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The Information’s TITV is first in tech news and analysis from the people that break and shape the story. The rest is just commentary.
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Watch every weekday at 10 am PT/ 1 pm ET on The Information.com/titv, App, YouTube, X—and on demand wherever you get your podcasts.
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Jan 24, 2020 • 24min
Initial Private Offering
Priya and Kevin Dugan talk about the ways companies going public try to get bankers to become clients in order to win the job. Kate explores Lambda School, a coding school that has a different way of approaching tuition, and the controversy around it.

Jan 18, 2020 • 21min
Drummond's Base
Nick Bastone and Jessica Lessin talk about David Drummond's tense relationship with Google Venture and his lasting legacy at Alphabet.
Read more:
Drummond Departure Puts Spotlight on Google Venture Arm
Google Reckoning With History of Interoffice Romance by Top Execs

Jan 10, 2020 • 31min
Uber Drowning in the Pool
This week, we talked about Amir's exclusive story that outlined Uber's many business problems, including UberPool, and Amazon's Twitch, which is grappling with a declining user base and falling short of advertising revenue goals.

Jan 3, 2020 • 35min
Hindsight is 2020
Tom and Jessica wrap up 2019, looking back at the year for Facebook, startup fundraising and media.

Dec 27, 2019 • 22min
When God Opens a Streaming Door He Closes a Theatrical Window
Jessica Toonkel makes her prediction about how streaming services will affects the theater and movie industries. Kevin discusses AWS and its relationship with the open-source community.

Dec 20, 2019 • 30min
Boz and Effect
Alex dives into Facebook's massive hardware plans in AR and VR and the executive, Andrew "Boz" Bosworth, who's heading the endeavor. Nick and Kevin talk about Google Cloud and the long-shot effort to beat Amazon and Microsoft.

Dec 13, 2019 • 21min
Mathletes and Tech-athlons
Wayne explains how Vietnam became such a significant business for Facebook and Google. Zoë dives into the trend of hiring elite athletes at tech companies.

Dec 11, 2019 • 37min
[Bonus] Why Monoculture Moments Are Rare
A trio of executives, Universal Pictures' Katie Goldsmith; Attention Capital’s Nick Bell and Instagram’s Charles Porch, explain the next phase of growth for direct-to-consumer brands.

Dec 6, 2019 • 33min
The Information's 411 — The Florida Project
Amir joins to talk about DoorDash's money-losing business and Uber's report on sexual assaults. Alex Heath talks about his investigation of Magic Leap's business and the disappointing sales for its AR headsets.
Story links: Doordash https://www.theinformation.com/articles/with-public-debut-looming-doordash-projected-450m-2019-loss
Magic Leap https://www.theinformation.com/articles/dented-reality-magic-leap-sees-slow-sales-steep-losses

Nov 29, 2019 • 27min
Disney in a Foxhole
Ashley breaks down where the frontrunners for the Democratic nomination stand regarding the tech industry. Martin joins to talk about the math of Disney's acquisition of Fox's assets and why it's clear that it seriously overpaid.


