Channels with Peter Kafka

Peter Kafka, Peter Micelli

podcasting@voxmedia.com

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Booking Overview

Veteran journalist Peter Kafka digs into how media and tech actually work—getting industry leaders and notable observers to explain what’s changing in plain, no-BS terms. It’s a strong fit for PR teams pitching executives and operators who want their strategy or business thesis understood by media/tech audiences.

Metrics

Episodes: 589

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.4/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Contact Information

podcasting@voxmedia.com

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Host

Peter Kafka - Veteran journalist Peter Kafka hosts the show and interviews media and tech industry leaders, upstarts, and observers, aiming for “plain, BS-free English.” The program is part of the Vox Media Podc...

Peter Micelli - CEO of Range Media Partners; represented talent and discusses monetization dynamics for entertainment careers.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Senior executives, editors, founders, and high-visibility media/tech operators (e.g., CEOs of media services/talent firms, major network media analysts, publication editors, and creators building large-scale content businesses).
Required Achievements:  
Leadership roles at major media/tech organizations, Editorial leadership at influential tech/media outlets, High-scale audience or business growth in digital content/streaming, Notable industry recognition as a public explainer or strategic decision-maker

Recent Guest Discussions

Peter Micelli - Talent Representation; Entertainment Industry Money; Turning Personal Brand/following Into Business; Creative Monetization In A Post-streaming-boom Environment

Nilay Patel - Apple’s AI Strategy And Siri; Implications Of Future Iphone Displacement; Platform/tech Roadmap Messaging; Vox Media Network Corporate Split (as Discussed In Episode)

Brian Stelter - CBS News And 60 Minutes Leadership Changes; Media Institution Restructuring; Normal-person Impact Of Major Media Storylines

Dhar Mann - Building A Scripted-video Assembly Line; Scaling After-school-moral Content Into A Mass-view Business; Expansion Beyond Major Social Platforms Into TV And Microdramas

Recent Topics

Technology, Journalism, Platforms, Streaming, Artificial Intelligence

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Channels with Peter Kafka
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Encore: Inside Joe Weisenthal's brain

July 01, 2026

We originally published this interview with Bloomberg's Joe Weisenthal on Feb. 11, 2026, and it's one of my favorite chats of the year. We'll be back with a new conversation on July 8. If Joe Weisenthal didn’t exist, the internet would have to invent him. Because Joe Weisenthal is built for the internet — more specifically, an internet personality: Knows a lot, curious about even more, often right, happy to be wrong, always has something to say about anything. That persona/personality did w...

The Ad Industry's Weirdest Tradition

June 24, 2026

The Rebooting's Brian Morrissey joins me from Cannes, where OpenAI is pitching advertisers, creators are becoming media brands, and thousands of people are still flying across the Atlantic to meet with people they could see back home. We talk about what's changed in advertising, what's changed in media, and why Cannes keeps getting bigger. We also get into why the ad industry's biggest gathering feels increasingly disconnected from the ads themselves; why CMOs are the real celebrities of Can...

A Hollywood Manager Explains the New Rules of Show Biz

June 17, 2026

Today’s show is about money, and how to make it in entertainment. The streaming boom made Hollywood feel like it had solved its money problem: Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Disney and everyone else wanted endless stuff. Top talent got paid, and so did everyone else. That boom is over, and now the industry is consolidating. And at the same time, lots of artifacts of old Hollywood that could generate a lot of money for some people — like syndication payouts in TV or backend deals for movies — don’t...

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