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Towering Inferno

666 Fifth Avenue was supposed to put the Kushners on the New York map. It’s been a devil of a headache

Let’s Fire the H.R. Department

Something good has to come from the coronavirus

No One Spikes These Stories

How Substack became home to big-name journalists who felt “the Youngs” in newsrooms were putting wokeness ahead of important ideas

Vice Gets Squeezed

Shane Smith convinced Rupert Murdoch and Disney that his company was, as the kids say, the sh!t. Until it wasn’t. How did Vice blow it—and trash billions in valuation?

La Dolce Vita dei Media

Is Gianni Agnelli’s grandson taking a page from Jeff Bezos?

Bad Blood and Big Money

A trial in London shows bankers in the worst possible light

Money Talks, Bullshit Squawks

A former Deutsche Bank rookie tries to make sense of the business babble on the 44th floor

How to Charm the Chinese

They are “natural capitalists” who like people who are appreciative of them. Everything our president doesn’t do

Why WeWork WeTanked

It is arguably the greatest business flameout of the past decade. How did a company lose $20 billion in valuation in four weeks?

A Daunting Task

James Daunt, the bookstore buccaneer, wants to save Barnes & Noble

Meet Jesse Cohn, the Gordon Gekko for Millennial Brahs

Attention C.E.O.’s of America: Do not ignore him