HEADLINES AND BREW

	FOX Daily update ⋅ April 2, 2020
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	Fox News, Facebook To Host Coronavirus Virtual Town Hall Deadline Fox News hosted a town hall on March 24 with President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and members of the task force at the White House ... Flag as irrelevant
	Facebook and Fox News hosting virtual town hall on coronavirus pandemic using Portal devices The Verge Mike Rowe will also appear for a segment, Facebook tells The Verge. The one-hour town hall will be live streamed on Fox News' Facebook page, Fox's ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News Channel and Facebook to Present a Virtual Town Hall on the Global Coronavirus ... Yahoo Finance It will also be livestreamed on FNC's Facebook page, FOX's CoronavirusNOW.com and CoronavirusNOW channel on Samsung TV Plus in addition to all ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News sweeps top five most-watched cable news programs for first quarter of 2020 Washington Examiner Her show also dropped an additional spot in the 25-54 age demographic, behind Fox News's The Story with Martha MacCallum, which airs at 7 p.m. ... Flag as irrelevant
	Today on Fox News: April 2, 2020 Fox News CDC now says up to 25 percent of people infected with the new coronavirus may not show symptoms; insight from Fox News medical contributor Dr. Flag as irrelevant
	Trump Lies About Cutting White House Pandemic Team to Dodge (Checks Notes) Fox News The Intercept “What are you, working for CNN?” the president asked sarcastically. Tonight John Roberts of FOX NEWS asked Trump about eliminating the pandemic ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox And Comcast In Long-Term Distribution Deal For Fox Channels Deadline The renewal covers distribution of the Fox Television Stations, Fox News Channel, Fox Business, FS1, FS2, BTN, and Fox Deportes. In addition, the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Trump administration sending troops to border as part of coronavirus fight Fox News A CBP spokesperson told Fox News this month that wall construction is going ahead as scheduled, while Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ... Flag as irrelevant
	Store Owner Goes on Fox News to Blast Decision to Charge Employee for Shooting ARLnow The owner of a local store went on Fox News' Tucker Carlson Tonight last night to discuss the arrest of a store employee for shooting a would-be ... Flag as irrelevant
	Lawmakers demand airlines refund customers for coronavirus cancellations Fox News Fox News' Alexandra Deabler and Janine Puhak contributed to this report. Flag as irrelevant
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	Study: FDA fast-tracks COVID-19 treatment using stem cells Fox News Gil Van Bokkelen, Athersys CEO, explains why there is excitement behind the study for a possible coronavirus treatment using stem cells. Flag as irrelevant
	Smartphone COVID-19 test created by Sugar Land company FOX 26 Houston DetectaChem says its detection technology will provide test results for COVID-19 detection in minutes via an automated smartphone app that provides ... Flag as irrelevant
	NYC streets empty amid coronavirus pandemic Fox News Footage shows popular tourist destinations in Manhattan near empty as the city is reacting to the coronavirus pandemic. Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo holds a press briefing. Facebook Called the state budget. let me get give you an update on where I think everybody knows everyone latrice to my doctor. Howard Zucker Melissa ... Flag as irrelevant
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	Adorable Little Fox Is Caught Napping On A Tree Stump In Urban Canada Bored Panda Usually, Sara's parents try to stay out of the fox's way. But they still run into each other! “Once, when my dad was bringing in groceries, she popped her ... Flag as irrelevant

Good morning. Is this happening to anyone else? The first 10 minutes of every work call—even with people we’ve never met before—is spent talking about the craziness that’s going on and always involves people comforting each other in very personal ways. Wonder if when all this ends we’ll just go back to small talk about the weather.

MARKETS NASDAQ 7,360.58 - 4.41% S&P 2,470.50 - 4.41% DJIA 20,943.51 - 4.44% GOLD 1,604.70 + 0.51% 10-YR 0.584% - 9.30 bps OIL 21.21 + 3.56% *As of market close U.S. markets: In the first trading day of the second quarter, stocks came out of the locker room like the Patriots in Super Bowl LI. Markets may have been reacting to President Trump’s admission Tuesday night that the country has a “very, very painful” two weeks ahead. U.S. economy: A few more grim data points—manufacturing and private payrolls—confirmed to some economists that we’re looking at a deep, deep recession if not a depression. We'll find out weekly jobless claims this morning.

SMALL BIZ How to Move $349 Billion in 10 Days

Francis Scialabba Strict social distancing measures intended to stymie the spread of the coronavirus have nearly drowned many of the U.S.’ small businesses. Their life raft—$349 billion worth of loans from last week’s stimulus bill—will be available starting tomorrow, say Trump administration officials. The flow chart: Funds from the Treasury Department → the Small Business Administration (SBA) → lenders → bruised small businesses The problem: The need is enormous, and two links in that chain, the SBA and lenders, may not be ready to meet it.  The Small Business Administration wasn’t exactly Agency of the Month to begin with—its inspector general’s office found it didn’t get loans out the door fast enough after Hurricane Harvey destroyed much of the Houston area in 2017.  To accommodate this loan program, it will reportedly have three months to process more than 10 times the dollar amount it issued all of last year.  As for lenders...industry analysts say the tsunami of applications could overwhelm their systems. And some bankers are saying they're missing the detailed guidance necessary to get approved. Zoom out: “Paycheck protection” is the name of the stimulus game. If small firms don’t receive help, they’ll have no choice but to cut staff, if they haven’t already. Those workers would then stop spending, knocking over an endless line of economic dominos.  A (potential) white knight  Jack Dorsey’s night job: fintech. Digital platforms like Numerated say they’re customizing their services for businesses applying for the loans.  Many fintechs weren’t SBA-approved lenders until recently. Last week, leaders like Square CEO Dorsey pressured the government to let them ~lend~ a hand.  Over the weekend, Treasury Sec. Steve Mnuchin said their hoodie-clad services were welcome.  One (potential) silver lining: The mountain of applications may give banks a boost in fees.

MEDIA We’re Definitely Still Watching

Francis Scialabba In our March 12 newsletter, we wrote, “We all know ‘working from home’ roughly translates to ‘rewatching The Sopranos.’” Well call us Joe Exotic because our theory was right all along. Being stuck at home sends us straight into binge mode. Americans streamed 85% more minutes of video in March 2020 than in March 2019, according to new Nielsen data. The average person has spent 36% more minutes streaming TV and movies in the last four weeks. Binge watching (or watching 3+ episodes in one sitting, per the Hulu English Dictionary) has climbed more than 25% over the last two weeks. Zoom out: Netflix claimed the biggest share of streaming minutes in the last week of March with 29% to YouTube’s 20%, Hulu’s 10%, and Amazon’s 9%. But if our newfound appreciation for binging continues post-pandemic as some media experts anticipate, this is a plus for all streamers.  One more TV headline for the road: Hulu founder Jason Kilar was named CEO of WarnerMedia. He’s tasked with launching parent AT&T’s HBO Max streaming service—the most expensive in the streaming wars at $14.99/month—in May.

TECH Big Data’s Time to Shine There are two theaters of war against the coronavirus: 1) the low-tech, which is us doing jigsaw puzzles and not touching our faces, and 2) the high-tech, which is governments and powerful companies using the latest database tools to trace the virus’s spread and plot the response.  One of those powerful companies is Palantir, the Peter Thiel-founded, Silicon Valley big data giant that's been valued at $20 billion. It’s currently pitching its data mining services to governments across Europe, reports Bloomberg. That would signal an expansion of its already extensive involvement in coronavirus tracking: Palantir has been modeling the outbreak for the CDC as part of a long-term contract with the agency. It’s also been enlisted by the U.K.’s National Health Service to coalesce “disparate data” into a “single source of truth that will support decision-making.”  Zoom out: Palantir, whose clients have included the CIA and FBI, will invite questions of surveillance and privacy. But as The Economist writes, “if the work is done in the open, it could be a boon.”

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TRAVEL No Room in the Port of Miami

Nbx909, Carnival Destiny Miami 12-22-11, CC BY-SA 3.0 This week, the U.S. Coast Guard told cruise ships with passengers possibly COVID-19 positive to stay offshore “indefinitely.”  The details: Foreign-flagged ships carrying 50+ passengers were directed to treat sick people at sea or seek help from the countries where they’re registered, since the U.S. healthcare system is already buckling. The issue? They can’t go home. Lots of Carnival, Royal Caribbean, and Norwegian ships are registered in countries like the Bahamas to avoid U.S. tax, employment, and environmental laws—but those countries are even more strapped than the U.S. for hospital beds. FYI, Carnival said Tuesday it has over 6,000 passengers still at sea, where they’ve been since at least March 13 (the date new sailings were halted). Big picture: Already facing an indefinite slump in demand, cruise companies wanted to hear this news like you want a root canal. Carnival just upped the size of a rescue bond package backed by its ships to $4 billion...and warned it still might only have enough cash to survive eight more months.

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WHAT ELSE IS BREWING T-Mobile and Sprint officially completed their $26 billion merger. U.S. automakers saw a major sales slowdown in Q1 because of the coronavirus. Whiting Petroleum became the first big U.S. shale company to file for bankruptcy because of the plunge in oil prices. Wimbledon has been canceled for the first time since WWII.

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CALENDAR Your Daily Quarantine Planner: April 2 Many of you were wondering who was writing the Brew from Tallahassee. It's the panhandle's finest, Kinsey Grant.  Morning workout Here’s a seven-minute workout that requires nothing but a chair and the will to keep going when the side plank kicks in.   Work playlists Poolside in Your Mind is perfect for those aching for summertime. Alternatively, Christmas Peaceful Piano is what I, a person always aching for the holidays, listen to during work. Lunch break, but make it productive Do good: We’ve been writing a lot about people losing their jobs. Here’s a list of companies hiring right now. Level up: Behold this Twitter thread from Merriam-Webster of “beautiful, obscure, and often quite useless words.” Or don’t: Ina Garten makes a convincing case for “it’s always 5 o’clock in quarantine.” Also, she makes cosmos. Things to send your group chat Vulture compiled the best memes and tweets about the current state of affairs. There’s nothing funny about a pandemic-recession combo, but the world still needs comedy.  Dinner plans Check out Half Baked Harvest on Instagram for a mix of both health and hedonism. I’m eyeing the cheesy herb-stuffed naan, anyone with me?  Evening activities No screen: Birdwatching has become one of my favorite socially distanced pastimes. Check out local feeding times (which often conveniently coincide with cocktail hour), read up on the dos and don’ts, grab binoculars, and start calling yourself an amateur ornithologist. Screen: Settle in for these nine extremely good, extremely long streamable movies The Ringer rounded up. If that’s not enough, The Atlantic has the perfect film for every stay-at-home mood.

NAME THE PLAYLIST Ok, trying out an experimental trivia section today. It should be fun.  Here's how it works: We'll give you three songs from a specific Spotify playlist. You have to name the playlist.  "Chicken Fried," "Red Solo Cup," "Alright"  "7 rings," "pete davidson," "Bang Bang"  "Don't Start Now," "Blinding Lights," "Intentions"  "Call Me Maybe," "Shut Up and Dance," "Uptown Girl"

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