<div dir="ltr">What I want to see if a Spotify for journalism. Pay one monthly fee for virtually everything. I pay for a few sites but get annoyed when I have to pay for a site I rarely use. Some give you a certain # of views per month, which is OK but I'd still rather pay about $10 a month for virtually all of it if a business model could be made for such a plan. <br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><div><a href="http://www.larrymagid.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><br>Larry Magid</a></div><div><br></div><div>On-Air technology analyst, CBS News</div><div>Syndicated columnist -- San Jose Mercury News & Forbes blogger</div><div><br></div><div>CEO: ConnectSafely.org & founder SafeKids.com</div><div><a href="http://www.Larrysworld.com" target="_blank">www.Larrysworld.com</a></div><div><a href="http://twitter.com/@larrymagid" target="_blank">@LarryMagid</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 2:49 PM David Needle <<a href="mailto:davidneedle@gmail.com">davidneedle@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><br><div>Sorry to pile on here RE; Dana's comments, but agree with Ron's points and also it would be helpful to clarify your conclusion: </div><div><br></div><div>
<i><span style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Journalism business models, based on payment before access, are fine as far as they go. But they're limiting what the Internet can do for people. To a greater and greater extent. </span>
</i><br></div><div><br></div><div>You seem to be saying the tail is wagging the dog here and somehow the very niche market of paid sites is impacting access people have to information in general? I don't see it that way ... we there is no lack of good reporting, information, research etc. that's available for free, whether ad-supported or via other models. </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 2:42 PM, Ron Miller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ronsmiller@gmail.com" target="_blank">ronsmiller@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">This simply not accurate Dana. While it may have a newsletter as part of its outreach, it's an online publication like TechCrunch or Recode or VentureBeat. What is different is that it uses a subscription model instead of an advertising one. And for the record, journalism has always operated on a pay before access model, even before the internet. I don't recall getting a newspaper for free (except maybe the penny saver variety) before the Internet came along. You paid a newspaper carrier or the newsstand, but you paid, then you could read.</div><div><div class="m_-712702083954800738h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On NaN/NaN/NaN Dana Blankenhorn <<a href="mailto:danablankenhorn@gmail.com" target="_blank">danablankenhorn@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">More and more, online publications are paid only. They're newsletters.<div><br></div><div>Nothing wrong with newsletters. But most people have only X number of dollars to spend on content. They're only going to buy a certain number of newsletters. Which means they're only going to have access to a certain (and falling) percentage of the news the Internet had to offer. </div><div><br></div><div>Which means information flows slow. People don't find out things until a day or two later, when embargoes are broken and the "free" media gets ahold of it. Starting with TV. </div><div><br></div><div>This is the plaque of the Internet's circulatory system. As it builds up, it's increasingly dangerous. </div><div><br></div><div>There was always a division between high cost newsletters and low-cost mass media. This is disappearing. The NY Times and The Information want similar amounts of money, although one seeks a mass audience, and the other niche. </div><div><br></div><div>Journalism business models, based on payment before access, are fine as far as they go. But they're limiting what the Internet can do for people. To a greater and greater extent. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 1:08 PM David Needle <<a href="mailto:davidneedle@gmail.com" target="_blank">davidneedle@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div>Piling on here at this point as there have already been several replies to Andy's question about how legit The Information is as a news analysis site. I am not a paid subscriber, but I've signed up to free daily email feed where editor Jessica Lessin occasionally writes in-depth editorials like this one (below) on Facebook. Thoughtful piece. <div><br></div><div>She also mentions a new hire. They seem to be on a roll: </div><div><br></div><div>
