Podcasts about Gawker Media

Gawker Media founder Nick Denton joins the show to discuss how narratives and memes run the world, and why it's better to trade on them than run the old media playbook of the attention economy.Watch us on YouTubeTroy Young's People vs Algorithms newsletterBrian Morrissey's The Rebooting newsletterAlex Schleifer's Human ComputerFollow Alex, Brian and Troy on Twitter

This week's show is sponsored by: EPIC-MRA Public Opinion Research MIRS News Fulton Fish Market This week on ""A Republic, If You Can Keep It" Republicans everywhere are reassessing after stumbling in a couple of Florida special elections that should have been slam dunks, and losing a State Supreme Court election in a Wisconsin landslide A day later by a stunningly trade war launched by the worst graduate in the history of the Wharton School of Economics. There was a Standing-Room-Only crowd as Democrats headlined a Town Hall in the heart of Macomb County, an event taking full aim at MIA Congressman John James. Last week, it was the most unqualified national security team ever assembled Signaling its stunningly consistent ineptness, with the revelation that at least one of them is conducting official business on Gmail. This week, it's RFK Jr. who, by advocating quack medicine while firing actual real scientists, accelerates a growing measles outbreak that's spreading from ground ZERO in Texas. Homeland Security ineptly condemns people to an indefinite stay in an El Salvador hell hole with no proof they've done anything wrong. And the U.S. Senate race has its first major candidate. We talk with state Senator Mallory McMorrow The first announced candidate for U.S. Senator is state Senator Mallory McMorrow. She exploded into the national spotlight in 2024 after an emotional response to very public personal attacks on her by Republican state Senator Lana Theis went viral. She is an ardent supporter of policies protecting reproductive rights, empowering local communities, and making Michigan a business- and family-friendly state. McMorrow is the Senate Majority Whip, serving her second term in the Michigan Senate. Prior to her election to the Senate she worked for more than a decade in product design, media and advertising with companies like Mazda, Mattel, Gawker Media, Hearst and other global brands. McMorrow hit the ground running during her first term in the Michigan Senate, winning policy changes such as ending Michigan's tampon tax, helping struggling businesses during the coronavirus pandemic, and protecting certain individuals (including domestic violence survivors) by creating an address confidentiality program. She earned her bachelor's degree in industrial design from the University of Notre Dame and resides in Royal Oak with her husband, Ray, their daughter, Noa, and their rescue dog, Detroit. At 38, she is the youngest person on the list of potential Senate candidates in either party. Ann Telnaes - antelnaes.com This episode is sponsored in part by =========================== EPIC ▪ MRA, a full service survey research firm with expertise in • Public Opinion Surveys • Market Research Studies • Live Telephone Surveys • On-Line and Automated Surveys • Focus Group Research • Bond Proposals - Millage Campaigns • Political Campaigns & Consulting • Ballot Proposals - Issue Advocacy Research • Community - Media Relations • Issue - Image Management • Database Development & List Management =========================== ===========================

In this episode of The Future of Fitness, Heather Dietrick, Chief Media Officer at Outside Interactive, shares her journey from law school to leadership roles at Gawker Media and The Daily Beast, and now to shaping the future of outdoor media. She dives into the benefits of outdoor activities for both mental and physical well-being and how Outside Interactive combines inspiring content with practical tools to help people get outside. Heather also explores the shifting media landscape, the role of emerging technologies, the power of user-generated content, and the company's strategic vision. Plus, she shares her take on the growing popularity of GLP-1 medications and how they might encourage more people to embrace the outdoors, along with insights on the evolving world of brand partnerships in this dynamic industry.   https://egym.com/int https://goteamup.com/

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comNick is an entrepreneur and journalist. He was the founder of Gawker Media, the publisher of Gizmodo, and the editor of Valleywag. He began his career as a journalist with the Financial Times — as a derivatives and tech correspondent — and later founded a Silicon Valley news aggregator called Moreover Technologies. He's now working on Maze.com, which hosts a network map of near-future timelines.For two clips of our convo — on the growing global dominance of China, and the Chinese outcompeting Elon Musk — pop over to our YouTube page.Other topics: raised in Hampstead in the lower-middle class; a Jewish mom who fled the Communists in Hungary; growing up on sci-fi; Asimov's Foundation; attending Oxford like his father; game theory; being a young reporter in London, Hungary, Romania, and Singapore; pioneering the internet in the ‘90s; Foundation parallels with Singapore; Lee Kuan Yew; Chinese pragmatism; Taiwan; EVs in China; Musk's companies; tech theft between the US and China; DOGE and Trump reigning in Musk; Peter Thiel; Andy Grove; Uber's Travis Kalanick; Kara Swisher; Oculus' Palmer Luckey; how Silicon Valley is PR obsessed; Zuckerberg; David Sacks and crypto; Andreessen; drones; Ukraine; Thatcher; housing crisis in the UK; Orbán; the German Greens; Russian expansionism; the Poles and nukes; Trump's tariffs; Tucker's interview with Putin; the growing US-Europe rift; Greenland; AI and DeepSeek; and Nick's predictions as a futurist.Browse the Dishcast archive for an episode you might enjoy (the first 102 are free in their entirety — subscribe to get everything else). Coming up: Douglas Murray on Israel and Gaza, Evan Wolfson on the history of marriage equality, Francis Collins on faith and science and Covid, Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee on Covid's fallout, and Paul Elie on his book The Last Supper: Art, Faith, Sex, and Controversy in the 1980s. Please send any guest recs, dissents, and other comments to dish@andrewsullivan.com.

In this episode, Scott Becker unpacks the resurgence of Tesla, the fascinating story of Peter Thiel’s Palantir and his long-standing grudge against Gawker Media, and Donald Trump’s significant year, including the latest developments around Hunter Biden’s pardon. Tune in for an engaging exploration of these influential figures and their impact.

In this episode, Scott Becker unpacks the resurgence of Tesla, the fascinating story of Peter Thiel’s Palantir and his long-standing grudge against Gawker Media, and Donald Trump’s significant year, including the latest developments around Hunter Biden’s pardon. Tune in for an engaging exploration of these influential figures and their impact.

Bollea v. Gawker was a lawsuit filed in 2013 in the Circuit Court of the Sixth Judicial Circuit in Pinellas County, Florida, delivering a verdict on March 18, 2016. In the suit, Terry Gene Bollea, known professionally as Hulk Hogan, sued Gawker Media, publisher of the Gawker website, and several Gawker employees and Gawker-affiliated entities[2] for posting portions of a sex tape of Bollea with Heather Clem, at that time the wife of radio personality Bubba the Love Sponge. Bollea's claims included invasion of privacy, infringement of personality rights, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Prior to trial, Bollea's lawyers said the privacy of many Americans was at stake while Gawker's lawyers said that the case could hurt freedom of the press in the United States.[4][5]   Link to donation page along with the embedded youtube live link:   https://secure.actblue.com/donate/humanists    

