All Things Digital conference launches

Swisher and Walt Mossberg launch the D: All Things Digital conference, establishing the gold-standard CEO interview format and granting unrivaled access to top tech executives.

Recode founded

Swisher co-founds Recode, cementing independent tech journalism as a distinct beat with political relevance.

Senate grills Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress on Cambridge Analytica; tech accountability enters mainstream political discourse.

House Antitrust Subcommittee report

450-page bipartisan report concludes Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google hold monopoly power.

Sway podcast debut

Swisher launches Sway at NYT Opinion, bringing adversarial tech interviews to a general political audience.

Musk acquires Twitter

Elon Musk's $44B purchase of Twitter blurs the line between tech platform ownership and political speech infrastructure.

DOJ v. Google search trial opens

The largest antitrust trial against a tech company since U.S. v. Microsoft goes to trial in federal court.

Google found to hold illegal monopoly

Federal judge rules Google violated antitrust law in search — first major Big Tech monopoly finding in two decades.

Tech billionaires back Trump campaign

Musk, Thiel network, and other Silicon Valley figures make major contributions to Trump's 2024 campaign.

Musk joins DOGE

Elon Musk assumes advisory governmental role through Department of Government Efficiency, crossing from private tech into executive power.

On with Kara Swisher scales up

Swisher's independent podcast becomes a top-ranked U.S. news podcast; she appears on ABC's The View and fronts a CNN documentary.

Swisher signals 2028 influence play

Swisher publicly signals intent to shape the 2028 campaign conversation on tech accountability, AI regulation, and platform power.