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Contra wants to be the community that independent workers are missingFebruary 23, 2021 at 11:00 AM Whether you’re working on something new according to your Twitter bio, or self-employed, according to your LinkedIn bio, founder Ben Huffman thinks his platform, Contra, will be the best way for independent workers to explain and monetize what they are working on.
Contra is a platform that wants professionals to create profiles that show project-based identities, versus a role-based identity that one would show on LinkedIn. It’s been built for what Huffman thinks is the future: digital knowledge...Tags: Freelancing, Startups, TC, Facebook, New York, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Linkedin, Future Of Work, Tech, Shopify, Cowboy Ventures, Upwork, Huffman, Contra, Personnel 231 people like this. Like Reddit's CEO says investment advice on the social network is 'among the best'February 18, 2021 at 4:26 PM Reddit CEO Steve Huffman.
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At a Congressional hearing, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman touted the social network's investment advice community.
The WallStreetBets community on Reddit faced regulatory scrutiny after the GameStop short squeeze.
Posts on Reddit need to be upvoted by other members, Huffman explained, before they are widely visible.
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Steve Huffman, CEO of the social media site Reddit, told l...Tags: Politics, Congress, Trends, United States, New Jersey, Reddit, Gamestop, Steve Huffman, Congressional, Huffman, Josh Gottheimer, Tech Insider, House Committee on Financial Services, Keith Gill, Annabelle Williams, Roaring Kitty 65 people like this. Like Reddit and Robinhood are testifying to Congress today about GameStop's unlikely rally. Here's what to expect.February 18, 2021 at 8:30 AM Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Rashida Tlaib took aim at Robinhood after it temporarily restricted trading on GameStop stock.
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Here's everything to know ahead of today's House hearing regarding GameStop's unexpected rally.
Committee Chair Maxine Waters said hedge funds are responsible for predatory conduct.
Reddit may side with individual investors, while Robinhood might try to condemn hedge funds.
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The Ho...Tags: Politics, News, Yahoo, Congress, California, Finance, Trends, Regulation, House, Ted Cruz, Reddit, SEC, Michigan, North Carolina, Wall Street Journal, Robinhood 150 people like this. Like GameStop, Reddit, and Robinhood are testifying to Congress today. Here's what to expect.February 18, 2021 at 8:30 AM Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Rashida Tlaib took aim at Robinhood after it temporarily restricted trading on GameStop stock.
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Here's everything to know ahead of today's House hearing regarding GameStop's unexpected rally.
Committee Chair Maxine Waters said hedge funds are responsible for predatory conduct.
Reddit may side with individual investors, while Robinhood might try to condemn hedge funds.
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The Ho...Tags: Politics, News, Yahoo, Congress, California, Finance, Trends, Regulation, House, Ted Cruz, Reddit, SEC, Michigan, North Carolina, Wall Street Journal, Robinhood 145 people like this. Like How Super Bowl commercials scored on digital and social media: Tuesday Wake-Up CallFebruary 9, 2021 at 6:09 AM Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. If you're reading this online or in a forwarded email, here's the link to sign up for our Wake-Up Call newsletters.
Good morning! Even if Super Bowl fatigue is setting in, don’t click out of this newsletter too quickly, because the second-best part of Super Bowl ads—after watching them, of course—is seeing how viewers responded. We partnered with measurement and attribution company iS...Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Advertising, Los Angeles, Walmart, Canada, Reddit, Tracy Morgan, Usa Today, Smith, Robinhood, State Farm, Squarespace, Alexa, Steve Huffman, Michael B Jordan, Facebook Twitter 16 people like this. Like Reddit has raised $250 million and doubled its valuation to $6 billion following the GameStop trading sagaFebruary 9, 2021 at 4:50 AM Reddit CEO Steve Huffman.
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Reddit has raised $250 million at a $6 billion valuation, it announced Monday.
At its last valuation in 2019, Reddit was worth $3 billion.
