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☆ Read the Judge’s Ruling in the Trump Fraud Case
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

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Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, aLago, Doc, Donald Trump's SFCs, Lawrence Moens, Moens, Diaz, Gardner, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, LETITIA JAMES, TRUMP, DONALD J Organizations: Historic Preservation, New York, NEW, GENERAL Locations: Beach, Palm Beach , Florida, Palm Beach, Hosp, Ethier

☆ Doc Martens, Bomber Jackets, No Ties: Parsing Gen Z Politicians’ Style
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-17 | by ( Rachel Janfaza | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Caleb Hanna, a Republican in West Virginia’s House of Delegates, also said his clothes could set him apart from colleagues. On Fridays, he said, there is a tradition among some Republican members of the State House of Delegates to wear camel suit jackets, a decades-old ritual in which he has not participated. “I think that politics today is a lot different from politics of the past,” Delegate Hanna, 23, said. He started wearing the beret while organizing Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, he said. Later, when he announced his campaign for City Council, it became a way for people to recognize him.

Persons: Caleb Hanna, “, Hanna, ” Mr, Vineyard Vines, ”, “ I’m, Chi Ossé, . Martens, Ossé Organizations: Republican, West Virginia’s House, State, Vineyard, City Council, Black Panthers, New Locations: West Virginia’s, West Virginia, Brooklyn, City

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The prospect of an auto workers strike could test Joe Biden 's treasured assertion that he's the most pro-union president in U.S. history. Political Cartoons View All 1154 Images“I think the American public as a whole realizes the impact that the American auto workers have on the economy," Killian said. But, unlike with rail and airline workers, the president doesn’t have the authority to order autoworkers to stay on the job. Nowhere will the political fallout of an auto workers strike be felt more than Michigan, which Biden won by nearly 3 percentage points in 2020. And Ray Curry, the former UAW president who was unseated by Fain, had worked with Biden in the past, even attending White House ceremonies.

Persons: Joe Biden, Marick, Doc Killian, Killian, ” Biden, Biden, ”, Shawn Fain, “, Fain, Donald Trump, Trump, TRUMP, doesn't . Fain, Dave Green, ” Green, doesn’t, Mark Brewer, Brewer, Ray Curry, Gene Sperling, Biden's, he'll, what's, Randi Weingarten, Biden’s, Weingarten, ___ Weissert, Tom Krisher Organizations: United Auto Workers, General Motors, Ford, Wayne State University, CNN, UAW, Republican, UAW “, “ Union, Democratic, GOP, Michigan Democratic Party, U.S, White, longtime Democratic, Trump, American Federation of Teachers, Associated Press Locations: LANSING, Mich, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Detroit, Wayne , Michigan, America, China, Washington, United States, U.S, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

☆ What planning my digital afterlife at age 27 taught me about my millennial FOMO
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

But recently, X, formerly known as Twitter, was called out by grieving relatives for purging accounts belonging to their dead loved ones. But the normalization of memorialized accounts and grieving online have made the prospect of planning your digital afterlife far less absurd, he added. To be clear, MyWishes lets you create only a nonbinding plan for your digital accounts. It doesn't allow you to pass along information such as passwords or give your loved ones full control of your social media. AdvertisementAdvertisementStill, it's a useful starting point while planning your digital afterlife.

Persons: James Norris, MyWishes, —, Norris, Kai Xiang Teo, curating, Kai Xiang Teo Notably, you've, MyWishes isn't, Andy Ho, it's Organizations: Service, Apple, Meta, Google, Twitter, Nanyang Technological University Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Insider Today: Analyzing Google salaries
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

In today's big story, we're taking a deeper look at the leaked Google salary data by looking at pay ranges across various factors. The sheet detailed 2022 base salaries, equity, and bonuses from over 12,000 Google employees in the US. Google employees who identified as being of Black/African descent had a median base salary at least $23,000 below their Asian, White, and Middle Eastern/North African colleagues. The gap didn't improve among software engineers, as those of Black/African descent had a median base salary $24,500 lower than those of white or European descent. Google employees who identified as being of Black/African descent had a median base salary at least $23,000 below their Asian, White, and Middle Eastern/North African colleagues.

