Page announced that he would be stepping down as C.E.O. of Google to join Brin in ruling a new parent company, Alphabet, which will include Google, Google X, Calico, and various other ventures. No doubt, there will be conspiracy theorists who seek to explain the move.
Read MoreBill Campbell instructed Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, and countless other entrepreneurs on the human dimensions of management. Ken writes about Campbell, on the occasion of his death.
Read MoreIn three posts on The New Yorker’s website, Ken covered the apology by — and suspension of — NBC News anchor Brian Williams after he exaggerated the dangers that he encountered in Iraq in 2003.
Read MoreMatt Bai’s book "All the Truth Is Out: The Week Politics Went Tabloid" zeroed in on a turning point in American political journalism, now largely forgotten: the way the press pursued Gary Hart, the leading Democratic candidate for President in the 1988 campaign, about his sex life.
Read MoreFormer New York Governor Mario Cuomo did not go all the way in baseball (he couldn’t hit a curveball). Nor did he go all the way in politics. He chose not to run for President in 1992 because his ambition was superseded by his distaste for the groveling, the fundraising, the selling, the motels. He did, however, "go all the way" as a public man.
Read MoreHe was the indispensable reporter in the revelation of the abuse of power and illegal phone hacking perpetrated by News of the World and the Sun, the London newspapers owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Now Davies has produced a four-hundred-page ticktock of the scandal.
Read MoreOn New Yorker Out Loud podcast, Auletta discussed the strategies he used to report the story on why Jill Abramson, the first female executive editor of the Times, was abruptly fired.
Read MoreIn four posts on The New Yorker’s website, Ken covered the events surrounding the exit of the executive editor of the New York Times, Jill Abramson.
Read MoreWith Michael Bloomberg’s twelve-year term as mayor coming to an end, Ken Auletta and Ben McGrath spoke on the New Yorker’s Political Scene podcast about his time in office and the mark he has left on New York City.
Read MoreAmazon released four new low-priced Kindles, Google changed its C.E.O., LinkedIn went public, and a contentious and momentous copyright battle brewed in Congress.
Read MoreSteve Jobs was not a great human being, but he was a great, transformative, and historical figure, Auletta writes for The New Yorker. One big question is whether the unbelievably innovative culture he forged will live.
Read MoreIn a post on The New Yorker’s website, Ken writes about the resignation of Rebekah Brooks, the News Corp. executive responsible for overseeing at least one newspaper involved in hacking.
Read MoreAuletta, who is joined on the New Yorker podcast by John Cassidy and Lauren Collins, calls the News Corp. pone-hacking developments a threat to the Murdoch family’s “whole notion of political invincibility.”
Read MoreDid Rupert Murdoch know his London newspaper hacked into the voicemail of private phone lines—not only those of the royal family, but of a thirteen-year-old murder victim, and possibly relatives of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan—and paid police to unearth information?
Read MoreIn a post on The New Yorker’s website, Ken writes about AOL’s purchase of the Huffington Post
Read MoreIn a post on The New Yorker’s website, Ken writes about the resignation of Eric Schmidt from Google. Was the C.E.O. pushed or did he jump?
Read MoreThe Newhouse School hosted a conversation between Ken Auletta, Lorne Michaels, and Seth Meyers.
Read MoreIn his new book, Auletta tracks the development of Google from a search engine to the provider of all things Internet. Auletta tells Terry Gross that although the company trumpets free access to information, it is notoriously tight-lipped when it comes to its own formula for success.
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