The fundraise follows Reddit's role in the trading frenzy of Gamestop and other "meme stocks."
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Reddit has nabbed $250 million in funding, doubling its valuation to $6 billion, as it rides the r/Wallstreetbets wave.Reddit told the Wal...Tags: Trends, Reddit, Wall Street Journal, Journal, Gamestop, Steve Huffman, Huffman, Tech Insider, Isobel Asher Hamilton, WallStreetBets, Meme stocks, Steve Huffman Horacio Villalobos, Corbis Getty Images Reddit, Vy Capital The 144 people like this. Like Reddit's CEO said r/WallStreetBets - the forum cheering GameStop's unlikely rally - demonstrates the power of 'everyday people' over institutional investorsFebruary 8, 2021 at 9:36 AM Reddit CEO and cofounder Steve Huffman said he praised forums like r/wallstreetbets.
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Reddit CEO Steve Huffman backed r/wallstreetbets in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
The Reddit forum cheered a trading frenzy over GameStop's share price in late January.
Huffman added the firm attracted new advertisers in the rally's aftermath.
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Reddit CEO Steve Huffman stands with the online forum fueling last mont...Tags: News, Finance, Trends, Mark Cuban, Reddit, Alexis Ohanian, Ellen Pao, Aaron Swartz, Gamestop, Steve Huffman, Huffman, Tech Insider, Zach Gibson Getty, Allana Akhtar, WallStreetBets 110 people like this. Like GameStop Shows Rising Power of Retail Traders, Says Reddit Co-FounderJanuary 29, 2021 at 9:00 AM Reddit Chief Executive Officer Steve Huffman said on Thursday that the WallStreetBets forum is "by no means perfect but they've been well in the bounds of our content policy." From a report: "With all of our communities that do their best to be good citizens of Reddit, we try to do our best by them as well," Huffman said on the Clubhouse app. He called the forum's outsize influence on GameStop stock a "culture war of Wall Street versus everybody else." He said anyone who thinks the users of the ...Tags: Tech, Reddit, Alexis Ohanian, Gamestop, Steve Huffman, Bloomberg Television, Huffman, Ohanian 129 people like this. Like A loophole might allow lawmakers to bring guns into the Capitol, but it's not a free pass to violate local lawsJanuary 28, 2021 at 9:09 PM A police officer stands guard near the north door of the Capitol on November 1, 2019, in Washington, DC.
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An exception to a Capitol gun ban lets lawmakers store their licensed firearms in their offices.
Some have chosen to wear them on their person, dodging security measures after the Capitol siege.
Lawyers told Insider the exception doesn't give lawmakers a pass to walk around with guns in DC.
Visit Business Insider's homepage for more sto...Tags: Politics, Crime, News, Maryland, Guns, Law, Congress, Colorado, California, Washington, Senate, Virginia, US, Trends, C, Cnn 84 people like this. Like Ohio lawmaker who questioned the COVID-19 hygiene of Black Americans now leads legislative health committeeJanuary 23, 2021 at 5:27 PM State Sen. Stephen Huffman (R-Ohio).
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An Ohio lawmaker who called Black Americans "colored" will lead a legislative health committee, according to the Associated Press.
State Sen. Stephen Huffman, a medical doctor, questioned the hygiene practices of Black Americans.
Huffman apologized and has sought to make amends for his statements.
