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March 2015

Aggressive Snapchat ad strategy explained

Snapchat — the ephemeral photo-sharing app — has been grabbing headlines left and right in 2015. In late January the four-year-old company launched Snapchat Discover,

Iconic buildings for sale

Two of the Midwest’s most iconic buildings — Willis Tower in Chicago and the Fisher Building in Detroit — were recently put up for sale,

How to Cover Money Podcast

Covering the business of sports

Sports is a tricky beat, because so many journalists focus on the teams and the outcomes of the games, and miss the vast sums of

Transit use rises despite falling gas prices

Gasoline prices fell steadily throughout 2014, but something else rose last year: American’s use of public transportation. Ridership hit the highest annual level since 1956,

The rebranding of Mike Tyson

Last Friday marked the 30-year anniversary of boxer Mike Tyson’s first professional fight against Hector Mercedes, and his controversial legacy was analyzed in long form

The Best Exotic Marigold franchise

This past weekend, the much-anticipated sequel to a 2012 sleeper hit made its debut — and cash registers rang again. No, it wasn’t an action

The rise of young Super PACs

Believe it or not, millennials are putting Jeb Bush’s face on flasks and beer koozies. That’s just one of the few ideas that the Millennials for

Soccer’s new labor deal

Baseball players and owners regularly tangle. So do hockey players and owners. And, last week, it looked like Major League Soccer might lock out its

Keeping the young in Michigan: Part 2

On Friday, Politics and Money columnist Rick Haglund and Millennials and Money columnist Rian Bosse discussed Michigan’s attempt to keep young people from leaving the state

How to Cover Money Podcast

Interviewing small business owners

Episode 8 looks at a subject that is likely to come up with young journalists: interviewing the owners of small businesses. Here are some questions

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