Today's Rapid Fire topics include: * Who will be Notre Dame's leading tackler this season? * On a scale of 1 to 10, how confident are we that the tackle combination of Tosh Baker on the left and Aamil Wagner on the right is the team's best option right now? * We react to comments from Irish quarterback Riley Leonard talking about sliding feet first vs lowering his shoulder at the end of run plays.  * We also react to comments from Irish QB coach Gino Guidugli on if he thiks Kenny Minchey and/or CJ Carr have closed the gap on backup quarterback Steve Angeli so far in training camp. * Fill-in the blank...Notre Dame's showing of 10 former or current athletes winning medals at the Paris Olympics is BLANK. * Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are working on a movie called Killing Gawker. It's about Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker Media after the outlet published excerpts of a Hogan sex tape a few years back. Affleck was originally reported to play Hogan in the movie but that may not happen. Would you be in on a movie that has Affleck as Hulk Hogan?  Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/  Join the Irish Breakdown premium message board: https://boards.irishbreakdown.com  Stay locked into Irish Breakdown for all the latest news and analysis about Notre Dame: https://www.irishbreakdown.com​ Subscribe to the Irish Breakdown podcast on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/irish-breakdown/id1485286986 Like and follow Irish Breakdown on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/irishbreakdown Sign up for the FREE Irish Breakdown daily newsletter: https://www.subscribepage.com/irish-breakdown-newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TEMP CHECK 3:20 - This week let's take a deeper look into Peter Thiel's past, from paying lawyers to help Hulk Hogan's sue Gawker Media, to how he's been influenced by AN INTERNET BLOGGER WHO USED TO GO BY THE NAME MENCIUS MOLDBUG. We also cover some of the politicians that's he's funded that have failed, and how JD Vance is a win for Thiel's extreme ideologies. 12:30 - We break down the “Kamala is a cop” trope and examine her history as a prosecutor, from her “Back On Track” program in San Francisco aimed at reducing recidivism among young adults, to writing the playbook on how to prosecute against the “gay panic defense.” MAIN NEWS 26:20 - If you remember the election certification process from 2020....get ready for it to happen again, on steroids. With 90 days to the 2024 election, there are several ways in which election integrity is already being called into question, and we're expecting to see voter challenges and accusations of fraud in counties in swing states. Sami also found a report on the Heritage Foundation's website from some “election integrity exercises” that they conducted in the spring, like war games for the election. AMERICAN'T 49:20 - Last week Olympic athlete Imane Khalief was disqualified after beating her opponent in 46 seconds, and almost as quickly rumors were spreading about Khalief's gender and past. V explains how misinformation spread so quickly, and the troubled past and ties of IBA President, Umar Kremlev, with Putin. (Including how the IBA has been excluded from organizing Olympic boxing since the Tokyo Games in 2021 due to ethical issues.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inequality is America's biggest problem. Unions are the single strongest tool that working people have to fix it. Organized labor has been in decline for decades. Yet it sits today at a moment of enormous opportunity. In the wake of the pandemic, a highly visible wave of strikes and new organizing campaigns have driven the popularity of unions to historic highs. The simmering battle inside of the labor movement over how to tap into its revolutionary potential--or allow it to be squandered--will determine the economic and social course of American life for years to come. In chapters that span the country, Nolan shows readers the actual places where labor and politics meld. He highlights how organized labor can and does wield power effectively: a union that dominates Las Vegas and is trying to scale nationally; a successful decades-long campaign to organize California's child care workers; the human face of a surprising strike of factory workers trying to preserve their pathway to the middle class. Throughout, Nolan follows Sara Nelson, the fiery and charismatic head of the flight attendants' union, as she struggles with how (and whether) to assert herself as a national leader, to try to fix what is broken. The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor (Hachette Books, 2024) draws the line from forgotten workplaces in rural West Virginia to Washington's halls of power, and shows how labor solidarity can utterly transform American politics--if it can first transform itself. A labor journalist for more than a decade, Nolan helped unionize his own industry. The Hammer is a urgent on-the-ground excavation of the past, present, and future of the American labor movement. Hamilton Nolan is a labor journalist who writes regularly for In These Times magazine and The Guardian. He has written about labor, politics, and class war for The New York Times, the Washington Post, Gawker, Splinter, and other publications. He was the longest-serving writer in Gawker's history, and was a leader in unionizing Gawker Media in 2015. Hamilton is a proud member of the Writers Guild of America, East. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Inequality is America's biggest problem. Unions are the single strongest tool that working people have to fix it. Organized labor has been in decline for decades. Yet it sits today at a moment of enormous opportunity. In the wake of the pandemic, a highly visible wave of strikes and new organizing campaigns have driven the popularity of unions to historic highs. The simmering battle inside of the labor movement over how to tap into its revolutionary potential--or allow it to be squandered--will determine the economic and social course of American life for years to come. In chapters that span the country, Nolan shows readers the actual places where labor and politics meld. He highlights how organized labor can and does wield power effectively: a union that dominates Las Vegas and is trying to scale nationally; a successful decades-long campaign to organize California's child care workers; the human face of a surprising strike of factory workers trying to preserve their pathway to the middle class. Throughout, Nolan follows Sara Nelson, the fiery and charismatic head of the flight attendants' union, as she struggles with how (and whether) to assert herself as a national leader, to try to fix what is broken. The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor (Hachette Books, 2024) draws the line from forgotten workplaces in rural West Virginia to Washington's halls of power, and shows how labor solidarity can utterly transform American politics--if it can first transform itself. A labor journalist for more than a decade, Nolan helped unionize his own industry. The Hammer is a urgent on-the-ground excavation of the past, present, and future of the American labor movement. Hamilton Nolan is a labor journalist who writes regularly for In These Times magazine and The Guardian. He has written about labor, politics, and class war for The New York Times, the Washington Post, Gawker, Splinter, and other publications. He was the longest-serving writer in Gawker's history, and was a leader in unionizing Gawker Media in 2015. Hamilton is a proud member of the Writers Guild of America, East. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

Inequality is America's biggest problem. Unions are the single strongest tool that working people have to fix it. Organized labor has been in decline for decades. Yet it sits today at a moment of enormous opportunity. In the wake of the pandemic, a highly visible wave of strikes and new organizing campaigns have driven the popularity of unions to historic highs. The simmering battle inside of the labor movement over how to tap into its revolutionary potential--or allow it to be squandered--will determine the economic and social course of American life for years to come. In chapters that span the country, Nolan shows readers the actual places where labor and politics meld. He highlights how organized labor can and does wield power effectively: a union that dominates Las Vegas and is trying to scale nationally; a successful decades-long campaign to organize California's child care workers; the human face of a surprising strike of factory workers trying to preserve their pathway to the middle class. Throughout, Nolan follows Sara Nelson, the fiery and charismatic head of the flight attendants' union, as she struggles with how (and whether) to assert herself as a national leader, to try to fix what is broken. The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor (Hachette Books, 2024) draws the line from forgotten workplaces in rural West Virginia to Washington's halls of power, and shows how labor solidarity can utterly transform American politics--if it can first transform itself. A labor journalist for more than a decade, Nolan helped unionize his own industry. The Hammer is a urgent on-the-ground excavation of the past, present, and future of the American labor movement. Hamilton Nolan is a labor journalist who writes regularly for In These Times magazine and The Guardian. He has written about labor, politics, and class war for The New York Times, the Washington Post, Gawker, Splinter, and other publications. He was the longest-serving writer in Gawker's history, and was a leader in unionizing Gawker Media in 2015. Hamilton is a proud member of the Writers Guild of America, East. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

Inequality is America's biggest problem. Unions are the single strongest tool that working people have to fix it. Organized labor has been in decline for decades. Yet it sits today at a moment of enormous opportunity. In the wake of the pandemic, a highly visible wave of strikes and new organizing campaigns have driven the popularity of unions to historic highs. The simmering battle inside of the labor movement over how to tap into its revolutionary potential--or allow it to be squandered--will determine the economic and social course of American life for years to come. In chapters that span the country, Nolan shows readers the actual places where labor and politics meld. He highlights how organized labor can and does wield power effectively: a union that dominates Las Vegas and is trying to scale nationally; a successful decades-long campaign to organize California's child care workers; the human face of a surprising strike of factory workers trying to preserve their pathway to the middle class. Throughout, Nolan follows Sara Nelson, the fiery and charismatic head of the flight attendants' union, as she struggles with how (and whether) to assert herself as a national leader, to try to fix what is broken. The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor (Hachette Books, 2024) draws the line from forgotten workplaces in rural West Virginia to Washington's halls of power, and shows how labor solidarity can utterly transform American politics--if it can first transform itself. A labor journalist for more than a decade, Nolan helped unionize his own industry. The Hammer is a urgent on-the-ground excavation of the past, present, and future of the American labor movement. Hamilton Nolan is a labor journalist who writes regularly for In These Times magazine and The Guardian. He has written about labor, politics, and class war for The New York Times, the Washington Post, Gawker, Splinter, and other publications. He was the longest-serving writer in Gawker's history, and was a leader in unionizing Gawker Media in 2015. Hamilton is a proud member of the Writers Guild of America, East. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/economics

Inequality is America's biggest problem. Unions are the single strongest tool that working people have to fix it. Organized labor has been in decline for decades. Yet it sits today at a moment of enormous opportunity. In the wake of the pandemic, a highly visible wave of strikes and new organizing campaigns have driven the popularity of unions to historic highs. The simmering battle inside of the labor movement over how to tap into its revolutionary potential--or allow it to be squandered--will determine the economic and social course of American life for years to come. In chapters that span the country, Nolan shows readers the actual places where labor and politics meld. He highlights how organized labor can and does wield power effectively: a union that dominates Las Vegas and is trying to scale nationally; a successful decades-long campaign to organize California's child care workers; the human face of a surprising strike of factory workers trying to preserve their pathway to the middle class. Throughout, Nolan follows Sara Nelson, the fiery and charismatic head of the flight attendants' union, as she struggles with how (and whether) to assert herself as a national leader, to try to fix what is broken. The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor (Hachette Books, 2024) draws the line from forgotten workplaces in rural West Virginia to Washington's halls of power, and shows how labor solidarity can utterly transform American politics--if it can first transform itself. A labor journalist for more than a decade, Nolan helped unionize his own industry. The Hammer is a urgent on-the-ground excavation of the past, present, and future of the American labor movement. Hamilton Nolan is a labor journalist who writes regularly for In These Times magazine and The Guardian. He has written about labor, politics, and class war for The New York Times, the Washington Post, Gawker, Splinter, and other publications. He was the longest-serving writer in Gawker's history, and was a leader in unionizing Gawker Media in 2015. Hamilton is a proud member of the Writers Guild of America, East. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/politics-and-polemics

