Ken Auletta, a renowned author and New Yorker writer, delves into the significant shifts in the media landscape. He discusses how Elon Musk is emulating Ted Turner’s disruptive legacy and reshaping today's media. Auletta offers a vivid recount of his experiences with Turner, blending personal insight with industry critique. The conversation highlights the impact of independent content creators and the challenges traditional media faces amidst evolving consumer habits and advertising strategies.

Ken Auletta, American journalist and author, discusses the evolution of the advertising world, including the shift from 'mad men' to 'math men'. They explore the role of data in advertising, the challenges faced by TV networks, and the trade-offs between convenience and privacy. This episode is a must-listen for marketers navigating the digital landscape and anyone interested in the impact of data on modern business.

In this podcast, Dan Rattiner speaks with Ken Auletta, bestselling author and columnist, covering topics like poverty's impact on anti-social behavior, defining success in a national work program, successful books on Google and Elizabeth Holmes, a medical scandal investigation, and the evolving media landscape

Author Ken Auletta has been the chief political correspondent for the New York Post, a weekly columnist for the Village Voice, contributing editor at New York magazine and contributor to The New Yorker since 1977.  He is the author of twelve books, including five national bestsellers —Three Blind Mice: How the TV Networks Lost Their Way; Greed and Glory On Wall Street: The Fall of the House of Lehman; The Highwaymen: Warriors of the Information Superhighway; World War 3.0: Microsoft and Its Enemies; and Googled: The End of the World as We Know It. His latest book, Hollywood Ending: Harvey Weinstein and the Culture of Silence, serves as a biography, an examination of the circumstances that led to the abuses and the final chapter of Auletta’s reporting on Weinstein that began with a New Yorker profile two decades ago. Ken Auletta and Alec discuss Auletta’s upbringing in Coney Island, his early career in politics and the culture of Weinstein’s many enablers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

20 years ago the New Yorker’s Ken Auletta wrote a seminal profile of famed and feared producer Harvey Weinstein - with one glaring omission. Now Auletta has written a book about Weinstein — Hollywood Ending — and this time he’s able to cover the full story. Auletta talks to Recode’s Peter Kafka about the two works, and why it took so long for Weinstein’s much-rumored sexual abuses to come out in the open.Featuring: Ken Auletta (@kenauletta), Writer at The New Yorker, and AuthorHost: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at RecodeMore to explore: Subscribe for free to Recode Media, Peter Kafka, one of the media industry's most acclaimed reporters, talks to business titans, journalists, comedians, and more to get their take on today's media landscape.About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices