Episode · Big Technology Podcast · 2020-11-25
Alex Kantrowitz & Sarah Frier: books mentioned on Big Technology Podcast
Will the Government Break Up Instagram and Facebook? A Conversation With ‘No Filter’ Author Sarah Frier
The Federal Trade Commission is preparing an antitrust lawsuit against Facebook, and Instagram is in its sights. The agency is poised to revisit Facebook’s 2012 acquisition of the popular mobile app, and a long fight may await.
Sarah Frier discussed No Filter by Sarah Frier.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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No Filter
No Filter by Sarah Frier chronicles the meteoric rise of Instagram and the strategic decisions that defined its corporate journey.
Discussed“And the thing that I really wanted to focus on in my book, those kinds of questions are not the most fundamentally important ones anymore.”
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Other mentions in this episode (6) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing No Filter
“Our guest today is Sarah Friar, a Bloomberg reporter who covers Facebook and is the author of the hit book, No Filter, The Inside Story of Instagram.”
Plugged Always Day One
“But before we do, I, I just want to say, you and I shared an editor for a bit, our books, my book, always day one, and your book, No Filter came out in the same month.”
Passing No Filter
“And today we're going to actually talk more about the run up to the deal, which I think is important given the action from the Federal Trade Commission that we might see.”
Passing No Filter
“We'll be back here with Sarah Fryer from Bloomberg and the author of no filter, the inside story of Instagram, right after this.”
Passing No Filter
“And we are back here on the second segment of the Big Technology Podcast with Sarah Fryer, Bloomberg reporter and author of No Filter.”
Plugged Always Day One
“It's kind of where both of our books collide, right? Like, yours is, you know, you talk at the end about Facebook's jealousy of Instagram. For me, always day one.”