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☆ Families of Israelis kidnapped by Hamas are pleading for their release and say they have no idea how their relatives are doing
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Insider spoke to family members of those believed to be kidnapped to understand what happens now. He added that the American Jewish Committee's offices in Jerusalem and the US were actively "responding when we receive calls from family members" about missing loved ones. "We started getting WhatsApp messages from family members that Hamas was in the kibbutz," Onn said. But, as for those who were taken, Onn said the family has to hold on to hope during an excruciating time. A plea from loved onesInformation about missing loved ones has been hard to come by, people in Israel told Insider on Sunday and Monday.

Persons: —, Jonathan Conricus, Nir Oz, Abbey, Onn, That's, it's, Ted Deutch, Benjamin Netanyahu's, Kenneth Quinn, who's, Quinn, Nahar, Adrienne Neta, Biden, Neta, Rubi Chen, Itay, Chen, Lester Holt, John Kirby, Kirby, Shelly Shem Tov, Omer, Jake Tapper, Shem Tov, Tapper, she'd, Reed Alexander Organizations: Service, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces, US State Department, Israel Defence Forces, American Jewish Committee, Democratic, Jewish, Israel, Reuters, State Department, NBC News, National Security Council, White, United, CNN Locations: Gaza, Israel, American, Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Florida, Jerusalem, Hamas, Washington, United States, Israeli

☆ My 51-year-old dad disappeared trying to rescue my sister after Hamas launched its attacks on Israel. We traced his phone — but his whereabouts, and his fate, are a mystery.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

On Saturday, Hamas militants entered Israel and launched a devastating attack by land, sea, and air. The son of a man who vanished trying to rescue his daughter from the festival is scrambling to locate him. Peretz's father, Mark, 51, went missing on Saturday, shortly after the Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Israel. That morning, my father knew that my little sister Maya was not in the house and tried contacting her. The last thing I heard through the phone was my father's voice, screaming: "No, I'm Israeli, I'm Israeli.

Persons: —, Reed Alexander, Gilad Peretz, Peretz's, Mark, Mark Peretz, Maya, Gilad Perez, we've, haven't, We're, isn't, he's, it's, we're Organizations: Hamas, Service, Audi Locations: Israel, Nova, Gaza, Palestinian, Tel Aviv

☆ 'This is Israel's 9/11': Why Israelis say Hamas' unprecedented assault will change their country forever
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Some are likening Saturday's attack on Israel by Hamas to the September 11, 2001, attacks on the US. The timing of the attack on Saturday morning "was a shock," Aisenberg told Insider on Sunday night from her home. Up and down the country, Israelis were angered by the lapses that enabled Hamas to evade the eyes of Jerusalem's military and intelligence services, Quinn added, calling the failures "incomprehensible." AdvertisementAdvertisementThere, close to the Gaza border, Aisenberg's mother- and father-in-law spent much of Saturday afternoon hiding in their home as Hamas fighters infiltrated their small town and wreaked havoc. 'We cannot afford to be divided'As the fighting continues, Aisenberg said Israelis are determined to prevail against Hamas and Hezbollah.

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☆ Assistants at companies like Netflix and Disney are 'waiting for the light at the end of the tunnel' as their careers stall and they can't get promoted: 'I don't see a way up'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Trying to maintain a career in Hollywood was "not something that was feasible for me to continue," this person told Insider. Insider spoke with eight current and former assistants at Hollywood companies, plus a former creative executive at a midsize film studio. Many hopefuls can't find jobs in an industry that's been wracked with head count reductions and budget cuts. Netflix's website lists just one open assistant job — a role in a non-creative vertical. At Paramount, which cut 25% of staff from its US cable networks earlier this year, there appear to be no open executive assistant jobs in entertainment capacities .

