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☆ Taylor Swift Cancels ‘Eras Tour’ Ticket Sale to General Public After Ticketmaster Glitches
  + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Anne Steele | Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Taylor Swift canceled her “Eras Tour” ticket sale to the general public planned for Friday after the presale for the pop star’s first tour in five years saw historic demand, overwhelming ticketing systems and leaving few available seats. In a statement, Ticketmaster confirmed that the general sale would be called off. The ticket seller said the cancellation was due to high demand and “insufficient remaining ticket inventory to meet that demand.”
☆ Taylor Swift Breaks Ticket-Sales Record With ‘Eras Tour’ Despite Ticketmaster Glitches
  + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Anne Steele | Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Taylor Swift ‘s presale for her first tour in five years broke sales records as millions of fans rushed to snap up tickets despite glitches affecting Ticketmaster’s system and backlash from politicians over the ticket seller’s power. Ms. Swift’s 52-date stadium run sold over two million tickets on Tuesday—more than any other artist in a single day, according to the company. Tuesday’s presale was limited to a select group of people who had registered with Ticketmaster, part of an effort to ensure that actual fans, rather than scalpers, got first crack at tickets.
☆ Target Says Rising Crime and Theft Are Hurting Its Results
  + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Target Corp. said it was dealing with more theft and crime at its stores and would invest in training and technology to deter criminal activity. On the retailer’s quarterly earnings call, executives blamed criminal networks for thefts and inventory shortages in their stores. They said Wednesday that they expected the shortages to reduce the retailer’s gross margin by more than $600 million this year compared with last year.
☆ Kevin Spacey Faces More Sexual-Assault Charges in the U.K.
  + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Kevin Spacey faces new sexual-assault charges for allegedly assaulting a man in the early 2000s, British prosecutors said Wednesday, adding to his legal entanglements there. The Crown Prosecution Service, the national criminal prosecutors, said it had charged Mr. Spacey with multiple sexual assaults against the man between 2001 and 2004. The prosecutors didn’t describe the attacks or identify the man and declined to elaborate Wednesday.
☆ University of Virginia Student in Custody After Allegedly Killing Three Football Players
  + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | Joanna Sugden | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Virginia State Police investigated the crime scene on Monday at the University of Virginia, where classes were canceled on Monday. A 22-year-old University of Virginia student suspected of fatally shooting three members of his former football team there was in custody Monday morning after a nearly 13-hour manhunt, university officials said. The suspected gunman, Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., carried out the shooting around 10:16 p.m. Sunday onboard a bus in a university parking garage, UVA officials said at a news briefing Monday morning. He injured two people in addition to the three others he killed.
☆ Manhunt Under Way at University of Virginia for Gunman Suspected of Killing Three
  + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | Joanna Sugden | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Shots were reported by the university authorities on Sunday night on the University of Virginia’s Charlottesville campus. A manhunt was under way at the University of Virginia for a student suspected of fatally shooting three people and injuring two others on campus Sunday night, UVA officials said. The university said the suspected gunman, Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., carried out the shooting at around 10:30 p.m. Shots were fired at a parking garage on Culbreth Road, on the university’s Charlottesville campus, university officials said.
☆ University of Virginia Student in Custody After Fatal Shooting of Three Football Players
  + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Virginia State Police investigated the crime scene on Monday at the University of Virginia, where classes were canceled for the day. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.—A University of Virginia student suspected of fatally shooting three football players and injuring two others on campus was in custody on Monday after a nearly 13-hour manhunt, officials said. The suspected gunman, Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., allegedly shot his classmates, killing three and injuring two, onboard a charter bus Sunday night in a university parking garage, UVA officials said at a news briefing Monday morning.
☆ Twitter Stops Giving Out Blue Check Marks After Impersonators Take to the Platform
  + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Twitter Inc. appears to have suspended its recently updated subscription service as impersonators popped up on the platform. The company in recent days had rolled out the service, Twitter Blue, which allowed any user to pay $7.99 a month for a verified account and other privileges.
☆ Twitter Appears to Pause Paid Subscription Service After Impersonators Take to the Platform
  + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Twitter Inc. appears to have suspended its recently updated subscription service as impersonators popped up on the platform. The company in recent days had rolled out the service, Twitter Blue, which allowed any user to pay $7.99 a month for a verified account and other privileges.
