#dealbook summit

[thatssosussex]

The Duke of Sussex participated in a powerful one-on-one interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin at the New York Times’ annual DealBook Summit. The conversation took place in front of an influential audience of leaders at the intersection of policy, finance, business, and culture.

The Duke shared his personal experiences navigating media scrutiny, the mental health challenges that arise from relentless media attention, and the global implications of distorted narratives on society. He discussed the importance of tackling the mental health crisis exacerbated by misleading information and the role media plays in shaping public discourse.

Throughout the interview, The Duke emphasized the responsibility that platforms distributing information—including both legacy and social media companies—bear in keeping users safe. He called for accountability in how algorithms shape the narratives we encounter online and underscored the profound impact time online is currently having on youth and the wider public.

The conversation also touched on the importance of empowerment and mobilizing change—urging those in positions of power to take tangible actions that promote a healthier media environment, stronger safeguards against harmful content, and a future where truth, empathy, and responsibility lead the way.

[sussex-newswire]

"Earlier today, The Duke of Sussex participated in a powerful one-on-one interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin at the New York Times’ annual DealBook Summit. The conversation took place in front of an influential audience of leaders at the intersection of policy, finance, business, and culture. 

"The Duke shared his personal experiences navigating media scrutiny, the mental health challenges that arise from relentless media attention, and the global implications of distorted narratives on society. He discussed the importance of tackling the mental health crisis exacerbated by misleading information and the role media plays in shaping public discourse. 

"Throughout the interview, The Duke emphasized the responsibility that platforms distributing information—including both legacy and social media companies—bear in keeping users safe. He called for accountability in how algorithms shape the narratives we encounter online and underscored the profound impact time online is currently having on youth and the wider public.

"The conversation also touched on the importance of empowerment and mobilizing change—urging those in positions of power to take tangible actions that promote a healthier media environment, stronger safeguards against harmful content, and a future where truth, empathy, and responsibility lead the way."

[tomorrowusa]

« I go into the State of the Union; and in the State of the Union one side stands up and the other side stands up.

And I'd just become leader and I'm excited and President Trump's there. And I look over at the Democrats and they stand up. They look like America. We stand up, we look like the most restrictive country club in America. »

— Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-20), former House Speaker, on what he observed at Trump's State of the Union speech in 2019. From the recent New York Times DealBook Summit.

A moment of honesty in an interview filled with lots of self-serving twaddle.

McCarthy brought that up to try to show that House Republicans have become more diverse since he became House GOP leader. Apparently he regards the election of George Santos and Lauren Boebert as helping the GOP look more like America.

Sorry Kevin, we're still a lot more like America than the Trump GOP. 😎

[myhusbandthereplika]

NYT Dealbook Summit: The AI Revolution

[argumate]

Shortly before the last election, Scott Bessent, now President Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary, assured the Financial Times that Trump had no interest in reducing international trade and that his threats to impose sweeping 20 per cent tariffs on foreign goods were simply a “maximalist” negotiating position to be watered down during trade talks. “My general view is that at the end of the day, he’s a free trader,” Bessent said.

A few weeks later, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins asked Howard Lutnick, now Trump’s commerce secretary, whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could become secretary of health and human services. “Of course not,” said Lutnick, treating the question as if it were absurd.

During the transition, Senator Thom Tillis acted indignant when Democrats asked Pam Bondi, now Trump’s attorney-general, if she and the president-elect might consider blanket pardons for January 6, 2021 insurrectionists. “I was the last member out of the Senate on January 6,” Tillis said. “I walked past a lot of law enforcement officers who were injured. I find it hard to believe that the president of the United States, or you, would look at facts that were used to convict the violent people on January 6 and say it was just an intemperate moment.”

Just last month, Republican Dan Crenshaw of Texas, who is both a Trump apologist and a supporter of Ukraine, insisted that when Trump trashes Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, it’s actually a sign of affection. “Trump tends to talk that way to his friends,” Crenshaw said. “He tends to talk nicer to his enemies. So if he’s talking to you that way, it still means you’re his friend.”