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An Ohio GOP lawmaker and doctor who last year described Black Americans as "colo...Tags: Facebook, Politics, Senate, Trends, Democrats, Gop, Aclu, Ohio, Associated Press, Health Care, Biden, Cleveland, Implicit Bias, Black, Trump, Huffman 105 people like this. Like Jury Will Decide If Videogame Character Infringes a Wrestling Persona–GI Bro v. Call of DutyDecember 20, 2020 at 1:06 PM The plaintiff is a wrestler, primarily known as Booker T. When he wrestles for WWE, he used the stage name G.I. Bro. There’s also a comic book line based on the G.I. Bro character. The defendant makes the Call of Duty videogames, including Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. Black Ops contained a character named David “Prophet” Wilkes. G.I. Bro claims that the Prophet infringes his character. On the left is G.I. Bro; on the right is the Prophet:
Copyright Infringement. Designers of the Prophet claim the...Tags: Law, Congress, Copyright, Prophet, Cmi, Huffman, Eastern District of Texas, Black Ops, Licensing/Contracts, David `` Prophet, Wilkes G I Bro, Prophet Image, Activision Publishing Inc 28 people like this. Like 21 Democrats Demand They, and all Members of Congress, be DisarmedDecember 18, 2020 at 2:40 PM 21 Democrats Demand They, and all Members of Congress, be Disarmed
U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- New Member of Congress, Second Amendment supporter, and Open Carrier, Lauren Boebert, refuses to back down from the Deep State in Washington D.C. She is going to exercise her Second Amendment rights in D.C. and the Capitol. Now, as a member of the favored few, in Congress, she has rights and privileges most of us do not. She is using her status to fight for the rest of the country, and the Constitutio...Tags: Guns, Congress, California, Washington, America, Department Of Defense, House, Arizona, Fox News, Raul, First Amendment, Open Carry, Capitol Police, Second Amendment, Jared Huffman, Huffman 146 people like this. Like Humans are not the only animals that self-medicateDecember 9, 2020 at 3:41 PM Researchers find that russet sparrows are among the many animals that self-medicate.It's not clear whether this pervasive capability is learned behavior or instinctive.It's likely animals have discovered some remedies we don't yet know about. This week, researchers from China published a study in which an intriguing behavior of russet swallows was described. The birds apparently administer what amounts to preventative medicine to their offspring: wormwood that kills parasites and promotes growt...Tags: Health, Medicine, China, Animals, Intelligence, Medical Research, New York Times, Innovation, Brazil, Kenya, Npr, Primates, Times, Emory University, Robin Dunbar, PNAS 133 people like this. Like Felicity Huffman to star in first acting role since prison stint for college admissions scandal: reportNovember 30, 2020 at 9:01 PM Huffman has reportedly signed on to star in an upcoming comedy for ABC.Tags: Felicity Huffman, Huffman 28 people like this. Like Felicity Huffman lands new TV pilot on ABC after serving time in college cheating scandalNovember 30, 2020 at 3:02 PM Felicity Huffman is on her way back in Hollywood, a year after pleading guilty in the college cheating scandal and serving a brief sentence in prison.
[Author: USA TODAY]Tags: Usa, Hollywood, Abc, Religion, Usa Today, Felicity Huffman, Huffman 109 people like this. Like Felicity Huffman, ‘Peanut Butter Falcon’ Star to Lead ABC Baseball Comedy With Pilot Production CommitmentNovember 30, 2020 at 12:51 PM Felicity Huffman and “The Peanut Butter Falcon” star Zack Gottsagen are attached to lead a comedy at ABC that has landed a pilot production commitment. The untitled single-camera comedy stars Huffman as the unlikely owner of a minor league baseball team. After suddenly losing her husband and inheriting his beloved team, she is forced to […]Tags: News, Abc, Felicity Huffman, Huffman, Zack Gottsagen 11 people like this. Like Felicity Huffman To Headline Baseball TV Comedy In Acting Return; ABC Nabs Project Co-Starring Zack Gottsagen From Becky Hartman Edwards...November 30, 2020 at 12:25 PM EXCLUSIVE: Felicity Huffman is returning to acting — and to ABC — with a single-camera comedy that has landed a big pilot production...Tags: Abc, Felicity Huffman, Huffman, Zack Gottsagen, ABC Nabs Project Co, Becky Hartman Edwards 9 people like this. Like A gun-toting congresswoman-elect from Colorado may carry her Glock inside the US CapitolNovember 23, 2020 at 1:00 PM Lauren Boebert poses for a portrait at Shooters Grill in Rifle, Colorado on April 24, 2018
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Republican Lauren Boebert, a pro-gun congresswoman-elect, who owns a gun-themed restaurant in Rifle, Colorado, has already asked Capitol Police about carrying her weapon at the US Capitol, her office confirmed.
