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Kara Swisher is hosting a live podcast taping with 'Veep' cast members at SXSW

by Meghann Farnsworth

Swisher will be inducted into the SXSW Hall of Fame and will feature at a number of live events in Austin.

Mashable’s new editor, Jessica Coen, wants her writers thinking like Gawker

by Eric Johnson

Coen, who spent two years at Gawker.com and five at Jezebel, is focusing Mashable on the stories it can tell best.

Full transcript: Journalist Gabriel Snyder on Recode Media

by Recode Staff

He penned a Wired cover story on New York Times heir A.G. Sulzberger.

Adapting popular books is harder than it looks, screenwriter Scott Frank says

by Eric Johnson

Frank, best known for adapting “Get Shorty,” is also proud of his other Elmore Leonard script, “Out of Sight.”

‘Logan’ is a superhero movie for people who don’t like superhero movies

by Eric Johnson

A group that includes the guy who wrote “Logan,” Scott Frank.

The New York Times wants to save itself by becoming like Netflix

by Eric Johnson

Wired contributor Gabriel Snyder says it’s all about one big subscription now.

Full transcript: ‘Hit Makers’ author Derek Thompson on Recode Media

by Recode Staff

The science of popularity.

Here’s the secret to making things popular (hint: It’s not ‘going viral’)

by Eric Johnson

In his new book, “Hit Makers,” Atlantic Senior Editor Derek Thompson challenges common misconceptions like “content is king.”

Full transcript: Business Insider CEO and Editor in Chief Henry Blodget on Recode Media

by Recode Staff

“It’s been a very challenging year for the [media] industry,” to say the least.

Full transcript: New York University journalism professor Jay Rosen

by Recode Staff

Right-wing radio has “taught our audiences that there is no such thing as a fact-check.”

Full transcript: LinkedIn Executive Editor Daniel Roth on Recode Media

by Recode Staff

He revisits his 2004 profile of Donald Trump.

Why Henry Blodget isn’t angry at the man who ruined his life

by Eric Johnson

Former New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer cost Blodget millions of dollars, but “life is long,” the Business Insider CEO says.

Candidate Trump was smart. President Trump is pushing ‘anti-American’ policies, Business Insider CEO Henry Blodget says.

by Eric Johnson

Blodget says that, unlike some journalists, he took Trump seriously from Day One.

The future of advertising is ‘fewer, better ads’

by Eric Johnson

“By giving away stuff for free for so long, we’ve created an ad economy that is bigger than it should be,” Deep Focus CEO Ian Schafer says.

Full transcript: Former New York Times Public Editor Margaret Sullivan on Recode Media

by Recode Staff

Now a Washington Post columnist, Sullivan talks about journalism in the Trump era.

Full transcript: Rooster Teeth’s co-founder Michael “Burnie” Burns on Recode Media

by Recode Staff

The video producer’s 45 different shows have a total of about 28 million subscribers and six billion views.

Journalists should stop interviewing Kellyanne Conway

by Eric Johnson

Donald Trump's TV-friendly spokesperson just makes everything more confusing, journalism professor Jay Rosen says.

How the press can save itself in the age of Trump

by Eric Johnson

Journalism professor Jay Rosen offers some suggestions for journalists under siege on Recode Media.

Full transcript: Freakonomics co-founder Stephen Dubner on Recode Media

by Recode Staff

“Freakonomics is a kind of world view that tries to use data, empiricism, common sense and psychological insight to understand and explain the way the world actually works.”

Fox’s digital ad boss wants you to use an ad blocker

by Eric Johnson

Digital ads suck, and they broke the internet, digital ad exec Joe Marchese says on Recode Media.

Full transcript: New York Observer Editor in Chief Ken Kurson on Recode Media

by Recode Staff

“People think, ‘Working for Jared Kushner, you have to vote for Trump.’ That’s not true at all.”

Full transcript: Music industry expert Bob Lefsetz on the virtues of giving away content

by Recode Staff

“Content isn’t king. Distribution is king,” he told Peter Kafka on the Recode Media podcast.

Author James Altucher wants you to stop reading the news and ditch college

by Eric Johnson

Your awareness of and opinions about Donald Trump don’t actually matter, Altucher says on Recode Media.

James Altucher is so good at failing, he made $11 million last year

by Eric Johnson

How to build a one-man media business: Lose your family, your house and your business — twice — and tell people about it.

Why is there no fake news on LinkedIn? Listen to its editor explain.

by Eric Johnson

The difference between LinkedIn and Facebook is the difference between your office and your home, Daniel Roth says.

Kara Swisher: In 2017, journalists ‘have to be tougher on everybody’

by Eric Johnson

“We allow them to lie, we allow them to say things that are false, we don’t question things as much as we should.”

Why Margaret Sullivan left the public editor job at the New York Times

by Eric Johnson

"You need to be an outsider" to report on the Times, Sullivan says on the latest Recode Media.

Trump will ‘throw a big hand grenade’ at political journalism, says the Washington Post’s Margaret Sullivan

by Eric Johnson

The former New York Times public editor says the president-elect will lead to “a new kind of journalistic inquiry.”

Why Gamergate in 2014 was a warm-up to Trump’s 2016

by Eric Johnson

Video game fans got a sneak peek at post-factual politics, Rooster Teeth co-founder Burnie Burns says.

Meet the guy who figured out how to make money from web video before YouTube did

by Eric Johnson

Rooster Teeth co-founder Burnie Burns discusses “Red vs. Blue” and making fun of Apple on the latest Recode Media.

Trump voters were motivated by economic worries, says ‘Freakonomics’ co-author Stephen Dubner

by Eric Johnson

Racism and xenophobia are only the symptoms of that anxiety, he says.

Post-election ‘terror and hysteria’ over Trump is not justified, says Observer editor Ken Kurson

by Eric Johnson

Kurson says he’s proud to have voted for Donald Trump, and to work for his son-in-law, Observer publisher Jared Kushner.

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