Google NYC employees who arrived at the office early this morning stood in a line to test their badges-- if light turned red, it meant you had been laid off. if green, you were safe. 👎
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- Derrick Rose's insane Adidas endorsement contract includes Adidas paying Rose's brother $250k to $350k per year and Rose's best friend $50k to $75k per year. si.com/nba/2018/02/06… @jon_wertheim
- Sorry, Papa John. Pizza Hut owner Yum Brands: "We're not seeing any impact" of NFL player protests on pizza sales yhoo.it/2zsbDtJ
- !! Walmart EVP of corporate affairs Dan Bartlett tells @YahooFinance that amid #coronavirus: “We are seeing increased sales in tops, but not bottoms” because so many people are doing video conferences from home. and all that matters is the above the waist shot. $WMT
- sports media scoop: @AROD + @barstoolsports launching a new podcast series. 7 episodes, all dropping at once on Thursday, with guests including @kobebryant @MikeFrancesa @BarbaraCorcoran @garyvee and @MichaelGRubin. @YahooFinance story: yhoo.it/2RH5Ci8
- he will just tell his friends that he, like so many others, lost his job to the pandemicLawmaker resigns after kissing girlfriend's breast in virtual session trib.al/9YeT2bH
- LeBron just congratulated his high school self on Instagram for the 30k career points milestone that he expects to hit tonight. lol
- exclu: @BitPay tells @DecryptMedia that $DOGE has ballooned to 12.6% of its crypto transaction volume. just 2 months ago it was only 3.3%. decrypt.co/72124/elon-mus…
- there are Google people calling this "fake news" because layoff emails were sent around 7am. I didn't say otherwise. I described a scene that happened today: Googlers arrived at office and if they hadn't seen work email on their subway ride, surprise: badge red -- can't come in.Google NYC employees who arrived at the office early this morning stood in a line to test their badges-- if light turned red, it meant you had been laid off. if green, you were safe. 👎Readers added contextLaid-off Google employees were notified of their termination by email overnight. Those that didn’t check their email before going in to work did not realize that they had been terminated until they tried to use their access badges. npr.org/2023/01/20/115…
- inbox: @PremierLacrosse says its 2020 championship game had total audience of 340k viewers on NBC, up 23% from last year's championship. overall, the 2020 PLL tournament's 14 broadcasts on NBC/NBCSN averaged 153k viewers, up 33% from the 2019 season.
