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Futurism reports that Justin Brown, one of three brothers behind Brown Brothers Media, had significant documented social and business connections to Ghislaine Maxwell years before her criminal conviction. Brown’s startup Ideapod held its 2013 launch party at Maxwell’s Manhattan townhouse, with photographs showing Brown socializing with her. Futurism says Brown subsequently promoted Maxwell and her TerraMar Project online and that several people connected to TerraMar were also involved with Ideapod. Brown strongly denies ever having any relationship, contact, business dealings or funding from Jeffrey Epstein and says any implication that he knew about or participated in Epstein or Maxwell’s crimes is false. The larger significance is Brown Brothers Media itself. Futurism describes the company as buying struggling publications, replacing journalists with AI-generated content and fake personas and operating sites estimated to attract roughly 64 million visits monthly. The story raises serious questions about credibility, transparency and who increasingly controls online information.
You Know Those Three Brothers Who Buy Struggling News Sites and Turn Them Into AI-Powered Content Farms? It Turns Out One of Them Has Extensive Connections to Ghislaine Maxwell
Ideapod, a cornerstone brand of Brown Brothers Media’s AI empire, has deep ties to convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.
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Rick Braun’s “Silk” is exactly what the title promises. Smooth, polished and effortlessly cool. Braun’s trumpet glides over a relaxed contemporary jazz groove with the kind of control that makes difficult phrasing sound almost casual. The live studio setting adds warmth without sacrificing precision. Braun has long been one of smooth jazz’s most recognizable trumpet voices and this performance shows why. Elegant without becoming sleepy, melodic without becoming predictable and sophisticated without trying too hard. Perfect late-night listening.
Rick Braun – Silk (live in studio)
Amazon http://amzn.to/TpKbTB | iTunes http://bit.ly/1m51ne2 Rick Braun performs the the radio hit “Silk” live in studio. The album version is on Rick’s latest release, Can You Feel It. http://www.mackavenue.com/rickbraun
