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For those keeping tabs: * Ozy executives have impersonated a YouTube executive during a phone call with potential investors [1] * Ozy executives lied about wh
by alborzb 5y ago
For those keeping tabs:
* Ozy executives have impersonated a YouTube executive during a phone call with potential investors [1]
* Ozy executives lied about who their investors are [2]
* Ozy then said it is shutting down [3]
* Ozy then said it is no longer shutting down! [4]
* And now it appears that the vast majority of their email list was purchased, stolen without permission or just re-subscribing people who had previously un-subscribed....
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/26/business/media/ozy-media-goldman-sachs.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/26/business/media/ozy-media-...
[2] https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/30/ozy-media-founder-carlos-watson-lied-about-investment-sharon-osbourne-says.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/30/ozy-media-founder-carlos-wat...
[3] https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/media-company-ozy-shutting-problems-mount-80358759 https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/media-company-oz...
[4] https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2021/10/04/ozy-media-ceo-says-company-no-longer-shutting-down-this-is-our-lazarus-moment/?sh=1a4e042e58f6 https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2021/10/04/ozy-med...