Christopher Grimes
@grimeslikedimes.bsky.social
Los Angeles bureau chief @FT
Ex-Tokyo, London, NYC & Atlanta, by way of Tallapoosa, Georgia
Ex-Tokyo, London, NYC & Atlanta, by way of Tallapoosa, Georgia
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Walt Disney shares slump as sales at film and TV units slide—Iger has tried to boost the share price since returning to Disney in late 2022, a year when the company lost billions of dollars at its streaming division. But… www.ft.com/content/3766... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Walt Disney shares slump as sales at film and TV units slide
Growth in theme parks and cruise lines business offsets absence of blockbusters and continued television revenue decline
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November 15, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Walt Disney shares slump as sales at film and TV units slide—Iger has tried to boost the share price since returning to Disney in late 2022, a year when the company lost billions of dollars at its streaming division. But… www.ft.com/content/3766... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
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Musk is still talking at the Tesla shareholder meeting and he just criticized "the parasitic load of being a public company" which has "grown over time."
This from a man who was just awarded a $1 trillion pay package from more than 75% of his public company shareholders.
This from a man who was just awarded a $1 trillion pay package from more than 75% of his public company shareholders.
November 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Musk is still talking at the Tesla shareholder meeting and he just criticized "the parasitic load of being a public company" which has "grown over time."
This from a man who was just awarded a $1 trillion pay package from more than 75% of his public company shareholders.
This from a man who was just awarded a $1 trillion pay package from more than 75% of his public company shareholders.
'The deal sets up ambitious targets for Musk to unlock his stock payouts. To reach $1tn, he must sextuple Tesla’s valuation to $8.5tn, boost earnings 24-fold to $400bn and sell millions of robots and autonomous driving subscriptions.'
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Tesla shareholders approve Elon Musk’s $1tn pay deal
[FREE TO READ] World’s richest man had warned he would quit if investors failed to back the largest remuneration package in history
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November 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
'The deal sets up ambitious targets for Musk to unlock his stock payouts. To reach $1tn, he must sextuple Tesla’s valuation to $8.5tn, boost earnings 24-fold to $400bn and sell millions of robots and autonomous driving subscriptions.'
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‘Creators are the new Hollywood’: YouTubers take on the big studios—It reached another significant milestone this year: US viewers now watch YouTube primarily on the TV set — not mobile phones and… www.ft.com/content/b924... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
‘Creators are the new Hollywood’: YouTubers take on the big studios
Content creators are bringing Silicon Valley-style disruption to the capital of the traditional media
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October 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
‘Creators are the new Hollywood’: YouTubers take on the big studios—It reached another significant milestone this year: US viewers now watch YouTube primarily on the TV set — not mobile phones and… www.ft.com/content/b924... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
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Has Donald Trump handed late-night TV a reprieve?-It’s unclear how long the ratings bounce will last, but for Kimmel and his fellow late-night comedians any increase is welcome. Cord-cutting has…
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Has Donald Trump handed late-night TV a reprieve?
Jimmy Kimmel’s ratings soared after Disney put him back on air, but talk shows like his face a battle for survival
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September 30, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Has Donald Trump handed late-night TV a reprieve?-It’s unclear how long the ratings bounce will last, but for Kimmel and his fellow late-night comedians any increase is welcome. Cord-cutting has…
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"The sun don't shine on the same dog's ass every day." - Catfish Hunter
September 29, 2025 at 3:08 AM
"The sun don't shine on the same dog's ass every day." - Catfish Hunter
Manohla Darghis:
"It engages with its moment as few American fiction films do. It feels shockingly urgent."
Exactly right.
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"It engages with its moment as few American fiction films do. It feels shockingly urgent."
Exactly right.
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‘One Battle After Another’ Review: Paul Thomas Anderson’s Rallying Cry
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September 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Manohla Darghis:
"It engages with its moment as few American fiction films do. It feels shockingly urgent."
Exactly right.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/m...
"It engages with its moment as few American fiction films do. It feels shockingly urgent."
Exactly right.
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The meeting jeopardizes "proper command and control when you have no idea if a crisis will erupt, and now our potential adversaries have five days to plan whatever shenanigans they may want to attempt"
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Pete Hegseth’s sudden military summit stirs concern and speculation
US defence secretary calls top brass to Virginia for highly unusual meeting
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September 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The meeting jeopardizes "proper command and control when you have no idea if a crisis will erupt, and now our potential adversaries have five days to plan whatever shenanigans they may want to attempt"
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Couldn't agree more with Danny Leigh: One Battle After Another is the best film of the year.
