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The Flack™ for Friday, November 29, 2024

By The Flack

No, Rachel Maddow Did Not Have A Tearful Meltdown Reading Musk’s Tweet About Buying MSNBC; What Nine Top Podcasters Learned From The Election – And What They See Coming Next; Walmart Becomes Latest – And Biggest – Company To Roll Back Its DEI Policies; Coca-Cola’s Holiday Ads Trade The ‘Real Thing’ For Generative A.I.; Why Everyone Is Now Watching Podcasts On YouTube 

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The Flack™ for Friday, November 15, 2024

By The Flack

Opinion: Chris Wallace Leaves CNN To Go ‘Where The Action’ Is. Why it Matters; A ‘Wicked’ Mistake: Mattel Apologizes For Printing A Porn Site On Its Doll Packaging; Why Experts Say This Election Showed The Power Of Podcasts; NFL Delayed Fining Star Player Over Trump MAGA Hat Until After Election; AI Saves Ad Agencies A Lot Of Time. Should They Still Charge By The Hour?

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The Flack™ for Friday, October 18, 2024

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Inside The Secretive $700 Million Ad-Testing Factory For Kamala Harris; Billionaires Back A New ‘Anti-Woke’ University; Bath And Body Works’ Candle Backlash Reveals How Intent Can Miss The Mark; The University Of Michigan Doubled Down On D.E.I. What Went Wrong?; Photographer Combs The World For Pairs Of Identical Strangers

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The Flack™ for Friday, September 6, 2024

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‘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

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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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