Recode Decode: News Media Alliance CEO David Chavern

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

David Chavern, the president and CEO of the nonprofit News Media Alliance, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about advocating on behalf of journalists in Washington, D.C. In this episode: How Chavern got to the News Media Alliance; the unique challenges of representing the media business; the ripple effects of the declining print business; the impact of Google and Facebook; revenue sharing, algorithm changes and conspiracy theories online; the differences among how the platforms understand the media; how tech has sucked up all the ad revenue; “charity isn’t going to solve this problem”; why does Facebook get Section 230 protections?; potential antitrust action; Trump’s dangerous “fake news” rhetoric; is education and news literacy enough?; tech billionaires buying media companies; and why it’s harder to innovate on the business model for journalism than it is in other forms of media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:57.0	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, Editor at Large of Recode.
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1:09.0	Today in the red chair is David Shaver and the president and CEO of News Media Alliance.
1:15.0	It's a nonprofit based in Washington, DC that advocates on behalf of hundreds of print and digital news organizations from around the country.
1:22.0	Previously, he spent more than 10 years at the US Chamber of Commerce. David, welcome to Recode decode.
1:27.0	Excellent. Thank you very much.
1:28.0	So we have a lot to talk about news. We have to talk about all kinds of things. But let's talk a little bit about your background.
1:32.0	Because I knew you from when you were at the Chamber of Commerce and we were talking about all kinds of things like retail.
1:36.0	Yeah, exactly.
1:37.0	So talk a little bit about your background.
1:40.0	Pittsburgh guy, born and raised.
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