March 27, 2025 Simon & Schuster wants to be your favorite content creator BY Eve Upton-Clark If you were given $100 and five minutes in a bookstore, which titles would you pick? That’s the premise of Simon & Schuster’s upcoming web series, Bookstore Blitz—the publisher’s latest internet-inspired effort to market its authors. And Bookstore Blitz is … Continue reading Simon & Schuster wants to be your favorite content creator
OpenAI’s board ‘unanimously’ rejects Elon Musk’s $97.4 billion takeover bid “OpenAI is not for sale,” said Chair Bret Taylor. igor bonifacic Updated Sat, Feb 15, 2025 Reuters / Reuters Elon Musk launched a $97.4 billion bid to take control of OpenAI. The Wall Street Journal reported a group of investors led by Musk’s … Continue reading Elon Musk wants to buy OpenAI for $97.4 billion
February 06, 2025 This copy trading app wants to produce the ‘next five Warren Buffetts’ Dub users can copy the entire portfolios of the likes of Rep. Nancy Pelosi or billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman. BY Eve Upton-Clark Influencers are not only good for skinny jean and matcha recommendations. Now, they can advise you on … Continue reading This copy trading app wants to produce the ‘next five Warren Buffetts’
January 14, 2025 A new movement wants to protect social media from billionaires An initiative called Free Our Feeds, backed by the founder of Wikipedia, is raising money to protect the technology that powers Bluesky. BY Chris Morris Over the past few years, concerns about billionaires using media outlets they own to signal boost their own … Continue reading A new movement wants to protect social media from billionaires
The tax would apply from January 1 to tech companies that earn more than AU$250 million ($160 million) a year in revenue from Australia. BY Associated Press The Australian government said Thursday it will tax large digital platforms and search engines unless they agree to share revenue with Australian news media organizations. The tax would apply … Continue reading Australia wants to tax Meta, Alphabet, and other platforms if they don’t pay for news
November 16, 2024 Dude Perfect went from YouTube to raising $100M. Here’s how its new CEO wants to grow the brand Dude Perfect CEO Andrew Yaffe talked to ‘Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies’ podcast about his plans for the media brand. BY Yasmin Gagne Over the past 15 years, sports and entertainment company Dude Perfect—which started … Continue reading Dude Perfect went from YouTube to raising $100M. Here’s how its new CEO wants to grow the brand
September 02, 2024 Why Japan wants its citizens to try a 4-day workweek The government launched a ‘work style reform’ campaign that promotes shorter hours and other flexible arrangements along with overtime limits and paid annual leave. BY Associated Press Japan, a nation so hardworking its language has a term for literally working oneself to death, … Continue reading Why Japan wants its citizens to try a 4-day workweek
August 07, 2024 Mozilla wants you to love Firefox again But can it avoid upsetting its most loyal users along the way? BY Jared Newman Last month, Mozilla made a quiet change in Firefox that caused some diehard users to revolt. Last month, Mozilla made a quiet change in Firefox that caused some diehard users … Continue reading Mozilla wants you to love Firefox again
August 01, 2024 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki wants to take the struggling company private—then comes the real work 23andMe was going to remake healthcare with its DNA spit tests. Today, it’s languishing on the sidelines. Wojcicki has a long road ahead. Direct-to-consumer genetic testing pioneer 23andMe unveiled a new product in May. Cofounder and CEO Anne … Continue reading 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki wants to take the struggling company private—then comes the real work
July 19, 2024 Most Americans think the rich don’t pay their fair share of taxes—but Trump wants to lower them even more Plans to extend and expand Trump-era tax cuts would largely benefit the wealthy. BY Marcus Baram In the first presidential debate of 2024, tax policy—and who it really benefits in this country—were among the issues most … Continue reading Most Americans think the rich don’t pay their fair share of taxes—but Trump wants to lower them even more
