“There’s a big discrepancy between the $41 million the bookmaker’s records say Mizuhara lost and the $16 million he allegedly stole from Ohtani. What could explain this?”

Sharp Nate Silver analysis of what’s known (and still unknown) in Ohtani case.

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Is the Texas Tribune an example or an exception? A conversation with Evan Smith about earned income for nonprofit news orgs

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Q&A with Evan Smith, Texas Tribune CEO from 2009 to 2022, on earned income in nonprofit journalism, sponsorship to fund news for marginalized people, and more (Richard Tofel / Second Rough Draft)

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THE EVOLUTION OF ANNABEL CRAIG will be out in less than one week! A young Southern woman as she sets out on a journey of self-discovery as the infamous 1925 Scopes Trial tests her faith and her marriage in this moving novel from Lisa Grunwald. penguinrandomhouse.com/books/721734/t…

.Richard Tofel and I went deep on paying for news — earned income, philanthropy, events revenue and the like. We did not talk about Juan José Soto Pacheco open.substack.com/pub/dicktofel/… #txlege

'People don't need to find their me. They need to find their her.' Evan Smith Who is 'she', you wonder? Richard Tofel latest newsletter bit.ly/3VU27Jq She is the one who knew how to sell Texas Tribune

So the “right to life” folks are going to just accept Trump’s pronouncement that federalism is a more important principle than theirs?

I have the sense that the eclipse is the focus of much more attention than in 2017, but would love to see comparative data.

So the “right to life” folks are going to just accept Trump’s pronouncement that federalism is a more important principle than theirs?

Film clip for this afternoon

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For last night's Semafor media newsletter, I wrote about how Soros Fund Management became a player in podcasting and radio, and which podcast company it might buy next

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An important piece about how business leaders don’t yet understand the threat to their interests posed by Trumpism and its affinity for approaches like that of Orban in Hungary. nytimes.com/2024/04/07/mag…

WaPo: Montana GOP Senate candidate says he lied to ranger about gunshot wound in 2015 to cover up incident in Afghanistan washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

An appeals court reduced Trump’s bond by >60% after his attorneys called it a “practical impossibility” to pay the full $464M.

But they failed to disclose to the court that a billionaire financier had proposed putting up the full amount. propublica.org/article/trump-…

Forbes for years ran an alternate version of its website where it packed ads that were intended to run on Forbes.com on.wsj.com/3xgvSK0

What Changes in Who's Using AP Wires Tell Us About the News Business Now. This week's Second Rough Draft newsletter
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So ambitious and exciting