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☆ Australian minister says Kanye West could be denied entry
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Lewis Jackson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SYDNEY, Jan 24 (Reuters) - American rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, may not be suitable for an Australian visa because of his history of anti-Semitic remarks, a government minister said on Wednesday, as pressure mounted to deny the award-winning rapper entry. Minister for Education Jason Clare condemned Ye's "awful" anti-Semitic comments involving Hitler and the Holocaust, saying others who had made similar statements had been denied visas. Ye has been dropped by major corporate partners, including Adidas (ADSGn.DE) and banned from Twitter because of anti-Semitic remarks and outbursts on social media against other celebrities. "He's not a person of good character and the minister has the ability to stop somebody coming into our country of bad character." Peter Wertheim, co-chief executive officer of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, met officials on Tuesday to argue for an entry ban.

☆ Trump poses for photograph with convicted mob boss, in a flashback to controversial dinner with white nationalist Nick Fuentes
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Donald Trump was pictured with a man who is a convicted mob boss, per The Philadelphia Inquirer. The ex mob boss, Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino, said Trump wasn't aware of who he was. Trump, Merlino, and a third unidentified man are pictured in the photograph giving thumbs-ups while at the Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach in Florida. The photo was widely shared online on Monday, prompting questions as to whether Merlino and Trump knew each other. "President Trump takes countless photos with people," a campaign spokesperson told The Inquirer.

☆ It's a terrible time to be a sneaker reseller
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Lois Sakany | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Adidas' messy breakup with Ye is the latest in a series of complications for sneaker resellers. Sneaker resellers have felt the effects of the end of the stimulus check and the rise of inflation. Sneaker resellers saw a bot crackdownWhile not as lucrative as Nike in the aftermarket, it was easier to buy Yeezys in bulk on Yeezy Supply using bots. The loss of Yeezy sales then combined with Nike's crackdown on bots. I'm working to expand my team to accommodate the online customer, walk-in customer, and sneaker customer," Falcon said.

☆ It's the perfect time to start your sneaker collection
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Danni Santana | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Inflation and high inventory have created the perfect environment for new sneaker collectors. Sneakers are easier to getMost shoes have become relatively easy to get, said a sneaker collector who goes by Sockjig and is the host of the "Sockjig Sneaker Podcast." Sneakerheads new to the Snkrs app might have a better chance of getting one of those "unicorn" shoes, Sockjig said. Saucony is a popular brand among sneaker collectors following casual-fashion trends. And they've placed the emphasis on the Snkrs app," Burns said.

☆ Chris Cuomo says he's 'emotionally and psychologically beat up' after being fired by CNN in new interview
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-22 | by ( Aidan Pollard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Chris Cuomo spoke out about his ousting from CNN on the "No BS News Hour" podcast last week. Cuomo still said he views CNN as the "best news organization in the world," the New York Post reported. "I am emotionally and psychologically beat up and changed by what I went through," Cuomo told podcast hosts Charlie LeDuff and Karen Dumas, as reported by the New York Post on Saturday. Cuomo was fired from CNN in December 2021, after he helped his brother and former New York Gov. Cuomo told LeDuff and Dumas he wasn't given the opportunity to say goodbye to his staff after CNN abruptly fired him, per the Post.

☆ Trump boasts that Mar-a-Lago was a secure place to keep classified documents, despite evidence that it clearly wasn't
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

"Mar-a-Lago is a highly secured facility, with Security Cameras all over the place, and watched over by staff & our great Secret Service," wrote Trump. In the post, Trump compared Mar-a-Lago to President Joe Biden's "flimsy, unlocked, and unsecured" private residence in Wilmington, Delaware. This was recently spotlighted by the Justice Department investigation into the mishandling of classified documents and presidential records at Mar-a-Lago. The New York Times reported that of the more than 100 classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago, most were located in a non-secure storage area. During its August 2022 raid, FBI agents found classified documents in Trump's "45 Office" — located above Mar-a-Lago's main ballroom.

