Kevin Mayer

For the third straight year, serial entrepreneur and VeeFriends founder Gary Vaynerchuk (aka Gary Vee) will host an annual conference that combines elements of business, pop culture and Web3. Here's the details on VeeCon 2024 and the first round of speakers announced. VeeCon 2024: After hosting...

Media giant Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) made a rather shocking move in November when it announced it had a new CEO to replace Bob Chapek. While Disney has a popular name leading the company now, here’s a look at who could be next in line. What Happened: In November, Disney announced...

A leading non-fungible token collection with women traits and characteristics has signed a media deal with Hello Sunshine, the company founded by actress Reese Witherspoon. Here are the details and what’s next. What Happened: Hello Sunshine signed a “storytelling partnership...

Influencer marketing, which is on track to become a $15 billion industry by 2022, is a unique way for creators to monetize their content and outreach. The problem with this industry is both the supply and demand dynamics, as well as an unfulfilling culture, according to some. More and more,...

A team of former Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) executives are uniting again with NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal on a new SPAC that was filed Thursday after market close. The SPAC: Forest Road Acquisition Corp II is seeking to raise $300 million by selling 30 million units. Each unit will...

NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal had joined the SPAC trend, joining as a strategic advisor for Forest Road Acquisition Corp (NYSE: FRX). The NBA Legend: O’Neal was an early investor in Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and also was a spokesman and early investor in Ring, the home security...

TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer resigned as the head of the short-form video app on Wednesday, and a Wedbush analyst said it's a major setback for the beleaguered short-form video app as a standalone entity.  TikTok’s U.S. general manager Vanessa Pappas will replace Mayer on an interim...

TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer said in an internal memo that he is resigning as the head of the short-form video app, the Financial Times reported Thursday. What Happened: Mayer, a former executive at Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS), made the decision to leave TikTok after President Donald...

Walt Disney Co's (NYSE: DIS) former head of streaming Kevin Mayer "was snubbed" and is on a mission to show "greater relevance" as TikTok's new chief executive, says Eric Schiffer, the CEO of private equity firm The Patriarch Organization. Who Is Kevin Mayer? Mayer...

Was Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) executive Kevin Mayer "bored in the house" and wanting to take on a new task? That appears to be the case as Mayer has been named chief executive of TikTok and chief operating officer of its parent company Bytedance. What To Know About Mayer Mayer...

Of all the demographics, The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) wants to target, younger millennials are at the top of the list. It was no real surprise then when Reuters reported Disney had agreed to buy the Maker Studios network from Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) owned YouTube. Maker Studios produces and...