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Peter Kafka

Peter Kafka

Former Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Peter Kafka

    Technology
    Two of Mark Zuckerberg’s most important executives are leaving Facebook, less than a year after he shuffled their rolesTwo of Mark Zuckerberg’s most important executives are leaving Facebook, less than a year after he shuffled their roles
    Technology

    Chris Cox, Facebook’s powerful product boss is out. So is WhatsApp boss Chris Daniels.

    By Peter Kafka
    Technology
    Spotify is asking European regulators to help it fight Apple — just before Apple launches a big new subscription serviceSpotify is asking European regulators to help it fight Apple — just before Apple launches a big new subscription service
    Technology

    Spotify has complained about Apple for years. Now it has filed a formal complaint with the EU.

    By Peter Kafka
    Technology
    Trump reportedly tried to order a lawsuit to block the AT&T/Time Warner mergerTrump reportedly tried to order a lawsuit to block the AT&T/Time Warner merger
    Technology

    “I want that deal blocked!”

    By Peter Kafka
    Technology
    AT&T’s WarnerMedia shake-up tells you how it views the future of mediaAT&T’s WarnerMedia shake-up tells you how it views the future of media
    Technology

    HBO’s famous boss is going because the TV business is changing. Warner Bros.’ boss is staying because the movies aren’t going anywhere.

    By Peter Kafka
    Technology
    Spotify and Warner Music are fighting, so Spotify users in India can’t listen to Cardi B or Ed SheeranSpotify and Warner Music are fighting, so Spotify users in India can’t listen to Cardi B or Ed Sheeran
    Technology

    Big Tech and Big Music are used to being frenemies. Now things are getting feistier.

    By Peter Kafka
    Technology
    The AT&T-TimeWarner deal has been blessed by the courts — againThe AT&T-TimeWarner deal has been blessed by the courts — again
    Technology

    AT&T now has full control of the giant entertainment company and is going to start moving pieces around.

    By Peter Kafka
    Technology
    The man who co-founded Bleacher Report is leaving the sports siteThe man who co-founded Bleacher Report is leaving the sports site
    Technology

    One of the world’s most popular sports properties is getting a new boss.

    By Peter Kafka
    Technology
    How long before big media companies become big sports-gambling companies?How long before big media companies become big sports-gambling companies?
    Technology

    Sooner than you think. But AT&T, which owns HBO, TNT, and CNN, says they won’t be taking your bets.

    By Peter Kafka
    Technology
    The logic behind Apple’s give-us-half-your-revenue pitch to news publishersThe logic behind Apple’s give-us-half-your-revenue pitch to news publishers
    Technology

    Magazine publishers are on board with Apple’s new subscription news service. Newspapers aren’t.

    By Peter Kafka
    Technology
    The alternative to your dying local paper is written by one person, a robot, and youThe alternative to your dying local paper is written by one person, a robot, and you
    Technology

    Patch is reemerging as local newspapers decline.

    By Peter Kafka