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Joe Brown

Joe Brown

Deputy Managing Editor, Features and Curated Content at Recode

A writer and editor with more than 30 years of experience in print and electronic media, Joe Brown worked for much of that time at the Washington Post and San Francisco Chronicle newspapers, before taking a gamble and moving to Las Vegas to work at the Las Vegas Sun newspaper and Las Vegas Weekly magazine.

Now based in Pasadena, Joe’s primary areas of interest include arts and entertainment, lifestyle issues, media and gadgets.

Latest articles by Joe Brown

Doug Mack and Fanatics have created a new breed of retailer
The Recode 100

Mack is No. 84 on the Recode 100.

By Joe Brown
Jonathan Greenblatt is the man trying to shut down extremists online
The Recode 100

Greenblatt is No. 77 on the Recode 100.

By Joe Brown
Jordan Peele wrote and directed the year’s most-surprising, best-reviewed movie
The Recode 100

Peele is No. 60 on the Recode 100.

By Joe Brown
Ezra Levin and Leah Greenberg wrote a viral guidebook to resisting the Trump agenda
The Recode 100

Levin and Greenberg are No. 56 on the Recode 100.

By Joe Brown
Salesforce’s Marc Benioff is raising the bar as a woke CEO
The Recode 100

Benioff is No. 53 on the Recode 100.

By Joe Brown
Donald Glover is an Emmy-winning actor-writer-producer-director-rapper-stand-up comic — and now movie star
The Recode 100

Glover is No. 43 on the Recode 100.

By Joe Brown
Technology
Recode Daily: SoftBank is raising another giant Silicon Valley fundRecode Daily: SoftBank is raising another giant Silicon Valley fund
Technology

Plus, #MeToo reveals a painful truth, Facebook buys a teen texting app instead of just copying it, and pro-level doodling.

By Joe Brown
Technology
Recode Daily: Trump takes on Dreamers, Reid Hoffman takes on TrumpRecode Daily: Trump takes on Dreamers, Reid Hoffman takes on Trump
Technology

Plus, Facebook is ready to spend on must-see sports, Roku files for an IPO, and drones help out, post-Harvey.

By Joe Brown
Technology
Recode Daily: Uber meets its new CEO at an all-smiles, all-selfies all-handsRecode Daily: Uber meets its new CEO at an all-smiles, all-selfies all-hands
Technology

Plus, Apple waves good-bye to home, Amazon and Microsoft let Alexa and Cortana play together, and Silicon Valley grows its own diamonds.

By Joe Brown
Technology
Recode Daily: After North Korea launched an ICBM, the U.S. and South Korea flexed their missilesRecode Daily: After North Korea launched an ICBM, the U.S. and South Korea flexed their missiles
Technology

Plus, more departures at 500 Startups, and what if Apple’s mothership landed across the street from you?

By Joe Brown