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Thousands of volunteer-run message boards on Reddit remained dark on Tuesday, a week after moderators of the communities began what they called a 48-hour protest against Reddit’s planned changes to its business model.More than 3,200 message boards, known as subreddits, remained restricted or private, down from nearly 9,000 last week, according to a website tracking the revolt. Others were flooded with memes mocking Reddit’s chief executive, Steve Huffman, as anger continued to bubble on the site over changes to the company’s business model.Moderators of some of the communities that reopened said they had done so after Reddit threatened to replace them.“We want the best for this community and have no choice but to open it back up — or have it opened for us,” the moderators of the Apple ent...

Ryan Murphy, the television megaproducer behind hits like “American Horror Story” and “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” is poised to move his operation to the Walt Disney Company, five years after he stunned Hollywood by decamping to Netflix for a $300 million deal.The contract talks with Disney are not finished, according to three people briefed on the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private negotiations. No deal is expected to be completed until after the screenwriters’ strike in Hollywood is resolved, one of the people said. (Unionized film and television writers have been on strike since May 1.)But the talks between Mr. Murphy and Disney are advanced, the people said. Mr. Murphy’s contract with Netflix expires at the end of the month. Renewal talks with N...

Collaboration Technology: The Key to Better Planning and Sourcing Financial planning and analysis (FP&A) and sourcing teams across industry sectors are struggling to deal with a global supply chain disrupted by a triple whammy of ongoing challenges from the pandemic, rising energy costs, and stubbornly high inflation. Supply chain volatility and economic uncertainty have magnified the need for enterprises to deploy collaboration tools that eliminate operational silos and streamline procurement. Many future-focused organizations are adopting cloud-based sourcing and planning software to facilitate real-time planning, budgeting, and stakeholder collaboration. Overcoming operational constraints The inability of internal and external stakeh...

From strolling the boulevards of Buenos Aires to hiking in the Canadian Rockies, walking provides good exercise while stretching your mind and soul.To maximize the joy that comes with vigorous bipedal activity, it’s important to plan. No matter what the activity, it’s always wise to carry a first aid kit. Adventure Medical Kits makes sport-specific and ultralight, watertight options. Or throw together your own in a Ziploc bag.Even if your route includes pinxtos at a seaside cafe in Spain, a trailhead food truck or a wild blueberry patch, carry an emergency snack (Honey Stinger’s gluten-free and kosher Almond Pumpkin Nut & Seed Bar packs 14 grams of protein). Electrolytes like Tailwind’s small packets of Electrolyte Powder help you rehydrate and re-energize.As for the rest, a trail run...

On Capitol Hill and in the courts, Republican lawmakers and activists are mounting a sweeping legal campaign against universities, think tanks and private companies that study the spread of disinformation, accusing them of colluding with the government to suppress conservative speech online.The effort has encumbered its targets with expansive requests for information and, in some cases, subpoenas — demanding notes, emails and other information related to social media companies and the government dating back to 2015. Complying has consumed time and resources and already affected the groups’ ability to do research and raise money, according to several people involved.They and others warned that the campaign undermined the fight against disinformation in American society when the problem is,...