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Pivot Schooled #1: Media's Overnight Chaos, with TikTok's Vanessa Pappas and Columbia University's Emily Bell

Pivot

Vox Media Podcast Network

News Commentary, Tech News, News, Technology

4.29.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In this audio version of the first episode of our live video series Pivot Schooled, Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway talk about the rapidly changing media industry, President Trump's attempt to force a sale of TikTok's US operations, and what happens when disinformation is coming from inside the (White) House. They also answer questions from viewers and make predictions, alongside special guest predictor Kathy Griffin. Get your tickets for the next Pivot Schooled, "The Big Four," at PivotSchooled.com. Get your Pivot Schooled hats, mugs, shirts and more at PivotSchooled.com/Shop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:03.0

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0:23.0

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0:26.0

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0:28.0

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0:31.0

Learn more at slack.com slash productivity.

0:34.0

Hi everyone, it's Kara.

0:36.0

We're so grateful to the thousands of you who have been joining us for our live video series, Pivot Schooled.

0:41.0

Today, on the podcast feed, we're going to share an edited version of our first Pivot Schooled show,

0:46.0

which we broadcast on Tuesday, August 4.

0:48.0

The theme of the show was media's overnight chaos,

0:51.0

and our guests included Emily Bell from Columbia University and Vanessa Papas,

0:55.0

the general manager of TikTok North America.

0:58.0

This show was taped just days after President Trump threatened to ban TikTok in America

1:03.0

unless its Chinese parent company, Bite Dance, sold its US operations to Microsoft.

1:08.0

During the original broadcast, Scott presented a 15-minute slide deck about the media industry,

1:13.0

and later in the show, we played a trivia game with Casey Newton and Liz Plank called No Pressure.

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