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A thrilling, blood-curdling allegory about a self-destructing America.

The Facebook CEO floated a “news tab to surface more high-quality news,” and said he’s willing to write checks to support it.

Fishman is betting that young women who used to watch the CW or MTV will demand those sorts of shows from YouTube, too.

More digital media mergers: Josh Topolsky is going to work for Bryan Goldberg.

Rameswaram talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about the growth of podcasting, the trendiness of daily news explainer shows like the one he hosts and what’s next for the medium.

Oprah? Sure. Reese, Jen, and Steven, too. But Apple’s preview raises more questions than it answers.

Many Republicans want to move on. But a faction is talking more investigations (and prison time) for Democrats.

They want you to believe it began with the Steele dossier. It didn’t.

A media scholar on the dangerous evolution of Fox News.

Apple’s TV plans, explained. (Spoiler: Apple isn’t taking on Netflix yet.)

Jacob Weisberg and Bethany McLean from Pushkin Industries and Marshall Williams from Ad Results Advertising discuss the booming audio biz on the latest Recode Media.

The difference between a freelancer, independent contractor, and employee, explained.

Media Matters researcher Madeline Peltz on what the Bubba tapes taught her about Fox News’s embattled primetime host.

On the latest Recode Media, Stelter says that if viewers think someone is being covered unfairly in the 2020 campaign, they should write an email.

In other news: Turns out Netflix is not a tech company, Hastings says.

Warner Bros boss Kevin Tsujihara is out after a casting-couch scandal. He’s the last man in a top position at Time Warner to leave the company.

Trump isn’t happy about it.

Klobuchar spoke with Recode’s Kara Swisher on the latest episode of Recode Decode.

For actors in ads, relatability is everything. And that’s why you see the same faces again and again.

Gibney spoke with Recode’s Peter Kafka on the latest episode of Recode Media.

This Florida shock DJ has played an outsize role in several major media scandals.

Another major advertiser cut ties with Tucker after offensive tapes emerged — but Fox News is standing behind him.

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

Jeanine Pirro said a Muslim serving in Congress “is antithetical to the Constitution” — and things somehow got worse from there.

Wojcicki spoke with Recode’s Kara Swisher at the Lesbians Who Tech summit in San Francisco.

A new report in the New Yorker contains explosive details about the relationship between Fox News and President Trump.

Swisher and Kafka will be live podcasting from Vox Media’s Deep End and the SXSW official stage.

Mayer recently published a bombshell investigation into the links between Fox News and the Trump White House. When she heard about the alleged incident, she says, “my jaw dropped.”

Don’t listen to the conventional wisdom about relying on Instagram or Snapchat, Porter says — just go where your audience is.

Powell Jobs founded the Emerson Collective, which owns Pop-Up Magazine and has a majority stake in the Atlantic.

Without the “Fox effect,” neither Bush nor Trump could have won.

“I want that deal blocked!”

In an exchange about the price of rude emails, Stephens confirms retaliation is real.

Chavern’s organization advocates on behalf of 2,000 print and online media outlets.

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

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

J2 Global owns a portfolio of media and internet service companies that includes PCMag, Mashable, and Speedtest by Ookla.

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