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Not when he was so ineffective in his return from back surgery that Simmons couldn't even protest much when he was bounced first from his normal position, then eventually from Nets coach Jacque Vaughn's rotation entirely. “It’s hard for a coach to really trust and believe in you when he’s not seeing it, right?” Simmons said. It gives the Nets hope that, no longer with Kevin Durant or Kyrie Irving, at least they now have the old Ben Simmons. “Ben Simmons going downhill is a problem,” said Doc Rivers, who coached Simmons in Philadelphia and is now an ESPN analyst. Simmons, used to his game being scrutinized in both his NBA homes, won't say much beyond that he is finally healthy again.

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☆ Netflix and others have pulled back on hard-hitting documentaries as streamers seek more true crime and 'nothing too political'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

"Beyond Utopia" attracted interest at Sundance from streamers like Amazon's Prime Video and Netflix. Interest peaked four years ago at the Sundance Film Festival, fueled by Amazon and Netflix, which paid a record $10 million for the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez doc "Knock Down the House." In the crime realm, WME advised, Netflix was seeking films based on big, well-known cases and scams like "Dahmer" and "Tinder Swindler." Filmmakers point to streamers' self-censorship and 'cold feet' over sensitive topicsSome filmmakers said there are still champions at the streamers for documentaries that push the envelope. "Beyond Utopia" is among a number of recent films that have been snubbed by the big streamers, despite winning awards and buzz.

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☆ Tensions flare at Two Sigma over donations after Hamas attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Bradley Saacks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The heightened sensitivity around Israel and Palestine hit home last week at Two Sigma, the $60 billion New York-based quant fund manager. The firm's leadership faced internal criticism last week following its regular companywide Wednesday email, according to sources familiar with the situation. The company is also backdating donations to these organizations to October 7, the date of the deadly attacks. "We are horrified by the recent terrorist attacks in Israel and devastated by the loss of innocent civilian lives in the region. In response, last week we launched a 2:1 company match for employee donations made to organizations providing critical support and humanitarian relief," a statement from a Two Sigma spokesperson said.

Persons: Bill Ackman, Marc Rowan, maters — Organizations: Sigma, Google, USA, Committee, United, Finance, Pershing, maters — Harvard, University of Pennsylvania Locations: Israel, Palestine, York, Gaza, United Nations

☆ Elon Musk has custody of son X despite mother Grimes' objections, court doc says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Jack Newsham | Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

She told a Texas court that son X "is only absent from California over [her] objection." Grimes, the musician who has three children with Elon Musk , told a Texas court last week that their eldest son X Æ A-XII Musk isn't with her in California "over [her] objection." The artist, whose real name is Claire Boucher, asked a Texas court on October 6 to throw out Musk's child-custody case. Their oldest child, three-year-old son X, is "only absent from California over [Boucher's] objection," according to the document, obtained by Insider. In his biography on Musk, Walter Isaacson wrote that with X Musk had a "free-range" parenting style that was far from "doting."

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Eventually, according to Ellison, Bankman-Fried chose the one that omitted a line saying "FTX borrows," hiding $10 billion in borrowed customer money. When asked by Sassoon why she continued with the scheme, Ellison said, "Sam told me to." She said Bankman-Fried told her she should have hedged and, "speaking loudly and strongly," said it was her fault. CEO Sam Bankman-Fried Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesEllison then went into her own emotional state. After all the movement of FTX money, the company only had $4 billion to cover $12 billion in customer holdings, she said.

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☆ How Texas Monthly is cashing in on Hollywood's true crime obsession
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Streamers increasingly are leaning into true crime and stories about the heartland, and Texas Monthly can check those boxes. Of the publication's 50 film and TV projects, half fall into the true crime genre. "They're trying to reach the middle of the country, and we've got things that do that," Scott Brown, Texas Monthly's president, told Insider. Texas Monthly also has a first-look deal with Warner Bros. Sarah Aubrey, head of original content at Max (and an Austin native), told Insider Texas Monthly has an "uncanny ability" to identify not only gripping true crime but also cultural stories with unforgettable characters.

