Recode Decode: Mike McCue, CEO, Flipboard

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2017

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Flipboard CEO Mike McCue talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the recent relaunch of his company's news app, which will mixes human curation with algorithms to serve up magazine-like collections of stories. McCue reflects on why one of his first employers, Netscape, failed to look past competition with Microsoft, and why he counsels startup CEOs to focus on more than just their "exit." He also makes the case for online news consumers to value human editors and real identities, as fake news and anonymous harassment have come to define Facebook and Twitter, respectively. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:18.2	Today in the red chair is Mike McEw, the CEO of Flipboard and someone who I've known for a very, very, very long time through many companies.
1:25.2	Like I'm at them at Netscape.
1:27.2	It's a news aggregation company founded in 2009 that is now relaunching its namesake apps.
1:33.2	Mike previously worked at IBM Netscape and co-founded Tell Me Networks, which is acquired by Microsoft in 2007.
1:39.2	Mike, welcome to Recode Decode.
1:41.2	Thank you for having me. This is great to be here.
1:43.2	No problem. Let's talk a little bit about what the news is actually around Flipboard.
1:47.2	Do you guys announce today explain to the people?
1:50.2	Yeah, our point.
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