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☆ Trump Media payday: What Truth Social executives got paid in stock and compensation
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

Those thresholds for the share price are well below where Trump Media stock was trading on Monday, when it closed at $37.17, down more than 8%. The filing disclosed that Trump Media awarded company stock to Nunes, chief financial officer Phillip Juhan, and chief operating officer Andrew Northwall. The three top executives, like Trump himself, are currently barred from selling any of their common stock in Trump Media for the next six months. CNBC asked a spokeswoman for Trump Media why promissory notes were used to grant stock to the executives. Legal battlesBesides Trump, the biggest shareholders in Trump Media are two corporate entities.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Donald Trump, Devin Nunes, Trump, Kevin Murphy, Murphy, Nunes, Phillip Juhan, Andrew Northwall, Juhan, Northwall, DWAC, we've, Tom Williams, Kash Patel, Patel, Dan Scavino, Scavino, Department of Defense Kash Patel, Justin Sullivan, Sandro De Moraes, Vladimir Novachki, Scott Glabe, Novachki, Glabe, De Moraes, Eric Swider, beneficially, Renatus, Swider, Andy Litinsky, Wes Moss, Moss, Patrick Orlando, Mike Pont Organizations: Trump Media, Trump . Trump Media, Nasdaq, Corp, Trump, University of Southern, Securities and Exchange Commission, DWAC, SEC, CNBC, Partners, Northwall, Juhan, Trump Media's, U.S, Capitol, CQ, Inc, Getty, Equity, Messrs, Republican, Hudson Digital, Trump White House, Staff, Department of Defense, Digital, Renatus, ARC Global, United Atlantic Ventures, Twitter, Facebook, NBC, FilmMagic Locations: Juhan, California, Minden, Minden , Nevada, Orlando, New York City

☆ 'Squid Game' actor found guilty of sexual misconduct for inappropriately touching a woman
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read preview"Squid Game" actor Oh Young-soo was convicted of sexual misconduct by a South Korean court on Friday. A district court judge in Seongnam, near the South Korean capital Seoul, ruled that Oh was guilty of inappropriate behavior with a female actor in 2017, The New York Times reported. Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun and Oh Young-soo as Oh Il-nam in "Squid Game" season one. Aside from his role in "Squid Game," Oh has appeared in more than 200 plays since the late 1960s, but the court case has impacted his career, The Times reported. The actor has not been named among the actors returning for season two of "Squid Game," which will be released later this year.

Persons: —, Oh Young, soo, Oh, Golden, Lee Jung, jae, Seong, Noh Juhan, Gilbert Flores Organizations: Service, The New York Times, Netflix, Business, Golden Globe, Netflix Prosecutors, The Times, JTBC, Times Locations: Seongnam, Seoul, Korean

☆ Ukraine war, geopolitics fuelling cybersecurity attacks -EU agency
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Foo Yun Chee | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BRUSSELS, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Geopolitics such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine has led to more damaging and widespread cybersecurity attacks in the year to July, EU cybersecurity agency ENISA said in its annual report on Thursday. The agency said geopolitical situations - in particular the Russian invasion of Ukraine - were game-changers during the period under review. "Today's global context is inevitably driving major changes in the cybersecurity threat landscape. The new paradigm is shaped by the growing range of threat actors," ENISA Executive Director Juhan Lepassaar said in a statement. About 24% of cybersecurity attacks targeted public administration and governments while 13% targeted digital services providers, the report said.

[1/2] The Truth social network logo is seen displayed behind a woman holding a smartphone in this picture illustration taken February 21, 2022. The involvement of the previously unnamed financial backers of Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) – parent company of social media app Truth Social – shows how Trump tapped his political supporters to launch an outlet aimed at political conservatives and libertarians after he was banned from Twitter and Facebook following the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on Congress. TMTG launched Truth Social in February in the Apple App Store and in Google’s Play Store in October. Truth Social has been downloaded 2.9 million times across both platforms, according to market tracker Appfigures. Trump had 4.37 million followers on Truth Social as of Oct. 27, compared to the more than 88 million followers he had on Twitter when the platform permanently suspended him.

[1/2] The Truth social network logo is seen displayed behind a woman holding a smartphone in this picture illustration taken February 21, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationOct 28 (Reuters) - Ever since former U.S. President Donald Trump launched a new media company aimed at rivaling Twitter, there has been a mystery over who provided the money. TMTG launched Truth Social in February in the Apple App Store and in Google’s Play Store in October. Truth Social has been downloaded 2.9 million times across both platforms, according to market tracker Appfigures. Trump had 4.37 million followers on Truth Social as of Oct. 27, compared to the more than 88 million followers he had on Twitter when the platform permanently suspended him.

☆ Truth Social merger partner's shares slip after Trump weighs in on Elon Musk Twitter deal
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Jack Stebbins | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp. , the blank check company set to take Trump Media and Technology Group and its Truth Social platform public, slipped Friday as Elon Musk took the reins at Twitter. The former president had around 88 million followers on Twitter, but he's amassed only 4.37 million on Truth Social. Barring legal intervention, Trump Media currently has until December to complete the merger with DWAC and go public. Trump posted on Truth Social Friday praising Musk's acquisition, but also touting his own platform. "TRUTH SOCIAL has become somewhat a phenomena.

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