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Below is a collection of every NYC Subscriber Summit article by The Information.
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Watch Interviews from the Summit

By The Information Staff · Apr 28, 2017 3:49pm PDT · 1 comment
If you missed the New York Subscriber Summit this past Tuesday, you can watch the interviews below. Among those on stage were CNN CEO Jeff Zucker, Quora CEO Adam D'Angelo and Facebook executive Adam Mosseri. If you missed the New York Subscriber Summit this past Tuesday, you can watch the interviews...
The Information editor in chief Jessica Lessin. Photo by Karen Obrist
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Watch the Keynote Address from the NYC Subscriber Summit

By The Information Staff · Apr 26, 2017 10:16am PDT
If you missed Tuesday's New York Subscriber Summit, you can watch The Information editor-in-chief Jessica Lessin's keynote address below. Ms Lessin gave an overview of the state of the media industry and also announced some important news from The Information.For coverage of the summit, see here, here and here. If you missed Tuesday's New York Subscriber Summit, you can watch The Information...
FiveThirtyEight founder Nate Silver. Photo by Karen Obrist
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538’s Nate Silver on the Bubble of Conventional Wisdom

By Alfred Lee · Apr 25, 2017 2:33pm PDT
Democrats will likely do well in coming national elections, something conventional wisdom has been slow to recognize, said Nate Silver, founder and editor in chief of FiveThirtyEight, at The Information’s New York subscriber summit on Tuesday.In making that prediction, he cited historical precedents of opposition parties gaining... Democrats will likely do well in coming national elections, something conventional wisdom has...
CNN CEO Jeff Zucker. Photo by Karen Obrist
CNN’s Zucker On O’Reilly, Trump and Reaching Audiences Without Being CNN
By Tom Dotan · Apr 25, 2017 2:31pm PDT · 2 comments
CNN CEO Jeff Zucker. Photo by Karen Obrist
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CNN’s Zucker On O’Reilly, Trump and Reaching Audiences Without Being CNN

By Tom Dotan · Apr 25, 2017 2:31pm PDT · 2 comments
In its pursuit of younger viewers, CNN has realized a useful tactic is to avoid the name CNN, according to CNN chief Jeff Zucker.Speaking at The Information’s New York subscriber summit on Tuesday, Mr. Zucker described how CNN was “future proofing” itself to capture a new generation that is unlikely to pay for cable. It... In its pursuit of younger viewers, CNN has realized a useful tactic is to avoid the name CNN,...
Facebook’s VP of News Feed Adam Mosseri talking with The Information's Cory Weinberg on Tuesday. Photo by Karen Obrist
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Facebook Testing News Discovery Options

By Alfred Lee · Apr 25, 2017 1:44pm PDT · 1 comment
Facebook is testing out new ways for users to discover news content, including grouping articles or videos by topic, Facebook’s VP of News Feed, Adam Mosseri said at The Information’s New York subscriber summit on Tuesday.Another idea, which would likely expand beyond news to other types of content, is a discovery tab within... Facebook is testing out new ways for users to discover news content, including grouping articles...
Slack's VP of product April Underwood talking with The Information's Tom Dotan at the NYC Subscriber Summit. Photo by Karen Obrist
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Slack Executive Not Worried About Facebook’s Workplace Competitor

By Cory Weinberg · Apr 25, 2017 9:14am PDT
Slack has faced, and survived, an onslaught of well-designed, consumer-friendly enterprise tech competitors since it launched three years ago. And what may be the newest, Facebook's Workplace, isn’t worrying Slack any more than earlier rivals, according to Slack’s vice president of product April Underwood.In an interview at The... Slack has faced, and survived, an onslaught of well-designed, consumer-friendly enterprise tech...
Quora CEO Adam D'Angelo talking with The Information's Tom Dotan at The Information's NYC Subscriber Summit on Tuesday. Photo by Karen Obrist
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Quora’s CEO Sees Govt Regulation As One Possible Solution to Fake News

