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March 4, 2026
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Good morning! Exciting day here in newsletter land. My fantastic colleague Lara O’Reilly launches the first edition of CMO Insider today. You can subscribe here.
What’s on deck
Markets: Blackstone just got a big signal that investors are getting nervous about private credit.
Tech: A VC’s AI model says these young startups are on track to be unicorns.
Business: A lot of you had strong opinions on Business Insider’s Emily Stewart trying the RFK diet.
Top headlines:
- Exclusive: Dude Perfect hired its first content chief as it strives to build a Disney-style flywheel.
- US releases names of 4 service members killed in the Iran conflict.
- Big Law thought it won its battle with Trump. That lasted a day.
- Palantir wants its old employees back: ‘The shire is calling.’
- I visited Punch, the famous baby monkey, in Japan. Here’s what TikTok doesn’t show.
- Austin’s growth has skyrocketed in the last decade. See which other cities are booming.
- Move over Mag 7. Goldman says investors should be focused on the ‘HALO’ trade.
- Feds point to Taylor Swift ticket fiasco as evidence of Live Nation and Ticketmaster’s monopoly.
- Target shifts away from being an ‘everything store’ in new strategy focused on ‘busy families.’
Curated by Dan DeFrancesco, Hallam Bullock, Akin Oyedele, Grace Lett, and Amanda Yen.
This is a shorter version of our flagship newsletter, which brings you in-depth analysis and summaries of the top stories from Wall Street to Silicon Valley.
