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☆ Who Are the 4 People Running CNN Now?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Katie Robertson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Her division was reduced as part of cost-cutting measures by Mr. Licht, who announced in October that CNN would stop buying original TV series and documentary films and that Ms. Entelis would explore developing a studio focused on long-form content. Before joining CNN, Ms. Entelis worked at ABC News for 30 years, starting as a producer and rising through various leadership roles. She was one of three executives chosen last year to lead CNN on an interim basis after the ouster of its previous chief executive, Jeff Zucker. She was promoted to that job in July 2022 by Mr. Licht after a decade at the network, which she joined as a deputy in the Washington bureau. Ms. Moseley previously worked for 18 years at ABC News, where she was a senior Washington producer for “Good Morning America.” She is married to Thomas R. Nides, the U.S. ambassador to Israel.

Persons: . Licht, Entelis, Jeff Zucker, Virginia Moseley Virginia Moseley, Moseley, Thomas R Organizations: CNN, ABC News, White House, America Locations: United States, Washington, U.S, Israel

☆ Who is Amy Entelis? CNN exec who lead award-winning documentary unit will take over from Chris Licht
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Trisha Gopal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Entelis notably led the network's original series and feature-length documentary unit. Entelis, who joined joined CNN in 2012, revitalized the network's original series and feature-length documentary unit, launching high-profile shows like "Parts Unknown" with Anthony Bourdain and "Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy." Entelis notably lead the charge at CNN Films, the network's longform documentary unit. According to the company's website, Entelis has been responsible for overseeing 45 documentary series and 60 feature length films, earning CNN 100 awards and 445 nominations. Before joining CNN, Entelis spent three decades at ABC, where she managed talent for shows like "20/20," "Good Morning America," "Nightline," and "World News Tonight."

Persons: Chris Licht, Amy Entelis, Entelis, Jeff Zucker, Anthony Bourdain, Stanley Tucci, Alexei Navalny, Licht, David Zaslav, David Leavy, Zaslav's, Virginia Moseley, Eric Sherling, Chris, Zaslav Organizations: CNN, Morning, CNN Worldwide, CNN Films, BAFTA, ABC, Warner Bros, Discovery Locations: Italy

☆ Tim Cook uses ChatGPT and says Apple is looking at it closely
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Apple CEO Tim Cook arrives for the season three premiere of "Ted Lasso" at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles, California, on March 7, 2023. Apple CEO Tim Cook said recently that he uses ChatGPT, the AI chatbot, and is excited about the tool's "unique applications." Cook added that large language models — the AI tools that power chatbots like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Bard — show "great promise" but also the potential for "things like bias, things like misinformation [and] maybe worse in some cases." The Apple CEO also offered his thoughts on regulation and guardrails, saying they're needed but that AI is powerful and the tech's development is moving quickly. "If you look down the road, then it's so powerful that companies have to employ their own ethical decisions," Cook said.

Persons: Tim Cook, Ted Lasso, ABC's, Cook, Bard, they're, Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis, Dario Amodei Organizations: Apple, Village, GMA Locations: Los Angeles , California

☆ Apple CEO Tim Cook says he uses ChatGPT and is excited about the chatbot
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Alistair Barr | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tim Cook didn't blink when the CEO was asked whether he uses ChatGPT. Cook has been cautious about generative AI, while other CEOs have been saying 'AI' over and over. Apple CEO Tim Cook said he uses ChatGPT and is excited about the chatbot, during an interview on Good Morning America. That last bit is Tim Cook code. "It's very important to be deliberate and thoughtful on how you approach these things," Cook said during an Apple earnings call earlier this year.

Persons: Tim Cook, Cook, Microsoft's Bing, Google's Bard Organizations: Apple, Street Journal, Morning, Microsoft, Google Locations: OpenAI

June 5 (Reuters) - The mother of a 6-year-old Virginia boy who shot and wounded his elementary school teacher was charged on Monday with two U.S. firearms felonies, and her lawyer said she will plead guilty to both offenses under a deal with federal prosecutors. She is accused of concealing in a federal firearms transaction form that she was an unlawful user of marijuana, court records show. The federal firearms counts are in addition to state charges on which Taylor was already indicted in connection with the Jan. 6 shooting of her son's first-grade teacher, Abigail Zwerner, at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia. Another school staffer rushed into the classroom and restrained the boy while Zwerner ushered the rest of the students from the classroom to safety, police said. Zwerner has said the boy had been previously removed from school for violent behavior.

