March 31, 2017

There’s “no future” to ESPN’s current business model. But they’re not really adapting worse than most media. / Bloomberg

Congress should go after pharmacy benefit managers, whose margins are so thick “Shark Tank would laugh at you.” / The American Prospect

“What’s strangest of all to me is that the Trump family is actively getting rich off the presidency every second he is in office. The White House is a rat’s nest of conflict of interest problems, and no one’s even really trying to hide it.” A great essay by Christopher Hooks on the hysteria building around the White House, and why it’s a bad idea to eat junk food, metaphorically speaking. / Medium

Ivanka Trump is more qualified than her husband, but gets a lower title at the White House. / Quartz

If you like gardens, it’s hard not to enjoy the hell out of a tour of Anna Wintour’s cultivated wild property. / T Magazine

Mike Flynn wants immunity from prosecution before testifying about Russia and the White House. / Wall Street Journal

Not much resemblance to Cristiano Ronaldo found in a new bust of Cristiano Ronaldo at Aeroporto Cristiano Ronaldo. / The Guardian

Our championship match is decided in the Tournament of Books, with news of a Rooster surprise debuting this summer. / The Tournament of Books

“I know racism exists, I’m not denying that. But you do yourself no favors with these types of race-baiting hysterics.” From Damon Young’s “Four Emails White People Send to Black People When Black People Write or Talk About Racism.” / VSB