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<br><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Jessica Lessin</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jessica@theinformation.com" target="_blank">jessica@theinformation.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 8:01 AM<br>Subject: What Everyone Is Missing About Facebook<br>To: <a href="mailto:davidneedle@gmail.com" target="_blank">davidneedle@gmail.com</a><br><br><br><u></u>
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<p style="padding-bottom:15px;display:block;margin:13px 0">Happy Saturday,</p>
<p style="padding-bottom:15px;display:block;margin:13px 0">You really have to wonder about the growing disconnect between regulators, media and finance or power, information, and money. It was another week of very bad headlines for Google and Facebook. And investors didn’t even blink! </p>
<p style="padding-bottom:15px;display:block;margin:13px 0">More on the Facebook scandal of the week later. But first, here at The Information, it was a week of big exclusive articles about Walmart <b><a href="http://cio.theinformation.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6IlpKSDNBZ0FCWkwxYTVLTWo4WlcyYWRET3VSLVEiLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlaW5mb3JtYXRpb24uY29tL2FydGljbGVzL3dhbG1hcnQtcGxvdHMtcml2YWwtdG8tbmV0ZmxpeC1hbWF6b24tcHJpbWUtdmlkZW8_dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbFx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Y2lvIiwibGlua19pZCI6MTYyNjMxNjIxLCJwb3NpdGlvbiI6MX0/b2ae9c6a037717f59ba081a7609b4e65a3400b70ee66d44444bbb6a5cd7aa511" style="color:#5b8ad8;text-align:left;line-height:1.6;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">working on a Netflix competitor</a></b>, Amazon and its pending <b><a href="http://cio.theinformation.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6IlpKSDNBZ0FCWkwxYTVLTWo4WlcyYWRET3VSLVEiLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlaW5mb3JtYXRpb24uY29tL2FydGljbGVzL2FtYXpvbi1hbnRpdHJ1c3QtcHVzaC1zbG93bHktZ2FpbnMtZ3JvdW5kP3V0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWxcdTAwMjZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWNpbyIsImxpbmtfaWQiOjE2MjYzMTYyNSwicG9zaXRpb24iOjJ9/841c395a03538917dd058695ca68bf972227cc7d0cdab681a5632725f0397af6" style="color:#5b8ad8;text-align:left;line-height:1.6;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">antitrust issues</a></b>, the <b><a href="http://cio.theinformation.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6IlpKSDNBZ0FCWkwxYTVLTWo4WlcyYWRET3VSLVEiLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlaW5mb3JtYXRpb24uY29tL2FydGljbGVzL3NpcmlzLWxhc3QtcmVtYWluaW5nLWNvZm91bmRlci1pcy1vdXQtYXQtYXBwbGU_dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbFx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Y2lvIiwibGlua19pZCI6MTYyNjMxNjMzLCJwb3NpdGlvbiI6M30/b08b5bd5eb44b0f5a63da3fdd8e8463d0d61c6b5a80b1a8188d5c5da20f39813" style="color:#5b8ad8;text-align:left;line-height:1.6;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">end of an era</a> </b>at Siri, Facebook <b><a href="http://cio.theinformation.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6IlpKSDNBZ0FCWkwxYTVLTWo4WlcyYWRET3VSLVEiLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlaW5mb3JtYXRpb24uY29tL2FydGljbGVzL2luLXJldmVyc2FsLWZhY2Vib29rLW11bGxzLXN3aXRjaC10by1nb29nbGUtYXBwcz91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsXHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1jaW8iLCJsaW5rX2lkIjoxNjI2MzE2MjIsInBvc2l0aW9uIjo0fQ/c1d2cdb5654802a70177fd49cd2ede429747a1163d2a5cae2cc5b02a9f7767be" style="color:#5b8ad8;text-align:left;line-height:1.6;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">actually aligning with Google </a></b>(for once) and Instagram's <b><a href="http://cio.theinformation.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6IlpKSDNBZ0FCWkwxYTVLTWo4WlcyYWRET3VSLVEiLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlaW5mb3JtYXRpb24uY29tL2FydGljbGVzL2luc3RhZ3JhbXMtZ3Jvd2luZy1ib3QtcHJvYmxlbT91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsXHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1jaW8iLCJsaW5rX2lkIjoxNjI2MzE2MjMsInBvc2l0aW9uIjo1fQ/fafb9d227f87c25f0d75987d0ca2e6aeef3df311a2ba9b3f963da77a502d68ce" style="color:#5b8ad8;text-align:left;line-height:1.6;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">growing bot problem</a></b>. </p>
