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☆ Vimeo is courting YouTubers like The Try Guys to launch subscription platforms and has become a surprising emerging power player in the creator economy
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Amanda Perelli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Channels like Dropout (14 million subscribers), The Try Guys (8 million subscribers), and Watcher (2.8 million subscribers) are launching subscription platforms through Vimeo's content-monetization service, Vimeo OTT. "We are very proactively focused on the YouTube creator space," Bloom said. Like Vimeo OTT, several tech startups are betting on creator-led subscription content, from Patreon to OnlyFans to Nebula. Subscription business strategies that have worked for Vimeo OTT creatorsOnce a platform is created through Vimeo OTT, creators own the relationship with their fans. Vimeo said its OTT creator content varies from the comedy genre to historical content to unscripted reality TV.

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☆ Why AI might make it harder to pull off a 4-day workweek
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

He also expects more go-getters will feel pressed to do the same as AI bores deeper into the workplace. Of course, if people need to oversee AI bots at all hours, workers could take on babysitting duty at different times of the day. But as he sees how AI will change how humans work, "people are going to get more and more tired — and busier," Gill said. Looking for a payoffNot everyone thinks AI will quash dreams of a four-day workweek. Whelehan said that, ultimately, management will decide whether AI will lead to job losses or enable a four-day workweek.

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☆ Louis Gossett Jr., 87, Dies; ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’ and ‘Roots’ Actor
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Anita Gates | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Louis Gossett Jr., who took home an Academy Award for “An Officer and a Gentleman” and an Emmy for “Roots,” both times playing a mature man who guides a younger one taking on a new role — but in drastically different circumstances — died early Friday in Santa Monica, Calif. Mr. Gossett’s first cousin Neal L. Gossett confirmed the death. Mr. Gossett was 46 when he played Emil Foley, the Marine drill instructor from hell who ultimately shapes the humanity of an emotionally damaged young Naval aviation recruit (Richard Gere) — in “An Officer and a Gentleman” (1982). Reviewing the movie in The New York Times, Vincent Canby described Sergeant Foley as a cruel taskmaster “recycled as a man of recognizable cunning, dedication and humor” revealed in “the kind of performance that wins awards.”

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☆ Ray Winstone says filming 'Black Widow' was 'soul-destroying' because producers told him his performance was 'too strong'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewRay Winstone said working on Marvel's "Black Widow" was "soul-destroying" because producers told him his performance was too strong during reshoots on the 2021 movie. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Winstone told Radio Times magazine that he found it difficult working on the Marvel movie, especially when producers criticized his performance during reshoots. The actor said that he wanted to quit "Black Widow," and told producers to recast the role. On Sunday, Winstone told The Guardian that he sometimes takes roles he's not interested in, simply because he needs the money.

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☆ Raising boys to be good men. Here’s one way to do it
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Shannon Carpenter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

How do we bring the best out in our boys, so they become the best of men? I think boys can turn into better men if we teach our sons that they don’t have to fight the world. And so, with practice — it didn’t come naturally to me — I smile and say, “They’re great kids.” That’s the overheard praise. Parents need to be self-aware to realize there’s value in the quiet moments and allow space for spontaneous contributions. Or if the parent goes to counseling or therapy to let them know I’m going to therapy, and all too often it’s kept a secret.

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☆ Deloitte's human-sustainability chief wants to help employees beat burnout. She says the best solutions go beyond vacation and office yoga — and involve undoing 100 years of routine.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

To combat burnout, it will take more than vacations and a few yoga classes, she told Insider. To really fix what's wrong with work, Fisher said, we need to have deeper, more thoughtful conversations. Fisher said employers need to push back on the idea that workers who cut through piles of work must be in good shape. I was on my way to burnout and the downstream impacts of my actions and behaviors on my team were detrimental," she said. Her own journey toward a more balanced approach to work leaves Fisher optimistic that broader change is possible.

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