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Ozy Media Founder Guilty of 'Brazen Crimes'

Jury finds Carlos Watson guilty on fraud, conspiracy charges

(Newser) - Former TV personality Carlos Watson was convicted Tuesday in a federal financial conspiracy case about Ozy Media, an ambitious startup that collapsed after another executive impersonated a YouTube executive to hype the company's success. Watson, 53, had been free on bail but was taken into custody to await sentencing,...

Ex-Ozy Editor: 'Amazed That It Took So Long' for Firm to Crash

Eugene Robinson also says he suspects CEO Carlos Watson was behind fake phone call

(Newser) - If you thought talk about Ozy Media was over, steel yourself. The digital media firm caught up in the convoluted wake of a fraudulent phone call and other controversies is making headlines again. A former Ozy editor now says he suspects the person on the other end of that fake...

Ozy Media Is Hit With Its First Investor Lawsuit

Since the 'NYT' released a series of reports on the company

(Newser) - Ozy Media says it's back in business , and if the beleaguered media company expected things might be rocky as it attempts to come back from a series of damning New York Times reports , it would be right. Deadline reports one of the media company's investors has sued, with...

'This Is Our Lazarus Moment': Ozy Reverses Closure Decision

Carlos Watson said the change of heart came after weekend discussions

(Newser) - A new twist in the rise and fall of Ozy Media : an attempt to rise again. After the company's board on Friday announced Ozy was immediately shuttering following bombshell reporting from Ben Smith at the New York Times, Ozy CEO Carlos Watson told the Today show on Monday that...

Ozy Makes Announcement With 'Heaviest of Hearts'

Digital media company is shutting down after week of bombshell reports, controversies

(Newser) - Update: A "strange chapter" in the media world has come to a close. That's per the New York Times , which reports that Ozy Media, the digital media firm it had dropped a bombshell report on earlier in the week, is shuttering. "It is ... with the heaviest of...

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