Business
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How an Obscure Chinese Real Estate Start-Up Paved the Way to TikTok
Court records, mistakenly made public, tell a story about the birth of ByteDance, its bumpy road to success and the…
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Legal Fight Over Trump Media’s Ownership Adds to Its Woes
Two ex-contestants on “The Apprentice” sold the former president on the idea of a social media platform. Now, the company…
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Google Fires 28 Employees Involved in Protest of Israeli Cloud Contract
The dismissals escalated longstanding tensions between company leaders and activist employees opposed to supplying technology to Israel’s government.
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What Is a Magazine Now?
“To be perfectly honest with you, I needed a few Americans to tell me what it means to win this…
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A Japanese Village Wants Tourists to Come for Heat, Soot and Steel
This past October, I found myself in Yoshida Village standing before a tatara, a giant open-top furnace that was filled…
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A New Home for Sundance? Festival Organizers Say It’s Possible.
A 13-year contract with Park City, Utah, is set to expire in 2026 and the film festival is beginning a…
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Trains, Trucks and Tractors: The Race to Reroute Goods From Baltimore
New John Deere tractors made their way last week through the sprawling port of Brunswick, Ga., their distinctive green paint…
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NPR Editor Who Accused Broadcaster of Liberal Bias Resigns
Uri Berliner, who has worked at NPR for 25 years, said in an essay last week that the nonprofit had…
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From a Tiny Island in Maine, He Serves Up Fresh Media Gossip
In a time when the headlines are dominated by wars and a divisive presidential campaign, the magazine-world rivalry between The…
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