2025-01-01
There's no way to pull out one quote or one takeaway from this story, or the others in this series. Just take the time to read it and to sit with it for a minute. It's heavy and disturbing, but so important. — By @jenvalentino.bsky.social & @mhkeller.bsky.social — 🎁link: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/u...
New York Times
An investigation details how predatory men engage in the grooming of child influencers on Instagram under the guise of working as social media professionals
Photographers and other men offer to build online followings for young girls, but some are pedophiles who work with parents to sexualize them.
2022-01-31
The end of Kozmo was arguably my introduction to business journalism. (Defining “business journalism” generously here.) https://www.columbiaspectator.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Wall Street Journal
A look at the fight between six rapid grocery delivery startups in NYC, which have raised $5.5B+ since 2020; sources say some are losing $20/order on average
2018-01-29
U.S. cities and states finally seemed to be learning the lesson that tax incentives aren't good economic-development policy. Then Amazon HQ2 came along. http://www.nytimes.com/... http://twitter.com/...
New York Times