Bleep blop bloop. Talking https://link.chtbl.com/kafka typing https://www.businessinsider.com/author/peter-kafkahttps://bsky.app/profile/pkafka.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/pkafka.bsky.social/post/3mttjokfook2nParamount in June: Unnamed people who want to break up our Warner deal are antisemites. https://www.businessinsider.com/paramount-lawyer-opposition-warner-bros-deal-antisemitism-2026-6 Paramount Friday: Actually we're talking about Mark Ruffalo: https://variety.com/2026/film/news/paramount-responds-mark-ruffalo-merger-attack-israel24 Aug 2026 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:fluzbo6arqripu2lsroaaqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttjokfook2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/pkafka.bsky.social/post/3mtm6ppwusk2pThe reason you don't like data centers is because China has brainwashed you, using the social media platforms run by the people who want to build data centers. Wake up, sheeple. By me: https://www.businessinsider.com/china-data-center-ai-backlash-tech-messaging-2026-821 Aug 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:fluzbo6arqripu2lsroaaqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtm6ppwusk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/pkafka.bsky.social/post/3msqdgf4a4225One billion Zuck Bucks, coming to a data center near you. https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-ai-data-center-one-billion-dollar-fund-backlash-2026-810 Aug 2026 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:fluzbo6arqripu2lsroaaqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqdgf4a4225https://bsky.app/profile/pkafka.bsky.social/post/3ms7eza7wek23Some media criticism that's really just all of us criticism: Stuff that would properly be a 5 alarm fire is just a weekend news cycle now. https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-pool-story-matters-fiction-pirro-hearn-2026-803 Aug 2026 20:54 +0000at://did:plc:fluzbo6arqripu2lsroaaqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms7eza7wek23https://bsky.app/profile/pkafka.bsky.social/post/3mrs5pfwpu22kSome chatter about Paramount and the Ellisons being worried about a Democrat-run Congress this fall. Bloomberg's Lucas Shaw thinks that's overblown. https://www.businessinsider.com/paramount-warner-bros-lawsuit-election-netflix-lucas-shaw-interview-2026-7 full conversation on my Channels podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/channels-with-peter-kafka/id1080467174?i=100077887804129 Jul 2026 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:fluzbo6arqripu2lsroaaqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrs5pfwpu22khttps://bsky.app/profile/pkafka.bsky.social/post/3mrfwrgi5rs2kFacebook wants to become TikTok. It will start testing a new, TikTok-ified version of the app this fall. Another move away from "social media" and towards endless streams of video. https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-tiktok-test-video-advertising-2026-724 Jul 2026 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:fluzbo6arqripu2lsroaaqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfwrgi5rs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/pkafka.bsky.social/post/3mq5gmbrqek2iYou may think the NYT didn't adequately prepare readers for the consequences of a Trump victory in 2024. Joe Kahn, the paper's top editor, disagrees. From his Channels chat with me: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/channels-with-peter-kafka/id1080467174?i=100077595083008 Jul 2026 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:fluzbo6arqripu2lsroaaqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq5gmbrqek2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/pkafka.bsky.social/post/3mp4pmuzfbk2uWhy the Apple AI price hikes matter, even if you don't need a new MacBook: "Tech usually succeeds by bringing people something new or making something radically cheaper. Now tech says the same stuff you bought yesterday costs much more today." New from me: https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-ai-price-hikes-data-centers-what-it-means-2026-625 Jun 2026 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:fluzbo6arqripu2lsroaaqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp4pmuzfbk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/pkafka.bsky.social/post/3modwdsndyk2mThere's a world where US regulators really scrutinize a $22b deal that gives a big media company control of a big distribution company. Luckily for the Murdochs we don't live in that world. https://www.businessinsider.com/murdoch-roku-deal-tv-guide-2026-615 Jun 2026 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:fluzbo6arqripu2lsroaaqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3modwdsndyk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/pkafka.bsky.social/post/3mndhfjuzkk27Paramount won't tell me why its top lawyer says some people who don't like the Warners deal are antisemites. So I took a guess. https://www.businessinsider.com/paramount-lawyer-opposition-warner-bros-deal-antisemitism-2026-602 Jun 2026 20:41 +0000at://did:plc:fluzbo6arqripu2lsroaaqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mndhfjuzkk27https://bsky.app/profile/pkafka.bsky.social/post/3mmct55jrss2aExcerpts for people in the "text space": https://www.businessinsider.com/jim-bankoff-vox-media-podcast-sale-james-murdoch-interview-kafka-2026-5 [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 May 2026 21:13 +0000at://did:plc:fluzbo6arqripu2lsroaaqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmct55jrss2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/pkafka.bsky.social/post/3mmcsp4edmk2aNew: My deeply conflicted conversation with Vox Media's Jim Bankoff about selling half his company - including the part I work with - to James Murdoch. My main q: What does it tell us when a podcast network is the thing media buyers really want? