of good intentions and bad tweetsElon Musk and the Thai cave rescue: a tale of good intentions and bad tweets
Politics

He’s now apologized for calling one of the rescuers a “pedo.”

By Li Zhou
Technology
Here’s why Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t think Infowars should be bannedHere’s why Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t think Infowars should be banned
Technology

Facebook prefers to slow the spread of conspiracy theories. That’s better than outright banning them, said the social media kingpin.

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
Why “fake news” is an antitrust problemWhy “fake news” is an antitrust problem
Technology

Tech companies aren’t raising prices. But they’re still monopolies.

By Sean Illing
Politics
Trump’s allies in Congress are blaming the press for Trump’s performance in HelsinkiTrump’s allies in Congress are blaming the press for Trump’s performance in Helsinki
Politics

Conservatives didn’t like that reporters asked Trump about Russian election meddling.

By Tara Golshan
Media
Sinclair’s plan to take over local news just hit an unexpected roadblock: Trump’s FCCSinclair’s plan to take over local news just hit an unexpected roadblock: Trump’s FCC
Media

The stars were aligned for Sinclair — and they seem to have botched it.

By Alvin Chang
Technology
Podcaster Manoush Zomorodi explains blockchain and how it might fix the mediaPodcaster Manoush Zomorodi explains blockchain and how it might fix the media
Technology

Even though her new media company will be funded partially through Civil Coin currency, it’s really more about bringing good journalism to the world.

By Recode Staff
Technology
Netflix’s stock crash won’t make the Big Media moguls feel any betterNetflix’s stock crash won’t make the Big Media moguls feel any better
Technology

Netflix lost more than $25 billion in value today. But that doesn’t solve any problems for the traditional media companies.

By Peter Kafka
Politics
Anderson Cooper calls Trump’s Helsinki performance “disgraceful”Anderson Cooper calls Trump’s Helsinki performance “disgraceful”
Play
Politics

Cooper did not mince words.

By Ella Nilsen
Technology
How social media bots could tank your stock priceHow social media bots could tank your stock price
Technology

Josh Ginsberg, the CEO of media intelligence company Zignal Labs, says his company has been seeing “massive amounts of bot activity” lately.

By Eric Johnson
Technology
Journalist and author Annie Lowrey wants you to understand that universal basic income isn’t crazyJournalist and author Annie Lowrey wants you to understand that universal basic income isn’t crazy
Technology

“The problem with poor folks is that they don’t have enough money.” So let’s give them some.

By Recode Staff
The Big Idea
The case for not publishing hacked emailsThe case for not publishing hacked emails
The Big Idea

Russia is poised to hack again. Here’s how the media should respond.

By Nathaniel Zelinsky
Politics
Trump ignored CNN to take a Fox News question. Fox went along with it.Trump ignored CNN to take a Fox News question. Fox went along with it.
Politics

Press corps members used to stand up for each other. Today, it’s every network for itself.

By Jennie Neufeld
Technology
Instagram star Omar Raja was feeling burnt out ... until Kobe Bryant gave him a pep talkInstagram star Omar Raja was feeling burnt out ... until Kobe Bryant gave him a pep talk
Technology

Raja, the creator of the 10-million-follower Instagram account House of Highlights, hasn’t taken a day off in four years.

By Eric Johnson
Technology
Why ‘Star Wars’ is like a social network, and other insights from Eugene Wei on Recode MediaWhy ‘Star Wars’ is like a social network, and other insights from Eugene Wei on Recode Media
Technology

Wei worked at Amazon and Oculus, among others, but now he’s a “thinkfluencer.”

By Recode Staff
Explainers
The controversy around Darla Shine, wife of the White House communications chief, explainedThe controversy around Darla Shine, wife of the White House communications chief, explained
Explainers

Darla Shine sends racist tweets, says sexist things, and believes in conspiracy theories about sunblock.

By Jen Kirby