Journalism
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No Mercy No Malice
What if the cable giant and Twitter joined forces to reinvent the future of news?
In March 2008, after raising $600 million, acquiring 18% of the outstanding stock, and threatening a proxy contest, I was elected to the board of the New York Times Company. The company was struggling to make the transition from print to digital. The stock was at $17 (down from $53 in 2002). Investors were fleeing the Gray Lady for hotter, younger online media properties.
The Times is likely the most important media firm of the last century. At one point I had dinner with Bill Keller, executive editor at the time, who had to excuse himself to help negotiate the…
Like you, we read a lot. Here are the stories from other outlets that made us smarter about business.
Here at Marker, we like to read. We want to know what our competitors are up to — what scoops they have, what access they’ve received, what previously unreported details they’ve confirmed to flesh out the narrative of their pieces. But mostly, we read because, like you, we want to get smarter and better at our craft: great business journalism that will make you smarter and better at business. Here are a few of the stories from 2019 that fit the bill.
How a Single Pair of Sneakers Explains the Booming Billion-Dollar Sneaker Resale Industry
By Cam Wolfe, GQ
You won’t believe what kind of cash is being made by sneakerheads these days…
Here, the stories that we were most proud to publish this year
For the roughly four months since we launched, Marker’s team has been focused on making you smarter about business, and better at it, too. We’ve published lots of great guides and columns that dive into the nuts and bolts of how to start, grow, and run a company, and we’ve heard how much you enjoy and appreciate the insights that founders, VCs, executives, and others have shared on our pages.
We also believe that narrative journalism — storytelling — is a powerful tool that doesn’t just entertain, but also lets us learn and develop mental models that we can apply…