Persons: Deja Taylor, Taylor, Abigail Zwerner, James Ellenson, Ellenson, Zwerner, Steve Gorman, Leslie Adler Organizations: Richneck Elementary School, ABC, Thomson Locations: Virginia, Newport News , Virginia, Los Angeles

☆ No Tim Cook, the Apple Vision Pro headset does not cost '$34.99'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Alistair Barr | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Still, the cost of the new Vision Pro headset is taking people's breathe away. Tim Cook was asked about the hefty price tag during an interview on Good Morning America. On Good Morning America, Apple CEO Tim Cook was asked how much the new Vision Pro headset costs. The high price of the Vision Pro even took the edge off of Apple's product launch, which is usually a fanboy lovefest. During the GMA interview, Roberts asked Cook whether the device is something that the average person will be able to afford.

Persons: Tim Cook, couldn't, Robin Roberts, Roberts, Cook, You've Organizations: Morning, Apple, GMA Locations: Morning America

☆ People who were whisked away in golf carts to try out Apple's $3,500 headset are calling it 'magic' that is 'still searching for a purpose'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Grace Mayer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Following the announcement of Apple's Vision Pro headset at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, some attendees were whisked away in golf carts to a location on the company's campus to try out the new headset. Many noted the device's display screens were impressive (each have a more-than 4K resolution) and its hand-eye scrolling and tapping functions were responsive and worked mostly smoothly. YouTuber Brownlee said the most impressive thing about the headset was the device's internal eye-tracking technology, calling the experience "telepathic." The Verge's Patel was impressed by the device's display, which he said was "easily the highest-resolution VR display I have ever seen," and its "video passthrough" technology — the device's display adjusting to show a person who is talking to you in-person or your surroundings. "The most perfect headset demo reel of all time is still just a headset demo reel — whether Apple's famed developer community can generate a killer app for the Vision Pro is still up in the air," The Verge's Patel wrote.

Persons: YouTuber Marques Brownlee, Nilay Patel, —, YouTuber Brownlee, Brownlee, I've, Patel, Robin Roberts, Roberts, Joanna Stern, Stern Organizations: Apple, Developers, Apple's, Developers Conference, Vision

☆ Police video shows a car flying off a tow-truck ramp at full speed on Georgia highway — watch here
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Police bodycam footage showed the moment a driver hit a ramp at full speed on a Georgia highway. Lowndes County officers were already attending to a traffic stop when the car flew past them. The 21-year-old female driver survived the incident but sustained serious injuries. It soared around 120 feet into the air before smashing down into another car. Officials said the driver of the vehicle was a 21-year-old woman from Tallahassee, Florida.

Persons: —, Crystal Zion Organizations: Service, Privacy, Police, Morning, Good Morning, Georgia Governor's, of Highway Locations: Georgia, Lowndes, Lowndes County, Tallahassee , Florida, Good Morning America

☆ Amanda Seyfried, who played Elizabeth Holmes in 'The Dropout,' says the Theranos founder's 11-year prison sentence is 'fair,' but she sympathizes for Holmes' kids
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Amanda Seyfried, who played Elizabeth Holmes in "The Dropout," says Holmes' 11-year prison sentence is "fair." Holmes reported to a women's prison in Bryan, Texas, on Tuesday to start serving her sentence. Amanda Seyfried has weighed in on Elizabeth Holmes' prison sentence after portraying the disgraced Theranos founder in the Hulu miniseries "The Dropout." Seyfried appeared on "Good Morning America" on Tuesday, the day Holmes reported to a minimum-security women's prison in Bryan, Texas, to begin serving her 11-year sentence. But she added that she thought Holmes' sentence — 11.25 years in prison with three years of supervision following her release — was "fair."

Persons: Amanda Seyfried, Elizabeth Holmes, Holmes, Seyfried, sympathizes, William, Billy, Evans, —, Naveen Andrews, Ramesh, Sunny, Balwani, Theranos, Elizabeth Organizations: Hulu, Globe, Los Angeles Times Locations: Bryan , Texas

☆ An Asiana Airlines passenger says he thought he was going to die when his flight's emergency door was opened mid-flight
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A man who sat next to the person accused of opening a door on an Asiana Airlines flight feared for his life. Lee Yoon-Joon told South Korea's Yonhap News Agency that he wondered whether he would die. Lee Yoon-Joon spoke out about last week's in-flight incident to South Korea's Yonhap News Agency, saying that he "thought, am I going to die?" An Asiana Airlines representative told CNN that the flight was about 700 feet above the ground when the emergency exit door was opened, causing panic to ensue. An arrest warrant was issued by a South Korean court for the man suspected of opening up the door, according to Reuters.

