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Recap of “Serial” season two, episode one: Welcome back, old friend—and...
Season two of Serial begins with several familiar references. Yes, there’s an ad for MailChimp—the exact same one that became a cult hit during the first season. There are the piano chords that form...
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The 20 best TV shows of 2015 (and how to watch them online before next year...
2015 was another amazing year for television—so good, in fact, that people started arguing there’s too much good TV in the United States, where a record 409 original series were aired. But you don’t...
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What the key emoji and “major key” mean
has suddenly emerged from obscurity to become one of the most popular emojis in the United States. You may be seeing the explosion first-hand in texts, tweets, and snaps suddenly exclaiming, “Major .”...
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Here’s a list and map of all the Walmart store closings in the US
Walmart is shutting down 269 stores as the company tries to cut costs and focus on e-commerce. More than half of these stores are in the US. Included among the closures are all 102 locations of Walmart...
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It’s here: Quartz’s first news app for iPhone
We just released our first news app for iPhone, which you can download from the App Store right now. Tap or click here to get it. The app, exclusive to iPhone, is a whole new way to experience Quartz....
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Richard Branson is not very happy about Virgin America selling itself to...
Virgin America customers concerned about the company’s acquisition can commiserate with founder Richard Branson, who made clear he’s not a fan of the deal to sell Virgin to Alaska Air for $2.6 billion....
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Atlas is now an open platform for everyone’s charts and data
Atlas debuted last year as a home for all of Quartz’s charts and the data behind them. Today it becomes a platform for your charts and data, too. We are opening up Atlas to chart creators around the...
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The most interesting tech IPO of the year
OK, the competition isn’t fierce. Just four technology companies have gone public in the US this year. But the fifth one, Twilio, which made its IPO intentions known last week, is bound to be the most...
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Line sold $268 million worth of stickers last year amid Asia’s messaging boom
All about those stickers. Messaging app Line is finally going public, and its filing reveals some amazing statistics about a key part of its business: digital stickers. Those stickers generated ¥28.7...
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Breaking: It’s not true that you shouldn’t order fish on Mondays, says the...
“Don’t order fish on Mondays” is one of the best-known rules of culinary lore, but it’s not true, according to the man who popularized the idea. “I never order fish on Monday,” wrote Anthony Bourdain...
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On News Corp’s yacht in Cannes, shock at the Brexit result but no apologies
Cannes, France Three hours after it became clear that Britain would leave the European Union, executives from News Corp gathered to discuss the result on their yacht here in Cannes, France, in the...
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The gold Apple Watch is dead
The gold version of the Apple Watch, which caused a stir last year with its five-figure price tag, has been quietly retired. Apple didn’t mention the gold watch’s inglorious end at its event in San...
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An “intentional” explosion shook New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood,...
This story has been updated. An explosion shook several blocks of Manhattan on Saturday night (Sept. 17), injuring dozens of people, blowing out windows in the area, and rattling nerves across New York...
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Live: The town-hall debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton
The second debate between US presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump has begun on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. You can watch it live and follow our live...
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Billy Bush has been suspended from the “Today” show for his role in the Trump...
NBC has suspended Today show co-host Billy Bush after he was caught joking about sexual assault with Donald Trump in 2005. The anchor had planned to address the controversy on Monday’s show, but NBC...
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We can all put aside our partisan differences for a moment and agree that...
Way better than Ken Bone. Even better than the fact that the US presidential election is over in 28 days. Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey have met their match.
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We’re live from San Francisco for The Next Billion, our forum on the mobile...
Quartz is in San Francisco today for the latest edition of our flagship events series, The Next Billion, all about the next billion people to come online for the first time, largely on mobile...
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AT&T is expected to buy Time Warner in a deal worth over $80 billion
AT&T has reached a formal agreement to buy Time Warner, according to the Wall Street Journal. The deal is expected to be announced later on Saturday in the US. AT&T is reportedly paying between...
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Donald Trump, editor-in-chief of the fake news movement
Fake news, we have learned over the past several weeks, is spread easily by profiteers, propagandists, and performance artists. But they have nothing on the next president of the United States. Donald...
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QZ.com is now delivered over HTTPS
QZ.com is now delivered over HTTPS to all users. Call it a new year’s resolution to make your reading more secure in 2017. HTTPS is a safer way to serve data over the internet. It means you can trust...
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The average Snapchat user
The IPO filing by Snapchat’s parent company Snap reveals a slew of information about the 158 million people who use the app every day. Each of these users is a special snowflake, of course, with her...
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Trump says the cost of a border wall with Mexico “will come WAY DOWN!”
The US Department of Homeland Security estimates that constructing fences and walls along the entirety of the US-Mexico border would cost $21.6 billion over three years, according to Reuters. But US...
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Sargento recalls its shredded cheese products over Listeria concerns
Sargento Foods, which invented the quintessentially American industry of pre-shredded cheese in a zippered bag, is recalling many of its products due to contamination concerns. The privately held...
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Tim Cook calls for a “massive campaign” to combat fake news
Apple CEO Tim Cook called for a large-scale effort to combat the spread of false news reports. “We are going through this period of time right here where unfortunately some of the people that are...
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New York Times commercials over the years
The New York Times is running a new commercial that portrays itself as an arbiter of truth in a confusing political environment. “The truth is more important now than ever,” declares the ad, which will...
