Thursday February 3: Daily Links

THURSDAY 2.3
NEWS STORIES
New York Times Tops 10 Million Subscriptions
Cable News and facebook are dying but things are looking up for journalism and The New York Times
Now that they bought Wordle this could easily go as high as 10 Million and 50.
Oh Rioters, You Came So Close
A new report says Jan 6 rioters were almost given a blanket pardon by the outgoing President Donald Trump. Trump had called advisors to discuss the idea, whether he had the power to do it, and whether he should.
But in the end, there was just room on the lifeboat for Bannon.
Caveman Capital Rioter Aaron Mostofky Pleads Guilty
The son of a NYC judge pled guilty. You might remember Mostofsky as one of the rioters wearing a bulletproof vest, fur pelts, a walking stick and a riot shield. He is the son of a prominent Brooklyn judge and a leader in the Orthodox community.He’s look at at 12 to 18 in Federal prison.
Who is going to trap his raccoons while he’s in jail?
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SPORTS
Robert Kraft Tantrum After Brady Retirement Announce
Insiders say the owner of the Patriots was furious that Brady declined to mention his time with the New England Patriots in his retirement announcement this week. There was both screaming and yelling.
As you know, there’s not always a happy ending.
Shane McMahon Out!
Rumors are everywhere that the son of CEO Vince McMahon was fired quietly after causing trouble at the Royal Rumble. He had been absent for a year before showing up as a surprise entrant in Sundays event.
Then again….this could just be a really bad storyline.
Which Olympic Events Would You Be Too Scared to Attempt?
The Ringer ranked 30 winter Olympic game events by the ones much to terrifying to try yourself, with Singles figure skating as the least scary, and Alpine Skiing, Ski jumping, and Nordic combined being the most terrifying.
Number one was a dinner date with Meghan McCain.
CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT
Paul Rudd and Seth Rogen Bond Over Lays Potato Chips
A new Super Bowl ad shows buddies Rudd and Roger “remembering” good times over the years bonding over potato chips.
Still not back with James Franco guys?
Katie Couric’s Bio Brought Jeff Zucker Affair to Light
This Week CNN head honcho Jeff Zucker resigned over a consensual romantic affair with a coworker. New of the affair first became public in Couric’s memoir, Going There, and Katie expressed concern over how Allison Gollust got her job. Couric wrote that her show really didn’t need Gollust and it didn’t make sense for Jeff to push so hard to give her the gig. Couric was friends with Zucker’s wife at the time, making the situation even more uncomfortable.
Did Katie accidentally carry out her first real act of journalism?
Rivers Cuomo Launches Weezify
The front man for Weezer is capitalizing on the Spotify controversy by launching his own competitor to the streaming service- an app he built by himself. Weezify is described as a Spotify like player just for his own demos. There are 3500 to enjoy and you can follow his playlists for create you own. “It took me all of 2021 to make,” he said.
More demos than listeners.
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Al Franken Says Whoopi is not AntiSemetic, Just Look at Her Name
Whoopi Goldberg was born Caryn Elaine Johnson, and she’s not Jewish. Franken says the fact that she chose the stage name of Goldberg should prove that she’s not antisemetic, and he believes that what she said wasn’t what she meant.
Al, this is not helpful. Stay off my side.
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Watch the Trailer for The Godfather TV Series
The teaser trailer for the new series about the making of The Godfather is out and it isn’t exactly generating a ton of excitement.
If this trailer was a Godfather character, it would be Fredo. Hopefully the movie about the making of the tv series will be better.
VIRAL & TRENDING
Every Day from the Movie Groundhog Day
You can see all 37 unique timelines at the same time.
Don’t know why you’d want to. But enjoy.
TikToker Shocker in Game of Rock Paper Scissors
A woman won a round of drinks for herself and her friends after challenging four men at once at Rock Paper Scissors. If any of them beat her, she said, they’d get the drinks.
Hope that didn’t happen the last time she played and the other guy picked rock.
https://vm.tiktok.com/TTPdkFeExm/
STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS
3 in 5 Americans Believe in Phil
A new study says Americans trust Phil, that ole groundhog from Punxsutawney PA, more than they trust meterologists when it comes to predicting the weather.
This is the weather’s version of QAnon
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