Persons: We've, Tayfun, Rosalie Chan, Hugh Langley, Madison Hoff, Rosalie, Hugh, Madison, Shaw, Ned Davis, Ryan Salame, Salame, Sam Bankman, Tim Cook, Stephen Lam, Sam Altman, Investor Ford Smith, biohacking, Melissa Phillippi, missteps, Goldman Sachs, Sasha Kelemen, Olivia Rodrigo's, Ralph Lauren, —, Joe Jonas, she'd, Dan DeFrancesco, Naga Siu, Hallam Bullock, Lisa Ryan Organizations: Service, Anadolu Agency, Getty, Google, Google's New, Citadel, Ned Davis Research, Wall, Zen, Apple, Reuters Apple, European Commission, Investor, Leerink Partners, York, Kroger Locations: Wall, Silicon, Madison, Google's New York, Bay, Brooklyn, Manhattan , New York City, USA, China, New York City, San Diego, London, New York

☆ Insider Today: Y Combinator's Demo Day decline
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Y Combinator's Demo Day, which will wrap up today, was long considered the event for early-stage startups. AdvertisementAdvertisementInvestors front-running Demo Day was previously considered a major faux pas. You might ask yourself: Who cares if startups line up investments before Demo Day? And companies that get investments before Demo Day might regret it in the long run. The new rating system for performance reviews determines pay — and managers were instructed to not share it with employees.

Persons: I've, that's, Madeline Renbarger, haven't, It's, it's, Samantha Lee, Madeline, There's, Martin, Ryan Reynolds, LeBron James, they're, Ed Yardeni, Jeremy Grantham, Brevan Howard, Peter Hornick, Eduardo Munoz, Sapna Chadha, Shopify, Arantza Pena Popo, YIMBYism, Elon Musk, Katy Perry, Hozier, Hayao Miyazaki's, Heidi Tissenbaum's, Dan DeFrancesco, Naga Siu, Hallam Bullock, Lisa Ryan Organizations: Service, NFL, Tech, Bank, Getty Images, REUTERS, Google, Google Asia Pacific, The Kansas City Chiefs —, Detroit Lions, 48th Toronto, Getty Locations: Wall, Silicon, Silicon Valley, Nevada, The, New York City, San Diego, London, New York

☆ 13 brands, from Coca-Cola to REI, that are pouring money into movies and TV to reach consumers with Hollywood-style storytelling
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Mattel's Barbie is just one of many big brands getting serious about making Hollywood-style entertainment. "Barbie" may be the movie of the summer, but lots of other big brands are getting serious about making Hollywood-style entertainment. Brands are also getting more systematic about tracking the projects' outcome so they can justify the cost. Neutrogena: Neutrogena Studios launched in 2021 and is J&J Consumer's first brand-funded content studio to make feature documentaries and scripted shorts. Showtime/PepsiPepsiCo: PepsiCo's Content Studio is led by veteran PepsiCo marketer Lou Arbetter.

Persons: Barbie, Ron Howard, Brian Grazer's, Oscar, Michael Sugar, Brian Newman, REI, Michael Sugar's, Jae Goodman, Lauren Denowitz, Coke, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard's, Selman Careaga, John Deere, Mara Downing, Al Roker, Jill Wilfert, Robbie Brenner, J.J, Abrams, Lena Dunham, Barney, Daniel Kaluuya, J, Sebastian Garcia, Laurie Hernandez, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck's, Entertainment —, Justin Biskin —, Howard, Lou Arbetter, Max, Robert Rodriguez, Nadia Hallgre, Stanley Nelson, Arbetter, It's, Procter, Kimberly Doebereiner, Paolo Mottola, Kyra Sedgwick, Watiti, Saint Laurent, Anthony Vaccarello, Saint, Pedro Almodóvar, Ethan Hawke, Pedro Pascal, it's, Paolo Sorrentino, David Cronenberg, Kelly Mullen, Bryce Dallas Howard, Lena Waithe, WePresent, Holly Fraser, Moses Sumney, Solange Knowles, Riz Ahmed, Aneil, Fraser Organizations: Hollywood, Procter, Gamble, Brands, Unilever, InBev, Waffle Iron Entertainment, draftLine Entertainment, Netflix, Coca Cola, Entertainment, Global, Deere, Warner Bros, Warner Brothers, Universal Studios, Mattel, Neutrogena Studios, Studio, Kerry, Seattle Film, Ghetto Film, HBO Nike, Nike, Waffle, Apple, HBO, Showtime, Pepsi PepsiCo, PepsiCo, Pepsi Super, Pepsi, G Studios, Imagine, Amazon's, Hulu, Paramount, Blue Fox Entertainment, Saint Laurent Productions, Unilever Entertainment, Imagine Entertainment, Monotype Locations: Hollywood, Kerry Washington, American, Cannes, Britain

