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☆ MrBeast is asking for trouble by calling his employees 'friends of friends' instead of giving them job titles, HR experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewYouTube megastar MrBeast doesn't like traditional job titles. Instead, he prefers to call his employees "friends of friends," or "FOFs." Experts say leaning away from traditional work structures, like disregarding job titles, may give the illusion of an employer providing a better culture, but in reality, these frameworks persist because they are important. "Get job titles defined and what someone's actually in charge of, and everyone will be able to hold each other to account about whether all the wheels are turning neatly." A cautionary taleTravis Lindemoen, the founder and CEO of the recruitment startup Enjoy Mondays, told BI that "friends of friends" set off "alarm bells" for him.

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☆ I've been moving back and forth between Japan and the US for years. The quality of life in Japan is much better.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Jen Glantz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Emery Bowles quit his job in the US and moved to Japan to teach English in 2008. Bowles found life in Japan safe and beautiful, despite language barriers and cultural differences. He and his wife plan to keep moving between Japan and the US to expose their son to both cultures. My wife was wary at first about leaving Japan, but the job paid better than teaching, so she got on board. While I love both places, the quality of life is better in Japan.

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☆ A government employee bought a wildly expensive sex doll to promote kimonos to tourists. Now the scandal's blowing up.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewAuditors have rapped the Tokushima Prefectural Government for purchasing an "extremely expensive" sex doll to promote the city's tourism. The exhibition was meant to promote the prefecture's traditional indigo-dyeing art, so the doll was clad in an indigo-dyed summer kimono, per the Mainichi. Officials initially used a pair of cheaper mannequins — not the sex doll — at the exhibition in June 2017. AdvertisementBut in July, an unnamed male official decided to replace the mannequins with the sex doll. The auditors dismissed the prefecture's claims that the sex doll was more effective at drawing tourists than the mannequins.

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☆ Licensing to Netflix has become a big business for studios again, but some insiders worry it could backfire
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Lucia Moses | James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewCash-hungry entertainment studios are back in the content licensing game, sending their valuable shows like HBO's "Sex and the City" and Disney's "Grey's Anatomy" back to Netflix. Licensing has historically been a mainstay of entertainment companies, except for a brief period when many hoarded content while they built up their own streaming services. "It's the future," said Dan Cohen, the chief content licensing officer at Paramount. Netflix and other entertainment companies that sought full ownership of content as they built up their streaming services are now becoming more agnostic about it. But, for now, the major entertainment companies don't have much of a choice.

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☆ Netflix is 'thrilled' with its crackdown on shared passwords. Don't expect it to end anytime soon.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewLast year, Netflix made the controversial move to stop allowing users to share passwords with people outside their households. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. And it looks like it paid off for them, so don't expect them to ease up on the new rules. AdvertisementSarandos added that Netflix subscribers average roughly two hours of engagement each day with the platform, with hits like "Stranger Things," "Bridgerton," and "Squid Game" attracting enormous audiences in countries all over the world.

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☆ Netflix is winning the streaming wars. The new numbers are in — and it's not even close.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The dominant streamer now has more than 260 million global subscribers. The dominant streamer just had its best Q4, adding 13.1 million global subscribers for a total of more than 260 million. This growth widens its lead over newer competitors like Disney+, its closest streaming rival, which trails far behind with 150 million global subscribers. AdvertisementAnd while not every title is a hit, Netflix has enough that it's reached utility status with subscribers. Analysts have questioned how much more growth Netflix can get out of its cheaper ad tier and password-sharing crackdown.

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☆ MrBeast says he'll give 10 people $25,000 — the entirety of the $250,000 he just earned on X
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

MrBeast recently conducted an ad revenue experiment on X, where he earned $250,000. AdvertisementYouTube's biggest creator, MrBeast, said he will give away all of the $250,000 he just earned on X. AdvertisementMusk previously stated creators on X earned $5 million in the first rollout of payments. AdvertisementOn January 22, Donaldson revealed he had made over $250,000 on his first X video. Musk seemed to respond to the claims he rigged the results in an X post on January 20.

