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May 28, 2024In the very first episode of “Friends,” Rachel flees her wedding to find her high school friend. Monica invites Rachel to move into her spare bedroom and helps her get a...
May 21, 2024I spent the past year reading the transcripts from The Trial, the antitrust case between Penguin Random House and the Department of Justice. I wanted to understand more about...
April 30, 2024There are 20 million monthly active subscribers to Substacks. There are over 2 million paid subscriptions to Substacks. There is a market for reading here, and...- April 23, 2024In 2022, Penguin Random House wanted to buy Simon & Schuster. The two publishing houses made up 37 percent and 11 percent of the market share, according to the filing, and...
April 9, 2024The internet caters to our baser interests, surfacing clickbait news, ragebait on Twitter, thirst-traps on Instagram, the dumbest thing you can watch on TikTok, the most attractive...
February 20, 2024I don’t want to grow up. I never have. I once wrote in my diary that I wanted to stay 13 years old forever. I think I would still choose that today if I could. I...
