A summary of newsletters, Substacks, and email digests received over the past 26 hours.
Canadian News
Toronto Star’s First Up briefing included two items: a report on disputes over responsibility for garbage collection, headlined “Whose garbage problem is it anyway?”, and a piece on what it called a historic election, headlined “Decoding a historic election.” The full text of this newsletter was not retained for this digest, so detail is limited today.
- Garbage collection dispute coverage — Toronto Star (First Up)
- Election analysis — Toronto Star (First Up)
US News
The New York Times’s The Morning covered a controversy in Alaska involving a candidate accused of running to split the opposition vote, part of coverage ahead of the midterms. Status News reported on continued debate over the sourcing in Bob Woodward’s new memoir, and separately on a decline in Fox News ratings attributed in part to what it termed Trump fatigue. Punchbowl News tracked the latest developments on Capitol Hill as the midterms approach. The Economist’s The Insider asked whether the midterms will make the world more dangerous.
- Alaska sham-candidate controversy and midterm stakes — The New York Times (The Morning)
- Woodward memoir sourcing debate — Status News
- Fox News ratings decline — Status News
- Capitol Hill developments ahead of midterms — Punchbowl News
- Midterms and global risk — The Economist (The Insider)
Finance and Markets
The law firm Weil, Gotshal and Manges is dissolving, a story covered by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times’s DealBook, The Economist, and The Daily Upside. The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady, and incoming policymaker Kevin Warsh’s reduced schedule of votes drew attention from The Economist, DealBook, and The Daily Upside. Microsoft and Alphabet reported diverging third-quarter results: Microsoft’s Azure cloud unit grew about 48 percent and beat expectations, while Alphabet missed estimates, saw shares fall roughly 10 percent, and reported negative free cash flow, according to The Daily Upside, DealBook, and The Economist. Wendy’s agreed to a take-private offer from Nelson Peltz’s Trian Partners at 7.35 dollars a share, valuing the deal near 1.4 billion dollars, per The Daily Upside and The Wall Street Journal. Anthropic’s IPO filing reportedly values its addressable market at 40 trillion dollars, drawing a letter from Senator Elizabeth Warren questioning what she called existential risks, according to DealBook and The Wall Street Journal.
- Weil, Gotshal and Manges dissolution — The Wall Street Journal / NYT DealBook / The Economist / The Daily Upside
- Fed holds rates, Warsh’s new vote schedule — The Economist / NYT DealBook / The Daily Upside
- Microsoft beats, Alphabet misses on Q3 earnings — The Daily Upside / NYT DealBook / The Economist
- Wendy’s take-private deal with Trian Partners — The Daily Upside / The Wall Street Journal
- Anthropic’s 40 trillion dollar market estimate and Warren’s letter — NYT DealBook / The Wall Street Journal
International News
Israel’s political landscape is shifting ahead of elections: Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Likud party is polling lower, former general Gadi Eisenkot’s bloc is gaining support, and Arab parties could become kingmakers given record turnout projections. This was covered by The New York Times’s The World, DealBook, and Global Update, and by The Economist in two separate editions. A train crash near Toledo, Spain killed at least 68 people, according to The Morning, The World, Global Update, and The Economist. Brazilian senator Flavio Bolsonaro reportedly left Brazil for Miami by way of Argentina, according to The Wall Street Journal, The World, The Morning, Global Update, and The Economist. Global Update also covered Venezuela, describing the country as approaching what it called a moment of truth. The Economist’s World in Brief noted that ECB president Christine Lagarde is stepping down.
- Israel election dynamics — NYT (The World, DealBook, Global Update) / The Economist
- Spain train crash near Toledo — NYT (The Morning, The World, Global Update) / The Economist
- Flavio Bolsonaro leaves Brazil for Miami — The Wall Street Journal / NYT (The World, The Morning, Global Update) / The Economist
- Venezuela developments — NYT (Global Update)
- Lagarde to step down as ECB president — The Economist
Media News
Status News reported on the Woodward memoir dispute and the Fox News ratings decline noted above. Nieman Lab reported that Vox has launched its first mobile app, aimed in part at building paid memberships. Where’s Your Ed At, Ed Zitron’s newsletter, continued to argue that AI investment has yet to produce measurable productivity gains, citing Apollo economist Torsten Slok, though the author noted the next edition would be skipped.
- Woodward memoir and Fox ratings coverage — Status News
- Vox launches first mobile app — Nieman Lab
- AI productivity skepticism — Where’s Your Ed At
Sports News
The Milwaukee Brewers won their first World Series title, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays in five games, according to The Morning and DealBook. WNBA Finals Game 6 between the Atlanta Dream and the Golden State Valkyries drew complaints over scheduling, according to The Wall Street Journal’s The 10-Point and CMO Today. Soccer player Kylian Mbappe lost sponsorship deals in China following comments involving a meme referencing Mao Zedong, according to CMO Today and The Morning.
- Brewers win first World Series title — NYT (The Morning, DealBook)
- WNBA Finals scheduling complaints — The Wall Street Journal (The 10-Point, CMO Today)
- Mbappe loses Chinese sponsorships — The Wall Street Journal (CMO Today) / NYT (The Morning)
Other
Noahpinion published a piece touching on artificial intelligence and scientific progress. PublishPress wrote about trends in the creator economy. David Henderson’s newsletter, I Blog to Differ, rounded up several policy items, including a Treasury rule connected to the ROAD Act, a controversy involving Senator Elissa Slotkin, Starlink’s role in Ukraine, and new polling on Medicare for All. Ashlee Vance’s Core Memory featured an interview with author Neal Stephenson.
- AI and science commentary — Noahpinion
- Creator economy trends — PublishPress
- Policy roundup (ROAD Act, Slotkin, Starlink, Medicare for All polling) — I Blog to Differ
- Neal Stephenson interview — Core Memory