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<p style="padding-bottom:15px;display:block;margin:13px 0"><b>What No One is Saying about Facebook</b> </p>
<p style="padding-bottom:15px;display:block;margin:13px 0">As for the imbroglio over Facebook’s clumsy content moderation strategy—and even clumsier rationalization of it—I spent the last few days trying to find some coherent argument for how Facebook should police its platform and draw the line between what it should and shouldn’t allow. This stuff is tough. So tough. If you think it’s easy, aka, you think “These people are clearly evil, ban them from Facebook,” I encourage you to think more deeply. </p>
<p style="padding-bottom:15px;display:block;margin:13px 0"><b></b>How would you feel if people who didn’t share your political views couldn’t view the internet? </p>
<p style="padding-bottom:15px;display:block;margin:13px 0">That’s not a crazy analogy. Facebook is a media company. It distributes content and makes money from ads. But it is also a utility, the way Comcast is an internet-service provider. In fact, it is arguably the world's most powerful utility, providing more than two billion people access to information and speech. That’s roughly half the broadband internet population. </p>
<p style="padding-bottom:15px;display:block;margin:13px 0">You can’t shut down people’s access to such a large audience lightly. </p>
<p style="padding-bottom:15px;display:block;margin:13px 0">Forcing Facebook to be a publisher, which heavily edits and moderates content, may solve some problems. Regulators would be happy because Facebook would be easier to control. There would be fewer PR catastrophes caused by content deemed offensive. </p>
<p style="padding-bottom:15px;display:block;margin:13px 0">I should say right here that this is the inevitable direction things are headed. Public and regulatory pressure is going to push Facebook into the media company terrain more and more. Its business model sort of makes this inevitable too. As long as it is making money off ads, it is hard to argue that the utility use case is dominant. I may believe that conspiracy theorists have a right to use communication tools, but I don’t think Facebook should be profiting from them. </p>
<p style="padding-bottom:15px;display:block;margin:13px 0">But we should think through the consequences of Facebook exercising a heavier content moderation hand. That direction will stifle a huge number of views and close off groups of people to tools and communication. Some people, say child pornographers, are so abhorrent, we may not care. But don’t fool yourself. Most cases would fall in grey areas—things that aren’t true or false but are deeply offensive to some. </p>
<p style="padding-bottom:15px;display:block;margin:13px 0">In other words, Facebook would draw a line and dissenting views would be forced offline to other platforms. I’m pro-choice, for example. But do I think pro-lifers, some of whom use language I find very offensive, should be blocked from using Facebook? Absolutely not. I think they have a right to use the platform just as I do. </p>
<p style="padding-bottom:15px;display:block;margin:13px 0">Second, we would create a publisher with unprecedented global power and scale, and as I have said many times before, we have to think very carefully about that. </p>
<p style="padding-bottom:15px;display:block;margin:13px 0">Mark Zuckerberg is deeply uncomfortable with playing mega-publisher too, as he has said publicly many times. Hence, he’s talked about ways for the community to determine what is and isn’t allowed. He’s said less about the idea lately as his focus has shifted to placating regulators. Perhaps he also realizes that getting two billion people to write your rules isn’t very practical. </p>
