Why is Amazon buying MGM?
The Information’s Jessica Toonkel joins Recode’s Peter Kafka to discuss Amazon’s (planned) $8.5 billion acquisition of MGM. It’s the first time a big tech company has ever bought a big media asset. Bu...
27 Touko 202144min
Jim Miller on HBO’s new home; Alan Yang on a very different season of “Master of None”
Jim Miller was finishing up a book about HBO and then… the story changed. He talks to Recode’s Peter Kafka about what may change now that AT&T is handing the service - along with the rest of WarnerMed...
20 Touko 202142min
Why did AT&T just bail on WarnerMedia? And what happens next?
AT&T bought WarnerMedia three years ago for more than $100 billion, so it could chase after Netflix. Now it’s getting out of streaming, and every other part of the media business. What happened? And w...
17 Touko 202129min
Antonio García Martínez's controversial exit from Apple
Antonio García Martínez used to work at Facebook, and wrote a book about it. In April, he started working at Apple, and weeks later he was gone, after Apple employees revolted. Martinez talks to Recod...
15 Touko 202123min
Live music is back! Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino can't wait
The concert business has been shut down for a year, which means that Live Nation, the world’s dominant concert promoter and ticket seller, has been shut down, too. CEO Michael Rapino sits down with Re...
13 Touko 202143min
The Jeff Bezos Empire with Brad Stone & Jason Del Rey
Bloomberg's Brad Stone and Recode's Jason Del Rey report on all things Amazon and Jeff Bezos. They discuss how Bezos built his global empire and Stone's new book 'Amazon Unbound.' Featuring: Brad Sto...
11 Touko 20211h 3min
Apple vs Epic with John Gruber; Truth, Doubt and History with Jill Lepore
The antitrust trial between Apple and Fortnite’s parent company Epic Games is underway, so Apple observer John Gruber talks about Apple’s App Store problem with Recode’s Peter Kafka. Then, historian J...
6 Touko 20211h
AMC Networks can’t compete with Netflix. CEO Josh Sapan is fine with that.
AMC Networks CEO Josh Sapan checks in with Recode’s Peter Kafka to talk about his company’s pivot from TV to streaming, and what it’s like to be a smaller fish in the video pond. Featuring: Josh Sapa...
29 Huhti 202139min
