Mar 3, 2026

Ep. 100: A $2.5M bet on quality food journalism ft. Caper

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Ep. 100: A $2.5M bet on quality food journalism ft. Caper

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Caper is a new media company covering the people, money, ambition, power and chaos that fuels the food world. In this episode we speak to Max Tcheyan, the co-founder and CEO, as well as three of the founding journalists.

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In this episode

Timestamps

00:00 Introducing Caper Media

01:00 The gap in the market

03:45 Who is the audience?

07:29 How equity changes journalism

15:46 Food journalism that makes a difference

23:46 Building a team of founders

26:30 The $2.5M bet

29:28 Doing something that matters

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