The practice is allowed for lawmakers, with some limitations, under decades-old congressional regulations, but is prohibited among members of the public.
In 201...Tags: Politics, News, Congress, Colorado, US, Trends, Joe Biden, Gop, House, District Of Columbia, Capitol Police, Trump, Calif, Capitol, Corey Lewandowski, Alexandria Virginia 54 people like this. Like Alice Huffman, Longtime Head Of NAACP’s California-Hawaii Chapter, Announces ResignationNovember 21, 2020 at 7:34 PM SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP/CBS13) — Alice Huffman, the longtime head of California-Hawaii’s chapter of the NAACP, announced that she will step down from her position in December after she again faced conflict-of-interest allegations involving her political consulting company.
Huffman, 84, will end her tenure on Dec. 1 after over 20 years as the leader of the chapter. She cited health concerns as a reason for stepping down, according to a resignation letter she wrote to the executive board of the Cal...Tags: California, California News, Sacramento, Cbs, Naacp, Los Angeles Times, Alice, Huffman, Sacramento Calif, California Hawaii, Garry South, Alice Huffman, Newsom Issues Month Long Curfew Starting, Downtown Sacramento Placerville, California Hawaii State Conference of the NAACP, Taisha Brown 23 people like this. Like Couple gets prison time for paying $250,000 to have daughter admitted to USC as a volleyball recruitNovember 18, 2020 at 12:29 AM BOSTON — A California couple got prison time Tuesday for paying $250,000 to get their daughter into the University of Southern California as a volleyball recruit — the latest sentencing in the college admissions bribery scheme that’s roiled the worlds of higher education, sports and entertainment..
Diane Blake was sentenced to six weeks behind bars while Todd Blake was sentenced to four months, under plea deals made with prosecutors.
Diane Blake had pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to c...Tags: Texas, News, California, Boston, Sports, Sport, Fox, Soccer, Higher Education, Houston, Usc, University Of Southern California, Felicity Huffman, University of Texas, Marin County, Huffman 36 people like this. Like Police officers in North Carolina pepper-sprayed demonstrators marching to the polls to voteNovember 1, 2020 at 8:08 AM Police disperse a crowd of demonstrators in front of the court house in Graham, North Carolina on October 31, 2020.
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Police officers used pepper spray to disperse a crowd of people who were peacefully marching to a polling station in Graham, North Carolina, on Saturday.
Videos of the event show at least one deputy spraying a man in the face while others aim pepper spray at demonstrators' feet.
Several children were also affected by the pepper spray, with one mother telli...Tags: Politics, News, Congress, America, Trends, Cnn, News UK, Npr, North Carolina, Black Lives Matter, Election 2020, Huffman, Observer, Raleigh News, Melanie Mitchell, Scott Huffman 96 people like this. Like Lori Loughlin surrenders to Dublin prison, but COVID-19 will keep daughters awayOctober 30, 2020 at 2:07 PM Lori Loughlin is finally facing the hard consequences of her role in the college admissions scandal by reporting to the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin Friday to begin her two-month sentence.
The former “Full House” star surrendered to authorities at the Dublin facility several weeks early, NBC News reported. A federal judge had ordered her to report to the prison by November 19.
Loughlin, 56, will serve out her time in the same prison where “Desperate Housewives” star Felicity Huffma...Tags: Celebrities, News, Nbc News, California News, Sport, Soccer, Dublin, William, Isabella, Bay Area, Felicity Huffman, Rick, Sophia, Huffman, William H Macy, Federal Correctional Institution 30 people like this. Like Lori Loughlin surrenders to prison, but COVID-19 will keep daughters awayOctober 30, 2020 at 2:07 PM Lori Loughlin is finally facing the hard consequences of her role in the college admissions scandal by reporting to the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin Friday to begin her two-month sentence.