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/channels-with-peter-kafka/id1080467174?i=100076880101620 May 2026 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:fluzbo6arqripu2lsroaaqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmcsp4edmk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/pkafka.bsky.social/post/3mlqiq4kjck2kBonus chat at the end: Why Charlie has reluctantly returned to posting over at... [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:fluzbo6arqripu2lsroaaqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqiq4kjck2khttps://bsky.app/profile/pkafka.bsky.social/post/3mlqiopf2gc2kVery belated news: Last week I talked to the Atlantic's excellent @cwarzel.bsky.social about all the things: Why AI slop may not be inevitable; why Charlie jumped face-first into YouTube; working in old media, then Substackland and back to old media, and more. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/channels-with-peter-kafka/id1080467174?i=100076640680013 May 2026 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:fluzbo6arqripu2lsroaaqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqiopf2gc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/pkafka.bsky.social/post/3mlmfwt5am222On the one hand, Byron Allen is paying $120 million for half of BuzzFeed, and Wall Street thinks all of BuzzFeed is only worth $30 million. On the other hand, Allen is only paying $20 million today. Last hand: The 2010s were great until they weren't. https://www.businessinsider.com/buzzfeed-why-byron-allen-buying-peretti-vox-vice-2026-511 May 2026 23:19 +0000at://did:plc:fluzbo6arqripu2lsroaaqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmfwt5am222https://bsky.app/profile/pkafka.bsky.social/post/3mle47kyzqk2eMURDOCH: I'm publishing a story about your birthday note to Epstein. TRUMP: I'm suing you for $10 billion. MURDOCH: Cool. Hey I need a favor: Can you help me squeeze the NFL? https://www.businessinsider.com/murdoch-trump-nfl-fox-streaming-netflix-fcc-doj-2026-508 May 2026 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:fluzbo6arqripu2lsroaaqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mle47kyzqk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/pkafka.bsky.social/post/3mksdu7mbns2aI talked with the excellent @ftrain.bsky.social about the revolution in coding, why you (me, really) shouldn't feel bad about not vibe coding - and what all this means for normals. Excerpts: https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-code-vibe-claude-software-paul-ford-interview-2026-5 Whole pod on Channels: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/channels-with-peter-kafka/id1080467174?i=100076426009001 May 2026 14:32 +0000at://did:plc:fluzbo6arqripu2lsroaaqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksdu7mbns2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/pkafka.bsky.social/post/3mkiqdkqs622gDonald Trump owns Truth Social. But when his wife wanted to use the power of the White House to silence Jimmy Kimmel, she relied on Elon Musk's X. New from me: https://www.businessinsider.com/melania-trump-x-jimmy-kimmel-truth-social-2026-427 Apr 2026 18:49 +0000at://did:plc:fluzbo6arqripu2lsroaaqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkiqdkqs622ghttps://bsky.app/profile/pkafka.bsky.social/post/3mjfcw6acws27The New Yorker's excellent Sam Altman profile asks if Altman can be trusted. I had another question: Why is Altman always described as having Steve Jobs-like persuasive powers, when he doesn't project that way in public? Ronan Farrow's take, on Channels: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/channels-with-peter-kafka/id1080467174?i=100076110605813 Apr 2026 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:fluzbo6arqripu2lsroaaqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfcw6acws27https://bsky.app/profile/pkafka.bsky.social/post/3mik3fya55k2dHundreds of millions for a tech bro podcast with a small audience? Yes. And I can even squint and see the logic: https://www.businessinsider.com/why-openai-bought-tbpn-2026-402 Apr 2026 20:49 +0000at://did:plc:fluzbo6arqripu2lsroaaqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mik3fya55k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/pkafka.bsky.social/post/3mi2l3gafds2cPrediction markets are going to change the world. Or they're just going to be a way to do legal-ish sports betting in places where sports betting isn't legal. Or both? Wired's excellent @knibbs.bsky.social helps me think through it all on this week's Channels. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/channels-with-peter-kafka/id1080467174?i=100075722575727 Mar 2026 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:fluzbo6arqripu2lsroaaqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2l3gafds2chttps://bsky.app/profile/pkafka.bsky.social/post/3mhybjjram22c"Please expect a very high rate of change from us" Sam Altman told us six months ago. But OpenAI isn't a plucky startup. It's a giant, deeply tied to our current and future economy. Maybe take a breather on the changes for a bit. New from me: https://www.businessinsider.com/openai-sam-altman-adult-chat-sora-pivot-2026-326 Mar 2026 18:51 +0000at://did:plc:fluzbo6arqripu2lsroaaqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhybjjram22chttps://bsky.app/profile/pkafka.bsky.social/post/3mhvfgd6qes2tPeriodic reminder that Twitter has one owner and one CEO and one head of product and they are all the same person. New from me: https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-x-twitter-trolls-nikita-bier-product-pause-2026-325 Mar 2026 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:fluzbo6arqripu2lsroaaqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhvfgd6qes2thttps://bsky.app/profile/pkafka.bsky.social/post/3mgskvr35e22jI talked to @mattbelloni.bsky.social about Sunday's Oscars, the future of Hollywood, and why he thinks David Ellison wants to build a new Fox News: Excerpts here: https://www.businessinsider.com/oscars-prediction-paramount-ellison-gulf-matt-belloni-peter-kafka-2026-02 Full chat on Channels: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/channels-with-peter-kafka/id1080467174?i=100075462031611 Mar 2026 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:fluzbo6arqripu2lsroaaqqc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgskvr35e22j