Persons: Richard Linklater, Oscar, we've, Scott Brown, Brown, Taylor Sheridan, Deborah Esquenazi, Sarah Aubrey, It's, Elizabeth Olsen, Max's, Jake Giles Netter, HBO Max, —, greenlit, James Reyos Organizations: Texas, Netflix, Hollywood, Warner Bros, HBO, HBO Max Texas, Entertainment, CAA Locations: Venice, Toronto, Houston, Scott Brown , Texas, Texas, Austin, Hollywood

☆ Saudi Arabia, other Arab states reaffirm commitment to voluntary oil production adjustments
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The OPEC logo pictured ahead of an informal meeting between members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Algiers, Algeria, September 28, 2016. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina//File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 8 (Reuters) - Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates reaffirmed their commitment to "collective and individual voluntary adjustments" to oil production, the Saudi state news agency said on Sunday. The oil ministers of the six countries met on the sidelines of the U.N. MENA climate week event in Riyadh on Sunday. OPEC+ agreed in June to extend voluntary oil cuts first introduced in April until the end of 2024. Additional voluntary cuts by Saudi Arabia and Russia extend to the end of 2023 and are subject to monthly review.

Persons: Ramzi Boudina, Hatem Maher, Ros Russell Organizations: Organization of, Petroleum, REUTERS, United, Emirates, Cooperation, Thomson Locations: Algiers, Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Saudi, Riyadh, OPEC, Russia

☆ Menopause symptoms: How to prepare for effects on your brain
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Andrea Kane | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Each episode will focus on one of those states — the distracted brain, the frightened brain, the nourished brain, etc. (While her paper was published in 2021 in Nature Scientific Reports, Mosconi has kept adding women’s brain scans to her database.) She adds that what happens during menopause can have implications for brain health in later years. “Active smoking is a huge ‘no’ for both menopause but also for brain health,” she said. “Physical activity is really supportive of hormonal health and brain health,” she noted.

Persons: Sanjay Gupta, —, ” Lisa Mosconi, ” Mosconi, Mosconi, Lisa Mosconi, That’s, ”, “, they’re, I’m Organizations: CNN, Weill Cornell Medicine, Nature Locations: New York City

WINCHESTER, Va. (AP) — An animal trainer featured in the popular Netflix series “Tiger King” has received a suspended two-year sentence after being convicted of wildlife trafficking in Virginia, the state attorney general’s office announced. Antle was accused of illegally buying endangered lion cubs in Frederick County, Virginia, for display and profit at his South Carolina zoo. A jury convicted him in June of two felony counts each of wildlife trafficking and conspiring to wildlife traffic. Antle, who owns the Myrtle Beach Safari, appeared in “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness,” a Netflix documentary miniseries that focused on tiger breeders. “In Virginia, we uphold the rule of law without exception, whether dealing with violent repeat offenders, big pharma, fraudsters and scammers, or wildlife traffickers,” he said.

Persons: ”, general’s, Doc ” Antle, Jason Miyares, Antle, Miyares, “ Organizations: Netflix, Prosecutors, fraudsters Locations: Va, Virginia, Frederick County , Virginia, Carolina, Myrtle

The lawsuit accuses prison officials of placing inmates into confinement based on secret evidence, leaving them unable to challenge their placement. A number of lawsuits nationally have targeted the conditions of solitary confinement, saying that the treatment of incarcerated people there has led to psychiatric episodes of self-mutilation and death due to lack of adequate care. The lawsuit asks the court to end the use of secret evidence and solitary confinement for mental health patients. But mental health treatment in the prison is “grossly inadequate” and Maldonado's time in solitary confinement caused insomnia, anxiety, depression and suicidal ideation, his lawyers said. Maldonado was prescribed an antidepressant, but was also taunted as being weak by others in solitary confinement, who can hear visits from mental health staff.

