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☆ The $21 billion influencer industry has gone completely off the rails
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Influencer marketing is booming, and brands spend billions to promote products with a personal touch. But these days, the industry of influencer marketing is completely off the rails. Since 2016, the dollars driving the influencer marketing industry have ballooned from $1.6 billion a year to an estimated $21.1 billion in 2023, according to Influencer Marketing Hub. Marketers, brands, influencers, and platform companies all have opportunities to exploit one another to varying degrees of harm." It's not great for consumersDespite the money flying around, the FTC only provides basic guidelines about disclosure requirements for influencer marketing to protect consumers of their content.

Persons: —, Emily Hund, Hund, David Camp, Michael Jordan, George Foreman, Brooke Shields, Calvin Klein, isn't, It's, Kim Kardashian, influencer Chiara Ferragni, Lindsay Lohan, DJ Khaled, Naomi Campbell, Kardashian, Dylan Mulvaney, Bud Light, Ben Shapiro, Donald Trump Jr, Camp Organizations: Service, Business, Social Media, Harvard Business, CBS News, Nike, Salton, FTC, SEC, Consumer, NBC Locations: influencers, California

☆ Why a Brazilian UFC star is championing a dead Austrian economist
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( David Shortell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

In recent years, the free-market economist and the contrarian Austrian school he led midcentury have been turned into a hashtag deployed by tax-wary workers. Ludwig von Mises From Mises Institute“Ludwig von Mises is Latin America’s leading economist,” declared the headline of a Bloomberg opinion piece earlier this month by economist Tyler Cowen. His free-market policy prescriptions, framed by an economic thinking centered on human behavior and individual choice, were widely considered out of fashion at the time. “That is my jam!” Shapiro said of the Austrian school. “If you start to understand the concept of the Austrian economic school,” Moicano said in a recent YouTube video, “you’re going to understand that’s what I need: free market, liberties, and wealth, my brother.

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Outside of his MAGA movement, though, the social media site is struggling to find a wider audience. It’s a critical milestone for the social media site as well as for Trump, providing a path for the former real estate tycoon’s return to Wall Street. Some conservatives, looking for an alternative to mainstream social media sites seen as hostile to their point of view, initially seemed eager to embrace Truth Social. Truth Social’s hot.”Many Republican politicians and conservative have not joined Truth Social or they post infrequently. “It’s safe to say that Truth Social has not broken into the mainstream,” said Joshua Tucker, co-director of the New York University Center for Social Media and Politics.

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☆ Trump lawyers don't want prospective jurors in 'hush-money' case to be asked if 2020 election was stolen
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Todd Blanche, the lead attorney representing Trump in the case, said that jurors should not be asked whether they believe the 2020 election — which Trump lost to now-President Joe Biden — was "stolen." Ahead of the 2016 election, Trump sought to keep Daniels — an adult film actor whose real name is Stephanie Clifford — quiet about an affair she says she had with him. It will also be the first time a former president has ever sat for a criminal trial. Blanche asked Merchan to take a fresh look at the questions jurors should be asked. AdvertisementLast year, Trump went through a three-month civil trial in Manhattan for a case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James.

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SpaceX, X (formerly known as Twitter), and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during live interview with Ben Shapiro at the symposium on fighting antisemitism on January 22, 2024 in Krakow, Poland. Elon Musk said late Wednesday that Tesla will hold a shareholder vote on whether to transfer the electric carmaker's state of incorporation to Texas. After the poll, Musk said Tesla will "will move immediately to hold a shareholder vote to transfer state of incorporation to Texas." Musk will likely have to seek approval from the Tesla board to enact such a move. "Never incorporate your company in the state of Delaware," Musk posted on X this week.

Persons: Elon Musk, Ben Shapiro, Tesla, Musk, Musk's, Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick Organizations: SpaceX, Tesla, Musk Locations: Krakow, Poland, Texas, Delaware

☆ Nicki Minaj fans say they're losing respect for the rapper amid her 'embarrassing' attacks on Megan Thee Stallion
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Nicki Minaj recently released a new diss track, "Big Foot," aimed at Megan Thee Stallion. lied on yo DEAD @theestallion — Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) January 28, 2024Minaj has continued to post incessantly about Megan on X (formerly Twitter). "Big foot but you still a small fry / Swearing on your dead mother when you lie," she raps. "There are myriad of ways that Nicki Minaj has come for other women, just point-blank period," the TikToker said. Nicki Minaj allowed her own bitter jealousy to take her crown."

Persons: Nicki Minaj, Megan Thee Stallion, —, Megan Thee, Megan, Megan didn't, Minaj, Kenneth Petty, Petty, Tory Lanez, Ben Shapiro, Shapiro, Cardi, it's, Pardison, Fontaine, who's, Pardi, Minaj's, she's, @lawyerbae, Gerrick Kennedy, Piggy ”, — Gerrick Kennedy, @GerrickKennedy, Piggy, Kennedy, nicki, meg rn pic.twitter.com, megan, QmThqEbkOC Organizations: Service, Megan's, Houston Locations: New York

☆ Elon Musk tells audience he is 'Jewish by association' following Auschwitz tour
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk attended a conference held by the European Jewish Association on Monday. "I have twice as many Jewish friends as non-Jewish friends," he told Ben Shapiro. The European Jewish Association organized the trip and held a conference later on Monday in the nearby Polish city of Krakow. Advertisement"I have twice as many Jewish friends as non-Jewish friends," Musk said as Shapiro laughed in the background. AdvertisementFollowing the row with the ADL, Musk described himself as "aspirationally Jewish" to Shapiro in a September X space.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, Ben Shapiro, —, Shapiro, Tesla, I'm Organizations: European Jewish Association, Service, Defamation League, ADL, Apple, Disney, IBM, New York Times DealBook Summit Locations: Auschwitz, Nazi, Poland, Polish, Krakow, Israel

☆ Elon Musk visits Auschwitz two months after uproar over antisemitic messages on X
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Elon Musk has faced accusations of tolerating antisemitic messages on his X platform. Musk sparked an outcry when he called a post that accused Jews of hating white people "the actual truth." More than 1.1 million people were murdered by Nazis and their henchmen at Auschwitz during World War II. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementKRAKOW, Poland — Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who has been accused of allowing antisemitic messages on his social media platform, X, visited the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp on Monday.

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KRAKOW, Poland (AP) — Elon Musk, who has been accused of allowing antisemitic messages on his social media platform, X, visited the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp on Monday. Musk laid a wreath at the wall of death and took part in a short memorial ceremony and service by the Birkenau memorial,” the EJA said in an email. Musk was set to discuss antisemitism online with Shapiro at the conference in Krakow, which was held before International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27. More than 1.1 million people were murdered by the Nazis and their henchmen at Auschwitz during World War II. Most who were killed were Jews, but the victims also included Poles, Roma, Soviet prisoners of war, and others.

Persons: — Elon Musk, Musk's, ”, Ben Shapiro, Musk, Elon, Rabbi Menachem Margolin, Gidon Lev, Shapiro Organizations: European Jewish Association, Defamation League, White, Disney, IBM, Media Matters, Media, X Corp, Daily Locations: KRAKOW, Poland, Auschwitz, Polish, Krakow, Washington, Oswiecim, Nazi, Roma, Soviet

☆ Elon Musk took his kid along to Auschwitz, ignoring guidance to leave young children at home
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Kieran Corcoran | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewElon Musk visited Auschwitz on Monday — and he brought his kid with him. It's unclear exactly what Musk and X did at the site beyond what we see in the photos. A BBC article said Musk undertook a "private visit" where he laid a wreath and took part in a memorial service. AdvertisementMusk is engaged in a long-running dispute over the custody of X with the boy's mother, Grimes.

Persons: —, Elon Musk, Ben Shapiro, Arbeit macht frei, Musk, Grimes Organizations: Service, European Jewish Association, Business, BBC, Twitter Locations: Auschwitz, Poland, French

☆ Opinion: Taking a trip to the firing range was something I’d never do before October 7
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Opinion Amy Klein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

I put my clear plastic goggles back on and reenter the smoky range to learn how to shoot a gun. That’s how I found myself at Gun for Hire, a gun range and club in New Jersey, to learn how to shoot. (“I want you to get the feel for both guns,” Kedem said.) Kedem had told me I’d get used to the noise, and I did. If I came to the range a few more times, I know I could get the hang of shooting — and even excel at it.

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☆ Bill Ackman is defending Elon Musk amid the X owner's antisemitism controversy
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementHedge fund manager Bill Ackman voiced his support for fellow billionaire Elon Musk on Saturday as the X owner faces backlash for retweeting an antisemitic remark. "It is remarkable how quickly the world stands ready to attack Musk for his shoot from the hip commentary," Ackman wrote. "You have said the actual truth," Musk wrote in his retweet, sparking a swift wave of online backlash. In his defense of Musk, Ackman reposted a video from conservative political pundit Ben Shapiro, who said Musk was unjustly being labeled as "some sort of crypto-Nazi." Ackman wrote that he agreed with Shapiro's analysis.

