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Summary: A weekly podcast brought to you by The Information, a subscription tech news site doing deep dives and investigative looks at the tech and media industries. Each episode highlights some of the major happenings in tech business world, featuring the reporters at The Information. It's interviews, analysis, and wrap-ups to help give you insights into what the biggest companies in the industry are thinking.
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Podcasts:
Nick recaps his conversation with Rich Barton and explains why the Zillow CEO is embracing ecommerce despite the heavy investments. He also discusses whether Microsoft's commitment to the surface has paid off. And why Apple's reliance on China may heavily influence its reaction to the protests in Hong Kong.
Alex joins to talk about the new names atop Facebook's organization. Also it's latest attempt to take on Snapchat and the now-infamous leak of Mark Zuckerberg's internal Q & A session.
Zoe gives a behind the scenes look at how and why people lobby to be on Forbes' 30-Under-30 list. Cory gives the rundown on WeWork's crazy week.
Jessica Lessin, editor-in-chief of The Information, interviewed Wired Editor-in-Chief Nick Thompson at our media business bootcamp earlier this month.
Zoe discusses recent returns at venture firm Andreessen Horowitz. Cory outlines the drama at WeWork and challenges with its business model.
Jessica Lessin, editor-in-chief of The Information, interviewed Shaun King, activist and founder of The North Star, at our media business bootcamp last week.
Bonus episode: The Information's founder and CEO Jessica Lessin interviewed Jon Steinberg, who founded and sold Cheddar to the cable news company Altice USA, at our media business bootcamp in New York last Friday.
Wayne discusses who has power at Apple, after some high-profile departures. Priya explains how Amazon has fallen behind on its internal goals to open more cashierless Go stores.
Aaron explains why developers are upset over Apple's change to an API called PushKit. Beejoli describes the inner workings of Quibi, the shortform video streaming service that plans to launch next year.
Cory explains the turnover and turmoil in WeWork's human resources department. Matt Drange discusses the University of California, Berkeley's relationship with Huawei.
Alex talks about the past year at Instagram and why Facebook has been folding the once-autonomous company into its ranks.
Ross and Amir talk about the case of Toptal, a startup that dangled equity to investors and employees that never came. Cory dives into the WeWork IPO filing and pulls out his favorite bits.
Matt talks about the problems inside Eventbrite and why it's struggled to integrate an acquisition. Jessica Toonkel explains why WarnerMedia executives debated whether they should call the streaming service HBO Max.
Priya and Beejoli join to talk about Jeff Blackburn, the top Amazon executive who's going on a surprise one-year leave of absence. And we discuss one of the departments he oversees, Amazon Studios, which has struggled in recent months.
Jon talks about the chaos at Coinbase and the fallout between its CEO and his top executives.
