đź”® Sneak Peak Saturday for 2025-05-31
This week’s Friday news dump highlights the frenzy of media before the weekend!
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Ah, the Friday news dump. Let’s see the memes!
By Friday, everything seems to be reaching the peak of getting news turned in before a deadline or dread-line. It sometimes seems like we reach a fever pitch in news coverage throughout the week.
Peak 🏔️ vs. Peek 👀
Then there is a trope, cliché, or bromide about slow news days and the quietly mentioned news updates sent on a Friday — to try and sneak it past wider coverage. Or, in a nutshell, peak patronizing publishing.
A long list this week…
Techmeme: Docs and sources: Builder.ai faked business with Bengaluru-based VerSe, which runs the Dailyhunt news app, by “round-tripping” sales worth ~$60M from 2021-2024 (Bloomberg)
From Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.
Techmeme: Two rival Amazon influencers seek to dismiss their 2024 copyright case, where one accused the other of posting similar promotional content for the same products (Mia Sato/The Verge)
By Mia Sato / The Verge. View the full context on Techmeme.
Techmeme: Filing: the US SEC voluntarily dismissed its 2023 lawsuit against Binance and CZ that accused them of diverting customer funds, misleading investors, and more (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)
By Jonathan Stempel / Reuters. View the full context on Techmeme.
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