Persons: Angel Maldonado, ” Maldonado, “, Maldonado, ideation, ”, Alexandra Morgan, Kurtz, ” ___ Brooke Schultz Organizations: of Corrections, Correctional, Department of Corrections, Mental, Pennsylvania Institutional Law, Associated Press, America Statehouse News Initiative, America Locations: HARRISBURG, Pa, Pennsylvania, of Corrections ’, Fayette

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — James Harden skipped the Philadelphia 76ers’ media day and his status for training camp this week in Colorado is unclear because the franchise has yet to meet the disgruntled guard’s demand for a trade. Harden did picked up his $35.6 million contract option this season in June with the expectation the team would try to trade him. When no deal materialized for the seven-time All-NBA player, he blasted Morey at a promotional event in China. Harden’s play last season was a pivotal reason why the Sixers’ championship run stalled. Simmons missed training camp and made a brief return to practice but never again played a game for the Sixers.

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“This whole process has been like an emotional rollercoaster,” Beckham said of the “Beckham” series in an exclusive video interview with The Associated Press. Despite the full support of Manchester United fans and club manager Sir Alex Ferguson, Beckham said there wasn’t the same knowledge or concern about mental health that exists now. It had always been his father’s dream that his son play in the premiership for Manchester United and it soon became their shared dream, turned reality. She was already a global superstar as “Posh Spice” and he was a rising talent with Manchester United. “Do I wish things hadn’t happened?

Persons: — David Beckham, ” Beckham, Beckham, “ I’ve, “, hadn’t, ”, Diego Simeone’s, David Gardner, Sir Alex Ferguson, ’ ”, I’d, ‘, “ I’m, Ferguson, Cruz, Harper Seven, Victoria Adams, Gary Neville, “ Beckham, weren’t, “ Brand Beckham Organizations: Netflix, Associated Press, Argentina, AP, Manchester United, League, Brooklyn, Real Madrid, Adidas, Armani, Inter Miami Locations: Argentina, London, Chingford , Essex, Hackney, Manchester, Romeo, America

☆ Atari 2600+ sees its future in retro gaming — and maybe in a handheld too
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( Michael Nam | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The Atari home video game system took the late1970s and early 1980s by storm, complete with faux wood paneling and a classic joystick with a big red button. Centipede - Atari 2600 VCS Videogame ArcadeImages/Alamy Stock PhotoWith Rosen at the helm, the company is taking a closer look at its own history to chart its future, releasing remastered or reimagined versions of its classics like “Missile Command” and “Centipede,” producing the critically acclaimed “Atari 50” interactive documentary, and introducing its soon-to-be released retro console the Atari 2600+. They’re radically different things.”The retro console arrives in November at a $130 price point and in a more compact version. While it comes packaged with 10 games in a single cartridge, the console will also play new titles and work with original Atari 2600 and 7800 game cartridges. Atari is reimagining the classic "Haunted House" video game.

Persons: Wade Rosen, Rosen, ” Rosen, “, They’re, ”, Tengku Bahar, there’d, It’s Organizations: CNN, Atari, “, Command, Getty, Nightdive Studios, Nintendo, PlayStation Locations: Hong Kong, AFP

☆ ‘Cozy cardio’ TikTok trend can ease you into a fitness routine
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Faye Chiu | Melanie Radzicki Mcmanus | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

If that sounds like you and you’re looking for a way to improve your health, consider giving “cozy cardio” a try. Before these cozy cardio workouts, Zuckerbrow followed a workout plan, filled with loud music, to lose 100 pounds. The first TikTok video she posted of her new exercise routine garnered 400,000 views, and cozy cardio was born. Adults should be getting 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity each week, according to the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, published by the US Department of Health and Human Services. Cozy for lifeZuckerbrow’s fitness and stamina continue to increase, and trips to the gym have replaced some of her cozy cardio workouts.