Persons: —, strivers, that's, David Heger, Edward Jones, Heger, Bob Iger —, there's, WBD, they've, they'd, I'm, Reed Alexander Organizations: Hollywood, Netflix, Paramount Global, Disney, Warner Bros . Discovery, Paramount, Media, Writers Guild of America, Challenger, Warner Bros, Discovery, Entertainment Locations: Hollywood, Los Angeles and New York

☆ How companies spy on their employees as they push return-to-office — from monitoring badge swipes to tracking breaks
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Here's how firms use "bossware" to keep tabs on employees, from tracking keystrokes to breaks. AdvertisementAdvertisementJPMorgan's dashboard "provides the percentage of days employees were in the office out of the possible eligible days," a description on the company intranet says. AdvertisementAdvertisement"We help companies get peace of mind with productivity analytics," he previously told Insider. Sensors tracking employees' whereabouts in the officeSome employers may even keep tabs on where employees spend the most time in the office. CEO Alex Birch previously told Insider the devices don't identify individuals but render them as dots on a screen.

Persons: —, Insider's Eugene Kim, Rob Munoz, Goldman Sachs, it's, Carlo Borja, Insider's Reed Alexander, Alex Birch, Big, It's, Sean Grundy Organizations: Service, JPMorgan, Bevi

☆ How an Army combat medic pivoted to filmmaking, thanks in part to a Sundance program that fostered directors like Ryan Coogler and Chloe Zhao
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The Directors Lab, which goes back 40 years and claims graduates from Quentin Tarantino and Gina Prince-Bythewood to Ryan Coogler to Chloe Zhao, is a supercharged accelerator for new filmmakers. Rashad Frett, right, a member of the 2023 Directors Lab, speaks with Michelle Satter, founding director of the Sundance Institute's Feature Film Program. It's a 20-minute short that screened at the Sundance Film Festival in January; Fretts' time at the Directors Lab was devoted to developing it into a feature, filming multiple scenes. But it took a few tries before his application to join the Directors Lab was successful, he said. Rashad Frett works on his short film "Ricky" during this year's Directors Lab, conducted by the Sundance Institute.

Persons: Rashad Frett, Frett, Quentin Tarantino, Gina Prince, Bythewood, Ryan Coogler, Chloe Zhao, Michelle Satter, who's, Sciences Jean Hersholt, Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks, Carol Littleton, Satter, —, Jonathan Hickerson, he'd, Spike Lee, Ricky, Lin Que Ayoung, It's, Fretts, Sam Emenogu, Joan Darling, Joan Tewkesbury, it's, he's, Reed Alexander Organizations: Army, Sundance, Labs, Hollywood, of Motion Picture Arts, Sciences, New York University, NYU, Sundance Film, Lab, Sundance Institute Locations: New York, Sundance, Utah, New, Hollywood

☆ Hollywood writers reach 'tentative agreement' with studios after 146 days
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Huileng Tan | Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The Writers Guild of America reached a tentative agreement with Hollywood studios on Sunday. AdvertisementAdvertisement"The WGA and AMPTPT have reached a tentative agreement," the AMPTP email said; the WGA's version was typo-free. The tentative agreement comes after the guild and the AMPTP — which represents major studios and streaming services, including Warner Bros. They were joined on the picket lines by over 160,000 union members of SAG-AFTRA, the actors' union, on July 14. Broadcast networks' fall TV schedules were loaded with reality series, whose writers aren't subject to the WGA agreement.

Persons: Bob Hopkinson, Netflix —, they've, Alex O'Keefe, O'Keefe, Keefe, Drew Barrymore, Barrymore, Insider's Reed Alexander, Alison Brower, TUSC Organizations: Guild of America, Hollywood, WGA, Service, Alliance, Television Producers, Warner Bros, Disney, Netflix, SAG, Guild, Union Solidarity Coalition Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ A Shamrock partner explains how the $4 billion investment firm stays on top of media and entertainment, where 'every day there's a disruption'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"Every day there's a new article or a story or disruption taking place," Andrew Howard, a partner at Shamrock Capital, told Insider this summer about the firm's media strategies. Shamrock, which is based in California, pursues strategies in the private markets, mainly through equity or debt-based investments. Founded as a family office in the late 1970s for members of the Disney family, the firm has blossomed into an institutional investor exclusively focused on media, entertainment, and communications. Howard likened the speed of today's transformations to the dot-com arms race that defined the Internet landscape two decades ago. "We're coaching kids whose parents are running major studios and companies within media and entertainment," Howard said.

