Kanye West to Buy Social Media App Parler
2 years, 2 months ago

Kanye West to Buy Social Media App Parler

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-Parlement Technologies, the parent company of social media app Parler, said on Monday that it will be acquired by rapper Kanye West, who legally changed his name to simply Ye last year. Ye's Instagram and Twitter accounts have been restricted before, most recently this month when social media platforms removed his posts that online users condemned as anti-Semitic. social The American rapper had announced in 2020 that he would run for U.S. President in an apparent challenge to former U.S. President Donald Trump, but later pulled out. Last month Parler created a new parent company, Parlement Technologies Inc as part of an overhaul.

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Kanye West and Adidas reach settlement over Yeezy partnership termination
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Kanye West and Adidas reach settlement over Yeezy partnership termination

The Independent  

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Kanye West is not buying social media platform Parler after all
2 years ago

Kanye West is not buying social media platform Parler after all

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Despite an October statement hailing a world-changing deal to purchase the right-wing social …

Parler says Kanye West deal off, as rapper says he ‘likes’ Hitler
2 years ago

Parler says Kanye West deal off, as rapper says he ‘likes’ Hitler

Al Jazeera  

Right-leaning app’s parent company says decision was mutual and came before rapper’s latest outburst. Parler, the right-leaning social media platform, will no longer be sold to Ye, its parent company said, hours after the rapper formerly known as Kanye West praised Adolf Hitler. Parlement Technologies said on Thursday the company and Ye had “mutually agreed” not to go ahead with …

Kanye’s purchase of social network Parler falls through amid ongoing antisemitic tirade
2 years ago

Kanye’s purchase of social network Parler falls through amid ongoing antisemitic tirade

LA Times  

Kanye West, who now goes by Ye, speaks at church in Houston in 2019. After weeks of virulent antisemitism, Kanye West is no longer set to buy the right-leaning social network Parler, the company announced Thursday. “Parlement Technologies would like to confirm that the company has mutually agreed with Ye to terminate the intent of sale of Parler,” the company …

‘Testing testing seeing…’: Kanye West returns to Twitter, Elon Musk welcomes him
2 years, 1 month ago

‘Testing testing seeing…’: Kanye West returns to Twitter, Elon Musk welcomes him

Hindustan Times  

Kanye West appears to have returned to Twitter as the rapper wrote on the social media platform on Sunday, “Testing Testing Seeing if my Twitter is unblocked." Kanye West’s latest tweet drew mixed reactions from users, with some celebrating his return and others remarking, “Oh no.” The rapper's account was banned on October 9 after he said he was going …

Musk says he had no role in bringing Kanye West back on Twitter
2 years, 1 month ago

Musk says he had no role in bringing Kanye West back on Twitter

Hindustan Times  

Twitter-owner Elon Musk said on Friday that he did not have a hand in reinstating rapper Kanye West's account, which was suspended by the micro-blogging site earlier this month for posting anti-Semitic remarks. The billionaire said Twitter had restored the account of the rapper, now known as Ye, before the completion of the social media platform's $44 billion takeover late …

Kanye West returns to social media posting a meme poking fun at his troubles, as they keep coming
2 years, 1 month ago

Kanye West returns to social media posting a meme poking fun at his troubles, as they keep coming

ABC  

When Kanye West was a producer wanting desperately to be heard as a rapper, his ambitions weren't taken very seriously. Now legally known as Ye, the recording artist and fashion designer reshared a meme on Thursday with photos of himself and the headline: "Ye has reportedly cut ties with Kanye West." But it was an unedited three-and-a-half-hour interview he did …

Kanye West dropped by Balenciaga
2 years, 2 months ago

Kanye West dropped by Balenciaga

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Fashion powerhouse Balenciaga has officially severed ties with Kanye West following a series of antisemitic posts and other controversial comments from the rapper, according to a report from Women’s Wear Daily citing a statement from Balenciaga’s parent company. Gap first announced its 10-year deal with Ye for the Yeezy Gap brand in June 2020, but …

Kanye West to buy Parler: What is the conservative social media platform?
2 years, 2 months ago

Kanye West to buy Parler: What is the conservative social media platform?

