Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
France is asking bond investors to take the long view in what is expected to be a challenging year for the eurozone’s second-largest economy, as the country braces for a bruising presidential election. On Thursday, France will tap an existing 50-year bond that matures in 2066, in the latest sign that investors are still willing…
The Ferrari F355 is a beautiful car, and for those of you with exotic dreams but modest means you can have one in your driveway for as little as $60,000. But depending on the condition, you may need a hefty savings account just to keep it on the road, as these fellows just found out…
Megyn Kelly is the cover story of February’s Vanity Fair, emblazoned with the depiction: “Fox New’s Brightest, Toughest Star.” She’s a champion of the underdog, a “breakout” star whose gender is “irrelevant” as she “transcends” politics to pulverize “windbags of both parties.” Who is this champion of journalistic impartiality, boldly leading the charge toward tearing…
The president-elect says that the 16-year-old’s album sales have ‘skyrocketed’ since her inauguration announcement. Have they? On Wednesday (Jan. 4), president-elect Donald Trump posted on Twitter that Jackie Evancho’s album sales have “skyrocketed” since the 16-year-old singer was announced to be performing the national anthem at his presidential inauguration later this month. “Some people just…
GTM DataLayer Umbel End Umbel [if lte IE 9]>< ![endif][if gte IE 10]>< ![endif] Google Tag Manager Container End Google Tag Manager Container Tony Haile’s new project is still in the planning stages. But it’s interesting. Phonograph End Phonograph Source: News Corp, the New York Times and Axel Springer are backing Scroll, a subscription service...
Setting records across the board, Shane, Shep and Corey were joined this year by Jillian who hit the ground running right before the biggest week of the year. The GMG Commerce Team is stacked, and I couldn’t be more excited to see what they accomplish in the new year. In total, the team has published…
Let’s build a simple reverse tracking wall. This is a way to encourage users to install or configure tracking protection, by rewarding them with access to particular web pages. Step zero. Make a page that we want to protect. Done. We were going to do that anyway. Step one. Add the scripts to the page….
The planned Women’s March may be gearing up to be one of the biggest inauguration weekend protests ever, but there’s clearly still some education that needs to happen before January 21. Washington Post’s magazine Express had a bit of a snafu on Thursday, when their cover story about the march showed a ring of what…
Image via Threshold Editions. Last week, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Threshold Editions, the conservative imprint of publishing giant Simon & Schuster, advanced Milo Yiannopoulos $250,000 for his forthcoming book, Dangerous, which will focus, broadly, on the topic of “free speech.” The news was met with sharp rebuke on social media, while headlines and articles…