Over the past few years, Donald Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social, has been dismissed as a money-losing boondoggle.
This week, that all changed. Matthew Goldstein, a New York Times business reporter, explains how its parent venture, Truth Media, became a publicly traded company worth billions of dollars.
Guest: Matthew Goldstein, a New York Times business reporter.
Background reading:
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
The Ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy
Sam Bankman-Fried Goes on Trial
Amazon’s Most Beloved Features May Turn Out to Be Illegal
The Sunday Read: ‘The Art of Telling Forbidden Stories in China’
Why the Government is About to Shut Down
The Presidential Politics of the Autoworkers’ Strike
Did Hollywood Writers Get Their Happy Ending?
Gold Bars, Wads of Cash and a Senator’s Indictment
An Unexpected Battle Over Banning Caste Discrimination
The Sunday Read: ‘The Kidnapped Child Who Became a Poet’
He Tried to Save a Friend. They Charged Him With Murder.
Canada Confronts India Over Alleged Assassination
Is College Worth It?
Inside Ukraine’s Drone Attacks on Russia
The Ozempic Era of Weight Loss
The Sunday Read: ‘The Inheritance Case That Could Unravel an Art Dynasty’
The Republican Attempt to Impeach President Biden
An Armored Train and a Dangerous New Alliance
A New Covid Shot for a New Covid Era
A Breaking Point for the U.S. Auto Industry
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