☆ The Celebrities, Including Tom Brady, Tied to FTX: See the List.
  + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
When celebrities like Tom Brady and Stephen Curry inked deals with FTX, bitcoin was soaring, the industry was thriving and crypto ads were airing during the Super Bowl. Now their names are tied to a cryptocurrency exchange scrambling to save itself.
☆ Tropical Storm Nicole Leaves Two Dead, 200,000 Without Power in Florida
  + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Arian Campo-Flores | Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Nicole made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane in eastern Florida early Thursday, causing at least two deaths, knocking down some homes and cutting off power for hundreds of thousands of customers around the state. Two people died in Conway, near Orlando, after they were electrocuted by a downed power line Thursday morning, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
☆ Maxwell Frost Will Be the First Gen Z Congressman. See Who Else Has Been Elected in Their 20s.
  + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Democrat Maxwell Frost of Florida, 25 years old, is one of the youngest candidates to ever be elected to the House of Representatives. Frost is set to be the first member of Generation Z in Congress after just meeting the minimum age requirement to serve in the House. He, like the oldest members of his generation, was born in 1997.
☆ $1.9 Billion Powerball Drawing Is Delayed Because of Security Issue, Officials Say
  + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The highly anticipated Powerball drawing for a record $1.9 billion jackpot on Monday night was delayed because of a security issue in one U.S. state or territory, officials said. Players hoping they secured the biggest lottery windfall in U.S. history would have to wait until one of the 48 participating states or territories finished their security procedures, the Multi-State Lottery Association, which runs the Powerball game, said Tuesday morning.
☆ A Winner in California Takes Record $2 Billion Powerball Jackpot After Delay
  + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
A record-breaking Powerball run ended in theatrical fashion Tuesday with a single victor in California selecting all six winning numbers to take home the world’s biggest lottery jackpot of $2.04 billion, officials said. Powerball drew the winning numbers on Tuesday morning, nearly 10 hours later than scheduled because of a security issue. The delay heightened anticipation among both casual and regular players who saw the recent headlines about a historic jackpot and rushed to buy a ticket.
☆ Elon Musk Says Twitter Will Permanently Ban Users Who Impersonate Others
  + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Twitter suspended Kathy Griffin after she sent tweets under Elon Musk’s name. Elon Musk is cracking down on people who impersonate others on Twitter, tightening policies and banning celebrities including Kathy Griffin who had posed as him. The move is one of his first to tighten Twitter Inc.’s free-speech policies since he acquired the platform more than a week ago. He said Sunday that impersonating accounts will be permanently suspended unless they are specified as parody.
☆ On Twitter’s Layoff Day, Elon Musk Makes the Case for Subscription Fee
  + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | Meghan Bobrowsky | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
A week after Elon Musk completed his $44 billion deal for Twitter Inc., the billionaire said he wants people to focus on what the social-media platform could be in the future and not necessarily what it is right now. Speaking at an investment conference in New York Friday, the same day mass layoffs started at Twitter, Mr. Musk spoke about advertisers pulling out and the ensuing revenue drop, concerns about hate speech, getting users to pay and his plans for longer-form video on the platform. He acknowledged that the price he paid for Twitter was “on the high side” and made a joke referencing the movie “The Godfather,” noting he tried to get out of the deal but “they pulled me back in.”
☆ You Can Thank the Fed for Boosting the $1.5 Billion Powerball Jackpot
  + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Imani Moise | Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The Federal Reserve is boosting the Powerball jackpot without even buying a ticket. Since there was no winner in Wednesday night’s drawing, the Powerball prize rose to $1.5 billion, the third-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history. It is a substantially bigger prize than a year ago, before the Fed began raising interest rates this year to tame inflation. That is because the advertised jackpot is the future value of the prize after being invested in government bonds over 30 years.
☆ The Celebrities Leaving Twitter After Elon Musk’s Takeover: See the List
  + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Some people say they are leaving Twitter because of concerns about Elon Musk, the social-media company’s new owner. Now that Elon Musk owns Twitter Inc., a small but growing number of celebrities, actors and artists say they are ditching the social-media platform over fears of what it could become under Mr. Musk’s leadership. These users say they won’t wait to find out what kind of changes Mr. Musk implements. Even before he completed his $44 billion takeover last week, he said he was considering changes such as loosening free-speech rules and allowing banned users back on Twitter. These shifts, some users say, could allow hate speech to circulate more easily.
