Jul 2, 2018 - Economy & Business

Atlantic Media sells Quartz to Japan's Uzabase

Quartz launch party, 2012. Photo: Craig Barritt/Getty Images for Quartz

The Atlantic magazine's parent company is selling Quartz, an online news outlet, to a Japanese business data and news company for between $75 million and $110 million, depending on its financial performance.

Why it matters: Despite reportedly turning a profit in 2016, it's notable that the outlet will focus on creating paid products to generate revenue from readers. “Digital publishing companies with multiple revenue streams are likelier to succeed over the long haul,” Quartz publisher Jay Lauf told the Wall Street Journal.

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Orion Rummler
1 min ago - Technology

FBI: Russian hacking group stole data after targeting local governments

FBI Headquarters. Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Energetic Bear, a Russian state-sponsored hacking group, has stolen data from two servers after targeting state and federal government networks in the U.S. since at least September, the FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said on Thursday.

Driving the news: Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe announced Wednesday that Iran and Russia had obtained voter registration information that could be used to undermine confidence in the U.S. election system.

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Marisa Fernandez
31 mins ago - Health

FDA approves Gilead's remdesivir as a coronavirus treatment

A production line of Remdesivir. Photo: Fadel Dawood/picture alliance via Getty Images

Gilead Sciences on Thursday received approval from the Food and Drug Administration for remdesivir, an antiviral treatment that has shown modest results against treating COVID-19.

Why it matters: It's the first and only fully FDA-approved drug in the U.S. for treating the coronavirus.

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Alison Snyder, Eileen Drage O'Reilly
48 mins ago - Science

How the coronavirus pandemic could end

Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios

It's still the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, but history, biology and the knowledge gained from our first nine months with COVID-19 point to how the pandemic might end.

The big picture: Pandemics don't last forever. But when they end, it usually isn't because a virus disappears or is eliminated. Instead, they can settle into a population, becoming a constant background presence that occasionally flares up in local outbreaks.

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