XMedia Recode can convert unprotected DVDs or DVD files to any supported output file. Graphical user interface front-ends for FFmpeg have been developed, including XMedia Recode. StatCrunch can also recode and reorganize data. It ensures strict compliance with third-party tools, particularly DVD Shrink and Nero Recode. Recode reported in August 2018 that Whetstone would be joining Netflix to run public relations. Journalist Walt Mossberg joined "The Verge" editing team after Vox Media acquired "Recode" in 2015. The direct feedback from the system tells programmers to recode this part. He also co-founded "AllThingsD", "Recode" and the D and Code Conferences. Milner denied this allegations in his open letter published in ReCode. Vox Media acquired technology news website "Recode" in May 2015. On January 2, 2014, Mossberg and Swisher launched "Recode", a tech website. Recode started publishing podcasts in July 2015. "It just seems like the right time to step away," Mossberg wrote in "Recode". The two launched their new, independent technology news website, "Recode", on January 2, 2014. However, Recode estimated that the sale would be for around US$800 million.