By Cory Weinberg · Apr 25, 2017 9:08am PDT · 6 comments
Facebook and Twitter could change their distribution strategies to better reward news that is accurate, as one way of dealing with fake news, the top executive of Quora said on Tuesday. Another possibility they face is more government scrutiny, he said at The Information’s subscriber summit on Tuesday.Adam D’Angelo, a former Facebook... Facebook and Twitter could change their distribution strategies to better reward news that is...
Art by Chris Fargo.
Watch Interviews from the Summit
By The Information Staff · Apr 8, 2016 2:27pm PDT
Art by Chris Fargo.
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Watch Interviews from the Summit

By The Information Staff · Apr 8, 2016 2:27pm PDT
If you missed Tuesday's New York Subscriber Summit, you can watch the interviews below. Among those on stage were Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan Doctoroff, outgoing Politico co-founder Jim VandeHei and Fidelity executive Andy Boyd. If you missed Tuesday's New York Subscriber Summit, you can watch the interviews below....
Facebook's Serkan Piantino. Photo by Flickr/TechCrunch.
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Facebook’s Research Conveyor Belt for AI

By Cory Weinberg · Apr 7, 2016 10:43am PDT · 1 comment
It’s no secret that Facebook’s virtual assistant, M, doesn’t have true intelligence. Humans help operate the app within Messenger, which a limited number of people can use to order food, find flights or do other things that one day may be done by a machine.  But M wouldn’t exist without work by Facebook Artificial... It’s no secret that Facebook’s virtual assistant, M, doesn’t have true...
Left to right: Brian Singerman, Andy Boyd and Alfred Lee of The Information. Photo by Chris Fargo.
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Fidelity Talks Private Tech Investing

By Tom Dotan · Apr 6, 2016 7:02am PDT
Fidelity Investments has become one of the most watched investors in private tech in the past year, taking stakes in such big names as Uber, Airbnb, WeWork and Snapchat. But Fidelity executive Andy Boyd wants to make one thing clear: mutual funds are not venture capitalists.Fidelity’s head of global capital equity markets said the firm was... Fidelity Investments has become one of the most watched investors in private tech in the past...
Jim VandeHei. Photo by Chris Fargo.
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Politico’s VandeHei Blasts ‘Crap Trap’ of News Media

By Tom Dotan · Apr 5, 2016 4:15pm PDT · 3 comments
The outgoing CEO and co-founder of Politico, Jim VandeHei, blasted the news industry for falling into “crap trap” journalism aimed at amassing big audiences at the expense of substantive coverage.Mr. VandeHei made his comments during an on-stage interview at The Information’s New York Subscriber Summit on Tuesday. He is leaving... The outgoing CEO and co-founder of Politico, Jim VandeHei, blasted the news industry for falling...
From left to right: Sam Goertler, Eddie Segel, Melissa Bell and Jessica Lessin. Photo by Chris Fargo.
How Startups Are Turning Growth into Revenue
By Cory Weinberg · Apr 5, 2016 3:18pm PDT
From left to right: Sam Goertler, Eddie Segel, Melissa Bell and Jessica Lessin. Photo by Chris Fargo.
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How Startups Are Turning Growth into Revenue

By Cory Weinberg · Apr 5, 2016 3:18pm PDT
It’s no longer enough for startups to hype how many users they have. They need to prove they’re making money, too. That was evident at a panel The Information’s New York Subscriber Summit featuring executives from Vox Media, workplace software company Asana and  health insurance startup Oscar.For Asana, which raised $50... It’s no longer enough for startups to hype how many users they have. They need to prove...
Dan Doctoroff and Jessica Lessin. Photo by Chris Fargo.
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Is Alphabet Going to Build a City?

By Cory Weinberg · Apr 5, 2016 10:48am PDT · 1 comment
In its first year of existence, the Alphabet-owned “urban innovation company” Sidewalk Labs has been working on products to improve WiFi access and traffic flows in cities. But there’s signs it has skyscraper-sized ambitions that lean towards building a city from the ground up.Sidewalk CEO Dan Doctoroff hinted as much in an... In its first year of existence, the Alphabet-owned “urban innovation company”...