Trello co-founder Michael Pryor on pandering to power users, skyrocketing numbers, and the spectre of Microsoft

Get to 100 million customers, 1% pays $100 a year, and bam! $100m business
Read more: https://www.theregister.com/2020/09/30/trello_pryor/?source=Snapzu

Irish Court Says Subway Bread Is Too Sugary to Be Called 'Bread'

A Subway franchisee tried to claim their sandwiches were a staple food for tax reasons, but the country's strict definition of "bread" won't allow it.
Read more: https://www.foodandwine.com/news/subway-bread-sugar-content-ireland-court-ruling?source=Snapzu

Lab-grown meat company raises $55m in funding

Mosa Meat, the European food technology company which introduced the world's first cultured beef hamburger in 2013, has announced the first closing of $55m as part of a larger Series B funding round.
Read more: https://www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2020/10/1-lab-grown-meat-technology-future-timeline.htm?source=Snapzu

Amazon blocks sale of merchandise with "stand back" and "stand by"

President Trump's message to the Proud Boys, a far-right extremist group, is now showing up on T-shirts.
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stand-back-and-stand-by-proud-boys-merchandise-amazon/?source=Snapzu

Verizon scrambling to unload HuffPost as losses mount

Verizon has been quietly scrambling to unload HuffPost as it grapples with continued losses at the left-leaning news and culture website, The Post has learned.
Read more: https://nypost.com/2020/09/28/verizon-scrambling-to-unload-huffpost-as-losses-mount/?source=Snapzu

Disney to Lay Off 28,000 Employees as Disneyland’s Reopening Unclear

Walt Disney Co. said it would lay off about 28,000 employees at its domestic theme parks, making the announcement shortly after the state of California signaled that Disneyland Resort would likely have to remain closed for the foreseeable future due to Covid-19 concerns.
Read more: https://www.wsj.com/articles/disneylands-reopening-date-remains-unclear-11601413802?source=Snapzu

Movie theaters in jeopardy as studios move blockbusters to 2021, audiences stay home

In late March, like many businesses, the film industry entered a period of forced hibernation as the U.S. went into lockdown to stem the coronavirus pandemic. With indoor cinemas closed, drive-in theaters were a lone bright spot until May, when some state governments began to loosen guidelines and permit indoor theaters to reopen to the public with limited capacity. It wasn’t until August that major chains AMC, Cinemark and Regal unlocked their doors.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/29/coronavirus-movie-industry-studios-move-blockbusters-audiences-stay-home.html?source=Snapzu