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Peter Kafka
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Talked to former Republican strategist Sarah Longwell about supercharging The Bulwark by turning on the laptop cameras.

+ why Gavin Newsom's fake Trump is less effective than JD Vance's fake Trump.

Exceprts; www.businessinsider.com/bulwark-sara...

Full chat: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
November 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
pkafka.bsky.social
Mark Thompson used to be Bari Weiss' boss's boss at the NYT. Now he runs CNN.
www.businessinsider.com/cnn-ceo-mark...
October 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Up until the last year I was really skeptical that left-leaning folks would vote with their credit cards. But first Wapo, now Disney are changing my mind.

www.businessinsider.com/disney-hulu-...
October 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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What happens when you're in a bubble but it doesn't feel like a bubble. Or at least like other bubbles. www.businessinsider.com/ai-bubble-cu...
October 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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One upside of the Kimmel story is that it gives us another chance to remember that Trump is still suing Gannett and Ann Selzer over a poll he didn't like.

Unlike Paramount and Disney, Gannett and Selzer are still fighting the suit.

www.businessinsider.com/trump-kimmel...
September 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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That was 2019. Never occurred to me I'd be writing this in 2025 www.businessinsider.com/jimmy-kimmel...
September 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
pkafka.bsky.social
Blockbuster Trump NYT lawsuit definitively proves that Trump was in TV shows and movies before becoming president.
September 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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During Trump 1.0 there was a lot of talk about reforming Big Tech, and that talk continued under Biden. But all that's over now.

www.businessinsider.com/google-antit...
September 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Your long weekend listen could be my chat with my old employer @henryblodget.bsky.social, talking about building a new media company in an AI age - and why the current AI boom rhymes with dotcom one from the late 90s.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
August 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Let's be clear: Trump didn't take 10% of Intel because he was concerned about American dependence on Taiwan.

He did it because he could. He'll use the same rationale for the next one. He spells it out here. www.businessinsider.com/intel-donald...
August 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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New Paramount owner David Ellison doesn't want to talk about Donald Trump or politics. But becoming the new owner of Paramount required - at a minimum- Trump's blessing. So people are going to keep asking. www.businessinsider.com/paramount-sk...
August 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Some context for Wednesday'sDonald Trump/Tim Cook photo op:
www.businessinsider.com/apple-invest...
August 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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I talked to analyst Rich Greenfield about the last days of TV. But also the Larry and David Ellison Paramount era, which he thinks will include a dose of Trump-friendly mixed martial arts.

Excerpt: www.businessinsider.com/tv-cable-dyi...

Whole deal: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
July 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Josh that's not true. Ombudsman reports to President of cbs. docs.fcc.gov/public/attac...
July 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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It's a very concerning deal but this part is wrong. Ombudsman will report to President of Paramount. Not Trump. Cc @mattnovack.bsky.social
July 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Hah just realized the guy who said I was lying about late night thriving has blocked me.
July 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Murdoch's WSJ is not backing down from Trump's libel suit - it just published another piece tying him to the Epstein files. But that doesn't mean Murdoch won't settle eventually. Talked to NPR's @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social about this on this week's Channels pod.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
July 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Netflix Q1: Sure, we make a lot of shows in the US but really, we make them all over the world.

Netflix Q2: USA USA USA

www.businessinsider.com/netflix-dona...
July 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Linda Yaccarino could never repair the Musk-sized hole in Twitter's ad business. Only Musk could do that, and he didn't want to bother.

But when Tesla started tanking because of Musk-inflicted damage, he at least tried to do something about it.

By me: www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-li...
July 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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My hunch is that very few Bluesky people will want to boast about reading Emily Sundberg's Feed Me substack - but that a bunch of you do.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
July 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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It's almost like the people who insisted TikTok was a national security threat a year ago don't seem very concerned about it now.

www.businessinsider.com/trump-tiktok...
June 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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New on Channels this week - Wired boss @katie-drummond.bsky.social explains her simple plan to revive a publication:
* Pivot hard into news
* Cover the hell out of Doge
*Profit

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
May 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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I write for a business publication. But even a business publication can spell out why it's bad that the President of the United States is ignoring the Supreme Court.

www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump...
April 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Is Twitch profitable? Twitch CEO doesn't want to say. But he does have
thoughts about why it wasn't profitable before:
March 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Hello SXSW! Looking forward to live podding with Twitch CEO Dan Clancy on Sunday at 1130, at the convention center.

All badge holders are welcome. See more at events.voxmedia.com/sxsw
March 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM