Michael de la Merced was employee number four at a new “blog” from The New York Times called DealBook. Now, almost twenty years later, DealBook is one of the first emails opened every morning by leaders across the financial industry. On this episode of Press Profiles, we talk about landing that first job at the Times, his “soft spot” for white collar crime, what it’s like being married to someone in PR, cooking, Taylor Swift, exotic dancers, and of course, a whole lot more.