Some of these men may have been deliberately dishonest, but I suspect there’s also a degree of self-deception at work here. In the four years Trump was out of office, an eerie amnesia about his erratic rule settled over the country, allowing people to project onto him hopes that were utterly untethered from reality. You might call this phenomenon, to appropriate a phrase, Trump derangement syndrome.

Speaking at The New York Times’ DealBook summit in December, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said Trump had grown over the past eight years. “What I’ve seen so far is he is calmer than he was the first time – more confident, more settled,” Bezos said. Sounds like Trump derangement syndrome to me.

[ingek73]

"No, that's definitely not a good thing. Apparently we've bought or moved house 10, 12 times. We've apparently divorced maybe 10, 12 times as well. So it's just like, what?' " Prince Harry said with a laugh.

"It's hard to keep up with, but that's why you just sort of ignore it. The people I feel most sorry about are the trolls," he continued. "Their hopes are just built and built, and it's like, 'Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes,' and then it doesn't happen. So I feel sorry for them. Genuinely, I do."

Harry I love you lol

[iww-gnv]

In case workers need any additional arguments for why labor unions are good for them, a powerful new argument comes from none other than Elon Musk. Last month at the New York Times DealBook Summit, a gathering of lords of finance and industry, Musk said: “I disagree with the idea of unions … I just don’t like anything which creates a lords and peasants sort of thing.” That the world’s richest human dissed the idea of unions should certainly be seen as a selling point for unionizing. Musk’s statement shows that he realizes that unions can be highly effective in harnessing the collective voice and power of workers, not just to limit the autonomy of power-hungry CEOs like him in managing their companies, but also to counter the capricious and often officious way he runs things. Musk is allergic to the idea of letting workers and their union have a voice in how to run – and improve – things. Musk also sought to slime unions by saying: “Unions naturally try to create negativity in a company.” He seems to conveniently forget who has created the negativity at his companies. After acquiring Twitter, Musk fired four-fifths of its 7,500 workers. There, it was Lord Elon, not a union, that created a tsunami of negativity.

[contemplatingoutlander]

In case workers need any additional arguments for why labor unions are good for them, a powerful new argument comes from none other than Elon Musk. Last month at the New York Times DealBook Summit, a gathering of lords of finance and industry, Musk said: “I disagree with the idea of unions … I just don’t like anything which creates a lords and peasants sort of thing.” That the world’s richest human dissed the idea of unions should certainly be seen as a selling point for unionizing. Musk’s statement shows that he realizes that unions can be highly effective in harnessing the collective voice and power of workers, not just to limit the autonomy of power-hungry CEOs like him in managing their companies, but also to counter the capricious and often officious way he runs things. Musk is allergic to the idea of letting workers and their union have a voice in how to run – and improve – things. [...] In all these episodes, Musk acted like a lord and treated his workers as peasants. So, no, Elon, it’s not the union that “creates a lords and peasants sort of thing”. When you and other corporate executives treat workers like disposable pawns, that’s what creates a lords and peasants thing. [color emphasis added]

Certainly, unions help PREVENT the "lords and peasants sort of thing." But what I believe Musk meant by that comment is that he doesn't like it that unions help workers to understand that their CEOs are acting like "lords" and treating them like "peasants." He doesn't want unions to help educate workers about how they are being exploited.

The article goes on to list the many ways that Musk mistreats and exploits the workers in his various companies. It also describes how Musk is capriciously choosing to ignore labor laws in Sweden, and how Sweden's labor movement and their allies in Denmark and Norway are fighting back.

