Burning Big Book

from Vanity Fair “TOO LATE TO STAND UP AGAINST AMAZON”: BOOK-INDUSTRY INSIDERS BACK THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S BID TO STOP A PUBLISHING MEGA-MERGER The Department of Justice’s attempt to halt Penguin Random House’s acquisition of Simon & Schuster finds support...

Fine Boom

from The Wall Street Journal Art Is Among the Hottest Markets on Earth Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips get ready to sell off at least $1.6 billion worth of art, including works that could sell for 15 times their asking prices By Kelly Crow | Photographs by Bess...

747

from Architectural Digest How the Boeing 747 Changed the Way Airplanes Are Designed On the anniversary of its first test flight in February 1969, AD looks back on how the “Queen of the Skies” became the most famous plane in the world By Stefanie Waldek If...

AEW

from The Washington Post via Greenwich Time AEW is WWE’s first real fight in decades. It may change the face of pro wrestling in the U.S. Timothy Bella, The Washington Post Pac (center) throws Andrade El Idolo from the ladder in the Casino Ladder Match at the...

THE THE Redux

from PASTE The The’s Matt Johnson on The Comeback Special and Finding a Way Forward By Tom Lanham Sorry for the slight delay, apologizes British composer/conceptualist Matt Johnson. But by all accounts, the ephemeral 2018 reunion tour of his classic...