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:
Reed talks about why Jawbone went under. Plus, Hannah discusses how VCs are trying to create more accountability in the industry and Amir breaks down how Uber is trying to fill its executive holes.
Jessica and Reed discuss how the Justin Caldbeck story changed the discussion of sexual harassment in Silicon Valley.
Amir explains how Travis' flaws as a manager led to his undoing. Tom talks about Snapchat's latest map feature.
Cory talks about Airbnb's customer service cost cutting. Also we play a segment of our subscriber conference call about Uber's culture crisis, led by Jessica and Amir.
Sam talks about the near-term, realistic expectations for AR and VR. Kevin talks about the future of HPE.
Jessica talks about whether tech is effective at all in influencing the Trump administration. Amir dives into Uber's finances department and the fight for control.
Cory and Tom talk about Snap's growth strategy and what Mark Zuckerberg said at the Harvard commencement. Shai joins the podcast for the first time to go deep on Softbank's big spending.
Alfred talks about Spotify's losses and its unusual path to going public. Juro explains how Airbnb is coming up against cultural challenges in China.
Amir talks about Uber's legal team turnover and he and Tom discuss Snap's earnings call. Plus Martin offers an analogy of what Evan's Yahoo-Facebook analogy reminded him of.
Jessica returns to the podcast to talk about the (non) relationship between Silicon Valley and DC. And Kevin talks about Google's moves in Southeast Asia and Tom's story about the future of sports media.
Eugene talks about Dropbox's enterprise ambitions. Cory and Tom recap the New York subscriber summit.
Alfred talks about the rise and implication of "Mini IPOs." Cory shares his thoughts from this year's Facebook developer conference.
Reed talks about the lax sexual harassment rules covering VC relationships with entrepreneurs. Cory and Tom discuss the Facebook and Snapchat feature wars.
Cory and Tom talk about Facebook's decision to give advertisers a little more data on campaigns. Then they discuss whether digital media companies are overvalued and what their exit strategies are.
Amir breaks down all the problems at Uber, including the Waymo lawsuit and employee's lack of confidence in Travis. Juro discusses why Baidu is faltering.