☆ Taylor Swift’s tour enters her movie theater ‘Era’ as she brings record-breaking concert to the big screen
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Taylor Swift is bringing her “Eras Tour” to a movie theater near you starting this October, the singer announced in an Instagram post Thursday morning. Swift has been on her record-breaking “Eras” tour, her first tour since 2018, since March. The “Eras” tour concert film is likely a welcome announcement for the struggling movie theater industry, which has taken a hit due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The “Blank Space” singer is on the international leg of her “Eras” tour and next heads to Argentina in November. Tickets for “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour Concert Film” are on sale now at AMCtheaters.com.

Persons: Taylor Swift, it’ll, ” Swift, “ Taylor Swift, Sam Wrench, Billie Eilish, Jennifer Lopez’s “, Swift, she’s Organizations: CNN, North America –, AMC Theaters, Netflix, Ticketmaster, AMC Locations: North America, Los Angeles, United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, AMCtheaters.com

☆ How 4 Vice alums are building a new media company with ambitions to turn its journalism into film and TV
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Four top journalists have left Vice to start a new tech outlet, 404 Media. The founders discussed their plans to expand into filmed entertainment as well as other media. Behind the new venture are Jason Koebler, the former editor in chief of Vice's tech vertical, Motherboard, along with its executive editor Emanuel Maiberg, senior editor Samantha Cole, and senior staff writer Joseph Cox. "I'm very proud of our Vice work.There's a set process for how to turn something into a documentary." Vice's bankruptcy proceedings revealed high bonuses for execs while severance to laid-off workers was delayed and vendors went unpaid .

Persons: Jason Koebler, Emanuel Maiberg, Samantha Cole, Joseph Cox, Derek Mead, Mead, Koebler, Steven Spielberg's, They're, Ian Cheney, Cox Organizations: Earthbound Pictures, Amblin Television, Netflix, Vice, Ticketmaster, Fortress Investment Group

☆ In a recording of an all-hands meeting, Sam Bankman-Fried's ex Caroline Ellison blamed him for FTX's collapse
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An employee recorded Caroline Ellison blaming him for using customer funds, per a new filing. Federal prosecutors said that Caroline Ellison, a top affiliate and ex of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, blamed the embattled cryptocurrency mogul for using FTX customer deposits in a recording from a company meeting. Ellison told Alameda employees about the impending bankruptcy in the recording, prosecutors claimed. Federal prosecutors said that one employee pushed back, asking who decided to use FTX customer deposits. The memo tracks bad press around Alameda and FTX, but also shows Ellison's reflections on the alleged scheme between FTX and Alameda, prosecutors said.

Persons: Prosecutors, Sam Bankman, Caroline Ellison, Fried, Ellison, Bankman, Sam, FTX Organizations: Alameda Research, Prosecutors, Alameda Locations: New York, Alameda, FTX, Bankman

☆ A ‘Perfect Marriage’ Between Team and Player
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Scott Miller | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The harmonic convergence between the resurrected Jason Heyward and the rampaging Los Angeles Dodgers crystallized beautifully one evening in Baltimore last month. It was in the top of the second inning at Camden Yards when Heyward smashed a three-run home run off the right-hander Tyler Wells, opening the gates to a five-run inning. And the Dodgers, being the Dodgers, adjusted accordingly. “I told him the situation, that my bet was that they were going to use a lefty the rest of the way,” said Manager Dave Roberts. “I told him, ‘You did your job to help us win this game.’ And he was like, ‘Doc, I’m in.’”

