SiriusXM makes money by beaming music and talk radio - especially Howard Stern - to your car using satellites and selling monthly subscriptions. That turns out to be a surprisingly resilient business: The company has 34 million subscribers and $9 billion in annual revenue. But CEO Jennifer Witz knows she has to adapt to the streaming world, so she’s refreshing the company’s brand and app, with the hopes that you’ll keep listening when you’re not driving. Vox’s Peter Kafka talks to Witz about how she plans to position her company in a crowded field.
Then, Peter catches up with one of his favorites, Rob Harvilla (@harvilla), about his new book. It’s an adaption of his excellent podcast, which goes by the same name: 60 Songs that Explain the ’90s.
Host: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode
More to explore: Subscribe for free to Recode Media, Peter Kafka, one of the media industry's most acclaimed reporters, talks to business titans, journalists, comedians, and more to get their take on today's media landscape.
About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Men In Blazers’ Roger Bennett loves soccer and America
One of the most popular streamers on Twitch… is a lefty political commentator? Hasan Piker explains
One of Silicon Valley’s most powerful investors is now a media company, too
Jake and Amir on being Web famous, fed up with Hollywood, and podcast bosses
How to make it in the creator economy with Rob Walker
Why is Amazon buying MGM?
Jim Miller on HBO’s new home; Alan Yang on a very different season of “Master of None”
Why did AT&T just bail on WarnerMedia? And what happens next?
Antonio García Martínez's controversial exit from Apple
Live music is back! Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino can't wait
The Jeff Bezos Empire with Brad Stone & Jason Del Rey
Apple vs Epic with John Gruber; Truth, Doubt and History with Jill Lepore
AMC Networks can’t compete with Netflix. CEO Josh Sapan is fine with that.
Did the pandemic kill the Oscars?
Apple and Facebook's ambitious audio plans
Substack’s next target: Local news
How Hollywood and the NBA are betting on NFTs
WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar on a wild first year on the job
Media Merger Mania with Axios’ Dan Primack and WSJ’s Ben Mullin
The rise and maybe fall of YouTube star David Dobrik; inside Facebook with the Markup’s Julia Angwin
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Pivot
Land of the Giants
Recode Daily
Recode Replay
Re/code Replay