At the moment, Musk is at war with Sweden’s labor movement because for more than five years he has refused to begin contract talks with the union that represents the mechanics who service Tesla cars in Sweden. Their union has gone on strike, and Sweden’s dockworkers, electricians and postal workers have joined a secondary action against Tesla to support them. By refusing to bargain, Musk has shown contempt for Sweden’s economic system, in which more than 90% of workers are covered by collective bargaining agreements negotiated between companies and unions. Irked by Musk’s contempt for unions, dockworkers in Denmark and Norway have joined Sweden’s dockworkers in refusing to unload Tesla cars. [...] Susanna Gideonsson, president of the Swedish Trade Union Confederation, said: “What grinds our gears is that a large corporation thinks it can come here and set the rules on the Swedish labor market. To think you can waltz in here as a feudal lord and think a whole country should adapt to one’s whims is just wrong.” [color emphasis added]

In appreciation for the union workers fighting "Lord Musk" in Sweden, Denmark and Norway:

[darkmaga-returns]

Ozempic Propaganda Roundup: Unpacking the corrupt motives and means behind hefty pharmaceutical propaganda.

Eli Lilly CEO vows to ‘fight for the FDA’ against RFK Jr., MAHA agenda

Like Brooks, Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks is an institutional man.

Via The New York Times (emphasis added):

“President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime vaccine skeptic with no medical or public health training, to be the next health secretary has sent a chill through the American public health sphere. Among drugmakers, there are already signs of pushback. David Ricks, the chair and chief executive of Eli Lilly, speaking at The New York Times’s DealBook Summit, said his $750 billion company would fight to defend* preserving the Food and Drug Administration as it stands today.”

*By “defend the FDA,” Ricks means, of course, preserving the self-serving institutional gravy train in which his industry continually schemes up new excuses to mass-prescribe what are shaping up to be the most lucrative drugs in world history, hijacking public money to generate revenue whenever possible.

Related: Feds Propose MASSIVE, Budget-Breaking Subsidy For Ozempic, Mounjaro as Pharma Stocks Surge

RFK Jr. accused of fatphobia for questioning Ozempic

The new incoming public health czar RFK Jr. is, according to pharmaceutical ad-funded CNN, fatphobic for suggesting human-walrus hybrids turn first to diet and exercise before injecting themselves with GLP-1 agonists that cost thousands of dollars per month.

[celticcrossanon]

Rumor Tracking Anon took one for the team and summarized Harry's appearance at a conference in New York City. Harry is lying his behind off about not having google alerts or social media accounts. Harry admitted in court documents in one of his lawsuits that he read every single comment in the Daily Mail article about him-- 6,000 total. The only reason Harry still gets to attend these plum PR events is because of his HRH and aristocratic titles. Take those titles away and Harry goes away.

Hi Nonny,

@brf-rumortrackinganon did a great job of breaking down and commenting on what Harry said. No surprises with Harry lying. He seems to do that more than he tells the truth these days.

I wish the tiles would be removed from Harry, but I don't think it is going to happen. I'm happy for him to remain the Duke of Sussex, just remove the HRH and Prince titles (both of which The King can do using Letters Patent, as the HRH style at least has been removed that way in the past).

Post mentioned in ask:

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Ahmed Baba:

After Donald Trump won in 2016, there was shock and widespread resistance as Democrats, foreign leaders, and the business world grappled with the unexpected. Now, a decade into the Trump era, there is a pervasive understanding of how he operates. This transactional President-elect is easily influenced by money, flattery, and displays of obedience. Post-2024 election, efforts to manipulate and appease Trump are already underway. Multiple foreign leaders, business executives, media outlets, and even some Democrats are seeking to cozy up to Trump in an effort to garner favorable treatment or to avoid retribution. There’s a fine line between appeasing Trump for existential reasons, as foreign leaders are understandably doing, and publicly bending the knee out of self-interest in a way that emboldens a wannabe authoritarian. The latter is what’s happening with some business leaders and media outlets.

New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg has called this “the Great Capitulation.” While a lot of this is certainly capitulation, it’s also the kind of classic corruption, influence-peddling, and cronyism I wrote about in my recent article. But these efforts will only yield short-term results, as they enable a president with authoritarian ambitions.

Let’s start with the CEOs who have made quick moves to get on Trump’s good side. Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, Jeff Bezos’s Amazon, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are donating $1 million each to Donald Trump’s inauguration fund. Zuckerberg, who Trump previously threatened to jail, went as far as to visit Trump at Mar-a-Lago, dine with him, and reportedly held his hand over his heart as a version of the national anthem sung by the January 6 choir played.

