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Pivot

Instagram co-founders, "tech bias" and why Amazon will buy Snapchat

Pivot

Vox Media Podcast Network

News Commentary, Tech News, News, Technology

4.29.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2018

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Kara and Scott talk about the dramatic departure of Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, Attorney General Jeff Sessions' war on "tech bias," and the future of Snap. In this episode: (01:44) The big story: Why did Instagram’s co-founders leave?; (07:13) Attorney General Jeff Sessions and “tech bias”; (12:39) Will Amazon buy Snapchat?; (17:44) GOATs of the week: Craig Newmark and Margrethe Vestager; (20:08) Absurd quotes of the week; (21:27) Scott’s prediction on the future of Facebook stock Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:04.4

and highlight examples of winning leadership.

0:06.4

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0:27.0

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0:32.0

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0:41.2

Hi everyone, welcome to Pivot from the Box Media Podcast Network.

0:44.6

I'm Cara Swisher, founder of RICO DECO.

0:47.4

And I'm joined by my no-mercy, no-malice co-host, Scott Galaway.

0:51.5

Hey Scott, how's it going? Where are you this morning?

0:54.0

I'm in New York, Cara, the Vox Studios Downtown, where is Cara Swisher?

0:57.7

I'm at the Vox Studios in D.C., in the District of Columbia in Washington.

1:02.1

So this is our first show, everyone's looking forward to it.

1:04.5

They think we're going to do bad things, which I was really interesting from the reaction on Twitter.

1:08.9

But let's hope so.

1:10.0

Let's hope so. We're going to do bad things.

1:12.1

And I pulled people to say what does our photo look like?

1:15.7

And I don't know which one you thought was best, but I thought my favorite one was Cagney and Lacey

1:20.3

is really going to be lit this season.

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