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Oracle will pay for and oversee the construction of three of the new Stargate data centers, and OpenAI will then purchase computing power from Oracle (Cade Metz/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/technology/openai-data-centers-united-state…

OpenAI to Join Tech Giants in Building 5 New Data Centers in U.S.
Working with the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank and the cloud company Oracle, the A.I. start-up will spend $400 billion over the next five years.

Veteran anchor Chris Wallace has become a senior adviser for news and media investments at RedBird Capital Partners, a major Skydance investor (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/business/media/chris-wallace-redbird-cbs.html

Chris Wallace, a CBS News Scion, Is Advising Its New Owner
The longtime news anchor recently began working for a financial firm connected to CBS’s new parent company and has spoken with the network’s owner, David Ellison, several times.

What Countries Recognize a Palestinian State: A Map - The New York Times
https://archive.ph/UH4X6

Larry Ellison is turning into a media magnate, potentially controlling CBS, CNN, TikTok, and more, amid a regulatory environment favorable to Trump allies (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/technology/larry-ellison-oracle-tiktok.html…

TikTok Deal Could Make Oracle Founder Larry Ellison a New Kind of Media Mogul
The database billionaire and his son, David, are Trump favorites. The family could soon control an empire that includes CBS, Paramount, Warner, CNN and a piece of TikTok.

An interview with Noah Johnson, the new editor of the fashion magazine Highsnobiety, about "authenticity" as a core editorial principle and more (Quinn Moreland/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/style/highsnobiety-noah-johnson-scene.ht…

How Real Can a Fashion Mag Get?
Noah Johnson, the new editor of Highsnobiety, wants to bring the glossy down to earth.

Judge Says Work on Revolution Wind Can Proceed, for Now - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/climate/revolution-wind-trump-orsted.html

Some lawyers and bankers say the Intel deal may face legal challenges as the CHIPS Act may not allow the US government to convert grants into equity (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/technology/trump-intel-stake.html

Intel Agrees to Sell U.S. a 10% Stake in Its Business
The deal is among the largest government interventions in a U.S. company since the rescue of the auto industry after the 2008 financial crisis.

Flights Are Diverted From Copenhagen Airport After Drone Sightings - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/world/europe/copenhagen-airport-closed-drone.html

Sources: Edith Chapin, NPR's top editor and acting chief content officer, will leave the organization later this year (Benjamin Mullin/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/business/media/npr-edith-chapin-steps-down.html

Edith Chapin, NPR’s Top Editor, Is Stepping Down
Edith Chapin, who is also acting chief content officer, has been editor in chief of the public radio network since 2023.

Meta debuts a prototype wristband to read electrical signals from forearm muscles, letting users control devices without touch, trained on 10K peoples' EMG data (Cade Metz/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/science/meta-computer-wristband-r…

Meta Unveils Wristband For Controlling Computers With Hand Gestures
When you write your name in the air, you can see the letters appear on your smartphone.

An interview with Alex Kachkine, who shook the art world in June with a research paper in Nature on restoring paintings using AI, as he works to refine the tech (Ephrat Livni/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/…

The Hobbyist Restorer Who Rocked the Art World With an A.I. Innovation
Alex Kachkine spends his days working on microchip research — a skill set surprisingly similar to that needed for restoration.

(2) France Recognizes Palestinian Statehood at UN Summit: Live Updates - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09/22/world/united-nations-assembly

Dave Jorgenson, who leads WaPo's TikTok and YouTube presence, plans to leave next month to start a company based on his YouTube channel Local News International (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/business/media/dave-jorgenson-v…

Can The Washington Post’s TikTok Guy Make It Without The Post?
Dave Jorgenson is starting his own video company that explains the news, with a twist. Think Jon Stewart meets Ron Burgundy.

Halligan, Trump’s Chosen Prosecutor, Takes Over Comey and James Cases - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/us/politics/trump-lindsey-halligan-james-comey.html

A look at SiriusXM's podcasting business; 2024's "off-platform earnings" were $606M, with podcast advertising making up most of that sum, up from $475M in 2022 (Jessica Testa/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/busines

Podcasting Is a Talent Business. SiriusXM Is Intent on Winning.
The company famous for car radio and Howard Stern has recently climbed the podcast charts by betting hundreds of millions of dollars on shows like “Call Her Daddy” and “SmartLess.”

Opinion | Trump Wants to Make It OK to Disappear People - The New York Times
https://archive.ph/GWnTi

Joe Budden Network CEO Ian Schwartzman says the podcast network is on pace to generate $20M in 2025, after Joe Budden accidentally showed his Patreon earnings (Jessica Testa/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/business/media/joe-budden-podca…

How Does Podcast Star Joe Budden Make $20 Million a Year?
Joe Budden, a former rapper who now oversees a robust podcast network, gave a rare look into the finances of the industry.

