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2025-07-25 14:11:00| Fast Company

TikTok has become obsessed with an alleged shoplifter who spent seven straight hours in a Target before being detained by security on her way out. Now, people are making pilgrimages to the Target store in Illinois. The woman, a tourist visiting the U.S., allegedly stole approximately $1,300 worth of merchandise from Target on May 1. After body camera footage of her detainment was uploaded to the Body Cam Edition YouTube channel last week, it quickly went viral, thanks in part to her now-infamous defense: But if Im paying for it, what is the harm? The 20-minute video has since been clipped and shared widely across social media, with segments racking up millions of views. How is it even logistically possible for someone to spend seven consecutive hours in one store? one YouTube commenter asked. Do you just walk around in circles? Some have dubbed her an icon, with videos ranking the best moments from the footage. Others within driving distance of the Target have taken it upon themselves to visit the location, the Daily Dot reported. Target lady Target tour, one TikTok user posted, adding they have nothing better to do. A true historical landmark, another wrote, showing footage of the actual door behind which the woman was detained. Following the viral story, the U.S. embassy in India issued a statement about the Target shoplifter, the Independent reported. Committing assault, theft, or burglary in the United States wont just cause you legal issuesit could lead to your visa being revoked and make you ineligible for future U.S. visas, it stated. The United States values law and order and expects foreign visitors to follow all U.S. laws.


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2025-07-25 13:43:48| Fast Company

The $8.4 billion merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media won approval from U.S. regulators on Thursday, clearing the way for a sale that evolved into a clash over press freedom in the era of President Donald Trump. The deal will put well-known entertainment properties including the CBS broadcast television network, Paramount Pictures, and the Nickelodeon cable channel under the ownership of tech scion David Ellison. Paramount this month paid $16 million in a controversial move to settle a lawsuit Trump filed against the company and CBS News, sparking accusations it effectively had paid for approval of the merger. The Federal Communications Commission approved the deal in a partisan 2-1 vote that allows the transfer of CBS television stations. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, an appointee of Republican Trump, said the agency had received assurances from the incoming owners that they were committed to unbiased journalism. Democrat Anna Gomez, the FCC’s dissenter, accused Paramount of “cowardly capitulation” to the Trump administration. She also said the FCC was imposing “never-before-seen controls over newsroom decisions.” CBS News was one of several news organizations Trump attacked for what he viewed as unfavorable coverage. Paramount paid Trump to end a lawsuit he filed over CBS’ editing of a “60 Minutes” interview with his Democratic opponent, Kamala Harris. Trump, who often accuses media outlets of liberal bias and “fake news,” argued that the editing was designed to make Harris look good. First Amendment lawyers said the suit was without merit. Carr has said the agency’s review of the proposed merger was not connected to the lawsuit. Senators Edward Markey of Massachusetts and Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico said the merger “reeks of the worst form of corruption,” coming on the heels of Paramount’s settlement. The commission received pledges from Skydance that it would appoint an ombudsman to evaluate complaints of editorial bias or other concerns about CBS. Skydance also told the FCC it would not establish any diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, which Trump believes are discriminatory. “These commitments, if implemented, would enable CBS to operate in the public interest,” Carr said, who also hailed “another step forward in the FCC’s efforts to eliminate invidious forms of DEI discrimination.” “The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert had called Paramount’s settlement “a big fat bribe.” His show was canceled days later in what Paramount called a financial decision unrelated to politics. It marks the end of an era for the family of the late Sumner Redstone, who transformed the family’s chain of drive-in movie theaters into a media empire that once spanned broadcast and cable television, film, radio and publishing. His daughter Shari Redstone became chair of Paramount in 2019. At the time, she hoped to better position the company to compete with the world’s entertainment giants. Paramount has since shed billions of dollars in market valuation as it struggled to navigate an entertainment business upended by the streaming video revolution. The FCC approved the transaction after a review of more than 250 days, longer than the commission’s target of completing such reviews within 180 days. Skydance CEO David Ellison, son of Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, is poised to become chair and chief executive of the new Paramount. Jeff Shell, former chief executive of Comcast’s NBCUniversal, will be its new president. Chris McCarthy, one of Paramount’s current trio of CEOs has decided to depart the company once the merger is completed, a source with knowledge of the matter said. Paramount’s stock rose about 1.4% in after-hours trading to $13.45. Dawn Chmielewski, David Shepardson and Lisa Richwine, Retuers


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2025-07-25 13:04:51| Fast Company

The female executive who was caught on camera embracing the CEO of her company at a Coldplay concert in a moment that went viral has resigned, according to news reports.Multiple news outlets reported that Kristin Cabot, the executive in charge of human resources at tech company Astronomer, has resigned.Her departure follows the resignation of CEO Andy Byron, who quit after the company said he was being put on leave pending an investigation.The episode resulted in endless memes, parody videos and screenshots of the pair’s shocked faces filling social media feeds.Cabot and Byron were caught by surprise when singer Chris Martin asked the cameras to scan the crowd for his “Jumbotron Song” during the concert last week at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.They were shown cuddling and smiling, but when they saw themselves on the big screen, Cabot’s jaw dropped, her hands flew to her face and she spun away from the camera while Byron ducked out of the frame.“Either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy,” Martin joked in video that spread quickly around the internet.When the video first spread online it wasn’t immediately clear who they were, but online sleuths rapidly figured out their identities. The company has previously confirmed the identities of the couple in a statement to the AP.Both of their profiles have been now removed from Astronomer’s website and a November press release announcing her hiring has also been deleted.Astronomer was a previously obscure tech company based in New York. It provides big companies with a platform that helps them organize their data.Online streams of Coldplay’s songs jumped 20% in the days after the video went viral, according to Luminate, an industry data and analytics company. Associated Press


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