Inequality is America's biggest problem. Unions are the single strongest tool that working people have to fix it. Organized labor has been in decline for decades. Yet it sits today at a moment of enormous opportunity. In the wake of the pandemic, a highly visible wave of strikes and new organizing campaigns have driven the popularity of unions to historic highs. The simmering battle inside of the labor movement over how to tap into its revolutionary potential--or allow it to be squandered--will determine the economic and social course of American life for years to come. In chapters that span the country, Nolan shows readers the actual places where labor and politics meld. He highlights how organized labor can and does wield power effectively: a union that dominates Las Vegas and is trying to scale nationally; a successful decades-long campaign to organize California's child care workers; the human face of a surprising strike of factory workers trying to preserve their pathway to the middle class. Throughout, Nolan follows Sara Nelson, the fiery and charismatic head of the flight attendants' union, as she struggles with how (and whether) to assert herself as a national leader, to try to fix what is broken. The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor (Hachette Books, 2024) draws the line from forgotten workplaces in rural West Virginia to Washington's halls of power, and shows how labor solidarity can utterly transform American politics--if it can first transform itself. A labor journalist for more than a decade, Nolan helped unionize his own industry. The Hammer is a urgent on-the-ground excavation of the past, present, and future of the American labor movement. Hamilton Nolan is a labor journalist who writes regularly for In These Times magazine and The Guardian. He has written about labor, politics, and class war for The New York Times, the Washington Post, Gawker, Splinter, and other publications. He was the longest-serving writer in Gawker's history, and was a leader in unionizing Gawker Media in 2015. Hamilton is a proud member of the Writers Guild of America, East. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ralph welcomes labor journalist Hamilton Nolan to discuss his latest book, "The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor". They'll get into why some of the biggest names in organized labor have gotten so bad at organizing labor, and they'll highlight the labor organizers who are effectively wielding power. Then, Ralph is joined by child advocate and original Nader's Raider Robert Fellmeth to discuss the dangers of online anonymity. Plus, a creative call to action from Ralph!Hamilton Nolan is a labor journalist who writes regularly for In These Times magazine and The Guardian. He has written about labor, politics, and class war for The New York Times, the Washington Post, Gawker, Splinter, and other publications. He was the longest-serving writer in Gawker's history, and was a leader in unionizing Gawker Media in 2015. His new book is The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor.A quality of the labor movement that I think makes the labor movement special and distinct from other movements and other political parties is that the labor movement acts to give people power. The labor movement does not necessarily tell people what to do. The labor movement instills people with power. Hamilton NolanMore and more non-unionized workers know that a lot of what they get positively in the workplace is due to the few workers who are unionized. And the companies—wanting to avoid being unionized—up the wages, improve the working conditions, maybe fulfill more of the pension reserve requirements. So the second–order effects of unionism—which has been so long misunderstood, largely due to propaganda— has been sinking in the minds of more and more non-union workers, and the approval of unions and the number of American workers who want to join unions has resurged. Ralph NaderYou know, it turns out that a half century of rising inequality does in fact piss people off at a certain point. And causes tens of millions of American workers to say that they want something better—that they want what the labor movement has to offer.Hamilton NolanFor many, many years, organized labor has had a very unhealthy relationship with electoral politics. You're in a two-party system and the [Republican] Party wants to destroy unions and crush them off the face of the earth. And the Democratic Party's attitude has basically been—we're the only game in town and so give us money, and we won't try to kill you, but we won't really do too much to help you either. Hamilton NolanAnother thing unions can do with their money is— instead of sending it to Joe Biden's campaign—use it to organize workers. The choice is not just between Democrats and Republicans. We can take those resources and use it to organize workers, which will increase our political power in its own right.Hamilton NolanRobert Fellmeth is the Price Professor of Public Interest Law at the University of San Diego and the Executive Director of the Center for Public Interest Law. He is also Executive Director of the Children's Advocacy Institute, which authored The Fleecing of Foster Children: How We Confiscate Their Assets and Undermine Their Financial Security.The First Amendment is not just the right of the speaker to belch whatever…the audience has some rights there. The audience has a right to hear, to listen, to understand, and to know something about the speaker, because the idea behind speech is not simply making noise. It's to advance understanding, to advance knowledge. And therefore there should be a requirement that speakers identify who they are. And that allows the audience who are listening to decide whether they want to listen. Robert Fellmeth Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

Ann sits down with Peter Thiel, Chairman of Palantir, the co-founder of PayPal and the first major outside investor in Facebook. In May of 2016, Theil admitted to the New York Times that he financed Terry Bollea’s (aka, Hulk Hogan) lawsuit against Gawker Media. Here, in part one of Ann’s two-part interview, Thiel goes into […]

Ann sits down with Peter Thiel, Chairman of Palantir, the co-founder of PayPal and the first major outside investor in Facebook.In May of 2016, Theil admitted to the New York Times that he financed Terry Bollea's (aka, Hulk Hogan) lawsuit against Gawker Media. Here, in part one of Ann's two-part interview, Thiel goes into great detail on the background story of bringing down one of the internet's biggest sleaze merchants.

Greg Lopez has served as the CFO and VP of operations at companies including Futurism, a digital media company, Wirecutter (acquired by the New York Times) and Gawker Media (acquired by Univision). Now Greg is a consultant at high-growth companies working with clients ranging from a “family owned business doing $20 million”,  “SaaS businesses doing $10 million a year” to private equity-backed business doing $500 million a year.” In this episode he provides his formula for success in FP&A and finance: How a career in finance suited my character traits and passions Learning the full aspects of finance, FP&A and business partnering Building to a commercial mindset as CFO Acting as an investigative journalist for the business   Why finance needs to lead in defining metrics in a startup Moving from a bigger company to a startup - what you need to know  Increasing the feedback loop in finance teams  Expectations of CFO in a startup  Favorite KPIs - from contribution margin and profit to Sales cycle velocity Variables and determining drivers for the business  One of the biggest finance challenges - developing talent and cyber attacks  Lightning round: pickup basketball and lessons for finance Best Excel feature: introducing Scenario planning and modeling using Watch Window  Contact Greg @glopeztweets on X glopez@eventusag.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-lopez-4b248b88/ Show Notes: Recommended reading: How A Hulk Hogan Lawsuit Launched A Career in M&A | Greg Lopez https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-a-hulk-hogan-lawsuit-launched-a-career-in-m-a-greg-lopez/id1642784919?i=1000606411968 Financial Intelligence, Revised Edition: A Manager's Guide to Knowing What the Numbers Really Mean: Berman, Karen, Knight, Joe, Case, John: 9781422144114: Amazon.com: Books Startup CXO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Company's Critical Functions and Teams (Techstars): Blumberg, Matt, Birkeland, Peter M., Dorsey, Scott: 9781119772576: Amazon.com: Books The Ten-Day MBA 4th Ed.: A Step-by-Step Guide to Mastering the Skills Taught In America's Top Business Schools: Silbiger, Steven A: 9780062199577: Amazon.com: Books Amazon.com: Financial Planning & Analysis and Performance Managem

Today, we bring you a guest who's sending ripples through the sporting and political landscape. Aron D'Souza is the President of the Enhanced Games, the first pro-choice and pro-science alternative to the Olympics. A lawyer by trade, Aron led Peter Thiel's infamous litigation against Gawker Media involving wrestler Hulk Hogan, a relationship that has led to the PayPal founder becoming one of the Enhanced Games major backers. Supported by some of the world's top venture capitalists, the Enhanced Games describe themselves as the Olympics of the future. The major difference? Athletes are allowed to take performance enhancing drugs. Now, the ethos of the Games is simple. Provide an environment that allows science in sport to flourish, and pay the athletes fairly in the process. Critique of the Games has focused on the risk to athletes' health and the undermining of integrity and fairness in sporting competition.  In today's show, we discuss: The use of performance enhancers: Performance enhancing drugs are banned in most sport. While the list of banned substances varies, what are the fundamentals that make this approach better than the current system? ‘I think doping should be erased from out language'. What are the issues with terminology used around scientific enhancements and the perceptions they form? How prevalent is the use of banned substances in sport today? Is the fact they are being used in the shadows one of the key reasons this proposition can attract ‘clean' athletes? The health issue: this is the primary stick with which to beat this event. How dangerous is a regulated Games compared to what we see in Athletics today. Is it a free for all or will there still be some boundaries athletes have to adhere to? How have athletes reacted to this proposition? Improving athlete pay: In the current Olympic/athletics system, athlete remuneration does not allow for many athletes to make a living off their participation. Creating a model that pays the athletes in accordance with the value of their talent is a major commitment from the Enhanced Games. Paying athletes ensures they can focus their full time on their sporting career and therefore perform better in competition.  Offering financial rewards for athletes accomplishing extraordinary things: James Magnussen coming out of retirement to attempt to break the 50m freestyle record for a prize of $1m. How backing from leading venture capitalists including Christian Angermayer and PayPal founder Peter Thiel facilitates an ambitious financial approach. This is a move we have seen in many sports over recent years, but how does the addition of performance enhancers + big payouts appeal to athletes? Changes in wider sport: This is a privately funded sports event. What does that mean? How does a venture backed sports competition create fandom? The current sports governance landscape and the issues with legacy leadership structures in industries that require innovative and transformative development. What other sports would benefit most from the ‘Enhanced approach'?  How this event will deliver batter fan experiences, employ the latest technology, and leverage data to continually improve it's proposition. Enhancements extend careers. Athletes will be able to compete at the highest level for longer periods of time! If you want to see more for Business of Sport, follow us across all our platforms. https://linktr.ee/bizofsport

In conversation with Kim Kelly A labor journalist who regularly contributes to In These Times magazine and The Guardian, Hamilton Nolan has written about inequality, politics, and class war for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Gawker, and Splinter, among other publications. He also regularly contributes articles about boxing to Defector. A member of the Writers Guild of America, East, Hamilton led the 2015 effort to unionize Gawker Media, where he was the longest-serving writer in the organization's history. In The Hammer, he offers a comprehensive overview of the contemporary American labor movement and highlights specific actions and organizations where politics and workers combine to affect change.   Kim Kelly has worked as a labor columnist for Teen Vogue since 2018, and her writing on labor, class, and politics has appeared in The New Republic, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and Esquire, among other places. Also a video correspondent for More Perfect Union, The Real News Network, and Means TV, she formerly served as the heavy metal editor at VICE's ''Noisey'' imprint. She was an original member of the VICE union, is a member of the Industrial Workers of the World's Freelance Journalists Union, and is a member and elected councilperson for the Writers Guild of America, East. Because you love Author Events, please make a donation to keep our podcasts free for everyone. THANK YOU! The views expressed by the authors and moderators are strictly their own and do not represent the opinions of the Free Library of Philadelphia or its employees. (recorded 3/18/2024)

In episode 387, journalist Hamilton Nolan joins the show to talk about his new book, The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and The Struggle for the Soul of Labor.   Hamilton Nolan is a labor journalist who writes regularly for In These Times magazine and The Guardian. He has written about labor, politics, and class war for The New York Times, the Washington Post, Gawker, Splinter, and other publications. He was the longest-serving writer in Gawker's history, and was a leader in unionizing Gawker Media in 2015. Hamilton is a proud member of the Writers Guild of America, East. He lives in Brooklyn.   You can view clips from this episode on our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@bradleyhartmannandco     This episode is brought to you by The Simple Sales Pipeline® which will organize and value any construction sales rep's roster of customers and prospects in under 30 minutes. *** If you enjoyed this podcast, we'd sincerely appreciate it if you left a review on Apple Podcasts. The feedback helps improve the show and helps with our visibility as well. The more people listen to the podcast, the more we can invest into it to make it even better. Since we're asking for things . . . we'd also love it if you recommended this show to your friends and colleagues. Your network looks to people like you to learn where to invest their time and attention.      

