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Category Archives: Uncategorized
The Future of Television Is … More Television
Jeffrey Katzenberg’s unicorn newborn is probably going to fail.
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The Never-Ending Shenanigans of Elon Musk
Whether private or public, Tesla will have to contend with its main distraction: its CEO.
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The Momentous Tweet Edition
Slate Money on Tesla, a tweet-inspired diplomatic spat, and Indra Nooyi leaving PepsiCo.
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It’s Not a Crazy Idea for Elon Musk to Take Tesla Private
If big shareholders do really have the option to remain invested, it’s easy to see how they might prefer a life that doesn’t involve having to battle short sellers or worry about stock market volatility.
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The Silicon Bubble Edition
Slate Money on Silicon Valley hiring practices, free lunches, and stock buybacks.
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Uber Is Not Serious About Changing Its Toxic Culture
Just look at who the company chose to be its new chairman.
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Why Did Anyone Think MoviePass Could Have Worked?
The company had deep-pocketed backers and a plan. It just overlooked a few important details.
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The Blame Iowa Edition
Slate Money on tumbling tech stocks, Trump’s tariffs, Sergio Marchionne, and 23andMe.
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Facebook’s fall marks decisive turn in tech
The 19% plunge reflects the fragility of the tech sector as a whole.
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Tronc Is Incompetent, but Gutting Newsrooms Is Just Normal Capitalism
Local papers used to have a financial reason to invest in journalism. Not anymore.
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The Millionaire’s Mortgage
Paying off your house is saving for retirement.
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How Is RAICES Handling Its $30 Million Windfall?
By moving into resettlement services and ramping up its political advocacy.
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The Mobile Monopoly Money Edition
Google’s $5 billion fine, NYC’s public transit woes, and WeWork’s meat ban.
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When Will It Be Safe to Undelete Uber?
It’s hard to turn a bad corporate culture into a good one.
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Netflix Can Either Become the Dominant Media Monopoly of the 21st Century or Go Bust
Netflix stock is essentially an attempt to boil a complex bimodal probability distribution down to a single number.
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The False Tale of Amazon’s Industry-Conquering Juggernaut
Amazon is really nothing to be scared of.
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The Give People Money Edition
Slate Money on universal basic income, Turkey, and Kylie Jenner, billionaire.
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All the Problems With WeWork’s Tyrannical New “No Meat” Policy
When bacon-wrapped figs (pictured at a June 20 storytelling event sponsored by New York Magazine and WeWork) are outlawed, only outlaws will nosh on bacon-wrapped figs.
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The Word “Billionare” Has Lost All Meaning
But congratulations, Kylie Jenner, on your viral cover.
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Universal Basic Income Is Not the Solution to Poverty
So why do lefty wonks keep writing about it like it is?
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Is the New Corporate Boss Going to Wreck HBO?
John Stankey wants HBO to be more like Netflix. Oh no.
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Takeaway From the New Billionaires Ranking: Zuckerberg and Bezos Don’t Give Away Enough Money
Since 1994, Bill Gates has donated more than 700 million shares of Microsoft to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. If he’d simply held on to those shares instead, he’d today be some $71 billion richer, and his net worth … Continue reading
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Everything Is Bigger in Texas—Including the Art Collections
Dallas Cowboys owners Gene and Jerry Jones built a world-class art collection not for themselves but for 2 million fans.
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The Just Sign the Check Edition
Slate Money on Janus v. AFSCME, installment loans, and AMLO’s election victory.
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Elon Musk Needs to Stop Tweeting Things He Can’t Prove
And grow up.
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