Persons: Zuckerbrow, Hope Zuckerbrow, “, ” Zuckerbrow, ”, David Sabgir, Nick Occhipinti, ” Occhipinti, martin, Occhipinti, Sabgir, ” Sabgir, Cozy, Melanie Radzicki McManus Organizations: CNN, Rutgers University, US Department of Health, Human Services, CNN’s, Physicians Locations: Paradise , Texas, Columbus , Ohio, Newark , New Jersey

☆ Leaked Amazon Prime Video pitch reveals new stats to entice advertisers and compete with Netflix and Disney
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Lauren Johnson | Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Amazon revealed new stats about its viewers to ad buyers to pitch Prime Video advertising, which will roll out early next year. Prime Video users can opt out of advertising by paying $2.99 more per month. The stats suggest that advertisers will be able to target younger viewers with Prime Video ads. Prime Video ads will appear in Originals content as well as licensed TV and movies, according to the document. And while Amazon hasn't shared pricing for Prime Video ads, advertisers expect them to be priced reasonably.

Persons: Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Smith, Amazon, Jon Morgenstern, OTT, We're, Netflix hasn't Organizations: Amazon, Intelligence, YouTube, Netflix, Disney Locations: Canada, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Mexico, Australia, Amazon's, VaynerMedia

☆ Read the Judge’s Ruling in the Trump Fraud Case
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

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Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, aLago, Doc, Donald Trump's SFCs, Lawrence Moens, Moens, Diaz, Gardner, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, LETITIA JAMES, TRUMP, DONALD J Organizations: Historic Preservation, New York, NEW, GENERAL Locations: Beach, Palm Beach , Florida, Palm Beach, Hosp, Ethier

☆ Doc Martens, Bomber Jackets, No Ties: Parsing Gen Z Politicians’ Style
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-17 | by ( Rachel Janfaza | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Caleb Hanna, a Republican in West Virginia’s House of Delegates, also said his clothes could set him apart from colleagues. On Fridays, he said, there is a tradition among some Republican members of the State House of Delegates to wear camel suit jackets, a decades-old ritual in which he has not participated. “I think that politics today is a lot different from politics of the past,” Delegate Hanna, 23, said. He started wearing the beret while organizing Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, he said. Later, when he announced his campaign for City Council, it became a way for people to recognize him.

Persons: Caleb Hanna, “, Hanna, ” Mr, Vineyard Vines, ”, “ I’m, Chi Ossé, . Martens, Ossé Organizations: Republican, West Virginia’s House, State, Vineyard, City Council, Black Panthers, New Locations: West Virginia’s, West Virginia, Brooklyn, City

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The prospect of an auto workers strike could test Joe Biden 's treasured assertion that he's the most pro-union president in U.S. history. Political Cartoons View All 1154 Images“I think the American public as a whole realizes the impact that the American auto workers have on the economy," Killian said. But, unlike with rail and airline workers, the president doesn’t have the authority to order autoworkers to stay on the job. Nowhere will the political fallout of an auto workers strike be felt more than Michigan, which Biden won by nearly 3 percentage points in 2020. And Ray Curry, the former UAW president who was unseated by Fain, had worked with Biden in the past, even attending White House ceremonies.

Persons: Joe Biden, Marick, Doc Killian, Killian, ” Biden, Biden, ”, Shawn Fain, “, Fain, Donald Trump, Trump, TRUMP, doesn't . Fain, Dave Green, ” Green, doesn’t, Mark Brewer, Brewer, Ray Curry, Gene Sperling, Biden's, he'll, what's, Randi Weingarten, Biden’s, Weingarten, ___ Weissert, Tom Krisher Organizations: United Auto Workers, General Motors, Ford, Wayne State University, CNN, UAW, Republican, UAW “, “ Union, Democratic, GOP, Michigan Democratic Party, U.S, White, longtime Democratic, Trump, American Federation of Teachers, Associated Press Locations: LANSING, Mich, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Detroit, Wayne , Michigan, America, China, Washington, United States, U.S, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

☆ What planning my digital afterlife at age 27 taught me about my millennial FOMO
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

But recently, X, formerly known as Twitter, was called out by grieving relatives for purging accounts belonging to their dead loved ones. But the normalization of memorialized accounts and grieving online have made the prospect of planning your digital afterlife far less absurd, he added. To be clear, MyWishes lets you create only a nonbinding plan for your digital accounts. It doesn't allow you to pass along information such as passwords or give your loved ones full control of your social media. AdvertisementAdvertisementStill, it's a useful starting point while planning your digital afterlife.