☆ Call us back, Ye! Kanye West changed his number and now lawyers say they can't get in touch with him.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Lawyers who repped Ye aka Kanye West still can't reach him, they said in court filings. The rapper, who goes by Ye, changed the phone number he used to communicate with his lawyers. In Friday's filing, the lawyers say that Ye changed his phone number. The lawyers at Greenberg Traurig aren't the only ones having trouble getting in touch with Ye. In the Friday filing, the lawyers at Greenberg Traurig said they have spoken to the lawyers for Thomas St. John about their shared predicament.

☆ Adidas says Berlin Fashion Week launch and co-CEO announcements are fake
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Several press releases allegedly sent from Adidas about a Berlin Fashion Week launch, its treatment of workers abroad and other topics related to its business structure were fake, according to the company. The groups hope Adidas signs onto the Pay Your Workers labor agreement, which advocates for garment worker pay and the right to organize. Two of the faked press releases claimed Adidas was launching new clothing called REALITYWEAR from celebrities Pharrell Williams, Bad Bunny and Philllllthy. The hoax release announcing the Berlin Fashion Week debut on Jan. 16 claimed it was part of a push for a renewed focus on workers' rights and material sourcing. The Guardian first reported that The Yes Men were behind the campaign.

☆ The bestselling resale sneakers of 2022, including Yeezys, Jordans, and the controversial Nike Panda Dunk
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( Matthew Kish | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Adidas Yeezy Slide "Ochre"Adidas Yeezy Slide "Ochre" Courtesy AdidasThe Adidas Yeezy Slide "Ochre" released for $60 in December 2021 and it has continued to be a hit with sneaker lovers. The Yeezy slide has distinctive grooves on the outsole designed to add better traction. Numerous pairs are currently listed on eBay for more than double the original retail price as consumers stock up on Yeezys they want to add to their collections. It remains unclear how popular Yeezys will remain after Adidas' split with Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, in October.

☆ Take a look at the dazzling artwork being shown on a huge 'digital canvas' in London
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-15 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Outernet London has 23,000 square feet of floor-to-ceiling high-definition LED video screens. It displays "experiential advertising" as well as immersive contemporary digital art works. But perhaps the most eye-catching element of the project, which opened last November, is the 23,000 square feet of super high-definition LED screens at street level that it's calling the "world's largest digital canvas." The immense, immersive 360-degree screens display "experiential advertising" from companies including Burberry, Amazon, Netflix, BMW, EA Games, and Chanel – as well as contemporary digital art exhibitions. Take a look at Outernet and its immersive digital artworks.

☆ Americans' belief in antisemitic conspiracies, tropes doubles since 2019, ADL survey shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Kanishka Singh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Belief of Americans in antisemitic conspiracy theories and tropes has nearly doubled since 2019, an Anti-Defamation League (ADL) survey showed on Thursday. The survey asked Americans how much they agreed with statements expressing anti-Jewish tropes or conspiracy theories and found that more than half of Americans believed at least one, the New York-based advocacy group said. About 85% of Americans believed at least one anti-Jewish trope, compared with 61% in 2019, the ADL said, adding that 20% of Americans believed six or more anti-Jewish tropes, substantially more than the 11% in 2019. About 39% of the respondents in the ADL survey believed Jews were more loyal to Israel than the United States. Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Lisa ShumakerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Kanye West still doesn't have lawyers, and it could cost him millions of dollars in lawsuit losses
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Ye, aka Kanye West, hasn't replaced lawyers who abandoned him following his antisemitic tirades. In another case in Los Angeles county court, lawyers have been trying to track down Ye since October to serve him with a lawsuit. That deadline is fast approaching, with radio silence from Ye, court filings show. In yet another case, lawyers for a plaintiff trying to sue Ye can't even find the rapper to serve him papers. If Ye doesn't come to court with an answer to the lawsuit, he risks losing it by default.

