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Jim Bankoff spent nearly 20 years building Vox Media. Now he’s selling a big chunk of it to James Murdoch, one of Rupert Murdoch’s sons, who is acquiring Vox’s podcast network — along with New York Magazine and Vox.com for a reported $300 million. Loading audio narration… I’ve talked to…
Popsmith cofounder Tal Moore beat the odds when Oprah chose his high-end stovetop popcorn popper for her coveted “Favorite Things” list. Loading audio narration… Moore said an Oprah Daily editor told him the team reviews about 15,000 products a year before Oprah makes her final picks. In 2024, the Popsmith…
Daniel Kokotajlo, a former OpenAI researcher who now runs the AI Futures Project, says the artificial-intelligence industry is racing to build systems that companies still do not fully understand or control. Loading audio narration… Kokotajlo spoke with Business Insider’s Reem Makhoul and Barbara Corbellini Duarte in May 2025, explaining that…
OpenAI has been in “goblin mode” for months. Loading audio narration… On Monday, one X user pointed out an unusual line in Codex’s personality guide. The instructions tell Codex to have a “vivid inner life,” a “good ear” — and to get out of fairytale land.”Never talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons,…
Netflix already conquered your living room — and it wants to make sure you’re streaming on your phone, too. Loading audio narration… On Thursday, the company rolled out a slew of mobile app updates to help you find something to watch faster and encourage streaming throughout more parts of the…
McKinsey advises some of the biggest companies in the world, and Kurt Strovink consults with their leaders. Loading audio narration… Strovink, a senior partner who has been at McKinsey for 30 years, leads the firm’s global CEO services, which helps support top executives through all aspects of the job, from…
A former Amazon vice president says getting a bad manager removed is rarely as simple as escalating complaints — and doing so the wrong way can backfire. Loading audio narration… Speaking on “The Peterman Pod,” Ethan Evans said employees often assume that raising concerns to their boss’s manager will automatically…
An executive of one of Pop Mart’s biggest competitors said there is a recipe for making a “golden” character like Labubu. Loading audio narration… Miniso, a Chinese lifestyle company, is the force behind Top Toy, a company that makes blind boxes. Its intellectual property characters include YoYo, a little figure…
When Kimberly Storin joined Zoom as chief marketing and communications officer in April 2025, she did her own research to learn what users thought of the brand. Storin said she discovered a strong affinity for Zoom compared to its competitors. Still, many of the platform’s features are not well known.…
China has seen an explosion in “one-person companies” thanks to a little help from AI agents.Alibaba.com president Kuo Zhang told Business Insider he has seen this growth firsthand, estimating that 30% to 40% of the e-commerce platform’s customers are “solo entrepreneurs.”Business Insider previously reported on the rise of one-person companies,…
