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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen

@leahnylen.bsky.social
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"There is no democracy without journalism." Covering antitrust, currently at Bloomberg News and “making people feel uncomfortable.” Former Politico, MLex, CQ. Email me at lnylen2 at bloomberg.net. On Signal: leahnylen.88. Opinions are my own (obvi).

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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Google to Face $3.2 Billion Damage Claims Over Ad-Tech Monopoly
USA Today Co., Daily Mail General and Trust Plc and a class of large publishers can seek more than $3.2 billion in damages for harm caused by monopolization of advertising technology markets by Alphab...
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Paramount Judge Accepts States’ Settlement of Warner Bros. Deal
A California federal judge cleared the way for Paramount Skydance Corp. to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. by signing off on a deal to resolve the lawsuit filed by 12 state attorneys general who h...
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Trump’s Former Antitrust Chief Gail Slater Heads to White & Case
President Donald Trump’s former antitrust chief who was ousted earlier this year is headed to the law firm White & Case LLP, according to people familiar with the move.
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Senate passed the Protect College Sports Act last night, 77-22. The bill would give the NCAA a limited antitrust exemption related to college transfer rules. It also would expand the Sports Broadcasting Act to allow the collegiate leagues to collectively sell their media rights
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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NEW @pewresearch.org survey (n=10,548) shows increasingly negative views about data centers in the US. Just since January, there have been big attitudinal shifts across the demographic and political spectrum. Full analysis: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Bar chart showing that a growing share of Americans think data centers are mostly bad for the environment, home energy costs, local quality of life, local jobs and local tax revenue. The chart is based on two Pew Research Center surveys of U.S. adults, one conducted in January 2026 and the other in August 2026.Chart showing that views of data centers' impact on the environment have become more negative among Americans in a range of demographic and political subgroups. The chart is based on two Pew Research Center surveys of U.S. adults, one conducted in January 2026 and the other in August 2026.
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
California AG Rob Bonta is announcing the terms of the Paramount deal. The company agrees to spend at least $300m per year in domestic production, or 5% of its global theatrical production, in US
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Terms of the deal will include concessions for workers, said one of the people. Paramount has agreed to pay $17.5 million into a fund for worker healthcare. The company also agreed to protections for journalists at CBS and CNN that include headcount requirements for both outlets, said the person.
bloomberg.com
Writers Guild Settles Paramount Lawsuit Over Warner Bros. Deal
The Writers Guild of America has reached a settlement with Paramount Skydance Corp. to resolve its lawsuit challenging the company’s planned purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., according to peopl...
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
from me and my colleague Ted Mann: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Railroad Deal Opponents Lobby White House on $72 Billion Merger
In their quest to block a $72 billion merger between two of the biggest US freight railroads, a coalition of shippers and labor unions is trying to get President Donald Trump on their side.
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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bloomberg.com
US Weighs Antitrust Guidance on AI Safety, Top DOJ Official Says
The Trump administration is considering whether to update interagency antitrust guidance on cybersecurity to address a new wave of threats posed by artificial intelligence, according to Associate US A...
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Trump DOJ Blasts States’ Legal Challenges to Major US Mergers
The US Justice Department official overseeing antitrust enforcement criticized state attorneys general who have sued to block major corporate mergers the agency had already cleared, saying the federal...
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Michael Hiltzik @hiltzikm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
latimes.com
Commentary: An 'independent' study takes Paramount's side in its merger battle. But Paramount paid for it
A 'leaked' study paints a grim picture for L.A. if Paramount fails to merge with Warner Bros. Here's why you shouldn't trust it.
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Zillow Loses Antitrust Battle Over Chicago Area Listings Feed
Zillow Group Inc. lost its bid to force Illinois’ largest provider of real estate listings to provide access to its data about homes for sale.
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Gift link
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DOJ-Ticketmaster Deal Saddened Top US Lawyer Who Tried Case
The US Justice Department’s former lead litigator in the Ticketmaster monopolization case said the federal government would have won in court and gotten a better deal than the surprise settlement the ...
