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Netflix announces a partnership with iHeartMedia to exclusively publish at least 15 video podcasts beginning in early 2026, including The Breakfast Club (Jessica Testa/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/business/media/netflix-iheartme…

Netflix Adds Podcasts in Deal With iHeartMedia
The streaming service now has about 30 video podcasts lined up for 2026, including the influential radio show “The Breakfast Club.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/technology/crypto-exchanges-dirty-money.html
Even as the crypto industry gains mainstream acceptance, at least $28 billion tied to illicit activity has flowed into crypto exchanges over the last two years from hack…

The Crypto Industry’s $28 Billion in ‘Dirty Money’
As President Trump has championed crypto and the industry has gone mainstream, funds from scammers and other criminal groups have flowed onto major crypto exchanges.

The bully strikes again. New tax for American companies and citizens when they buy stuff from European countries that do not bow to Trump's Greenland demands.
If Europe blinks, we're lost.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/us/politic…

Trump Announces New Tariffs on Some European Countries in Greenland Standoff
The president escalated his drive to take charge of the Danish territory, targeting Denmark and seven other European countries with a 10 percent rate.

BC Business Leaders Fall Silent on Relations with First Nations via @… https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/01/16…

BC Business Leaders Fall Silent on Relations with First Nations | The Tyee
Unwarranted panic over court decisions mean Premier David Eby faces lose-lose options in the legislature.

The US threatens economic penalties against European companies like Spotify, if the EU does not roll back regulations and lawsuits targeting US tech giants (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/business/economy/us-eu-tech-penalties.html<…

U.S. Threatens Penalties Against European Tech Firms Amid Regulatory Fight
The Trump administration singled out European tech firms by name and promised economic consequences Tuesday unless the E.U. rolls back tech regulation and lawsuits.

"Already paranoid about scams, hacks and market turmoil, wealthy crypto investors have lately become terrified about a much graver threat: torture and kidnapping."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/business/how-to-not-get-kidnapped-for-you…

How to Not Get Kidnapped for Your Bitcoin
Escaping zipties, hiring bodyguards and other practical lessons in self-defense for crypto traders, after a series of gruesome crimes spooked the community.

Investigation: $28B in crypto tied to illicit activity flowed into crypto exchanges like Binance over the last two years, as President Trump embraces crypto (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/technology/crypto-exchanges-dirty-money.html

The Crypto Industry’s $28 Billion in ‘Dirty Money’
As President Trump has championed crypto and the industry has gone mainstream, funds from scammers and other criminal groups have flowed onto major crypto exchanges.

"In 19 transactions starting last October, Ms. Handeland deposited $98,300 into the machines. All of it vanished — as did Mike, who turned out to be a fiction."
How Fraudsters Use Cryptocurrency A.T.M.s to Target Victims
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/technol

How Fraudsters Use Cryptocurrency A.T.M.s to Target Victims
The kiosks, which resemble conventional A.T.M.s and convert cash into virtual currencies, are increasingly under scrutiny as a tool for scammers.

A look at Michael Saylor's Strategy, known for buying bitcoin via creative financing strategies, as its stock trades way below its peak amid the crypto downturn (Rob Copeland/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/0…

Michael Saylor’s Creative Bitcoin Strategy Isn’t Working
Michael Saylor’s financial alchemy thrust an ordinary software company, Strategy, into the center of the crypto frenzy. It all worked spectacularly, until now.

Sources: AI startup Project Prometheus raised $6.2B, including from Jeff Bezos, who will become co-CEO, his first operational role since leaving Amazon in 2021 (Cade Metz/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/technology/bezos-project-prometheus.html

Jeff Bezos Creates A.I. Start-Up Where He Will Be Co-Chief Executive
Called Project Prometheus, the company is focusing on artificial intelligence for the engineering and manufacturing of computers, automobiles and spacecraft.