☆ E. Jean Carroll elated at verdict that Trump sexually abused her
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The verdict in Manhattan federal court represented a fresh legal setback for Trump as he seeks to regain the presidency in 2024. Yesterday was probably the happiest day of my life," Carroll told ABC's "Good Morning America." "He said terrible things about me," Carroll said, referring to Trump, "dragged me through the mud, ground my face in the dirt." Carroll described holding hands with her lawyer as the verdict was read. "He gave them more process than even anyone else ever gets," Kaplan said on "Good Morning America."

☆ Explainer: What's next for Trump after civil rape verdict?
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Jack Queen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Here is a rundown of what could come next:WILL TRUMP WILL APPEAL THE VERDICT? Experts said Trump does not appear to have a strong appeal case, noting Kaplan's experience and that quality lawyering on both sides appeared to have ensured a fair trial. CAN TRUMP PAY THE $5 MILLION? WILL TRUMP PAY AND WHAT HAPPENS IF HE DOESN’T? Trump will likely obtain a court order stating that he does not have to pay Carroll while his appeal is pending.

☆ A former Nike runner says the company stopped paying her while she was pregnant and portrayed her as 'Miss America in a crop top'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( Matthew Kish | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Nike "takes great pride as a leader in supporting female athletes," the company said. Goucher's book also describes a persistently sexist culture at the Nike Oregon Project and says that Alberto Salazar, a celebrated distance runner and former Nike coach, sexually assaulted her. "My story helped sell shoes, shorts, T-shirts, and bras," Goucher wrote of her time as a Nike-backed runner. "In 2018 we standardized our approach across all sports to support all of our female athletes during pregnancy," Nike said in the statement. We know that Nike can continue to play an elevated role in supporting female athletes and improving their experience in sports."

☆ Some of Florida's cities don't want spring breakers. With the state's economy booming, many don't need them.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-01 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Miami Beach's mayor recently said officials "don't want spring break in our city." Spring break is among the reasons the state generates billions of dollars in tax revenue per year from tourism. But there are signs that booming population growth, which Florida's Office of Economic and Demographic Research has described as the state's "primary engine of economic growth," could help diversify the state's economy. The number of arrests in the city during spring break more than doubled in 1986 from the same period in 1985. While thousands of college students still frequent Fort Lauderdale during spring break, the city's current mayor, Dean Trantalis, described them as "very well behaved."

☆ ABC News staffers were stunned at the departures of veteran colleagues and 'outraged' about how the exits were handled
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-01 | by ( Claire Atkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Some ABC News staff were in tears on Thursday after layoffs of respected news veterans. Kim Godwin has made positive changes as ABC News president and has faced a string of complex situations. ABC News staffers are in shock over the departure of multiple senior-level colleagues, most notably Wendy Fisher, SVP news gathering. ABC News alone lost 50 staffers on Thursday as part of the slim-down and a leadership reorganization by division President Kim Godwin. A second ABC News insider said it was unprecedented to dismiss longtime veterans in such a manner.

☆ Disney layoffs are expected to hit ABC News this week, sources say, with scores of roles to be eliminated following cuts from TV, engineering, and metaverse teams
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( Claire Atkinson | Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Cuts at Disney's ABC News are coming before the end of the week, according to sources. Disney firings are expected to affect its ABC News division this week, according to two company insiders familiar with the situation. TV production and acquisition execs at Hulu, Freeform, and 20th Television were also impacted, according to a report in Deadline. Leaders will be communicating the news directly to the first group of impacted employees over the next four days. I want to thank each of you again for all your many achievements here at The Walt Disney Company.

☆ Police Release Body-Cam Footage, Investigate Motive in Nashville School Shooting
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-28 | by ( Cameron Mcwhirter | Mariah Timms | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Authorities on Tuesday released footage from police body cameras and said they continued to search for a motive in the school shooting a day earlier that took six lives at a private Christian school. John Drake, chief of the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, told ABC’s “Good Morning America” that investigators were sifting through evidence, including writings in a book “that we consider to be a manifesto” and a map of the school. He said a motive for the attack by 28-year-old suspect Audrey Hale, who killed three students and three adults at Covenant School in Nashville’s Green Hills neighborhood, had yet to be determined. Police officers who arrived shortly after the shooting erupted shot and killed Hale.

