Wall Street Thinks Netflix Is The Next Big Thing
Market analysts see parallels with Tesla and Amazon as the company spends big to grow its business ahead of immediate profits.
Media
Writers Launch #EbonyOwes Twitter Campaign In Demand For Back Pay
Ebony Magazine held a beloved place in black households for more than seven decades. But like a lot of magazines, it was feeling pinched between rising costs and falling subscriptions. Ebony was sold last year to a black private equity firm that was very slow to pay its writers what they were owed. Some responded with a scathing social media campaign, EbonyOwes.
Doctor Who Is A Woman: Jodie Whittaker Announced As 13th Time Lord In BBC Series
Actress Jodie Whittaker will succeed Peter Capaldi, becoming the first woman to play the role of the eccentric time-traveler.
Friday News Roundup - Domestic
It's been a week with a high Russian character count.
How 'Mike And The Mad Dog' Made Sports Radio History
ESPN's newest documentary follows WFAN's sports talk duo, Mike Francesa and Chris Russo, over 20 years from their unlikely start to their sad parting of the ways.
Why The Internet Fast Lane Has Bypassed Rural America
Broadband access for more than 23 million rural Americans is lousy.
Lawsuit Says It's Unconstitutional For President Trump To Block Critics On Twitter
"The White House is transforming a public forum into an echo chamber," says an attorney at the Knight First Amendment Institute.
Trump's Criticism Of CNN Likely To Complicate Proposed Corporate Deal
President Trump's anger at CNN's coverage and its chief Jeff Zucker continues — even as the U.S. government reviews the proposed sale of CNN's parent company, Time Warner, to AT&T, which Trump has publicly opposed. NPR takes a look at how the president's views will affect the government's scrutiny of the proposed deal.
Friday News Roundup - Domestic
The governor of New Jersey gets grief for going to the beach, and more than 40 states say they will not or cannot turn over all the data President Trump's voting commission wants.
Al-Jazeera Faces Pressure To Close Amid Qatar's Diplomatic Crisis
A month ago, several countries cut ties with Qatar, saying it funds terrorist groups and has too close a relationship with Iran. Qatari-funded Al-Jazeera is caught up in the middle of the crisis.