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☆ Anne Hathaway is crowned the queen of setting personal boundaries with fans thanks to one viral clip
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Charissa Cheong | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A clip of Anne Hathaway appearing to interact with fans wanting a photo has gone viral. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementFans have fallen in love with the way they think Anne Hathaway dealt with people who wanted photos with her in a now-viral clip. Hathaway, like a "gentle parenting" TikTok creator, appears to use calm and direct conversation with the people in the clip to set a personal space boundary with them.

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☆ A rare North Korean video shows teenagers sentenced to 12 years of hard labor for watching South Korean 'K-dramas'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A video shows two North Korean teenage boys being sentenced to hard labor for watching K-dramas. AdvertisementRare video footage shows two teenage boys being sentenced to 12 years of hard labor for watching K-dramas, which are South Korean TV shows. In North Korea, viewing or distributing foreign media, especially from South Korea, is considered a serious offense. 🚨🇰🇵RARE FOOTAGE FROM NORTH KOREA: TEENS PUNISHED FOR WATCHING SOUTH KOREAN TVChilling footage from North Korea allegedly shows two teenage boys handcuffed in front of hundreds of students and sentenced to 12 years of hard labor for watching South Korean 'K-dramas.' One North Korean defector told the BBC that punishment is harsher for watching South Korean media compared with other foreign media.

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Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck remember the feeling of being the new kids at the Sundance Film Festival. “I remember being like, oh my God, this festival has been around 20 years, it’s such an old festival,” Boden said in a recent interview with The Associated Press. Their new film debuts Thursday, opening night of the 40th edition of the festival, at the storied Eccles Theater. “My favorite films are Sundance films,” Kaphar said. “That is really nourishing in a year when we’re acknowledging and marking this 40th edition of Sundance.”The Sundance Film Festival runs from Jan. 18 through Jan. 28.

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☆ A Fight Over a Fishing Regulation Could Help Tear Down the Administrative State
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Adam Liptak | More About Adam Liptak | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

On a blustery fall morning in southern New Jersey, the weather was too rough for the fishing boats at the center of a momentous Supreme Court case to set out to sea. A herring fisherman named Bill Bright talked about the case, which will be argued on Wednesday and could both lift what he said was an onerous fishing regulation and wipe out the most important precedent on the power of executive agencies, a long-sought goal of the conservative legal movement. As workers cleaned squid and the salt air whipped over the docks, Mr. Bright, who has been fishing for 40 years and whose family-owned company is one of the plaintiffs, said he recognized the impact the case could have. “I can see why this case is such a political thing,” he said.

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☆ 3 seafoods that are only popular because of marketing schemes
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Lobster used to be served as prison food and used as fish bait. Here's how some savvy marketing schemes in the 1800s and 1900s gave lobster, calamari, and Chilean sea bass the glow-ups they needed to become so loved. AdvertisementChilean sea bass is actually called Patagonian toothfishChilean sea bass is a top-dollar fish typically sold at ritzy restaurants alongside other luxury items like foie gras and caviar. But the name "toothfish" wasn't very marketable, so Lantz gave it a much more exclusive-sounding name: the Chilean sea bass — and Americans ate it right up. AdvertisementAnd when more popular fish became less available in the early 1970s, politicians and conservationists realized they needed a way to convince Americans to eat more plentiful fish like squid, the Times reported.

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☆ Netflix is pulling back on movies, adding to Hollywood's woes as a grim box office year looms
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The downsizing of Netflix's film ambitions is on pace with a broader contraction at the streamer, which announced 88 fewer original films last year than in 2022. But for some on Wall Street, the right number of Netflix original films just might be zero. Netflix's rise has been a mixed bag for filmWhen Netflix film head Scott Stuber joined the company in 2017, the mandate was quantity. Netflix announced a whopping 232 original films in 2021, according to Ampere Analysis. Netflix's original films started declining in 2022 from the 2021 peak of 232.

