Recode Decode: Chris Altchek, Mic CEO

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2016

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Mic CEO Chris Altchek talks with Peter Kafka about building a news site for millennials and why such a thing should exist in the first place. He explores the differences among newsreading generations and explains what Mic has learned from four years of scaling from a few hundred viewers to tens of millions. Plus: Why there's no silver bullet for social media success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Recode Radio presents Recode Decode, hosted by Cara Swisher, powered by digital media.
0:07.0	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, executive editor of Recode, and you're listening to Recode Decode,
0:12.0	a podcast about Silicon Valley's key players, big ideas, and how they're changing the world we live in.
0:17.0	This is our special weekly segment with host Peter Kafka, Recode's senior editor and producer of the Code Media Conference.
0:23.0	Joining Peter each week are some of his favorite movers and shakers in the media world.
0:28.0	This week, Peter talked to Chris Alcac, the CEO of Mike.com.
0:32.0	Peter and Chris talked about making news for millennials, so I'm not sure they need different news than older people, but alright.
0:38.0	And the importance of social media and video to the site's future. Here's Peter.
0:42.0	Thanks Cara, we're here with Chris Alcac. Chris, I have a burning question.
0:46.0	You are a millennial, you know about all things millennial. Do millennials listen to podcasts?
0:51.0	Now they do.
0:53.0	Okay good, so we can keep talking.
0:54.0	Podcasts are hot again.
0:55.0	Excellent, thanks for joining us. You're the CEO and co-founder of Mike.com.
0:59.0	Do you guys have podcasts?
1:00.0	We do not have podcasts.
1:01.0	But you gotta get one soon though.
1:03.0	Potentially.
1:04.0	Okay, so let's set the level here for the audience that's listening to us.
1:07.0	Explain very briefly, maybe like two sentences, what Mike.com is, and then we can talk about how you got to where it is.
1:13.0	Mike is building the most trusted news site for millennials.
1:17.0	We reach 30 million people a month around the world and are just starting.
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