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Peloton Doesn’t Need to Sell

Friday, The Wall Street Journal ran a report that Peloton, the COVID darling work from home company, was exploring a sale. Peloton Interactive Inc. PTON 1.44% is drawing interest from potential suitors including Amazon.com Inc., AMZN 13.54% according to people familiar with the matter, as the stationary-bike maker’s stock slumps and an activist urges it to explore a sale.

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Paywalls are OK, but Dumb Paywalls Aren’t

I have hacked the paywall of my hometown newspaper’s website, STLToday.com, two or three times now. The first time came with more fanfare than I expected and the subsequent times have been more quiet, but each time I get some version of this pushback: Look, I understand this point of view.

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