PT Anderson has somehow captured 2025 America with a film adaptation of a 1990 Pynchon novel that started preproduction in 2023. Performances are amazing. And it's in VistaVision!
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PT Anderson has somehow captured 2025 America with a film adaptation of a 1990 Pynchon novel that started preproduction in 2023. Performances are amazing. And it's in VistaVision!
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One Battle After Another film review — Leonardo DiCaprio turns leftwing guerrilla in best film of the year so far
[FREE TO READ] Paul Thomas Anderson turns a 1990 Thomas Pynchon story about American revolutionaries into an urgent and zanily funny film about now
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September 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Couldn't agree more with Danny Leigh: One Battle After Another is the best film of the year.
PT Anderson has somehow captured 2025 America with a film adaptation of a 1990 Pynchon novel that started preproduction in 2023. Performances are amazing. And it's in VistaVision!
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PT Anderson has somehow captured 2025 America with a film adaptation of a 1990 Pynchon novel that started preproduction in 2023. Performances are amazing. And it's in VistaVision!
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Chemerinsky: It is time to be very worried about freedom of expression in the United States.
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Contributor: FCC overstepped in push to get Jimmy Kimmel off the air
The late-night host's sidelining is part of a larger government effort to intimidate the media into silence.
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September 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Chemerinsky: It is time to be very worried about freedom of expression in the United States.
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Murdochs and Michael Dell part of TikTok buyer group, says Trump
US president says Rupert and Lachlan will join the computer pioneer as well as Oracle’s Larry Ellison to buy shares from China’s ByteDance
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September 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Is America entering a new era of McCarthyism?-“I think [Trump] is chilling dissent,” says Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the law school at University of California, Berkeley and…
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Is America entering a new era of McCarthyism?
Since January, Donald Trump has used tactics reminiscent of the 1950s to stifle critical voices. Over the last week, the threats have intensified
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September 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Is America entering a new era of McCarthyism?-“I think [Trump] is chilling dissent,” says Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the law school at University of California, Berkeley and…
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Is America entering a new era of McCarthyism?-“We’re dealing with a radical left group of lunatics, and they don’t play fair and they never did,” Trump told NBC News. www.ft.com/content/54be... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Is America entering a new era of McCarthyism?
Since January, Donald Trump has used tactics reminiscent of the 1950s to stifle critical voices. Over the last week, the threats have intensified
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September 21, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Is America entering a new era of McCarthyism?-“We’re dealing with a radical left group of lunatics, and they don’t play fair and they never did,” Trump told NBC News. www.ft.com/content/54be... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
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What also struck me is that, possibly not incidentally, Chris @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social - unlike many of his US-based @financialtimes.com colleagues - is a US citizen and thus less immediately vulnerable to recriminations from the Trump regime. A safer choice of author, at least for now.
You might run into a paywall on this, but the headline gives the gist.
Christopher Grimes @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com Is America entering a new era of McCarthyism? www.ft.com/content/54be...
Christopher Grimes @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com Is America entering a new era of McCarthyism? www.ft.com/content/54be...
Is America entering a new era of McCarthyism?
Since January, Donald Trump has used tactics reminiscent of the 1950s to stifle critical voices. Over the last week, the threats have intensified
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September 20, 2025 at 9:55 AM
What also struck me is that, possibly not incidentally, Chris @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social - unlike many of his US-based @financialtimes.com colleagues - is a US citizen and thus less immediately vulnerable to recriminations from the Trump regime. A safer choice of author, at least for now.
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New York Times chief warns Donald Trump is deploying ‘anti-press playbook’—The showdown between Trump and the powerful US newspaper marks an escalation… www.ft.com/content/a2b3... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
New York Times chief warns Donald Trump is deploying ‘anti-press playbook’
Meredith Kopit Levien says newspaper will not back down after US president sues for $15bn
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September 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
New York Times chief warns Donald Trump is deploying ‘anti-press playbook’—The showdown between Trump and the powerful US newspaper marks an escalation… www.ft.com/content/a2b3... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
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Is #America under #DonaldTrump in a new era of McCarthyism?
@financialtimes.com correspondent Christopher Grimes @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social reports on how the #Trump administration is using 1950s tactics to stifle criticism.
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@financialtimes.com correspondent Christopher Grimes @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social reports on how the #Trump administration is using 1950s tactics to stifle criticism.
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Is America entering a new era of McCarthyism?
[FREE TO READ] Since January, Donald Trump has used tactics reminiscent of the 1950s to stifle critical voices. Over the last week, the threats have intensified
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September 19, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Is #America under #DonaldTrump in a new era of McCarthyism?