Persons: James Norris, MyWishes, —, Norris, Kai Xiang Teo, curating, Kai Xiang Teo Notably, you've, MyWishes isn't, Andy Ho, it's Organizations: Service, Apple, Meta, Google, Twitter, Nanyang Technological University Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Insider Today: Analyzing Google salaries
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

In today's big story, we're taking a deeper look at the leaked Google salary data by looking at pay ranges across various factors. The sheet detailed 2022 base salaries, equity, and bonuses from over 12,000 Google employees in the US. Google employees who identified as being of Black/African descent had a median base salary at least $23,000 below their Asian, White, and Middle Eastern/North African colleagues. The gap didn't improve among software engineers, as those of Black/African descent had a median base salary $24,500 lower than those of white or European descent. Google employees who identified as being of Black/African descent had a median base salary at least $23,000 below their Asian, White, and Middle Eastern/North African colleagues.

Persons: We've, Tayfun, Rosalie Chan, Hugh Langley, Madison Hoff, Rosalie, Hugh, Madison, Shaw, Ned Davis, Ryan Salame, Salame, Sam Bankman, Tim Cook, Stephen Lam, Sam Altman, Investor Ford Smith, biohacking, Melissa Phillippi, missteps, Goldman Sachs, Sasha Kelemen, Olivia Rodrigo's, Ralph Lauren, —, Joe Jonas, she'd, Dan DeFrancesco, Naga Siu, Hallam Bullock, Lisa Ryan Organizations: Service, Anadolu Agency, Getty, Google, Google's New, Citadel, Ned Davis Research, Wall, Zen, Apple, Reuters Apple, European Commission, Investor, Leerink Partners, York, Kroger Locations: Wall, Silicon, Madison, Google's New York, Bay, Brooklyn, Manhattan , New York City, USA, China, New York City, San Diego, London, New York

☆ Insider Today: Y Combinator's Demo Day decline
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Y Combinator's Demo Day, which will wrap up today, was long considered the event for early-stage startups. AdvertisementAdvertisementInvestors front-running Demo Day was previously considered a major faux pas. You might ask yourself: Who cares if startups line up investments before Demo Day? And companies that get investments before Demo Day might regret it in the long run. The new rating system for performance reviews determines pay — and managers were instructed to not share it with employees.

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☆ 13 brands, from Coca-Cola to REI, that are pouring money into movies and TV to reach consumers with Hollywood-style storytelling
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Mattel's Barbie is just one of many big brands getting serious about making Hollywood-style entertainment. "Barbie" may be the movie of the summer, but lots of other big brands are getting serious about making Hollywood-style entertainment. Brands are also getting more systematic about tracking the projects' outcome so they can justify the cost. Neutrogena: Neutrogena Studios launched in 2021 and is J&J Consumer's first brand-funded content studio to make feature documentaries and scripted shorts. Showtime/PepsiPepsiCo: PepsiCo's Content Studio is led by veteran PepsiCo marketer Lou Arbetter.

