The Twitter DeSaster and the Surgeon General’s Social Media Warning

Pivot

Vox Media Podcast Network

Tech News, News, Technology, News Commentary

4.2 • 9.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Meta will sell Giphy in an antitrust loss, and the man who ran a Twitter account tracking Elon Musk’s private jet is now tracking Ron Desantis. Also, the latest in the culture wars: A Florida school has limited access to Amanda Gorman’s poetry, and Target will remove some Pride merch after a backlash. Plus, Governor Ron DeSantis announced his presidential run on Twitter Spaces… and it didn’t go quite as planned. And the Surgeon General warns that social media may be harmful to young users. Then, a listener question on HBO Max rebranding to Max. Send us your questions and tell us what Pivot’s rebrand should be! Call 855-51-PIVOT or go to nymag.com/pivot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Cover Genius.
0:04.0	While traditional insurers went missing for millions of live entertainment customers during
0:07.9	the pandemic, Axis tripled how much they make from ancillary revenue at the same time.
0:12.4	eBay grew its warranty sales by 500% with it a few weeks of switching from a traditional
0:16.6	insurer all while making customers happier with an NPS of 65.
0:21.2	The partner behind it all?
0:23.0	Cover Genius.
0:24.0	Cover Genius is the insure tech for embedded protection that delivers seamless growth-focused
0:28.0	solutions which are available at Amazon, Wayfarer, SeatGeek, Hopper, Turkish Airlines,
0:32.5	Ryanair, and to it and more.
0:34.9	Learn more at Cover Genius.com slash Pivot today.
0:42.1	Support for Pivot comes from Service Now.
0:44.6	Today, it seems every business is influenced by the uncertainty in the world.
0:48.5	It seems into every discussion and forces top choices for what to do next.
0:52.7	Should you drive efficiency or should you drive growth?
0:55.6	But what if instead of choosing, you could just say yes to both?
0:59.4	With the intelligent platform for digital business from Service Now, you can.
1:03.2	You can say yes to unifying your existing systems and yes to accelerating growth.
1:07.9	Visit servicenow.com to see how they can help you put yes to work.
1:12.4	The world works with Service Now.
1:17.5	Hi everyone, this is Pivot from New York Magazine in the Vox Media Podcast Network.
1:24.6	I'm Cara Swisher and I have a doctorate.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Vox Media Podcast Network, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Vox Media Podcast Network and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.