YouTube fights TikTok with cash
YouTube wants a piece of that sweet TikTok action, so it’s getting out the checkbook. The most popular creators on YouTube’s TikTok clone — that’s YouTube Shorts, officially — will get a cut that come...
21 Sep 202230min
José Andrés has a full plate, but he's adding more
Chef José Andrés may very well be The Best Person. His nonprofit, World Central Kitchen, activates local restaurants to provide meals to people in crisis areas. He’s the man behind acclaimed restauran...
15 Sep 202229min
The inside story of YouTube
Despite YouTube’s massive influence, it's been chronically underreported on. But finally, Bloomberg’s Mark Bergen wrote the comprehensive, soup-to-nuts history of the site. His new book is called "Lik...
8 Sep 202250min
Why the Good Fight creators are glad they moved from CBS to streaming
Like other big deal TV creators, Robert and Michelle King are thriving in the streaming era. The duo behind the long-running CBS show The Good Wife is making two shows for Paramount+, with more on the...
1 Sep 202236min
Algorithms that give you anxiety and a Web3 project that doesn't suck.
Kyle Chayka writes about tech and internet culture for the New Yorker; he’s also the co-founder of Dirt, a newsletter — powered in part by crypto — about… tech and internet culture. He talks to Recode...
25 Aug 202235min
Home Box Office of the Dragon
In 2011, HBO changed the prestige television landscape with its expensive, ultra-violent, sex-filled fantasy epic Game of Thrones. Three years after that show’s divisive ending, HBO's hoping the world...
18 Aug 202230min
Why the Democrats finally got on TikTok
Democrats have a complicated relationship with social media - sometimes they think it’s a huge help; other times, not so much. Which is why it’s interesting to hear from Nell Thomas, the chief technol...
11 Aug 202241min
Land of the Giants: Why Instagram Broke Its Square
This week, we bring you an episode of Recode and The Verge’s latest season of Land of the Giants: The Facebook / Meta Disruption. To check out the first two episodes, subscribe wherever you subscribe ...
4 Aug 202237min
