Vox Media Deal Propels Peter Kafka 'Up the Wazoo'

This scoop confirmation is a little too close for comfort.

Two weeks after Kara Swisher and Peter Kafka called it, Vox Media today has made the NBCUniversal investment official. Time to for a Re/code victory dance, right? Not quite.

From Kafka’s follow-up item today:

As my old boss Henry Blodget once said, we are conflicted up the wazoo on this one, first and foremost because Re/code is owned by Vox Media. And there are things that are more uncomfortable than writing about your employer, but this is right up there, so I’ll be brief.

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