Persons: Andrew Howard, Shamrock, Howard, we're, effectuate Organizations: Shamrock Capital, Disney Locations: California, Los Angeles

☆ Once upon a time, the 'Disney adult' was ridiculed. Now, kidless millennials and Gen Z-ers with money to burn are packing into the parks — here's how Disney is winning them over.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +22 min

Newlyweds Natalie and Brett Schwartz exchanged vows at Walt Disney World in Orlando this summer. "Our approach was to shine a light on the beautiful tapestry of people that come to Walt Disney World," Trejo said. Francis Dominic, the former parks worker turned influencer, has also been tapped to promote Disney parks and films. It's a difficult tightrope to navigate, but it could define the future of Disney parks. Are you a Disney parks or Walt Disney Co. insider?

Persons: Sarah Rachul, I'm, Rachul, Orlando —, —, Molly May, Francis Dominic, Dominic, who's, Taylor, Ron DeSantis —, Japan pavilion's Takumi, Jonathan de Araujo, it's, Tara Goldstein, Ann van Oostendorp, Disney, Van Oostendorp, Natalie Schwartz, Brett, Schwartz, Sierra Keller's, Keller, Natalie, Brett Schwartz, Jason Petrina, he's, Disney's, He's, They're, Petrina, Mickey, Chris Evans, Zoe Saldaña, What's, Wan Kenobi, Emperor Palpatine, she'd, welling, haven't, Neph Trejo, Walt, " Trejo, It's, Halle Bailey, Kent Phillips, Gaston, Jeremy Singh, I'd, Singh couldn't, he'd, Singh, they're, Patrick Dougall, Mark Eades, Eades, we've, Amanda Krause, Reed Alexander Organizations: Walt Disney, Epcot, Disney Vacation, Disney, Mouse, Disneyland, Disney Parks, Walt Disney Co, Florida Gov, Universal, Guardians, Galaxy, University of Tampa, Disney World, Honeymooners, Star Wars, Marvel, Magic, Cafe Orleans, Disney World's Hollywood Studios, Hollywood Studios, Star, Gucci, Dooney, Animal, Dole, Walt Disney World's, ABC, Getty, Management, Disney Imagineer, Disneyland Alumni Locations: Ohio, Disney, Orlando , Florida, Anaheim , California, Italy, China, Tuscany, Orlando, Florida, Disneyland Paris, Tokyo, Japan, Epcot, California, Anaheim, Belle Terrace, Hollywood

☆ How the Hollywood strikes are affecting social-media influencers, who are turning away brand deals and 5-figure paychecks to follow SAG-AFTRA rules
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

They're seeking ways to make money without running afoul of SAG-AFTRA, the actors' union. Some are already members of the actors' guild, SAG-AFTRA, which began welcoming influencers in 2021, while many others are hoping to join as they make more progress in their careers. "The implicit message from the actors' guild is: We're the gatekeepers of the career you want. "It was at that point I decided it might just be better to completely shift away from that kind of content," he told Insider in an interview . Aragon added that he's told studios that he's withdrawing his services indefinitely and might resume once the labor stoppages have ended.

