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23.06.26 - 22:39
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The Decline Of Mainstream Media: From COVID To Capital Markets (ZeroHedge)
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The Decline Of Mainstream Media: From COVID To Capital Markets
Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance
Many of my subscribers first found me before the COVID narrative became mainstream, when I was ringing the alarm bells about the stock market in late 2019 and early 2020 and warning people that the virus was going to be a much bigger deal than people thought.
At the time, almost nobody cared about COVID. The consensus view was that it was a localized problem in China and that markets would continue marching higher as they always had. By January and February 2020, I was repeatedly warning that the market was dramatically underpricing the risk posed by the virus and that investors were ignoring what seemed to me like an obvious threat.
Looking back at my first major retrospective on COVID from 2021, what stands out isn't that every prediction was correct. Many weren't. What stands out is that I was willing to examine information that most investors, journalists, and policymakers either ignored ...
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23.06.26 - 19:39
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Trump Privately Told Zelensky To Act ′More Boldly′ Toward Russia: Ukrainian Media (ZeroHedge)
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Trump Privately Told Zelensky To Act 'More Boldly' Toward Russia: Ukrainian Media
While the globe's attention has been fixated on efforts to finally achieve US-Iran peace, based on negotiations in Switzerland, the Russia-Ukraine war has been quietly (or not so quietly) heating up, as evidenced in the increasingly brazen Ukrainian drone attacks on Moscow and Crimea.
A slew of Ukrainian publications on Tuesday are reporting that this is in large part due to a White House greenlight to bring the war to Russian territory, in order to finally get significant concessions from Moscow, after over four years of grinding and a largely stalemated conflict.
"Ukraine now believes it has secured White House backing for a campaign aimed at forcing Russia into meaningful negotiations, the Kyiv Independent has learned," one such prominent English-language publication says.
The key claim is that President Trump privately told President Volodymyr Zelensky to act "more boldly," a senior Ukr...
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23.06.26 - 18:00
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The Intelligence Revolution: Redefining Out-of-Home Media in Hong Kong (SCMP)
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The OOH market leader has grown hand-in-hand with the city's infrastructure, and......
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23.06.26 - 14:30
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Europe′s media look on in bemusement at Downing Street′s post-Brexit ′revolving door′ (The Guardian)
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Front pages across the continent reflect on Britain's political turmoil after Starmer becomes seventh prime minister to quit since 2016Europe live – latest updatesIn Germany, Downing Street was likened to a transit station, given the regular comings and goings of different prime ministers and staff. Meanwhile, a bemused Spanish newspaper concluded No 10 seemed to have been fitted with a revolving door.As news outlets across Europe digested the implications of Keir Starmer's precipitous fall from landslide election winner to ousted prime minister, many also focused on a wider reality – Britain's once much vaunted political stability was a thing of the past. Continue reading......
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23.06.26 - 08:12
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UK plans to give established media more visibility on YouTube and TikTok (The Guardian)
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Move for greater prominence on social media comes as ministers warn online misinformation risk becoming 'existential for our democracy'Plans to hand established broadcasters and media companies greater prominence on digital platforms such as YouTube and TikTok have been unveiled, as ministers warned online misinformation risked becoming “existential for our democracy”.In proposals that set up a new clash with global tech companies, content from the likes of the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 would have to be awarded more promotion by their algorithms – with special rules considered for times of social unrest or crisis. Continue reading......
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22.06.26 - 23:12
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Media Consolidation in Its ′Middle Innings′: Tom Ara (Bloomberg)
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Tom Ara, Weil, Gotshal & Manges Entertainment, Sport & Media Head, discusses significant mergers and acquisitions in Hollywood during the first half of 2026. Highlighted deals include Fox's $22 billion investment in Roku and Paramount's $110 billion acquisition of Warner Brothers Discovery. Ara explains that the market has shifted from a cautious stance last year to a more confident environment, leading to increased capital deployment and ongoing consolidation in the entertainment sector. He speaks with Romaine Bostick & Katie Greifeld on "The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)...
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22.06.26 - 13:48
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How China′s delivery giants are moving from price wars to smears: official media (SCMP)
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The fierce battle among China's food delivery giants has moved beyond aggressive discounting, with market leader Meituan accused of paying merchants to provide negative information about a major rival, according to an investigative report by state-owned newspaper Shanghai Securities News.
The controversy dates back to October 2025, when Beijing's market regulator launched a campaign to curb unhealthy competition and price wars in the food delivery sector. The newspaper reported that Meituan paid......
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