<p style="padding-bottom:15px;display:block;margin:13px 0">So the question is who is going to decide where to draw the line. Could Facebook abdicate that role and leave it to governments? Possibly and in many ways this is the best answer, but that would force Facebook to compromise some of its principles and probably won’t happen entirely. Turn it all over to users? Not feasible. So the reality is we’re likely to remain stuck in this messy middle. </p>
<p style="padding-bottom:15px;display:block;margin:13px 0">I hope that as we do, we remember to think one level deeper—to think of what is lost with each tightening of the content screw. Perhaps that is idealistic and silly. But so is comparing Facebook to The New York Times (which has some 3 million subscribers) when its community is closer in size to the broadband internet population (around 4 billion). The stakes for deciding who does and doesn’t have access are much higher than many of us realize. </p>
<p style="padding-bottom:15px;display:block;margin:13px 0"><b>Welcome Investigative Chief David Heath!</b> </p>
<p style="padding-bottom:15px;display:block;margin:13px 0">This week, we were fortunate to have the great David Heath, most recently the data director of CNN, join our team as investigations editor, and I want to tell you all a little about him. For those of you who don’t speak “newsroom,” David oversees two of our reporters who focus primarily on investigative work—Reed Albergotti and Matt Drange—and will work with our other 20 journalists on longer term projects that require a particularly heavy bout of investigative digging, document retrieval and data analysis. (He’s already working closely with our tech team on new database resources.) </p>
<p style="padding-bottom:15px;display:block;margin:13px 0">David is a veteran investigative reporter, who also worked at the Center for Public Integrity and the Seattle Times, where he co-wrote a story about drug researchers leaking secrets to Wall Street and a narrative series about the life of an al-Qaeda terrorist. He’s won a bunch of prestigious journalism awards including the Polk, Loeb and the Goldsmith awards. And he was recently featured in the Netflix documentary series Dirty Money. </p>
<p style="padding-bottom:15px;display:block;margin:13px 0">He just moved to San Francisco to join our bureau there, so if you have story ideas for David and his team, or just want to say hello or give him tips about living in the Bay Area, you can reach him at <b><a href="http://david@theinformation.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio" style="color:#5b8ad8;text-align:left;line-height:1.6;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">david@theinformation.com</a></b>. </p>
<p style="padding-bottom:15px;display:block;margin:13px 0"><b>Just for Fun</b> </p>Our team recently brainstormed some slogans and tag-lines for The Information. I thought it would be fun to share some of the most popular—and most polarizing—with you: <ul><li><i>“Follow the tech.” </i></li></ul>
<ul><li><i>“The publication Bobby Axelrod would read.” </i></li></ul>
<ul><li><i>“What tech CEOs aren’t telling you.” </i></li></ul>
<ul><li><i>“Not just news. Information.” </i></li></ul>
<ul><li><i>“Be a Netflix. Not a Blockbuster.” </i></li></ul>
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<i>“Smartform journalism.” </i><br>
</li></ul>Let me know your top two favorites! <p style="padding-bottom:15px;display:block;margin:13px 0"><b>Worth a Read/Watch</b> </p>
<p style="padding-bottom:15px;display:block;margin:13px 0">I was surprisingly touched by Ben Horowitz’s <b><a href="http://cio.theinformation.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6IlpKSDNBZ0FCWkwxYTVLTWo4WlcyYWRET3VSLVEiLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9hMTZ6LmNvbS8yMDE4LzA3LzE3L2Nvbm5pZS1jaGFuLz91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsXHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1jaW8iLCJsaW5rX2lkIjoxNjI2MzE2MzQsInBvc2l0aW9uIjo3fQ/5205956e0609aef9e6924ffcd4f91d361456a54cd1bc1bbe505757c8bf99aa8d" style="color:#5b8ad8;text-align:left;line-height:1.6;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">blog post about Connie Chan</a></b>, whose venture firm a16z promoted internally to partner. For those of you who are a little removed from the venture industry, it is rare for a firm to promote from within. It’s also particularly rare for a16z which has often been criticized (rightly so) as a clubby boys club, but now has two female partners in its ranks. The reason I am recommending the post here though has little to do with diversity. Horowitz is an amazing writer and to hear him talk about talent, how he spots and nurtures it, was really nice and inspiring. More blog posts about management please, Ben. </p>