Noem’s Spending Rule Causes Delays at Homeland Security Dept. - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/us/kristi-noem-spending-contracts-homeland-security-department.html

SEC filing: Alden-owned MediaNews makes a ~$88M bid for DallasNews Corporation, after the Dallas Morning News parent signed a $75M merger agreement with Hearst (Katie Robertson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/business/media/d…

Alden Global Capital Makes a Play for The Dallas Morning News
The investment firm’s MediaNews Group, the country’s second-largest newspaper publisher, put in a bid for the publication nearly two weeks after Hearst agreed to buy it.

Trump’s Tariffs Are Damaging America’s Biggest Foreign Source of Screws - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/business/taiwan-manufacturing-trump-tariffs.html

Sources: ESPN and the NFL are nearing a landmark deal to add Red Zone, NFL Network, and more to the ESPN's streamer, launching in the fall for $29.99 per month (Andrew Marchand/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6509767/202…

ESPN and NFL closing in on ‘Next Era’-defining media deal
What could be in the deal: Red Zone Channel, NFL Network, seven regular-season games, enhanced betting and fantasy possibilities.

Screw precedent:
Supreme Court Allows Trump to Fire F.T.C. Commissioner - The New York Times
https://archive.ph/u1ht3

Studios are rereleasing old films in theaters, helping them pad out thin slates; Universal has 12 rereleases on its 2025 slate, vs. four in 2024 and two in 2023 (Esther Zuckerman/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/movies/rereleases-black-swan-…

Why ‘Black Swan,’ ‘Jaws’ and ‘Clue’ Are Coming Back to Theaters
The multiplex is awash in titles that are 15, 20, even 60 years old. Nostalgia is a factor but economics play a big part, too.

A Critic of Universities Is Rallying to Defend Them in the Trump Era - The New York Times
https://archive.ph/3alQc

The Hobbyist Restorer Who Rocked the Art World With an A.I. Innovation - The New York Times
https://archive.ph/lfQ2x

Faced With Trump’s English Mandate, Mexico’s Truckers Report to Class - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/world/americas/mexico-english-truckers-trump.html

Opinion | What Is Trump Hiding in His Comprehensive Federal Budget Proposal? - The New York Times
https://archive.ph/9JK8g

Half a dozen lawyers and scholars say President Trump's lawsuit against NYT lacks legal merit and its main purpose is to threaten criticism of the president (CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/media/trump-new-york-times-nyt-lawsuit-meritless-experts…

Trump’s lawsuit against The New York Times is meritless, First Amendment experts say
The president’s defamation lawsuit against the Times is frivolous, according to half a dozen lawyers and First Amendment scholars who spoke with CNN. But his chances in court are almost beside the point, some of the experts said.

U.S. Olympic Officials Bar Transgender Women From Women’s Competitions - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/us/politics/us-olympics-trans-women-athletes-ban-trump.html

E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/climate/epa-endangerment-finding-rescind.html

Bullshit.
Columbia Agrees to $200 Million Fine to Settle Fight With Trump - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/nyregion/columbia-trump-funding-deal.html

I feel safer already.
American Convicted of Murder Among Those Trump Rescued From Venezuela Prison - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/world/americas/venezuela-american-convicted-murder.html

Dear Leader has a very North Korean vibe going...
Trump Officials Demand George Mason’s President Apologize Over Diversity - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/us/george-mason-president-diversity-investigation.html

Mike Johnson is protecting a pedo.
Trump Live Updates: Johnson Blocks Epstein Vote as Justice Dept. Seeks Interview with Maxwell - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07/22/us/trump-news

"Analysts say that absent U.S. pressure, Israel is unlikely to change course."
After Gaza Famine Report, U.S. Is Mostly Silent and Israel Defiant - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/world/middleeast/gaza-famine-report-us-reaction.html

Trump can do whatever he wants if he can fire people he has no authority over...
Supreme Court Lets Trump Fire Consumer Product Safety Regulators - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/us/politics/supreme-court-consumer-product-commission.html

Including the obligatory parent concerned about the 'potential risks' - so quick to search for something to blame as the cause...
People With Autism React to Trump’s Message on Tylenol - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/us/trump-autism-tylenol.html

"No. 1: How did Mr. Epstein make his money and how did he finance his sex trafficking over two decades?"
Opinion | Nine Questions About the Epstein Case That Actually Need Answers - The New York Times
https://archive.ph/ztLb7

“(Text messages of top DHS officials) are records that must be preserved and kept because they are created in the course of conducting government business,” said Chioma Chukwu, executive director of American Oversight, speaking with The New York Times."
‘That’s not how it works’: Trump’s DHS admits to major 'violation' of federal law - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/dhs-law-breaking/

Sounds like b.s.: “The information that provided the basis for the warrant to search John Bolton’s home was based on **intelligence collected overseas by the C.I.A**., according to people who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing criminal investigation,” The New York Times reported. “It involved the mishandling of classified material by Bolton, the people said”
Vice president sparks uproar among legal experts with a single word - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/jd-vance-uproar/