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The Flack™ for Friday, September 6, 2024

By The Flack

‘Joy’ Is A Euphemism For A Word No One Wants To Say Out Loud; Google Agrees To First-In-The-Nation Deal To Fund California Newsrooms; An Infantilizing Double Standard For American College Students; Podcasts Used To Be Ad-Light Oases. Not Anymore.; Hotel Key Cards Are Being Replaced By Digital Options Like Apple, Google Wallets

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The Flack™ for Friday, August 23, 2024

By The Flack

Jack Daniel’s Maker Scraps DEI Policies After Threat Of ‘Anti-Woke’ Boycott; No Joke: The Onion Thinks Print Is The Future Of Media; A Wave Of Biological Privacy Laws May Be Coming As Tech Gadgets Capture Our Brain Waves; Bari Weiss Knows Exactly What She’s Doing; A New Hope For Saving The Universities

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The Flack™ for Friday, June 14, 2024

By The Flack

The Rise And Fall Of BNN Breaking, An AI-Generated News Outlet; Why America’s Corporations Are Leaning On Freelancers Now More Than Ever Before; That Much-Despised Apple Ad Could Be More Disturbing Than It Looks; Don’t You Dare Call Me Without Texting First; How Americans Navigate Politics on TikTok, X, Facebook and Instagram

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The Flack™ for Friday, May 31, 2024

By The Flack

Pope Francis Apologizes For Using A Homophobic Slur During A Meeting With Bishops; Who’d Want To GIve A Commencement Speech Anymore?;
Who Has Time To Watch A 4-Hour YouTube Video? Millions Of Us, It Turns Out; 3 Strategies For Building A Business Ready For Any Crisis; Costco Bucks Trend: Surge In Foot Traffic Despite Tough Economy; How Ace Hardware, America’s Neighborhood Hardware Store For 100 Years, Is Beating Its Big-Box Rivals

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The Flack™ for Friday, May 17, 2024

By The Flack

How MSNBC’s Leftward Tilt Delivers Ratings, And Complications; The Collapse Of The News Industry Is Taking Its Soul Down With It; The Smartest People In The Room Are All Listening To The Same Podcast; Why Writing By Hand Beats Typing For Thinking And Learning; Columbia’s Student Journalists Produced New York Magazine’s Cover Story. Here’s How They Did It; What’s On TV? For Many Americans, It’s Now YouTube

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