<p style="padding-bottom:15px;display:block;margin:13px 0">RBC’s Mark Mahaney has been covering internet stocks longer than most and I’ve always found him insightful. His <b><a href="http://cio.theinformation.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6IlpKSDNBZ0FCWkwxYTVLTWo4WlcyYWRET3VSLVEiLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueW91dHViZS5jb20vd2F0Y2g_dj1TTDNXU3puVnFHc1x1MDAyNmZlYXR1cmU9c2hhcmVcdTAwMjZsaXN0PVBMUzhZTG5fNlBVMWw4WFNUNkJWNUVfdmlnVlhVNThHZUxcdTAwMjZpbmRleD0yM1x1MDAyNnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWxcdTAwMjZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWNpbyIsImxpbmtfaWQiOjE2MjYzMTYzNSwicG9zaXRpb24iOjh9/e2287b2592f16e9f2c147223994cf8af14b2e49c7ca407f652bdb353c828fdf8" style="color:#5b8ad8;text-align:left;line-height:1.6;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Fortune Brainstorm presentation</a></b> about how to pick tech stocks is worth a watch, and not just if you work on Wall Street. Lessons like “look for the lucky lexicons” and “valuation doesn’t matter,” apply to those building and describing businesses too. </p>
<p style="padding-bottom:15px;display:block;margin:13px 0"><b>And the Rest of The Information…</b> </p>
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<b><a href="http://cio.theinformation.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6IlpKSDNBZ0FCWkwxYTVLTWo4WlcyYWRET3VSLVEiLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlaW5mb3JtYXRpb24uY29tL2FydGljbGVzL2JlaGluZC1xdWFsY29tbXMtcmV0cmVhdC1mcm9tLWRhdGEtY2VudGVyLWJ1c2luZXNzP3V0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWxcdTAwMjZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWNpbyIsImxpbmtfaWQiOjE2MjYzMTYyMCwicG9zaXRpb24iOjEwfQ/a45e0182e0cd31386d0a686ffd5dc81426bcd5e9455e22a3e7ad1d6af345f572" style="color:#5b8ad8;text-align:left;line-height:1.6;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Behind Qualcomm’s Retreat From Data Center Business</a></b> by Aaron Tilley </li></ul>
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<b><a href="http://cio.theinformation.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6IlpKSDNBZ0FCWkwxYTVLTWo4WlcyYWRET3VSLVEiLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlaW5mb3JtYXRpb24uY29tL2FydGljbGVzL2luLXJldmVyc2FsLWZhY2Vib29rLW11bGxzLXN3aXRjaC10by1nb29nbGUtYXBwcz91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsXHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1jaW8iLCJsaW5rX2lkIjoxNjI2MzE2MjIsInBvc2l0aW9uIjoxMX0/469869ee8d712a3e42c8c62236539b253bee47bd09fdf770af30f31660ddfc48" style="color:#5b8ad8;text-align:left;line-height:1.6;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">In Reversal, Facebook Mulls Switch to Google Apps</a></b> by Kevin McLaughlin and Sarah Kuranda </li></ul>
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<b><a href="http://cio.theinformation.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6IlpKSDNBZ0FCWkwxYTVLTWo4WlcyYWRET3VSLVEiLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlaW5mb3JtYXRpb24uY29tL2FydGljbGVzL3dhbG1hcnQtcGxvdHMtcml2YWwtdG8tbmV0ZmxpeC1hbWF6b24tcHJpbWUtdmlkZW8_dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbFx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Y2lvIiwibGlua19pZCI6MTYyNjMxNjIxLCJwb3NpdGlvbiI6MTJ9/78a66ae3324f898d520a6f01306ca7db90f03d3b3ad46772246934e0961daa9e" style="color:#5b8ad8;text-align:left;line-height:1.6;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Walmart Plots Rival to Netflix, Amazon Prime Video</a></b> by Jessica Toonkel, Tom Dotan, and Priya Anand </li></ul>
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<b><a href="http://cio.theinformation.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6IlpKSDNBZ0FCWkwxYTVLTWo4WlcyYWRET3VSLVEiLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlaW5mb3JtYXRpb24uY29tL2FydGljbGVzL2FpcmJuYi1sb29rcy10by1rZWVwLWNoaW5hLW1vbWVudHVtP3V0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWxcdTAwMjZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWNpbyIsImxpbmtfaWQiOjE2MjYzMTYzNywicG9zaXRpb24iOjE0fQ/7d0856c1bb13e38617681ff094bd82022d263e3022509b66f9961e57b8b13d49" style="color:#5b8ad8;text-align:left;line-height:1.6;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Airbnb Looks to Keep China Momentum</a></b> by Cory Weinberg </li></ul>