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Justin Fox @byjustinfox.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
What the Trump administration has been doing to the federal government, in one chart. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Nondefense agences with 2,000+ employment decline since Jan. 2025
Department, agency or subagency	Employment change	Percent change
Internal Revenue Service	-29,985	-29.4%
Veterans Health Administration	-26,347	-6.2%
Social Security Administration	-7,934	-13.8%
Forest Service (since July 2024)	-7,268	-17.8%
Transportation Security Administration	-6,481	-9.8%
Federal Emergency Management Agency	-5,759	-22.1%
Bureau of Land Management (since July 2024)	-5,274	-47.6%
Veterans Benefits Administration	-5,198	-15.0%
National Institutes of Health	-5,052	-23.5%
Agency For International Development	-4,739	-95.4%
Food and Drug Administration	-4,700	-22.4%
Army Corps of Engineers	-4,563	-11.8%
Environmental Protection Agency	-4,476	-26.4%
Department of Energy	-3,976	-24.8%
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention	-3,649	-28.6%
Small Business Administration	-3,480	-40.6%
National Park Service (since July 2024)	-3,469	-15.4%
Department of State	-3,158	-21.8%
Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA)	-3,002	-25.3%
Fish and Wildlife Service (since July 2024)	-2,803	-30.8%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin.	-2,575	-20.8%
Geological Survey	-2,572	-30.5%
Citizenship and Immigration Services	-2,514	-11.0%
Public Buildings Service (GSA)	-2,452	-43.8%
Census Bureau	-2,436	-18.3%
Agricultural Research Service	-2,325	-32.7%
Bureau of Reclamation	-2,207	-38.0%
Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System	-2,175	-6.0%
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Good story. Shout-out to the Cap Times (one of the first places I ever worked) for letting an intern both work on an investigation AND have the first byline.
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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 02/09/2026
If you're a tech giant, the clear takeaway seems to be that monopolization is a crime that carries no real punishment. At worst you'll undergo discovery that would be embarrassing if anyone were paying attention and then be forced to stop doing the most egregious 15% of what you made zillions doing
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Amazon, Walmart Face Data Requests in DOJ Beef Antitrust Probe
The US Justice Department expanded its antitrust inquiry of the meatpacking industry by demanding information on surging beef prices from eight major food retailers, including Amazon.com Inc., Costco ...
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
For the second time, Google dodged a bid by the Justice Department to break up its monopoly: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Google Avoids Ad Exchange Sale as Judge Orders Tech Integration
Alphabet Inc.’s Google doesn’t have to sell off its advertising exchange and instead must make its ad tech tools work with those operated by rivals, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, in a move that sav...
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
KKR to Pay $250 Million to Resolve DOJ Merger Filing Lawsuit
Private equity giant KKR & Co. has agreed to pay $250 million to resolve a civil antitrust case filed by the US Justice Department alleging the investment firm intentionally withheld documents fro...
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Iowa and Montana are trying to involve the Supreme Court in the Paramount antitrust suit. It's very dumb.
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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
"Another said the lack of clear goals made the deployment feel never-ending, even as Trump falsely claimed there was 'almost zero crime' in D.C. and touted its success. 'If it's safe now, then why are we here?' one guard member asked."
npr.org
In candid interviews, National Guard members speak out about D.C. deployment
As President Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C., enters its second year, three guard members who served many months on the mission share their reactions with NPR.
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I don't know if #6 or #7 is better.
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
My colleague @sisco.bsky.social with the scoop www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Andreessen Horowitz Focus of DOJ Probe Over Board Directors
Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is the focus of a Justice Department antitrust probe over whether its investment partners are improperly serving on the boards of competing artificial intellig...
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
😿 leaving me and antitrust for California (not permanently though)
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"There is little doubt that permitting HPE’s acquisition of Juniper to go forward may lessen competition. At the same time, however, the Court lacks the independent power to prevent that outcome, and the conditions imposed by the proposed final judgment may help ameliorate the impact"
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HPE Wins Approval for DOJ Settlement on $14 Billion Juniper Deal
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. secured court approval for its settlement with the US Justice Department over its takeover of networking company Juniper Networks Inc., defeating a challenge by a group ...
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Apple App Store Rate Proceeding Halted by Supreme Court for Now
Apple Inc. won a one-day reprieve from the Supreme Court Wednesday as Justice Elena Kagan paused proceedings before a California trial court in the iPhone maker’s long-running antitrust feud with Fort...
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Zahra Hirji @zhirji.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Everything is great about this @businessweektr.bsky.social story on the big business of romantasy books, but the graphics really are next level. I am CACKLING. Gift link to story: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Good read. The TL;DR of which is that we should never have exempted insurance from antitrust and federal regulation. newrepublic.com/article/2142...
newrepublic.com
The Enshittification of Private Insurance
This is why regulating insurers at the state level turns out to be a really bad idea.
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
bloomberg.com
Sports Fans Stare Down $2,000 Streaming Bill to Follow Favorites
Watching every game a team plays requires multiple subscriptions and a messy schedule for fans outside the home market.