Aron D'Souza is the President of the Enhanced Games. A new version of the Olympics that will allow performance enhancing drugs.D'Souza also led the litagtion against Gawker Media involving the wrestler Hulk Hogan, which resulted in one of the largest invasion of privacy judgement in history.You're about to hear how he plans to disrupt the concept of sport as we know it.Follow Andy on instagram @Andy_rowe_Find out more about The Enhanced Games at https://enhanced.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's podcast is underwritten in part by EPIC-MRA While assorted Republicans are getting booked, arraigned, found liable for slander and generally spending millions on defense attorneys, Joe Biden and Gretchen Whitmer are talking about “what's next.” For Biden - what's next is a battle with pharmaceutical companies over prices; for Whitmer - an ambitious agenda for a fall legislative session where she has the smallest possible majorities in both chambers. Michigan's new congressional and legislative maps, in effect for just one election cycle, face a growing challenge in federal court. Onetime Congressman Mike Rogers apparently will get into Michigan's U.S. Senate race, but first he has to move back to Michigan from Florida and register to vote; Rogers may be joined in the race by another former congressman - Peter Meijer - who is "exploring" a candidacy. And the broken Michigan GOP gets another national profile (in the New York Times) … and it ain't pretty. We're joined this week by a Michigan legislator who – through no fault of her own – has become a national symbol of the growing political power of suburban moms: Senator Mallory McMorrow. McMorrow gained sudden national attention as a result of her ardent support of policies protecting reproductive rights. She became an overnight sensation for a floor speech standing up against false, bigoted, homophobic attacks on her and her colleagues. Her legislative focus also includes empowering local communities, and making Michigan a business- and family-friendly state. Senator McMorrow is the Senate Majority Whip and serving her second term in the Michigan Senate. She has a deep affinity for the automotive industry after working for more than a decade in product design, media and advertising with companies like Mazda, Mattel, Gawker Media, Hearst and other global brands. Since becoming a state Senator she has won victories on policy changes such as ending Michigan's tampon tax, helping struggling businesses during the coronavirus pandemic, and protecting certain individuals (including domestic violence survivors) by creating an address confidentiality program. She earned her bachelor's degree in industrial design from the University of Notre Dame. =========================== EPIC ▪ MRA is a full service survey research firm with expertise in: • Public Opinion Surveys • Market Research Studies • Live Telephone Surveys • On-Line and Automated Surveys • Focus Group Research • Bond Proposals - Millage Campaigns • Political Campaigns & Consulting • Ballot Proposals - Issue Advocacy Research • Community - Media Relations • Issue - Image Management • Database Development & List Management ===========================

On today's show, we're re-airing some of our favorite recent interviews:  In the latest issue of Foreign Affairs, Julia Preston, contributing writer for The Marshall Project, traces the crisis at the southern border to its roots in America's broken asylum system. Paula DiPerna, special advisor for CDP, the non-profit global environmental impact disclosure platform, and the author of Pricing the Priceless: The Financial Transformation to Value the Planet, Solve the Climate Crisis, and Protect Our Most Precious Assets (Wiley, 2023), argues that to avoid the "environmental default" of climate change we need to assign a monetary value for the health of the planet. Ben Smith, editor in chief of Semafor, former media columnist for The New York Times, and the author of Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral (Penguin Press, 2023), tells the story of the progressive roots of digital news at companies like HuffPost and Gawker Media (including his own role as the founding editor in chief of Buzzfeed News) and how it went on to become a force in right-wing politics. The new Peacock show "The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning" (based on a Swedish concept, and the book of the same name) is not as morbid as it sounds. Katarina Blom, psychologist, Ella Engström, organizer, and Johan Svenson, designer, explain how and why you should declutter your life.   These interviews were polished up and edited for time, the original versions are available here: The Origins of the Border Crisis (June 26, 2023) Pricing Environmental Health (May 30, 2023) The Origin Story of Digital News (May 3, 2023) What 'Swedish Death Cleaning' Is and Why You Should Do It (June 6, 2023)  

Journalist Ben Smith tells the story of how digital media organisations became addicted to "going viral" in his new book Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral. He was founding editor-in-chief of recently deceased digital news site BuzzFeed News, which along with HuffPost, Breitbart and Gawker Media represented a new world of online media in the early 2000s. His book tells the inside story of how rivals Jonah Peretti of HuffPost and BuzzFeed. and Nick Denton of Gawker Media started the race for virality blamed for the rise of disinformation. Ben Smith is the Editor in Chief of Semafor, a new global news company and a former media columnist for The New York Times.

How can insurance save a company from bankruptcy? How does litigation funding work? Why did a lawsuit about a famous wrestler's sex tape become a warning to journalists everywhere about the power of Silicon Valley? Welcome to the Insurance vs History Podcast! In this episode, I talk about a case called Bollea v Gawker, which involved Hulk Hogan's sex tape, and Gawker, one of the first big online news organizations. It also involved tech mogul Peter Theil and a vendetta that resulted in Gawker's demise. This is the story of how insurance could have saved Gawker, but didn't—and the very real issues brought up by the trial, namely, the issue of litigation funding, bad deposition preparation, hubris, the rising power of Silicon Valley, and how much privacy public figures are entitled to today. What's covered by insurance? Where did Gawker go wrong regarding insurance coverage? What does their bankruptcy mean for journalism today? Join me to find out! Selected Sources and Links: 1.       https://jacobin.com/2016/08/gawker-peter-thiel-bollea-torts-lawsuit/ 2.       https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/18/business/media/hulk-hogan-v-gawker-a-guide-to-the-trial-for-the-perplexed.html 3.       https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/might-an-anti-gawker-benefactor-be-covering-hulk-hogans-legal-bills/ 4.       https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/peter-thiel-vs-gawker-case-highlights-world-litigation-funding-n581726 5.       https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdrange/2018/01/05/five-things-i-learned-after-meeting-donald-trumps-new-lawyer/ 6.       https://www.newsweek.com/charles-harder-gawker-melania-trump-roger-ailes-people-magazine-509926 7.       https://www.salon.com/2023/03/27/what-does-peter-thiel-want-hes-building-the-right-wing-future-piece-by-piece/ 8.       https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/gawker-acquired-bustle-bryan-goldberg-1202871999/ 9.       https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/12/19/gawkers-demise-and-the-trump-era-threat-to-the-first-amendment 10.   https://finance.yahoo.com/news/thiel-founders-fund-withdrew-millions-005223787.html?guccounter=1 11.   https://www.irmi.com/articles/expert-commentary/when-does-liability-coverage-exist-for-mental-anguish-without-bodily-injury 12.   “Hulk Hogan and the Demise of Gawker Media: wrestling with the problems of celebrity voyeurism, newsworthiness, and tabloidization, Andrew K Antoniou and Dimitris Akrivos, Journal of Media Law 2016, Volume 8, No. 2, 153-172 13.   “Eat Your Vitamins and Say Your Prayers: Bollea v Gawker, Revenge Litigation Funding, and the Fate of the Fourth Estate” Nicole K. Chipi, University of Miami Law Review, Vol 72: 269 14.   The Gawker Stalker, Jason Zengerle, GQ, Vol 86, Issue 12 15.   The Evolution of Mr. Theil, The Economist, Vol 419, Issue 8992 16.   Vigilante Justice: The Implications of Revenge Suits for Third-Party Litigation Funding, Ann-Marie Elvin, The Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, Vol 30:719 17.   “Sex, Videos, and Insurance: How Gawker Could Have Avoided Financial Responsibility For the $140 Million Hulk Hogan Sex Tape Verdict” Christopher C. French, Southern California Law Review, 6.20.16 Sources with Paywall: 1.       https://www.law360.com/articles/562091/gawker-not-covered-for-hogan-sex-tape-row-insurer-says 2.       Bringing Down a Media Empire - The New York Times (nytimes.com) Books: 1.       Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue: Holiday, Ryan: 9780735217645: Amazon.com: Books 2.       Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral: Smith, Ben: 9780593299753: Amazon.com: Books Music Credits: ·       Boulangerie by Jeremy Sherman, courtesy of NeoSounds: Boulangerie, LynneMusic | NeoSounds music library Contact Me: Website: https://insurancevshistory.libsyn.com Contact me!  Email: insurancevshistory@gmail.com Twitter: @insurancevshist Instagram: @ insurancevshistory Facebook:  Insurance vs History | Facebook

The 2010s saw the rise of a number of digital media startups like BuzzFeed News, Gawker Media, Vice, Business Insider and others who were set to usher in a new era of news consumption, displacing legacy outlets like the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. Now, by and large, that dream seems to have died. Gawker is gone. BuzzFeed News is closed. Vice has filed for bankruptcy. Insider recently had layoffs. So how did it all fall apart and what is the future for upstart media? In this episode, we speak with Ben Smith, editor-in-chief of Semafor and the author of the new book Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral, to discuss his experience as the editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed News, and how times have changed so dramatically for online journalism. We also discussed what business models work today, the use of AI, and the future of news consumption.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ben Smith, editor in chief of Semafor, former media columnist for The New York Times, and the author of Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral (Penguin Press, 2023), tells the story of the progressive roots of digital news at companies like HuffPost and Gawker Media (including his own role as the founding editor in chief of Buzzfeed News) and how it went on to become a force in right-wing politics.

