Joe Kahn runs the New York Times newsroom, which means he runs the most powerful news operation in the world. He joins me to talk about what that power is for — and why he thinks the Times’ next big transformation is video, and why the paper is in “a race against time” to compete with &quot;AI-generated slop.” We also discuss whether the Times is really a Games company now, how he handles angry readers, why he’s wary of the creator economy, what star reporters are worth, and how the Times is using AI while suing OpenAI.<br>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"We’re in a Race Against Time," Joe Kahn on Running the New York Times in the Age of AI Slop

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[SPEAKER_B] From the Vox Media Podcast Network, this is Channels with Peter Kafka. That is me. I'm also Chief Correspondent at Business Insider. And today we're talking about running the world's most important news organization. That would be the New York Times. And the man running it, or most of it really, is Executive Editor Joe Kahn. Kahn has been in that job since 2022. A lot of the coverage of his tenure since then is about how the Times covers some hot-button issues and how that has changed under him, and we'll talk about that in this conversation too.

"We’re in a Race Against Time," Joe Kahn on Running the New York Times in the Age of AI Slop

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"We’re in a Race Against Time," Joe Kahn on Running the New York Times in the Age of AI Slop

Read the full transcript

The candid version is on a podcast, not the earnings call.

The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.