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Welty's Words Reading List: Journalism Collapse, Suburban Deceit, and the Detroit Lions

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Ethan Welty
January 28, 2024

Welcome Back!

A lot of great content from this week across the decline of journalism, troubles at Disney, the new space race, and more. Much needed for me after a long week of social activities that totally didn’t drain me. Time to recharge with some good reads and hopefully a Ravens + Lions win.

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Enjoy!

-Welty

Articles

Pop Culture & General Think Pieces

Sports Illustrated Implosion Perfectly Encapsulates The Ugly, Ongoing Collapse Of U.S. Journalism

Clickbait is the name of the game these days, and it’s quite sad.

The Suburbs Have Become a Ponzi Scheme

Much like the consolidation of an aging industry, wealthy suburbanites have consolidated into a relative handful of neighborhoods and leaving the old to decay.

Why there is a new global race to the moon

It’s super exciting to see renewed investment in space ventures. It’d be even cooler to see the US military budget go towards this…

Business Reading

Pokémon Company says it intends to investigate Palworld

Palworld did what Nintendo would never dare to do. Will they get away with it? I personally think so

The Disney Sequel Bob Iger Never Wanted

Business really is cyclical, isn’t it?
I think Disney is relatively doomed. It’s very difficult to rely on M&A as your main growth strategy. Most businesses can’t keep the successful acquisitions going

$50 million in one day: Detroit Lions’s ‘Taylor Swift’ effect on the city’s economy

Though I question the value of using tax dollars to fund sporting arenas… sometimes it does work.

Podcasts

Business & Investing

The State of Play: 2024 (Ep. 9)

My favorite podcast series about the business of video games is back! Super excited and encourage anyone curious to listen.

Tweets & Misc

Ramp continues to dominate (love Ramp), and its chief competitor stumbles. Can the market support two multi billion dollar companies that largely do the same thing?

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