Ben Smith is the former and founding editor-in-chief of Buzzfeed News, the founder and editor-in-chief of Semafor, and the author of a new book called Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral, which is about the rise and fall of the social platform age in media, through the lens of Gawker Media and Buzzfeed and, in particular, their founders, Nick Denton and Jonah Peretti. I say the fall of the social platform age pretty literally: just before we spoke, Buzzfeed actually shut down Buzzfeed News, saying it just wasn't making enough money, Facebook and the rest are all in on vertical video, and the chaos at Twitter means a lot of baseline media industry assumptions are now up for grabs. Ben and I talked about a lot – where do journalists build their brands now? Where does traffic even come from anymore? What's next? Of course, we talked about Semafor as well. Ben and his co-founder, Justin Smith, raised $25 million and launched a news website, newsletters, and events covering the US and sub-Saharan Africa, with plans to expand into other regions. I wanted to know what lessons from Buzzfeed Ben brought into Semafor and, honestly, how he's thinking about building an audience instead of just trying to get traffic.  This is a good one. The book's great, too. Transcript: https://www.theverge.com/e/23470662 Links: Traffic by Ben Smith What Colors Are This Dress?  TikTok - The Verge Is Substack Notes a ‘Twitter clone'? We asked CEO Chris Best - The Verge MyPillow CEO's free speech social network will ban posts that take the Lord's name in vain - The Verge Former Facebook Workers: We Routinely Suppressed Conservative News Cambridge Analytica: understanding Facebook's data privacy scandal - The Verge 28 Signs You Were Raised By Persian Parents In America Here's The Powerful Letter The Stanford Victim Read To Her Attacker More Than 180 Women Have Reported Sexual Assaults At Massage Envy Macedonia's Pro-Trump Fake News Industry Had American Links, And Is Under Investigation For Possible Russia Ties Watching Silicon Valley Bank melt down from the front row, with Brex CEO Henrique Dubugras - Decoder, The Verge  Credits: Decoder is a production of The Verge and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. It was produced by Creighton DeSimone and Jackie McDermott with help from Hadley Robinson and it was edited by Callie Wright.  The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. Our Editorial Director is Brooke Minters and our Executive Director is Eleanor Donovan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"It would be delightful if all the brightest brains in the world focused their energies on solving climate problems."   Gaby Darbyshire gained deep operational expertise as a founder of Gawker Media before starting climate tech focused Dangerous Ventures.  There is a lot to learn from Gaby in many dimensions.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos talks with The Verge's Walt Mossberg about the "gigantic" potential of artificial intelligence to change everything from shopping to self-driving cars. Bezos also discusses his purchase of the Washington Post in 2013, which he says is transforming from a local to a global institution. He explains why he opposes both Peter Thiel's campaign against Gawker Media and Donald Trump's attempts to "freeze or chill" press scrutiny. Plus: Why Bezos's other company, Blue Origin, is trying to lower the cost of entrepreneurship in space.

Jesse Singal has disappeared off the face of the Earth. Trace’s investigation leads straight to “Stonewall,” a shadowy LGBT charity that is said to have infiltrated the highest levels of the British government. Katie leaks the news to Gawker Media, resulting in deadly riots erupting across New York over remaining supplies of Blocked And Reported. In an attempt to quell the chaos spreading across the nation, President Biden invites Katie to join him on a nationwide broadcast to announce that strategic reserves of Blocked And Reported have been deployed. (He then forgot to show up.)Just when all seems lost, an old friend of the pod makes a triumphant return. Can Helen Lewis provide the nation with its weekly dose of internet insanity before it’s too late? Or has the Pax Americana finally come to an end?Links:Helen Lewis:Lewis’ Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fightshttps://www.amazon.com/Difficult-Women-History-Feminism-Fights-ebook/dp/B07WVXHFM9/https://www.amazon.co.uk/Difficult-Women-History-Feminism-Fights/dp/1784709735/Lewis on the TikTok Tourette’s epidemic:https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/02/social-media-illness-teen-girls/622916/We did an episode on this!More B&R lore: the time Watch Dogs: Legion got a little too meta and canceled Lewis both IRL and in-game:Her article ushering in Trans Issues Week:https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/01/introducing-trans-issues-weekSarah Ditum on Laverne Cox: “A hot woman on a magazine cover” [ARCHIVE]:https://web.archive.org/web/20140629035908/https://sarahditum.com/2014/06/24/a-hot-woman-on-a-magazine-cover/Lewis’ article on trans women in prisons:https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2016/01/deciding-which-jail-send-trans-prisoner-isn-t-always-clear-cut-and-accusationsWould you let your child change their gender?https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2016/10/would-you-let-your-child-change-their-genderHelen Lewis vs. Jordan Peterson:https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/helen-lewis-jordan-petersonWhat happened to Jordan Peterson?https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/04/what-happened-to-jordan-peterson/618082/The judgment in Allison Bailey’s case against Stonewall:https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Bailey-judgment.pdfThe Cass Review’s interim report on treating trans children in England:https://cass.independent-review.uk/publications/interim-report/Just how much influence does Stonewall have in the UK?https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p09yjp0dImage: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - 2022/01/08: Protestors seen holding placards during the demonstration. Organized by Trans Activism UK, transgender rights supporters gathered outside BBC's office at Portland Place to protest against the news corporation's queerphobic agenda. Earlier in October 2021, the BBC published an article titled 'We're being pressured into sex by some trans women', which sparked widespread outrage among the transgender community. The group gathered to condemn BBC for spreading hatred and discrimination against the transgender population. (Photo by Belinda Jiao/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Defamation law may turn out to be America's most important weapon against rightwing media lies.On Friday, Infowars star Alex Jones' parent media company, Free Speech Systems, filed for bankruptcy in the midst of a defamation damages trial underway in Austin, Texas. Jones, you may recall, had portrayed the Sandy Hook school shooting massacre as a hoax involving actors, aimed at increasing gun control. Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, whose 6-year-old son, Jesse Lewis, was among the 20 children and six educators killed, have sued Jones and his media company for $150 million. Courts in Texas and Connecticut have already found Jones liable for defamation.To win a defamation lawsuit, a plaintiff must show four things: the defendant made a false statement purporting to be fact; the statement was published or communicated; the defendant failed to exercise reasonable care or, worse, knew the statement was incorrect and hurtful but made it anyway; and the plaintiff suffered harm as a result.By these criteria, it's no wonder Jones will soon be paying out a fortune in damages. Declaring bankruptcy won't save him. Defamation litigation is slow and expensive and, like all litigation, it enriches lawyers. It can also be abused. Anyone remember what happened to Gawker after its tech blog published a post under the headline, “Peter Thiel is totally gay, people”? Billionaire Thiel quietly bankrolled Hulk Hogan, the professional wrestler, to sue Gawker for defaming Hogan in a totally unrelated story — and Hogan's nine-figure defamation award bankrupted Gawker Media.But at a time when social media can't be trusted to police itself against weaponized lies, and when much of the public doesn't trust government to regulate social media, defamation lawsuits may be the best we can hope for.One America News (OAN), a right-wing media organization that pushed conspiracy theories about the election, is facing so many defamation lawsuits from those injured by the network's lies that its future is now in doubt.Five years ago, Trump was ecstatic about OAN's flattering coverage of him. By the summer of 2020 -- dissatisfied with what he considered insufficient gushing by Fox News – Trump was urging his followers to switch to OAN and Newsmax, calling them “much better” than Fox. He did the same after the election, when OAN's journalists were more willing than many Fox correspondents to continue pushing Trump's Big Lie. Last December, Ruby Freeman and Wandrea Moss, Georgia election workers, sued OAN hosts and guests, including Rudy Giuliani, for baselessly accusing them of committing election fraud and engaging in a criminal conspiracy. Freeman and Moss said OAN's lies subjected them to an onslaught of harassment and racist threats, leading one of them to leave her home for months at the recommendation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. OAN ultimately settled the case for an undisclosed sum. Apparently as part of the settlement agreement, OAN admitted on air that Freeman and Miss “did not engage in ballot fraud or criminal misconduct.”Meanwhile, Dominion Voting Systems, which provided voting machines to 28 states in the 2020 election, has accused OAN of defaming the company and its products by airing false reports that its machines switched votes from Donald Trump to President Biden, thereby hurting its business and putting its employees in danger. (One of those employees, Eric Coomer, received death threats after OAN named him in a report as an alleged collaborator of the far-left movement, antifa. Coomer is now suing OAN, too.) The litigation has not gone well for OAN. Judges have rejected its motions to dismiss the case. In one ruling, a judge concluded that OAN acted “maliciously and consciously” in perpetuating falsehoods about Dominion, and that its chief White House correspondent, Chanel Rion, failed to exercise even minimal journalistic standards.In April, OAN was dropped by AT&T's DirecTV, which has about 15 million subscribers. Verizon just announced it would stop carrying OAN on its Fios television service. OAN will soon be available to no more than a few hundred thousand people.Dominion isn't stopping with OAN. It's seeking a total of $1.6 billion in damages extending to Newsmax as well as to Fox News and Fox News's parent, the News Corp. And it's seeking an additional $1.3 billion in damages from each of Trump's most whacko conspirators — Sydney Powell, Rudy Giuliani and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell.As to the News Corp, Dominion alleges that Rupert Murdoch and his son, Lachlan, acted with “actual malice” because they knew that the lie Fox News was touting was false.Defamation lawsuits aren't sure things, and they pose potential threats to the free press. But if the press is alert to errors and corrects them quickly, defamation shouldn't be a problem.Sarah Palin recently lost her defamation suit against The New York Times, in which she alleged that the Times defamed her when it erroneously linked her campaign rhetoric to a mass shooting. Part of the reason Palin lost was the Times quickly corrected its mistake. The Times' behavior stands in sharp contrast to that of Fox News. Although Dominion repeatedly asked Fox News to stop its lies and correct the record, Fox persisted even though it knew they were lies (Dominion cites a report that Rupert Murdoch spoke with Trump a few days after the election “and informed him that he had lost.”)Even if it loses the lawsuit, Fox News can weather this storm financially (although cable providers are likely to use the lawsuit to drive down what Fox charges them when they renegotiate their contracts at the end of this year).Notably, though, Trump has not been interviewed on Fox in more than a hundred days and the network has avoided live coverage of his rallies and speeches, while granting more airtime to other Republican presidential hopefuls, such as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Meanwhile, Murdoch's Wall Street Journal and New York Post have issued sharp rebukes of Trump.Is this because the Murdochs have had a change of heart about Trump? Or because they've had a change of litigation strategy? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit robertreich.substack.com/subscribe

Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 800 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls Check out StandUpwithPete.com to learn more Sen. Mallory McMorrow is serving her first term in the Michigan Senate. McMorrow gained more than a decade of experience in product design, media and advertising through her work with Mazda, Mattel, Gawker Media, Hearst and other global brands. She brings a fresh, creative and collaborative approach to addressing and solving some of our state's most complex issues. As a state senator, McMorrow is focused on increasing our state's competitiveness by supporting what makes Michigan unique – our people, unparalleled history of manufacturing and innovation, and our Great Lakes. She will work to diversify our economy by creating more opportunities for small businesses, provide our kids with a world-class education, fight for access to health care and clean water for all Michiganders, and ensure we fix our roads. She earned her bachelor's degree in industrial design from the University of Notre Dame. She resides in Royal Oak with her husband, Ray, their daughter, Noa, and their rescue dog, Detroit. https://www.mcmorrowformichigan.com/ DONATE to Her RE Election Campaign On today's show I also profiled voice over actor , musician , father husband and daily contributor Pete Coe! Follow him on Twitter Check out all things Jon Carroll Follow and Support Pete Coe Pete on YouTube Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page

We've brought Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow (of this famed viral floor speech) and her colleague MI State Representative and State Senate candidate Darrin Camilleri to the Bay Area. The DLCC has identified Michigan as one of the three states where we actually have a chance at flipping the State Senate, in this instance, because of the state's independent redistricting process. Our friends at The States Project and Sister District have joined us in endorsing Darrin Camilleri for one of the country's most critical state legislature seats. These are also two leaders who The Next 50 is firmly behind for their rising leadership in Michigan and in our country. About Senator Mallory McMorrow: Sen. Mallory McMorrow is serving her first term in the Michigan Senate. McMorrow gained more than a decade of experience in product design, media and advertising through her work with Mazda, Mattel, Gawker Media, Hearst and other global brands. She brings a fresh, creative and collaborative approach to addressing and solving some of our state's most complex issues. As a state senator, McMorrow is focused on increasing our state's competitiveness by supporting what makes Michigan unique – our people, unparalleled history of manufacturing and innovation, and our Great Lakes. She will work to diversify our economy by creating more opportunities for small businesses, provide our kids with a world-class education, fight for access to health care and clean water for all Michiganders, and ensure we fix our roads. She earned her bachelor's degree in industrial design from the University of Notre Dame. About Darrin Camalleri: State Rep. Darrin Quiroz Camilleri is serving his third term representing the 23rd District, which includes the Downriver communities of Gibraltar, Grosse Ile, Huron, Trenton, Woodhaven, and Brownstown. He currently serves as Minority Whip for the House Democrats and the Minority Vice Chair on the House Education Committee. In his first few years, he has quickly emerged as a statewide voice on education and a champion for workers' rights. Over the past three years, Camilleri has consistently introduced legislation to keep Michigan's promises to working people and help everyday Michiganders get ahead. Notably, he has been a leader in the fight to protect pensions for police officers, firefighters, teachers and school employees. He has also worked extensively to protect our environment and highlight the state's literacy crisis and teacher shortage. Camilleri was awarded Progress Michigan's Legislator of the Year in 2017, was recognized as one of Crain's Detroit's 20 in their 20s, and given the Michigan Association for Media in Education's 2018's Outstanding Legislator Award for his work on expanding access to school libraries.

Welcome again to the Bill Bradley Collective, where this week we examine billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk move to acquire social media giant Twitter and the broader picture of billionaire influence over our news media and free speech. But first a rant or three, as Zak highlights the passage of a Connecticut bill aimed to protect abortion rights for recipients and providers against out-of-state legal backlash from the many other far more restrictive states; Ed spotlights the fallout from the watershed Katie Taylor-Amanda Serrano unification bout from last weekend and the promising future of headline female prize-fighting; and finally Andrew decries the decision of the All England Club to ban competitors from Russia and Belarus amidst the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War. This leads us to Musk, and his many peers among the billionaire class: Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos most notably, that control both news and social media as we know it. How we use and interact with Twitter, what to expect under Musk's control and whether or not we continue to engage the platform going forward comprise the bulk of this conversation. But to comprehend and begin to understand Musk's ascension to a controlling interest in Twitter, means also considering Zuckerberg and Facebook; Jeff Bezos' ownership of the Washington Post, Peter Thiel's funding of the destruction of independent Gawker Media, Sheldon Adleson, Ru0ert Murdoch, et al. What does free speech look like in the media: broadcast, news and social alike, when that speech is controlled by the world's richest men? Your panel seeks seeks an answer to that question and others this week on the Bill Bradley Collective.

Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 800 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls Check out StandUpwithPete.com to learn more All this month and next I will be promoting GiveWell.org and I hope you will consider sending them a donation. They will match new donors up to $250! Please go to GiveWell.org/StandUp 36 mins Laura Coates, CNN Senior Legal Analyst and SiriusXM Host, is a well-respected attorney, commentator, author, and adjunct professor at the George Washington University School of Law. Coates' depth of experience and broad expertise has earned her acclaim across all media platforms. Coates played a central role in the network's programming surrounding the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, including hosting a special entitled "White House in Crisis: The Impeachment Inquiry." In June 2020, Coates made fundamental contributions to the coverage of the unrest in Minneapolis and the protests around the world following George Floyd's death. During this national reckoning on race, she moderated "Mayors Who Matter: A CNN Town Hall on Race and Covid-19" with four female African American mayors on the front lines. Coates also regularly serves as fill-in anchor for CNN's Don Lemon, conducting prominent interviews and informing viewers in primetime. In 2017, she launched the daily eponymous talk show, - on == where she engages the audience with a lively discussion on the intersections of politics, law, and pop culture. Recognizing the dire need for increased police accountability and improved police-community relations, she wrote the bestselling 2016 book, You Have the Right: A Constitutional Guide to Policing the Police. In the book, Laura removes the legalese and helps ordinary citizens know and understand their 4th, 5th and 6th Amendment rights. A native of Saint Paul, Minnesota, Coates graduated from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the University of Minnesota Law School, where she serves on the Board of Advisors, before beginning her legal career in private practice. She practiced law in Minnesota and New York handling cases ranging from intellectual property litigation and First Amendment issues to Defamation and Media law. Called to public service, she transitioned from private practice to the United States Department of Justice, thriving as a federal prosecutor. She served as a Trial Attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice during the Bush and Obama administrations, specializing in the enforcement of voting rights throughout the country. She also served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, prosecuting a myriad of violent felony offenses including drug trafficking, armed offenses, domestic violence, child abuse, and sexual assault. She and her husband live in Washington, DC with their two young children. You can find her on social media at @thelauracoates. ------------------------ 1:13 Sen. Mallory McMorrow is serving her first term in the Michigan Senate. McMorrow gained more than a decade of experience in product design, media and advertising through her work with Mazda, Mattel, Gawker Media, Hearst and other global brands. She brings a fresh, creative and collaborative approach to addressing and solving some of our state's most complex issues. As a state senator, McMorrow is focused on increasing our state's competitiveness by supporting what makes Michigan unique – our people, unparalleled history of manufacturing and innovation, and our Great Lakes. She will work to diversify our economy by creating more opportunities for small businesses, provide our kids with a world-class education, fight for access to health care and clean water for all Michiganders, and ensure we fix our roads. She earned her bachelor's degree in industrial design from the University of Notre Dame. She resides in Royal Oak with her husband, Ray, their daughter, Noa, and their rescue dog, Detroit. https://www.mcmorrowformichigan.com/ DONATE to Her RE Election Campaign Get your holiday gifts from one of the sponsors of the show!   GetQuip.com/STANDUP Indeed.com/STANDUP and start a store or shop at Shopify.com/Standup   Check out all things Jon Carroll Follow and Support Pete Coe   Pete on YouTube Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page

