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Welcome to Recode Media, to a very special edition of Recode Media in which I interview my boss

and also my new boss.

Welcome Jim Bankoff from Pam Wasterstein.

So great to be here at the Vox Media Headquarters, Peter. I know this is very exciting.

I'm a long time listener, first time guest, and it's great to be here for this momentous occasion with you and Pam. I am also very happy to be here. Jim, you've listened to this podcast a long time. You've been in media a long time. Do you think it's a good idea to interview your boss in a public forum? It depends on your boss, and it depends on the questions. Okay, let's see how this goes. If you're listening to this podcast, you know why we're having a conversation. But for the record, what happened last night? Vox Media and New York media announced that we were merging our

companies to create the preeminent modern media company. And we couldn't be more excited. It's just

a really natural fit as far as business combinations go. We come from the same place in terms of our values, the key value being a commitment to quality

editorial, journalism, service journalism, online communities, entertainment products.

We do it across all the platforms, as they say, ranging from one of the best print magazines in the world,

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