The Future of Television Is … More Television

Posted on August 14, 2018 by Felix

Jeffrey Katzenberg’s unicorn newborn is probably going to fail.

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The Never-Ending Shenanigans of Elon Musk

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Felix

Whether private or public, Tesla will have to contend with its main distraction: its CEO.

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The Momentous Tweet Edition

Posted on August 11, 2018 by Felix

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

Posted on August 7, 2018 by Felix

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

Posted on August 4, 2018 by Felix

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

Posted on August 2, 2018 by Felix

Just look at who the company chose to be its new chairman.

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Why Did Anyone Think MoviePass Could Have Worked?

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Felix

The company had deep-pocketed backers and a plan. It just overlooked a few important details.

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The Blame Iowa Edition

Posted on July 28, 2018 by Felix

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

Posted on July 27, 2018 by Felix

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

Posted on July 25, 2018 by Felix

Local papers used to have a financial reason to invest in journalism. Not anymore.

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The Millionaire’s Mortgage

Posted on July 25, 2018 by Felix

Paying off your house is saving for retirement.

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How Is RAICES Handling Its $30 Million Windfall?

Posted on July 23, 2018 by Felix

By moving into resettlement services and ramping up its political advocacy.

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The Mobile Monopoly Money Edition

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Felix

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?

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Felix

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

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Felix

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

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Felix

Amazon is really nothing to be scared of.

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The Give People Money Edition

Posted on July 14, 2018 by Felix

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

Posted on July 13, 2018 by Felix

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

Posted on July 13, 2018 by Felix

But congratulations, Kylie Jenner, on your viral cover.

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Universal Basic Income Is Not the Solution to Poverty

Posted on July 10, 2018 by Felix

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?

Posted on July 10, 2018 by Felix

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

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Felix

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 would be $165 billion, making him comfortably the world’s richest man.

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Everything Is Bigger in Texas—Including the Art Collections

Posted on July 7, 2018 by Felix

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

Posted on July 7, 2018 by Felix

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

Posted on July 6, 2018 by Felix

And grow up.

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