A Salford teen with OCD turned his love of cleaning into washing cars for celebrities – attracting big name customers such as Molly-Mae Hague and Gary Neville.
05.10.2021 - 00:35 / variety.com
Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCarlos Watson indicated Monday morning that he had much to discuss with advertisers, even though his company, Ozy Media, has been besieged by a torrent of difficult news about its relations with investors, vendors and staff.
“This is our Lazarus moment,” the executive told interviewer Craig Melvin on NBC’s “Today.”Madison Avenue isn’t so sure.Watson is getting a cool reception among top media-buying agencies, according to one executive familiar with recent
.A Salford teen with OCD turned his love of cleaning into washing cars for celebrities – attracting big name customers such as Molly-Mae Hague and Gary Neville.
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Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNBCUniversal is on a quest to find something often believed elusive: a new system of measuring TV audiences who don’t always use traditional television to watch their favorite shows.
Leo Barraclough International Features EditorJan Mojto’s Munich-based sales and production powerhouse Beta Film, whose Mipcom slate includes “Sisi” and “La Fortuna,” has closed pre-sales across the Nordic Region and in the Netherlands’ for the PBS-ITV period drama series “Hotel Portofino.” The British show, created and written by Matt Baker, stars Natascha McElhone, whose credits include “Ronin,” “Californication” and “Designated Survivor.”“Hotel Portofino” has been acquired by DR for Denmark,
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In the first of what may well become a string of lawsuits against embattled Ozy Media, a fund manager that invested in the site accused it of fraud and asked for compensatory and punitive damages in a jury trial.
Embattled Ozy Media continues to make headlines as founder-CEO Carlo Watson tell the Today show that the company is not in fact shutting down in the wake of a fast unfolding financial scandal last week as it previous announced.
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe board of Ozy Media, the media and entertainment company accused of deceiving investors and advertisers, has had a change of heart and will not be shutting its doors, CEO Carlos Watson said Monday.“This is our Lazarus moment, if you will,” Watson said in an appearance on NBC News’ “Today” show.The about-face comes after Ozy announced Friday, Oct.
less than a week since The New York Times piece, the digital media company that raised a reported $83 million since 2012 is being abandoned by employees, senior executives and investors, including respected TV journalist and producer Katty Kay, investors Laurene Powell Jobs, Ron Conway and Marc Lasry, who resigned this week as chairman of the board just weeks after joining.Ozy billed itself as a modern media venture that was “ahead of the curve.” This week it has faced a daily onslaught of
Embattled digital media company Ozy Media said it will shut down, just days after a New York Times column exposed a range of dubious and even potentially criminal behavior by its executives.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeOzy Media is shutting down. Per a statement from the company’s board of directors: “At Ozy, we have been blessed with a remarkable team of dedicated staff.
reported that Watson’s resignation letter arrived to the board’s chairman just prior to the governance committee meeting later in the day to determine his status. Watson joined NPR’s board in 2016 and was re-elected for his second, three-year term on the board, which would have begun this month.
Andy Cohen once famously called star Candiace Dillard Basset a «disaster on Twitter,» but the DMV's latest 'Wife might just be giving her a run for that moniker. Mia Thornton has been quick to a keyboard all season long, clapping back in as real of time as possible on social media to her co-star's on-camera comments.«I am humble enough to be remorseful,» Mia admits to ET over Zoom.
Sharon Osbourne said that Watson was lying. “This guy is the biggest shyster I have ever seen in my life,” Osbourne told CNBc.
The heat on Ozy Media has been turned up a notch after its chairman, Marc Lasry, decided to step down from the digital company.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeBillionaire businessman Marc Lasry, who had just been named chairman of Ozy Media earlier this month, is the latest figure to cut ties with the crumbling organization.In a statement, Lasry said he would continue to be an investor in Ozy, but he felt he didn’t have the skills necessary to steer the company out of its current predicament.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorKatie Nolan, who captured attention in recent years for her facility with digital sports media, has left ESPN about four years after jumping to the Disney sports outlet from Fox Sports.Nolan on Wednesday released a statement on social media telling followers that “I no longer work at ESPN. I’m really grateful for my time here.