James Murdoch, CEO of 21st Century Fox (Live at Code 2018)

Channels with Peter Kafka

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Technology, Tv & Film, Business News, News

4.4 • 585 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch talks with Recode’s Peter Kafka at the 2018 Code Conference. Murdoch, the son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, says he’s focused on “land[ing] the plane” as Fox plans to merge with Disney in the coming months, but doesn’t expect to be a part of either the merged entity or the remaining Fox properties, such as Fox News, which won’t be sold. Murdoch also talks about the possibility of a competing bid for the company from Comcast, what the pending merger signifies for the larger business ecosystem and how the media and advertising industries can adapt to changing viewer habits. Plus: Should companies fire on-air talent the way ABC fired Roseanne Barr for her tweets? And is the reckoning over #MeToo ever going to end? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Recode Media with Peter Kafka.
0:03.0	That's me.
0:03.7	I am part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. I'm speaking to you from Vox Media headquarters in New York City. I won't be here for long, though. We're about to go to California to Rancho Palos Verde's site of the 2018 Code Conference, where we talked to many awesome people. It was a great event. If you missed it, I have good news for you.
0:21.5	You're going to be able to hear it all right here and over at Kara Swisher's podcast, Recode, Decode. Before we start that, though, one quick ask, tell someone else about this show. See, easy. Thanks. Okay, here's an interview from Code Conference, which I produce with Recodes, Kara Swisher. This is an interview I did with James Murdoch, who's currently the CEO of 21st Century Fox.
0:40.7	He's going to be doing. which I produce with Recode's Kara Swisher. This is an interview I did with James Murdoch,
0:38.3	who's currently the CEO of 21st Century Fox.
0:40.8	He's going to be doing something else in the near future, though,
0:43.2	which is what we talked about at Code.
0:44.9	Let's listen now.
0:49.9	Please welcome back, Peter Hofka.
0:57.0	Music Please welcome back, Peter Hofka. Hey guys, that is a very cool sculpture.
1:00.0	You should definitely check it out tonight, maybe after a drink or two.
1:03.0	Our next guest is someone who said,
1:05.0	yeah, I'd come to Code Conference last fall,
1:07.0	then he said he was going to sell his company,
1:10.0	and now things are getting even more
1:11.2	interesting. So please welcome James Murdoch from 21st Century Fox.
1:19.0	Thanks for joining us. Thanks for having me here.
1:28.5	It's nice to be here.
1:29.4	Thanks for coming.
1:30.2	Can we call us an exit interview?
1:32.3	No, not yet.
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