@financialtimes.com correspondent Christopher Grimes @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social reports on how the #Trump administration is using 1950s tactics to stifle criticism.
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@financialtimes.com correspondent Christopher Grimes @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social reports on how the #Trump administration is using 1950s tactics to stifle criticism.
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You might run into a paywall on this, but the headline gives the gist.
Christopher Grimes @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com Is America entering a new era of McCarthyism? www.ft.com/content/54be...
Christopher Grimes @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com Is America entering a new era of McCarthyism? www.ft.com/content/54be...
Is America entering a new era of McCarthyism?
Since January, Donald Trump has used tactics reminiscent of the 1950s to stifle critical voices. Over the last week, the threats have intensified
www.ft.com
September 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
You might run into a paywall on this, but the headline gives the gist.
Christopher Grimes @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com Is America entering a new era of McCarthyism? www.ft.com/content/54be...
Christopher Grimes @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com Is America entering a new era of McCarthyism? www.ft.com/content/54be...
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Gavin Newsom holds mirror to Maga by trolling Trump-Mike Madrid, former political director of the California Republican party and a co-founder of the Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump group, said: “The reorientation of…
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Gavin Newsom holds mirror to Maga by trolling Trump
California governor’s social media campaign peps up Democrats and positions him for 2028 White House bid
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August 23, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Gavin Newsom holds mirror to Maga by trolling Trump-Mike Madrid, former political director of the California Republican party and a co-founder of the Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump group, said: “The reorientation of…
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Hollywood mogul backs Musk brother’s ‘drone entertainment company’—Unlike the film business, live concerts, sport and other events have rebounded strongly since the end of the pandemic. But outdoor stadiums… www.ft.com/content/3981... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Hollywood mogul backs Musk brother’s ‘drone entertainment company’
Jeffrey Katzenberg takes stake in Kimbal Musk’s venture that aims to create new form of family-friendly storytelling in the sky
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August 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Hollywood mogul backs Musk brother’s ‘drone entertainment company’—Unlike the film business, live concerts, sport and other events have rebounded strongly since the end of the pandemic. But outdoor stadiums… www.ft.com/content/3981... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
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Gavin Newsom holds mirror to Maga by trolling Trump—
The aggressive social media campaign, along with Newsom’s frequent warnings to “wake up” to what he says is a move towards authoritarianism under Trump, appears… www.ft.com/content/eb33... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
The aggressive social media campaign, along with Newsom’s frequent warnings to “wake up” to what he says is a move towards authoritarianism under Trump, appears… www.ft.com/content/eb33... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Gavin Newsom holds mirror to Maga by trolling Trump
California governor’s social media campaign peps up Democrats and positions him for 2028 White House bid
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August 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Gavin Newsom holds mirror to Maga by trolling Trump—
The aggressive social media campaign, along with Newsom’s frequent warnings to “wake up” to what he says is a move towards authoritarianism under Trump, appears… www.ft.com/content/eb33... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
The aggressive social media campaign, along with Newsom’s frequent warnings to “wake up” to what he says is a move towards authoritarianism under Trump, appears… www.ft.com/content/eb33... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
'There are two possible interpretations: either Trump has always been sympathetic to Russia’s land grab, a feature of a world in which the strong triumph over the weak; or his mind is simply shaped by the last conversation he has had.'
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An incompetent way to pursue peace in Ukraine
[FREE TO READ] Donald Trump’s alignment with Vladimir Putin in Alaska made him look a dupe
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August 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
'There are two possible interpretations: either Trump has always been sympathetic to Russia’s land grab, a feature of a world in which the strong triumph over the weak; or his mind is simply shaped by the last conversation he has had.'
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Samin Nosrat's 2017 book 'Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat' could be the most influential book on cooking in the 21st century, says Lilah Raptopoulos. Join them for Lunch with the FT in Manhattan (with sparklers) on.ft.com/45APlTd
Chef Samin Nosrat: ‘So much of cooking is about being present’
The ‘Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat’ author on food, memory and heritage — and why she tries to make something every day
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August 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Samin Nosrat's 2017 book 'Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat' could be the most influential book on cooking in the 21st century, says Lilah Raptopoulos. Join them for Lunch with the FT in Manhattan (with sparklers) on.ft.com/45APlTd
“Even the people who may be somewhat sympathetic to his economic policy views don’t think he’s qualified”
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‘The world is not going to trust our data’: Donald Trump’s BLS pick sparks alarm
[FREE TO READ] US president wants a loyalist to handle some of the global market’s most important data
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August 13, 2025 at 3:49 AM
“Even the people who may be somewhat sympathetic to his economic policy views don’t think he’s qualified”
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