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Peter Kafka

Peter Kafka

Former Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Peter Kafka

    Discovery and the Lerer family are combining in a $550 million deal
    Technology

    The TV programmer takes its cash, adds sites run and backed by Ken, Ben and Izzie Lerer and makes a new company.

    By Peter Kafka
    Amazon is taking on Spotify with streaming music services that cost less than $10 a month
    Technology

    $8 a month for Amazon Prime members, $4 a month for an Echo-only version.

    By Peter Kafka
    YouTube buys FameBit, a startup that connects YouTube stars with advertisers
    Technology

    Remember Twitter+Niche? This is like that.

    By Peter Kafka
    The presidential debates on Twitter are bigger than the NFL on Twitter
    Technology

    369,000 people tuned in on Sunday.

    By Kurt Wagner and Peter Kafka
    The second presidential debate drew a huge TV audience, but not a record-breaking one
    Technology

    66.5 million viewers.

    By Peter Kafka
    Donald Trump is ‘not unproud of’ his early morning tweetstorms
    Technology

    “It’s a very effective way of communication.”

    By Peter Kafka
    Second presidential debate 2016: How to watch and stream tonight
    Technology

    This one could be another record-breaker.

    By Peter Kafka
    We asked Reed Hastings if Disney was talking to Netflix, but he didn’t want to comment
    Technology

    Which doesn’t really mean anything, but there you go.

    By Peter Kafka
    How-to videos are an old idea. Knowsy says it has a fresh take.
    Technology

    It’s the newest company from Babble co-founder Alisa Volkman.

    By Peter Kafka
    Disney isn’t going to bid for Twitter, either
    Technology

    Which leaves Salesforce, for now.

    By Peter Kafka