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☆ DirecTV is on the warpath against Disney in a battle it says is existential for cable TV
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-27 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

They really just want to disintermediate all of pay TV and drive everyone to themselves. Fresh off a vicarious victory over Disney, Thun is still looking for revenge. For DirecTV, it's skinny bundles or bustDirecTV believes these strict bundling requirements are to blame for putting pay TV on life support. Disney is "completely responsible" for the fall of pay TV, Pachter said, "because they think the only direction that retransmission fees should go is up." Without skinny bundles, pay TV is 'going to die'If skinnier bundles can't solve pay TV's woes, it's unclear what could.

Persons: —, Venu Sports, Venu, Rob Thun, Thun, Venu didn't, DirecTV's, Geo, They've, Venu wouldn't, Margaret Garnett, I'm, Michael Pachter, he'd, Pachter, Brian Wieser, Puck's John Ourand, Rich Greenfield, Greenfield, — we're, Wieser Organizations: Service, Disney, Fox, Warner Bros ., DirecTV, Business, ESPN, balk, YouTube, Wedbush Securities, Madison, Cable, Paramount, LightShed Partners, Charter Locations: Thun, Wall

☆ What It’s Like to Be a Sociopath
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-25 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +13 min

Photo illustration by Bráulio Amado Talk What It’s Like to Be a SociopathSociopaths are modern-day boogeymen, and the word “sociopath” is casually tossed around to describe the worst, most amoral among us. Gagne wrote “Sociopath,” her buzzy forthcoming memoir, to try to correct some of those misunderstandings and provide a fuller picture of sociopathy, which is now more frequently referred to as antisocial personality disorder. Just because I don’t care about someone else’s pain, so to speak, doesn’t mean I want to cause more of it. I’m not sure neurotypicals need any, because I have been identifying as a sociopath for years now, and my experience with people who don’t know that has been positive. That is what the sociopath experience is almost all the time.

Persons: Bráulio Amado, ”, Patric Gagne, Gagne, “ Sociopath, “, “ I’m, ’ ”, What’s, I’ve, I’m, couldn’t, you’re, you’ve, You’re, Kristia Knowles, Schuster Organizations: Simon Locations: sociopathy

☆ 7 Kaleidoscopic Cookies to Keep Your Holidays Bright
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

If you make it a little bit too loose, you can always add a little bit more confectioner sugar in. It’ll fully dry after like six hours, but it’ll start to get a little bit crusty and a little bit thick. The most important thing to do and I know it feels like you don’t have to, I thought I didn’t have to when I first started working with royal icing, but it’s resting the royal icing. You’re going to decorate your cookies, and they’re going to look amazing. And then 30 minutes later, they’re going to bubble up on top of the cookies, and you don’t want that.

Persons: Samantha Seneviratne, I’m, you’re, it’s, I’ll, “, It’s, Aw, ” Organizations: The New York Times, New York Times Locations: The

☆ James Carville dismisses concerns that Democrats don't have a strong presidential bench for 2028: 'So many people, it's breathtaking'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

James Carville recently gushed to The Hill about the potential 2028 Democratic presidential bench. "These are some staggeringly talented politicians," Carville said of figures like Josh Shapiro and Wes Moore. And Carville already has his eye on some of the highest-profile Democratic politicians out there. Carville told The Hill that the perception of a large GOP farm team and a small Democratic bench was not the reality that he sees as he envisions a 2028 Democratic primary. "The Democratic bench is really long," Carville added.

Persons: James Carville, Biden, Carville, Josh Shapiro, Wes Moore, Joe Biden, Bill Clinton's, Kamala Harris, Georgia Sen, Raphael, Warnock, Andy Beshear, Gretchen Whitmer, Mitch Landrieu, Roy Cooper, James, Arizona Sen, Mark Kelly, Ruben Gallego, Jared Polis, Shapiro, I've Organizations: Democratic, Service, Privacy, Arkansas Gov, Democrats, Pennsylvania, Maryland Gov, Kentucky Gov, Michigan, New, New Orleans Mayor, North Carolina Gov, GOP, Arizona Rep, Colorado Gov Locations: Wall, Silicon, Georgia, New Orleans, Louisiana, Arizona, Philadelphia

☆ In Richard Ford’s New Novel, One More Trip for Old Times’ Sake
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Dwight Garner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

In “The Sportswriter,” the first novel in this series, Frank started out as a sensitive young literary man who had published a book of stories. Though the Bascombe novels are set mostly in New Jersey’s wealthier suburbs, they are, oddly, road novels. Springsteen went from “Darkness on the Edge of Town” to “Letter to You.” Holy moly. Ford went from “Independence Day” and “The Lay of the Land” to “Let Me Be Frank With You” and “Be Mine.” Good Lord. The Bascombe novels are road novels, as well, because they are set during holidays, when families are in flux.

Persons: ”, Frank, Ford, yank, John Updike, Roth, Nathan Zuckerman, Angstrom, Bruce Springsteen —, Springsteen Organizations: Toyota Locations: New Jersey

☆ 'It's like watching a snuff film': Media elites shocked by The Atlantic's surgical dismantling of CNN boss Chris Licht
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Nicholas Carlson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

("I'm a fucking machine," Licht told me one day, when I asked why he was skipping a meal.) A clear-the-air town hall where he gets irritated with the CNN journalist interviewing him. Licht told Alberta. The big blunder Alberta returns to over and over in the story is the May 10 Trump town hall. Another media big wig, but one not at the conference, told me he thinks Licht is "done" at CNN.