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
All the people avoiding diarrhea lettuce instead get salmonella jalapeños.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 06/08/2026
Hundreds of people in 27 states have been sickened in a salmonella outbreak linked to jalapeño peppers, including at Chipotle and Qdoba restaurants, the CDC said. As of Tuesday, 345 cases had been reported with 36 people hospitalized.
washingtonpost.com
Chipotle, Qdoba remove jalapeños tied to salmonella outbreak that has spread to 27 states
The restaurants, linked to “illness clusters” in seven of the states, are no longer considered an ongoing risk, the CDC said.
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Trump Nominee Pledges to Avoid ‘Blunt’ Antitrust Enforcement
President Donald Trump’s nominee to police corporate mergers for the US Justice Department told lawmakers he’d be “very cautious” about enforcing antitrust law because it “can harm American lives” if ...
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
And this, my friends, is why, out of all social media platforms, I am most afraid of Nextdoor
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Senate Judiciary held a hearing for the new antitrust division nominee, Adam Candeub, today. It didn't go that well. Candeub dodged questions from R and D senators on the First Amendment, saying his job as the general counsel of the FCC precluded him from answering.
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
FTC Takes Closer Look at Merger of Vet Products Distributors
The US Federal Trade Commission is taking a closer look at a proposed $3.5 billion acquisition that would combine two of the leading national suppliers of veterinary products, according to people fami...
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
US FTC, Utah Sue Hims & Hers Health in Federal Court
The Federal Trade Commission, Utah and Los Angeles County sued Hims & Hers Health Inc. Wednesday for allegedly misleading consumers about its products and sharing their private health information ...
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
FTC Split Lets IonQ-SkyWater Quantum Deal Close Without Changes
IonQ Inc. will close its $1.8 billion acquisition of semiconductor foundry SkyWater Technology Inc. later this week after the Federal Trade Commission was unable to decide whether to impose conditions...
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Colleagues with the scoop.
bloomberg.com
Apple in Early Settlement Talks With DOJ Over Antitrust Case
Apple Inc. and the US Justice Department are in early discussions about settling a 2024 lawsuit that alleges the iPhone maker violated antitrust laws.
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
In a few minutes, the TRO hearing on the lawsuit by California and other states challenging the Paramount-Warner Bros. deal. Zoom details here: cand.uscourts.gov/judges/amo/m...
cand.uscourts.gov
Martínez-Olguín, Araceli
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I love this story (and also hate it). www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/t...
nytimes.com
Someone Used A.I. to Write an Unauthorized Biography of Me. I Don’t Recommend Reading It. (Gift Article)
Someone used A.I. to write my biography. Thousands more of those books are polluting Amazon. Who is behind all this drivel?
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
And the Paramount case has now been transferred to Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín in Oakland with a hearing on the states request to block the deal from closing next week scheduled for tomorrow at 10 am
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Paramount has filed a motion seeking to force Judge Casey Pitts to recuse from the antitrust case brought by California and other states since he served as legal counsel to the Writers Guild in litigation before joining the bench.
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
As Acting AG Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing kicks off this morning, a look at the criticism he faced from a federal judge in Miami just two days ago for how he handled DOJ's deal to settle President Trump's $10B lawsuit against the IRS buff.ly/SRuBbS2 The hearing is live here: buff.ly/lvGSzUK
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Writers Guild Sues Paramount Over Warner Bros. Deal
The Writers Guild of America sued Paramount Skydance Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. Tuesday, alleging the $110 billion merger would harm competition in the markets for film and television writi...
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Megan Gray @megangray.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
it will never not be funny that Jeff Kessler is the lead trial attorney for the state AGs in the LiveNation antitrust trial AND the lead trial attorney for the ParamountSkydance antitrust trial against the state AGs
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
DOJ’s Claritev Probe Intensifies With New Information Demands
The US Justice Department is expanding an antitrust investigation into data analytics firm Claritev Corp. over allegations it helped insurers illegally coordinate on lowering out-of-network reimbursem...
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal Challenged by California, States
A group of 12 states sued Paramount Skydance Corp. Monday seeking to block its $110 billion bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., alleging the blockbuster Hollywood deal would leave viewers with hig...
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
States Set to Sue Monday to Block Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal
A group of about a dozen states is poised to sue Monday to block Paramount Skydance Corp. from buying Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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TransDigm Calls Off Deal for Rival After DOJ Merger Scrutiny
Aerospace parts maker TransDigm walked away from its $960 million takeover of rival company Stellant Systems after months of antitrust scrutiny from the US Justice Department.
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Richard Jones @rljones3-d.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
"Gift Article" 💔 "The End of Reading is Here" "A study analyzing 236,000 responses to the American Time Use Survey found that the proportion of Americans who read for pleasure on any given day fell from 28 percent in 2004 to 16 percent in 2023." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
theatlantic.com
The End of Reading Is Here
Optimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history.
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