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☆ Milly Alcock is the new ‘Supergirl’
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —“House of the Dragon” star Milly Alcock is set to star in “Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.”Alcock, who plays Rhaenyra Targaryen in the HBO series, and will play Superman’s cousin Kara Zor-El in the upcoming movie. DC Studios Co-CEO James Gunn posted the news to Instagram. “Milly is a fantastically talented young actor, and I’m incredibly excited about her being a part of the DCU,” Gunn wrote. “Yes, I first became aware of her in House of the Dragon but I was blown away by her varied auditions and screen tests for #Supergirl. DC Studios, like CNN, is part of Warner Bros.

Persons: CNN —, Milly Alcock, ” Alcock, Rhaenyra Targaryen, Kara Zor, James Gunn, “ Milly, ” Gunn, “, Kara, @tomking_tk, Ana Nogueira, David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Lois Lane, Nicholas Hoult, Lex Luthor, Sara Sampaio, Eve Teschmacher, Nathan Fillion, Mister, María Gabriela de Faría, Anthony Carrigan, Skyler Gisondo, Jimmy Olsen Organizations: CNN, CNN — “, HBO, DC Studios, DCU, Warner Bros . Locations: Isabela Merced

☆ In a leaked recording, Amazon's Audible CEO dishes on rivalry with Spotify's new audio book business. 'It's hard to ignore.'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Though he repeated Amazon's famous motto to "be customer focused, competitor aware," Carrigan said Spotify's move into Audible's core market creates a completely different dynamic. "A year ago we didn't have a subscription based, fully included competitor that has hundreds of millions of customers," Carrigan said. "A bit unprecedented"During the meeting, Carrigan claimed Audible hasn't had major price increases even while significantly boosting the value of its offerings. That puts Audible in a good position to go after both light listeners and hardcore audiobook customers, he said. "We also discussed how we are customer obsessed and competitor aware, reinforcing that Audible remains well-positioned for future growth and continued innovation."

Persons: Bob Carrigan, Carrigan Organizations: Business, Spotify, Audible's

At Meta, in CEO Mark Zuckerberg's words, 2023 was the "year of efficiency," and the stock jumped almost 200% alongside 20,000 job cuts. AI demand is so great that some tech companies are cutting headcount in parts of the business to invest more heavily in developing AI products. Phil Spencer, CEO of Microsoft Gaming, appears at the Political Opening of the Gamescom conference in Cologne, Germany, on Aug. 23, 2023. Within tech, a wide variety of companies, big and small and spanning the consumer and enterprise markets, are eliminating jobs. But, he added, there's an "enormous base" of small and mid-sized tech companies across the U.S., and that in some cases contractors, freelancers and overseas workers are being hit particularly hard.

Persons: Peter Kramer, They've, Mark Zuckerberg's, Zeile, Phil Spencer, Franziska Krug, Sundar Pichai, Bob Carrigan, Nigel Vaz, Publicis Sapient, Salesforce, Meta's, " Vaz, Levi Strauss, Bob Bakish, Tim Herbert, Herbert, there's, Vaz, Michael Bloom, Annie Palmer, Jennifer Elias Organizations: Nasdaq, CNBC, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Investors, Activision Blizzard, SAP, Microsoft Gaming, Facebook, Citigroup, Paramount, Commerce Department, Gross Locations: Cologne, Germany, U.S

☆ Amazon's Audible CEO declines to say layoffs are over and warns of 'storms' ahead during a tense all-hands meeting
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Audible CEO Bob Carrigan answered a barrage of employee questions. The heightened anxiety at Audible reflects broader concerns rippling through Amazon's workforce lately about continued job losses. That's even after the internet giant slashed thousand of positions in multiple rounds of layoffs since late 2022 . "We've made a lot of improvements, but we've got more work to do," Carrigan said during the meeting.

Persons: —, Bob Carrigan, That's, We've, we've, Carrigan, I've Organizations: Service, Business, Amazon, Audible's, Adobe, Spotify

A bunch of companies in the technology sector have been laying off some of their employees recently after quickly ramping up hiring during the COVID-19 pandemic while people spent more time and money online. Now, many of them are making job cuts to help lower costs and bolster their bottom lines. Here's some of the companies that have laid of employees of late:GoogleGoogle said it was laying off hundreds of employees working on its hardware, voice assistance and engineering teams. The company, which is owned by Chinese technology giant Tencent, said 530 jobs were being eliminated, accounting for about 11% of its headcount. AmazonTwitch, which is owned by Amazon, is cutting more than 500 jobs in a bid to save on costs.

Persons: TikTok TikTok, Dan Clancy, Bob Carrigan Organizations: Google Google, Google, Riot Games, “ League, Games, eBay, eBay Inc, Amazon, Amazon’s, MGM Studios, Spotify Locations: Los Angeles , California, Beijing

☆ Leaked email shows Amazon is slashing jobs in its Audible division, following job cuts at other teams
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-11 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Amazon is cutting 5% of the workforce at its Audible division, according to an internal email obtained by Business Insider. On Thursday, Audible's CEO Bob Carrigan wrote an email to his team notifying the "tough decision to reduce roles within our organization," the email said. The job cuts follow broader layoffs at other parts of Amazon this week. Internal messages suggest more job cuts in Amazon Pay and marketing roles, as BI previously reported . Amazon acquired Audible, which provides audiobooks and podcasts, for roughly $300 million in 2008.

