🗞 Axios to Sell to Cox Enterprises for $525MM

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Axios to Sell Itself to Cox Enterprises for $525 Million. Axios, the digital media company that quickly gained traction since its founding five years ago with its distinctive bulletin-style scoops on the realms of politics, business and technology, has agreed to sell itself to Cox Enterprises, according… (Benjamin Mullin / The New York Times)

Ben Mullin @BenMullin

BREAKING: Axios sold to Cox Enterprises for $525 million, roughly 5x its projected 2022 revenue of more than $100 million

nytimes.comAxios Agrees to Sell Itself to Cox Enterprises for $525 MillionThe digital media company’s founders, Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen and Roy Schwartz, will continue to run the company.

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Data Show Gender Pay Gap Opens Early. Broad new data on wages earned by college graduates who received federal student aid showed a pay gap emerging between men and women soon after they joined the workforce, even among those receiving the same degree from the same school. The data… (Melissa Korn / Wall Street Journal)

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🚨NEW from @anfuller @laurenweberWSJ & me: Analysis of @usedgov data shows gender pay gap often appears soon after graduation, even for those from the same program(!) at the same school(!) 1/6 wsj.com/articles/gende…

wsj.comData Show Gender Pay Gap Opens EarlyDisparities among male and female college graduates appeared within three years, even for those receiving the same degree from the same school, a WSJ analysis of federal data for 2015 and 2016 graduates shows.

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Consumers' expectations of future inflation decreased significantly in win for the Federal Reserve. A New York Fed survey showed that respondents in July expected inflation to run at a 6.2% pace over the next year and a 3.2% rate for the next three years. That marks a big drop-off from the respective 6.8% and 3.6% results from the June survey. (Jeff Cox / CNBC)

CNBC @CNBC

Consumers' expectations of future inflation decreased significantly in win for the Federal Reserve

cnb.cxConsumers expect inflation to slow down, a big win for the FedThe consumer outlook for inflation tumbled in July amid a sharp drop in gas prices and a belief that the surges in food and housing also would ebb.

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Twilio hacked by phishing campaign targeting internet companies. Communications giant Twilio has confirmed hackers accessed customer data after successfully tricking employees into handing over their corporate login credentials. The San Francisco-based company, which allows users to build voice and SMS… (Carly Page / TechCrunch)

TechCrunch @TechCrunch

Twilio hacked by phishing campaign targeting internet companies tcrn.ch/3dgdoPV by @CarlyPage_

tcrn.chTwilio hacked by phishing campaign – TechCrunchTechCrunch has learned that the same actor also targeted another U.S. internet company and several international IT companies.

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A Phone Carrier That Doesn't Track Your Browsing or Location. As marketers, data brokers, and tech giants endlessly expand their access to individuals' data and movements across the web, tools like VPNs or cookie blockers can feel increasingly feeble and futile. Short of going… (Lily Hay Newman / WIRED)

Lily Hay Newman @lilyhnewman

Rare example of people actually turning cool privacy research into a service you can use right now

wired.comA Phone Carrier That Doesn’t Track Your Browsing or LocationThe new Pretty Good Phone Privacy service for Android hides the data linking you to your mobile device.

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