☆ Rapper Theophilus London found and in 'good condition' after family reported him missing
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Rapper Theophilus London, whose family reported him missing to authorities in Los Angeles last week, has been found, authorities said Thursday. "Mr. London was located in good condition and re-united with his family," Los Angeles police said in a statement. Noel did not provide additional details about the disappearance and said London's family had asked for privacy. Los Angeles police said relatives had lost “complete contact” with him. “Theo, your Dad loves you, son,” his father said in the Secretly statement.

☆ George Santos arrived in D.C. this week. No one is more riled than N.Y.'s other gay congressman.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Matt-Lavietes-Byline-Jm.Jpg | Matt Lavietes | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

“The House Republican chaos has a silver lining,” Torres tweeted Wednesday, referring to Republicans’ difficulty in electing a House speaker. Does Stefanik have George Santos in mind?” Torres tweeted Tuesday. In another tweet last week, Torres posted a screenshot of an invitation Santos sent to supporters, inviting them to celebrate his swearing into Congress. “He’s a pathological liar who cannot be trusted to serve the very public he defrauded,” Torres told MSNBC’s Joy Reid on Monday. “No one has handed me anything on a silver platter,” he previously told NBC News.

☆ Happy New Year! In 2023 kick out Trump, Elon Musk, Kanye and Depp
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-01 | by ( Lynn Stuart Parramore | Lynn Stuart Parramore Is A Cultural Historian Who Studies The Intersection Of Culture | Psychology | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

Though in far different fields, men like Ye (formerly known as Kanye West), Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Johnny Depp and Sam Bankman-Fried will forever be linked by this ignominious characteristic. Over the past 12 interminable months, America has witnessed the rantings of Hitler-loving Ye; Musk’s edgelord trolling on his new plaything, Twitter; Depp and his toxic TikTok fanboys; and Trump being Trump on any given day. While seemingly not vain like Ye or Depp or openly thuggish like Trump and Musk, he nonetheless exhibits traits that point to something sinister behind the “just-a-regular-dude” persona. Trump seems to be losing ground, and Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee finally took down their “Kanye. Musk asked Twitter users whether he should step down as CEO, and they voted “yes.”Unfortunately, until we address roots causes, there will always be another blustering bully, another Trump, another Ye.

☆ Elon Musk has worked and partied with some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley and Hollywood from Larry Ellison to Kanye West
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Kanye WestGeorge Lucas (right), Kanye West (center), and Elon Musk in 2015. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for TIMEKanye West, also known as Ye, and Musk have a complicated history. In 2015, Musk praised Ye, saying "he fought for his place in the cultural pantheon with a purpose." A few years later, Musk cited Ye as someone who inspires him, and in 2020, Musk expressed support for Ye when he announced his plans to run for US president. Musk later said in a Twitter Spaces meeting that he wanted to "punch" Ye after he tweeted the image of a swastika.

☆ Rapper Theophilus London is missing, authorities in Los Angeles say
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

A missing persons report was filed for rapper and singer Theophilus London after his family lost “complete contact” with him this year, authorities said Wednesday. London, 35, was last seen in Los Angeles’ Skid Row area in October, police said. “The person reporting and Theophilus’s family members lost complete contact with him in October of 2022,” Los Angeles police said in a statement. In a separate statement released Wednesday by Secretly, a music label that has worked with London, family members and friends reported that he was last spoken to in July, The Associated Press reported. London released his third album, 2020's "Bebey," on his own label, My Bebey Records.

☆ The 10 bestselling sneakers on eBay in 2022, including Yeezys, Jordans, and the controversial Nike Panda Dunk
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Matthew Kish | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Where's Ye? The lawyers who dropped Kanye West after his antisemitic tirades can't locate him to say they've quit.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The lawyers can't find him to tell him they've quit, and West isn't responding to texts. Lawyers for Greenberg Traurig were able to serve West with documents telling him they no longer wanted to represent him. In that case, held in federal court in California, US District Judge George H. Wu allowed Greenberg Traurig to withdraw on December 2. In court documents first reported by The Sun and reviewed by Insider, lawyers for Thomas St. John said on December 19 that they couldn't serve West with the lawsuit. West's previous lawyers — presumably the ones at Greenberg Traurig — told the management firm they no longer represented West, and the firm couldn't locate any replacement firm.