Persons: Jason Heyward, Heyward, Tyler Wells, Jake Marisnick, Cole Irvin, “, ”, Dave Roberts, ‘, Doc, ’ Organizations: Los Angeles Dodgers, Camden Yards, Orioles, Dodgers Locations: Baltimore, I’m

☆ How Hip-Hop Changed the English Language Forever
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Miles Marshall Lewis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +16 min

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Persons: vibrancy, Dave, — Slick Rick, “, ”, �, Homer Simpson, Rihanna, “ FourFiveSeconds ”, wilding, Erykah Badu, Megan Thee, Spoonie Gee, Lil Wayne, Spivey’s, “ It’s, Pharrell Williams, Shameik Moore, Zoë Kravitz, ” “, Lana Del Rey, Joe, Marcus Garvey, Lauryn Hill, Marcus Garvey intoned, Ramblin ’ Thomas, William Melvin Kelley’s, presciently, Badu’s, repopularized “, Badu, ” — Childish Gambino, “ Redbone ”, Donald J, Kendrick Lamar’s, Joey Bada, Lil Durk’s, Ron DeSantis, Elon Musk, Sir, they’ve, Munch, Red’s, ” Megan Thee, Patty, Nicki Minaj, “ Heard, Jay, Stackin, Al Pacino, Tony Montana, Morton, wildin, illin, killin, “ Buck Whylin ’, Chuck D, “ Buck Whylin ’ ”, Tonya Harding, Nick Cannon’s, “ wilding ”, Barry Michael Cooper, “ Wilding, Donald Trump’s, Wildin, “ Stylin, — Bruno Mars, Greg Nice, “ Swayze, Patrick Swayze’s, Guy, ghosting, Glock, I’m Swayze, Jared Seay Organizations: Daily News, src, Google, Oxford English, Queens, MTV, New York Times, Trump, Republican, Hulu, WAP, raunch, “, Morton Music, Public, The Daily News, Central Park, Oxford, ”, Adidas, Royce Locations: Oxford, Ethiopia, Africa, Florida, America, U.S

☆ 13 Hollywood production companies making brand films that streamers like Netflix and Apple want to buy
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

said Marc Gilbar, who runs the brand division at Imagine Entertainment. Some are also looking to brand films to offset some of the revenue they're losing in the dual Hollywood strikes. (Brand films are often unscripted and thus aren't governed by the Hollywood unions.) They also see brand work being a positive for below-the-line workers who are idled by the work stoppage. Led by EVP Kate Oppenheim, Tribeca Studios' projects have included "We Could be King" (ESPN2) for Dick's Sporting Goods and P&G's Queen Collective series (BET).

Persons: Ben Silverman, Issa Rae's Hoorae, Kevin Hart's Hartbeat, Julian Jacobs, we've, Marc Gilbar, Samuel L, Jackson, Emma Stone, Zac Ryder, Olivia Wilde, Laurene Powell Jobs, Caitlin McGinty, It's, James Gay, Rees, Paul Martin, Kevin Hart's, Hart, Hartbeat, Brian Price, Chase Sapphire, Procter, Reese Witherspoon, Zoe Fairbourn, Ron Howard, Brian Grazer's, Ron Howard's, Bryce Dallas Howard, Gilbar, Rocco DiSpirito, General Mills, Rupert Maconik's Saville, Werner Herzog, Barry Levinson, Sugar23, Oscar, Michael Sugar, Trevor Noah's, he's, Kennedy, Matt Rotondo helms, Sugar, Mike Beck, Alexa Conway, Trevor Noah, Kate Oppenheim, HBO Max, Paul McCartney, Mary McCartney Ventureland, Kerstin Emhoff, Paul Hunter, John Battsek, Stacy's Pita Chips, Will, Jada Pinkett, REI, Gargi Organizations: Hollywood, Brands, Mattel, Netflix, Apple, UTA, Imagine Entertainment, Producers, Adobe, IBM, Anonymous, HP, Afghan Girls National Soccer Team, Showtime, Pepsi Boardwalk Pictures, Relativity Media, Super, Pepsi, REI, Unilever, Marriott, Surf League, Major League Soccer, Sam's, Gamble, Weinstein Co, Hulu, Imagine, Paramount, Saville Productions, Disney, Time Studios, Procter & Gamble, Anheuser, Busch, InBev, CAA, Studios, MSNBC, ABC, NBC, Tribeca Studios, Dick's Sporting Goods, HBO, CNN, Mobile, Stacy's, Everest, Vice Studios, Westbrook Media, Meta, Logitech, Samsung Locations: Hollywood, Subway, Magnolia

