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Channels with Peter Kafka

Jeffrey Katzenberg's $1.75 billion bet on Quibi

Channels with Peter Kafka

Vox Media Podcast Network

Business News, News, Tv & Film, Technology

4.4585 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Quibi is here. Founder Jeffrey Katzenberg chats with Recode’s Peter Kafka about launching a new product during a pandemic, how he thinks his service differs from other bigger streaming platforms, and his vision for Quibi’s future. Later, The Verge’s Julia Alexander reviews some of Quibi’s new and original shows. Featuring: Jeffery Katzenberg (@Quibi), Founder of Quibi Julia Alexander (@loudmouthjulia), Reporter at The Verge 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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This is Recode Media with Peter Koska. That is me. Coming to you, as I always do these days,

1:45.4

from my house in Brooklyn. I hope you're well. I hope you're safe. It's a Monday.

1:49.7

We normally come out with Recode Media on Thursdays, but today is a special day. It is Quibi launch day. Since you listen to this podcast, you know that Quibi is Meg Whitman and Jeffrey

1:55.7

Katzenberg's $1.75 billion bet on the premise that you will pay money to watch short form video on your phone

2:04.0

and only on your phone. Anormous skepticism about this project, rightly so. I'm still very interested

2:09.9

to see how it does. So we talked to Jeffrey Katzenberg from his home. I think he's in Brettwood,

2:14.9

not sure. Took a lot of work to set this up.

2:18.0

So thanks very much to the folks at the Quibbian and the folks in the Vox Media and to make this work. While we're at it, thanks to you guys for listening. We are still trying to figure out the best way to get the best kind of audio to you. And frankly, I'm still learning how to do these remote interviews. I've always been assisted in the past on doing interviews face to face.

2:36.4

It works best for me. I think it works best for the guests, best for the audience. But since I'll be doing these for a long time, I think, from someone's house, I'm going to figure out how to make it a better experience for all of us. But again, I think this one worked out pretty well. I think you'll

2:51.0

enjoy it. After we're done talking to Jeffrey Katzenberg, we hear from my colleague Julia

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