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Ex-Apple exec Pete Distad named CEO of sports streaming venture

Ex-Apple exec Pete Distad named CEO of sports streaming venture

Disney’s ESPN (DIS), Fox (FOX, FOXA), and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) have joined forces to launch a joint sports venture streaming service. On Friday, the companies announced Pete Distad, a former Apple (AAPL) and Hulu executive, would serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the upcoming service. The highly anticipated streaming service is slated for launch in the fall, with Wall Street analysts estimating that the service could have a subscription fee ranging between $40 and $50 per… Source link

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These are Microsoft’s Bing AI secret rules and why it says it’s named Sydney

These are Microsoft’s Bing AI secret rules and why it says it’s named Sydney

Microsoft’s new Bing AI keeps telling a lot of people that its name is Sydney. In exchanges posted to Reddit, the chatbot often responds to questions about its origins by saying, “I am Sydney, a generative AI chatbot that powers Bing chat.” It also has a secret set of rules that users have managed to find through prompt exploits (instructions that convince the system to temporarily drop its usual safeguards). We asked Microsoft about Sydney and these rules, and the company was happy to… Source link

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Costco named ‘company of the year’ by Yahoo Finance

Costco named ‘company of the year’ by Yahoo Finance

Citing the accomplishment by Costco Wholesale Corp. of keeping its prices competitive while boosting sales, Yahoo Finance has named the warehouse club operator its 2022 Company of the Year. “In a year of rampant inflation—not seen since the early 1980s—Costco  was a warm hug to millions of loyal members by keeping prices for everything from food to gasoline as low as possible, just as rivals were aggressively jacking up prices,” Yahoo… Source link

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Wpromote Named Google Premier Partner of the Year for Brand Awareness

Wpromote Named Google Premier Partner of the Year for Brand Awareness

Google win highlights Wpromote’s continuing growth as full-funnel media agency EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Google crowned Wpromote their Premier Partner of the Year for Brand Awareness, a significant third-party acknowledgment of the top independent agency’s rapid ascent from performance marketing leader to full-funnel powerhouse. Wpromote Named Google Premier Partner of the Year for Brand Awareness Mike Mothner, Wpromote’s CEO and Founder, explained… Source link

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Brett Favre named in $24M Mississippi welfare funds lawsuit

Brett Favre named in $24M Mississippi welfare funds lawsuit

The Mississippi Department of Human Services has named Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre in a lawsuit seeking to recoup roughly $24 million in misspent welfare funds intended to combat poverty in one of the nation’s poorest states. The lawsuit filed on Monday seeks $3.2 million combined from Favre and Favre Enterprises, Inc. Favre is one of 38 defendants in the lawsuit that also names former pro wrestlers Brett and Ted DiBiase and their father Ted DiBiase Sr. aka “The Million Dollar… Source link

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Labelium Americas Has Been Named A 2022 Google Premier Partner

MONTREAL — LABELIUM AMERICAS HAS BEEN NAMED A 2022 GOOGLE PREMIER PARTNER North American Office of Global Performance & Ecommerce Agency Joins Prestigious Roster of Top Performing Digital Marketing Companies Labelium, the independent global performance agency specializing in e-retail, media and consumer performance, has achieved 2022 Premier Partner status in the Google Partners program, placing the agency’s offices across North… Source link

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Elon Musk named Time’s 2021 ‘Person of the Year’

(Reuters) – Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk was named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2021, a year that saw his electric car company become the most valuable carmaker in the world and his rocket company soar to the edge of space with an all-civilian crew.    Musk is also the founder and CEO of SpaceX, and leads brain-chip startup Neuralink and infrastructure firm The Boring Company. Tesla’s market value soared to more than $1 trillion this year, making it more valuable… Source link

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