The Information's 411
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:
Beejoli joins to talk about Snap's new products and new image, how Disney is approaching original content for its new streaming service and the Hollywood standoff between TV writers and agencies.
Ashley talks about the people in Facebook's policy and comms team. Jessica Lessin talks to Jerry Cuomo, IBM's VP of Blockchain Technology about how businesses are using the tech.
Jessica Toonkel and Beejoli Shah join to discuss all the goings on in media, including Apple's upcoming TV release, the turmoil at WarnerMedia and the outcome of Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox's assets.
Sarah talks about Google's ad business and executive departures at Facebook as it pivots to focus on private encrypted messaging. Cory describes the growing pains faced by scooter companies.
Cory and Amir walk us through Lyft's filing to go public. And they talk about how CEO Logan Green reconciles his idealist visions with the realities of running a taxi business.
Jessica Toonkel talks about the huge day at WarnerMedia where two top executives left as the company finally integrates with AT&T. Kevin explains the reasons that companies have major cost overages with cloud providers.
Ashely talks about how congress members are struggling to come up with sweeping privacy protection laws. Amir dives into Cruise, GM's self-driving technology division.
Zoë and Reed talk about Mamoon Hamid, the venture capitalist tasked with turning around Kleiner Perkins. Martin explains the math Disney and other media companies have to do as they go into the streaming business.
Juro describes the rise of fall of Chinese bike rental company Ofo. Jessica speaks to IBM researcher Noam Slonim about the company's AI debate master in a preview of the IBM Think conference next week.
Priya speaks with Tom about his breakdown of Disney's streaming organization. Nick talks about how Microsoft's CEO is staying away from the squabbles between Apple Facebook and Google over data privacy.
Kevin talks about his profile of AWS's CEO Andy Jassy
Beejoli talks about whether Hollywood is on board with Jeffrey Katzenberg's new streaming service. Zoe gives her take on Slack and its finances in advance of the IPO.
Cory returns from Vegas to give his take on the latest hardware trends at CES. Kevin talks about Amazon's plans to launch a game streaming service.
Aaron dissects Apple's warning that its first-quarter results will be lower than it expected. Priya discusses the hopes and prospects of the online grocery delivery startup Good Eggs against larger competitors.
Priya, Cory and Tom round out 2018 with the New Year's resolutions for tech's leaders and top companies.
