The New Yorker's Richard Broday Analyzes New Louis C.K. Movie

The New Yorker film critic Richard Brody takes a very tough line on the new and still-unreleased film by the comedian Louis C.K. The New York debut of the film, "I Love You, Daddy," was cancelled after the New York Times published about C.K.'s harassment of women. Brody had seen the film and wrote a detailed analysis of it in his blog for the magazine. He wrote,

On Friday morning, the film distributor The Orchard announced that it was cancelling the release of Louis C.K.’s new movie, “I Love You, Daddy,” in light of a Times story, published on Thursday, in which five women described C.K.’s past sexual misconduct. (In a statement released after the Times story came out, C.K. acknowledged that the allegations are true.) The decision to cancel the release of the film is welcome; ”I Love You Daddy”—which Louis C.K. directed, edited, wrote, and stars in—is a disgusting movie that should never have been acquired for distribution in the first place. 

Peter Elkind Joins ProPublica to Cover Trump's Administration and Business

After 20 years at Fortune Magazine, writer Peter Elkind is joining ProPublica as a senior reporter covering the Trump Administration and President Trump's business activities. ProPublica, which describes itself as an independent and nonprofit newroom producing investigative journalism in the public interest, made the announcement on July 6, 2017. Elkind is joining ProPublica with another writer for Fortune, Nick Varchaver. A ProPublica statement said,

Elkind most recently worked at Fortune, where he was a writer for 20 years. His work there included investigations into how Apple CEO Steve Jobs concealed his bout with pancreatic cancer; how Tesla chief Elon Musk played states against each other to win an epic $1.4-billion economic-development package; and how a cyber-invasion brought Sony Pictures to its knees – and why Sony should have seen it coming. Before Fortune, Elkind worked at Texas Monthly and the Dallas Observer. 

In recent months, Elkind has contributed stories to ProPublica about former FBI director James Comey’s handling and misstatements about the Clinton email investigation in congressional testimony, and a former nurse and suspected serial killer of babies who Texas authorities are trying to keep behind bars. 

In addition to his magazine work, Elkind co-authored the national bestseller The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron and has written two other books, Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer and The Death Shift: The True Story of Nurse Genene Jones and the Texas Baby Murders. A 2005 documentary based on the Enron book was nominated for an Academy Award.

Eve Beglarian Honored by Herb Alpert Award in the Arts

Composer Eve Beglarian was honored in May as a recipient of the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts, as the honoree in the music category. The program provides an unrestricted $75,000 grant, given to "risk-taking mid-career artists" in dance, film/video, music, theater and the visual arts. The description of her work says:

Composer Eve Beglarian draws her inspiration from a great many things: from a warning siren in Plaquemine, Louisiana and Beethoven’s “Missa Solemnis,” to the hand pumps she encountered at the beginning of her four-month-long “one-person WPA project,” traveling down the Mississippi. In 2001, using found texts as inspiration, she began, “A Book of Days,” one piece for every day of the year. Currently numbering more than 120 compositions, they are available for free on the web and by email subscription. Collaboration – with choreographers, poets, visual artists, filmmakers, theatre directors, and rural communities – is at the core of her practice. Her latest work, “Lighten Up,” an evening-length multi-media event made with people who have been struck in mid-life by visions, premieres in Spring 2018.

John Rogers Talks Investment Strategies on Consuelo Mack's "Wealthtrack" program

John Rogers, the founder, CEO and chief investment officer of Ariel Investments, recently sat down for a half-hour discussion with financial journalist Consuelo Mack on her "Wealthtrack" program aired on June 14, 2017 on PBS. It in, Rogers discussed his "slow, steady and contrarian approach" to successful investing.

It should be noted that the Ariel website features photos of turtles, so the visual message is definitely consistent with Rogers' investment strategy.

Steven Lieberman Representing Journalist in Tweet Assault Case

Steven Lieberman, member the intellectual property law firm of Rothwell Figg, has been all over the news lately as the pro bono attorney for Newsweek writer Kurt Eichenwald, In December, Eichenwald received a tweet of a .gif that deliberately induced an epileptic episode in him. The tweet followed an appearance by Eichenwald on the Tucker Carlson show on the Fox Network.

Earlier this month, a suspect in Maryland was arrested on charges of cyberstalking for sending the file to Eichenwald. Newsweek reported the details here.

The New York Times and other publications have quoted Lieberman in their articles about the arrest in the groundbreaking case. Rothwell Figg summarized the coverage and case here.

Peter Yawitz, Brenda Bazan Join Forces in Newworq Consulting Firm

Peter Yawitz and Brenda Bazan have merged their consulting practices to form Newworq, LLC, a firm focused on advising clients on challenges relating to: 

• Business model: market share, brand integrity, profitability
• Execution model: quality, satisfaction, productivity
• Culture model:  leadership, communication, capabilities

 With three managing partners, Newworq specifically consults on brand protection, business turnarounds, workforce design and custom sales.

Besides Yawitz and Bazan, Newworq's third managing partner is Shaunna Black, a member of the Women in Technology Hall of Fame.

Yawitz has taught management communication at Columbia Business School, the MIT Sloan School of Management, the Tuck School at Dartmouth and Babson University.  He is about to launch SomeoneElsesDad.com, which will give millennials advice on how to be effective at work.

Bazan  spent 25 years at IBM in jobs focused on transforming the traditional sales and marketing model. After leaving IBM, she founded three companies that targeted helping founders start and grow their businesses.

Black led global operations and manufacturing at Texas Instruments, Dongbu HiTek Korea, and Oryon Technology. She has expertise in business strategy, greenfield construction and startup, operations and maintenance, manufacturing, and technology ramp and transfer. She's a graduate of New Mexico State University and the University of Texas at Austin.