☆ Why tiny homes could be a big deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Matt Turner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

It's easy to look at these tiny homes as undersized gimmicks, but there are real use cases. Others are leaning on tiny homes to house homeless veterans. Denver changed its zoning laws to make ADU construction easier, allowing two-story units in some parts of the city. Tiny homes won't fix that, but innovation in zoning and construction, taken with recent data pointing to a surge in residential construction, offer reasons for hope. Why tiny homes could be a big dealThis first appeared in the Insider Today newsletter.

Persons: Joyce Higashi, Katie Sandoval, Clark, Maggie, John Randolph, crumbles Karl Maasdam, Lawrence D, Thornton, Rebecca Zisser, Francesca Gino, Gino, she's, Read, Morgan Stanley, Arantza Pena Popo, Who's, James Gorman, Ted Pick, Morgan Stanley copresident, Insider's Hayley Cuccinello, Pick, Andy Saperstein, Ted Pick Big, Tyler Le, Brad Setser, Tess Turner, Stack, coders, — Jasmine Hyman, Doc Martens, Matt Turner, Hallam Bullock, Lisa Ryan Organizations: Service, Harvard, Big Pharma Locations: Wall, Silicon, California, San Jose, New Hampshire, Denver, Austin's, New York City

☆ Jess Search, a Force in the Documentary Genre, Dies at 54
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Neil Genzlinger | More About Neil Genzlinger | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Jess Search, a producer on dozens of important documentaries and a catalyst on many more as one of the directors of Doc Society, a nonprofit organization she helped found in 2005 that supports documentary filmmakers, died on July 31 in London. She was 54. Doc Society said in a statement that the death, in a hospital, was caused by brain cancer. Search had announced last month that she was stepping away from the organization because of her illness. Search had been a central figure in the documentary scene in Britain and beyond for years.

Persons: Jess Search, Search, Matthew Barbato’s “ Alexis Arquette, ” Organizations: Doc Society Locations: London, Britain, Russian

☆ ‘Back to the Future’ Review: The DeLorean Crash Lands on Broadway
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Jesse Green | More About Jesse Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The brand-extension musical is a tough genre to game, demanding something new for newcomers yet fidelity for fans. “Back to the Future: The Musical,” based on the first of the time-travel films in the billion-dollar franchise, faces an additional hurdle: It hinges on a star performance that would seem to be irreproducible onstage. And by star, I of course mean the car. Alas, that also describes the rest of the show, directed by John Rando with Doc-like frenzy: mechanical, busy, distracting, foggy. Though large, it’s less a full-scale new work than a semi-operable souvenir.

Persons: ”, Marty McFly, Casey, Doc Brown, Roger Bart, John Rando Organizations: DeLorean

☆ Gen Z fashion trends are shaking up the office. From Doc Martens to pocket squares, here's what 11 workers are wearing this summer.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Jordan Hart | Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Employers are issuing return-to-office mandates — and Gen Z workers don't know what to wear. Insider asked 11 workers how they're balancing office dress codes with their personal styles. Here's what the young professionals are wearing to the office, from Doc Martens to pocket squares. Gen Z workers spent their last years of college and first years of their careers applying for remote positions and choosing outfits for Zoom calls. To understand how Gen Z workers are blending their own styles with corporate expectations, Insider asked 11 workers aged 26 and under to share what they're wearing as they return to the office.

Persons: Doc Martens, Cindy O'Peka, she's Organizations: Service, Resources, Consulting, New York Post, Wall Street Journal Locations: Wall, Silicon

After going through a breakup last year, Connie Li, a software engineer, rejoined the dating apps, ready to dip her toe in the water again. But many of the men who reached out to her seemed to just want something casual, so she tried something new. Inspired by long, résumé-like dating bios that she had seen others post online, she drafted her own profile. In a Google Docs file longer than this article, Ms. Li, 33, described herself as monogamous, short and prone to wearing colorful outfits. “There is something kinda dorky about ‘date-me docs’ that reminds me of the early days of the internet,” Ms. Li said, referring to the way people used to meet on AIM, AOL’s now-defunct instant messaging service.