Persons: Bill Ackman, Elon Musk, Ackman, —, who's, Musk, Ben Shapiro, Shapiro, Israel Organizations: Elon, Service, SpaceX, Facebook, Defamation League, ADL, Palestine, Harvard University, Health Locations: Israel, Gaza

☆ Opinion | An Old Hate Cracks Open on the New Right
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( David French | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

A dam burst last week on the right, and a wave of grotesque antisemitism poured out all over the internet. Some of these people worked for the right wing’s biggest names, including Tucker Carlson, Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump. On Nov. 3, Owens posted on social media, “No government anywhere has a right to commit a genocide, ever. And maybe he loves Israel and he loves America too.” Owens, he said, “is a bit more America first. And finally, the term “America First,” popular with the New Right and the older, Lindbergh right, has always been misleading.

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☆ Facebook cofounder calls on Elon Musk to resign after Tesla CEO calls antisemitic tweet 'the actual truth'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Grace Kay | Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Dustin Moskovitz called for Elon Musk to resign after he agreed with an antisemitic post. Musk replied to a post that accused Jewish groups of "hatred against whites," calling it the "actual truth." AdvertisementFacebook cofounder and Asana CEO Dustin Moskovitz said Elon Musk should resign after Musk called an antisemitic post on X the "actual truth." "You have said the actual truth," Musk wrote in response to the antisemitic post. "Getting a flood of messages from clients wanting out of tesla and anything to do with Elon Musk," Gerber wrote on X.

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☆ Biden's AI chief says 'voice cloning' is what keeps him up at night
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

He said that "voice cloning" is the one thing that keeps him up at night, Politico reported. "Voice cloning is one thing that keeps me up at night," White House Deputy Chief of Staff Bruce Reed told Politico. Phone scammers, for example, have already been exploiting advancements in voice cloning technology to make their schemes more believable. In April, one mother in Arizona received a call from a scammer who had used voice cloning software to pretend he had kidnapped her daughter. While we see our tech being overwhelmingly applied to positive use, we also see an increasing number of voice cloning misuse cases.

Persons: Bruce Reed, —, Staff Bruce Reed, Reed, who's, it's, McAfee, Eric Adams, he's, Adams, ElevenLabs, Joe Rogan, Ben Shapiro, Emma Watson Organizations: Politico, Service, House, Staff, Biden, FTC, New York City, Beta, 4chan Locations: Arizona, New York

☆ Elon Musk describes himself as 'aspirationally Jewish' as he pushes back on reports that X is spreading antisemitism
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk said that he can't be antisemitic as he's "aspirationally Jewish" and has been to Israel. Musk has faced criticism over the level of antisemitic content on X since he took over the site. AdvertisementAdvertisementElon Musk described himself as "aspirationally Jewish" in a recent interview where he discussed the fallout with the Anti-Defamation League over the spread of antisemitic content on X. "I actually went to Hebrew preschool … I don't know if I'm genetically Jewish, maybe somewhere, but I'd say I'm aspirationally Jewish," he said. Musk is currently in a high-profile dispute with the Anti-Defamation League, an international Jewish non-profit that combats antisemitism.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, —, Ben Shapiro, I've, Jonathon Greenblatt, Greenblatt Organizations: Service, Defamation League, Jewish, ADL, European Union of Jewish, Elon Locations: Israel

NEW YORK (AP) — The departure of Rupert Murdoch as the leader of Fox’s parent company and his News Corp. media holdings after decades at the helm is unlikely to have as much of an impact on conservative media overall as it would have a decade ago. “I think if Rupert Murdoch had stepped down in 2000 it would have had a much greater impact," said Howard Polskin, whose website The Righting.com monitors conservative media. "The conservative media landscape is just much more diverse now.”Fox News' website had nearly 74.8 million viewers in July 2023, while the No. Conservative media personalities such as Tucker Carlson, who was ousted by Fox in April, Daily Wire podcaster Ben Shapiro, and talk show host and podcaster Megyn Kelly, also a former Fox host, are increasingly influential as well. While Rupert Murdoch had a complicated relationship with Trump, Fox News' audience largely admires him.

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But as it turns out, I was just not using my imagination, because this year’s Burning Man was an absolute nightmare. casey newtonA bit more of a Drowning Man than a Burning Man, I have to say. kevin rooseYeah, so as someone who’s been to Burning Man, I was fascinated by just the logistics of it all, because it is already a mess to get in and out of Burning Man. kevin rooseSo you are, in addition to a Burning Man escapee this year, you’ve been actually going to Burning Man for a long time. When I say I don’t know what happened, I don’t know what happened to prompt the things that were being directed at us.

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☆ Hurricane Idalia forces Biden and Ron DeSantis to get along — at least a little bit
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Henry J. Gomez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Chris Christie in the eye of a political hurricane. It's a striking difference from a year ago, in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, when DeSantis joined Biden on his tour of the state. But DeSantis' hurricane leadership has reflected positively on him in the past. The DeSantis campaign, grounded in Tallahassee this week, signaled that it sees such opportunities. Christina Pushaw, DeSantis' combative rapid response director, shared on social media Friday a Wall Street Journal editorial headlined "Hurricane Ron DeSantis."

