The Emperor’s New Paintings
A would-be Robinhood for art investment is flogging shares in masterpieces by Warhol and Kusama for as little as $20. One catch? Investors will never see the art
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