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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ClassicalMixtape
Nicholas Britell:
🎵 Lamentoso (Music from the TV drama series Succession: Season 4)
#NicholasBritell
https://open.spotify.com/track/4xsnfLkgxFLEg1sy9UScZJ

A profile of VC firm Index Ventures, which saw billions in gains from exits in 2025, including Figma, Scale AI, and Dream Games, as it looks ahead to succession (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-01-08/inde…

WaPo squandered two precious years under Will Lewis' leadership, and his short resignation note and the lack of a succession plan suggest his exit was unplanned (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/02/07/2026/washington-post-…

Washington Post CEO resigns, leaving no clear strategy
Will Lewis and Jeff Bezos presided over a sharp decline at the definitive Washington newspaper.

The Kadyrov succession battle begins as Putin lacks the resources to stop it: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/18/the-kadyrov-succession-battle-begins.html

The Trump administration faced a string of four significant legal defeats this week
as federal and state courts pushed back on a range of initiatives spanning immigration enforcement,
deportation authority,
voting policy,
and the use of the National Guard.
The rulings, delivered in quick succession, highlight the extent to which judges across multiple jurisdictions are scrutinizing the administration’s procedural compliance,
statutory interpretations,

Donald Trump Suffers Four Legal Setbacks in a Week
A string of four court setbacks this week highlighted growing judicial pushback on Trump’s use of executive power.

A profile of Josh D'Amaro, a front-runner for Disney CEO who oversees Disney parks, cruises, and video games; his unit supplied ~60% of Disney's 2025 profit (Brooks Barnes/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/business/media/disney-ceo.html

Can Josh D’Amaro Break Disney’s Succession Curse?
Josh D’Amaro is widely considered a front-runner to be the company’s next C.E.O. His biggest challenge might be escaping Bob Iger’s shadow.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ClassicalMixtape
Nicholas Britell:
🎵 Succession (Music from the TV drama series); Andante Espressivo - Number One Boy
#NicholasBritell
https://open.spotify.com/track/1GnHXpV2oYzZlKaaniFxl5

LŠ, je suis étonné.
#Québec

François Legault démissionne
(Québec) Au pouvoir depuis 2018, au plus bas dans les sondages depuis des mois, le premier ministre François Legault jette l’éponge. Le fondateur de la Coalition avenir Québec (CAQ) a annoncé sa démission mercredi, provoquant une course à sa succession.

Sources: Apple expanded the job of hardware chief John Ternus to manage design teams at the end of 2025, solidifying his status as a leading CEO candidate (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Sources: Apple is intensifying CEO succession planning as Tim Cook, now 65, may step down as early as next year, with John Ternus seen as the likely successor (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/0d424625-f4f8-4646-9f6e-927c8cbe0e3e