Tech’s big bust, plus Marvel (and Wakanda) Forever?

Channels with Peter Kafka

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Technology, Tv & Film, Business News, News

4.4 • 585 Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Mass layoffs and cutbacks at companies like Meta and Twitter point to a slowdown (and chaos) in tech. Bloomberg tech reporter Sarah Frier helps us sort through the madness. Then, Disney has used Marvel movies to basically print money over the past ten years. With the release of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” we look at whether that strategy will continue to be a winning one with pop culture expert and X-Ray Vision podcaster Jason Concepcion. Featuring: Jason Concepcion (@netw3rk), Writer and Host of Crooked Media's X-Ray Vision Sarah Frier (@sarahfrier), Tech Reporter at Bloomberg Host: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode More to explore: Subscribe for free to Recode Media, Peter Kafka, one of the media industry's most acclaimed reporters, talks to business titans, journalists, comedians, and more to get their take on today's media landscape. About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:08.0	That is me.
1:09.3	And, you know, sometimes when we've got two guests, multiple guests on this podcast, there's some kind of thematic link, but not really this time. But I can guarantee that these are two really cool conversations. They're timely as well. First, I talk to Sarah Fryer, the excellent Bloomberg journalist who covers big tech. And there is a lot to talk about in big tech right now. For instance, Elon Musk is trying to convince advertisers not to bail on Twitter
1:31.3	and trying to convince everyone else why they should pay $96 a year to use Twitter.
1:36.3	He just had a press conference basically about that just now.
1:38.3	I talked to Sarah about that.
1:40.3	And meanwhile, Musk and many other big tech CEOs are engaged in really big layoffs.
1:45.0	So I talked to Sarah about all of that and what happens next and sort of where we are in sort of big tech's life cycle.
1:51.8	And then speaking of life cycle, I talked about Wakanda forever.
1:54.8	It's the big new Marvel movie out this week with Jason Concepcion.
1:57.8	He is one of my favorite bloggers and podcasters.
2:00.6	He specializes in pop
2:01.7	culture, particularly the really nerdy stuff. And I first started listening to him when he was at the
2:05.7	Ringer, and now he's at Crooked Media where he hosts X-ray Vision, excellent podcast, and had sidegags
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