01 · Semafor
Washington DC: "SCOTUS leaves the door open"
Further reading from the day's section on the Supreme Court remaking the presidency.
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United States
Business and tech
02 · Vox
"Zohran Mamdani is the bro Democrats need"
Constance Grady argues Zohran Mamdani, who won half the male vote and 9% of 2024 Trump voters in NYC, is the bro Democrats keep overlooking.
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New York
Politics and government
03 · Marketing Brew
"History lessons"
Further reading from the day's section on Democratic divisions and the nation at 250.
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AdTech and media
04 · Semafor
Flagship: "What goes up fast can crash down even faster"
The US says it and Iran agreed to halt hostilities, but the real fight is over the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran values its leverage more than the ceasefire.
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Business and tech
05 · Status
"Carving Up Comcast"
Comcast will spin off NBCUniversal and Sky into a separate company, one of several giants taking themselves apart.
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AdTech and media

06 · Puck
"Dimon Is Forever"
Why it matters
Bill Cohan covers Jamie Dimon reshuffling JPMorgan's succession and pushing out presumed heir Marianne Lake.
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07 · Business Insider
"Why Google employees are walking away"
Why it matters
Google keeps losing talent to pre-IPO equity at OpenAI and Anthropic.
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08 · Robinhood Snacks
"Black(Berry) market"
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on corporate breakups and reshuffles.
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09 · AI Secret
"A $250 AI Tax"
Why it matters
A memory chip rose about $45 and Apple raised consumer prices about $250, a 5x amplification as the data-center boom quadrupled memory prices.
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10 · AI Marketers
"Why marketers need to kill half their AI pilots"
Why it matters
The antidote to AI pilot overload: kill the half of pilots that have no owner and no metric.
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11 · The Athletic
"Canada reaches the World Cup last 16"
Why it matters
Canada beat South Africa on Stephen Eustáquio's 92nd-minute winner to reach the World Cup last 16 for the first time ever.
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12 · Digiday
"A Super Bowl every two days"
Why it matters
Unilever activated 50,000 creators for the World Cup, a campaign Digiday calls a Super Bowl every two days.
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13 · Marketecture
"Takeaways from Walmart's Vibe.co Deal"
Why it matters
Walmart's $1.4B acquisition of Vibe.co is a bet on performance TV that ends its exclusivity with The Trade Desk.
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14 · Men in Blazers
World Cup Matchday, Day 18 recap
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on the World Cup's history and money.
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15 · The Athletic
"USMNT confronts its kryptonite: Europe"
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's reading list.
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16 · The Athletic
"Will Kawhi Leonard be traded?"
Why it matters
Zach Harper asks whether Kawhi Leonard, 35 with one year left at $50.3M, is headed to Dallas in a Mavericks-Clippers swap.
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17 · OffBall
"I am so thirsty for this Bueckers–Miles rivalry"
Why it matters
OffBall has the Paige Bueckers and Olivia Miles WNBA rivalry it has been waiting for.
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18 · The Athletic
"How do you feed a hungry Erling Haaland?"
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's reading list.
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