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Thursday, July 2, 2009

NBC Universal President and CEO Jeff Zucker: The Full D7 Interview

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Jeff Zucker runs one of the world’s leading media and entertainment content companies, which is also being caught in the throes of a major shift, due to the impact of the Internet over the last decade.

In this onstage interview with me at the seventh D: All Things Digital conference, Zucker talks about the state of the television business; the changing advertising market; the impact of Hulu, an online premium video joint venture NBC launched with News Corp.; and precisely what he meant when he said that the Web was turning “analog dollars into digital pennies.”

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Saturday, May 3, 2008

Grand Theft Volvo

This is an hysterical spoof video, by “Late Night” host Conan O’Brien, with a very sanitized version of Grand Theft Auto IV.
The new version of the ultra-violent videogame came out this week, to rave reviews.
I would rather play this, as I have taken that crazy right on red on the way to my kid’s [...]

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Monday, December 31, 2007

Top Five Reasons David Letterman Is Smarter Than Hollywood

5. Because his World Wide Pants production company took only two weeks to bang out a separate agreement with writers to go back to work at his “Late Show” on CBS from their strike after saying they would try to make a deal.
4. Because he will get the best guests now, because actors would rather [...]

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About Kara

Kara Swisher started covering digital issues for The Wall Street Journal's San Francisco bureau in 1997 and also wrote the BoomTown column about the sector. With Walt Mossberg, she co-produces and co-hosts D: All Things Digital, a major high-tech and media conference.

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Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.

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