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☆ Best travel destinations to visit in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-01 | by ( Cnn Travel Staff | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +32 min

cdwheatley/iStockphoto/Getty Images Angola: Beyond the capital city of Luanda, pictured, Angola has some jaw-droppingly spectacular scenery and cultural treats. David ChiaFF/Alamy Stock Photo Mérida, Mexico: Yucatán state's capital city showcases a blend of Mayan and colonial heritage. Pavel Tochinsky/The Image Bank RF/Getty Images Morocco: This North African country is home to nine UNESCO sites, including the historic city of Meknes, pictured. Panama City is also the only world capital with a tropical rainforest within its city limits. And a historic city forever entwined with the famed Camino de Santiago.

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☆ Netflix's big bet on Korean shows makes so much sense now that we've seen the numbers
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-13 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Netflix released a first-of-its-kind report showing viewership hours for titles in the first half of 2023. It shows why Netflix is planning on investing billions into Korean content in the coming years. Among the thousands of titles, Korean entertainment was a major standout. Korean actors want better compensation — namely, residuals on par with United States actors under SAG-AFTRA, per the LA Times. But the numbers also underscore local workers' labor concerns — and what Netflix could stand to lose without them.

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☆ Everything you need to know about the 'Squid Game: The Challenge finalists Sam, Mai, and Phill
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Amanda Paule | Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Finalists Sam Lantz, Mai Whelan, and Phill Cain are competing for the $4.56 million grand prize. The finalist dinner in "Squid Game: The Challenge" episode ten. Mai Whelan (Player 287)Mai Whelan attends the "Squid Game: The Challenge" Celebration at the Trials Live Experience Space on November 30, 2023, in Los Angeles, California. Mai Whelan speaking to Ashley Tolbert in episode nine of "Squid Game: The Challenge." AdvertisementPlayer 337 Bradford and Phill during the marbles game in episode six of "Squid Game: The Challenge."

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☆ Netflix Builds a ‘Squid Game’ Universe as It Awaits a Second Season
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Nicole Sperling | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On the same soundstage where Bob Barker lorded over “The Price Is Right,” “Squid Game” is coming to life. On Wednesday, Netflix will unveil its latest live experience, based on the dystopian hit show in which desperate South Koreans competed in a brutal contest of simple schoolyard games for a prize of 45.6 billion won (around $38 million). If they chose incorrectly, they descended hundreds of feet to their death. To feel even more like a character on the show, customers can buy a tracksuit for $50 and wear it during the experience. ticket option: In a nod to the original, you can watch the unfortunate masses compete in the games while you sip cocktails in a swanky lounge.

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☆ 12 photos show how the 'Squid Game: The Challenge' games and sets compare to the Netflix drama
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

"Squid Game: The Challenge" is a new reality competition based on Netflix's hit Korean drama. Here is how the games and sets compare to the ones in "Squid Game." NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementNetflix's "Squid Game: The Challenge" recreates some of the iconic games and sets from the streaming service's hit 2021 drama, "Squid Game." Here is what the games and sets look like on "The Challenge" compared to the original show.

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☆ Chapstickless 'Squid Game' contestants say they were forced to lube their lips using condoms
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

"Squid Game: The Challenge" contestants tried to use lubricated condoms as lip balm. Player 301, Trey Plutnicki, said that players tried lotion and conditioner as well. AdvertisementThings were bleak on the set of "Squid Game: The Challenge," according to some contestants — so much so that a few turned to lubricated condoms in a desperate attempt to soothe their chapped lips. "Squid Game: The Challenge" is based on the Netflix's wildly popular Korean-language series "Squid Game," which premiered in 2021. AdvertisementNetflix representatives for "Squid Game: The Challenge" did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.

