Peter Nowak
I'm Peter, Editor-in-Chief and founder of DONUT Press Media – AKA I've also done a bit of everything, from marketing to sales to fundraising to biz dev, etc. I majored in baseball at Michigan State University (Go Green!) with some economics classes sprinkled in. In my limited spare time you'll find me diving down the rabbit hole on my latest obsession (addictive personalities ftw), rock climbing, or watching sports/every movie the algorithm gods serve me.
Latest Articles by Peter Nowak
U.S.
| January 31, 2025Unpacking the deadly aircraft crash in Washington, D.C.
✈️💥 America likely experienced its worst aviation disaster in almost a quarter century on Wednesday night, when an Army helicopter collided with an American Airlines passenger jet above D.C.
Media & Entertainment
| January 30, 2025AI is taking the Oscars by storm
🎭🤖 It’s awards season in Hollywood – and instead of debating over which A-lister was snubbed, one of the biggest controversies centers around how the Academy should consider AI usage.
DONUT Holes
| January 30, 2025🖱📰 Click to see a list of bite-sized stories you should know for today.
Sports
| January 30, 2025Super Bowl ads are even pricier this year
🏈📺 Fox is charging a record $8+ million for nearly a dozen of its 30-second slots for the upcoming Super Bowl LIX👅, per multiple reports, up from last year’s $7 million record price.
🔥Hot Corner
Hot Corner
| January 30, 2025🔥 It’s Thursday, January 30th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.
Science & Emerging Tech
| January 30, 2025The origins of life are becoming clearer
☄️🧬 Samples from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, which were recently collected by NASA, contain a wide assortment of organic molecules – including many of the crucial building blocks of life.
Discussion
| January 29, 2025Breaking down the Trump admin’s controversial federal-aid freeze
🏛️ The Trump admin ordered a temporary pause in nearly all federal aid programs while it conducts an across-the-board review of potentially trillions of dollars in US government spending.
DONUT Holes
| January 29, 2025🖱📰 Click to see a list of bite-sized stories you should know for today.
World
| January 29, 2025Google Maps creates a gulf between the US and the world
🗺️ Google Maps, the world’s most-used navigation app, will soon update the name of a mountain and body of water to comply with updated US federal policy.
Business & Markets
| January 29, 2025Musk steers X into peer-to-peer payments
📲 X owner Elon Musk is hearkening back to his early online-payment startup days – but with more hair and money.
🔥Hot Corner
Hot Corner
| January 29, 2025🔥 It’s Wednesday, January 29th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.
Business & Markets
| January 28, 2025China’s DeepSeek sparked a historic AI stock selloff
🤖 AI infrastructure stocks fell yesterday as investors digested news that DeepSeek had developed a pair of top-performing models at a fraction of the cost compared to Silicon Valley competitors.
Business & Markets
| January 28, 2025Costco prefers Mello Yello over Mountain Dew
Coke notched a recent win against Pepsi in the Cola Wars; Costco is switching from Pepsi to Coke in its food courts beginning this summer, CEO Ron Vachris recently revealed.
DONUT Holes
| January 28, 2025🖱📰 Click to see a list of bite-sized stories you should know for today.
Science & Emerging Tech
| January 28, 2025Inside the push to ban ads from space
The American Astronomical Society is calling for a global ban on “obtrusive space advertising” due to the interference it would cause for ground-based astronomy.
🔥Hot Corner
Hot Corner
| January 28, 2025🔥 It’s Tuesday, January 28th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.
Discussion
| January 27, 2025China’s new AI model is threatening America’s industry dominance
🤖 Silicon Valley is buzzing over a pair of new Chinese AI models that match or exceed the performance of the most advanced systems from top US companies, despite using inferior chips and far fewer resources.
DONUT Holes
| January 27, 2025🖱📰 Click to see a list of bite-sized stories you should know for today.
Business & Markets
| January 27, 2025Homebuying fell to a three-decade low last year
🏡 Existing home sales in 2024 turned in their weakest year in nearly thirty years, the National Association of Realtors said Friday.
🙋Polls
Polls
| January 27, 2025In general, how do you feel about President Trump’s recent moves aimed at reshaping the federal workforce?
❓ Our question to you: In general, how do you feel about President Trump’s recent moves aimed at reshaping the federal workforce?
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