How to Make It in Media with Audie Cornish

On with Kara Swisher

New York Magazine

News Commentary, News, Society & Culture

4.2 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

As she pens her memoir, Kara’s been thinking about legacy, but on this episode we reflect on the legacy of another powerhouse reporter: Audie Cornish. After hosting NPR’s flagship “All Things Considered” for a decade, Audie Cornish took a risk and left for the greener pastures of CNN+ — only to see that venture get unceremoniously squashed by CNN’s new CEO less than a month after it launched. Yet Cornish has made it work: launching a new podcast, “The Assignment” and providing on-air analysis (slash occasionally taking the anchor chair) at CNN. In a conversation taped live at the On Air Fest, where Cornish was honored with the the 2023 Audio Vanguard Award, she talks about how she learned to ask for help as a young reporter covering Hurricane Katrina, what the media industry has to pay attention to in order to outgrow its early naivete and why the “chaos” at CNN is healthy. Questions? Comments? Email us at [email protected] or find us on Twitter @karaswisher and @nayeema Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, from New York Magazine and the Fox Media Podcast Network.
0:11.6	This is Twitter with 100% fewer paid for blue checks.
0:15.8	Just kidding, this is on with Kara Swisher and I'm Kara Swisher.
0:19.0	And I'm name Araza.
0:20.4	The blue check apocalypse is upon us, whatever.
0:23.6	Just in time for April Fool's Day, that is going to go great.
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0:38.4	It's just make it stop.
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0:40.8	When he was coming out with that, basically introducing privileges for verified people only,
0:45.3	which is what he's doing.
0:46.3	If you think that Twitter Algo recommendations are privileged, you know, you tweeted, it's
0:50.4	how to lose every bit of your equity in 10 days.
0:52.8	Yes, that's right.
0:53.8	That's correct because it's just stupid.
0:55.4	Like William Shatton is like, what the fuck should I pay you?
0:57.5	And then he just responds by saying, pay seven dollars, pay seven dollars, whatever,
1:02.2	you know, no, I'm not paying seven dollars, just take it away and leave me alone and
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