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Business Crime Science

The Big Cat Fight

An early profile of Carole Baskin, proprietor of Big Cat Rescue in Tampa.

Leonora LaPeter Anton Tampa Bay Times Nov 2007 15min Permalink

Food

“I Fail Almost Every Day”

An interview with Samin Nosrat, author of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, on fame, veganism, depression, and writing a new cookbook.

Helen Rosner, Samin Nosrat New Yorker Feb 2020 15min Permalink

Movies & TV

Great Hollywood IPO That Wasn’t

Ari Emanuel’s failure to launch.

Richard Rushfield Vanity Fair Jan 2020 30min Permalink

Business Movies & TV

The Great Race to Rule Streaming TV

“Three giant telecoms are gonna make and own all the content, and they’re not gonna want anyone else to make it.”

Jonah Weiner New York Times Magazine Jul 2019 30min Permalink

Media

Inside the Binge Factory

Netflix has hired everyone and they already know what you’re going to like.

Josef Adalian Vulture Jun 2018 35min Permalink

Media Movies & TV

Can Netflix Survive in the New World It Created?

What started as a DVD-mailing service has changed the way we watch TV. Now Netflix has to do it again. (And again. And again.)

Joe Nocera New York Times Magazine Jun 2016 20min Permalink

Arts Tech

The Post-Hope Politics of 'House of Cards'

On the Netflix hit drama and its show runner, Beau Willimon.

Adam Sternbergh New York Times Magazine Jan 2014 20min Permalink

Arts Tech Movies & TV

How Netflix Reverse Engineered Hollywood

Unpacking the 76,897 micro-genres that make up the cinematic DNA.

Alexis Madrigal The Atlantic Jan 2014 20min Permalink

Arts Tech Movies & TV

And the Award for the Next HBO Goes to...

On CEO Reed Hastings and the future of Netflix.

Nancy Hass GQ Feb 2013 15min Permalink

Arts Business Movies & TV

Seeing Red

Can Netflix bounce back?

William D. Cohan Vanity Fair Feb 2012 15min Permalink

Will Comcast Destroy Net Neutrality?

A working definition of ‘net neutrality’, a bestiary of the major players, and why the issue isn’t a cut and dry case of good vs. evil.

Farhad Manjoo Slate Dec 2010 Permalink