The Tricky Business Of Predicting Where Media Will Go Next Plus 4 More Stories

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Daily Briefing A look at the day's top stories News The Tricky Business Of Predicting Where Media Will Go Next One of journalism's most recognizable mastheads, The Washington Post, is entering a new era with a new owner. In 1992, the paper's managing editor urged it to get at the forefront of the upcoming digital revolution, but it so far has fallen short in a world of fast-paced BuzzFeeds. Read this story Faux Meth Is Big Business In 'Breaking Bad' Town Entrepreneurs in Albuquerque, N.M., the setting of the TV series Breaking Bad, have created blue "meth" rock candy, "Bathing Bad" bath products, and a tour of sites used in filming the series. That has some critics worried all the moneymaking glorifies drugs. Read this story Lottery Legend Has Seen A Lot Of Winning Tickets Rebecca Paul Hargrove, who created two state lotteries and now runs a third, understands what makes a lottery program work. Read this story These Dioramas Are To Die For Using figures that were made for miniature train sets, a former Las Vegas crime reporter is finding big success creating and selling tiny imaginary crime scenes. Abigail Goldman's macabre, and sometimes funny, "Die-O-Ramas" are selling out before she's even completed them. Read this story America, Are You Tough Enough To Drink Real Russian Kvas? Russians have been drinking kvas, a barely alcoholic fermented grain drink, for centuries. But the kvas sold commercially in the U.S.? It's largely just a wimpy, watered-down, sugary version, say aficionados. Now some new kvas makers are hoping Americans will embrace traditional, hard core versions of the drink and its tangy, sour goodness. Read this story more news stories

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