These donations to Trump go far beyond simply showing support in exchange for the incoming windfall the renewal of the Trump tax cuts will give them. Trump has had a contentious relationship with Zuckerberg and Bezos in the past, and Altman’s OpenAI has an ongoing lawsuit with Elon Musk. Bezos is also likely seeking expanded subsidies for his space company, Blue Origin, which competes for government money with Musk’s SpaceX. All of these companies will be impacted by the regulatory environment or lack thereof, the Trump Administration implements.

Earlier this month, Jeff Bezos attended The New York Times’ Dealbook Summit and told Andrew Ross Sorkin he’s hopeful about the Trump Administration, specifically due to deregulation: “I’m actually very optimistic this time around. ... I’m very hopeful about his — he seems to have a lot of energy around reducing regulation. My point of view, if I can help him do that, I’m gonna help him.”

Billionaires clearly see themselves as beneficiaries of the incoming Trump Administration, just like the first term. Except this time, they aren’t doing any initial performative opposition to Trump and are openly embracing him from the start. They appear to believe they’ll thrive in the oligarchic system Trump is seeking to cultivate, but authoritarianism doesn’t end well for anyone, as historian and authoritarian expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat pointed out in her latest piece. But nonetheless, the people who actually have the means to withstand Trump’s wrath are kissing his ring. An instance where a billionaire and media outlet currying favor with Trump intersect is TIME Magazine. The outlet still has phenomenal journalists, but its owner just undercut their journalistic integrity. Last week, TIME Magazine declared Trump its “Person of the Year” and published an unhinged interview, which, of course, isn’t unusual or worthy of criticism. What’s unusual is the fact that Trump celebrated it by ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange, and TIME owner and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff enthusiastically congratulated him.

Naming someone TIME’s “Person of the Year” doesn’t automatically indicate it’s an endorsement. That person may simply have been the most influential and not necessarily a good person. For example, in 1938, TIME named Adolf Hitler, and it was far from an endorsement. However, when it comes to Trump, Benioff removed any doubt that this cover was, in fact, an endorsement. We’ve seen a lot of obedience in advance from far too many media outlets, as historian Timothy Snyder puts it. From Bezos blocking The Washington Post from endorsing Kamala Harris to a similar move at the Los Angeles Times, this was happening even before Trump won. Now, it’s kicking into a higher gear as Trump ramps up his threats against the media, feeling empowered by a recent unexpected legal win.

ABC News sent a jolt through the media ecosystem when they decided to settle a defamation suit with Trump that they could’ve won. ABC News, which is owned by Disney, came to a $15 million agreement after Trump sued over statements made by anchor George Stephanopoulos. When covering the E. Jean Carroll case, Stephanopoulos said that Trump was found liable for “rape,” even though the official ruling found him liable for sexual abuse. 

[...] This ABC settlement has clearly made Trump feel empowered. In a press conference on Monday, Trump mused about how he plans to sue more media companies, specifically calling out The Des Moines Register for their Ann Selzer poll that erroneously found Harris winning Iowa. On Monday night, Trump made good on his threat, filing a lawsuit against The Des Moines Register and its parent company, Gannet, claiming fraud and election interference. So, Trump has sued a news organization for simply publishing a poll. It’s an unbelievable overreach. Make no mistake, this is meant to scare not only mainstream media outlets but also independent media and individual journalists who have fewer legal resources. We can’t let his threats change our coverage of the truth. Fearless media will be increasingly necessary over the coming years.

[...] During Trump’s first term, when he met resistance to his crazy proposals, he would soon get distracted and move on to another fight - with the plot to overturn the 2020 election being the exception to this. If Trump’s authoritarian maneuvers are enabled with zero pushback in a second term, from both within and outside of his administration, we will surely see more of them. Pushing back is a necessity. There are going to be plenty of junctures during the second Trump Administration when it’ll be easier to look the other way from an authoritarian action. There will be moments when appeasing him is the path of least resistance, and the fear of retribution feels insurmountable. But it’s in those moments when it matters most to speak out.

