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Threatening to go public with damning information unless hush money is paid is extortion.

The Insane Backstory Behind The Lawyer Who Shook Down Donald Trump (and Hulk Hogan)

Keith M. Davidson, the lawyer who allegedly brokered a settlement between Stephanie Clifford, aka porn star Stormy Daniels, and Donald Trump’s counsel, Michael D. Cohen, also tried to broker a deal for Hulk Hogan's sex tape five years ago.
By Ryan Holiday
All this noise. All this news. What would happen if we stopped consuming it?

Seriously, You—OK, We—Need To Stop Watching The News This Year

All this noise. All this news. We are afraid of the silence. We are afraid of looking stupid. We’re willing to drive ourselves insane—miserable—to avoid that.
By Ryan Holiday
(L to R) Colin Stretch, general counsel at Facebook, Sean Edgett, acting general counsel at Twitter, and Richard Salgado, director of law enforcement and information security at Google, testify during a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism hearing titled 'Extremist Content and Russian Disinformation Online' on Capitol Hill, October 31, 2017 in Washington, DC.

I Tried to Expose Russia’s Media Manipulation Playbook in 2012 and Nobody Listened

George Trow said, "there’s nothing fun about being right if what you’re right about is the triumph, or the temporary triumph, of the inevitably bad."
By Ryan Holiday
Alt-right activist Laura Loomer is fighting with Uber and Lyft.

How Laura Loomer, Alt-Right ‘Guerrilla Journalist,’ Plays the Media

By Ryan Holiday
Sean Ellis, founder and CEO of GrowthHackers.

Dropbox’s Growth Guru Sean Ellis on What Everyone Misses About ‘Growth Hacking’

By Ryan Holiday
Without realizing it, many are playing completely into the alt-right's hands.

I Helped Create the Milo Trolling Playbook. You Should Stop Playing Right Into It.

By Ryan Holiday
nearly every reputable media outlet on the planet allows their reporters to use this service.

It’s Time for the Media to Do Something About Its Shameful HelpAReporterOut Problem

By Ryan Holiday
Mark Zuckerberg needs to take his head out of the sand.

We Don’t Have a Fake News Problem—We Are the Fake News Problem

By Ryan Holiday
Mike Cernovich

Exclusive Interview: How This Right-Wing ‘Troll’ Reaches 100M People a Month

By Ryan Holiday
Intending to exploit that contagious reaction last month, Scott put together a social experiment as part of a video series he was doing for Playboy

Behind the Stunt: How a Fake Book Cover Got 5 Million Views

By Ryan Holiday

The Joke's On Us: 'Sharing' Becomes An Excuse Not To Care

By Ryan Holiday

Hail Corporate: The Increasingly Insufferable Fakery of Brands on Reddit

By Ryan Holiday
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