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Peter Kafka on Media

Even Elon Musk can’t fully wreck Twitter’s one great superpower

By Peter Kafka August 24

The creator of Black Mirror is okay with tech. People, on the other hand ...

By Peter Kafka August 4

The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

You’re going to see more AI-written articles whether you like it or not

By Peter Kafka July 18

HBO shows are coming to Netflix. Here’s why that matters.

By Peter Kafka June 21

Firing Chris Licht won’t fix CNN

By Peter Kafka June 7

Is Apple’s weird headset the future?

By Peter Kafka May 31

Do Americans really want “unbiased” news?

By Peter Kafka May 23

Tucker Carlson’s TV-to-Twitter move could actually pay off

By Peter Kafka May 11

No, seriously, why did Fox News fire Tucker Carlson?

By Peter Kafka April 26

Fox News won. Dominion won. The rest of us lost.

By Peter Kafka April 19

Are Elon’s Tweets turning car buyers against Tesla?

By Rani Molla and Peter Kafka March 15

Snow Crash author Neal Stephenson predicted the metaverse. What does he see next?

By Peter Kafka March 6

The case for better-seats-cost-more movie tickets

By Peter Kafka February 10

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings likes Elon Musk, video games, and bingeing

By Peter Kafka November 30, 2022

Bob Iger’s Disney challenge: Solve the problem he helped create

By Peter Kafka November 21, 2022

“I think he’s battling with his own self”: Inside Elon Musk’s brain

By Peter Kafka November 15, 2022

Twitter’s ad problem is Elon Musk

By Peter Kafka November 10, 2022

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

By Peter Kafka October 26, 2022

Alex Jones lost a $1 billion trial. Why is Infowars still streaming?

By Peter Kafka October 19, 2022

Welcome to Netflix — with ads

By Peter Kafka October 13, 2022

Elon Musk can’t fix Twitter because no one can

By Peter Kafka October 5, 2022

The mysterious ad slump of 2022

By Peter Kafka September 28, 2022

Who owns what in Big Media today

By Rani Molla and Peter Kafka September 21, 2022

Where we’re spending our screentime, in 3 charts

By Peter Kafka and Rani Molla August 31, 2022

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

By Peter Kafka August 17, 2022

How Facebook helped Axios sell for $500 million

By Peter Kafka August 9, 2022

The newsletter boom is over. What’s next?

By Peter Kafka August 3, 2022

The January 6 hearings brought politics into the TikTok age

By Peter Kafka July 27, 2022

Here’s what Netflix execs think about the Netflix problem

By Peter Kafka July 20, 2022

Here’s why Netflix made you wait a month to watch the rest of Stranger Things

By Peter Kafka and Rani Molla June 29, 2022

It’s TikTok’s world. Can TV live in it?

By Peter Kafka June 22, 2022

Podcast pioneer Bill Simmons on how to stay relevant

By Peter Kafka June 15, 2022

Crypto’s winter is here again. How long will it last?

By Peter Kafka June 8, 2022

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

By Peter Kafka June 1, 2022

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

By Peter Kafka May 25, 2022

Coming soon to a streaming service near you: Ads

By Peter Kafka May 11, 2022

“Be ready”: Why investors are worried our pandemic boom is about to end

By Peter Kafka April 20, 2022

This is as good as movies are going to get

By Peter Kafka April 13, 2022

The New York Times’s old white Democrats problem

By Peter Kafka April 6, 2022