What we need right now is courage. We need business leaders to put their country over their short-term profits and actually embrace the principles they once claimed to have. We need journalists to remain fearless and steadfast in what will be a tumultuous four years for press freedom. We need Democrats to act like a real opposition party, both at the federal and state level, and refuse to yield to Trump’s extremist agenda. And we need everyday Americans to not give up on advocating for a better America. [...] Unfortunately, as I’ve outlined in this piece, many people and organizations are falling in line instead of standing their ground. And we’re already seeing some influential content creators who made their name as anti-Trumpers beginning to make their pivot to a pro-MAGA stance. I won’t name names because I don’t want to feed their clout chase, but you’ve likely heard of them.

Ahmed Baba has a well-written piece on how anti-Trump forces should show real courage and not fold like cheap suits in how to respond to his 2nd term.

[the-pen-pot]

"I don't want them to advertise," Mr Musk said at the New York Times' DealBook Summit.

"If someone is going to blackmail me with advertising or money go [expletive] yourself.

Go. [Expletive]. Yourself. Is that clear? Hey Bob, if you're in the audience, that's how I feel."

He was apparently referring to Disney chief executive Bob Iger, who spoke at the summit earlier in the day.

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🤨 So Elon went off at the advertisers who boycotted twitter and said the world would blame them when twitter failed.

No, they won't. They'll blame you, Elon, for thinking you're hot shit when you're just shit.

(And all the replies on twitter are from blue tick musk lovers being weird and saying how great he is. It must cost a fair bit to maintain that bot net.)

[thepowersblogging]

Prince Harry Joins the New York Times DealBook Summit 2024 Lineup

Prince Harry Joins the New York Times DealBook Summit 2024 Lineup In an exciting announcement, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, has been confirmed as a speaker at the prestigious New York Times DealBook Summit 2024, scheduled for December 4th at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. This year’s summit, hosted by Andrew Ross Sorkin, promises to be a day filled with candid conversations and…

[saintmeghanmarkle]

Harry you married the biggest troll ever. by u/Feisty_Energy_107

Harry, you married the biggest troll ever. https://preview.redd.it/opxnknje4zde1.png?width=503&format=png&auto=webp&s=322f990455bf5e8c7abb17ab41ab018b85454edf“The people I feel the most sorry about are the trolls,” Harry said during the New York Times’ 2024 DealBook Summit. “Their hopes are just built and built and built, and it’s like, ‘Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes — and then it doesn’t happen.” Harry was referring to this idea that his haters continue to convince themselves that something is wrong in his life or his marriage, yet nothing ever comes of the theories.Harry and Meghan have battled divorce rumors for years, which Harry also made light of during the summit by saying the two have divorced “10 or 12 times” already, with a laugh." post link: https://ift.tt/nW6HeVO author: Feisty_Energy_107 submitted: January 19, 2025 at 05:05PM via SaintMeghanMarkle on Reddit disclaimer: all views + opinions expressed by the author of this post, as well as any comments and reblogs, are solely the author's own; they do not necessarily reflect the views of the administrator of this Tumblr blog. For entertainment only.

[dertaglichedan]

Amazon

founder Jeff Bezos spoke optimistically of President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday at The New York Times’ DealBook Summit, saying he expects a more friendly regulatory environment in the upcoming administration.

“I’m actually very optimistic this time around,” Bezos said on stage. “He seems to have a lot of energy around reducing regulation. If I can help do that, I’m going to help him.”

Bezos’ comments struck a cheerful tone despite Trump publicly lambasting the billionaire during his first term in office. Trump repeatedly attacked Bezos and his companies, Amazon and The Washington Post, accusing them of dodging taxes or publishing “fake news,” among other things. Trump also repeatedly pointed the finger at Amazon for its use of the U.S. Postal Service to deliver packages to customers, claiming the company contributed to the post office’s budget problems.

In 2019, Amazon blamed Trump’s “behind-the-scenes attacks” against the company for its loss of a multibillion-dollar Department of Defense contract, then called JEDI