Joe Tacopino is Trump's lawyer for the Manhattan DA's probe into a hush-money payment made to Stormy Daniels. He has previously said on CNN that the exchange poses a "real problem" for Trump. "If it leads back to the Trump campaign funding, that's a big problem," Tacopino said back on March 18, 2018. "This is a real problem," Tacopino said, according to the report. Tacopino's 2018 comments are a far cry from his more recent statements as a possible indictment hangs over Trump's head.

☆ Former Olympian Kara Goucher Alleges Assault by Banned Running Coach Alberto Salazar
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Rachel Bachman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Kara Goucher won bronze medals at the 2009 Boston Marathon and 2008 New York City Marathon. She twice represented the U.S. at the Olympics. Kara Goucher, an Olympic runner who worked with famed coach Alberto Salazar at the prestigious Nike Oregon Project training group, alleged that he twice sexually assaulted her while giving her massages. Goucher made the allegations in a book on her experiences in running, published Tuesday, and in an interview with “Good Morning America.”

☆ Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen testifies before grand jury
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Karen Freifeld | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

He needs to be held accountable for his dirty deeds," Cohen said of Trump outside a Manhattan courthouse on his way to the grand jury. Grand jury proceedings are not public. Davis, his lawyer, would not comment on the details of Cohen's testimony before the grand jury on Monday. I never had an affair with Stormy Daniels," he said on his Truth Social platform last week. Joseph Tacopina, another Trump lawyer, said on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Monday there were no plans to participate in the grand jury, though a decision had not been made.

☆ Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen set to testify before grand jury
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Karen Freifeld | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/4] Michael Cohen, former attorney for former U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives to the New York Courthouse in New York City, U.S., March 13, 2023. He needs to be held accountable for his dirty deeds," Cohen said of Trump outside a Manhattan courthouse on his way to the grand jury. Grand jury proceedings are not public. "I did absolutely nothing wrong, I never had an affair with Stormy Daniels," he said on Truth Social last week. Joseph Tacopina, another Trump lawyer, said on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Monday there were no plans to participate in the grand jury, though a decision had not been made.

☆ Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen to testify before grand jury
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Karen Freifeld | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

March 13 (Reuters) - Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former lawyer and fixer, is expected to testify on Monday afternoon before a Manhattan grand jury investigating hush money payments he has said he orchestrated to porn star Stormy Daniels on behalf of the former president. He needs to be held accountable for his dirty deeds," Cohen said of Trump outside a Manhattan courthouse on his way to the grand jury. Grand jury proceedings are not public. [1/4] Michael Cohen, former attorney for former U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives to the New York Courthouse in New York City, U.S., March 13, 2023. Joseph Tacopina, another Trump lawyer, said on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Monday there were no plans to participate in the grand jury, though a decision had not been made.

☆ The FAA won't have to establish seating size and space rules despite all the complaints, US court rules
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

On Friday, a US court ruled against FAA having to establish minimum seat sizes and spacing for safety, Reuters reports. On Friday, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that advocacy group FlyersRights.org couldn't force the FAA to adopt seating dimension rules. That is why some passengers pay for wider seats and extra legroom," Walker wrote. There needs to be a minimum size established, and it needs to be larger than the current sizing," commenter Epiphany Pizor wrote. In 2018, Congress passed the FAA Reauthorization Act, directing the agency to issue seat dimension rules regarding passenger safety.

☆ AI like ChatGPT amplifies 'darkest aspects of human nature,' Pinterest CEO warns
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Pinterest CEO Bill Ready warned that emerging AI tech could accelerate the negative impact of social media on mental health. During an interview with "Good Morning America," the CEO said that AI amplifies the "darkest aspects of human nature." The Pinterest CEO made the comments during a recent interview with "Good Morning America." "Interestingly, the discussion has been that this is just human nature — the social media platforms are just reflecting human nature — but in reality AI has been amplifying the darkest aspects of human nature," he said. Ready is far from the first executive to sound the alarm on emerging AI technology.

☆ The dip buyers are back on Wall Street — listen to the 'Homestretch'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

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