Acquired

Season 3, Episode 4: Recode (with Kara Swisher)

Sep 11, 2018

01:27:21

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Episode guests

Kara Swisher

Walt Mossberg

Highlights

AI Chapters

Episode notes

Code, You Know, It Matters

01:51

Was It a Half on Cipperner?

02:24

The Wall Street Journal Conference

03:07

Introduction

5min

Theezracline Shols Interview With Walt Mosburg

3min

Did the Journal Have a Te Bureau?

3min

The Wall Street Journal Conference

3min

Was It a Half on Cipperner?

2min

You Don't Care if You Fail

2min

Were You Out There Identifying People?

2min

Access Journalism - We Got the Scoops

4min

You Can't Interview of Em, You Cant Interview Her.

2min

10.

I'll Kill Him. He's Still the Moach.

2min

11.

The Journalists Don't Want to Invest

4min

12.

Segas Ras, 12 Million Dollars

2min

13.

You Can't Go With It, Really?

2min

14.

Theo Jesus and Theo Jesus

4min

15.

Aan, Suc Tat Word, but Not Bt

2min

16.

Facebook Lives

2min

17.

Vox Media

3min

18.

Code, You Know, It Matters

2min

19.

What's the Best Product?

4min

20.

What if It's in a Story Rent Journal

2min

21.

Podcasting

2min

22.

I Think Podcasts Have Really Removed the Gatekeepers

4min

23.

Is It a Business Line or a Category Consolidation?

2min

24.

I Don't Know What to Do With Vox Stock.

2min

25.

Is It a Good Use to Buy a Content Company?

2min

26.

Tumbler, a Content Company, Is Being Acquired by a Company for a Billion Dollars

2min

27.

The Podcast Business Model Is About to Go Through a Positive Disruption

3min

28.

A D Is an Og Purio Mi

2min

29.

A Day in the Life of Karis Wisher

5min

30.

The Gates Interview Was So Great

2min

31.

Gates Was So Vibrant and Full of Life and He Was About to Die

2min

32.

Cara Swisher - A Great Interview With Cara

2min

In this special episode Ben & David head to Recode’s SF office and sit down in the red chair with the one & only Kara Swisher! Kara tells the story of Recode, from the beginnings of her partnership with Walt Mossberg in the late 90’s at WSJ to the launch of the D Conference and the All Things D blog, to starting Recode and ultimately being acquired by Vox Media in 2015. Kara is someone we’ve long looked up to at Acquired, and it was really special to have her join us on the show. We hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did!

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