Baratunde Thurston • December 2, 2021

Rittenhouse in the Zuckerverse

Reflections on our gun violence epidemic, blockchain democracy, buying the Constitution, and rebuilding America in the metaverse.

Theodore Schleifer • November 30, 2021

Inside the Dems’ Dark Money Machine

Neither party's functionaries admit it, but the line between philanthropy and politics has been obliterated. The upshot is that even more money is moving into the shadows.

Theodore Schleifer • November 22, 2021

Bezos and Obama’s Surprise $100 Million Marriage

A nine-figure gift from Jeff Bezos to the Obama Foundation, midwifed by Jay Carney, marks another evolution in Bezos’ remarkable career as the Amazon founder seeks new causes (and friends) in politics and philanthropy.

Dylan Byers • November 17, 2021

Inside the Bobby Kotick Saga

Amid federal and state investigations, allegations of a “frat boy” culture, and a damning report in the Journal, Activision employees have staged a walkout, and the media has called for a blood sacrifice, as Logan Roy might say. But the Sun Valley crowd thinks Kotick isn’t going anywhere—yet.

Theodore Schleifer • November 16, 2021

A Google God Defends the Bezosification of the World

John Doerr, the legendary venture capitalist turned climate evangelist, defends Big Tech, Jeff Bezos, and Joe Manchin as part of his realpolitik climate change vision.

Theodore Schleifer • November 12, 2021

Who’s Funding Bari Weiss?

Plus: Inside Tim Draper’s quixotic scheme to kill California’s unions and how Blake Masters and J.D. Vance converged on more than just Peter Thiel.

Theodore Schleifer • November 5, 2021

Zuck’s “Meta” Twist & Kamala Hits the Trenches

Plus: What Elon Musk gets right in his $6 billion social-media beef.

Theodore Schleifer • November 3, 2021

Eric Schmidt Ponders the End of the C.E.O. as We Know It

A candid conversation with Eric Schmidt about the A.I. apocalypse, his relationship with Joe Biden, and how “woke-ism” has changed the C-suite.

Matthew Belloni • October 29, 2021

How Hollywood Fits Into Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse

A conversation with Matthew Ball about how Hollywood botched the rise of the internet, digital gaming, online distribution—and how Disney could turn Robert Downey Jr. into a metaverse billionaire.

Dylan Byers • October 28, 2021

“We’re Running Toward Something”: My Chat with Mark Zuckerberg

In the middle of perhaps the most consequential scandal of his career, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled his new vision for the metaverse and revealed the name of his new parent company, Meta, which will comprise all of his social platforms, including Facebook. We chatted about all this, and what the internet will look like in a decade, among other things.

Theodore Schleifer • October 27, 2021

Will Billionaires Really Get Taxed to Smithereens?

In a short time, a seemingly quixotic billionaire tax has become a credible threat to enter Biden’s multi-trillion social spending plan. Is this all liberal pie-in-the-sky fantasy? Or the beginning of a new cri de coeur for the wealthiest Americans, and those who manage their money?

Theodore Schleifer • October 25, 2021

Elon’s Billions & An Unprecedented Wealth Tax

The world’s richest man is stepping up his public displays of generosity, just as a controversial new wealth tax becomes a tantalizing possibility this week in Kyrsten Sinema’s Washington.

Alex Kantrowitz • October 21, 2021

“We Need to Have This Knife Fight:” Apple and Facebook Hit the Mattresses

An internal Facebook plan reveals the machinations of a company determined to fend off Apple’s new privacy controls.

Theodore Schleifer • October 20, 2021

The $100 Million Plan to Completely Fix Washington

In 2017, a Wisconsin dairy scion wrote a Harvard Business School case study applying “industry competitive analysis” to party politics. The result is a $100 million plan to transform election rules. Reid Hoffman and members of one of the Bay Area’s wealthiest families have already signed on.

Theodore Schleifer • October 14, 2021

Can Laurene Powell Jobs Save the World?

Ten years after Steve Jobs’s death, Laurene Powell Jobs has transformed Emerson Collective into a sprawling enterprise aiming to rebuild media, overhaul immigration, reform education, and save the planet. Can the operation scale alongside the ambition?