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How The Athletic CEO Alex Mather convinced people to pay for sports news on the internet

How The Athletic CEO Alex Mather convinced people to pay for sports news on the internet

FromRecode Media with Peter Kafka


How The Athletic CEO Alex Mather convinced people to pay for sports news on the internet

FromRecode Media with Peter Kafka

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Length:
47 minutes
Released:
Oct 17, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

CEO of The Athletic Alex Mather chats with Recode’s Peter Kafka about his path of setting out to disrupt local sports media through hiring away top talent and building out a subscription model. But will it be profitable?


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Featuring: Alex Mather (@amather), CEO of The Athletic
Host: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode
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Released:
Oct 17, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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What happens when media, entertainment, and technology collide? Peter Kafka, one of the media industry's most acclaimed reporters, talks to business titans, journalists, comedians and podcasters to get their take. Produced by Recode and the Vox Media Podcast Network.