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Morgan Stanley deal brings toxic mortgage bill to $64bn – FT.com

Alistair Gray 9 years ago07 mins

High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our Ts&Cs and Copyright Policy for more detail. Email ftsales.support@ft.com to buy additional rights. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/af2f8e0e-d0d6-11e5-831d-09f7778e7377.html#ixzz3ztcpkgur US authorities have now wrung a total of $64bn from banks that sold toxic mortgage securities before the financial crisis, with Morgan Stanley’s agreement…

Why micropayments aren’t the ad blocking antidote

Jessica Davies9 years ago9 years ago06 mins

Publishers have flirted with micropayments as a revenue stream for years, mostly unsuccessfully. Now, with the continued rise of ad blocking, new hope again is pinned on pay-per-article schemes for ad-blocking readers. Fat chance. German publisher Gruner + Jahr, which publishes 285 magazines and newspapers across 22 countries, serves messages to ad-blocking visitors to its site Geo.de, requiring…

Kanye 2020 is in trouble: His “Bill Cosby innocent!” tweet goes beyond harmless trolling – Salon.com

Scott Timberg9 years ago08 mins

For a long time now, Kanye West has existed simultaneously as a rap musician, an outspoken social critic (“George Bush doesn’t care about black people”) and a frequent and much-followed Tweeter. He veers from the mild (his love of fonts, praise for his wife, frequent photographs of fashion fittings) to the boastful (his new album is not the…

Pop Quiz: Hillary Clinton or Extremist Rightwing Republican?

Christian Post9 years ago012 mins

January 31, 2016|9:49 am (Photo: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque) U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks about the Global Health Initiative at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, August 16, 2010. Hello Democratic Caucus and Primary voters! Before you cast your ballot next month, it’s time to play everyone’s favorite pop quiz…

Viacom to Sell Snapchat Ads in Multiyear Deal – WSJ

Steven Perlberg9 years ago9 years ago09 mins

Investors have been fretting about Viacom Inc.’s cable TV fortunes and hoping the company will cook up new ways to profit in the digital economy. On Tuesday, as the media company reports quarterly results, it will have a new partnership to tout on that front. The shiny new object: a deal with Snapchat Inc., the…

Adding Up the Costs of Hillary Clinton’s Wars – FPIF

Conn Hallinan9 years ago017 mins

(Photo: Mike Mozart / Flickr) The Greek playwright Aeschylus — who fought at Marathon in 490 BC, the battle that defeated the first Persian invasion of Greece — had few illusions about the consequences of war. No wonder, in the tragedy Oresteia, he gave his character Agamemnon these verses: They sent forth men to battle….

The rise of the publisher video polymath – Digiday

Ricardo Bilton9 years ago06 mins

No one wears one hat in digital media, particularly in the fast-changing (and growing) field of video. Gone are the days when video production meant either recording or editing. Instead, producing video has expanded into the realms of reporting, producing and crafting distribution strategies specific to each big platform. It’s the one-man band model, but for video….

It Gets Harder From Here For Bernie Sanders | FiveThirtyEight

Harry Enten9 years ago09 mins

Bernie Sanders celebrates his victory during a primary night rally in Concord, New Hampshire. JEWEL SAMAD / AFP / Getty Images MANCHESTER, N.H. — Bernie Sanders won and won big here on Tuesday. He earned 60 percent of the vote in New Hampshire and won nearly every town and city in the state. The size…

Pandora Is Said to Have Held Talks About Selling Itself – The New York Times

Leslie Picker and Ben Sisario9 years ago06 mins

Photo Fall Out Boy performed at Pandora Holiday, a concert sponsored by the music service, at Pier 36 in New York on Dec. 10. Credit Theo Wargo/Getty Images Pandora Media, the largest Internet radio service, has held discussions about selling the company, according to people briefed on the talks. Pandora is working with Morgan Stanley…

Dear Madeleine Albright and Gloria Steinem: Feminism demands we reject America’s deadly imperialism – Salon.com

Sarah Lazare9 years ago09 mins

This article originally appeared on AlterNet. Two powerful backers of Hillary Clinton attracted headlines—and outrage—this weekend when they uttered sweeping statements under the banner of “feminism,” calling on young women to back the former Secretary of State’s presidential bid. Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of Sate, introduced Clinton in New…

Birthright Citizenship Is a Sacred Guarantee – The Atlantic

Comic Book Publisher Drops Neil Gaiman Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations – The New York Times

I Saw What New, Young Post-MAGA Trump Supporters Look Like

Scores of career State Dept. diplomats resign before Trump inauguration – The Washington Post

Neo-Nazis Love the Nazi-Like Salutes Elon Musk Made at Trump’s Inauguration | WIRED

Elon Musk Appears to Make Fascist Salute at Trump Inauguration Rally

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Morgan Stanley deal brings toxic mortgage bill to $64bn – FT.com

Why micropayments aren’t the ad blocking antidote

Kanye 2020 is in trouble: His “Bill Cosby innocent!” tweet goes beyond harmless trolling – Salon.com

Pop Quiz: Hillary Clinton or Extremist Rightwing Republican?

Viacom to Sell Snapchat Ads in Multiyear Deal – WSJ

Adding Up the Costs of Hillary Clinton’s Wars – FPIF

The rise of the publisher video polymath – Digiday

It Gets Harder From Here For Bernie Sanders | FiveThirtyEight

Pandora Is Said to Have Held Talks About Selling Itself – The New York Times

Dear Madeleine Albright and Gloria Steinem: Feminism demands we reject America’s deadly imperialism – Salon.com