There’s more than one reason that Todd Blanche should not be attorney general of the United States. You’ll be hearing plenty about them in the days and weeks ahead, following President Donald Trump’s nomination of his former criminal defense lawyer to lead the Department of Justice. One way to view the nominee is through a … Read more
Consulting and professional services giant Accenture has acquired creator and influencer agency Whalar, seeking to boost the scale of its marketing arm, Accenture Song. The deal will see Whalar co-CEOs Emma Harman and Jo Cronk join Accenture Song and continue to lead Whalar in their current roles. Whalar’s now-former parent company, Whalar Group, will enter … Read more
Paramount Skydance‘s top lawyer claims Netflix is so worried about the prospect of competing with a merged Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery that the streaming company is going all-out to try to “poison regulators and other stakeholders” against the pending $111 billion deal. Netflix clinched a deal to buy Warner Bros.’s streaming and studios businesses in late … Read more
Scott Pelley’s bombshell interview with The New York Times over the weekend after his firing from “60 Minutes” has drawn even more scrutiny to the management style of Bari Weiss, who in October was installed to oversee CBS News. The former print journalist, who launched the “Free Press” website, had no TV experience when Paramount … Read more
President Donald Trump’s first term sent a wave of national security professionals into politics. His second term is doing the same for public health experts. Across the country, doctors, scientists and public health officials are running for state and federal office, citing their frustrations with cuts to public health funding, diminished support for vaccination and … Read more
Five years ago, I published a report in these pages titled “The Devil You Know.” It examined the wrongful convictions of two young men for the rape and murder of Josette Wright, a 12-year-old girl in Carmel, New York. In the fall of 1995, hunters stumbled on Josette’s bones in the woods near rural Carmel, … Read more
If you’re going to train people on how to recognize AI-generated deepfakes, who better to recruit than the deepfake pioneer himself, Conan O’Brien? That’s what the cybersecurity AI firm Adaptive Security did, enlisting the Emmy-winning comedian to star in a 15-part training series for its customers exploring the various cyber threats emerging in the AI … Read more
Donald Trump hasn’t exactly gotten along well with his attorneys general. Ten days into his first term, for example, the president fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates after she notified the White House that then-national security adviser Michael Flynn lied about his post-election talks with Vladimir Putin’s government and may be vulnerable to a Russian … Read more
Hannah, a teen actress, just wants to be great. And she’ll sacrifice everything to get there. In writer-director Sophia Takal’s new film “Act One,” debuting at the Tribeca Festival on June 10, Ella Beatty throws herself into a performance as a would-be star who, snubbed by her school’s drama club, enrolls in an acting class … Read more
Nick Reiner is demanding access to his more than $1.5 million trust to cover legal fees as he faces charges for allegedly murdering his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner. In a petition filed in California probate court Monday (June 8), Nick claimed that a trust his parents set up for him when he was a … Read more