Talked to Sarah Scire at Nieman Labs about the new Businessweek and why there's still a place for good old-fashioned print.

LIVE NOW: Donald Trump - The Businessweek interview, with Nancy Cook Joshua Green (JoshuaGreen.bsky.social on 🟦) and Mario Parker. We went to Mar-a-Lago to talk to the former President about taxes, tariffs, Taiwan, tech and what Trumponomics means for the US and the world. bloomberg.com/features/2024-…

Trump tells Bloomberg he will: > Let Powell serve out his term as Fed chair > Lower corporate tax rate to 15% > Reverse the TikTok ban > Maybe name Jamie Dimon as Treasury secretary > Not pardon himself “Now I am truly experienced,” he tells Brad Stone bloomberg.com/features/2024-…

NEW: We went to Mar-a-Lago in late June to talk to former President Trump about taxes, tariffs, the Federal Reserve, pardons, Taiwan and who could be Treasury Secretary. Have at it — bloomberg.com/features/2024-…

We asked former president Donald Trump about his plans for a second term in the White House. Read the full transcript of our interview here: bloomberg.com/features/2024-… via Businessweek

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🚨Six weeks after my ⁦Businessweek⁩ cover story on sextortion scams driving teens to suicide, ⁦Meta⁩ carried out a mass purge. Today, it announced it’s removed 63,000 (😱) fake accounts linked to sextortion scammers in Nigeria. Holy cow; 63,000. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

This Businessweek story by Amanda Mull is so Brat. Am I doing it right? Read her column today to make sure... bloomberg.com/news/newslette… via Businessweek

How Joe Rogan’s comedy club transformed Austin — and the rest of the stand-up scene. Felix Gillette and Ashley Carman bloomberg.com/news/features/… via Businessweek

NEW: Inside the staff rebellion at Crooked Media, the progressive media org behind Pod Save America. Among the issues dividing staff: the war in Gaza. A founder dating an employee. The union filing a complaint over union busting claims. A third of staff have left since Jan '23

In my first feature for Businessweek Bloomberg, I dug into a question that everyone I know has had for years: Putting everyday goods like toothbrushes and deodorant behind locked plexiglass can't actually be working out well for the stores that do it, right? bloomberg.com/news/features/…

THREAD 1/ Today Businessweek published my investigation into how Yosemite, the birthplace of the national parks, has become more dangerous for people and wildlife alike on the watch of Aramark, the private contractor that runs most visitor services. Gift link: bloomberg.com/features/2024-…

America’s weight-loss drug capital isn't Hollywood or Manhattan. It’s Bowling Green, Kentucky. Welcome to Ozempicville USA! Here's a tour, from the September issue of Businessweek: bloomberg.com/news/features/… via Businessweek

"Now the hard part is finding the drug. He recently spent a Friday night driving around Bowling Green with his cat Hank trying to find a pharmacy that could fill his prescription. He came home empty-handed."

SCOOP w/ Fiona Rutherford & Robert Langreth: US regulators denied approval for an experimental MDMA drug to treat post-traumatic stress disorder, a setback to the nascent field of developing psychedelic treatments. Now confirmed by Lykos: bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg

Stare into the orb and read Ashlee Vance's new feature for Businessweek, on Sam Altman's iris-scanning Worldcoin project.

RANGE ANXIETY TREATMENT: A new breed of #ElectricVehicle is promising up to 700 miles on a single charge. Extended-range EVs are taking China by storm and will arrive in the US next year. 'It's a lifeline to Detroit' $STLA $F $GM Rebecca Greenfield bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Businessweek

Presenting the September cover story of Businessweek, with Austin Ekeler: How betting devoured sports. NFL players talk playing in the age of sports gambling: bloomberg.com/news/features/… Plus the betting duopoly, how gambling infused sports media, a chat with Nate Silver, and more:

Good news @Warriors fans, Stephen Curry just signed a one year extension. But when I saw him this week, he said the plan is to stay forever!! PS. Super fun episode of The Circuit coming with Steph and Ayesha Curry #dubnation 💛💙

The dealmaker behind a crypto project being promoted by the Trump family previously sold marijuana, colon cleanses and get-rich-quick schemes. a jaw dropper by Zeke Faux: bloomberg.com/news/features/… via Bloomberg Crypto