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Eric Johnson

Eric Johnson

Producer, Special Projects, Kara Swisher

    Latest articles by Eric Johnson

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    Benchmark’s Scott Belsky has four magic words for entrepreneurs: ‘Do your fucking job’Benchmark’s Scott Belsky has four magic words for entrepreneurs: ‘Do your fucking job’
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    Belsky, a venture partner at Benchmark and the CPO at Adobe, talks about his book “The Messy Middle” on the latest Recode Decode.

    By Eric Johnson
    Technology
    Why Sweetgreen thinks like a tech companyWhy Sweetgreen thinks like a tech company
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    Co-founder Jonathan Neman tells Recode’s Kara Swisher the company is way bigger than a chain of salad restaurants: “We see this as building the food platform.”

    By Eric Johnson
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    How Peter Jackson’s team made World War I footage look newHow Peter Jackson’s team made World War I footage look new
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    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
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    Framebridge CEO Susan Tynan explains why it’s okay to be analog in a digital worldFramebridge CEO Susan Tynan explains why it’s okay to be analog in a digital world
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    On this episode of Recode Decode, Tynan talks about overcoming investors’ skepticism in order to start her online framing company.

    By Eric Johnson
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    The big business of being a social media starThe big business of being a social media star
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    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
    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
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    Klein says Twitter has made journalists dumber, meaner and more reactive.

    By Eric Johnson
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    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.
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    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
    Technology
    Full Q&A: Y Combinator’s Sam Altman and Recode’s Kara Swisher discuss tech ethics, addiction and FacebookFull Q&A: Y Combinator’s Sam Altman and Recode’s Kara Swisher discuss tech ethics, addiction and Facebook
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    Should Mark Zuckerberg fire himself? And other tough questions.

    By Eric Johnson
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    Full Q&A: NBC journalists Chuck Todd, Andrea Mitchell and Hallie Jackson on Recode DecodeFull Q&A: NBC journalists Chuck Todd, Andrea Mitchell and Hallie Jackson on Recode Decode
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    They talk about social media’s impact on democracy, how the media has changed under President Trump and who’s running in 2020.

    By Eric Johnson
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    Axios’ Jonathan Swan explains what the press gets wrong about the Trump administrationAxios’ Jonathan Swan explains what the press gets wrong about the Trump administration
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    People in Trump’s West Wing are not always “running around with their hair on fire,” Swan says in this conversation with the New York Times’ Maggie Haberman.

    By Eric Johnson