☆ Trump said he told Ivanka and Jared Kushner not to join his 2024 campaign because people are 'too mean and nasty'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Donald Trump said he never asked Ivanka and Jared Kushner to join his 2024 campaign. He said he told them not to be part of it because people would be "too mean and nasty." Recent reports have suggested that the pair are distancing themselves from Trump's politics. "Contrary to Fake News reporting, I never asked Jared or Ivanka to be part of the 2024 Campaign for President," Trump wrote on Truth Social, the social media platform he founded, on Monday. Ivanka did not attend her father's 2024 campaign launch in November, and later told the media that she does not have political ambitions.

☆ America’s richest lost $660 billion collectively in 2022 — Elon Musk lost the most
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Cheyenne Devon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Globally, the world's billionaires lost nearly $2 trillion, combined, in 2022, according to Forbes. Jeff BezosTitle: Founder and chair, AmazonEstimated 2022 losses: -$80 billionNet worth: $106.8 billion as of Dec. 272. Mark ZuckerbergTitle: Co-founder, Meta Platforms (Facebook's parent company)Estimated 2022 losses: -$78 billionNet worth: $42.7 billion as of Dec. 273. Larry PageTitle: Co-founder and board member, GoogleEstimated 2022 losses: -$40 billionNet worth: $76.8 billion as of Dec. 274. Phil KnightTitle: Chair, NikeEstimated 2022 losses: -$18.3 billionNet worth: $45.2 billion as of Dec. 275.

☆ Jared Kushner is refusing to help Trump after his dinner with Kanye West, Nick Fuentes, report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-24 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Former President Donald Trump dined with Ye and Nick Fuentes, who have spewed antisemitic hate. Trump's son-in-law was once one of his closest advisors but has since distanced himself, New York magazine reported. Trump's now-infamous November dinner with Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes sparked widespread controversy and condemnation. But they are not getting involved now, according to a new report from New York magazine. Another person speaking to New York Magazine said that perhaps Kushner felt a "familial obligation" to attend.

☆ Adidas is stuck with Yeezy sneakers worth more than $500 million after parting ways with Kanye West, report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Adidas is stuck with Yeezy stock worth about $530 million, the Financial Times reported. Yeezy accounted for around 7% of Adidas sales this year, per the FT.Top editors give you the stories you want — delivered right to your inbox each weekday. Yeezy accounted for about 7% of Adidas sales this year to the value of 1.7 billion euros ($1.8 billion), the newspaper said. Several other companies dropped Yeezy products from their stores as a result of West's comments, including Balenciaga, Gap and Footlocker. Last month Adidas announced it was investigating West, also known as Ye, following a Rolling Stone report that said he'd acted inappropriately around Yeezy staff.

President Joe Biden is expected to issue a strong condemnation of emboldened antisemitism in the U.S. and around the world during a Hanukkah reception at the White House on Monday. The president will deliver remarks at the event, which he is hosting with first lady Jill Biden, following blessing and a menorah lighting, a White House official said. In his remarks, Biden will forcefully argue that silence is complicity amid rising antisemitic attacks and emphasize that all forms of hate, antisemitism and violence have no place in America, the official said. The Bidens are also expected to mark a new tradition by adding the first menorah to the White House collection. Last week, Biden formed a new interagency group to develop a national strategy to combat antisemitism.

☆ Edgy Campaigns Are Out, TikTok Won’t Stop and Other 2023 Predictions for Marketers
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Patrick Coffee | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +11 min

Newsletter Sign-up WSJ | CMO Today CMO Today delivers the most important news of the day for media and marketing professionals. Most campaigns will focus on discounts to customers or showcase the usefulness of a company’s products, he said. Under this form of marketing, ad firms generally get paid upon completion of a desired end, such as a sale or download. In short, consumers should expect less “vacuous virtue-signaling” from marketers in the coming months, according to Mr. Proulx. But these platforms’ very struggles could result in ad bargains for marketers, said Mr. Solomon of Therabody.

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