Spotify CEO condemns Rogan’s use of racial slurs, but says company won’t be ‘silencing’ him
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Daniel Ek, the chief executive of Spotify, addressed Joe Rogan’s past use of racial slurs on Sunday night,…
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Omicron forces S. Korea to end GPS monitoring, some checkups
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Continue Reading Spotify CEO says canceling Joe Rogan isn’t ‘the answer’
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Continue Reading Borderland animal shelter looks to expand facility amid overcrowding
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CNN exec Zucker’s ouster shows peril of hiding work romance
By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For all the potential peril of a workplace romance, the most common source of trouble, experts…
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Rogan’s use of racial slurs adds to pressure on Spotify
By TOM KRISHER and LINDSEY BAHR Associated Press Joe Rogan’s mouth has put Spotify in a tough spot. Anti-coronavirus vaccine comments and racial…
Continue Reading A slot machine in Las Vegas malfunctioned and didn’t tell a tourist they won. The gaming board tracked them down
By Amanda Jackson, CNN A tourist in Las Vegas hit the jackpot on a slot machine last month, but he was never informed due to a malfunction in the…
Continue Reading Sen. Klobuchar: Local media needs to be able to compete with Big Tech for ad dollars
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Continue Reading Reports of spyware use on key witness roil Netanyahu trial
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Continue Reading ‘Jackass Forever’ laughs its way to No. 1 at box office
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Continue Reading Why there’s no need to fear a bear market
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Stocks tumbled sharply in January and the market has remained choppy in February. There are worries globally about…
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Continue Reading John Honderich, ex-publisher of the Toronto Star, dies at 75
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Continue Reading India honors singer Lata Mangeshkar at state funeral, dead at 92
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Continue Reading Joe Rogan apologizes for racial slur after video surfaces
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Spotify’s popular U.S. podcaster Joe Rogan has apologized after a video compilation…
Continue Reading Joe Rogan apologizes after a compilation of him using racial slurs spreads
By Ramishah Maruf and Brian Stelter, CNN Joe Rogan issued an apology on Instagram Saturday after a compilation of the podcaster frequently using the…
Continue Reading Joe Rogan apologizes after a compilation of him using racial slurs spreads
CNN By Ramishah Maruf and Brian Stelter, CNN Joe Rogan issued an apology on Instagram Saturday after a compilation of the podcaster frequently using…
Continue Reading Spotify CEO condemns Rogan’s use of racial slurs, but says company won’t be ‘silencing’ him
CNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Daniel Ek, the chief executive of Spotify, addressed Joe Rogan’s past use of racial slurs on Sunday night,…
Continue Reading Joe Rogan apologizes after a compilation of him using racial slurs spreads
CNN By Ramishah Maruf and Brian Stelter, CNN Joe Rogan issued an apology on Instagram Saturday after a compilation of the podcaster frequently using…
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Continue Reading The US desperately needs skilled workers. But the community colleges that train them are woefully underfunded
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business As America seeks to train workers for the hundreds of thousands of new infrastructure jobs that are being created, it…
Continue Reading The US desperately needs skilled workers. But the community colleges that train them are woefully underfunded
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Continue Reading Delta asks DOJ to put unruly passengers on no-fly list
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Continue Reading EXPLAINER: How to stage Olympics in a snow-challenged city
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Continue Reading A year after Trump purge, ‘alt-tech’ offers far-right refuge
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