The Ledger

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Assertion Not checkable as stated
Charlie Munger told Zweig he fears the loss of media oligopolies
“Charlie Munger told me last year when I was at the Daily Journal meeting in Los Angeles that he really fears for the future of the Republic, as he puts it that newspapers like the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times no longer have the, I guess I would s…”
Jason Zweig Oct 19, 2015 ▶ 9:55 #4 Jason Zweig: Elevate Your Financial IQ
Prediction Open · timeframe Jan 2031
Parrish: News Outlets Will Personalize Article Text to Readers' Preferences
“So increasingly, I mean, we're moving to a world. I don't think people quite realize that yet where you and I open the same article in the wall street journal or New York times, it's going to be two different versions of that article that's based on our browsi…”
Shane Parrish Jan 1, 2026 ▶ 1:34:11 How to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones | James Clear
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Davis: VR and AR will replace smartphones and restore broadsheet-style reading
“It's actually one of the reasons I'm fairly optimistic that whatever replaces this shitty little, you know, five inch rectangle that we all carry around in our pocket, that is a very, very poor way to get information, this tiny little screen. And, you know, wh…”
Christopher Davis Mar 5, 2024 ▶ 35:18 Chris Davis: Three Generations of Wealth
Opinion
Housel: Jason Zweig is history's best financial journalist at explaining markets
“I think someone else who has done that incredibly well in the world of finances, Jason Zweig in the wall street journal, who has, Better than I think any financial journalist in history taken the complexities and the volatility of financial markets and explain…”
Morgan Housel Oct 24, 2016 ▶ 23:13 #14 Morgan Housel: Reading, Writing, and Lifelong Learning
Insight
Zweig: Financial columnists repeat the same advice 100 times a year
“I once defined my job as saying the exact same thing between 50 and a hundred times a year in such a way that neither my editors nor my readers will know I'm repeating myself.”
Jason Zweig Oct 19, 2015 ▶ 2:20 #4 Jason Zweig: Elevate Your Financial IQ
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