Interesting times in Walmart/Walton land: Rob Walton, longtime Walmart director and son of the retail giant’s founder, will retire from the company’s board in June wsj.com/business/retai… via The Wall Street Journal

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Our story today goes inside 'Project Curiosity,' a secret team Amazon had which posed as sellers and customers to gain access to rival platforms such as Walmart, Shopify and Fedex. Story w/ Sarah Nassauer wsj.com/business/retai…

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Today marks 55 weeks that my friend and colleague The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been wrongfully detained by Russia.

Evan is a great reporter and an even better person. We're not stopping until he's back with his family and friends.

#FreeEvan #IStandWithEvan

Love this anecdote from the The Times and The Sunday Times excerpt this weekend. Bezos attends an apparel gala in 2006, back when those CEOs dismissed Amazon.

“What are you doing here?” an apparel CEO asks Bezos.

“Your margin is my opportunity,” Bezos responded.

thetimes.co.uk/article/b92bc9…

This is the definition of beat mastery. ⁦Yaroslav Trofimov⁩ explains everything you need to know to put this weekend’s events into context. Analysis: Israel Repelled Iran’s Huge Attack. But Only With Help From U.S. and Arab Partners. ⁦The Wall Street Journal⁩ wsj.com/world/middle-e…

Not many sports stories are big enough for The Wall Street Journal to send as a news alert to subscribers.

This one is:

NYC often makes me smile:

Eclipse coming. Earthquake in NYC. Happy Friday to all!

Very good points:

What a loss for us! But so happy for you.

This is 2.4 million more people than watched the LSU-Iowa 2023 *title game.*

For an Elite Eight game on cable, not network, TV.

Follow Rachel Bachman for all of tonight’s action!

One reason why South Carolina leads the nation in attendance: Dawn Staley gives local TV stations lots of access. They, in turn, cover the team intensely.

Here they are lined up in Albany, NY, to talk to her after the Gamecocks clinched the Final Four:

Thanks to Maya Rodriguez & Scripps News for this piece with a special shoutout to the efforts of the The Wall Street Journal DC bureau to keep the spotlight on Evan Gershkovich. #IStandWithEvan

A wonderful tribute from Eliot Brown to mark the dark one-year anniversary of Evan Gershkovich's unjust imprisonment in Russia. He has been deprived of 12 months of normal existence for being a reporter. wsj.com/world/russia/e… via The Wall Street Journal

“His Story Should Be Here”

Today’s front page of The Wall Street Journal.

One year stolen. We will not rest until Evan Gershkovich is free.

#IStandWithEvan

Heartbreaking and uplifting in the same picture.

An honor to do 15 interviews today around the U.S. and around the world with ⁦Danielle Gershkovich⁩, sister of ⁦Evan Gershkovich⁩, as his one year detention in Russian jail hits tomorrow. With thanks to ⁦National Press Club⁩ for making it happen. #IStandwithEvan

U.S. journalist and my colleague Evan Gershkovich has been wrongly held by Russia for 364 days. As long as he’s there, we The Wall Street Journal will be here to say his name and tell his story. #IStandWithEvan #FreeEvan