Gannett Names Caren Bohan EIC of USA Today
Gannett named Caren Bohan editor in chief of USA Today, just two months after the six-year veteran of the paper took over the role on an interim basis, the company announced Friday. (TheWrap)Read More
Donald Trump’s Gutfeld! Appearance Draws Nearly 5M Viewers
Former President Donald Trump’s Wednesday-afternoon pit stop at the Gutfeld! studio boosted the Fox News late-night show to a ratings high. Per Nielsen, 4.9 million total viewers tuned in to see Trump join host Greg Gutfeld in dissecting the day’s headlines, while the adults-25-through-54 audience measured in at 744,000 viewers. (TVNewser)Read More
Wall Street Week Becomes Weekly TV Newsmagazine in Bloomberg Overhaul
Wall Street Week, the venerable program that has been around in one form or another since 1970, is moving beyond its usual focus on the ups and downs of the stock market. (Variety)Read More
How Tim Miller and The Bulwark Became 2024’s Unlikely YouTube Stars
Tim Miller doesn’t enjoy making the MrBeast face, the wide-eyed, open-mouthed smile of a million YouTube thumbnail images. But he acknowledges that the numbers don’t lie: It’s what his fans want. (Semafor)Read More
Barry Diller Says He Ended Paramount Bid Because ‘I Decided That I Didn’t Really Desire It’
How close was Barry Diller to securing control of Paramount Global? Closer than some reports may have made it seem, if Diller’s recollection of his pursuit is accurate. (THR)Read More
Embodied energy
It might only cost $2 in the vending machine, but that can of soda is a complicated battery.
It stores the energy of the machines that were used to mine the bauxite, the ship that brought the ore to Iceland, the astonishing temperatures used to create the aluminum, then more shipping, more processing, more handling, the lights in the store and the power to the vending machine.
But what about that book you just read? Not simply the energy to print it and ship it, or even the energy to grow the trees…
What about the energy of a life well lived by the author? The edits and rewrites and dead ends?
Everything feels different once we realize that something happened for it to become what it is now.
Taken for granted
A poignant definition of civilization is all the conveniences, courtesies, standards, insulation and tools that we hardly notice now but that we would miss if they were gone.
Hasan Minhaj Spills the Tea On Why His Big Kolkata Chai Co. Investment Is Personal
Hasan Minhaj didn’t necessarily plan to add investor to his already burgeoning resume. Instead, the opportunity presented itself in a cup of smooth, spicy chai. Nine months after his first sip of the Kolkata Chai Co.’s signature blend, the Daily Show alumni has gone from a devoted customer to the brand’s second-largest stakeholder and business…Read More
Sharp tools
Professional woodworkers rarely have to be reminded to sharpen their tools. Of course they know this.
The rest of us, on the other hand, regularly use digital tools we don’t understand, don’t maintain and haven’t optimized.
Sometimes, our lack of care in the choice and use of tools only wastes our time. Often, it actually degrades the quality of what we’re seeking to create.
If you’re not regularly getting better at your digital toolbox, you’re actually getting worse.
New Kamala Harris Campaign Ad Links Donald Trump to Mark Robinson
The Kamala Harris campaign has released a new ad that links former President Donald Trump to North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson. Robinson recently made headlines after CNN’s Kfile team uncovered evidence that the state’s current lieutenant governor allegedly made a series of inflammatory posts on the message board of a pornographic website. CNN exclusively…Read More