Recode Replay

Stitch Fix founder and CEO Katrina Lake talks with Recode's Jason Del Rey about using personalized data science to help consumers find clothing that fits and looks good. Stitch Fix's personal shoppers sometimes rely only on the numbers but usually use their intuition as the "last mile" between buyers and the right clothes, which are delivered in a try-on box. Lake says recent expansions into men's and plus-size fashion are helping the company grow. She also talks about what she has learned from serving on the board of food delivery service GrubHub, which went public in 2014. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Walker & Company Brands founder and CEO Tristan Walker talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the company's attempts to tap into the "wide-open opportunity" of making health and beauty products for people of color. Walker discusses the difficulties he has faced in raising money, due to a combination of investors' general aversion to e-commerce companies and specific skepticism about how many people can benefit from a product like Walker's Bevel razor. He also explains why he's planning to keep the business independent, building something that will last 200 years or more. Later this year, Walker & Company plans to launch a line of beauty products for women that are personalized to where the buyer lives and travels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

20th Century Fox CEO Stacey Snider talks with CNBC's Julia Boorstin about the movie studio's investments in new technologies, including virtual reality and augmented reality. Snider says seeing a movie she envies, like Disney's "The Jungle Book," is a powerful motivator for exploring new techniques. She says studios need to respond to the changing demands of the movie-watching audience by reconsidering — but not breaking — standard theatrical release windows. She says the goal of Twentieth Century Fox is to appeal to all audiences, regardless of politics or background. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Google SVP Philipp Schindler talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about YouTube's original programming initiative and how the company compares it to Netflix's and Amazon's. Schindler says the key differentiator is YouTube's existing fanbase, which spends more than 50 percent of its time watching video on mobile devices. He also discusses some "megatrends" in technology, including machine learning and new types of devices like wearables, which he says are coming together into an "age of smart assistants." Schindler argues that virtual reality and augmented reality are incredibly important technologies for the future of video and that Google's role is to democratize access to VR and AR. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

