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The NBA schedule for the 2025-26 season is out. We’ve broken down the league’s return to NBC and debut on Peacock and the more than 100 games you can watch across this network, as well as the 20 must-watch games of the season. Now let’s dive into the details of the schedule and talk about who has the advantage and …

Every podcaster agrees that getting on top of the charts is good: for discovery, for brand partnerships, for bragging rights. But most are in the dark about the various methodologies behind the charts on platforms such as Apple and Spotify. In general, there’s a consensus that the rankings are not indicative of a show’s success or overall audience. All of …

Ever since the first hit podcasts launched 15-20 years ago it has been nearly impossible to track the precise size of their audiences. Now, Bill Simmons, the “Podfather” himself, is calling out dishonesty in the industry. Simmons would know. Since 2020, Simmons has helped lead Spotify’s expansion into podcasting and was promoted this year to head of talk strategy for …

Trump’s answer to numbers he doesn’t like: Change them or throw them away  The Washington Post ‘Crazy!!’: How Labor Statistics staff reacted to Trump firing commissioner after dismal jobs report  AP News Inflation Up or Down? What About Jobs? The Agency That Should Know Is on the Rocks – WSJ  The Wall Street Journal Treasury’s Bessent says he doesn’t support suspending monthly jobs …

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has a simple solution when numbers are telling him something he does not want to hear: Make up new numbers. The president’s strategy, if you want to call it one, was on vivid display this week on three fronts: His decision to appoint a conservative crony to an essential federal agency charged with compiling the monthly …

A US appeals court on Tuesday rejected a bid by a group of unions to block the Trump administration government downsizing team known as the “department of government efficiency” (Doge) from accessing sensitive data on Americans. The Virginia-based fourth US circuit court of appeals in a 2-1 decision said the unions were unlikely to prevail on claims that Doge would …

After nearly 30 years, South Park still knows how to cause a stir. In the recent Season 27 premiere, the show’s creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, spoofed President Donald Trump, placing him in precarious situations with Satan, but it’s the second episode of the season that is drawing a huge crowd. On Aug. 6, the episode titled “Got a …

What if You Can’t Believe the Official Numbers?  The New York Times The White House is trying to change the conversation about Trump’s BLS scandal  CNN Trump’s Oval Office ‘session’ on the economy? Charts about Biden.  The Washington Post Why the stock market shrugged off weak data, recession fears  ABC News Trump Just Did What Not Even Nixon Dared To  The Atlantic Source link

Still Fuming Over a Weak Jobs Report, Trump Finds Some Numbers He Likes  The New York Times Trump’s Oval Office ‘session’ on the economy? Charts about Biden.  The Washington Post Trump defends the US economy with charts after job reports showed warning signs  AP News ‘You’re Asking Me to Contemplate the Nuclear Scenario’  Politico Trump Just Did What Not Even Nixon Dared  The Atlantic Source …

Daniella Pierson is a proponent of faking it till you make it. The 30-year-old founder of The Newsette Media Group, known for its daily newsletter about style and pop culture, says it’s been key to her trajectory: a $9 million SoHo apartment, a net worth reported to be $220 million, and mentors like Serena Williams and Diane von Furstenberg. “I …