Persons: Connie Li, Li, “, Ms, “ I’m, I’ve, ” Organizations: bodega, AIM, AOL’s Locations: “

☆ Streep and Clooney Lead Donation Campaign for Striking Actors
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Brooks Barnes | More About Brooks Barnes | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Hollywood actors have now been on strike for nearly three weeks. They have walked picket lines in broiling heat, orchestrated noisy rallies and flooded social media with cris de coeur. The president of the actors’ union, Fran Drescher, on Tuesday spoke about “greed-driven” studios at a New York City Council meeting. The SAG-AFTRA Foundation, a charity that provides financial assistance to workaday performers, said on Wednesday that Ms. Streep and Mr. Clooney had helped lead a donation campaign that had raised more than $15 million over the last three weeks. The pair each gave $1 million and then started to lobby Hollywood’s other top-earning stars for contributions.

Persons: cris de coeur, Harrison Ford’s, Fran Drescher, Meryl Streep, George Clooney, Streep, Clooney Organizations: SAG, AFTRA Foundation Locations: Georgia, New York

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried could be headed to jail. Prosecutors say he tampered with a witness by sharing ex's diary entries — and want him locked up
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | Sindhu Sundar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Prosecutors want to send Sam Bankman-Fried to jail over alleged witness tampering. Prosecutors asked a federal judge Wednesday to send Sam Bankman-Fried to jail after he leaked his ex-girlfriend's private Google Docs to the New York Times. Bankman-Fried's lawyers said his interaction with the journalist was just addressing his overwhelmingly negative press, but prosecutors say it was much more than that. Bankman-Fried sent more than 100 emails to journalists and made 1,000 calls to journalists, prosecutors say. He called the New York Times journalist who wrote the story based on the leak 100 times, they said.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Caroline Ellison's, Danielle Sassoon, Lewis Kaplan, Caroline Ellison, who'd, Ellison, Fried, FTX, Ms, Sassoon, Mark Cohen Organizations: Prosecutors, New York Times, US, Alameda Research, Google, Bankman Locations: Manhattan, York

☆ This top Procter & Gamble exec is showing Hollywood how brands can make prestige films and be 'power-up' partners for studios and streamers
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

P&G Studios head Kimberly Doebereiner argues that great entertainment can come from brands. Procter & Gamble is at the forefront of the growing brand film space — with its own in-house shingle, P&G Studios, actively pursuing entertainment projects that look nothing like ads. "The first thing I'd love is for the distributors to see that great content can come from anybody, and even if it's from a brand, that doesn't mean it's brand content," she told Insider in an interview. "We have great marketing, we have great brands, we can help bring in viewers, right? "We'd love to have our content be able to show up in the retailer with our brands and create better awareness for that content," Doebereiner said.

Persons: Kimberly Doebereiner, Doebereiner, Gamble, Ron Howard, Brian Grazer's, Michael Sugar's Sugar23, Reese Witherspoon's, Barbie, we've, Brand, Queen Latifah Organizations: G Studios, Procter, Gamble, HBO, Hulu, Brands, Hollywood, Advertising, Tide, Gillette, Tribeca Studios, Walmart, Blue Fox Entertainment Locations: Hollywood

☆ Brands are pouring money into film and TV — meet 13 marketers making the biggest moves as Hollywood's new financiers
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

It's not just Barbie — lots of big brands are getting serious about making Hollywood-style entertainment. Insider identified 13 new and established players making the biggest moves in the space. "Barbie" may be the movie of the summer, but lots of other big brands are getting serious about making Hollywood-style entertainment. Neutrogena: Neutrogena Studios launched in 2021 and is J&J Consumer's first brand-funded content studio to make feature documentaries and scripted shorts. PepsiCo: PepsiCo's Content Studio is led by veteran PepsiCo marketer Lou Arbetter.

