Peter Kafka

Peter Kafka @pkafka

@jyarow @WillOremus @nytimes indeed. it's really a criticism of these blogs that just run contributed columns without bothering to do any editing or fact-checking. — PolitiTweet.org

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@JBFlint @poniewozik They repeatedly say that their shows will stand for “quality” which is... — PolitiTweet.org

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@WillOremus @nytimes If we're going actually this one, can also point out that while the Thiel line is a zinger, more appropriate to point out that Thiel is still on the Facebook board today. — PolitiTweet.org

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Sorkin's Zuck piece sent me down the memory hole. https://t.co/bHloXxbFjj "It’s hard to feel sorry for a billionaire. But here I am, feeling bad for Mark Zuckerberg." — PolitiTweet.org

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@Penenberg @peterstork @tomscocca @bubbaprog Not all lists! Loved that @dewalt production. — PolitiTweet.org

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Boo! Talked about HBO Max - it's like HBO, with more things that aren't like HBO - with @zachthemack. Then talked to Hearst CEO Steve Swartz, who is putting piles of money into profitable media companies you've never heard of. https://t.co/wdvq0WogqP — PolitiTweet.org

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@eisingerj @alexburnsNYT @dicktofel Respect you all but believe the part about the tab’s distribution plans are misleading. At the launch Zuckerberg said he expects/hopes that 10-20% of fb’s users (in us) will *use* the tab. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @teddyschleifer: Scoop: OBAMA is coming back to Silicon Valley and to the campaign trail. Obama is headlining a major DNC fundraiser ne… — PolitiTweet.org

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@asharma @kenli729 @hcoster @LARichwine This debate could be talmudic. Do you could the Apple TV+ subs who signed up by buying an iPhone? Disney+ subs who have unlimited Verizon plans? — PolitiTweet.org

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Cheers to the Deadspin folks who don’t want to work at a place that doesn’t want their work. They will do excellent work somewhere else. Still curious about whether their ex-bosses think this is a bug or a feature. — PolitiTweet.org

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Very excited that Disney's digital boss Kevin Mayer is joining us at #CodeMedia next month in Hollywood. Which mean… https://t.co/6BNZm57fAn — PolitiTweet.org

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Apologies. I didn’t read the story before I tweeted. What I should have said is that this story is fucking hilarious and I hope these guys are documenting themselves and then shipping the footage directly to the team that made Netflix’s Fyre Festival doc. — PolitiTweet.org

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It's 2019. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Kafka @pkafka

Silicon Valley is going to be hearing from Josh Hawley, the Republican Elizabeth Warren, for a long time. For better and for worse. Deep dive by @EmilyStewartM https://t.co/VNZ3PzwWJX — PolitiTweet.org

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@mosseri @BillSimmons @SIChrisMannix Servicey! — PolitiTweet.org

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@peterstork @tomscocca @bubbaprog So here’s an early Merry Christmas and good luck to the remaining Gizmodo staff. And if you guys are looking for some nice places to visit at the end of the year, this may be helpful: https://t.co/dgMTVpoaFm — PolitiTweet.org

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@peterstork @tomscocca @bubbaprog The fact that none of us had any knowledge about India was not an impediment, obviously. Page views were made, and someone (maybe more than one of us) made jokes about how we had become “Forbes dot com” (get it? Hohohoho) and we drank heavily. — PolitiTweet.org

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@peterstork @tomscocca @bubbaprog A solution! People who live in India don’t celebrate Christmas *and* some of them can read English-language websites. So we were told to crank out a series of stories targeting that theoretical audience. — PolitiTweet.org

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@peterstork @tomscocca @bubbaprog Ah, memories. Here’s a story: In 2006, end of the year, we had hit our ridiculous traffic goals but then were told we owed someone (I think it was Microsoft) even more traffic. But who visits a business site at the end of the year? Not Americans, for sure. But! — PolitiTweet.org

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@YBrammer They will migrate those folks to max, I believe. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ddztarcp That’s the point. — PolitiTweet.org

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@redletterdave US at launch then rolling out — PolitiTweet.org

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@sriramk @kayvz They will have recommendations from a human to solve that problem for you. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ambodnar That is what they are doing/want to do. But they have to renegotiate deals with everyone who is selling hbo for them now. — PolitiTweet.org

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@natetam Will require new deals. — PolitiTweet.org

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@zkahn Their ideal plan is to just get Comcast, Apple etc to automatically upgrade subs from hbo to max. But they can’t unilaterally do that. Need to reopen negotiations with every distributor. — PolitiTweet.org

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Yes. Which is why Comcast and the other cable guys who have been signing up the majority of HBO subs will not be into this. https://t.co/QuFfTiCzGW And ATT’s argument will be: you can something or nothing. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is basically what ATT started floating a year ago - HBO will become a channel in a bigger bundle ATT hopes you’ll buy - and which it can charge more for down the road. — PolitiTweet.org

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@cityofthetown This worked great with HBO Now. — PolitiTweet.org

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Or as Stankey puts it: https://t.co/UyVYG7zJcr — PolitiTweet.org