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Susan Owens @susanowens.bsky.social · 1d

Congrats 👏🏻👏🏻Getty @gettyimages.com #crocodilesmile

Susan Owens @susanowens.bsky.social · 8d

Paddy Manning, @paddymanning.bsky.social author of ‘The Successor’ (Lachlan…) illuminating on Media Confidential #podcast #Murdoch media future with @arusbridger.bsky.social @lionelbarber.bsky.social

The Successor: Who is Lachlan Murdoch?

Podcast Episode · Media Confidential · 06/10/2025 · 41m

podcasts.apple.com

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Susan Owens @susanowens.bsky.social · 10d

Congratulations, Everald. And a top podcast 👏🏻👏🏻

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Susan Owens @susanowens.bsky.social · 13d

Cold shoulder from French fashion hierarchy reacting to China’s #Shein announcing plans to “revitalize city centers across France”. Yann Rivoallan says department store BHV; “is associating itself with the devil".
Ouch.
Since 2023 Shein sales are second only to #1, Zara.

Libération @liberation.fr · 13d

Yann Rivoallan (Fédération française du prêt-à-porter féminin) réagit après l’annonce de l’implantation de Shein dans des grands magasins en France : «Le BHV s’associe avec le diable»

Shein s’installe dans des grands magasins en France : «Le BHV s’associe avec le diable»

Yann Rivoallan, le président de la Fédération française du prêt-à-porter féminin, réagit après l’annonce de l’implantation du géant chinois de l’ultra-fast fashion dans les Galeries Lafayette et au BHV Marais. Il dénonce une concurrence dél

www.liberation.fr

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Susan Owens @susanowens.bsky.social · 13d

Good luck with that one. Since 2025 French law prohibits advertising for ultra-fast fashion and influencers face penalties if promoting these brands. An effort to curb over consumption. Specifically targeting Shein and Temu

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Susan Owens @susanowens.bsky.social · 14d

…enlightened by a junket to the USA…now out of the Paris Agreement 🤨

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Susan Owens @susanowens.bsky.social · 14d

👀
Tech investor James Anderson, who runs the Agnelli family-backed Lingotto Investment, in the @financialtimes.com

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Susan Owens @susanowens.bsky.social · 14d

oxymoron

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Susan Owens @susanowens.bsky.social · 15d

Congratulations, Rick. Hope ‘Hill of Content’ stocked up - just one copy at the weekend 😉

Susan Owens @susanowens.bsky.social · 20d

Chanel opted to ban crocodile in 2018. Hermès, however, continues to invest in croc, with its secretive Northern Territory Lambells Lagoon Crocodile farm to grow 50,000 animals. The farm’s toxic waste is showing E-coli levels above prescribed safety limits, threatening nearby farmland #luxe

Major Australian croc farm irrigating with water high in E. coli

One of Australia's largest crocodile farms, owned by a subsidiary of luxury label Hermès, is consistently irrigating with water containing E. coli concentrations almost 500 times the national guidelin...

www.abc.net.au

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Susan Owens @susanowens.bsky.social · 23d

Cute, from Bernard Arnault who sought Belgian citizenship in 2012, to avoid tax. He later withdrew his application…#LVMH

French entrepreneurs decry ‘communist’ wealth tax proposal

Tech start-ups and business leaders outraged by Socialist demands to impose levy on super-rich

on.ft.com

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Susan Owens @susanowens.bsky.social · 28d

It was a great ride…👏🏻👏🏻 farewell Elon, Inc…looking forward to the new m, new thing

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Susan Owens @susanowens.bsky.social · Sep 15

No words to describe this loss - listeners outside UK pushed to BBC website. Navigation there impossible …without determination. I miss you BBC Sounds. Do the world a service…when we need it most.

Susan Owens @susanowens.bsky.social · Sep 11

Stephen Sackur today on @restispoliticsus.bsky.social “An incredibly syrupy set of messages from Peter Mandelson, 10 pages with photographs of Mandelson in his swimming trunks looking longingly out of a window apparently waiting for his beloved Jeffrey..”

Susan Owens @susanowens.bsky.social · Sep 11

“An incredibly syrupy set of messages from Peter #Mandelson, 10 pages with photographs of Mandelson in his swimming trunks looking longingly out of a window apparently waiting for his beloved Jeffrey to parachute into his life…” - Stephen Sackur & the mooch on #podcast @restispoliticsus.bsky.social

Trump’s Big Secret: Inside Epstein’s Birthday Book

Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics: US · 10/09/2025 · 41m

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Susan Owens @susanowens.bsky.social · Sep 9

Can all podcasts take a break from Better Health…beyond tiresome

Susan Owens @susanowens.bsky.social · Sep 7

Mandelson’s high praise for convicted sexual abuser and felon. Precedes Trump’s state visit to UK at invitation of #King Charles III, whose brother is on #Epstein list via @patrickwintour.bsky.social

Peter Mandelson lauds Trump as ‘risk-taker’ in call for US-UK tech alliance

British ambassador to Washington says US president has sounded ‘wake-up call to the international old guard’

www.theguardian.com

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Susan Owens @susanowens.bsky.social · Sep 7

Good luck with that one Rolex👇🏻

Ben Rothenberg @benrothenberg.bsky.social · Sep 6

More news breaking at Bounces about Donald Trump's visit to the US Open men's final.

The US Open has sent an email to broadcasters, obtained by Bounces, ordering them to censor any reactions or protests from the crowd to Trump's appearance.

Read more here:

www.benrothenberg.com/p/us-open-do...

U.S. Open Orders Broadcasters to Censor Reactions to Trump

An email obtained by Bounces includes instructions from the U.S. Open on supporting Trump's planned stagecraft during the National Anthem.

www.benrothenberg.com

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Susan Owens @susanowens.bsky.social · Sep 5

Some females live up to 90 years…the mega yachts are johnny-come-latelies to their watery homes. They’re cross, some scientists believe. Go Orcas.

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Susan Owens @susanowens.bsky.social · Sep 5

“I smell money”…that memorable line from Ryan Gosling in movie of Michael Lewis book ‘The Big Short’

Susan Owens @susanowens.bsky.social · Sep 5

Understand scheduling issues, little thought to a player’s recovery time so close to final…

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Susan Owens @susanowens.bsky.social · Sep 5

12.15 in NY and a third set…stadium maybe 50% full lower tier. Something is not right with scheduling. #Osaka

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Susan Owens @susanowens.bsky.social · Aug 30

Horse racing world wide is on the nose. So why has Fox, owned by the Murdoch family (Lachlan CEO) decided the sport is under appreciated and boosted US broadcasts?
Fox has taken a 25% stake in the online betting platform NYRA Bets allowing it to tap the $150 billion US sports betting market.

What Has 4 Hooves and More Viewers Than Hockey? Fox Sports’ Next Gamble.

www.nytimes.com

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Susan Owens @susanowens.bsky.social · Aug 28

Shout-out to FT reader comments. Your keep me subscribing.

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Susan Owens @susanowens.bsky.social · Aug 25

Bunny Mellon, wife of banking heir Paul Mellon, first discussed the White House Rose Garden renovation during a picnic at her Cape Cod retreat in 1961. Pic of Mellon with President Kennedy at the beach house via @FT where the estate is listed #property for sale at $23mill

President Kennedy with Bunny Mellon at beach house picnic

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