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☆ Opinion | Appeasing Donald Trump Won’t Work
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( David French | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

There was never any way to remove Trump from American politics through the Democratic Party alone. Rather than remove Trump from American politics by convicting him in the Senate after his second impeachment, Republicans punted their responsibilities to the American legal system. (In his most recent newsletter, my colleague Ross Douthat makes a powerful case that only politics can solve the problem of Donald Trump.) First, there is the simple political fear of losing a House or Senate seat. In polarized, gerrymandered America, all too many Republican politicians face political risk only from their right, and that “right” appears to be overwhelmingly populated by Trumpists.

Persons: Jan, convicting, Mitch McConnell, acquit Trump, “, Trump, Ross Douthat, Donald Trump, ” Trump, podcaster Ben Shapiro, Barack Obama Organizations: Republicans, Trump, Democratic Party, American Locations: America

☆ A handful of portfolio managers exited $20 billion hedge fund Balyasny in early August
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Alex Morrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Four stock-picking portfolio managers left Balyasny in early August. The $20 billion fund is trailing its peers in performance this year. Multi-strategy hedge fund Balyasny Asset Management saw a handful of departures in its stock-picking business earlier this month, according to people familiar with the matter. Four portfolio managers exited the $20 billion fund in early August, the people said, including Neville Irani, Colin Kronewitter, Ben Shapiro, and Jason Temerowski. Balyasny trails its peers in performance this year, returning 1.3% through July.

Persons: Neville Irani, Colin Kronewitter, Ben Shapiro, Jason Temerowski Organizations: Management Locations: Balyasny

☆ Conservatives are protesting Greta Gerwig's feminist blockbuster 'Barbie' by setting dolls on fire and calling for boycotts
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Some conservatives aren't happy about Greta Gerwig's new blockbuster, "Barbie." Now the dolls themselves have been targeted, culminating in a fiery stunt by Ben Shapiro. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyGreta Gerwig's "Barbie" blockbuster has sparked a fiery reaction from some conservative commentators. This was the case for Ben Shapiro, who was so irate that he set alight Barbie dolls worth an estimated $69. "The 2023 Barbie movie, unfortunately, neglects to address any notion of faith or family, and tries to normalize the idea that men and women can't collaborate positively (yuck)," she continued.

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☆ Elon Musk wades in on the 'Barbie' feminism debate: 'Take a shot every time Barbie says the word 'patriarchy'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk appeared to join in the criticism around Gerwig's "Barbie" in a tweet. "Barbie" may be storming the box office, but not everyone is a fan of Greta Gerwig's new pink-obsessed epic. "It you take a shot every time Barbie says the word "patriarchy", you will pass out before the movie ends," Musk said on Twitter, in response to a user's meme. Representatives for Musk did not respond to Insider's request for further comment with an answer that addressed the question. Last month, he told users that terms like "cisgender" and "cis" were considered "slurs" on Twitter.

Persons: Greta Gerwig's, Barbie, Elon Musk, Ben Shapiro, Musk, Matt Gaetz, Ginger, Ginger Gaetz, misogynist Andrew Tate who's Organizations: Twitter, Republican Locations: Republican Florida

“One of the things I would want to do as president is go to Congress and seek the repeal of the First Step Act. “At no point, as a congressman or as governor, has Ron DeSantis ever supported the final version of the First Step Act,” DeSantis campaign press secretary Bryan Griffin told CNN in an email. His rapid response director, Christina Pushaw – one of the bill’s strongest critics – once strongly backed Trump on criminal justice reform. DeSantis pointed to the First Step Act as a potential model for prison reform and re-entry programs in Florida. “We, I think, need to look at after seeing what the federal government did with the prison reform and how to do some re-entry,” the governor said.

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Everyone in San Francisco got a Prius, and they were so smug about their Priuses that the air over San Francisco became covered in smug. Global laming.”FARHAD MANJOO: And it really sort of was the start of what I think of as the troll-y right. And that sentiment I think came from “South Park.” If you think about especially younger people on the right who kind of found fame online, people like Ben Shapiro or Steven Crowder, this YouTuber who takes the tone of “South Park,” I think, to a very extreme degree. One thing I see often from right-wing celebrities or influencers like Donald Trump Jr. for example, is constantly tweeting “South Park” memes. That was the joke that “South Park” was making in 2005, and now it’s the view of the right.

Persons: FARHAD MANJOO, ” FARHAD MANJOO, Ben Shapiro, Steven Crowder, STEVEN CROWDER, Jackson, That’s, Brown, Donald Trump Jr, Garrison, ” Organizations: Global, Biden Locations: San Francisco

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