Netflix changed movie distribution, and its executives now think that licensing shows leaves money on the table; YouTube may help Netflix's WBD antitrust case
Warner Bros. started with distribution. Just after the turn of the century, Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack Warner bought …
During oral arguments, SCOTUS seemed open to a Texas law requiring age checks to view online porn, but could send the case back to a lower court
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/u... Allie Shenkin / @shenkin : Not that anyone asked for a large experiment on the presumably-mollifying effects of porn on violence by teenagers, but looks like we're abou...
A US judge sentences former FTX executive Ryan Salame to 7.5 years after he pled guilty to criminal charges over political contributions and more in 2023
But He Can Keep His Porsche X: Ryan Salame / @rsalame7926 : @eigenfxn ... I didn't steal shit, the government and all the cooperating witnesses said I didn't. Ryan Salame / @rsalame7926 : hot damn, th...
A US judge sentences Sam Bankman-Fried to 25 years in prison for stealing from users of his now-bankrupt FTX crypto exchange and orders him to forfeit $11B+
Past 6 pm on December 29 … Matthew Russell Lee / Matthew Russell Lee's Newsletter : Aftermath: SBF Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison After Coin Flip and Presidential Aspirations Cited by Judge - Ellison...
SBF testifies that he only understood “pieces” of his companies' full financial state and was “very surprised” by FTX's $8B balance-sheet hole in October 2022
Bankman-Fried Testifies About FTX's Operations and Alameda The Block : SBF paints alternative view of his knowledge of the Fiat@ account in court Vinicius Barbosa / Finbold : FTX founder knew ‘basical...
A live blog of Sam Bankman-Fried's testimony in front of a jury at his criminal fraud trial in NYC over the collapse of FTX
given how today's testimony went even with limited ammunition from prosecutors, it seems disastrous to allow SBF to undergo cross-examination in the presence of a jury Jacob Silverman / @silvermanjaco...
US v. SBF: Nishad Singh says SBF used customer funds for spending sprees that “reeked of excess” and he learned of an $8B hole two months before FTX collapsed
before it all crashed Luc Cohen / Reuters : Sam Bankman-Fried directed political donations despite $13 bln ‘hole’, ex-colleague testified Michael Grullon / Watcher Guru : FTX Trial: SBF Used Stolen Fu...
In five hours of cross-examination, SBF's lawyer did not elicit any revelations or inconsistencies from Caroline Ellison, who said SBF made “terrible mistakes”
because SBF had over $10 billion in assets in FTX equity. Teddy Schleifer / @teddyschleifer : But shortly before 3 p.m., Caroline Ellison left the courtroom. She did not make any eye contact with Sam....
US v. SBF: Caroline Ellison says SBF asked her to make false balance sheets to hide debt, he considered offering FTX shares to the Saudi crown prince, and more
Caroline testified that SBF ordered her to use FTX customer funds to cover up for Alameda's losses — and to lie to lenders about it. She was in a “constant state of dread” about the looming liquidity...
At SBF's trial, the personal dynamics between him and his friends are a vital component of the case, making clear how much his inner circle has turned on him
The FTX founder's criminal trial has made clear just how much his inner circle has turned against him. X: @lylepratt , @jespow , @bradydale , @runnerxbt , @zekefaux , @ritwik_priya , @andrewrchow , @r...