Persons: Hollywood, Instagram —, they've, aren't, Jasmine Paige Moore, TikTok, she's, — Moore, Moore, Joseph Arujo, Arujo, Joe Aragon, Aragon, he's, Reed Alexander Organizations: SAG, Service, Hollywood, Writers Guild of America Locations: Wall, Silicon, Hollywood

☆ ‘We are casualties of this’: A film influencer with 470,000 TikTok followers on scrambling to take second jobs, making up for lost income, and facing online hate as Hollywood’s strikes drag on
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Jasmine Paige Moore, a TikTok creator, tells Insider about giving up content creation and returning to bartending during the strike. This first-person as-told-to story is based on an August interview with Jasmine Paige Moore, a content creator with nearly 470,000 followers on TikTok and nearly 23,000 on Instagram. Within the first few days of the Hollywood actors' strike, a friend of mine — a fellow content creator with a large following on TikTok — faced backlash from users online. "We as content creators should be helping to educate each other, not tearing each other down," I wrote. And what this whole experience has done more than anything is show me that the content creator community has really not had a voice during this strike.

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Competition for buy-side jobs, including at private equity firms and hedge funds, can be fierce. Insider identified the 13 recruiting firms aspiring dealmakers and traders should know for a buy-side job. The buy-side hiring spree is expected to continue despite a slowdown in mergers and acquisitions — a cornerstone of private equity investing. BellCast Partners works with mega funds, middle market funds, infrastructure funds, impact funds, real estate private equity funds, sector-focused funds, sovereign wealth funds, family offices, and credit funds. Today it does searches in private equity, growth equity, distressed, credit, venture capital, hedge funds, family offices, and select investment banks.

Persons: headhunting, Brain O'Callaghan, John Arbolino, Arbolino, Amity, Pamela Esterson, Susanna Nichols, Nichols, Esterson, Danielle Caston Strazzini, Alison Bellino Johnson, BellCast, Caston Strazzini, Jill Pierce, Spencer Stuart, Pierce, —, Brian O'Callaghan, it's, Renee Hylton, Keith Mann, Josh Grauer, Grauer, Mann, Adam Zoia, Annette Krassner, Katie Cunningham, Sarah Armstrong, Cunningham, Armstrong, Anna Brady, Janelle Matthews, Beth Grossman, Brady, they've, Morgan Stanley Eleni Henkel, Henkel, Leah Trabich, HSP, Carlyle, Warburg Pincus, Adam Kahn, Kahn, Anthony Keizner, Keizner, Nina Swift, Marty Brady, Vedica Qalbani, Qalbani, Lindsey Mead, Jessica Wu, Michael Garmisa, SearchOne, Sheri Gellman, Gellman Organizations: Citadel, nab, Boothroyd, Co, Wall, Amity Search Partners, Palm Beach Staff, SG Partners, Bain Capital, Centerbridge Partners, Trian Partners, BellCast, Charlotte Staff, CPI, BellCast Partners, Investor Relations, Nashville, San Francisco, Wharton, Harvard, Stanford, New York Staff, Partners, San Francisco Staff, Los Angeles Staff, TPG, Thoma Bravo, Bessemer Venture Partners, EQT, Elliott, Equity, KKR, ICONIQ, Spectrum Equity, Henkel Search, Search Partners, New York, Oxbridge, Nashville Staff, Time Warner, Indiana University, SG Locations: New York, San Francisco, Austin, San Diego, Chicago, Los Angeles , New York, Phoenix, West Coast, Los Angeles, NYC, California, United States, Boston, Dallas, Atlanta, Columbia, Latin America, Asia, Europe, San Francisco , New York, Bay, Gold, Los Angeles , Greenwich, Nashville, Amity, South Florida

☆ 3 key questions Disney analysts say CEO Bob Iger faces ahead of earnings, as concerns mount about succession and streaming profits
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Reed Alexander | Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

For Disney, Iger's return was a doctor's-orders scenario. "What is the long game for any pure-play media company in a world where we have tech-driven media companies that are much larger than any traditional media company and have fundamentally different business models?" Will Disney sell TV assets like ABC? Industry watchers have focused on private-equity firms as likely buyers of Disney's TV assets. Are you a Disney insider?

