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Peter Kafka

Peter Kafka

Former Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Peter Kafka

    Jeff Bezos appears in the new ‘Star Trek’ movie, playing a ‘Starfleet Official’
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    Turns out the final frontier is nbd if you’re the billionaire CEO of Amazon.

    By Peter Kafka
    New Star Wars ‘Rogue One’ footage!
    Technology

    And a lesson about the value of really, really popular characters and stories.

    By Peter Kafka
    Vevo gives its video app a new look and new hosts to talk about its videos. Still to come: A subscription service.
    Technology

    Is there vertical video? Of course there’s vertical video. It’s 2016!

    By Peter Kafka
    Here’s what Apple really meant to say today about its plans to sell web video
    Technology

    Eddy Cue on skinny bundles, translated.

    By Peter Kafka
    Veteran tech writer Steven Levy is working on a Facebook book that won’t be ready until 2019
    Technology

    Facebook is cooperating, just like Google did for Levy’s 2011 book.

    By Peter Kafka
    Time Warner’s Turner is the third big media company to invest in digital publisher Refinery29
    Technology

    Turner also invested in Mashable this year.

    By Peter Kafka
    Livestreaming video is great for TV news!
    Technology

    The TV guys have problems, but free content isn’t one of them.

    By Peter Kafka
    ABC is creating dozens of free, digital-only shows it wants you to watch on your phone
    Technology

    Remember webisodes? This is like that, but ABC says it will work this time.

    By Peter Kafka
    YouTube says its software let content owners make $1 billion in the last year — so the music labels should stop complaining
    Amazon is having checkout problems on Prime Day, one of its biggest days of the year
    Technology

    Maybe you can play Pokémon Go while they get things working.

    By Peter Kafka

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