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Facebook’s recent ‘bear hug’ of Instagram frustrated its independent founders, leading to their exit

The popular photo and video app and its social network parent have become more intertwined. Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger were not into it.

By Kurt Wagner Sep 25, 2018, 12:21pm EDT

Media

Billboards — yes, billboards — are having a heyday in a digital world

Outdoor advertising is bigger than ever.

By Rani Molla September 25

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We're building great things, and we need your talent.

Instagram’s co-founders, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, are leaving amid frustrations with parent company Facebook

Systrom and Krieger have shaped virtually everything about Instagram’s culture and product for the past six years.

By Kurt Wagner September 24

Google is following Instagram and Snapchat with a big push into Stories

Everyone loves Stories. Everyone including Google.

By Kurt Wagner September 24

Recode Daily: Why Instagram’s co-founders are leaving

Plus: Satellite radio giant SirusXM is taking over streaming service Pandora; how Russia helped swing the election for Trump; the official meatloaf of National Punctuation Day.

By Recode Staff September 25

AI-produced artwork is moving from the fringes into the high art world

But is it replacing or just supplementing artists’ capacity for creative expression?

By Shirin Ghaffary September 25

SiriusXM is taking over Pandora in a $3.5 billion deal that’s more necessity than convenience

Apple and Spotify investors are not concerned.

By Dan Frommer September 24

Uber drivers and other gig economy workers are earning half what they did five years ago

More people are working for ride-sharing and delivery companies but on average they’re making less.

By Rani Molla September 24

Politics

A venture capitalist is running for Congress in farm country. And his opponent is turning those Silicon Valley years into an insult.

The race between Josh Harder and Jeff Denham isn’t just about one seat. It’s a referendum on how people feel about Silicon Valley.

By Theodore Schleifer September 20

Full video and transcript: Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi at Code 2018

By Recode Staff May 31, 2018, 2:33pm EDT

"Just like Amazon sells third party goods, we are going to also offer third party transportation services. So, we wanna kinda be the Amazon for transportation."

Here’s how you can trace an ’80s hip-hop beat back to 1910

By Rani Molla@ranimolla May 30, 2018, 9:09pm EDT

Vox.com’s senior video producer Estelle Caswell explains it all.

Full video and transcript: Snap CEO Evan Spiegel at Code 2018

By Recode Staff May 30, 2018, 1:25pm EDT

"As time goes on, I think it will become clear to more and more people that our values are really hard to copy."

Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram was the greatest regulatory failure of the past decade, says Stratechery’s Ben Thompson

By Kurt Wagner Jun 2, 2018, 10:00am EDT

Instagram gave Facebook unfair reach, Thompson argues.

Big data could ‘stop famines from ever happening again,’ says World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim

"Famine by definition is large numbers of people who are starving to death. There’s no reason for that to ever happen."

By Eric Johnson September 24

Watch: Scott Galloway’s provocative predictions on Amazon, Walmart and the future of retail

Why Walmart will beat Amazon at groceries.

By Rani Molla September 19

Commerce

The rise of giant consumer startups that said no to investor money

A new breed of entrepreneurs is creating huge consumer brands — like MVMT and Tuft & Needle — without venture capital, and laughing all the way to the bank.

By Jason Del Rey August 29

In Apple’s hometown of Cupertino, a debate over the fate of an old mall epitomizes Silicon Valley’s class divide

Who gets to live in one of Silicon Valley’s richest cities?

By Shirin Ghaffary September 21

Amazon’s blockbuster Alexa event made zero mention of privacy concerns — and that may say more about us than about them

Alexa, how secure is my data?

By Jason Del Rey September 20

Disney has a million subscribers for its ESPN streaming-only service, which launched in April

That number will surprise some people, like the person typing up this article.

By Peter Kafka September 20

Politics

Inside Facebook’s plan to protect the U.S. midterm elections

Is it enough?

By Kurt Wagner August 17

Colin Kaepernick’s Nike ads are just one piece of a bigger ‘reckoning’ in the fashion industry

Business of Fashion Editor in Chief Imran Amed explains how the industry is becoming more explicitly political on the latest Recode Media.

By Eric Johnson September 20

Big data could ‘stop famines from ever happening again,’ says World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim

By Eric Johnson@HeyHeyESJ Sep 24, 2018, 6:15am EDT

"Famine by definition is large numbers of people who are starving to death. There’s no reason for that to ever happen."

Colin Kaepernick’s Nike ads are just one piece of a bigger ‘reckoning’ in the fashion industry

By Eric Johnson@HeyHeyESJ Sep 20, 2018, 6:15am EDT

Business of Fashion Editor in Chief Imran Amed explains how the industry is becoming more explicitly political on the latest Recode Media.

Swiping on Tinder is addictive. That’s partly because it was inspired by an experiment that ‘turned pigeons into gamblers.’

By Eric Johnson@HeyHeyESJ Sep 19, 2018, 6:15am EDT

Journalist Nancy Jo Sales talks about the gamification of dating and her new HBO documentary "Swiped" on the latest Recode Decode podcast.

‘The Land of Steady Habits’ director Nicole Holofcener explains what’s different about making a movie for Netflix

By Eric Johnson@HeyHeyESJ Sep 18, 2018, 6:15am EDT

A normal studio wanted Holofcener to cast "six A-list stars" if they were going to put it out in theaters. Netflix said, "You can cast whoever you want."