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<b><a href="http://cio.theinformation.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6IlpKSDNBZ0FCWkwxYTVLTWo4WlcyYWRET3VSLVEiLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlaW5mb3JtYXRpb24uY29tL2FydGljbGVzL3NpcmlzLWxhc3QtcmVtYWluaW5nLWNvZm91bmRlci1pcy1vdXQtYXQtYXBwbGU_dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbFx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Y2lvIiwibGlua19pZCI6MTYyNjMxNjMzLCJwb3NpdGlvbiI6MTV9/779697d2d783fef5c2aa5d371104faad1ce44d5383eb23a48c4dee275873e81a" style="color:#5b8ad8;text-align:left;line-height:1.6;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Siri’s Last Remaining Cofounder Is Out at Apple</a></b> by Aaron Tilley and Kevin McLaughlin </li></ul>
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<b><a href="http://cio.theinformation.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6IlpKSDNBZ0FCWkwxYTVLTWo4WlcyYWRET3VSLVEiLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlaW5mb3JtYXRpb24uY29tL2FydGljbGVzL2FtYXpvbi1hbnRpdHJ1c3QtcHVzaC1zbG93bHktZ2FpbnMtZ3JvdW5kP3V0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWxcdTAwMjZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWNpbyIsImxpbmtfaWQiOjE2MjYzMTYyNSwicG9zaXRpb24iOjE2fQ/c0c5543e7a0a0cadf9f480aacf01ad0968d442dfb406359379c431af8fb94abc" style="color:#5b8ad8;text-align:left;line-height:1.6;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Amazon Antitrust Push Slowly Gains Ground</a></b> by Priya Anand </li></ul>
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<b><a href="http://cio.theinformation.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6IlpKSDNBZ0FCWkwxYTVLTWo4WlcyYWRET3VSLVEiLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlaW5mb3JtYXRpb24uY29tL2FydGljbGVzL2hvbGx5d29vZC13aW5zLWNvbmNlc3Npb24tZnJvbS1jaGluYS1idXQtb3ZlcmFsbC1kZWFsLXN0YWxsZWQ_dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbFx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Y2lvIiwibGlua19pZCI6MTYyNjMxNjM4LCJwb3NpdGlvbiI6MTd9/08b2c61d16b24c874768fcec428855dc631a1e0740ed05bd530a91bbb79666af" style="color:#5b8ad8;text-align:left;line-height:1.6;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Hollywood Wins Concession From China, but Overall Deal Stalled</a></b> by Wayne Ma and Matt Pressberg </li></ul>
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<b><a href="http://cio.theinformation.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6IlpKSDNBZ0FCWkwxYTVLTWo4WlcyYWRET3VSLVEiLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlaW5mb3JtYXRpb24uY29tL2FydGljbGVzL2JpcmQtY2VvLXBhc3Nlcy1vbi11YmVyLXRha2VzLWFpbS1hdC1jYXJzP3V0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWxcdTAwMjZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWNpbyIsImxpbmtfaWQiOjE2MjYzMTYzMSwicG9zaXRpb24iOjE4fQ/1e0e3a45f833e51cb2a5e757a1f943888e67355373611291d39f3779f72afb64" style="color:#5b8ad8;text-align:left;line-height:1.6;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Bird CEO Passes on Uber, Takes Aim at Cars</a></b> by Cory Weinberg</li></ul>
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<b><a href="http://cio.theinformation.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6IlpKSDNBZ0FCWkwxYTVLTWo4WlcyYWRET3VSLVEiLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlaW5mb3JtYXRpb24uY29tL2FydGljbGVzL3RlY2gtaXNudC1kb2luZy1lbm91Z2gtdG8tYWRkcmVzcy1tZW50YWwtaGVhbHRoP3V0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWxcdTAwMjZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWNpbyIsImxpbmtfaWQiOjE2MjYzMTYzOSwicG9zaXRpb24iOjE5fQ/9f202b03ab5e244bb1b8d692f3640394327b62f571257644b4a485a5b575ad5f" style="color:#5b8ad8;text-align:left;line-height:1.6;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Tech Isn’t Doing Enough to Address Mental Health</a></b> by Sunil Rajaraman<br>
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<br>Have a great weekend and a special happy birthday to The Information’s trusty intern and my very special husband, Sam!<br><p style="display:block;margin:13px 0"></p>
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