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☆ 'Squid Game: The Challenge' player Spencer Hawkins reacts to his viral gagging moment, and spills behind-the-scenes secrets from the cookie game
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

In the clip, player Spencer Hawkins gags and curls up into a ball after losing the cookie challenge. Hawkins reacted to going viral in a TikTok video, and shared more behind-the-scenes insight. Advertisement"Squid Game: The Challenge" contestant Spencer Hawkins — player 299 — has responded to a viral clip of him crying and gagging after being eliminated from the show. So, going into the game, Hawkins said in a TikTok video posted Monday, he was already feeling anxious. AdvertisementHawkins went on to say they he also made some friends in the umbrella group.

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☆ Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce appear to be very much in love. Some are cynical
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Chris Pizzello/Reed Hoffmann/APIf you are one of those people who is weary of the Taylor Swift/Travis Kelce relationship coverage, first of all you are not alone and secondly sorry, not sorry. When it comes to Swift and Kelce, it’s a coming together of two of America’s favorite obsessions – pop culture and sports. It wasn’t until this week that we actually heard from Kelce about Swift as his girlfriend, in the form of a new interview. “I’ve never dated anyone with that kind of aura about them,” Kelce said of Swift in a recent WSJ Magazine profile. Insert the “Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate” Swift lyric here, as I am fully aware that some people are going to take issue with the next portion of what we are discussing here.

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☆ Fact Check: Misleading antisemitic claims made about BBC University Challenge team
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

An episode of Britain’s BBC game show University Challenge has been falsely suggested online to show contestants, as well as the broadcaster itself, reacting with an antisemitic trope to the 2023 Israel-Hamas war. In an episode aired in August, the team used a dinosaur mascot. “It seems to be quite straightforwardly a case of an octopus just being an octopus.”The mascot on University Challenge did not have a globe within its tentacles. The singled-out individual was not wearing the colours of the Palestinian flag, nor did the team’s octopus mascot belong to her. The octopus was one of several stuffed toy mascots the team used, according to the BBC.

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☆ The ‘Squid Game’ Reality Show’s Biggest Challenge: Faking Murder
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Jacob Gallagher | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

More Netflix viewers watched dubbed versions of the South Korean drama “Squid Game” than subtitled versions. WSJ met one of the show’s English-language voice actors during its first season to see how dubbing foreign content is fueling the streaming giant’s growth. Photo Illustration: Sharon ShiWhen producers set out to adapt the megahit South Korean thriller “Squid Game” into a Netflix reality show, they hewed close to the sinister source material. So is the barbaric game of “red light, green light.” As are the ubiquitous masked guards and the pine-green tracksuits. Even the $4.56 million prize pot on “Squid Game: The Challenge,” which is said to be the biggest reality TV show prize in history, echoes the original’s 45.6 billion won.

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☆ Everything we know about 'Squid Game' season 2
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Season one's protagonist Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) will return in season two. Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun in "Squid Game" season two. In a Netflix statement shared in June 2022, "Squid Game" creator Hwang Dong-Hyuk confirmed that Gi-hun will return for the second season. While the extent of his role in the second season has not been clarified, he will likely be fighting against the people in charge of the competition. In August 2022, Hwang indicated to The Hollywood Reporter that season two will focus on Gi-hun's transformation from the end of the first season.

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☆ The ‘Squid Game’ Reality Show Is More Depressing Than the Original
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( James Poniewozik | More About James Poniewozik | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Late in the first season of Netflix’s “Squid Game” — two-year-old spoiler alert, I guess — an elaborate, deadly contest among 456 needy contestants is revealed to be an entertainment for the viewing pleasure of a handful of crass, wealthy “VIPs,” who watch the gruesome proceedings wearing golden animal masks. You could look at that situation and see a dramatization of the way a decadent system exploits desperate souls. Or you could look at it and say: All that production effort and they couldn’t monetize the show for a bigger audience? For everyone in the latter group, there is now “Squid Game: The Challenge.” The reality spinoff, whose first five episodes premiered Wednesday on Netflix, keeps the drama’s kaleidoscopic set design, its outfits and many of its competitions. It gets rid of the messy murder business — sort of — along with most of the uncomfortable ideas.

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