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Discovery Pushes Its Podcasting Stars in Front of the Camera: How the “Stuff You Should Know” Guys Got on TV

Peter Kafka in Media on May 21 at 3:30 am PT

A few years ago, Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant were unknown writers. Now they’re podcast big shots. Next year they could be cable TV stars.

Viral Audio: While Arrington Fiddles and Bartz Erupts, My Cup o’ Crazy Runneth Over

Kara Swisher in News on September 9, 2011 at 10:49 am PT

Do I have something to say about the clown circuses going on at both Yahoo and AOL this week? You bet I do.

SB Nation Sacks AOL in Raid of Former Engadget Team for Competing New Tech Site, As AOL Zeroes in on New EiC

Kara Swisher in News on April 3, 2011 at 7:34 pm PT

Jim Bankoff, the fomer AOL exec responsible for buying Engadget for the Internet portal, has grabbed eight staffers who had recently left the huge tech site amid tensions, in order to start a new gadget property for his SB Nation sports and news platform. The site–which is still unnamed and will be run by outgoing Engadget Editor-in-Chief Josh Topolsky–will debut sometime in the fall. Meanwhile, AOL has zeroed in on a new leader to replace Topolsky.

A Media Non-Move: ESPN.com Star Bill Simmons Stays Put

Peter Kafka in Media on October 11, 2010 at 12:19 pm PT

Here’s a variation on the “old media star bails for new media outlet” story–a new media star staying put at the place that made him famous.

Apple’s Steve Jobs D8 Interview Now Available for Download on iTunes

John Paczkowski in D8 on June 17, 2010 at 8:09 am PT

Since the close of the eighth D: All Things Digital conference, we’ve been inundated with requests for a downloadable version of Apple CEO Steve Jobs’s opening night session with co-hosts Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. Given their number, we’ve decided to oblige. The full Jobs session is now available on iTunes as both a video and audio podcast.

Viral Video: Apple Versus Predator

Kara Swisher in News on March 26, 2010 at 1:52 am PT

This video on Kelvington’s Parody Channel on YouTube just cracks me up. The video maker notes that Molly Wood of CNET’s “Buzz Out Loud” podcast “issued a challenge today to make an Apple vs. Predator video.” Mission accomplished, but with litigation to come apparently.

Blog Talk Radio Podcast: BoomTown Makes the Only A-List Possible for Me

Kara Swisher in News on February 24, 2010 at 3:00 am PT

Here’s a podcast I did last Friday on a very good show, “The A-List with Jennifer Lindsay,” on Blog Talk Radio. I like podcasts a lot. In this one, Lindsay interviews me about covering the early Internet, including my years on the chain gang covering AOL, as well as my long and checkered career.

Is That a Real New York Times App or a Fake? Apple Doesn’t Want to Know.

Peter Kafka in Media on January 14, 2010 at 3:30 am PT

Has the New York Times finally started charging people to read its news online? Not yet. But people who aren’t the New York Times are using the paper’s name and charging iPhone users to read the paper’s stuff–with Apple’s blessing. What gives?