
Katherine Sayre
Gambling Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
@WSJ reporter in Los Angeles. Co-author of “Happy at Any Cost” about former Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh.
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1 day ago |
wsj.com | Katherine Sayre |Angel Au-Yeung
Lawyers for the tech entrepreneur’s family are accused of taking ‘scorched earth’ approach by attorneys representing new documentLAS VEGAS—A mysterious envelope arrived at the offices of one of Nevada’s most high-profile estate attorneys this spring. It contained a will for former Zappos Chief Executive Tony Hsieh, a beloved tech entrepreneur who died more than four years ago with a fortune of over $500 million.
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3 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Anne Steele |Katherine Sayre
The controversial rapper’s new song garners millions of views on X after bans on music-streaming servicesThere was a time in the music business that a song paying homage to Hitler, even one by a hit rapper, would have been shut out of popular culture. Not so in the age of TikTok and X. Controversial rapper Kanye West’s latest antisemitic provocation—a song with the hook “Heil Hitler”—is going viral on social media after being removed from streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music.
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3 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Anne Steele |Katherine Sayre
4 hours ago“Five people were running the country,” a political insider told the authors of the new book Original Sin. “And Joe Biden was at best a senior member of the board.” Halfway through King Lear, storm clouds gather, and Shakespeare’s protagonist rages, “You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, / As …
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1 month ago |
wsj.com | Angel Au-Yeung |Katherine Sayre
Tony Hsieh’s estate has been mired in legal battles since his death in 2020. Now, what appears to be a will has been foundWhen troubled entrepreneur Tony Hsieh died in a fire, he left behind thousands of sticky notes on the walls of his home in Park City, Utah, many promising millions of dollars to former colleagues and friends.
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1 month ago |
elpasoinc.com | Joe Wallace |Katherine Sayre
In the spring of 2023, a London banker-turned-bookmaker reached out to a few contacts with an audacious request: Can you help me take down the Texas lottery? Bernard Marantelli had a plan in mind. He and his partners would buy nearly every possible number in a coming drawing. There were 25.8 million potential number combinations. The tickets were $1 apiece. The jackpot was heading to $95 million. If nobody else also picked the winning numbers, the profit would be nearly $60 million.
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Rupert Murdoch along with Lachlan, James, Elisabeth and Prudence are all in court now. Here's a look at why they're in Reno, Nevada. https://t.co/xeM0AwJ6Zk via @WSJ

Rupert Murdoch has arrived at a Reno courthouse for the hearing over the future of his family trust - and his media empire https://t.co/vR8WgO3i2Q

RT @JBFlint: Cue the "Succession" theme. Great yarn from colleagues @keachhagey @jtoonkel @katherinesayre @asharma @alexfrangos @JeffreyT1…