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Peter Kafka
@pkafka
Chief correspondent at Business Insider. Host of Channels pod, every Weds. bit.ly/3MFzXzm Monkey via @andybyday. “Someone I like reluctantly.”
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    Peter Kafka
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    Sep 10, 2024
    Professional news: I have two jobs! Very excited to start chatting again. Sara has the backstory below. You can get tomorrow’s show - an interview with the New Yorker’s David Remnick - and every one after that, for free, by heading here link.chtbl.com/kafka
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    Sara Fischer
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    Sep 10, 2024
    Big news for media biz: @pkafka bringing his infamous pod back to @voxmedia, rebranding it “Channels” -He’ll remain w @BusinessInsider -Will still be a weekly intv show -Peter will own the show. Vox Media is production, distribution and sales partner axios.com/2024/09/10/pet…
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    Peter Kafka
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    Sep 11, 2024
    Four years ago Taylor endorsed Biden using Instagram and Twitter. This year, just Instagram. I have a pretty good guess about what’s changed. You do, too.
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    Peter Kafka
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    Sep 17, 2025
    For the "both sides have been canceling people" folks - please cite previous examples of FCC heads encouraging broadcasters to suspend a talk show.
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    Peter Kafka
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    Jul 1, 2023
    Look. If Elon Musk says we should spend less time on Twitter then we should take him seriously and literally.
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    Peter Kafka
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    Jul 29, 2021
    NFL team pays Twitter to distribute an anti-vax message from one of its players.
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    Peter Kafka
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    Dec 18, 2022
    Started going
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    Peter Kafka
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    Nov 10, 2025
    600 Paramount employees quit (w/severance) instead of going back to the office 5 days a week.
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    Peter Kafka
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    Oct 10, 2016
    Warren Buffett fact checks Donald Trump.
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    Peter Kafka
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    Jul 17, 2019
    Netflix says Always Be My Maybe, which everybody in my TL was chatting about, was watched by 32 million people in its first month. Adam Sandler's Murder Mystery, discussed by zero people I know, was watched by 73 million people.
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    Peter Kafka
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    Feb 7, 2022
    Full text of Spotify CEO Daniel Ek’s note to staff:
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    Peter Kafka
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    Aug 10, 2022
    Disney says it has 221 million streaming subscribers. Netflix has 220.7 million.
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    Peter Kafka
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    Oct 9, 2020
    You don’t have to go home but you can’t stay here.
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    Peter Kafka
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    Sep 21, 2020
    This is a good way to court Qanon voters without ever saying “Qanon” out loud.
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    The White House 45 Archived
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    Sep 21, 2020
    Happening today—Attorney General Bill Barr and @IvankaTrump are visiting Atlanta, Georgia, to highlight the Trump Administration’s efforts to protect survivors of human trafficking. cbs46.com/news/white-hou…
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    Peter Kafka
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    Jul 17, 2019
    Netflix raised prices in Q2, but says that wasn't the problem. Instead it says their shows and movies didn't attract enough new subscribers. As it has done before, it has a chart that shows investors it has missed its forecasts before. But not like this: