The Morning Report: 1/31/17

The Morning Report

Tuesday,
January 31, 2017

Edited by Ronald Miller of Valet.

Recommended Web Reading

The Best Rapper Alive

A candidate for the long read of the week, Complex ranks the best rapper alive every year since 1979.

Respect Your Elders

Roger Federer, Tom Brady, Serena Williams: the people on the podium are closer to their 40s than their early 30s.

Respect Your Elders

Roger Federer, Tom Brady, Serena Williams: the people on the podium are closer to their 40s than their early 30s.

Respect Your Elders

Roger Federer, Tom Brady, Serena Williams: the people on the podium are closer to their 40s than their early 30s.

Travel Hacks

It's a great gift idea, but it's also genius. Pre-packaged dopp kits are the much-needed travel hack you've been ignoring.

Streaming Dominance

Netflix dominated the SAG awards over the weekend, and furthered along streaming's takeover of TV and film.

The Purge

The things you learn when you stop shopping for a month.

Lunchtime Long Read

The $99 Billion Idea

Bloomberg looks at how Airbnb and Uber fought city hall, outlasted rivals, won over the people and figured out the sharing economy ... and reaped major rewards.

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Airbnb can be considered one of the biggest hotel companies in the world—currently valued at $30 billion, about the same as Marriott International—yet it possesses no actual hotel rooms."