The logo for the Daily Beast's Obsessed website. It reads: 'Obsessed: What to Watch, Binge, See, & Skip'
DAILY BEAST
CrosswordNewsletters
  • Cheat Sheet
  • Obsessed
  • Politics
  • Crime
  • Entertainment
  • Media
  • Innovation
  • Opinion
  • World
  • U.S. News
  • Scouted
CHEAT SHEET
    POLITICS
    • Biden World
    • Elections
    • Opinion
    • National Security
    • Congress
    • Pay Dirt
    • The New Abnormal
    • Trumpland
    MEDIA
    • Confider
    • Daytime Talk
    • Late-Night
    • Fox News
    U.S. NEWS
    • Identities
    • Crime
    • Race
    • LGBT
    • Extremism
    • Coronavirus
    WORLD
    • Russia
    • Europe
    • China
    • Middle East
    INNOVATION
    • Science
    TRAVEL
      ENTERTAINMENT
      • TV
      • Movies
      • Music
      • Comedy
      • Sports
      • Sex
      • TDB's Obsessed
      • Awards Shows
      • The Last Laugh
      CULTURE
      • Power Trip
      • Fashion
      • Books
      • Royalist
      TECH
      • Disinformation
      SCOUTED
      • Clothing
      • Technology
      • Beauty
      • Home
      • Pets
      • Kitchen
      • Fitness
      • I'm Looking For
      BEST PICKS
      • Best VPNs
      • Best Gaming PCs
      • Best Air Fryers
      COUPONS
      • Vistaprint Coupons
      • Ulta Coupons
      • Office Depot Coupons
      • Adidas Promo Codes
      • Walmart Promo Codes
      • H&M Coupons
      • Spanx Promo Codes
      • StubHub Promo Codes
      Products
      NewslettersPodcastsCrosswordsSubscription
      FOLLOW US
      GOT A TIP?

      SEARCH

      HOMEPAGE
      0

      Longreads: Daily Beast Picks Week's Best, Aug. 6, 2011

      The Daily Beast picks the best journalism from around the Web this week.

      Brian Ries

      Updated Apr. 24, 2017 2:56PM ET / Published Aug. 06, 2011 12:00AM ET 

      “Getting Bin Laden” Nicholas Schmidle, The New Yorker

      Detailing "what really happened that night in Abbottabad," the author presents a colorful tick-tock of the Navy SEALs Team Six unit as they silently stormed into Osama bin Laden's compound and took out the terrorist leader with one shot to the chest and a second above his left eye.

      "Tencent: March of the Penguins" Bruce Einhorn and Brad Stone, Bloomberg Businessweek

      On the rise, success, and future ambitions of China's behemoth Internet company Tencent, Bloomberg Businessweek lays bare the heart and soul of the often-criticized company that's flush with cash and has the attention of tech watchers worldwide.

      "Enter the Cyber-dragon" Michael Joseph Gross, Vanity Fair

      For years, reveals Michael Joseph Gross, hackers have been quietly conducting virtual corporate espionage, stealing sensitive business secrets and private data from some of America's top corporations (Google! Dupont! Lockheed Martin!). They’re suspected to be operating under the authority—or redirected eyes—of the Chinese government.

      "Beyond Angry Birds" Tom Bissell, Grantland

      Development studios have spent years and billions of dollars perfecting the process of developing the high-end, narrative, triple-A videogame (Grand Theft Auto, Dead Space, and the like). But then came Angry Birds, and with it a whole slew of cheaply developed, iPad "puzzler" games that have rocked the industry to its core—and shifted the gaming preferences of a generation.

      "Death in a Box" Scott Johnson, Guernica

      On reporting from a war zone, where the expression "death is all around" takes on visceral meaning, manifesting itself in everything, and everyone, that moves.

      ”Very Deep in America” Lorrie Moore, The New York Review of Books

      A deep-dive review of Friday Night Lights, the recently ended television series set in the fictional West Texas football town of Dillon (inspired by Odessa), and its transition from guilty pleasure to "legitimately brilliant drama."

      Brian Ries

      @moneyries

      Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.

      READ THIS LIST

      DAILY BEAST
      • Cheat Sheet
      • Politics
      • Entertainment
      • Media
      • World
      • Innovation
      • U.S. News
      • Scouted
      • Travel
      • Subscription
      • Crossword
      • Newsletters
      • Podcasts
      • About
      • Contact
      • Tips
      • Jobs
      • Advertise
      • Help
      • Privacy
      • Code of Ethics & Standards
      • Diversity
      • Terms & Conditions
      • Copyright & Trademark
      • Sitemap
      • Best Picks
      • Coupons
      • Coupons:
      • Dick's Sporting Goods Coupons
      • HP Coupon Codes
      • Chewy Promo Codes
      • Nordstrom Rack Coupons
      • NordVPN Coupons
      • JCPenny Coupons
      • Nordstrom Coupons
      • Samsung Promo Coupons
      • Home Depot Coupons
      • Hotwire Promo Codes
      • eBay Coupons
      • Ashley Furniture Promo Codes
      © 2023 The Daily Beast Company LLC