Persons: moly, Chris Licht, Tim Alberta, Matt Dornic, Licht, Joe Maysonet, chirping, Zucker, Jeff Zucker, Here's Licht, Whatsapp, —, isn't, it's, Nikki Haley, Lago Organizations: CNN, Facebook, Alberta, Trump, Capitol, cnn, Cnn, Mar Locations: Alberta, Hudson, COVID, Puck, Trump, American

☆ My editor's note to the newsroom on AI: Let's think of it like a 'bicycle of the mind'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Nicholas Carlson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Ask AI to make suggested edits to your writing to make it more readable and concise. Ask AI to make suggested edits to your writing to make it more readable and concise. Ask AI to summarize old news stories and suggest lessons that can be learned from them. For me, the really exciting thing about using generative AI is that I keep figuring out new ways to use it. Editors: It is already impossible for you to know if work produced by your colleagues was created using AI.

☆ Sam Altman gave us ChatGPT. Now he wants us to defy death.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Sam Altman put $180 million into Retro Biosciences, a company that aims to delay death by 10 years. Altman's interest in longevity research dates back at least eight years, per the MIT Technology Review. I basically just took all my liquid net worth and put it into these two companies," Altman told the MIT Technology Review. According to the MIT Technology Review, Altman has been interested in anti-aging methods for years. Altman told the MIT Technology Review that the success of this experiment was something he "didn't expect."

☆ Лукашенко предложил ограничить транзит товаров из Германии через Беларусь в Россию и Китай
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-06 | by ( ) nokta.md time to read: +1 min

Занимающий кресло президента Беларуси Александр Лукашенко предложил ограничить транзит товаров из Германии в Россию и Китай через Беларусь. Он предложил поставлять товары в Китай и Россию через Финляндию или Украину. Лукашенко же поручил правительству и Национальному банку Беларуси «внимательно посмотреть» на западные компании, которые ведут бизнес в стране. Пресс-секретарь президента России Дмитрий Песков допустил, что ограничение транзита товаров из Германии в Россию через территорию Беларуси может нарушить экспортно-импортные цепочки. В апреле власти Беларуси запретили ввозить в страну продукцию Škoda Auto, Liqui Moly и Beiersdorf (ему принадлежит марка Nivea Men).

Persons: Moly, nokta, Александр Лукашенко, Лукашенко, Песков, Дмитрий Песков Organizations: БелТА, Национальный банк Беларуси, ЕврАзЭС Locations: Беларусь, Германия, Россия, Китай, Финляндия, Украина

☆ Один из основных поставщиков двигателей, Rolls-Royce прекращает сотрудничество с БелАЗом.
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-01 | by ( ) nokta.md time to read: +1 min

Британская Rolls-Royce Group заявила о прекращении сотрудничества с белорусским БелАЗом в связи с санкциями Евросоюза. Rolls-Royce – один из основных поставщиков двигателей на БелАЗ через свою немецкую дочернюю компанию MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH, пишет Настоящее время. В связи с санкциями ЕС, введенными в отношении БелАЗа, с 22 июня 2021 года Rolls-Royce прекратил все операции с БелАЗом и любыми клиентами, которые принадлежат или частично принадлежат БелАЗу», – сказано в письме. В список попали такие компании, как МАЗ, БелАЗ, «Белаэронавигация», Bremino Group, Globalcustom, «Новая нефтяная компания», Logex и Sohra. 18 января стало известно, что Международная федерация хоккея (IIHF) лишила Минск права проведения Чемпионата мира по хоккею 2021 года.

Persons: Nivea Liqui Moly, nokta Organizations: Royce Group, Royce, Friedrichshafen GmbH, Bremino, Skoda, белаз, Профессиональный союз белорусов, МАЗ, БелАЗ, Белаэронавигация, Новая нефтяная компания, Международная федерация хоккея () Locations: Евросоюз, Великобритания, ЕС, Беларусь, Минск

☆ Беларусь может ограничить Западу транзит через республику
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-26 | by ( Mld Media Srl | Степанов Георгий | ) noi.md time to read: +1 min

Беларусь в ответ на санкционную политику Запада подготовила различные варианты зеркальных мер, включая эмбарго на ввоз товаров и ограничение транзита. Об этом премьер-министр страны Роман Головченко заявил в среду в парламенте, где проходит встреча парламентариев с президентом Александром Лукашенко. "Правительством по поручению президента подготовлен комплекс специальных защитных мер в полном соответствии с нашим законодательством. Меры будут весьма болезненными для стран, занявших откровенно враждебную позицию, - от эмбарго на ввоз товаров до ограничения транзита", - отметил премьер, слова которого приводит издание "СБ. "Предлагаем отрезвиться и подумать еще раз перед тем, как встать на скользкую тропу экономической войны, в которой не будет победителей", - отметил премьер-министр Беларуси.

Persons: Роман Головченко, Александр Лукашенко, Головченко Organizations: СБ, Совмин Locations: Беларусь, Запад, Минск

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