Persons: Bob Carrigan, Carrigan, we've, It's, Eugene Kim Organizations: Service, Business, Amazon, MGM Studios, Pay, Global

☆ Amazon's Audible unit lays off about 5% of staff
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-11 | by ( Annie Palmer | In Annierpalmer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The Audible application is displayed on a smartphone in an arranged photograph taken in Arlington, Virginia, on May 21, 2020. Amazon 's Audible division is cutting approximately 5% of its staff in an effort to position the unit "for continued success," the executive overseeing the division told employees Thursday. The announced cuts follow the layoffs on Wednesday of hundreds of employees in Amazon's Prime Video, MGM Studios and Twitch livestreaming units. The unit has remained largely independent since the deal but is not immune to broader cuts underway at its parent. We are well positioned to continue our momentum and sustain the global growth that will keep us the leader in audio storytelling.

Persons: Bob Carrigan, we've, It's Organizations: Amazon's, MGM Studios, CNBC, Amazon, Global Locations: Arlington , Virginia

The Discord app is seen on an iPhone in this photo illustration in Warsaw, Poland, on April 3, 2021. Discord will lay off 17% of the company's workforce, which equates to 170 employees, a spokesperson confirmed Thursday. Discord, which ranked 18th on CNBC's Disruptor 50 list for 2023, was valued at about $15 billion in 2021 at the height of the tech boom. Layoffs have been a big story across the tech landscape since the calendar turned to 2024. WATCH: Google to lay off hundreds as big tech layoffs continue

Persons: Jason Citron, Bob Carrigan Organizations: Google, Unity Software Locations: Warsaw, Poland

☆ Bloomberg conducts a rare layoff in an ongoing restructuring of its media operation
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Bloomberg has laid off a handful in the newsroom as it shifts resources around in the organization. Bloomberg has done a rare layoff of a handful of people in its newsroom of 2,700, as it shifts resources around in the organization. In audio, Bloomberg shuttered its afternoon Boston radio program in June and replaced it with its Bloomberg Businessweek show. But Bloomberg Media is protected by its ownership by Michael Bloomberg's much larger financial information giant Bloomberg LP, whose key product, the Bloomberg Terminal, is widely used on Wall Street. Bloomberg Media CEO Scott Havens said the company grew revenue 16% in 2022, marking its 10th quarter of advertising growth.

Persons: David Merritt, Julie Alnwick McHale, Luke Morano, I've, Kim Carrigan, Tom Moroney, Joe Shortsleeve, Anthony Mancini, Michael Bloomberg's, Scott Havens, John Micklethwait Organizations: Bloomberg, Bloomberg Media Editorial, Boston, Bloomberg Businessweek, Boston Globe, Media, Bloomberg Media Locations: downturns

☆ 6 years ago, AI startup MindsDB was an open source project that few took seriously. Now it's worth $160 million and on a growth rocketship.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Vishal Persaud | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

MindsDB helps developers apply machine learning to their data to build AI applications. Founded in 2017, the startup began as an AI open source project that some doubted in its early days. But six years ago, MindsDB was just an abstraction and later an open source AI project that few paid attention to. "'You're going to be able to automate the work of a machine learning engineer? "After YC, we became an actual company," Torres said.

Persons: MindsDB, Jorge Torres, he's, Torres, cofound, Adam Carrigan, Aneesh Chopra, Barack Obama, Carrigan, Michael Seibel, Y, Seibel, Luck, There's, It's Organizations: Mayfield Fund, Benchmark, Forbes, Investors, CareJourney, Mayfield Locations: London

☆ AI startup MindsDB aims to help every developer be a machine learning engineer. Here's the pitch deck it used to raise $25 million from investors like Mayfield Fund and Benchmark.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Vishal Persaud | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AI startup MindsDB just raised a $25 million seed extension round led by Mayfield. The round comes less than three months after it raised a $16.5 million round led by Benchmark. The founders of MindsDB aims to help software developers worldwide perform the roles of machine-learning engineers. Founded in 2017, MindsDB is now gaining the interest of investors as AI has become the talk of the town in tech. In February, the startup announced $16.5 million in funding led by Benchmark.

Persons: Mayfield, MindsDB, Navin Chaddha, Chaddha, MindDB's cofounders Jorge Torres, Adam Carrigan, Torres, Chetan Puttagunta Organizations: Benchmark, Mayfield Fund, Ventures, Australian National University Locations: San Francisco, Europe

☆ ‘Barry’ Is Ending. For Anthony Carrigan, That’s Nothing to Be Afraid Of
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( Alexis Soloski | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

That hair and the worry that he would lose it were sources of anxiety. “I really had nothing to lose at that point,” he said as he spooned horseradish onto an oyster. Whatever parts did come his way, he would play the hell out of them. And it netted him an audition for “Barry.”NoHo Hank, intended as a minor antagonist, is a member of a Chechen mob. “He’s a lovable scorpion,” Carrigan explained at the oyster counter.

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