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Introducing the all-new Quartz Index, built to shine on your phone
Today we are launching a completely new version of Quartz Index that’s designed to really shine on your phone. Go check it out, and let us know what you think. Index is our way of highlighting...
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“Veep” had to remove a golden shower joke from its new season because Trump
Veep, the HBO political satire, is often credited with capturing American politics better than more serious television shows. But how will its absurdist view of Washington stand up to the reality of...
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Everything we know about the new missiles North Korea paraded in front of the...
North Korea didn’t launch a missile or conduct a nuclear test, as feared, but it used an important national holiday to show off new firepower that could be capable of striking far-off enemies. A...
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North Korea just tried to launch a missile, but failed
North Korea attempted to launch a missile from its east coast, but it failed, according to the South Korean and US militaries. “US Pacific Command detected and tracked what we assess was a North Korean...
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How the media would report on Trump’s military aggression, if it were any...
The breathless coverage of North Korea’s military aggression by the Western media, including us, got us thinking about how the US military’s similarly unpredictable behavior of late would be written...
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Cannes Lions bingo: The ad industry’s top buzzwords and jargon in 2017
Quartz is again producing a special edition of our Daily Brief email for the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, which is the advertising industry’s biggest conference. Our...
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World Taekwondo Federation is changing its name because the internet has the...
The new branding. Are you pleased with yourselves? The World Taekwondo Federation has gone by that name since its founding in 1973. But those were more innocent times. Now the federation, which governs...
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Here’s a guide to the major revelations in the Paradise Papers
Hundreds of journalists have begun publishing articles based on a massive document leak from companies that administer offshore accounts. The files, dubbed the Paradise Papers, reveal a vast financial...
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Snapchat blocked snaps from its New Year’s Eve party, so let’s check Instagram
Snap marked the end of its first year as a public company with a huge New Year’s Eve party for its employees and other guests. Chief executive Evan Spiegel reportedly spent $4 million of his own money...
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Recent global economic history as told through Davos themes
The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) begins on Tuesday, Jan. 23, in Davos, Switzerland. Each year since 2003, the organization has picked a theme for its event that strings together...
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A Russian passenger jet crashed near Moscow. All 71 people aboard are feared...
A plane carrying 71 people plunged to the ground shortly after taking off from Moscow on Sunday (Feb. 11), and Russian media said all of the passengers were feared dead. The cause of the crash wasn’t...
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Introducing a whole new way to enjoy Quartz, on Facebook Messenger
Say hello to Quartz for Messenger. It’s a totally new way to get our journalism, built and written specifically for Facebook Messenger. You can chat with Quartz about our obsessions, participate in fun...
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Cannes Lions bingo: The ad industry’s top buzzwords in 2018
The Cannes Lions advertising conference—okay, fine, International Festival of Creativity—takes place this week on the French Riviera. Once again, Quartz is producing a special edition of our Daily...
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Welcome to the new version of QZ.com—faster, smarter, and ready for the future
We just launched a brand-new version of QZ.com. Welcome! The first thing we hope you notice about the new site is that it’s really fast. We’ve always put a focus on page speed and site performance, and...
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Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook account was among those accessed by hackers
The recent attack on 50 million Facebook accounts hit particularly close to home: Hackers accessed the accounts of Facebook’s top executives, Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg, according to the New...
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A visit to Amazon 4-star, the online retailer’s newest physical store
Amazon just opened a retail store in New York City called Amazon 4-star. The idea is that every item for sale has been awarded at least four stars on a five-star scale by Amazon customers. Exceptions...
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The complete guide to getting Global Entry and TSA PreCheck
If you’ve been thinking about applying for any of the US government’s expedited screening programs for frequent fliers—Global Entry, TSA PreCheck, and the like—don’t put it off any longer. The process...
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Ukraine’s newly elected president already plays the role on TV
On Ukraine’s wildly popular television show Servant of the People, Volodymyr Zelensky plays an ordinary high-school history teacher who is unwittingly elected president of the country after his...
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The official PDF of the Mueller report has been updated in a subtle but...
The US Justice department quietly uploaded a new version of the Mueller report to its website today. You wouldn’t notice any difference just by looking at the report, which can be downloaded here....
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Cannes Lions bingo: The ad industry’s top buzzwords in 2019
The Cannes Lions advertising conference—or, International Festival of Creativity, if you will—takes place this week on the French Riviera. Quartz is again producing a special pop-up edition of our...
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Everything you need to know about PreCheck and Global Entry
If you’ve been thinking about applying for any of the US government’s expedited screening programs for frequent fliers—Global Entry, TSA PreCheck, and the like—don’t put…
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What to do when your iPhone says an app has been using your location in the...
The new version of iOS, Apple’s mobile operating system, offers more awareness of what apps are doing when you’re not using them. After upgrading to iOS 13, you may start to receive notifications that...
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Putting members at the heart of Quartz
Today we’re unveiling new versions of QZ.com and our iOS app that are intended to better serve our loyal readers and put members at the heart of Quartz. You’ll find the biggest new feature at the...
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A new edition for readers in the UK
Last month we unveiled a new homepage and app to better serve our loyal readers and members. At the core of that experience is a briefing of the day’s most important and interesting business news,...
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なぜ今、日本にQuartzが必要なのか
構想から2カ月、いよいよこの日がやってきました。 本日、Quartz Japanが満を持して発足します。2012年の創業から、徹底して「次世代のビジネスリーダー」のためのグローバル情報を伝え続けるQuartzにとって、新たな一歩になります。...
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