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WSJ What’s News

By: The Wall Street Journal
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  • What's News brings you the biggest news of the day, from business and finance to global and political developments that move markets. Get caught up in minutes twice a day on weekdays, then take a step back with our What’s News in Markets wrap-up on Saturday and our What’s News Sunday deep dive.
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  • Biden Pushes Ahead as Democrats Discuss Replacing Him

    Biden Pushes Ahead as Democrats Discuss Replacing Him
    Jun 28 2024
    P.M. Edition for June 28. President Biden’s stumbling debate performance leaves Democrats in turmoil. WSJ senior political correspondent Molly Ball discusses how the party is considering its options. And Supreme Court correspondent Jess Bravin unpacks new decisions on federal agencies' power, homeless camps and Jan. 6 prosecutions. Plus, a new way to calculate how early you should get to the airport. Sabrina Siddiqui hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    15 mins
  • Biden’s Debate Performance Elevates Voter Concerns About Age

    Biden’s Debate Performance Elevates Voter Concerns About Age
    Jun 28 2024
    A.M. Edition for June 28. At last night’s presidential debate in Atlanta, President Biden’s delivery lacked vigor and combativeness, while Donald Trump kept relative composure. The WSJ’s John McCormick breaks down a 90-minute face-off that brimmed with insults and policy contrasts. Plus, the NFL is told to pay $4.7 billion in damages to customers of its “Sunday Ticket” package. And, Iran heads to the polls in an election that will help shape succession plans for its next supreme leader. Kate Bullivant hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    15 mins
  • Supreme Court Rejects Purdue Pharma Opioid Settlement

    Supreme Court Rejects Purdue Pharma Opioid Settlement
    Jun 27 2024
    P.M. Edition for June 27. The Supreme Court has blocked a Purdue Pharma opioid settlement that would have shielded the wealthy Sackler family from civil lawsuits. WSJ’s Alexander Gladstone discusses what the ruling means for patients and their families. And Walgreens plans to shutter many of its U.S. stores and move away from the primary-care business. WSJ health reporter Anna Mathews explains what is behind the shift in strategy. Plus, follow our live coverage of the first presidential debate of the 2024 campaign. Sabrina Siddiqui hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    14 mins
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Updates 24 hours late???

The last several days the podcast is updated 24 hours late. In other words, I'm getting yesterday morning's news this morning. When I checked with Audible, they confirmed that the podcast hadn't sent a new update. What's going on?

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Same Covid stories over and over

I wish this gave more information on other big topics and less on Covid 19. I know that I'm not the only person tired of hearing it everywhere we turn.

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  • 12-15-21

Ads and Commentary?

This is a downgrade from the daily digests. Paying premium for ads?! And I don’t want opinions, want reporting in the news.

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Good content… when it arrives.

Excellent overview of what market participants want to know. Unfortunately, it doesn’t arrive consistently every morning, so hard to depend on it. Some days doesn’t show up at all when I check at 9 am, while it used to be available at 5:30 am. NY time. Disappointed.

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Why isitt a day late now?

Why is it delayed by at least a full day or more now since the new logo?

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  • 03-05-22

The decision to drop the daily WSJ and New York Times deprives your listeners of a prime source of excellent content. I will no

I will not renew when my subscription ends in Nov. A prime reason for listening is now gone.

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red Chinese point of view

would like a more neutral pro America version. how to run a country from a big government view is not helpful. or the censorship ads of different people

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Headlines, not reporting

I switched to this podcast after the WSJ Digest was discontinued. This is not that. If you are looking for a bunch of headlines with brief (!) comments then this is fine. I miss the more in-depth detail of a full article. This doesn't even save time, with the introductions and ad time then cover nearly as many topics in the same time but with less information.

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Why the change?

This podcast does NOT take the place of WSJ What’s In The News. It is not enjoyable to listen to and I have to listen to adds!!!

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Awkward Podcasts inferior to Audible’s former WSJ

Podcast user interface too convoluted to automatically play most news. Titles don’t reveal the date / time of the podcast. Content has shifted from articles to interviews.

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