Harry and Meghan sign exclusive podcast deal with Spotify December 15, 2020 Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have signed an exclusive podcast partnership with Spotify just months after inking a Netflix deal. Under the multi-year deal the couple will produce the podcasts through their newly-formed production company Archewell Audio, which will produce programming “aimed to uplift and entertain audiences”. They have no previous experience as producers [...]
Ranked: These countries have the most female billionaires May 16, 2021 Female billionaires are significantly less in the spotlight compared to their male peers. To establish which countries in the world have the most female billionaires, we zoomed in on the women featuring on the latest data from the most recent Forbes World’s Billionaires List, powered by Money Transfer. The United States has the most female [...]
The difference between privacy DeFi and anonymity is huge July 23, 2021 City AM's Monty Munford unpicks the problems in the difference between privacy and anonymity.
Crypto and Likvidi Warm Up For COP26 October 29, 2021 How much has traditional finance depleted the world of its resources and how responsible is it for global warming, the real phrase for what was rebranded as ‘climate change’ by vested parties? Those in crypto are particularly fidgety when it comes to this subject. Aside from the boring tropes of money-laundering, drug-dealers and gun-runners profiting [...]
Coinbase gets its (second) act together – really August 7, 2021 City AM columnist Monty Munford casts away his early doubts over Coinbase to discover a new-found love for the platform.
Facebook muzzles staff from debating politics internally September 18, 2020 Facebook has said it is updating its policies to impose limitations on employees’ ability to discuss social and political issues on internal messaging services. The new rules will prohibit staff from debating topics such as racial inequality and political beliefs on parts of Facebook’s internal messaging platform Workplace, and provide moderation of debates when they [...]
Facebook, Youtube and Twitter strike deal with advertisers over harmful content September 23, 2020 Facebook, Youtube and Twitter have struck a deal with advertising giants over harmful content, as the Silicon Valley firms attempt to restore relations hammered by this year’s advertising boycott of social media sites. The tech giants will next year launch a new system for overseeing advertising on their sites, based on common definitions of hate [...]
Kanye West launches presidential campaign with unorthodox rally July 20, 2020 Kanye West officially launched his campaign for 2020 US presidential election last night with an unorthodox rally in Charleston, South Carolina, that saw the rapper deliver an address on theology, abortion and international trade. West, who took to the stage in a bulletproof vest with “2020” shaved into his head, said abortion should be legal [...]
Coty hires former L’Oreal boss as its third chief executive this year July 2, 2020 Beauty firm Coty has hired former L’Oreal boss Sue Nabi to become its third chief executive in just six months, sending shares up almost four per cent in pre-market trading. Nabi will take over the reins from Peter Harf, who was appointed chief executive of Coty just last month. Harf will step down front the [...]
Twitter hack bail hearing ‘Zoombombed’ with porn August 6, 2020 A virtual bail hearing for the American teenager accused of hacking Twitter in a high-profile bitcoin scam last month was interrupted by participants “Zoombombing” the court with pornography. Graham Ivan Clark, the 17-year-old from Florida who is accused of masterminding the biggest Twitter hack in history, appeared in court via Zoom yesterday to appeal his [...]