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Vernon Silver

History Health

Life in Italian Lockdown After a Tragic Coronavirus Denial

It wasn’t until death rates began to soar that society began to take the outbreak seriously enough.

Vernon Silver Bloomberg Businessweek Mar 2020 15min Permalink

Tech

How Facebook’s Political Unit Enables the Dark Art of Digital Propaganda

Some of unit’s clients stifle opposition, stoke extremism.

Lauren Etter, Vernon Silver, Sarah Frier Bloomberg Business Dec 2017 10min Permalink

Business Tech World

Google’s $6 Billion Miscalculation on the EU

European antitrust regulators just won’t leave Google alone.

Brad Stone, Vernon Silver Bloomberg Businessweek Aug 2015 20min Permalink

Sports

A League of His Own

How Sepp Blatter controlled soccer.

Tariq Panja, Andrew Martin, Vernon Silver Bloomberg Business Apr 2015 20min Permalink

Arts Business

The 350,000 Percent Rise of Christopher Wool's Masterpiece Painting

A story of regret and the contemporary art market.

Vernon Silver, James Tarmy Businessweek Oct 2014 10min Permalink

Arts Music

The Song Remains Pretty Similar

On a recent lawsuit over Stairway to Heaven and Led Zeppelin’s deep catalog of songs that were revealed to have been written by others.

Vernon Silver Businessweek May 2014 15min Permalink