What Happened to Ozy Media?
The digital media company finds itself under an unwanted spotlight after reports surfaced of its COO impersonating a YouTube executive during an investment meeting. It has led to Ozy Media's number two executive being suspended, the resignation of its chairman, advertisers distancing themselves, and employees alleging the company promotes an abusive work environment. Here's the latest on what's been revealed about the American media business.
Carlos Watson resigned as a corporate director of NPR on Friday after the spectacular public meltdown of the digital media company that he leads and co-founded. The governance committee of NPR's corporate board had been set to meet later in the day to determine Watson's future with the public radio …
Good people quit good jobs to join Ozy Media. They believed in its mission, its leadership and its potential for wealth creation. Investors cut big …
New York (CNN Business) — Around midnight one Saturday late last year, Eva Rodriguez, 24, had trouble breathing. She lost her vision, started sweating and felt a sharp pain in her stomach. She worried she was having a heart attack. For two weeks leading up to that night, Rodriguez said recently, she …
US media firm Ozy Media has announced that it is to close down amid a growing row over its business practices. "It is.. with the heaviest of hearts that we must announce today that we are closing Ozy's doors", the company said in a statement. It follows reports that Ozy's chief operating officer …
A day after a New York Times article revealed that Ozy Media chief operating officer Samir Rao impersonated a YouTube executive on a call with …
2ND UPDATE with Katty Kay resignation, 9:30 AM: Ozy Media’s star journalist, former BBC anchor Katty Kay, resigned from the embattled news site …
Several major advertisers of embattled digital-media startup Ozy Media are putting their ad campaigns on hold in the wake of a New York Times article that raised questions about the company’s business practices. Stocks in this Article ABNB AIRBNB INC. -16.47 (-12.12%) GS THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP …
Two years ago, Carlos Watson, co-founder and CEO of Ozy Media, told CNBC during a live television broadcast that heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne and …
Carlos Watson, co-founder and CEO of Ozy Media, started his company in 2013 as a digital magazine venture that was dubbed by one reader “the love …