Persons: Bob Iger, Bob Chapek, Iger, Disney, Iger's, Peter Csathy, Tom Staggs, Kevin Mayer, Csathy, they're, He's, Paul Verna, Verna, David Heger, Edward Jones, Heger, Hulu —, it's, Dave Portnoy's Barstool, Will, Evercore, Dana Walden, Alan Bergman, Puck, Disney bigwigs, Mayer, Walden, Bergman, Reed Alexander, Lucia Moses Organizations: Disney, ESPN, Walt Disney Co, Hollywood, Creative Media, Apple, PE, Candle Media, Insider Intelligence, Hulu, LightShed Partners, Penn Entertainment, ESPN Bet, Penn, Yahoo Finance, Will Disney, ABC, Geographic, CNBC, Industry, Disney's, Parks

☆ 3 key questions Disney analysts say CEO Bob Iger faces ahead of earnings this week, as concerns mount about succession and streaming profits
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Reed Alexander | Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Persons: Bob Iger, —, Bob Chapek, Iger, Disney, Iger's, Peter Csathy, Tom Staggs, Kevin Mayer, Csathy, they're, He's, Paul Verna, Verna, David Heger, Edward Jones, Heger, Hulu —, Will, it's, Evercore, Dana Walden, Alan Bergman, Puck, Disney bigwigs, Mayer, Walden, Bergman, Reed Alexander, Lucia Moses Organizations: Disney, ESPN, Walt Disney Co, Hollywood, Creative Media, Apple, PE, Candle Media, Insider Intelligence, Hulu, LightShed Partners, Will Disney, ABC, Geographic, CNBC, Industry, Disney's, Parks

☆ Browse our database of more than 350 Wall Street headhunters to find your dream job in private equity, investment banking, or hedge funds
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Emmalyse Brownstein | Alex Morrell | Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

From investment banks to hedge funds to private-equity shops, the financial industry is always on the lookout for top talent. Hedge funds are another story. As Insider recently reported, demand for inflation traders by hedge funds has been red hot. Keizner said he's also seeing demand at hedge funds that focus on credit trading and special situations, like mergers. "Single manager, directional equity hedge funds typically haven't been receiving asset inflows and as a result, there's less hiring there."

Persons: Anthony Keizner, Bobby Jain, Adam Harwood, who's, Keizner, he's Organizations: Wall, PJT Partners, Search, Citadel, Credit Suisse, Bankers, Wall Street Locations: dealmaking

Media and entertainment deal-making has slowed, but private equity players are still betting big on the space. Middle Eastern sources are still providing funding to media, which could fuel deals in the months ahead. Media deal volume has actually increased, just not as fast; PwC recorded media deals rose 3% (to 326) in the six months through May, down from a 7% increase in the previous six months. And beyond private equity, legacy players could shed properties they consider non-core: Paramount is trying to offload BET while Warner Bros. Insider's list of top private equity players in media and entertainment highlights 17 firms, from heavy hitters to smaller upstarts, based on our reporting and conversations with investors and insiders.

Persons: PwC, Hollywood —, Ryan, Morgan Stanley, Sherrese Clarke Soares Organizations: Media, Hollywood, RedBird Capital Partners, NFL, Company, Qatar Investment Authority, Yahoo, ESPN, Paramount, BET, Warner Bros, Discovery, Equity Partners Locations: Providence, BlackRock

☆ Inside the private-equity recruiting tornado that just hit — and why it may be turning some young bankers away from a career on the buyside
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Emmalyse Brownstein | Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Private-equity recruiting for 2025 roles officially kicked off Friday, including at Apollo and TPG. Many of those bankers had barely started their current investment-banking jobs, and others were still in training sessions for them. As always, the firms were recruiting first-year investment banking analysts for jobs that won't start until 2025. Midnight interviews are not uncommon in private-equity recruiting, nor are "exploding offers," which demand that candidates make a decision before leaving the interview room to prevent them from shopping around. $300,000 offersOver the years, on-cycle recruiting has crept up on candidates earlier and earlier.

