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Media Archive

Archives for September 2018

Technology
Teens are hooked on social media. But how does it make them feel about themselves?Teens are hooked on social media. But how does it make them feel about themselves?
Technology

They’re well aware of its issues.

By Rani Molla
Technology
‘The NFL is like a drug lord and football is like crack,’ says ‘Big Game’ author Mark Leibovich‘The NFL is like a drug lord and football is like crack,’ says ‘Big Game’ author Mark Leibovich
Technology

America’s favorite sport has lots of problems, yes. But it’s not going away anytime soon, Leibovich predicts.

By Eric Johnson
Media
Les Moonves is out at CBS as more sexual misconduct allegations surfaceLes Moonves is out at CBS as more sexual misconduct allegations surface
Media

It’s been six weeks since the New Yorker’s Ronan Farrow published the first allegations against the executive.

By Emily Stewart
Technology
Apple is talking to big newspapers about joining its subscription serviceApple is talking to big newspapers about joining its subscription service
Technology

Last March, Apple bought Texture, a digital magazine service. Now it wants the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal to join up.

By Peter Kafka
Technology
Tim Armstrong is headed out of Verizon. What happens to the $9 billion content company he is leaving behind?Tim Armstrong is headed out of Verizon. What happens to the $9 billion content company he is leaving behind?
Technology

For a couple years, Verizon looked like it had big media ambitions. Now ...

By Peter Kafka
Photojournalism needs to face its #MeToo moment
Features

Amid harassment allegations, a legendary photographer just resigned from a prestigious, and troubled, agency. But the industry’s reckoning is woefully incomplete.

By Kainaz Amaria
Culture
How hysteria over Twitter shadow-banning led to a bizarre congressional hearingHow hysteria over Twitter shadow-banning led to a bizarre congressional hearing
Culture

Jack Dorsey’s day on Capitol Hill was a waste of everyone’s time.

By Aja Romano
Technology
Social media makes us angry and unfocused. Is email the answer?Social media makes us angry and unfocused. Is email the answer?
Technology

Subtack CEO Chris Best makes the case for electronic mail on the latest episode of Recode Media.

By Eric Johnson
Technology
Hollywood trade TheWrap is adding a subscription business by buying a subscription businessHollywood trade TheWrap is adding a subscription business by buying a subscription business
Technology

Sharon Waxman’s free site has bought Jocelyn Johnson’s VideoInk.

By Peter Kafka
Technology
Jack Dorsey survived his grueling day in D.C.Jack Dorsey survived his grueling day in D.C.
Technology

A capsule review of tech’s visit to Washington: The Senate seemed serious, the House did not, and Republicans aren’t done complaining about bias.

By Peter Kafka
Technology
More than a quarter of Americans say they’ve deleted the Facebook app from their phonesMore than a quarter of Americans say they’ve deleted the Facebook app from their phones
Technology

Almost half of 18- to 29-year-olds claim to have joined the #DeleteFacebook movement.

By Rani Molla
Explainers
The New York Times’s Trump-bashing op-ed from a senior Trump official, explainedThe New York Times’s Trump-bashing op-ed from a senior Trump official, explained
Explainers

A “senior official in the Trump administration” claims that even Cabinet members think the president is reckless and amoral.

By Dara Lind
Explainers
The Salena Zito controversy, explainedThe Salena Zito controversy, explained
Explainers

A chronicler of heartland Trump voters stands accused of shoddy journalism.

By Dylan Matthews
Explainers
Ronan Farrow, NBC News, and how the network missed the Harvey Weinstein story, explainedRonan Farrow, NBC News, and how the network missed the Harvey Weinstein story, explained
Explainers

Farrow and NBC have different versions of how the network missed the blockbuster story that helped kick-start the #MeToo movement.

By Emily Stewart
Politics
The Steve Bannon-New Yorker controversy, explainedThe Steve Bannon-New Yorker controversy, explained
Politics

Bannon was invited to appear at the New Yorker Festival — and very quickly disinvited.

By Zack Beauchamp