CNN is Mark Thompson’s problem now
David Zaslav sent up the white smoke, marking the selection of a new CNN CEO. Mark Thompson comes from The New York Times and the BBC, and has his work cut out for him to dig CNN out of the hole dug b...
31 Aug 202326min
How The Try Guys survived going viral
Born at BuzzFeed in 2014, The Try Guys make online videos where they try all sorts of things: earwax extractions, baking pie without a recipe, getting kidnapped, the usual. Since then, they’ve become ...
24 Aug 202333min
Today, Explained: Sound of Freedom is the surprise movie hit of the summer
A movie made for peanuts and distributed by a studio far outside the Hollywood system has done better box office numbers than both the new Mission Impossible and Indiana Jones movies. Sound of Freedom...
17 Aug 202330min
Land of the Giants: How Tesla became the Elon Musk Co.
This week, a quick update on Disney’s deal to get into sports betting. Then, we’re bringing you an episode of The Verge’s latest season of Land of the Giants, The Tesla Shock Wave. This episode tells ...
10 Aug 202338min
Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker says tech isn’t our problem - it’s us
Black Mirror isn’t just a hit TV show: It’s a window into the not-too-distant future. Creator Charlie Brooker (@charltonbrooker) has an astonishing track record of consistently imagining what we’re ju...
3 Aug 202342min
Why Lina Khan is fighting big tech - and losing
Joe Biden wants to stop big companies - especially big tech companies - from buying or merging with other companies. FTC boss Lina Khan is supposed to be his enforcer, but… it’s not going well. In fac...
27 Juli 202329min
Strikes! AI! And a Steven Soderbergh show he’s selling himself.
This is a very good week to make a Recode Media episode: Hollywood is reeling from two different strikes. Disney CEO Bob Iger has hung a For Sale sign on parts of his company. And Steven Soderbergh ju...
20 Juli 202356min
Can Meta Make a Twitter Killer?
We’re one week into the Threads era. How long is that going to last? What does it mean for Twitter, really? And what do Threads and continued chaos at Twitter say about the future of social media? Th...
13 Juli 20231h 10min