Persons: I'm, It's, Carlyle, Warburg Pincus, —, webinar, headhunting, Brian O'Callghan, O'Callaghan Organizations: Apollo, TPG, nab, General Atlantic, KKR, Permira, TPG Capital, Labor Locations: York

☆ Cheddar News was meant to be a digital-media darling that could rival Bloomberg and CNBC. Now it's reportedly considering a sale — here's how the network was pushed to the brink.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The owner of embattled network Cheddar News is reportedly considering selling the seven-year-old startup. NYT's DealBook reported on Monday that Altice USA tapped Goldman Sachs to explore a possible sale. NYT reporters Lauren Hirsch and Ben Mullin noted a sale isn't a foregone conclusion and Altice USA could decide not to proceed. Spokespersons for Altice USA did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment on Monday morning and a spokesperson for Goldman Sachs had no comment. Check out Insider's exclusive coverage of the chaos at Cheddar News:Are you a Cheddar News or Altice USA insider?

Persons: DealBook, Goldman Sachs, Lauren Hirsch, Ben Mullin, Altice, —, I'd, Baker Machado, Chloe Aiello, Read, I've, Jon Steinberg, Steinberg, Reed Alexander Organizations: News, Telecom, Altice USA, Cheddar News, New York Times, USA, Insiders, Mail, Cheddar Locations: USA, Cheddar, Portugal

☆ Read the leaked Hearst Magazines memo announcing dozens of layoffs across titles like Cosmopolitan and Seventeen: 'Change can be difficult but it is necessary'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Reed Alexander | Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Hearst Magazines implemented layoffs Thursday affecting dozens of employees across its portfolio. Insider obtained the full memo from the president of Hearst Magazines announcing the news. Hearst Magazines Media Union tweeted that 41 of its members were laid off due to "company restructuring." Change can be difficult but it is necessary as we pave the way forward as a digital-first media company. Thank you all for your dedication as we work together to build the future for Hearst Magazines.

Persons: we're, Debi Chirichella, Hearst, —, Hearst Magazines Media Union, Chirichella, Slack, I'm, You'd, he'd, Jessica Giles, EIC Kristin Koch, It's, we've, Reed Alexander, Lucia Moses, lmoses, Alison Brower, Dan Whateley Organizations: Hearst, Hearst Magazines, Cosmopolitan, Hearst Magazines Media, Hearst Union, Twitter, Fashion

☆ Why Hollywood actors and writers are on strike and how the WGA and SAG-AFTRA walkouts are changing the entertainment industry
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The Hollywood writers' strike got a boost when actors joined the picket lines in July. Together, the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes have upended development and promotion of new content. Read more about the issues and demands driving the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes:When will the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes end? Some are predicting that the writers' strike appears to be on course to outlast the previous the 100-day WGA strike of 2007-8, which cost the California economy roughly $2 billion. Read more about how Hollywood companies prepared for the strikes:Getting a job in Hollywood right now: Is anyone still hiring?

Persons: AFTRA, Oppenheimer, Abbott, Fran Drescher, it's, Read, Adam Conover, Ted Sarandos, David Zaslav, picketers, showdowns, Hollywood's, Reed Alexander, Lucia Moses Organizations: Hollywood, SAG, WGA, Writers Guild of America, Alliance, Television Producers, Netflix, Warner Bros, Discovery, Employees, Wall, Big Tech Locations: Los Angeles and New York City, California, Hollywood

☆ Junior bankers are 'freaking out' and ditching summer training sessions amid rumblings that private equity recruiting is kicking off ridiculously early
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Emmalyse Brownstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Panic is setting in at investment banks across Wall Street as junior bankers are thrust into the whirlwind of private equity recruiting. Private equity recruiting is an annual Wall Street ritual, albeit an unwelcome one for some investment banks. Coffee chats vs on-cycleWhich private equity firms are recruiting and when is somewhat murky — for good reason. Private equity firms have also begun hosting events, including an invite-only networking social with KKR Thursday night and online information sessions hosted by Hellman & Friedman Wednesday. "I know it's crazy, but it's in your best interest to decide upfront whether you want to pursue private equity," he said.

