My June 2024 best business reads roundup

Your favorite brand no longer cares about being woke – Michael Serazio, Vox

Why Nike is Facing Its Worst Performance in Years – MorningBrew

How the self-care industry made us so lonely – Allie Volpe, Vox

My Last Five Years of Work – Avital Balwit, Palladium Magazine

The Era of Scaling Without Growing & The Meaning Economy – Implications, by Scott Belsky

Despite AI hype, SaaS revenue growth is in a rut – Rosie Bradbury, Pitchbook

Perplexity Is a Bullshit Machine – Dhruv Mehrotra and Tim Marchman, Wired

"Not your mom's Facebook". Inside Meta's plan to win back the youth – Sara Fischer, Axios

How FMCGs are adapting to retail media: from reorgs to mindset shifts – Ben Davis, Econsultancy

Overview and key findings of the 2024 Digital News Report – Nic Newman, Reuters Instite

And, as an extra, the Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas that we deserve: the chronicle of the Excel World Championship in Las Vegas, written by David Pierce.

Originally shared as a LinkedIn post. Check it out here.