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Kurt Wagner

Kurt Wagner

Senior Editor, Social Media at Recode

    Latest articles by Kurt Wagner

    Twitter says it won’t Periscope its quarterly earnings results next week
    Technology

    Apparently, this experiment is over.

    By Kurt Wagner
    Twitter has lost another media exec: Kirstine Stewart, VP of North American media partnerships
    Technology

    Twitter’s media team has gone through some changes in 2016.

    By Kurt Wagner
    Here’s video of Facebook’s internet-beaming, solar-powered airplane in flight
    Energy

    A year after it was announced, Aquila finally took its inaugural flight.

    By Kurt Wagner
    Periscope’s new Highlights feature will show you the best parts of each video
    Technology

    Periscope videos will soon autoplay, too.

    By Kurt Wagner
    The NBA will livestream a bunch of U.S. Olympic exhibition basketball games on Facebook
    Technology

    The deal comes just two days after the NBA made a deal with Twitter, too.

    By Kurt Wagner
    Facebook Messenger now has one billion active users
    Technology

    Messenger is the third Facebook app to hit that benchmark.

    By Kurt Wagner
    Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos — @nero — has been permanently suspended from Twitter
    Technology

    Yiannopoulos was harassing actress Leslie Jones Monday night.

    By Kurt Wagner
    Do you want a verified account on Twitter? Now you can apply.
    Technology

    And Twitter will decide if you are a person of public interest.

    By Kurt Wagner
    Most of Twitter’s streaming video deals are not must-see TV
    Technology

    The upside: It’s still getting more video.

    By Kurt Wagner