Persons: It's, Ron Howard, Brian Grazer's, Oscar, Michael Sugar, Brian Newman, REI, Michael Sugar's, Jae Goodman, Lauren Denowitz, Coke, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard's, Selman Careaga, John Deere, Mara Downing, Al Roker, Jill Wilfert, Ryan Gosling, Margot Robbie, Barbie, Ken, Jaap Buitendijk, Robbie Brenner, J.J, Abrams, Lena Dunham, Barney, Daniel Kaluuya, J, Sebastian Garcia, Laurie Hernandez, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck's, Entertainment —, Justin Biskin —, Howard, Lou Arbetter, Max, Robert Rodriguez, Nadia Hallgre, Stanley Nelson, Arbetter, Procter, Kimberly Doebereiner, Paolo Mattola, Kyra Sedgwick, Watiti, Saint Laurent, Anthony Vaccarello, Saint, Pedro Almodóvar, Ethan Hawke, Pedro Pascal, it's, Paolo Sorrentino, David Cronenberg, Kelly Mullen, Bryce Dallas Howard, Lena Waithe, WePresent, Holly Fraser, Moses Sumney, Solange Knowles, Riz Ahmed, Aneil, Fraser Organizations: Hollywood, Procter, Gamble, Companies, Brands, Unilever, InBev, Waffle Iron Entertainment, draftLine Entertainment, Netflix, Coca Cola, Entertainment, Global, Deere, Warner Bros, Warner Brothers, Universal Studios, Mattel, Neutrogena Studios, Studio, Kerry, Seattle Film, Ghetto Film, HBO Nike, Nike, Waffle, Apple, HBO, PepsiCo, Pepsi Super, Showtime, Pepsi, G Studios, Imagine, Amazon's, Hulu, Paramount, Blue Fox Entertainment, Saint Laurent Productions, Unilever Entertainment, Imagine Entertainment, Monotype Locations: Hollywood, Kerry Washington, American, Cannes, Britain

☆ Caroline Ellison reveals her feelings about working with ex-boyfriend Sam Bankman-Fried in Google Docs that lawyers uncovered
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Sindhu Sundar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Caroline Ellison reportedly wrote Google Doc entries about feeling out of her depth at Alameda. The docs revealed her difficult feelings about working with ex Sam Bankman-Fried, the New York Times reported. Sam Bankman-Fried, who appeared in Manhattan federal court late last year, faces trial in October. A representative for Sam Bankman-Fried declined to comment. Sam Bankman-Fried has been indicted on charges stemming from what prosecutors have alleged is a scheme to defraud FTX's customers of billions in funds.

Persons: Caroline Ellison, Sam Bankman, Ellison, It's, Amanda Perobelli, Fried Organizations: New York Times, Morning, Alameda Research, Google, Times, Reuters, US, Office, Southern, of Locations: Alameda, Manhattan, of New York

☆ ‘Break Point’ Just Might Be the Best Way to Watch Tennis
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Jake Nevins | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

“By the way,” Tomljanovic says at one point, “do we have a room?” Shortly after his daughter sealed her spot in the final eight of the world’s pre-eminent tennis tournament, Ratko was seen on booking.com, extending their stay in London. This is not the stuff of your typical sports documentary, but it is the life of a professional tennis player. “Break Point,” executive-produced by Paul Martin and the Oscar-winning filmmaker James Gay-Rees, arrived this year as a gift to tennis fans, for whom splashy, well-produced and readily accessible documentaries about the sport have been hard to come by. Perhaps this is because the narrative tropes of the genre tend toward triumphs and Gatorade showers, while the procedural and psychological realities of professional tennis lie elsewhere. The 10 episodes of “Break Point” render tennis unromantically: This is the rare sports doc whose primary subject is loss.

Persons: Ajla, Ratko, Chris Evert, ” Tomljanovic, Taylor Fritz, Paul Martin, Oscar, James Gay, Rees, splashy, Williams, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic —, Michael Jordan’s, Nas, Isiah Thomas, “, ” Barack Obama, Andre Agassi’s, ”, Stefanos Tsitsipas Organizations: Netflix, Tennis, Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls, Gatorade Locations: London, Chicago

☆ What Pan Am flight attendants did next
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Annita Thomas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Pan Am has always been synonymous with glamor, and its flight attendants lived their opportunities to the max. Pan Am flight attendants doubled as ambassadors for the airline. Seven former Pan Am flight attendants tell us where they ended up. Memories live on, with many of us becoming members of World Wings International, a non-profit organization of former Pan Am flight attendants. Other former Pan Am flight attendants have unique ways of honoring the airline.

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