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Vol. I · No. 1Prolonging the Slow Death of NewspapersEst. 2026

Fathers and Sons

a business story that's not about business

From Chuck Salter, an unusually well-written business story about the animation studio Laika:



Suggested by an employee, (the name) refers to the dog shot into space by the Soviets in 1957, "a humble mutt that touched the stars," as Travis says. He and Phil liked the sound. But as a metaphor, it's a little uncertain: When that dog came back to earth, she was dead.

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