Persons: Barbie, Ron Howard, Brian Grazer's, Oscar, Michael Sugar, Brian Newman, REI, Michael Sugar's, Jae Goodman, Lauren Denowitz, Coke, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard's, Selman Careaga, John Deere, Mara Downing, Al Roker, Jill Wilfert, Robbie Brenner, J.J, Abrams, Lena Dunham, Barney, Daniel Kaluuya, J, Sebastian Garcia, Laurie Hernandez, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck's, Entertainment —, Justin Biskin —, Howard, Lou Arbetter, Max, Robert Rodriguez, Nadia Hallgre, Stanley Nelson, Arbetter, It's, Procter, Kimberly Doebereiner, Paolo Mottola, Kyra Sedgwick, Watiti, Saint Laurent, Anthony Vaccarello, Saint, Pedro Almodóvar, Ethan Hawke, Pedro Pascal, it's, Paolo Sorrentino, David Cronenberg, Kelly Mullen, Bryce Dallas Howard, Lena Waithe, WePresent, Holly Fraser, Moses Sumney, Solange Knowles, Riz Ahmed, Aneil, Fraser Organizations: Hollywood, Procter, Gamble, Brands, Unilever, InBev, Waffle Iron Entertainment, draftLine Entertainment, Netflix, Coca Cola, Entertainment, Global, Deere, Warner Bros, Warner Brothers, Universal Studios, Mattel, Neutrogena Studios, Studio, Kerry, Seattle Film, Ghetto Film, HBO Nike, Nike, Waffle, Apple, HBO, Showtime, Pepsi PepsiCo, PepsiCo, Pepsi Super, Pepsi, G Studios, Imagine, Amazon's, Hulu, Paramount, Blue Fox Entertainment, Saint Laurent Productions, Unilever Entertainment, Imagine Entertainment, Monotype Locations: Hollywood, Kerry Washington, American, Cannes, Britain

☆ Taylor Swift’s tour enters her movie theater ‘Era’ as she brings record-breaking concert to the big screen
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Taylor Swift is bringing her “Eras Tour” to a movie theater near you starting this October, the singer announced in an Instagram post Thursday morning. Swift has been on her record-breaking “Eras” tour, her first tour since 2018, since March. The “Eras” tour concert film is likely a welcome announcement for the struggling movie theater industry, which has taken a hit due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The “Blank Space” singer is on the international leg of her “Eras” tour and next heads to Argentina in November. Tickets for “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour Concert Film” are on sale now at AMCtheaters.com.

Persons: Taylor Swift, it’ll, ” Swift, “ Taylor Swift, Sam Wrench, Billie Eilish, Jennifer Lopez’s “, Swift, she’s Organizations: CNN, North America –, AMC Theaters, Netflix, Ticketmaster, AMC Locations: North America, Los Angeles, United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, AMCtheaters.com

☆ How 4 Vice alums are building a new media company with ambitions to turn its journalism into film and TV
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Four top journalists have left Vice to start a new tech outlet, 404 Media. The founders discussed their plans to expand into filmed entertainment as well as other media. Behind the new venture are Jason Koebler, the former editor in chief of Vice's tech vertical, Motherboard, along with its executive editor Emanuel Maiberg, senior editor Samantha Cole, and senior staff writer Joseph Cox. "I'm very proud of our Vice work.There's a set process for how to turn something into a documentary." Vice's bankruptcy proceedings revealed high bonuses for execs while severance to laid-off workers was delayed and vendors went unpaid .

Persons: Jason Koebler, Emanuel Maiberg, Samantha Cole, Joseph Cox, Derek Mead, Mead, Koebler, Steven Spielberg's, They're, Ian Cheney, Cox Organizations: Earthbound Pictures, Amblin Television, Netflix, Vice, Ticketmaster, Fortress Investment Group

☆ In a recording of an all-hands meeting, Sam Bankman-Fried's ex Caroline Ellison blamed him for FTX's collapse
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An employee recorded Caroline Ellison blaming him for using customer funds, per a new filing. Federal prosecutors said that Caroline Ellison, a top affiliate and ex of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, blamed the embattled cryptocurrency mogul for using FTX customer deposits in a recording from a company meeting. Ellison told Alameda employees about the impending bankruptcy in the recording, prosecutors claimed. Federal prosecutors said that one employee pushed back, asking who decided to use FTX customer deposits. The memo tracks bad press around Alameda and FTX, but also shows Ellison's reflections on the alleged scheme between FTX and Alameda, prosecutors said.

Persons: Prosecutors, Sam Bankman, Caroline Ellison, Fried, Ellison, Bankman, Sam, FTX Organizations: Alameda Research, Prosecutors, Alameda Locations: New York, Alameda, FTX, Bankman

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