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1 week ago | 
businessinsider.com | Ashley Rodriguez |Geoff Weiss |Henry Blodget
The Washington Post is offering buyouts to select teams as part of an ongoing restructuring. "Like the rest of our industry, we are adapting to changing habits and new technologies," executive editor Matt Murray wrote in a memo to staff on Tuesday.
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businessinsider.com | Ashley Rodriguez |Lucia Moses |Amanda Perelli |Geoff Weiss
Mathieu Bonzon spent over a decade working in production in Hollywood, with credits including "Outrage" and "Ford v Ferrari." But when work slowed in 2022, Bonzon, who had a new baby at home, needed more financial stability than an independent producer's life allowed for. An introduction to the Gates Foundation led him to start making cinematic educational videos aimed at college kids for Gates, NASA, and other organizations.
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2 weeks ago | 
businessinsider.com | Ashley Rodriguez |Lara O'Reilly |Henry Blodget
Google's multibillion-dollar investments in artificial intelligence need to pay off eventually. Ads may be the answer. Google on Wednesday said it's expanding ads within the search and shopping AI Overviews that appear at the top of results, going from mobile to desktop in the US. AI Overview ads are beginning to roll out in other locations, too.
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2 weeks ago | 
businessinsider.com | Ashley Rodriguez |Dan Whateley |Henry Blodget
TikTok Shop employees in the US are bracing for layoffs after the company told staffers to work from home Wednesday ahead of "organizational and personnel changes," per a memo viewed by Business Insider. The moves are expected to impact employees who work in US operations and global key accounts, a team that works with large brands.
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3 weeks ago | 
freshcup.com | Ashley Rodriguez
✉️ This story was featured in this week’s Coffee News Club👋 Get the Coffee News Club newsletter in your inbox weekly—sign up. When people say they want to “get a taste” of a city while travelling, they’re usually speaking metaphorically. However, at this year’s Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy, visitors can enjoy espresso literally made with water from the city’s famous lagoon.
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1 month ago | 
freshcup.com | Ashley Rodriguez
Last week, David Lalonde of Rabbit Hole Roasters in Montreal, Canada, launched a wide-sweeping, worldwide fundraiser informally called Coffee People for Palestine, inviting members of the coffee industry to raise money and awareness for the continued genocide of Gaza. “I hope that this initiative, in addition to raising much-needed money (and awareness), could be a catalyst for sustained collective action within the specialty coffee sector,” said Lalonde.
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1 month ago | 
businessinsider.com | Ashley Rodriguez |Mackenzie Meaney |Henry Blodget
Every year, the group gets together network and meet new people. Wasserman 2025-04-22T21:04:19Z Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Agency Wasserman hosts an annual cocktail party for women in sports, including execs at leagues and brands.
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2 months ago | 
freshcup.com | Ashley Rodriguez
Kay Cheon vividly remembers an interaction he had right after winning the 2025 United States Barista Championship, held in March at the Black & White Coffee roasting space in Raleigh, North Carolina. “Someone had come up to me who was part of another competitor’s team,” says Cheon. “They put their hand on my shoulder and said, ‘Hey, obviously I wanted my competitor to win.
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2 months ago | 
freshcup.com | Ashley Rodriguez
If you want to know where to drink coffee in Los Angeles, there’s no one better to ask than Jaymie Lao. Lao has worked in the LA coffee industry since 2008, including at some of the city’s most influential shops. She was the retail educator for Intelligentsia Coffee’s Venice store, lauded at the time of its 2009 opening for its unique modular setup, which allowed baristas to engage directly with patrons.
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Feb 18, 2025 | 
freshcup.com | Ashley Rodriguez
On Tuesday, Memphis-based coffee and lifestyle brand Cxffeeblack announced that it will partner with COMOCO Cotton to release an exclusive T-shirt highlighting “Black ownership, cultural restoration, and sustainable innovation.”The project brings together two companies that work with Black producers throughout the supply chain. Their shared goal is creating economic equity in communities from which value has historically been stolen and commodified.
