Did the pandemic kill the Oscars?
The Oscars are supposed to be a celebration for Hollywood, but this year it feels like a collapse: The pandemic has altered the slate of movies up for awards - and, crucially, seems to have removed mo...
22 Apr 202153min
Apple and Facebook's ambitious audio plans
Apple’s selling podcasts. Facebook wants to distribute podcasts - and take on Clubhouse, too. It’s been a busy couple days for big tech and audio, so Vox Media producer Zach Mack stopped by to talk to...
21 Apr 202123min
Substack’s next target: Local news
Substack is known for recruiting high profile writers to leave the big name publications and start their own newsletter businesses. Now it wants to recruit writers you haven’t heard of, and get them t...
15 Apr 202141min
How Hollywood and the NBA are betting on NFTs
NFT’s have been rising in popularity in recent months with franchises like the NBA partnering with Roham Gharegozlou’s Dapper Labs to create Top Shot, or UTA’s Brent Weinstein assisting entertainers t...
13 Apr 20211h 17min
WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar on a wild first year on the job
Warner Media CEO Jason Kilar started his job in the middle of a global pandemic. Things got even weirder after that. Kilar talks with Recode’s Peter Kafka about his controversial plan to stream big mo...
8 Apr 202149min
Media Merger Mania with Axios’ Dan Primack and WSJ’s Ben Mullin
Why is every digital media company talking about a SPAC? Why now? And what, exactly is a SPAC? Axios’ Dan Primack and WSJ’s Ben Mullin talk to Recode’s Peter Kafka about the wave of deal-making, what ...
1 Apr 202136min
The rise and maybe fall of YouTube star David Dobrik; inside Facebook with the Markup’s Julia Angwin
David Dobrik was one of YouTube’s biggest stars. Now his career is in peril after an expose by Business Insider’s Kat Tenbarge; she talks to Recode’s Peter Kafka to talk about her story. Then The Mark...
25 Mar 202150min
How Christina “Tinx” Najjar became a TikTok star overnight
Like many of us last year, Christina “Tinx” Najjar decided to download TikTok on a whim. Unlike many of us, she has become a TikTok star, with close to a million followers and lots of brands knocking ...
18 Mar 202148min
