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Twitter’s ad problem is Elon Musk

By Peter Kafka November 10

Ben Smith’s Semafor is live. He says it will take 10 years to get it right.

By Peter Kafka October 26

Welcome to Netflix — with ads

By Peter Kafka October 13

The mysterious ad slump of 2022

By Peter Kafka September 28

Who owns what in Big Media today

By Rani Molla and Peter Kafka September 21

Why Disney didn’t buy Twitter

By Peter Kafka September 7

Where we’re spending our screentime, in 3 charts

By Peter Kafka and Rani Molla August 31

Meet the billionaire who loves Fox News and owns a piece of CNN

By Peter Kafka August 26

Did CNN’s Brian Stelter lose his job because of politics or money?

By Peter Kafka August 18

House of the Dragon is coming to HBO. So is the Netflix Chill.

By Peter Kafka August 17

How Facebook helped Axios sell for $500 million

By Peter Kafka August 9

The newsletter boom is over. What’s next?

By Peter Kafka August 3

The January 6 hearings brought politics into the TikTok age

By Peter Kafka July 27

Here’s what Netflix execs think about the Netflix problem

By Peter Kafka July 20

Netflix slips and Hollywood cheers. Maybe it shouldn’t.

By Peter Kafka June 1

How to make money during the tech crash: Write about it

By Peter Kafka May 25

Coming soon to a streaming service near you: Ads

By Peter Kafka May 11

Why Netflix is suddenly losing subscribers

By Peter Kafka April 19

This is as good as movies are going to get

By Peter Kafka April 13

What the media needs to get right in the next pandemic

By Kelsey Piper April 10

The New York Times’s old white Democrats problem

By Peter Kafka April 6

WarnerMedia’s ex-boss says you should be happy with Batman at theaters and rom-coms at home

By Peter Kafka April 5

Why Amazon is paying nearly $9 billion for MGM and James Bond

By Peter Kafka March 17

Apple broke Facebook’s ad machine. Who’s going to fix it?

By Peter Kafka February 14

It’s going to take a lot more than Neil Young to change Spotify’s mind about Joe Rogan

By Peter Kafka January 27

Why the New York Times is buying the Athletic

By Peter Kafka January 6

Ben Smith had one of the coolest jobs in journalism. Now he wants to do something else.

By Peter Kafka January 4

The Elizabeth Holmes saga is far from over

By Rebecca Heilweil January 4

Why is Vox Media buying Group Nine?

By Peter Kafka December 13, 2021

BuzzFeed’s a public company. Now what?

By Peter Kafka December 6, 2021

How HBO could have become — or bought — Netflix

By Peter Kafka November 18, 2021

The Atlantic wants to hire newsletter writers — and it wants their subscribers, too

By Peter Kafka October 9, 2021

Republicans are priming their voters to believe the California recall was stolen

By Aaron Rupar September 10, 2021

Fox News ignores a DC bomb threat inspired by right-wing conspiracy theory culture

By Aaron Rupar August 20, 2021

Why Newsmax is failing

By Aaron Rupar July 28, 2021

Why Netflix is getting into games

By Peter Kafka July 20, 2021

Don’t be fooled by that viral Hannity clip. Fox News’s Covid-19 coverage is a mess.

By Aaron Rupar July 20, 2021

What is CNN+ and why would you pay for it?

By Peter Kafka July 19, 2021

Facebook wants creators, but YouTube is paying creators much, much more

By Peter Kafka July 15, 2021

Tucker Carlson’s NSA spying claims are evidence-free. Republicans are running with them anyway.

By Aaron Rupar July 1, 2021