☆ Elon Musk Hints at $8 Monthly Subscription for Twitter’s Verified Users
  + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Elon Musk suggested that Twitter could charge users for verified accounts. Verified Twitter users may soon have to pay to keep their blue check marks. Elon Musk has signaled he wants to introduce a subscription model for Twitter Inc.’s verification process, a new strategy intended to add another revenue stream for the social-media company beyond advertising.
☆ As Many as 14 People, Including Three Children, Are Shot in Chicago Drive-By Shooting
  + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | Thomas Derpinghaus | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
As many as 14 people gathered on a Chicago street corner were shot and injured Monday night when a car pulled up and fired randomly into the crowd, authorities said. The superintendent of Chicago’s Police Department, David O. Brown , said the drive-by shooting began and ended in three seconds on the city’s West Side. At least two shooters in an SUV took aim at the busy intersection of California Avenue and Polk Street, he said, where some of the people were releasing balloons during a vigil.
☆ Elon Musk Wants More Paying Twitter Users, Hinting at $8 a Month for Verified Accounts
  + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Meghan Bobrowsky | Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Elon Musk is looking to quickly boost Twitter Inc.’s revenue by embracing subscriptions, a strategy that has had limited success in the social-media business. Mr. Musk has been saying since before completing his $44 billion takeover of Twitter that it needs to rely less on the digital advertising dollars that account for nearly 90% of its total sales. Since the acquisition closed last week, he and the lieutenants advising him have emphasized the idea of charging for Twitter’s user-verification process. That service, which adds a blue check mark on the accounts of those who are verified, is currently free but only accounts that Twitter deems “notable” can get it.
☆ Robert Kraft Sponsors ‘Stand Up to Jewish Hate’ Ad After a Surge in Anti-Semitism
  + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Sports owners and other public figures are condemning anti-Semitic speech following several high-profile incidents in recent weeks. One of the most notable denunciations came from Robert Kraft , the billionaire Jewish owner of the New England Patriots. An organization he founded, the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, sponsored an ad encouraging people to denounce hate against Jewish people. The ad, called ”Stand Up to Jewish Hate,” aired during NFL games on Sunday.
☆ The 20 Richest Tech Billionaires Have Lost Nearly Half a Trillion Dollars This Year
  + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The 20 richest tech billionaires have collectively lost nearly half a trillion dollars this year amid the stock market’s sharp tumble, a loss of wealth that is more than the market values of all but seven companies in the S&P 500. The world’s richest tech moguls—including Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Larry Ellison —have seen more than $480 billion in paper wealth disappear this year through Thursday, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a daily ranking of the richest people in the world. Disappointing earnings reports from a slew of tech giants this week have stoked recession fears, pushed stock prices lower and weighed on the fortunes of the world’s wealthiest people.
☆ Elon Musk’s Takeover of Twitter Is Complete. What’s Next?
  + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | Joseph Pisani | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Elon Musk, who made most of his fortune from electric cars, completed his foray into social media Thursday with his $44 billion takeover of Twitter Inc. With one of the platform’s most prominent users now at the helm, Twitter is poised for sweeping changes. Mr. Musk is now responsible for addressing challenges that have long plagued Twitter, including content moderation and its advertising strategy. He also has said he wants to focus on areas important to him, like overhauling the company’s C-suite and eliminating spam bots.
☆ Judge Dismisses Mother’s Lawsuit Against TikTok Over Fatal ‘Blackout Challenge’
  + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit of a woman who sued TikTok over the death of her 10-year-old daughter, Nylah Anderson. A federal judge dismissed a Pennsylvania mother’s lawsuit against TikTok for circulating the “blackout challenge,” citing a federal law that shielded the social-media company from responsibility regarding her 10-year-old daughter’s death. The mother, Tawainna Anderson , sued TikTok in May, blaming the app for repeatedly pushing dangerous challenge videos to her daughter, Nylah Anderson .
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