The former “Full House” star surrendered to authorities at the Dublin facility several weeks early, NBC News reported. A federal judge had ordered her to report to the prison by November 19.
Loughlin, 56, will serve out her time in the same prison where “Desperate Housewives” star Felicity Huffma...Tags: Celebrities, News, Nbc News, California News, Sport, Soccer, Dublin, William, Isabella, Bay Area, Felicity Huffman, Rick, Sophia, Huffman, William H Macy, Federal Correctional Institution 24 people like this. Like Felicity Huffman ends probation, completing her college admissions scandal sentenceOctober 26, 2020 at 11:30 AM More than a year and a half after the college admissions scandal broke, "Desperate Housewives" actress Felicity Huffman has completed her sentence.
[Author: USA TODAY]Tags: Usa, Religion, Usa Today, Felicity Huffman, Desperate Housewives, Huffman 145 people like this. Like Felicity Huffman requests passport back from court as end of probation nearsOctober 22, 2020 at 10:07 AM Felicity Huffman is requesting that her passport be returned to her as the end of her probation nears.
[Author: USA TODAY]Tags: Usa, Religion, Usa Today, Felicity Huffman, Huffman 118 people like this. Like Prop 22 has courted the endorsement of California's NAACP president — and Uber and Lyft have paid her consulting firm $85,000 to boost the controversial measureOctober 21, 2020 at 1:15 PM Latasha Houston, a Lyft driver of three years, attends a demonstration urging voters to vote no on Prop 22 in Los Angeles on Oct. 8, 2020.
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The California NAACP chapter has publicly endorsed Uber and Lyft's controversial Prop 22 ballot measure, and public records show that its president's consulting firm took payment for helping the measure's campaign get the word out.
According to public records, Uber and Lyft's Yes on Prop 22 campaign has paid Alice ...Tags: Transportation, Facebook, Lyft, Uber, California, US, Los Angeles, Trends, Naacp, Cnet, Gig Economy, Huffman, Prospect, Uber Lyft, California State Legislature, California Hawaii 75 people like this. Like Poll: 1 in 4 workers have weighed quitting, citing pandemic pressuresOctober 19, 2020 at 3:59 PM By Alexandra Olson | The Associated Press
The coronavirus pandemic has put millions of Americans out of work. But many of those still working are fearful, distressed and stretched thin.
A quarter of U.S. workers say they have even considered quitting their jobs as worries related to the pandemic weigh on them, according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research in collaboration with the software company SAP. A fifth say they have taken leave.
About 7 in 10 wor...Tags: Florida, New York, California, US, America, Sport, Soccer, Ohio, University Of Chicago, Sap, McDonald, Mercado, Huffman, AP NORC, NORC, Blas 22 people like this. Like Former Ramsey County Commissioner Blake Huffman and state reach settlement on his management of defunct charitySeptember 21, 2020 at 8:58 PM Huffman must repay $60,000 and may never again operate a charity inTags: Ramsey County, Huffman, Blake Huffman 15 people like this. Like Actress Lori Loughlin to serve time in Victorville, husband in LompocSeptember 17, 2020 at 11:18 AM LOS ANGELES — TV actress Lori Loughlin will serve her prison sentence at the federal correctional institution in Victorville for her role in the college admissions scandal, according to court papers obtained Thursday.
A judge signed off on the actress’ request to serve her time at the medium-security federal prison camp, according to a Sept. 9 order filed in Boston federal court.
Loughlin’s husband, clothing designer Mossimo Giannulli, will serve his sentence at the low-security federal prison f...Tags: News, Boston, California News, Los Angeles, Recommended, Sport, Soccer, Usc, Northern California, Felicity Huffman, Huffman, Lompoc, Newport Beach, Victorville, Loughlin, Lori Loughlin 13 people like this. Like |