Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales: "I have this crazy idea that people will pay for free news"

Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales: "I have this crazy idea that people will pay for free news"

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, to talk about his plan to save the news industry with his latest startup Wikitribune (3:15), what’s wrong with ad-driven media (4:35), crowdsourcing journalism (6:35), charity as a business model (11:20), why a pay wall won’t work (13:05), ‘disrupting’ the encyclopedia (14:50), growing up in an entrepreneurial family (16:30), why Wikipedia’s predecessor failed (19:30), not being a billionaire (24:40), being a pathological optimist (26:10), how blockchain could change everything (28:40), why it won’t work for Wikipedia (30:25), living in London (31:25) and why Brexit is the “dumbest thing ever” (32:35).

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Uber's Frances Frei: "Culture can kill a company, full stop"

Uber's Frances Frei: "Culture can kill a company, full stop"

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Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer: "Make Data Great Again"

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer: "Make Data Great Again"

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Steve Ballmer, former Microsoft CEO and one of the world’s richest men, to talk about retiring with a $33bn fortune (1:55), launching his n...

2 Sep 201733min

Marc Andreessen: "Darwin has kicked in"

Marc Andreessen: "Darwin has kicked in"

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Marc Andreessen, founder of Internet pioneer Netscape and venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, to talk about the early days of the Int...

26 Aug 201747min

SPECIAL: inside Silicon Valley's quest to defeat ageing

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The Sunday Times' tech correspondent Danny Fortson talks to the scientists and executives pledging to redefine life as we know it about why we may be finally on the cusp of an age revolution (2:00), t...

19 Aug 201744min

Boxed.com's Chieh Huang: “1999 called, they want their business model back”

Boxed.com's Chieh Huang: “1999 called, they want their business model back”

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12 Aug 201741min

Ring CEO Jamie Siminoff: "You just bankrupted the company."

Ring CEO Jamie Siminoff: "You just bankrupted the company."

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Jamie Siminoff, founder of Ring, the video doorbell company, to talk about about getting rejected on national television (2:00), turning fa...

5 Aug 201743min

Pullstring CEO Oren Jacob: “Alexa, order me 100 gallons of chocolate ice cream”

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The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Oren Jacob, former CTO of film studio Pixar and founder of computer conversation startup Pullstring to talk about the new age of voice tech...

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Headspace CEO Rich Pierson: ”This is my business partner, the ex-Buddhist monk.”

Headspace CEO Rich Pierson: ”This is my business partner, the ex-Buddhist monk.”

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Rich Pierson, co-founder of Headspace, the popular meditation app, to talk about how it started in London nine years ago (6:30), meeting hi...

22 Juli 201736min

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