On Reading vs Social Media “The easy dopamine hit of social media can make reading feel more effortful by comparison. But the rewards are worth the extra effort: regular readers report higher wellbeing and life satisfaction, benefiting from improved sleep, focus, connection and

On Reading vs Social Media (part 2) “While the fiction market is buoyed by genres such as crime, fantasy and romance that are popular on BookTok (the influential reading community within TikTok), non-fiction sales are down markedly year-on-year. The received wisdom is that

On Reading vs Social Media (Part 3) “In 2024, however, one surprising title has leapfrogged all the others to become Penguin’s top-selling classic of the year: Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s 1848 novella White Nights, which has shifted more than 50,000 copies since last January. But this

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Gen AI Fail: Some creative folks are boasting about their achievements with Gen AI in advertising. Let’s just hope their clients are blind, because the output is far from impressive… #genaifail

Mexico is sitting on more than half a billion litres of tequila in inventory, almost as much as its annual production, as the fast-growing industry reckons with slowing demand and the prospect of tariffs on exports to the US under DT. #tequila #slow on.ft.com/3ZYSI3s

What does Meta’s new "free speech" strategy mean for luxury advertisers? Recently, Meta has taken a bold new direction, making calculated moves to align itself with the latest U.S. presidential administration. From restructuring leadership to prioritizing "free speech" over

Capital Account: As global fertility rates drop, two economists make the case for humans wsj.com/economy/global…

“One option under discussion is the possibility of the U.S. sending terminals of Starlink, a satellite-based internet service owned by Elon Musk, into Iran for the first time during the Trump administration, officials said, which could help protesters skirt a recent internet

#iran “Memos are being sent to agencies seeking their input on specific responses to the Iran situation—including potential military targets and economic options—ahead of the Trump meeting, according to some of the officials.” - important meeting with Donald J. Trump on Tuesday