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Shari Redstone: The full Code interview video

by Kurt Wagner

Shari Redstone is the woman who effectively controls both Viacom and CBS.

Actor Michael McKean doesn’t care how you watch his show ‘Better Call Saul’

by Eric Johnson

McKean also talks about “This Is Spinal Tap” and his current play, “The Little Foxes,” on the latest Recode Media.

Why CBS and Viacom didn’t merge, according to Shari Redstone

by Edmund Lee

She said she would have worked well with Les Moonves on a combined company.

Shari Redstone, who controls CBS, thinks the NFL is on too many networks

by Kurt Wagner

“It got very confusing for the consumer with the NFL last year.”

Time Warner’s CEO says its $85 billion sale to AT&T is all about battling Google and Facebook

by Jason Del Rey

Data. And then more data.

Hillary Clinton says Democrats need to create more content to help win back the House

by Kurt Wagner

“We have a great story to tell.”

Jill Soloway, creator of Amazon’s ‘Transparent,’ can create political change. Jeff Bezos said so.

by April Glaser

“Transparent” has won eight Emmys.

Bill Simmons has some advice for ESPN: The full Code Conference interview

by Jason Del Rey

Also, the tech giants will control live sports.

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The New York Times wants to show readers what its reporters look like

by Peter Kafka

“I want people to understand who those writers are,” says top editor Dean Baquet.

NYT’s Dean Baquet wants WaPo’s Marty Baron to succeed — just not on every story

by Edmund Lee

He knows he keeps Marty Baron up at night.

The New York Times editor says the newspaper won’t ever stop covering Trump’s tweets

by Tony Romm

“Even if they’re his late-night thoughts or his early-morning thoughts, they’re his thoughts.”

Watch the New York Times’ Executive Editor Dean Baquet at Code

by Meghann Farnsworth

Baquet was live from our Code Conference, interviewed by Peter Kafka.

People consumed more media than ever last year — but growth is slowing

by Rani Molla

There are only so many hours in the day.

In the Trump era, even ‘The Simpsons’ won’t be politically neutral

by Eric Johnson

A new short skewers President Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey.

Full transcript: Comedian W. Kamau Bell on Recode Media

by Recode Staff

“When I started doing comedy for a few years I realized, well, first of all, I’m not a good comedian, I’m really bad, so this is gonna take longer than I thought.”

What are the best podcasts right now? Here’s our 2017 guide.

by Eric Johnson

Recode’s Kara Swisher, The Verge’s Lauren Goode and 60db’s Liz Gannes share their picks — and then our listeners weigh in.

Why a new four-hour documentary about the Grateful Dead took 14 years to make

by Eric Johnson

Meet director Amir Bar-Lev, who made “Long Strange Trip” and then sold it to Amazon.

Republicans don’t trust the news media — unless it’s Fox News

by Rani Molla

Shocker!

The new HBO ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 7 trailer is out and everyone is going to war

by Meghann Farnsworth

It’s nice that you thought you were going to get work done today.

Photos: Inside Amazon’s first New York City bookstore

by Dan Frommer

Opening soon.

Full transcript: BuzzFeed writer and book author Doree Shafrir on Recode Media

by Recode Staff

She is also one half of the podcast duo behind “Matt and Doree’s Eggcellent Adventure.”

Why is Twitter betting big on live video?

by Eric Johnson

Recode’s Senior Media Editor Peter Kafka explains on the latest Too Embarrassed to Ask.

TV’s ad dollars aren’t going away but TV’s viewers are

by Peter Kafka and Rani Molla

The biggest shows on TV aren’t what they used to be. But TV ad buyers don’t seem to care.

Full transcript: Journalist and author Nick Bilton on Recode Media

by Recode Staff

His latest book covers the founder of the Silk Road: The "Dread Pirate Roberts," a.k.a. convicted felon Ross Ulbricht.

Roger Ailes, the founder of Fox News and the man who made Trump happen, is dead

by Edmund Lee

The former head of Fox News was 77.

Jessica Lessin built a business to prove information doesn’t have to be free

by Eric Johnson

"If it’s valuable to an audience, there’s a price that people should be willing to pay," Lessin says on the latest Recode Media.

Facebook is trying yet again to cut clickbait headlines from your News Feed

by Kurt Wagner

But this update may not hurt publishers as much as before.

The ‘Blade Runner 2049’ trailer came out this week and offers a glimpse into our techtopian future

by Kurt Wagner

Oh good, humans are now genetically engineered in plastic bags.

W. Kamau Bell says almost everyone on CNN is playing a character

by Eric Johnson

On the latest Recode Media, Bell reveals the only person at CNN who’s the same on- and off-camera.

Time Inc. missed Q1 estimates and now it’s worth far less than what buyers offered

by Edmund Lee

Time rebuffed an $18-a-share offer from Meredith. Now it’s trading at about $13.

‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ creator Bruce Miller talks about the new rules of making TV for the internet

by Eric Johnson

On Recode Decode, Miller says the story will keep going after the plot of Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel ends.

What S-Town’s success says about the state of podcasting

by Dan Frommer

It’s still pretty early.

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