Persons: I'm, Evercore, Asif Rahman, Friedman, Apax, Hellman, that's, Matt Ting, It's, Ting, they'll, Reed Alexander Organizations: Oasis, Henkel, Advisors, KKR, Hellman, Industry, headhunters, Permira Locations: Wall, New York

☆ Getting an entry-level job at Blackstone is harder than getting into Harvard, says Steve Schwarzman. Here's how to ace an interview and land a job there.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Casey Sullivan | Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Getting a job at private equity giant Blackstone is getting more competitive. In 2020, Insider spoke with president Jon Gray to learn how to stand out and land a job Blackstone. The billionaire that built Blackstone doubts he'd land a job at the private equity titan today. "Getting an entry-level job at Blackstone is 12 times harder than getting into Harvard. So how exactly do applicants dead-set on working for the firm land one of its highly-prized entry-level gigs?

Persons: Jon Gray, Blackstone, Stephen Schwarzman, That's, I'd, Schwarzman, —, Gray, Blackstone's cofounders, Pete Peterson, couldn't, Here's Organizations: Blackstone, Morning, Wall Street, Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, Wall Locations: New York, Chicago

☆ This exclusive chart reveals why the groundswell of buzz around 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer' could help reverse Hollywood's box-office doldrums in spite of the actors' strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

This year, a number of films have flopped at the box office, including "Elemental" and "The Flash." A social-media analysis from Diesel Labs points to possible success for "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" — here's why. Temperatures are rising all around the world, with one notable exception: the box office, where this year's film openings have mostly been, at best, lukewarm. Social-media attention on forthcoming and recent film releases looks to be generally trending higher for titles like "Barbie," "Oppenheimer," and "Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Pt. This story has been updated to reflect new box office estimates and an estimate of how many moviegoers will see "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" on the same day.

Persons: Barbie, Oppenheimer, Mario Bros, tentpole, Indiana Jones, —, Barbie ”, “ Oppenheimer, Michael O'Leary, David A . Gross, Tom Cruise's, Gross, Screenrant, Ruby Gillman, Mario, America's, Christopher Nolan's, Greta Gerwig's, Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Rami Malek, Reed Alexander Organizations: Diesel Labs, SAG, Writers Guild of America, www.diesellabs.com Diesel Labs, National Association of Theatre Owners, Warner Bros, Rotten, Entertainment Research, Variety, Disney, Mario Bros, Writers Guild, Wednesday, London Locations: Hollywood, North America

☆ 3 in 5 workers try to be 'active' online even while not working, a new Slack report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

63% of workers surveyed say they keep their status actively online, even when not working, per Slack. These findings come amid an ongoing debate about hustle culture and performative productivity. Slack's State of Work report was conducted between February and March, surveying 18,149 employers and employees from nine countries. These findings come amid an ongoing debate about hustle culture and performative productivity. This discontent with hustle culture even propelled "quiet quitting" into virality.

Persons: Slack, they're, Insider's Reed Alexander Organizations: Employees, Service, JPMorgan, OECD Locations: Slack, Wall, Silicon, Slack's

☆ Hearst slashes roles across its magazine portfolio, which includes Cosmopolitan and Seventeen, as it looks to implement 'strategic decisions'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Lucia Moses | Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Hearst Magazines implemented layoffs Thursday affecting employees across its portfolio. The Hearst Magazines union tweeted that some 41 roles were cut. "As we continue to produce the highest-quality content across all platforms, we're also making strategic decisions that position the business for long-term growth," a Hearst Magazines spokesperson told Insider in a statement. Hearst Magazines Media Union tweeted that 41 of its members were laid off due to "company restructuring." The Hearst Union did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider on Thursday.

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