Dating App Wars | Lighting Up Match.com | 1
Business Wars22 Jul 2020

Dating App Wars | Lighting Up Match.com | 1

It’s 1995, and computer dating is in its infancy. Most people think it’s a dark, sleazy world for desperate losers and horny perverts. But that’s all about to change. Pioneer site Match.com paves the way for cyber dating to move toward mainstream culture, but—in an era when few people even use a computer—it’s going to be a serious struggle.

And as the dating market blossoms, burgeoning companies will stop at nothing to get the coveted edge, fighting for hip cache, consumer convenience and tech advances. It’s a tough business, but all’s fair in online love and war.

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Hearst vs Pulitzer - Interview with Gabriel Kahn | 7

Hearst vs Pulitzer - Interview with Gabriel Kahn | 7

Joining us today is Gabriel Kahn, a professor of journalism at the University of Southern California. He’s a former Los Angeles bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal and a frequent commentator on m...

28 Jun 201824min

Hearst vs Pulitzer - Days of Atonement | 6

Hearst vs Pulitzer - Days of Atonement | 6

By 1900, the days of yellow journalism were already fading, and both William Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer were searching for a new direction even as their newspapers diverged.Hearst tries for a politica...

26 Jun 201824min

Hearst vs Pulitzer - Newsies | 5

Hearst vs Pulitzer - Newsies | 5

A close up look at a crisis of their own making. One that nearly cost Hearst and Pulitzer their grip on the country’s first media empires. Instead of pitting them against each other, the crisis would ...

21 Jun 201820min

Hearst vs Pulitzer - War Drums | 4

Hearst vs Pulitzer - War Drums | 4

What happens when there’s no news? You have to MAKE the news.When Hearst heard from his top reporter that the Spanish-Cuban tension wasn’t looking like anything would happen, Hearst wasn’t just going ...

19 Jun 201825min

Hearst vs Pulitzer - The Price of News | 3

Hearst vs Pulitzer - The Price of News | 3

In 1883, 15 years before the Headless Torso Murder, New York City's population was rapidly growing and the newspaper scene was pretty sleepy. The city's nearly 50 daily papers, even the small New York...

14 Jun 201821min

Hearst vs Pulitzer - The Headless Torso, Part 2 | 2

Hearst vs Pulitzer - The Headless Torso, Part 2 | 2

In 1897, America looked very different. Carriages rolled through the streets of New York. Mass media was just growing up, and Hearst was convinced that carrier pigeons - hunted to extinction by 1914 -...

12 Jun 201822min

Hearst vs Pulitzer - The Headless Torso, Part 1 | 1

Hearst vs Pulitzer - The Headless Torso, Part 1 | 1

This is the beginning of a mystery, a great business rivalry, and a look into American history. To tell the story of Hearst vs Pulitzer, we called our friend Lindsay Graham over at American History Te...

7 Jun 201824min

Gregor Mendel vs the World - American Innovations | 1

Gregor Mendel vs the World - American Innovations | 1

Host David Brown interviews Steven Johnson, the host of the new podcast American Innovations.Support us by supporting our sponsors!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privac...

10 Mai 201835min

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