Recode’s Kara Swisher: Facebook only pretends to care about the media

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Recode’s Kara Swisher: Facebook only pretends to care about the media

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Mar 28, 2018

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On this week’s Digiday Podcast, Recode executive editor Kara Swisher said Facebook’s relationship with the media has long been based on lip service. Swisher discusses the need for Facebook to clean up its act, whether platforms will ever pay media organizations, Recode’s venture into TV and more in the episode.

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Mar 28, 2018

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Recode’s Kara Swisher: Facebook only pretends to care about the media

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