You know the clips where it looks a podcaster is talking up a brand or product? Sometimes they're paid ads, and hawkers are making bank. The idea 'is to offer brands a video that gives the sheen of a podcast without actually working with a show.' -- Ashley Carman

Guilty as charged

Another baller newsletter from Shirin Ghaffary … would you pay $700 for wearable AI?

Foundering, the Bloomberg Technology podcast, is up for a Webby. The series focuses on the wild life of John McAfee. Please vote, and please listen! Bloomberg is 3rd place in #Webbys People’s Voice. RT + VOTE: vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/…

Scoop: Spotify is raising prices again. It’s also creating a few new kinds of plans.

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My piece on the changes food delivery apps made after NYC’s min. wage law was cited in the latest Last Week Tonight! Timely episode on their biz models and upcoming regulatory fights.

It is on YouTube but VPN is needed to watch bc it’s blocked in the US youtu.be/VOhHKYRXXhs?si…

Scoop on the latest in crypto VC as Paradigm looks to raise at least $750 million for new fund via Bloomberg Crypto and Bloomberg Technology
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Scoop: A company called MowPod has been selling podcasters and networks a tool that yields more followers on Apple Podcasts, resulting in a 'significantly elevated position' on the app's charts.

It told clients it achieved this by putting banner ads on websites. In reality, and…

Three years before a cyberattack disrupted manufacturing at Clorox, an internal audit exposed systemic cybersecurity flaws within the company’s production systems. Clorox says the findings weren’t relevant to the breach. Gift link here: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Welcome to the team, Mackenzie Hawkins !
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Unspecific, indecipherable item from today's to-do list: 'Gmails'

Hi Elon Musk: care to weigh in on OpenAI's blog post, citing your emails about fundraising and whether OpenAI should remain open-source? Thanks!
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Those Bloomberg.com readers--they love the tech coverage. What's this 'gold' stuff in the middle?

Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI raises some legitimate questions about whether it's OK for OAI to have started out as a nonprofit and then shift to being a big part of Microsoft's very much for profit business

Wait till he sees the dry-cleaning bill.

Many lamented Google Gemini's lack of images of white guys. “We did not hear the same bellicose sobbing from many internet commenters' around earlier forms of inequality in search results, said former Googler Meredith Whittaker. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Love the way Bloomberg.com's new slick homepage looks with Mark Gurman scoop on Apple's abandoned car plans smack dab in the middle. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

It was great for the students to hear from a reporter in the trenches of some major M&A scoops. Thank you again Katie Roof for coming to my class. (Deleted earlier tweet with wrong handle.)