Lavine to sign 5 year max extension?

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Then he wrote for the NYT for a while before deciding he was big enough to branch out on his own and publish on Substack without the editorial middle-man. I have no doubt that he's doing just fine.

IMO, Stein is one of the best in the business.

I didn't get the feeling that he left to branch out on his own. But who knows?

Stein WAS one of the best in the business. I'm not sure where he ranks anymore.