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The Flack™ for Friday, June 30, 2023

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Blackrock CEO Larry Fink Says He’s Officially Retiring “ESG” as an Investing Term; Clipping and Sharing Newspaper Articles has Nostalgia Appeal; How Fox News (Yes, Fox News) Managed to Beat “The Tonight Show”; Radio Station Gets Part-Time AI DJ Based on Its Midday Host; If You Can’t Avoid Working on Vacation, Follow These Tips for Everyone’s Sake

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The Flack™ for Friday, June 16, 2023

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Companies That Embraced Social Issues Have Second Thoughts; Secrecy, Cigars and a Venetian Wedding: How the PGA Tour Made a Deal with Saudi Arabia; AI vs. Hollywood: Writers Battle “Plagiarism Machines” in Union Talks; One Man’s Quest to Make Pickleball Quiet; Companies Quiet Diversity and Sustainability Talk Amid Culture War

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The Flack™ for Friday, June 2, 2023

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Inside the Push to Make Everyone Friends at Work; The Graduation Speech You’ll Never Hear; Yeezy Sneakers Go Back on Sale as Adidas Looks to Move Past Kanye West Controversy; FIFA’s 2026 World Cup Logo is Part of a Confounding Branding Trend in Sports; When Twitter’s Watching, Companies Behave Better.

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The Flack™ for Friday, May 19, 2023

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What is Bluesky, And Why is Everyone on Twitter Talking About It?; Why the New CEO is Essential to Twitter’s Future; Workers Now Spend Two Full Days a Week on Email and in Meetings; ‘Like, Literally, Dude’ Review: Learning to Chill; Inside Rupert Murdoch’s Succession Drama; The Era of the ‘Branded Apology’ is Here. Are we Ready to Accept it?

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The Flack™ for Friday, May 5, 2023

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‘The Godfather of A.I.’ Leaves Google and Warns of Danger Ahead; Southwest Airlines is Back in (nearly) Everyone’s Good Graces. Here are 6 Takeaways for Leaders; A Plan for Your Digital Life After Death; Jack Dorsey Has a Lot to Say, Including About Elon Musk and Twitter; Why the Kroger Merger Should Scare Amazon, Walmart, and Target

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The Flack™ for Friday, March 24, 2023

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Audubon Society Won’t Change Name, Despite Namesake’s Racism; Experts Say Attacks on Free Speech Are Rising Across the U.S.; PR Lessons From Professional Football’s Response to Damar Hamlin’s Injury; What the Dominion Lawsuit Reveals About the Future of Fox News; UPenn Accuses a Professor of Racist Statements, Should She Be Fired?

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