Karl Bode is a writer at VICE Media. He covers a diverse range of topics including publishing and media, telecommunications, and technology, with a particular focus on journalism, press issues, and telecommunications infrastructure. Karl's work has been featured in prominent outlets such as The Daily Dot, damemagazine.com, The Verge, Breakfast Media LLC, and Techdirt.
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Karl’s coverage is heavily centered on media and telecom, especially the business and policy moves that shape ownership, consolidation, and labor impacts. He appears most responsive to pitches that offer sharp, timely angles on major dealmaking, regulatory decisions, newsroom changes, or the real-world effects of telecom policy on workers and consumers.
He also seems open to sources who can speak credibly about the implications of industry consolidation, platform power, and communications infrastructure, particularly when there’s a clear public-interest or policy hook.
Given his national U.S. focus, pitches should frame the significance around the American market and federal policy.
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By: Karl Bode
Broadband from the affordable-fiber-optics-is-woke dept Mon, Jul 27th 2026 05:34am - Karl Bode
Failures from the everything-is-going-great dept Tue, Jul 28th 2026 01:16pm - Karl Bode
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Failures from the 'these-are-not-serious-people' dept Tue, Jul 28th 2026 05:29am - Karl Bode
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Say That Again from the policing-the-speech-police dept Wed, Jul 29th 2026 05:28am - Karl Bode
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Broadband from the and-by-"efficiencies"-we-mean-"destruction" dept Thu, Jul 30th 2026 05:28am - Karl Bode
(Mis)Uses of Technology from the real-keystone-cops-shit dept Fri, Jul 31st 2026 05:25am - Karl Bode
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Policy from the everything-is-about-to-get-much-dumber dept Mon, Aug 3rd 2026 05:28am - Karl Bode
Failures from the what-the-hell-are-you-doing,-dumbass dept Tue, Aug 4th 2026 05:23am - Karl Bode
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Virginia has stripped the company from multiple state-subsidized broadband projects after years of missed deadlines and funding shortfalls.
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Broadband from the this-is-why-we-can't-have-nice-things dept Thu, Aug 6th 2026 05:25am - Karl Bode
