JOURNALISM
Drug Lobby Revenues Skyrocket During Covid Pandemic
Lobbying giant PhRMA reported revenues of more than $600 million in 2021, a new record for the group.
Mediaquake: What Alternative Idea Is Big Enough to Take On Big Tech?
Q&A with James Muldoon
LISTEN: NYC’s New Weed Wild West
A year and a half after legalizing recreational marijuana, the first retail licenses have finally been issued even as the black market is booming and smoke shop robberies are through the roof.
LISTEN: ‘Democrats Are a Huge Part of the Problem’
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams rejoins the podcast to talk about his primary run against Kathy Hochul, the party’s poor performance in November from candidates running as “Republicans light” and much more.
Will Sam Bankman-Fried Show Up for Next Week’s DealBook Summit? – The Fine Print
The fallen crypto mastermind was announced as a speaker at The New York Times’s conference weeks before his multi-billion-dollar empire crumbled, but he hasn’t been taken off the list for the event — yet.
University of Virginia: Who Made the Gun?
Forbes estimated that the trust through which Gaston Glock controls his company was worth $1.5 billion.
Trump-Backed MAGA Hub Growing Rapidly, Tax Docs Reveal
The Conservative Partnership Institute saw its funding balloon with more than $45 million in donations last year as it spread disinformation about widespread voter fraud.
REVEALED: Oil Industry Lobbying Group Funded ‘Dark Money’ Ad Campaign for Conservative Democrats
The American Petroleum Institute's latest tax filing reveals payments to an opaque group that has spent millions on ads promoting Henry Cuellar, Kyrsten Sinema, and other conservative Democrats.
Twitter Is a Transnational Company
Musk has tried to ingratiate himself with authoritarians the world over.
From Emperor of the City to ‘Total Humiliation’
Biographer Andrew Kirtzman joins FAQ NYC’s Weekend Edition to talk about his quarter century covering “America’s mayor” and the inevitable question: What happened to Rudy Giuliani?
Mediaquake: Inviting the Community to Make the News
a Q+A with Darryl Holliday, City Bureau
Miraculously, the Evidence Still Exists
The Open Library does not dissolve or undermine the identity or ownership of a piece of writing. The idea is the idea of the library book.