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Eric Johnson

Eric Johnson

Producer, Special Projects, Kara Swisher

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    Should the First Amendment apply to Facebook? It’s complicated.Should the First Amendment apply to Facebook? It’s complicated.
    Technology

    The executive director of the Knight First Amendment Institute, Jameel Jaffer, unpacks the answer on the latest Recode Decode.

    By Eric Johnson
    Technology
    Facebook’s top execs ‘make tobacco executives look like Mister Rogers’Facebook’s top execs ‘make tobacco executives look like Mister Rogers’
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    The company is under fire, again, this time for years of dirty tricks exposed by the New York Times.

    By Eric Johnson
    Technology
    Netflix will get ads, predicts The Trade Desk CEO Jeff GreenNetflix will get ads, predicts The Trade Desk CEO Jeff Green
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    Reed Hastings wants to compete with YouTube overseas, and the only way it can do that is by offering a free-with-ads option, Green says on Recode Media.

    By Eric Johnson
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    Why nonprofits should think more like tech companiesWhy nonprofits should think more like tech companies
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    “Social Startup Success” author Kathleen Kelly Janus explains on the latest episode of Recode Decode.

    By Eric Johnson
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    Former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates explains how Donald Trump is trying to corrupt the Justice DepartmentFormer Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates explains how Donald Trump is trying to corrupt the Justice Department
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    Yates talked with Recode’s Kara Swisher shortly before the midterms at the AllRaise Summit in San Francisco.

    By Eric Johnson
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    Is the Daily Beast the new Gawker?Is the Daily Beast the new Gawker?
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    The site’s new Editor in Chief Noah Shachtman wants to take “full, big, considered swings” at the targets who deserve it.

    By Eric Johnson
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    How a Democratic fundraiser taught everyone his Silicon Valley tricksHow a Democratic fundraiser taught everyone his Silicon Valley tricks
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    RevUp CEO Steve Spinner cracked the code on raising money for politicians online. And he says it’s not so different from raising money for a startup.

    By Eric Johnson
    Technology
    Amazon’s HQ2 was a con, not a contestAmazon’s HQ2 was a con, not a contest
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    On the latest episode of Pivot, Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway talk about Amazon’s two new “headquarters,” the toxic waste of social media and the mixed bag of the 2018 midterms.

    By Eric Johnson
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    John Skipper, ESPN’s former president, is back ... at a rival sports media company.John Skipper, ESPN’s former president, is back ... at a rival sports media company.
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    Skipper’s new goal is to make watching sports online a big business, starting in the U.S. with boxing.

    By Eric Johnson
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    American capitalism broke in the 1980s. Can it be fixed?American capitalism broke in the 1980s. Can it be fixed?
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    Washington Post columnist Steven Pearlstein talks about his new book, “Can American Capitalism Survive?” on Recode Decode.

    By Eric Johnson