Breaking free from big tech and big content with authors Cory Doctorow and Rebecca Giblin
Last year I spoke with Cory Doctorow and Rebecca Giblin about their new book, Chokepoint Capitalism. It’s a book about artists and technology and platforms, and how different kinds of distribution and...
10 Jan 20231h 28min
‘We might be wrong, but we’re not confused’: how Tomer Cohen, chief product officer at LinkedIn, figures out what works best
Tomer Cohen is the chief product officer at LinkedIn, and actually, I talked to Tomer twice. Here’s a little secret about Decoder: we do the interviews, and then often, the guest and I just keep chatt...
20 Dec 20221h 16min
How to buy a social network, with Tumblr CEO Matt Mullenweg
We have to talk about Twitter, right? Elon Musk bought it. He’s making all these changes, and he’s realizing that content moderation decisions are quite complicated, especially when the stakes are hig...
13 Dec 20221h 40min
Disney’s CEO drama explained, with Julia Alexander
Today, we need to talk about Bob. Two Bobs, actually: Bob Iger, the former and now current CEO of Disney, and Bob Chapek, the man Iger handpicked as his replacement, who flamed out and was fired by th...
6 Dec 20221h
How Bose compete with AirPods — and why it’s in more cars than ever, with CEO Lila Snyder
Bose is one of the most recognizable audio brands in the world: it was famous for the Wave radio in the 80s, it invented noise cancellation, you can see its logo on NFL sidelines every Sunday, and of ...
29 Nov 20221h 16min
On with Kara Swisher: Can Chris Licht Turn CNN Around?
Chris Licht faces an uphill battle at CNN. He got the CEO gig in the midst of a prickly merger between Warner Bros. and Discovery and right after the shocking exit of beloved long-time boss, Jeff Zuck...
22 Nov 20221h 4min
Phil Spencer really wants you to know that native Call of Duty will stay on PlayStation
Phil Spencer, CEO of Microsoft Gaming, is in charge of Xbox and all the game studios that Microsoft has acquired over the years. Phil came to talk to us hours before the European Commission announced ...
15 Nov 20221h 3min
Why Figma is selling to Adobe for $20 billion, with CEO Dylan Field
Dylan Field is the co-founder and CEO of Figma, which makes a very popular design tool that allows designers and their collaborators to all work together right in a web browser. You know how multiple ...
8 Nov 20221h 7min
