Sonos' new budget soundbar / CNN Plus is shutting down / Netflix loses subscribers for the first time in over a decade

The Vergecast

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Tech News, Technology

4.4 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2022

⏱️ 75 minutes

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David Pierce rejoins The Vergecast with Nilay Patel and Alex Cranz. The crew discuss Netflix losing subscribers for the first time in over a decade, CNN Plus shutting down only a month after it launched, and a whole lot more. Verge editor Chris Welch joins the show to discuss Sonos' new budget soundbar that is set to release in June. Relevant links: gone90.biz Netflix just lost subscribers for the first time in over a decade The writing may be on the wall for sharing Netflix accounts CNN Plus is shutting down only a month after it launched The Obamas are leaving Spotify for a new multiplatform podcast deal Spotify opens up video podcasting to everyone in the US and select markets Exclusive: this is the new budget soundbar from Sonos A year after LG left the smartphone business, Samsung is the big winner The latest leak of Google’s upcoming Pixel Watch shows off a familiar design Playdate review: all it’s cranked up to be A camera battery with a USB-C port is a gadget whose time has come Elon Musk lays out funding for ambitious Twitter takeover Delta confirms ‘exploratory’ Starlink tests Tesla earned over $3 billion in profit in the first quarter California net neutrality law to remain intact after appeals court says it won’t reconsider earlier decision Instagram is begging you to stop reposting TikToks to Reels This firm made Republicans go viral — now it’s falling apart Booming warehouse growth clashes with rural life in California’s Inland Empire Inside the pandemic’s PPE supply chain nightmare A former Foxconn executive tries to explain what went wrong in Wisconsin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This week on the Vergecast, David Pierce joins the show for the first time
0:04.1	as one of its new hosts.
0:05.3	We talk about what's going on with Netflix losing subscribers,
0:07.6	CNN plus shutting down.
0:09.1	We do a little bit of a gadget scoop about SOS,
0:11.6	and of course we talk about Elon and Twitter.
0:13.2	That's coming up on the Vergecast now.
0:16.4	I think that the holidays feel like Frozen Noses.
0:21.9	I love walking with the dog for long periods of time,
0:24.9	hopefully it's snowing, and you've got to wrap up warm.
0:27.4	So I think the Frozen Noses are then sweaty armpits
0:29.6	because your wrap tops so warm,
0:31.2	but then you're climbing Hampstead Heath,
0:33.4	and you get to the top and you're like,
0:35.0	and then you can see the breath,
0:37.1	but then your nose is still freezing to top.
0:40.1	Joy in every sip with red cups now back at Starbucks.
0:45.2	Sam Mendes presents Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens,
0:49.0	an audible original drama.
0:50.6	The young gentleman's name would be Oliver.
0:54.8	Oliver Twist.
0:55.7	With Brian Cox as Fagan.
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