Why Henry Blodget is Building Another Media Company

Channels with Peter Kafka

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Tv & Film, Business News, News

4.4 • 585 Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Henry Blodget can’t help himself. The Business Insider founder is starting another media business, knowing full well how difficult the industry can be. You can watch him build it in real time: Regenerator on Substack, and Solutions on TikTok, YouTube and everywhere you hear your favorite podcasts. Henry — who hired me to work at Business Insider in 2007, back when it was called Silicon Alley Insider — sat down for a chat about what’s changed in media and the internet over the years, and what hasn’t. We also took time to talk about the AI boom, whether it’s a bubble, and why bubbles can be useful. It’s a blast from the past and a look at the future, all in one chat. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:12.4	From the Vox Media Podcast Network, this is channels.
1:14.2	Peter Kafka, that is me.
1:11.0	I'm also channel. from the Vox Media Podcast Network.
1:13.3	This is Channels with Peter Kafka.
1:14.2	That is me.
1:17.3	I'm also chief correspondent at Business Insider.
1:23.1	And this is a podcast where we often talk about the problems that come up in tech and media in the future.
1:27.8	Today we're going to switch it up and talk about answers to some of those problems.
1:29.9	You might call them solutions.
1:35.1	This also happens to be the name of the new podcast just launched by today's guest.
1:37.7	That would be Solutions with Henry Blodgett.
1:40.9	Henry, as I think most of you know, is a journalist and entrepreneur.
1:43.3	He started Business Insider in 2007.
1:45.3	I was hired as employee number one and took off after a year, but Henry kept at it. He built it and sold Business Insider to Axel Springer
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