The 'bestie-fication' of media is doing a disservice to everyone Jake Shane's awkwardness on the Oscars red carpet showed the shortcomings of using influencers as stand-ins for real journalists.

This is a smart observation by @tanyachen.bsky.social, and worth paying attention to since entertainment press is usually at the bleeding edge of these things

This is why we get up in the morning

Ro Khanna’s Wealth Tax Support Fuels Primary Challenge in Silicon Valley Representative Ro Khanna is facing backlash from billionaires for supporting a California wealth tax. Now a tech entrepreneur wants to turn that anger into a June primary challenge for Khanna’s Silico...

Silicon Valley guys are so mad about California's proposed billionaire tax, they're bankrolling a primary campaign against Ro Khanna, who supports it. Read for free here: bit.ly/3OJOqey

IDC Sees 13% Collapse in Smartphone Market Due to Memory Crisis The global smartphone market will contract 12.9% in 2026 because of the unprecedented memory chip shortage, marking “a crisis like no other,” according to researcher IDC.

Got u www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Goldman Lawyer, Epstein Conferred on Secret Service Prostitution Scandal In a series of 2014 emails, the wealthy financier gave advice to the former White House counsel as the Colombian incident blew up.

NEW: Kathy Ruemmler shared nonpublic details with Jeffrey Epstein about the White House probe into a 2012 prostitution scandal that engulfed the Secret Service during her tenure as White House counsel, emails show
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX Is Said to Consider Merger With Tesla or xAI SpaceX is considering a potential merger with Tesla Inc., as well as an alternative combination with artificial intelligence firm xAI, according to people familiar with the matter, a sign billionaire ...

"SpaceX is considering a potential merger with Tesla Inc., as well as an alternative combination with artificial intelligence firm xAI, according to people familiar with the matter"

I do think he's very good at turning his *work* into *content* (see, snowstorm prep)

NYC Braces for Winter Storm to Bring Nearly a Foot of Snow New York City is poised to get pummeled with nearly a foot of snow this weekend, a test for new Mayor Zohran Mamdani, as a massive weather system lands on the region threatening power outages, airline...

Up to 10 inches (!) of snow forecast for NYC this weekend as a big old winter storm sweeps half the country. Get ready for snow plows and travel delays (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

BREAKING: Ubisoft is canceling the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake and 5 other games (4 unannounced, 1 mobile). The company says it is also delaying 7 games (including an unannounced project believed to be a Black Flag remake) as part of a larger restructuring.

We are looking for the perfect coworker

Trump Says US Has Captured Maduro After Strikes: Live Blog Trump Says US Has Captured Maduro After Strikes: Live Blog

If you’re waking up to this news and trying to get caught up, the @bloomberg.com live blog has a great rundown of everything that happened overnight (gift link) www.bloomberg.com/news/live-bl...

We need the John Cook “dumpster fire” email for “slop”

met.ai

More like Virgil van Donk

How Apollo Turned Americans’ Nest Eggs Into Wall Street’s Hottest Trade Apollo’s widely copied playbook is shepherding billions to Bermuda affiliates, losing US guarantees

This @bloomberg.com report on how PE firms are teaming up w/insurers to get their hands on retirees’ pensions offers the clearest explanation I’ve seen of the mechanism at work & pinpoints the problem: No one’s willing to pay the market price to offload their risks www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

There is no escape {NSN T4T5ITMB2SJS <GO>}

Trump Invited Head of FIFA Gianni Infantino to Gaza Peace Summit As world leaders gathered in Egypt on Monday for the signing of a deal to halt the war in Gaza, there was one curious addition to the event: Gianni Infantino, the head of FIFA.

I'm imagining Gianni Infantino as a geopolitical Forrest Gump over the next four years www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Loeb award egg

We take as much pride in curating finance headquarters real estate news as we do curating backbench investment team moves to Lighthouse

One of my favorite things about Bloomberg is how many different backgrounds people come from. If any of these roles seem like a good fit, shoot your shot and apply!

Some personal news: I'm now @bloomberg.com's lead EPA reporter, tracking everything climate -- and so much more. So if you're following a particular rule or proposal, program office or anything else EPA related (biofuels, PFAS, coal ash, etc), I want to know.

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This book sounds rad as heck

Maryland football did what?

Full comments posted on the other place (surprised video hasn't hit yet!)

Big news tonight: One week before the Fed meets to decide whether to lower interest rates, a US judge has blocked Trump's move to oust one of the governors for now -- teeing up the fight for the DC Circuit and potentially SCOTUS in the coming days
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This is Bengals erasure

Szobo holy shit #epl-live

Taylor Swift just announced her engagement to Travis Kelce on Instagram (Your group chat already beat us on this news) 💍 🏈

Thoughts and prayers with people's phone batteries