Kara Swisher played a secret role in breaking RFK Jr.s Sexting scandal

Kara Swisher seems to have played a role in breaking one of the most bright media stories in recent times.

In a profile for The New York TimesThe veterans -tech reporter became a popular podcaster, as she became aware of the intermediate “sexual text messages” new York The Washington correspondent to the magazine Olivia Nuzzi and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who at that time ran as independence for the president.

Swisher gave details of the exchange new York Magazine. The story of Nuzzi's sexting relationship to Kennedy was first reported by journalist Oliver Darcy in his media newsletter status in September 2024. The magazine confirmed that Nuzzi had been brought on vacation as a result.

Nuzzi explained that the relationship with Kennedy was “never physical”, but admitted that it should have been revealed to the magazine in order to avoid the appearance of a conflict.

It is also believed that the relationship has not started until a profile was published in November 2023 that Nuzzi wrote about Kennedy.

Nuzzi and new York The magazine separated for a month after it was on leave. In its reporting, no “inaccuracies or evidence of bias” was found in the publication.

A spokesman for Kennedy – who is married to the actress Cheryl Hines – said in an explanation when he only scored “once in his life for an interview she had requested that she scored a goal.”

Kennedy finally suspended his commandment of the White House in August 2024, Donald Trump, and was confirmed in February as a secretary for health and human services.

Swisher's role in history was a small but remarkable detail in the Just Profile that continued in the media world.

Despite years of interviews with Tech Titans like Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg at The Wall Street JournalIt was her podcast Pivot who had been with the entrepreneur Scott Galloway since 2018, who brought her widespread recognition.

“At the end of this long career it is like:” Oh wow. I do something that people really like, “said Swisher, 62, the Just.

If the Swisher and Galloway contract with VOX Media – also the owner of new York Magazin – To organize Pivot and four other podcasts, the duo was examined other offers. An offer on the table was reportedly 40 million US dollars over four years.

In the end, as part of an unusual revenue sharing agreement, they re-recorded with VOX: they will hold 70 percent of all podcast revenue, with VOX lasting 30 percent.

Galloway estimates that the podcasts could earn around 100 million US dollars in the next four years, which means that he and Swisher are on track to be out of the deal by $ 70 million.