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Channels with Peter Kafka

It's not HBO... It's HBO Max. Plus Steve Swartz, CEO of Hearst on turning a magazine publisher into a diversified media company

Channels with Peter Kafka

Vox Media Podcast Network

Business News, News, Tv & Film, Technology

4.4585 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Recode’s Peter Kafka covers the latest in the Streaming Wars as Warner Media unveiled new details about its upcoming streaming service HBO Max. How will this new streaming service stack up against other newcomers like Apple TV Plus and and Disney Plus in the race to take on Netflix? And later, Hearst President & CEO, Steve Swartz talks about his journey from reporter for the Wall Street Journal, to becoming the head of one of the top media and news brands in the world — and why Hearst is working hard to diversify out of consumer media. Want to attend Code Media in Los Angeles, CA from November 18th-19th? Click here to register. Featuring: Steven R. Swartz, President and CEO of Hearst Host: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode More to explore: Subscribe for free to Recode Media, Peter Kafka, one of the media industry's most acclaimed reporters, talks to business titans, journalists, comedians, and more to get their take on today's media landscape. About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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where I'm going back in a couple weeks for our Code Media Conference.

1:45.9

If you want to hear me talk to John Stanky, who runs Warner Media, and Kevin Mayer,

1:50.4

who's running digital for Disney and many other big deal media moguls, that is where you

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want to join us. You can figure out how to do that by going to recode.net.

1:59.0

Also, when I'm promoting cool things, we should tell you that you are listening to the hottest podcast network of 2019. That's just not our opinion. That is AdWeek's opinion. So good for us, Fox Media. We're doing great. And by the way, if you want to read the story I wrote about WarnerMedia and their streaming plans, You can go read that at re-code.net.

2:17.8

But I want to talk about it too. So I brought in noted streaming aficionado. And also my producer, Zach Mack, to talk about Warner Media and HBO Max. Hey, Zach. What's going on, Peter? How are you doing? You know what? It's sunny. It's pleasant. I have not many complaints. I have a lot of complaints, but I'm good for now.

2:34.9

You want to talk about HBO Max instead of the weather?

2:37.2

Yes, let's do it. It's pleasant. I have not many complaints. I have a lot of complaints, but I'm good for now.

2:35.0

We want to talk about HBO Max instead of the weather? Yes, let's do it. So you went to this event. What happened? Tell me what you saw. So this is a repeat sort of of what Disney did a few months ago, where Warner Media, the company we used to call Time Warner, now owned by AT&T, said, we've got a new streaming service.

2:51.0

We're going to bring in a bunch of analysts and press.

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