Why Rest of World wants to change international tech news, with Sophie Schmidt and Louise Matsakis

Big Technology Podcast

Alex Kantrowitz

Technology, Religion & Spirituality, Business News, Business, Religion, Science, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Entrepreneurship, Management, Marketing, Politics, News Commentary, Government, Investing, Tech News, Social Sciences, News

4.6 • 395 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Rest Of World is a new publication that covers technology outside of North America and Europe. Sophie Schmidt and Louise Matsakis join Big Technology Podcast to discuss why they believe it's setting a new path forward for international tech coverage. Schmidt founded the publication in 2019 after growing convinced that the next tech decade belongs to the rising giants outside of the Western world. Growing up while her father, Eric Schmidt, ran Google taught her some important lessons along the way. Matsakis, formerly of Wired, joined the publication after pitching Schmidt on a role for herself. She is now a senior editor. In this conversation, we discuss the publication's editorial philosophy, along with tech in China, South Korea, Kenya, Nigeria, and elsewhere.

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0:14.0	I'm Rufus Griscombe, and every week I sit down with the world's leading thinkers
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0:22.3	work, and play smarter. Follow the next big idea wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Tomer Cohen,
0:32.1	LinkedIn's chief product officer. If you're just as curious as I am about the way things are built,
0:37.4	then tune into my podcast, Building One.
0:40.1	I speak with some of the best product builders out there.
0:42.6	I've always been inspired by frustration.
0:45.2	It came back to my own personal pinpoint.
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0:50.6	Following that curiosity is a superpower.
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1:00.3	Rest of the world is in the house. Hey, Sophie. Hey, Alex.
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