OZY
Ozy Media (styled as OZY) was an American media and entertainment company founded in 2012 by journalist Carlos Watson. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, the company launched publicly in September 2013 together with Samir Rao. The company published digital news and culture content and produced television shows, podcasts, newsletters, and live events. Its stated mission was to spotlight "the new and the next."
Between 2013 and 2021, OZY produced four television series for PBS, including Breaking Big, which won the 2019 Imagen Award for Best Informational Program. The company also produced Black Women OWN the Conversation for the Oprah Winfrey Network, which won an Emmy Award for Outstanding News Discussion and Analysis in 2020. OZY's podcast The Thread was recognized by The Guardian as one of the 25 best podcasts of 2017. The company hosted OZY Fest, an annual live festival in Central Park featuring figures such as Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, and Malcolm Gladwell. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert credited OZY with providing early coverage of figures such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Trevor Noah, and Amanda Gorman before they rose to prominence.
In September 2021, The New York Times reported that COO Samir Rao had impersonated a YouTube executive on a call with Goldman Sachs while seeking investment, and that the company had inflated its traffic numbers. The resulting controversies led to OZY's board announcing closure in October 2021, though Watson reversed the decision days later. In July 2024, Watson and the company were convicted of securities fraud, wire fraud conspiracy, and aggravated identity theft; Watson was sentenced to 116 months in prison. In March 2025, President Donald Trump commuted Watson's sentence hours before he was due to surrender to prison.
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