National Geographic Channel CEO Courteney Monroe talks with Recode's Peter Kafka about how the iconic magazine and TV brand is trying to shift its business "from reverence to relevance." Initially unimpressed with NatGeo's TV programming, Monroe — an HBO veteran — was tasked by 21st Century Fox with imagining a more ambitious HBO-esque lineup. Its first scripted series, "Genius," is directed by Ron Howard and will adapt Walter Isaacson's biography of Albert Einstein. She says the company is thinking like a scrappy startup within Fox's media empire, investing much more heavily in marketing and social media to attract eyeballs to a cable channel that many viewers may not know they get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MediaLink CEO Michael Kassan talks about "the 3 o'clock wakeup call," the ruthless drumbeat of economic, technological and political disruption in the media business. He shares some strategies for responding to that disorder, including more careful selection of who you partner with and why transparency between business and the audience is more important than ever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Starz President and CEO Chris Albrecht talks with Recode's Peter Kafka about how the premium cable channel is targeting underserved TV audiences such as African-Americans, women and LGBT people — groups that also happen to be active social media users. Albrecht also hopes to reach new subscribers with less than $50,000 in annual household income, who don't have a credit card but would buy a Starz subscription card at the supermarket. He also discusses how Starz and other premium networks, including his former company HBO, are faring when they try to sell themselves to consumers directly and through Amazon, rather than through cable companies like Comcast and Time Warner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fusion Senior Editor Felix Salmon talks about seven mistakes his team at Fusion Media Group committed, including the assumption that millennials could be made to watch TV. Also: Don't let TV people make your website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stratechery founder and author Ben Thompson talks about how the internet has impacted different types of media — text, audio and video — and what other industries such as hotels can learn from that history. He explains the power of bundling in media economics and why companies like Google and Facebook are so disruptive to that practice. After his presentation, he talks with Recode's Peter Kafka about why he started covering tech strategy instead of tech products and how, as a writer based in Taiwan, he has attracted paying subscribers in 30 countries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Facebook VP of Partnerships Dan Rose talks with CNBC's Julia Boorstin about Facebook's plans to launch a connected TV app for Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Samsung smart TVs. Rose says Facebook, which has been testing a dedicated "video tab" on the web for months, is hoping to see longer videos than the 30- to 60-second clips that currently dominate the News Feed. Rose also talks about how Facebook is working with news publishers and journalists to combat "fake news" and support news literacy. He says Facebook should label hoaxes but not prevent them from being distributed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ashley McCollum, the general manager of BuzzFeed's hit food video series Tasty, and Red Rooster Harlem owner Marcus Samuelsson talk with Recode's Peter Kafka about the changing format and audience for foodie entertainment. McCollum explains how Tasty was developed, how it reached 500 million viewers per month and how it makes money through branded content. Samuelsson, who had appeared on cooking TV shows in the past, came to Tasty last year to teach viewers how to make southern fried chicken; he also discusses how he's using platforms like Instagram and YouTube to reach diners. Also on the menu: How Brexit and Donald Trump's presidency have affected their work, with Samuelsson arguing that American food would not exist without immigrants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Washington Post Executive Editor Marty Baron talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and The Verge's Walt Mossberg about how the Post has been covering the Trump administration, including recent reports that triggered the resignation of National Security Advisor Michael Flynn. Baron says that in the Trump era, political journalism must be less "access-driven," and reporters should shine a light on the upheaval in Washington, D.C. He responds to White House claims that the press is the "opposition party," discusses when the Post would use the word "lie" and explains how the paper's owner, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, has helped shape its digital strategy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apple SVP Eddy Cue and Propagate Content co-CEO Ben Silverman talk with Recode's Peter Kafka about Apple's first TV programs, "Planet of the Apps" and "Carpool Karaoke," which will be distributed on Apple Music. "Planet of the Apps" tells the story of several software developers competing for $10 million in venture capital investment; "Carpool Karaoke" is a spinoff of the popular comedy segment from "The Late Late Show With James Corden." Later in the interview, "Carpool" producer Ben Winston joins the group onstage. Cue says Apple is using its music-streaming platform as a place to try new things that competitors aren't doing, including reality TV, but won't say if Apple will offer a "skinny bundle" of TV channels. They also discuss the podcasting resurgence, what Apple can do about fake news and when Amazon will have an app on Apple TV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AwesomenessTV CEO Brian Robbins talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about selling his company multiple times and making media aimed at teens. Robbins says Generation Z, which is more serious, multicultural and politically engaged than millennials, wants to see itself reflected more on the screen, and is actively creating content, not just consuming it. He discusses why it's important for people in media to talk about politics, how he looks at platforms like Facebook, Snapchat and YouTube, and why he's not interested in making content for virtual reality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blumhouse Productions founder Jason Blum talks with Recode's Peter Kafka about making horror movies with directors such as M. Night Shyamalan and Jordan Peele. Blumhouse promises those filmmakers total creative control over movies like "Insidious," "The Purge" and "Split" in exchange for lower budgets. Blum calls his studio an "outsider in the Hollywood system," with a model that most other studios have struggled to replicate. Horror works better than other genres, he says, because you don't need big stars or big budgets to succeed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BuzzFeed UK Editor in Chief Janine Gibson talks with Recode's Peter Kafka about how shifts in both politics and the media business are changing journalism. She explains some of the differences in coverage of Brexit and Donald Trump, both of which saw intense scrutiny and criticism aimed at the media. Gibson also discusses the rise of fake news and why WikiLeaks — an organization she worked with often at the Guardian — seemingly became more raw and antagonistic in 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Politico co-founder Jim VandeHei talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new not-yet-launched publication Axios, which will center on business, technology, politics and media. VandeHei argued that journalists spend too much time talking to each other, and that there is public demand for media that is smart, short and shareable. Axios will initially be supported by advertising, but VandeHei says he envisions an eventual shift to premium news subscriptions that cost $10,000 or more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Turner CEO John Martin talks with Recode's Peter Kafka about the impact of the 2016 election on Turner-owned CNN. Martin says President-elect Donald Trump has been good for business (profits are up), even though Trump regularly tweets about his dissatisfaction with the company's flagship cable news channel. Martin notes that CNN, which he says tries to be less partisan than rivals Fox News and MSNBC, won't change its journalistic mission post-election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the company's complicated relationship with Microsoft, which has been both a partner and — increasingly of late — an enemy to the CRM giant. Benioff wants government regulators to more rigorously challenge M&A like Microsoft's acquisition of LinkedIn, which he says is an example of too much data being consolidated in one company. He also talks about how Twitter, a company Salesforce had considered buying, helped elect Donald Trump to the U.S. presidency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and Kurt Wagner about the skills workers will need as technology continues to disrupt businesses in all industries. Weiner argues that the U.S. focuses too much on four-year college degrees and not enough on vocational training and certification. His desire to rethink skills training may be in part because LinkedIn now owns online education platform Lynda. He noted that, according to the World Economic Forum, new tech will displace more than five million jobs by 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices