The Most Powerful Person in American Media You’ve Never Heard Of - July 24, 2017 Issue

July 24, 2017 Issue

The Sinclair Revolution Will Be Televised. It’ll Just Have Low Production Values

The Sinclair Revolution Will Be Televised. It’ll Just Have Low Production Values

By Felix Gillette

Remarks

Remarks

Should America’s Tech Giants Be Broken Up?

By Paula Dwyer

Should America’s Tech Giants Be Broken Up?

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South Africa Needs a New Direction

By The Editors

"Radical economic transformation" won't help.

Business

Business

The Blockade of Qatar Airways’ Home Base Is Trouble for the World’s No. 1 Airline

By Carol Matlack and Deena Kamel

The Blockade of Qatar Airways’ Home Base Is Trouble for the World’s No. 1 Airline

Wal-Mart Will Punish Its Suppliers for Delivering Early

By Matthew Boyle

Operations Inside A Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Location Ahead Of Black Friday

Deloitte Thinks Diversity Groups Are Passé

By Jeff Green

Deloitte Thinks Diversity Groups Are Passé

Dov Charney Couldn’t Keep American Apparel, So He Restarted It

By Matthew Townsend

Charney in L.A. in 2016.

Technology

Technology

Prison Dating Sites Are Under Threat

By Mary Pilon

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Alibaba Wants to Build China’s Sports Industry

By Joshua D Bateman

From left: Bernard Lapasset, chairman of World Rugby, Brett Gosper, CEO of World Rugby, and Dazhong Zhang of Alisports after signing a partnership to see development of rugby in China.

This Needle Grinder Can Mash Up Medical Waste in an Hour

By Caroline Winter

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Finance

Finance

New U.S. Subprime Boom, Same Old Sins: Auto Defaults Are Soaring

By Gabrielle Coppola

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Historically Black Colleges Try to Catch Up as Rich Schools Get Richer

By Kate Smith

Historically Black Colleges Try to Catch Up as Rich Schools Get Richer

A Coral Reef Gets an Insurance Policy of Its Own

By Christopher Flavelle

The Mesoamerican Reef helps lessen the impact of storms hitting beaches in Cancún.

Economics

Economics

Trump’s Modest Proposal for a Nafta Revamp

By Peter Coy, Andrew Mayeda, Josh Wingrove and Eric Martin

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The Manhattan of Venezuela Parties Against a Backdrop of Crisis

By Andrew Rosati

Alexandra Lovera (standing) takes a shot at the posh restaurant La Esquina, which is popular among high society, in Chacao on July 14, 2017.

Swiss Artisans Automate to Survive

By Catherine Bosley and Corinne Gretler

Textile is embroidered by an embroidery machine, manufactured by Saurer AG, in the stitching hall

Jesus Is King for Poland’s New Rulers

By Marek Strzelecki and Dorota Bartyzel

Christ the King statue in Swiebodzin, Poland.

Politics

Politics

Islamic State Is Dying on the Battlefield—and Winning on the Internet

By Romesh Ratnesar

Mosul, July 2017.

The GOP Failed to Replace the ACA. Can Congress Fix What’s Wrong?

By Zachary Tracer and Hannah Recht

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If You Want to See Political Swamps Drained, Look to Latin America

By Raymond Colitt, Charlie Devereux and John Quigley

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Russia Sanctions Bill Stalled by GOP Over Energy Provisions

By Anna Edgerton, Terrence Dopp and Jennifer A. Dlouhy

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Focus/Security

Focus/Security

We Need Cyberwar Rules of Engagement Now

By Leonid Bershidsky

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Tech Companies Are Pushing Back Against Biometric Privacy Laws

By Kartikay Mehrotra

Tech Companies Are Pushing Back Against Biometric Privacy Laws

Quantum Computing Would Make Today’s Encryption Obsolete

By Hugo Miller

Quantum Computing Would Make Today’s Encryption Obsolete

Features

Features

The Sinclair Revolution Will Be Televised. It’ll Just Have Low Production Values

By Felix Gillette

The Sinclair Revolution Will Be Televised. It’ll Just Have Low Production Values

If Davos Were a Person, It Would Be Carlos Ghosn

By Monte Reel, Kae Inoue, John Lippert, Jie Ma and Ania Nussbaum

Ghosn (center) poses with managers and workers at a Mitsubishi plant in Thailand.

The Mad Cheese Scientists Fighting to Save the Dairy Industry

By Clint Rainey

The Mad Cheese Scientists Fighting to Save the Dairy Industry

Pursuits

Pursuits

Will the Orvis H3 Be the One Fly Rod to Rule Them All?

By Kyle Stock

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The Bugatti Chiron Is Coming to the U.S., But Who Is Buying It?

By Hannah Elliott

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Moving to Munich? What You Need to Know About Bavaria’s Quiet Jewel

By James Tarmy

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Luc Besson’s $180 Million ‘Valerian’ Is Dazzling, Fatally Flawed

By Alex Bhattacharji

Alpha’s Big Market, the largest commerce center in the universe—and Luc Besson’s imagination—exists in an alternate dimension in the film.

Simple, Handmade Greek Sandals for a Stylish Summer

By Emma Rosenblum

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The Mega-Money Manager Killing His Automated Competition

By John Gittelsohn

The Mega-Money Manager Killing His Automated Competition