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A weekly newsletter exploring what the media says, what it means, and why it matters.

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🏁 Start Here: Welcome to Signpost

New year, new newsletter.

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💵 Finance: The $5 trillion fake news fluctuation

Stock markets run on the paranoia of the greedy.

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💎 Luxury: Rolex reminds you that you're poor

How (and why) the watch news media (inadvertently) perpetuates brand hype.

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Business & FinanceBusiness & Finance

🇰🇷 South Korea: Death of a Salesman

Samsung Electronic's co-CEO dies unexpectedly of a heart attack.

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Politics & PowerPolitics & Power

🇷🇺 Russia: From Cold War to Cold Call

Three years after Russia invaded Ukraine, has the stalemate ended?

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Tech & InnovationTech & Innovation

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🎮 Gaming: POKÉMON GOes to Riyadh

Continuing Saudi Arabia's long list of buying fun things.

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Sports & SocietySports & Society

🥊 Boxing: Saudi Arabia's Main Event

In the green corner, the Public Investment Fund.

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Business & FinanceBusiness & Finance

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🇸🇬 Singapore: All in the Family

Rich or poor, we all exasperate our families.

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🤖 The Algo Gods Speak (Special Edition)

In January, leaders at Meta and TikTok made announcements, via video.

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Business & FinanceBusiness & Finance

🇯🇵 Japan: Honda and Nissan to remain just friends

A day before Valentine's Day, the two car companies call off their merger.

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🎧 Music: Profit sounds better with Spotify

I want my, I want my, I want my profitable streaming service

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Tech & InnovationTech & Innovation

🇺🇸 U.S.: The DeepSeek Deep Split

An upstart startup shows success, and everybody loses their mind.

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Tech & InnovationTech & Innovation

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🇨🇳 China: Tick Tock, TikTok...

Five years after a U.S. ban was first put forward, the app continues to tick away.

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