Big Tech’s big job shuffle
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English - December 05, 2021 09:00 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsTechnology Business Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Issie Lapowsky joins the show to discuss Jack Dorsey’s sudden exit from Twitter, the waning cult of the founder, and what’s next for the social network. Then Ben Pimentel joins to chat about why Dorsey wanted to focus on Square, why Square is now called Block, and the company’s crypto-first future. Finally, Ben Brody chats about the confirmation hearings for Gigi Sohn and Alan Davidson, and what happens next in the Meta/Giphy antitrust saga.
For more on the topics in this episode:
Issie Lapowsky on TwitterJack Dorsey has stepped down as Twitter CEOJack Dorsey and breaking up the cult of the founderMeet Parag Agrawal, Twitter’s new CEOSalesforce promotes Bret Taylor to co-CEOCTO to CEO: The case for putting the tech expert in chargeBen Pimentel on TwitterJack Dorsey’s Twitter resignation is really about bitcoinSquare changes its name to Block after Dorsey leaves TwitterDavid Marcus, Meta's crypto boss, is leavingBen Brody on Twitter5 things to know about NTIA nominee Alan DavidsonBiden FCC nominee Sohn is walking a tightrope with RepublicansFacebook has to sell Giphy under an order from the UKFor all the links and stories, head to Source Code’s homepage.