Aug 13, 2019

CBS and Viacom are back together

The CBS headquarters in New York City in 2013. Andrew Burton/Getty Images

But in today's rapidly consolidating media environment, they're still kind of small. Plus, Trump's holiday-driven tariff delay and why Tumblr lost so much value.

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Automatic Reply

Automatic Reply: "I'm here to amaze you"

by Maria Hollenhorst

Aug 13, 2019

This one has whale music.

A Humpback whale jumps in the surface of the Pacific Ocean in July, 2013.

AFP PHOTO/Luis ROBAYO

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Trade showdown

Trump's "Christmas gift" to consumers and businesses: Walking back tariff threats

by Sabri Ben-Achour

Aug 13, 2019

Video games won't be any more expensive for the holidays. Vanadium chloride, however, will.

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with leaders of the steel industry at the White House in 2018 in Washington, DC., where he announced some of the first tariffs in what would become the trade war with China.

Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images

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CBS and Viacom announce merger — again

by Molly Wood and Maria Hollenhorst

Aug 13, 2019

This time around, the media landscape is "completely different," says Keach Hagey of the Wall Street Journal.

The CBS headquarters in New York City in 2013.

Andrew Burton/Getty Images

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Tumblr was an early social media favorite. What happened?

by Jack Stewart

Aug 13, 2019

Verizon is selling Tumblr, the social blogging platform.

Rob Kim/Getty Images for Tumblr

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Trump's visit to Shell plant highlights natural gas challenges

by Scott Tong

Aug 13, 2019

Pennsylvania's natural gas industry hopes the plant can bring a lifeline to a sector beleaguered by overproduction.

Plastic bottles and other trash washed up on the shores of Scotland.

Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

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Music from the episode

Sister Owls Monster Rally

Lush Four Tet

Mirage Toro y Moi

Dear To Me Electric Guest

Patience Tame Impala

Chosen Blood Orange

Deceptacon Le Tigre

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

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