“A group of American teenagers went looking for old-world excellence. They got a different kind of education.”

“The Minderoo Foundation, owned by Andrew Forrest, chairman of iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group, plans to help 18 small publishers by applying to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) on their behalf so they can negotiate together without breaching competition laws.”

A thread by Stephen Crockett Jr., who is leaving his position as senior editor of The Root.

“His main challenge in reviving such pieces is the edit. Most contemporary magazines do not publish the ten- to fifteen-thousand-word pieces the Post ran in the 1940s.”

That’s up from about 50 employees at the end of 2020.

“‘I Made This’ is the first series to come out of the deal. Coming from BuzzFeed’s cooking vertical Tasty, the eight-part series features live cooking videos for different events and holiday celebrations, such as Friendsgiving, a tailgate party, date night, Diwali and Hanukkah, and stars in-house and independent creators that BuzzFeed works with.”

“The company said contributors in the pilot Birdwatch program ‘overwhelmingly voiced a preference for contributing under aliases. This preference was strongest for women and Black contributors.'”

“Researchers said smugglers openly shared their phone numbers and advertised their services on Facebook, including video testimonials from people said to have reached Germany successfully via Belarus and Poland.”

“German will enable us to expand The Morning to seven days a week early next year (and we’ll have more to say about the details soon). The Morning’s new weekend editions will immediately become among The Times’s largest platforms.”