Get ready to hide under a napkin with a fried song bird while shouting “f**k off” in a thick Scottish accent, because this week we're talking about HBO's Succession. The third season of the acclaimed media family drama kicked off last month, and from the acting, to the writing, to the plot-twist momentum, it's shaping up to be the series' best yet. There are a lot of reasons to be obsessed. Succession is, above all, an uncompromising look at where power comes from, and how it's reproduced. And as Kendall Roy—media magnate Logan Roy's second-eldest and most seditious child—breaks away from the fold to wrest control of a scandal-ridden Waystar Royco, the show makes fine work of capturing the crisis PR theater that corporations engage in when navigating an extinction-level threat. “Cultural temperatures” are taken. Token women are propped up as mouthpieces. Executives mollify the public with platitudes like “We take this very seriously” while privately referring to the company's victims as “no RPI”—“no real person involved.” And, of course, Kendall is framing his big power grab as an effort to right the company's wrongs against women and usher the company into the 21st century, when he's basically just a big baby in a power suit and a goofy baseball cap trying to consolidate his own position.It's a searingly brutal portrait of a dysfunctional family, a commentary on the corporate chokehold over media and politics, and an exercise in rich-people schadenfreude all rolled into one. For journalists, however, the show hits home for its painfully true-to-life portrayal of the forces shaping our world. At this point, we can't think of many colleagues who haven't experienced their own version of season two's infamous Vaulter scene, in which Kendall guts an entire digital media company, save for two verticals: food and weed. The fact that Kendall lays off dozens of journalists with one week of severance simply because he's trying to impress his father is absurd enough to feel like something that might actually happen in a real-life digital media company, especially after he boasts to Vaulter's publisher that he'd spent time studying the company because he was looking to “find the profit centers [and] keep the union off our back.”Part of Succession's pitch-perfect rendering of the brutal inner workings of media comes down to the fact that its creators hire people who know what they're talking about. One of those people, on the series' second season, was Cord Jefferson, a longtime journalist and former editor and writer at Gawker who left the media industry seven years ago to try his hand at TV writing. Since then, he's been one of the brains behind thought-provoking fan favorites like The Good Place, The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, and Watchmen—the latter of which earned him an Emmy for his work alongside co-writer Damon Lindelof. Along the way, Cord has carved out a name for himself as an advocate for journalists looking to cross into the entertainment industry, most recently teaming up with the Writer's Guild of America to launch the Susan M. Haas Fellowship, which offers financial support and creative mentorship to journalists interested in TV writing. He's also working on a show about the rise and fall of Gawker Media, which we can't wait to see when it finally makes it to the screen.To celebrate Succession's third season, Cord joins us to discuss his experiences in the media industry and how they've informed his work on fictional portrayals like Succession and the Gawker series. We discuss the ways that Hollywood gets journalism right—and also sometimes terribly wrong—along with the struggles writers in both fields are facing in a creative economy increasingly governed by algorithms, risk aversion, and Waystar RoyCo-esque monoliths obsessed with growth at any cost.Follow Cord on Twitter Learn more about the Susan M. Haas Fellowship This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theculturejournalist.substack.com/subscribe

Kelsey McKinney is an author and co-founder of Defector.com. She was a staff writer at Deadspin, a vertical of Gawker Media that was founded on the principle of saying what they mean and holding nothing back. It was eventually mauled through various mergers and acquisitions, when the new people in charge tried to shift those editorial values. In an inspiring show of comradery, the staff writers unanimously decided to walk out. Her new novel, “God Spare the Girls,” explores the daughters of a prominent megachurch pastor in North Texas as they discover a damning revelation about their father and reconcile with the emotional and personal fallout it brings.Resources:kelseymckinney.comInstagram: @mckinneykelseyRead: “God Spare the Girls”Until We Get Canceled is a Crate Original from Crate Media

Ryan reads today's daily meditation and talks to writer and blogger A.J. Daulerio about his involvement in the famous Hulk Hogan and Gawker lawsuit, his journey to recovery and making peace with his past, how he came to study Stoic philosophy, and more.A.J. Daulerio is an American writer and blogger. He is the former editor of Gawker and Deadspin. Daulerio famously published an excerpt of Hulk Hogan's sex tape, which led to a lawsuit and the bankruptcy and sale of Gawker Media. In 2020 Daulerio founded The Small Bow, a website and newsletter primarily dedicated to articles about drugs, philosophy and stories for those in recovery.Blinkist is the app that gets you fifteen-minute summaries of the best nonfiction books out there. Blinkist lets you get the topline information and the most important points from the most important nonfiction books out there, whether it's Ryan's The Daily Stoic, and more. Go to blinkist.com/stoic, try it free for 7 days, and save 25% off your new subscription, too.Talkspace is an online and mobile therapy company. Talkspace lets you send and receive unlimited messages with your dedicated therapist in the Talkspace platform 24/7. To match with a licensed therapist today, go to Talkspace.com or download the app. Make sure to use the code STOIC to get $100 off of your first month and show your support for the show.DECKED truck bed tool boxes and cargo van storage systems revolutionize organization with a heavy-duty in-vehicle storage system featuring slide out toolboxes. DECKED makes organizing, accessing, protecting, and securing everything you need so much easier. Get your DECKED Drawer System at Decked.com/STOIC and get free shipping.Athletic Greens is a custom formulation of 75 vitamins, minerals, and other whole-food sourced ingredients that make it easier for you to maintain nutrition in just a single scoop. Visit athleticgreens.com/stoic to get a FREE year supply of Liquid Vitamin D + 5 FREE Travel Packs with subscription. ***The first production run has only a limited quantity, so do not miss your chance to buy this beautiful new edition of The Obstacle is the Way! To order your copy, head over to https://dailystoic.com/obstacleleather.Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: http://DailyStoic.com/signupFollow @DailyStoic:Twitter: https://twitter.com/dailystoicInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/Facebook: http://facebook.com/dailystoicYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/dailystoicTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoicFollow A.J Daulerio: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmallbow Homepage: https://www.thesmallbow.com/ 

This week I'm talking with free-lance writer, food enthusiast & martial artist, Joshua David Stein. We're looking to unpack what's happened over the last year or so in the aforementioned scenes in NYC.Tune in for this energetic conversation at TalkRadio.nyc or watch the Facebook Livestream by clicking here.Show NotesSegment 1Jeremiah introduces his guest for this week, Joshua David Stein, a successful free-lance writer, food enthusiast and martial artist. The two go in depth on how they met through martial arts training, as well as Joshua's formal education at New York University, where he designed his own major, ethnomusicology. He explains what ethnomusicology is, that is the study of the music of different cultures, and while it is an important study, it was difficult to find a job within the field. Joshua continues on to explain his education in ballet, and how he originally decided to take ballet classes because he was infatuated with the teacher of the class. While taking the class he realized how physically demanding ballet was, and how he enjoyed the aspects of training of ballet, working out and dancing, all while listening to live music. Following his education in ballet, he explains he had to make a decision between continuing in dance and the internship he had at Harper's Magazine, which he decided to go through with his internship. Jeremiah and Joshua discuss the writing aspects of Joshua's formal education in ethnomusicology, and how through NYU he had taken a class on expository writing. Because he has taken these classes, he realized he had a talent for writing, and that is what he wanted to pursue post graduation. The two continue on to discuss academia and its relationship with music and the study of music, as well as their personal opinions on music academia.Segment 2Jeremiah and Joshua discuss Joshua's career path, and how for a long while Joshua was an editor at a magazine, before he transitioned to being a freelance writer. Joshua explains his time as a writer at Gawker Media, and from his job there he began to move up the corporate ladder and achieved higher positions, as he was a senior editor at a magazine. He continues to explain how he continued to work a fulltime job, while working on his freelance writing on the site, so he could build up his portfolio so he could make the jump to completely freelance. Joshua continues to explain his pivot in his freelance work from articles to books, as he was able to work on longer projects, and write about what he wanted to write about, rather than what he needed to write about. Jeremiah and Joshua continue the conversation to discuss Joshua's time in the food industry as a critic, as Joshua explains that while working at Gawker he wrote about and produced videos about food. Joshua goes in depth about his career journey through the food industry, discussing how networking had helped him advance his career tenfold. The two discuss Joshua's pieces on ballet and martial arts, with Joshua explaining the training he went through that prepared him to be able to write these pieces.Segment 3Jeremiah and Joshua go in depth on their Brazilian Jiu Jitsu training, and their mindsets while training. Joshua explains how he separates emotions from his training, and how he struggles with this, as many of the moves that he uses while rolling would not anger him if another person used them on him, but he often finds that it angers his opponents. Jeremiah explains the mindsets he holds while training in Jiu Jitsu, as well as the Jiu Jitsu teachers that he keeps in mind while he trains. He discusses the importance of considering your opponents level while training, and Joshua agrees with this sentiment. The two discuss the variety of strategies and techniques they employ with the different opponents they train against, and how they decide which techniques to use. Joshua explains how one of his favorite aspects of Jiu Jitsu training is the natural flow of rolling. He explains how he struggles with his uncertainty of the decisions of what technique he employs in a particular situation, as he isn't sure if what he chose to do was right or wrong, and he finds himself obsessing over whether or not it was right or wrong. Jeremiah gives Joseph advice on how to combat this stress regarding his uncertainty.Segment 4The two discuss in depth what teachings of Jiu Jitsu has affected them the most throughout their lives, as well as how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected their careers as well as their Jiu Jitsu training. Joshua explains how there are many challenges that he faces during his day to day life as a freelance writer, and how even though he doesn't know what his career will look like in five years, he has the confidence in himself and his work to believe that he will continue to find his way no matter what challenges he faces. Jeremiah explains how he takes the lessons he learns from Jiu Jitsu and applies them to his career as an entrepreneur.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-entrepreneurial-web/donations

