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Inside The New York Times Business Model: How Bundling Saved Journalism While many of the world's largest news organizations struggle financially, the New York Times' stock is up more than 175% from its 2022 low. Today's newsletter explains why.

The NYT now has only 1.5 million news-only subscribers, compared to 10.8 million on a bundle 📰 open.substack.com/pub/huddleup...

In my experience, communicators are most effective not when they are the loudest voice in the room, but when they are the most trusted. My column at Global Legal Post www.globallegalpost.com/news/trust-i...

The Supreme Court struck down Trump's tariffs. Now comes the hard work of issuing refunds The Supreme Court on Friday struck down President Donald Trump’s biggest and boldest tariffs

"The amount of money is substantial. The courts are going to have a hard time. Importers are going to have a hard time” — Joyce Adetutu @vinsonandelkins.bsky.social

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A postcard arrived: ‘If you’re reading this I’m dead, and I really liked you’ Don Glickman’s daughter sent his favorite people the postcard he designed before his death.

Glickman’s daughter was in on the plan
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Voluntary stories The narrative we run in our head is a choice. It might or might not be based on objective reality and verified history. Doesn’t matter, it’s still a choice. There are millions of ways w…

“There are millions of ways we can remind ourselves about the events of our lives and the systems we live in. But in this moment (and the next) we’ll choose just one or two to rehearse and allow it to alter our decisions, outlook and interactions” — SG
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The Quiet Power of a Daily Ritual How one repeatable moment brings order to busy days.

A single habit creates continuity when life gets noisy ✅ valetmag.com/the-handbook...

REMINDER:

Freedom of the press isn't free.

You should pay for good journalism.

U.S. adults say they've read an average of 14.6 books in the past year (either all or part of the way through) and increase from 12.6 in 2021 but below the 1999 high of 18.5 via @gallup.com 📚

Like anything, it's a muscle you have to develop. I'm a visual person, so I always rely on a hub-and-spoke model. If I have content in the middle hub, I go around the wheel thinking about each stakeholder.

Historical U.S. inflation data

What the El???

2026 predictions from the team at @internationalintrigue.io archives.internationalintrigue.io/p/intrigue-s...

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Home | Dad Day Your weekly dose of dad wisdom, humor, and gear written by dads for dads

Calling all dads. Great daily newsletter --> newsletter.dadday.co?ref=CAb2Y3ey...

The Essential Art of Civilization What the U.S. Army’s idea of “sustainment” can teach us about how systems — and civilizations — endure.

"The apparent paradox is profound: Maintenance is absolutely necessary and maintenance is optional. It is easy to put off, yet it has to be done. Defer now, regret later. Neglect kills." via @longnow.org longnow.org/ideas/the-es...

Wikipedia may be the largest compendium of human knowledge ever created, but can it survive? As the website turns 25, it faces myriad challenges from regulators, AI, the far right and Elon Musk

Happy 25th birthday @wikipedia.org giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Master what’s in your control, and let go of the rest

Journalism, media, and technology trends and predictions 2026 Our annual survey of media leaders from across the world explores publishers' priorities for the year ahead, the challenges they envision and how well equipped they are to address them.

Reuters Institute -- Journalism, media, and technology trends and predictions 2026: Publishers bullish, consumers bearish; AI slop and misinformation grows; Google search down, AI discovery up; creator competition expands 💻 reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/journalism-m...

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What If You Could Do It All Over? The uncanny allure of our unlived lives.

“You may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife,” David Byrne sings, in the Talking Heads song “Once in a Lifetime.” “And you may ask yourself, ‘Well, how did I get here?’” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

The Weakness of the Strongmen Not long ago in the sweep of history, countries that had once been buried behind the Iron Curtain, and even some Soviet republics, were transformed into members of the solidly democratic club. Some of...

Kotkin is a Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...

A few life lessons from Robert Redford, Jane Goodall and others who died in 2025 Keep your cool. Less is more. Don’t forget the duct tape. And more wisdom from lives well lived.

Over the past 12 months, the world said goodbye to an array of exceptional people. Each lived a life that was singular and complex. Yet their stories offer universal lessons.

Here are lessons, big and small, from noteworthy people who died this year:

Goals Built to Survive Reality What Olympic long-shots teach us about setting goals for 2026.

As Google Maps tells me it’s “rerouting” —> “Missed benchmarks didn’t cancel the pursuit. They changed the route. The goal didn’t require constant proof that it was “working” to remain worth doing. It only required a decision to continue”
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Be Prepared to Keep Paying More for Electricity Data centers are getting much of the blame lately for rising power costs, but they aren’t the only catalyst.

In addition to $1 trillion investments expected in transmission and distribution systems between 2025 -2029, fuel prices, storms and wildfires, and temperatures affect customer bills 🔌 #energy www.wsj.com/business/ene...

Why a $500 Steak Dinner Only Yields a $25 Profit Steakhouse owners dish on their challenging economics as the costs of meat and labor grow.

"In addition to food, expenses for labor, utilities, rent, insurance and other basics needed to run a restaurant are up" 🐄#economics www.wsj.com/business/hos...

Feeling Slower? A Study Suggests Social Media Could Be to Blame. New data explores the complex links between your apps, mental fatigue, and athletic performance.

“But there’s also a more immediate concern, which is that social media apps leave you mentally fatigued, which in turn directly compromises your endurance and decision-making abilities”
www.outsideonline.com/health/train...

The Opportunities Pantoum by James Valvis - Rattle: Poetry The world will always knock you down. Get back up. The world will always put you down. Laugh it up.

The world will always knock rattle.com/the-opportun...

Can a Lack of Sleep Set Back Your Child's Cognitive Abilities? -- New York Magazine - Nymag Overstimulated, overscheduled kids are getting at least an hour’s less sleep than they need, a deficiency that, new research reveals, has the power to set their cognitive abilities back years.

Great essay on the lack of sleep -> "Half of all adolescents get less than seven hours of sleep on weeknights. By the time they are seniors in high school, according to studies by the University of Kentucky, they average only slightly more than 6.5 hours of sleep a night" nymag.com/news/feature...

Cheddar bay biscuits, cheap margs and memories: Readers share their nostalgia for chain restaurants Americans have deep nostalgia, and love, for America's chain restaurants. Why? We asked and more than 150 readers answered.

“Our reporting…found these chain restaurants survive through a careful mix of nostalgia, industrial efficiency and, increasingly, social media virality”
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