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Eric Johnson

Eric Johnson

Producer, Special Projects, Kara Swisher

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    ‘Re/code Decode’: B.J. Novak and Dev Flaherty Talk Start-Ups and Hollywood (Full Video)‘Re/code Decode’: B.J. Novak and Dev Flaherty Talk Start-Ups and Hollywood (Full Video)
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    “The best creativity comes when you give people an extremely blank form.”

    By Eric Johnson
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    People Exaggerate Online, and the New York Times Is On It!People Exaggerate Online, and the New York Times Is On It!
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    “‘Literally dying’ has become, like, the new LOL.”

    By Eric Johnson
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    Cards Against Humanity Sells Nothing on Black Friday, Makes $71,000, Spends It ImmediatelyCards Against Humanity Sells Nothing on Black Friday, Makes $71,000, Spends It Immediately
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    It’s the third annual anti-Black Friday stunt from the card game company.

    By Eric Johnson
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    B.J. Novak and Dev Flaherty, The List App Co-Founders; iPad ProB.J. Novak and Dev Flaherty, The List App Co-Founders; iPad Pro
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    “It always seemed like a glamorous, cool thing where you can have an idea and make it happen,” Novak says.

    By Eric Johnson
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    Brent Bushnell and Eric Gradman, Two Bit Circus Co-Founders; New BlackBerriesBrent Bushnell and Eric Gradman, Two Bit Circus Co-Founders; New BlackBerries
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    Education is broken, Two Bit Circus CEO Brent Bushnell and CTO Eric Gradman say. Can a carnival fix it?

    By Eric Johnson
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    ‘Re/code Decode’: Box CEO Aaron Levie Says Smaller Seed Rounds = Smarter CEOs‘Re/code Decode’: Box CEO Aaron Levie Says Smaller Seed Rounds = Smarter CEOs
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    “When you raise $10 million in your seed round, you have too much time, too much luxury to change too many things.”

    By Eric Johnson
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    ‘Re/code Decode’: Michael Moritz Says the New York Times Should Have Celebrated Amazon‘Re/code Decode’: Michael Moritz Says the New York Times Should Have Celebrated Amazon
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    “If you had the choice between being a shareholder in the New York Times Company and Amazon, I know which one I would pick.”

    By Eric Johnson
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    AdWords, Google’s Search Cash Cow, Is 15 Years Old. Here Are Seven Things It Says We Used to Care About.AdWords, Google’s Search Cash Cow, Is 15 Years Old. Here Are Seven Things It Says We Used to Care About.
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    We stopped caring about Anna Kournikova before we stopped caring about Internet Explorer.

    By Mark Bergen and Eric Johnson