Edmund Lee
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Sensibility is cheap. Reporting is expensive. http://edmundlee.substack.com elee@nytimes.com (DMs open) https://www.nytimes.com/by/edmund-lee
This is a smart, nuanced critique of @nytimes.com's coverage of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ... but I wish I knew who wrote it:
Hell Gate *subscribe today!*@hellgatenyc.com · last wk.Who does the New York Times quote—and not quote—when it writes about Zohran Mamdani, Israel, and antisemitism? We crunched some numbers.
breaking: @puck.news is in advanced talks to get a significant investment from RedBird capital that would value the newsletter startup at $250 million, sources tell @reuters.com www.reuters.com/business/med...
EXCLUSIVE: Puck in advanced talks for investment by RedBird Capital Partners at $250 million valuation
Puck is in advanced talks for an investment from RedBird Capital Partners, in a move which will help fund the growth of the newsletter startup, the company confirmed in a statement to Reuters.
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Mark Zuckerberg wanted to slash Meta staff by as much as 60% by using AI, according to documents sourced by @reuters.com www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Mark Zuckerberg had a bold plan to replace Meta staff with AI. Here’s how it imploded.
To make its workforce “AI native,” Meta explored slashing the size of many teams across the company by as much as 60% in two waves, internal documents show. Staff revolted - and hours before a big lay...
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I don't know who the author is -- it shows up as "I Fucking Love Australia" -- but NYT or Washpost Opinion could sub this person in for half their current stable of worn-out op-ed writers and their traffic would skyrocket. You really ought to read this, and you'll learn some terrific Aussie phrases
Deb Chachra@debcha.bsky.social · 2w agoThis explainer out of Australia is genuinely useful background and analysis of what happened with the Canada-US trade deal last night. Note that it is extremely and delightfully sweary. Also there’s an appended glossary of Australian slang. ifloz.substack.com/p/king-carne...
I just rewatched The Warriors and even though it's considered a classic now at the time it was barely a step above B-movie exploitation. And when I say the cinematography is gorgeous, I am not joking. Blows 90% of today's big budget films out of the water.
Mathias Döpfner — the most acquisitive media executive at the moment — pens an editorial for @thespectator1828.bsky.social warning of the collapse of the West, the superior way of life: spectator.com/article/ther...
NYC rabbis to Mamdani: You need to be more sensitive in your rhetoric about Israel. Israel: gothamist.com/news/israeli...
Israeli billboard of Mamdani and ayatollah comes as NYC rabbis plead for cooler heads
The billboard isn’t helping local efforts to lower the temperature, said Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson.
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Microdramas might be the only thing that's growing in a shrinking Hollywood: * monthly audience of 66 million (2x yoy) * expected to generate $1.5 billion in 2026 revs * $2 billion in revs by next year www.reuters.com/business/med...
Microdramas boom in a shrinking Hollywood as studios chase a TikTok audience
When Craig Williams opened his production facility in downtown Los Angeles two years ago, he thought he would rent out the converted furniture warehouse for the occasional music video to sustain his f...
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Microdramas might be the only thing that's growing in a shrinking Hollywood: * monthly audience of 66 million (2x yoy) * expected to generate $1.5 billion in 2026 revs * $2 billion in revs by next year www.reuters.com/business/med...
Microdramas boom in a shrinking Hollywood as studios chase a TikTok audience
When Craig Williams opened his production facility in downtown Los Angeles two years ago, he thought he would rent out the converted furniture warehouse for the occasional music video to sustain his f...
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love this
Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 3w ago“My first day on the job, I fucked up.” That’s the lede to this CJR account of my 4 months in Utah, where I worked as a junior editor. I wanted to see what’s changed since i left local journalism a few decades ago. A lot of things are different. But not everything. www.cjr.org/first_person...
The most important job at the most watched news outlet on the most consequential story: www.nytco.com/careers/job-...
Business Editor | The New York Times Company
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* Tariff Refunds Have Wiped Out Tariff Revenue Since May @taxfoundation.bsky.social @scottlincicome.bsky.social taxfoundation.org/blog/tariff-...
As disgraceful as you might think Paul Weiss is, it's much worse. A must read. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...
How a Top Law Firm Went From Standing Up to Trump to Bending the Knee
Paul Weiss was a progressive stalwart for decades and led the legal resistance against President Trump in his first term. Then it surrendered without a fight. This is the inside story of its transform...
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"If a company encounters an issue with the federal government that comes to Trump’s attention, he will want to know how much money the company gave." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | ‘The Boss Wants This Money’: Inside Trump’s Unprecedented Fundraising Operation
Meredith O’Rourke, nicknamed ‘princess of darkness,’ carries out the president’s desire to wring hundreds of millions from companies for his projects.
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“A Reuters analysis found the image of the map included in the presentation contained an artificial intelligence watermark that signals it was made with OpenAI tools.”
Edmund Lee@edmundlee.bsky.social · last mo.You have to wonder: 1. Did JPMorgan advise Infantino to pitch right away to draw interest which he could then use to convince members (while extracting fees)? 2. Would a European bank have advised differently? www.reuters.com/sports/socce...
UEFA nations vote unanimously to boycott World Cup over FIFA stake sale plans
UEFA's member associations have unanimously voted to boycott the World Cup and other FIFA competitions in protest at FIFA's plan to sell stakes to external investors in a subsidiary that will run th...
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my god www.reuters.com/world/africa...
US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference
A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at a global conference in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attendees who took screenshots and po...
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Got you a dude who makes $800,000 complaining about free child care and buses www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/n...
Can This Man Stop the Mamdani Agenda?
Reihan Salam loves New York. He loves the free market. And he’s very worried.
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President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/PzUDagM
The OpenAI rogue agent escape was much worse than you know: Its AI agent spent days hacking a company, but sources say OpenAI did not notice for a week - www.reuters.com/business/its...
The @nytopinion.nytimes.com Editorial Board endorses the pied-a-terre tax a month after it was enacted: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/o...
Opinion | The Second Home Tax Is a Win for New York
The recent debate over the new pied-à-terre tax in the city offers a useful case study.
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Brad Parscale, the chief strategy officer of right-wing Salem Media, was paid $45 million by Israel to push its agenda, including an “integration of narrative messaging into Salem Media Network properties and aligned distribution channels” www.wsj.com/politics/isr...
Israel’s $50 Million Experiment to Change U.S. Public Opinion
The Israeli government deploys AI and payments to conservative media to try to beat back the tide of unfavorable U.S. views about its handling of wars in Gaza and Iran.
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ABC and NBC will not air Trump's speech live on broadcast. (Still haven't heard from CBS) www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
ABC, NBC will not air Trump's election security speech on broadcast networks
Two of the three major U.S. television networks have decided not to broadcast a planned prime-time address on Thursday by President Donald Trump on their primary platforms, risking the ire of an admi...
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say what you will but she does have her finger on the pulse of MAGA's animating impulses: cartoon racism & being a total asshole at a restaurant
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 2mo agoMarsha Blackburn's new ad is so racist that it makes me wonder if mainstream Republicans could have gotten away with something like this back in the 1980s or 90s.