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Eric Johnson

Eric Johnson

Producer, Special Projects, Kara Swisher

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    Jessica Lessin built a business to prove information doesn’t have to be freeJessica Lessin built a business to prove information doesn’t have to be free
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    “If it’s valuable to an audience, there’s a price that people should be willing to pay,” Lessin says on the latest Recode Media.

    By Eric Johnson
    Technology
    America’s immigration policies are hurting startups, Stripe CEO Patrick Collison saysAmerica’s immigration policies are hurting startups, Stripe CEO Patrick Collison says
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    Collison says the U.S. has all but destroyed the conditions that led to a flurry of innovation in Silicon Valley.

    By Eric Johnson
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    Can Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop compete with premium laptops?Can Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop compete with premium laptops?
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    Microsoft seems to be aiming at two different audiences with the high-end laptop and its Apple-y operating system, The Verge’s Dan Seifert says on Too Embarrassed to Ask.

    By Eric Johnson
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    W. Kamau Bell says almost everyone on CNN is playing a characterW. Kamau Bell says almost everyone on CNN is playing a character
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    On the latest Recode Media, Bell reveals the only person at CNN who’s the same on- and off-camera.

    By Eric Johnson
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    ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ creator Bruce Miller talks about the new rules of making TV for the internet‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ creator Bruce Miller talks about the new rules of making TV for the internet
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    On Recode Decode, Miller says the story will keep going after the plot of Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel ends.

    By Eric Johnson
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    After Sheryl Sandberg’s husband died, strangers on the internet helped her copeAfter Sheryl Sandberg’s husband died, strangers on the internet helped her cope
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    Sandberg’s husband, entrepreneur Dave Goldberg, passed away in 2015; on the latest Recode Decode, she talks about what happened next.

    By Eric Johnson
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    Why does Apple want to compete with Square and Venmo?Why does Apple want to compete with Square and Venmo?
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    Recode’s Jason Del Rey explains on the latest Too Embarrassed to Ask.

    By Eric Johnson
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    Nick Bilton says he left the New York Times because he ‘wanted to be more challenged’Nick Bilton says he left the New York Times because he ‘wanted to be more challenged’
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    Bilton, now a writer for Vanity Fair and the author of “American Kingpin,” says the Times “wasn’t challenging anymore.”

    By Eric Johnson
    Technology
    FCC Chairman Ajit Pai calls for a ‘lighter touch’ to internet regulationFCC Chairman Ajit Pai calls for a ‘lighter touch’ to internet regulation
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    Pai spoke with Recode’s Tony Romm on this bonus episode of Recode Decode.

    By Eric Johnson
    Technology
    How ‘American Kingpin’ author Nick Bilton tracked the Silk Road drug boss across the webHow ‘American Kingpin’ author Nick Bilton tracked the Silk Road drug boss across the web
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    Bilton used digital forensics to recreate huge chunks of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht’s life.

    By Eric Johnson

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