Mae Planert and Laura Sogar break down the court case of Gawker Media vs Hulk Hogan. With any good court case there are twists, turns and and the good old cuckholding kink. This episode has unlikely heroes or villains depending on your view (looking at you Peter Theil) that emerge in this epic court battle about the sex tape scandal in the city of sin, Tampa FL. Bonus episodes and content every week: ▶▶https://www.patreon.com/risquebusinessnews ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

This week's guest is Detroit based producer, artist, mixer, and mastering engineer Noël Jackson.  Noël has worked with various artists and labels including Warner Records, Superfreq, David Guetta, Kevin Saunderson, and Mr. C.  In addition to music, Noël also works as a computer engineer, user experience designer, and hacker.  He is best known in that realm for his work with Automattic, Gawker Media, and Jeffery Zeldman. We go deep on the early internet, the power of design, living with integrity and how building habits will push you past your goals. In this episode, we'll dig in on... The musical element of surprise Working ethically The fearlessness of youth Web logs Pop music as an educational resource Allowing yourself to be flexible Finding inspiration in design The art and science of engineering Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth Learn More About Noël Jackson... Website: https://noeljackson.com/ (https://noeljackson.com/) Check out his music https://open.spotify.com/artist/4xRgViI3Wx8g93kA8gDHs1?si=yQU2sOrMSfe7eL3FTSgf0A (Here)! Instagram: https://instagram.com/noeldjackson (https://instagram.com/noeldjackson) Twitter: https://twitter.com/noel (https://twitter.com/noel) Newsletter: https://noel.substack.com (https://noel.substack.com) Our Sponsors: Sign Up for Complete Producer Network https://www.completeproducer.net/share/z_LJhc8M_GtKZ1OX?utm_source=manual (HERE)! Get on the Waitlist for The Beats Accelerator Process https://knowledge.completeproducer.pro/bapwaitlist (HERE)! Get on the Waitlist for The Mix Accelerator Process http://mixaccelerator.com/ (HERE)! Other Links: https://www.travisference.com/coffeecup (Give Me a Coffee Cup!) Support Progressions on https://www.patreon.com/progressionspod (Patreon)! Sign up for the https://mailchi.mp/87a95bbfe666/progressionspod (Progressions Mailing List) https://kit.co/travisference (Gear and Recommended Reading List) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/progressionspod/ (https://www.instagram.com/progressionspod/) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProgressionsPod/ (https://www.facebook.com/ProgressionsPod/) Twitter: https://twitter.com/progressionspod (https://twitter.com/progressionspod) Learn more about Travis: https://www.travisference.com/ (https://www.travisference.com/) "Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth" - https://amzn.to/3i9AplZ (Here) Credits: Guest: Noël Jackson Host: Travis Ference Editor: Travis Ference Theme Music: inter.ference

Mark Patricof is a serial entrepreneur and media executive with extensive leadership and operational experience in the finance, entertainment, technology, and sports industries. A seasoned investment banker, he has advised and invested in a wide range of leading traditional and digital media and entertainment companies and transactions. He previously served as Managing Director and Co-Head of the Technology, Media, & Telecom practice at Houlihan Lokey, a publicly-traded global investment bank. Notable transactions while there include advising on the highly publicized bankruptcy auction sale of Gawker Media to Univision for $135 million, and the sale of iconic concert venue Webster Hall to AEG Presents and Brooklyn Sports and Entertainment. Mark was formerly a Co-Founder of Media and Entertainment Strategy Advisors (MESA Global), a boutique investment bank strategically acquired in 2015 by Houlihan Lokey. Founded in 2008, MESA served high-growth companies across the media and entertainment landscape, offering M&A advisory, private placement, and structured finance services. Core areas of focus included film, television, music, sports, live entertainment, and digital media, including key verticals such as games, interactive, advertising, and e-commerce. MESA advised on over 80 transactions including some of the most notable deals in the sector: Colony Capital's acquisition of Miramax, the sale of Songza to Google, the sale of IndiaGames to Disney, structured finance transactions for Relativity and IMAX, and equity finance transactions for Blue Man Group and FanDuel. Additionally, MESA advised multiple global corporations, including Discovery Channel, Time Inc., and Viacom. In 2012 Mark launched MESA Ventures, an early-stage venture fund focused on e-commerce, advertising technology, and digital content. The fund invested alongside established and top-tier early-stage VC firms, combining a unique data-driven ranking system with a co-investment strategy to create an “indexing” approach to seed-stage investing. Mark was a Co-Founder of , an incubator/digital studio that financed, designed, and built businesses for clients such as the BBC, CBS, Disney, Hearst, Sony, and Viacom. He served as President and CEO of the company until it was sold to Omnicom. Mark began his career at Creative Artists Agency (CAA). --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/toby-usnik/support

This week, Elon Musk wants to hack the human brain, Netflix wants to bust a cap in data caps, is Facebook abusing its power as a news source?, ageism in tech, 50 years of Star Trek... and much, much more. What We're Playing With Andy: Dolphin Nintendo emulator; Docking Bay 94 (Mos Eisley simulator); iOS 10 Tosin: PAX Titles Overload (Coming in 2017 to PS4/XB1/PC/MAC/LINUX) Open Sorcery - Available on Android, iPhone, and can be played Online) Echo (Spring 2017 - PC and some consoles tbd) Oxygen not Included: Space colony simulation game 1979 Revolution Black Friday Dwayne: Uber starts autonomous vehicles in Pittsburg; iPhone 7, one week later Headlines Elon Musk is Looking to Kickstart Transhuman Evolution With “Brain Hacking” Tech Tesla Autopilot 8.0 uses radar to prevent accidents like the fatal Model S crash Amazon's connected speaker Echo Dot returns, is now only $50 Netflix asks FCC to declare data caps “unreasonable” Netflix Subscriber Satisfaction Rises to 94.5%, Despite Price Increase Audible Book of the Week No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State by Glenn Greenwald Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown Music Break: Touch of Gray by The Grateful Dead Hot Topic Mark Zuckerberg accused of abusing power after Facebook deletes 'napalm girl' post Univision deletes six controversial Gawker Media posts Statement from Gawker Media Editorial Union on Univision's Deletion of News Stories It's Tough Being Over 40 in Silicon Valley Music Break:  'Star Trek' main title by Alexander Courage (arr. Michael Giacchino) Final Word Google's Project Wing drones will deliver Chipotle burritos at Virginia Tech Star Trek 50th Anniversary: personal thoughts The Drill Down Video of the Week Mad Max: Fury Road raw stunt footage (without CGI) Subscribe! The Drill Down on iTunes (Subscribe now!) Add us on Stitcher! The Drill Down on Facebook The Drill Down on Twitter Geeks Of Doom's The Drill Down is a roundtable-style audio podcast where we discuss the most important issues of the week, in tech and on the web and how they affect us all. Hosts are Geeks of Doom contributor Andrew Sorcini (Mr. BabyMan), marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Box product manager Tosin Onafowokan.

This week, former TDD co-host Tom Cheredar joins us as we discuss: Intel's VR rig, Gawker gets a new owner, Twitter's harassment fails, Facebook vs AdBlock, the NSA gets hacked ..and much, much more. What We're Playing With Dwayne: Stranger Things Tosin: Road to Ballhalla Tom: Adult Swim's iOS keyboard Headlines Google has a new plan to bring gigabit internet to your home, and it doesn't involve wires Intel shows off all-in-one Project Alloy virtual reality headset Univision is buying Gawker Media for $135 million Audible Book of the Week Pines by Blake Crouch Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown Music Break: This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race by Fall Out Boy Hot Topic Inside Twitter's 10-Year Failure To Stop Harassment Twitter's ex-CEO:Buzzfeed Article 'Laughably False' Adblock Plus blocks Facebook block of Adblock Plus block of Facebook block of AdBlock Plus block of Facebook ads Facebook vs. Adblock Plus: Just By Fighting, Facebook Wins Facebook Can't Win Against Ad Blockers, and Here's the Proof Music Break: Human After All by Daft Punk Final Word Hackers Say They Hacked NSA-Linked Group, Want 1 Million Bitcoins to Share More Cisco And Fortinet Confirm Flaws Exposed By Self-Proclaimed NSA Hackers The Drill Down Videos of the Week: Uncanny Valley Uncanny Valley (2015) by Federico Heller This robot wants a family...and to destroy humans Subscribe! The Drill Down on iTunes (Subscribe now!) Add us on Stitcher! The Drill Down on Facebook The Drill Down on Twitter Geeks Of Doom's The Drill Down is a roundtable-style audio podcast where we discuss the most important issues of the week, in tech and on the web and how they affect us all. Hosts are Geeks of Doom contributor Andrew Sorcini (Mr. BabyMan), marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Box product manager Tosin Onafowokan.

Luke and Andrew discuss a billionaire's secret legal campaign against Gawker Media. Plus, Johnny Depp and an Australian politician continue their war of words. And Luke has a new hero in his own war against his backyard moles.

A jury in St. Petersburg, Florida, found that Gawker Media must pay $140 million in damages to the wrestler Hulk Hogan (real name Terry Bollea). The case is about Gawker publishing an excerpt of a tape showing Hogan having sex with his friend's then-wife -- a tape Hogan claims he did not know his friend was filming. The case has raised concerns about First Amendment protections because Gawker is claiming the post was newsworthy and in the public interest -- and Hulk Hogan is claiming that Gawker caused him emotional distress by invading his privacy.  Gawker Media's President and General Counsel, Heather Dietrick, talks to Bob about the company's plan to appeal the decision, why the jury awarded Hogan such a huge sum, and why the public's appetite for sex tapes has waned.  On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.