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 MoreIf president-elect Donald Trump learned anything from his mentor Roy Cohn, it was this: punch first and never apologize. Esquire Podcast host David Brancaccio talked to Ken about his searing 1978 profile of Cohn, and how Cohn’s unrelenting cruelty and drive helped shape the man who will now lead the country.
Read MoreFlipboard CEO Mike McCue and Whitney Museum Director Adam D. Weinberg took to the Cannes Lions festival stage last week for a conversation moderated by Ken. The two men found common ground that surprised the 24-year New Yorker veteran.
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 He chose not to run for President in 1992 because his ambition was superseded by his distaste for the groveling, the fundraising, the selling, the motels.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 MoreAuletta was invited to appear as the 2014 Terhune Journalism Lecturer at Montclair State University School of Communication and Media. Watch a video of his presentation.
Read MoreAt the 2013 New Yorker Festival, Ken interviewed the executive editor of the New York Times, Jill Abramson about the evolving business of newspaper journalism in the digital age.
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 MoreIn an interview with the Huffington Post’s Anis Shivani, Ken talks about the two and a half years of research, and extensive interviews behind his nw book, “Googled: The End of the World As We Know It.”
Read MoreIn an interview with the International Journalists' Network, Auletta weighed in on the digital revolution, The Huffington Post and why he doesn’t spend as much time as he would like on social media.
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 MoreKen delivered this keynote speech at the annual International Center for Journalists dinner in Washington, D.C.
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.
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