People Incorporated, formerly known as IAC, is exploring a possible sale of The Daily Beast as it looks to focus its portfolio around People Inc. and MGM, sources told Axios.
Why it matters: The company was looking to sell the outlet several years ago, but instead installed new leadership to try to turn the business around.
A new media company called Eventual is launching in partnership with Polymarket to give the world's top prediction market traders a platform for news and analysis.
Why it matters: Just as FiveThirtyEight turned polling into a new way to understand politics, Eventual believes prediction market data can be used to analyze everything from elections to the economy.
Coursera is putting $100 million into LearnVector, a new AI education company founded by Andrew Ng, a pioneer in AI and Coursera's chairman and co-founder, the companies shared first with Axios.
Why it matters: The investment is one of the largest public bets yet by an established education technology company on AI-native learning, and marks Andrew Ng's latest stab at redefining how people learn using technology.
Humans are becoming passive consumers of hyper-personalized information as online discovery shifts from chronological feeds to AI-driven videos and conversations.
Why it matters: Niche video-first content is becoming more valuable as a result.
"Hadestown: The Musical" opened to a whopping $10.2 million domestically over the weekend, surpassing "Hamilton" to become the highest box office debut for a live theater show capture.
Why it matters: The record-setting opening validates theatrical releases as a viable distribution model for certain live stage productions.
Venture funding for nuclear energy startups — both fusion and advanced fission — is surging.
By the numbers: Global investment is over $4.5 billion for 81 companies so far this year, according to PitchBook, putting 2026 on pace to smash last year's record haul of $6.2 billion for 93 companies.
Ares Management has held talks to acquire Los Angeles-based buyout shop Leonard Green & Partners, per the Financial Times.
Why it matters: Private equity is an AUM weak spot for Ares, when compared to other listed alt asset firms. Adding Leonard Green would help it fill the hole.
More than 100,000 AI-related patents were issued for the first time in 2025, including a significant jump in patent filings related to agents, according to new data compiled by IFI Claims and shared first with Axios.
Why it matters: Patent filings offer an indication of where companies are targeting their research efforts.
Individual investors overwhelmingly oppose the Securities and Exchange Commission's proposal to ease the requirement that companies release quarterly financial reports.
The big picture: More than 99% of the comments opposed the proposal, according to a new tally.
Apple's market valuation leapfrogged Nvidia's Monday for the first time since May 2025.
Why it matters: It's another sign that investors are keeping some distance from companies making giant bets on AI infrastructure — even longtime favorites like Nvidia.
Solo dining is having a moment, with reservations for one jumping 23% over the past year, booking app OpenTable says.
Why it matters: That growth may look like another sign of America's lonelinessepidemic. But many solo diners say eating alone offers a rare chance to slow down, reflect and savor the small stuff.
President Trump's planned tariffs for generic drugs are the clearest test yet of whether the administration can keep its promises to both increase U.S. drug manufacturing and lower prescription costs.
Why it matters: Tariffs could give the country more control over the supply chain, but they could also make some of the country's cheapest medicines more expensive at a time when consumers are clamoring for relief.
Canadian travel to the U.S. fell 25% last year, according to a new Canadian government report, which says early 2026 data show the decline has persisted.
Why it matters: The report provides some of the clearest measures yet of the economic cost to the U.S. tourism industry after trade tensions, tariffs and President Trump's repeated "51st state" comments led many Canadians to vacation elsewhere.
I've never been much of a photographer. My camera roll mostly consists of my kids, our dog and the occasional family vacation.
But when The New York Times recently reported that film cameras are making a comeback, it got me thinking back to the analog days of my childhood.
The big, um, picture: Before cameras documented every meal or outfit, taking a picture required a small act of faith. There was no deleting, no retaking, no checking whether everyone had their eyes open. You simply hoped.
