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Alex Murdaugh listens to a hearing on his bid for a retrial, on Jan. 16, 2024, at the Richland County Judicial Center in Columbia, S.C. The disgraced former attorney was convicted of killing his wife, Maggie, and younger son, Paul, in June 2021. Gavin McIntyre/AP/Pool/The Post and Courier hide caption toggle caption Gavin McIntyre/AP/Pool/The Post and Courier Three years after Alex Murdaugh’s double-murder trial ended with two life sentences, the South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday granted him a new trial in the killings of his wife and son. Murdaugh’s defense team argued that a court clerk tampered with the…

Roblox just made a big hire it hopes can unlock its next stage of growth. Loading audio narration… The online entertainment and gaming platform exclusively told CMO Insider it had appointed John Ciancutti as its first-ever chief growth officer.Ciancutti is responsible for Roblox’s discovery team, which works on its TikTok-like algorithm that recommends games and experiences to users most likely to play them. Roblox is a virtual universe available on mobile devices, desktops, and video game consoles that allows users to play and design games and other online experiences.Ciancutti is also charged with leading the company’s international growth, including its…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Omer Shai, chief marketing officer of the website-building platform Wix. It’s been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… My department has been using AI for years in terms of thinking about creative, and using the tools to make our lives easier. I’m working with all the LLMs like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude.It’s much easier for me to work with the team because I can be much clearer with what I would like to create. Even though I’m not a content writer or creative person, I know how to work…

What do CMOs want from TV? Loading audio narration… The TV upfronts, happening this week in New York City, are largely a series of pitches to agency buyers by entertainment giants hoping to secure big spending commitments. But it’s the marketers working at brands who actually control the ad budgets.I spoke with top marketers about what they’re focused on this year, as the industry descends on Manhattan’s theaters and music halls for a parade of celebrity cameos, splashy trailers, and billion-dollar sales pitches. (One new entrant on the unofficial upfronts calendar this year: YouTuber MrBeast held an invite-only breakfast at…

AI movies designed for your phone are getting the Silicon Valley and Hollywood treatment. Loading audio narration… TrueShort, which makes AI “verticals” — movies chopped up into one- to three-minute episodes — has gathered a who’s who of backers.The startup has raised $12 million in seed funding led by Keith Rabois at Khosla Ventures, Business Insider exclusively learned. Also participating in the round were Jeffrey Katzenberg’s WndrCo, A24’s Ravi Nandan, Behance founder Scott Belsky, and General Catalyst. The company’s founding creative partner is W. Hayden Schwartz, formerly of Legendary Entertainment.TrueShort was started last year by Nate Tepper, a serial entrepreneur who founded…

Kool-Aid Hydration is launching with three flavors: grape, tropical punch and blue raspberry lemonade.Source: Kool-AidKool-Aid is launching electrolyte packets made without artificial dyes, aimed at reaching consumers who want to hydrate, but not for Gatorade or Liquid I.V. prices.The new product is part of parent company Kraft Heinz’s broader plan to modernize its portfolio and reverse a sales slump that has lasted nearly a decade. Its top brands, including Capri Sun, Oscar Mayer and Kraft Mac & Cheese, have struggled as consumers have sought fresher and more nutritious options to feed and hydrate their families. One year shy of its…

Kevin O’Leary has said his Utah data center development will create 10,000 construction jobs and 2,000 permanent roles. Loading audio narration… There’s one problem: It probably won’t.The “Shark Tank” investor may have overstated the data center’s hiring potential during the construction phase, Business Insider learned in a conversation with O’Leary Ventures CEO Paul Palandjian.The accurate estimate is closer to 4,000 new construction jobs over 10 to 15 years — and that isn’t a guarantee.”Look, these numbers are fluid, and they change by the day,” Palandjian said, adding that the updated estimate is reflective of “our current thinking on the project.”…

President Donald Trump reacts to a question from a reporter after signing a series of executive orders, including, a pardon for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, in the Oval Office at the White House in February 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Stay up to date with our Politics newsletter, sent weekly. In 2024, a federal jury needed just two hours to return a guilty verdict for former Las Vegas councilwoman Michele Fiore for pocketing some $70,000 in donations to build a memorial for police officers killed in the line of duty — and spending…

A few weeks ago, Marco Bario texted his landlord with an unusual request.Bario and his wife, Tracy Neill, rent a four-bedroom townhouse in Frederick County, Maryland, about an hour outside Washington, DC. When they got the place in June 2024, they felt lucky to find respite from a sizzling rental market. Recently, however, they’d noticed comparable rental homes in the area going for hundreds of dollars less — some landlords were even cutting asking rents in a desperate bid for tenants. With their lease renewal date fast approaching, Bario posed a simple question to his landlord: What would he consider…

Walmart is cutting or relocating about 1,000 corporate jobs to address redundancies and duplicate roles. Loading audio narration… A spokesperson for the retail giant confirmed the number of roles affected to Business Insider on Tuesday. The Wall Street Journal earlier reported the news.A person familiar with the restructuring said it was not driven by AI automation.Two executives — Suresh Kumar, the chief technology and development officer, and Daniel Danker, the company’s executive vice president of AI acceleration, product, and design — announced the changes in a memo shared with employees on Tuesday.”We’ve made changes to simplify how the work is…