Jan 7, 2022

New York Times to buy The Athletic for $550 million in cash

By Mathew Ingram • Issue #144 • View online

New York Times Co. to Buy The Athletic for $550 Million in Cash

The deal could help the media company reach its goal of 10 million subscriptions ahead of schedule.

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Why Cloth Masks Might Not Be Enough as Omicron Spreads

With the new Covid-19 variant surging, doctors advise doubling up or trying N95 masks.

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Italian mafia fugitive arrested in Spain after Google Street View sighting

Convicted murderer Gioacchino Gammino tracked down in Galapagar, where he had lived undetected for 20 years

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Cryptocurrency miners grapple with major energy crunch in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan is experiencing power shortages as Chinese miners flock to the country amid China’s ban on cryptocurrency. Last month, Kazakhstan’s three major power plants experienced emergency shutdowns attributed to the surge in crypto mining.

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COVID-19 Is Bringing Back One of the Oldest and Strangest Fake Cures

Colloidal silver, one of the oldest faux cure-alls, has made an unsurprising comeback

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What’s Behind All the Winning Streaks on ‘Jeopardy’ This Season?

From Matt Amodio to Jonathan Fisher to Amy Schneider, this season of ‘Jeopardy!’ has been defined by super-champions. Why have there been so many long winning streaks? And what could come next?

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Nature reclaims abandoned village

The village, on one of more than 400 islands in the Shengsi archipelago, was abandoned in the early 1990s, and nature has taken back its territory [read more: https://t.co/B8ZXOr5X6n]

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By Mathew Ingram

I write about digital media for the Columbia Journalism Review. I'm an expert in stucco, a veteran in love and an outlaw in Peru

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