Firstpost  

Founded in 2018, Parler bills itself as a ‘free speech’ social network. Defined as an ‘alt-tech version of Twitter’, the social media platform was banned last year for certain periods by Google and Apple in the aftermath of the 6 January attack on the US Capitol American rapper Kanye West is buying Parler, a conservative social media platform, for an …

What to know about Parler, the right-wing platform that Ye plans to buy
2 years, 2 months ago

What to know about Parler, the right-wing platform that Ye plans to buy

LA Times  

Rapper Kanye West speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office with President Trump on Oct. 11, 2018. The platform describes itself as a “welcoming, nonpartisan Public Square” that prides itself on not limiting users’ speech — even when it is offensive, such as the comments Ye made this month. Twitter suspended Ye’s account after he said he was going …

Trump's social media company collapses in price after Kanye West's Parler move: report
2 years, 2 months ago

Trump's social media company collapses in price after Kanye West's Parler move: report

Raw Story  

According to Forbes, Monday's announcement that pro-Trump rapper Kanye West, also known as Ye, is acquiring the right-wing social media platform Parler sent the share price tumbling for the "blank check" company in charge of former President Donald Trump's own Twitter alternative. "Shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp., the special purpose acquisition company with turbulent plans to merge with Truth …

Kanye West to buy conservative social media platform Parler
2 years, 2 months ago

Kanye West to buy conservative social media platform Parler

Associated Press  

The rapper formerly known as Kanye West is offering to buy right-wing friendly social network Parler shortly after getting locked out of Twitter and Instagram for antisemitic posts. Even among the new breed of largely right-wing, far-right and libertarian social apps that purport to support free speech by having looser rules and moderation, Parler’s user base is tiny — and …

Kanye West and Parler: How the right-wing social network fits into his business empire.
2 years, 2 months ago

Kanye West and Parler: How the right-wing social network fits into his business empire.

Slate  

It’s been quite a month for the rapper formerly known as Kanye West. After severing business ties with Gap in September, Ye went on to generate an almost endless series of ugly headlines: being lambasted for wearing a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt alongside conservative pundit Candace Owens, defending said shirt on Tucker Carlson’s show, telling Carlson a bunch of other …

Parler CEO calls Kanye West a ‘victim of cancellation’
2 years, 2 months ago

Parler CEO calls Kanye West a ‘victim of cancellation’

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr West was locked out of …

Kanye West to buy social media app Parler: ‘Have right to freely express’
2 years, 2 months ago

Kanye West to buy social media app Parler: ‘Have right to freely express’

Hindustan Times  

Parlement Technologies, the parent company of social media app Parler, said on Monday that it will be acquired by rapper Kanye West, who legally changed his name to simply Ye last year. Ye's Instagram and Twitter accounts have been restricted before, most recently this month when social media platforms removed his posts that online users condemned as anti-Semitic. Last month …

Kanye West to buy struggling right-wing social media platform after getting suspended for anti-Semitic rants
2 years, 2 months ago

Kanye West to buy struggling right-wing social media platform after getting suspended for anti-Semitic rants

Raw Story  

Trump-supporting rapper Kanye West has come up with a solution to his recent suspensions from both Twitter and Instagram. In justifying his purchase of Parler, West said that his goal was to defend conservatives' "free speech" rights from the tyranny of big tech. In fact, West got suspended from Twitter and Instagram not for posting any traditionally "conservative" opinion, but …

Kanye West to buy conservative social media app Parler
2 years, 2 months ago

Kanye West to buy conservative social media app Parler

Al Jazeera  

The deal comes as the rapper was locked out of Twitter and Instagram a week ago over anti-Semitic posts. American rapper Kanye West, who now goes by the name of Ye, has proposed to buy Parler, the social media platform popular among US conservatives, days after being booted off Twitter and Instagram over anti-Semitic posts. Ye, also a fashion designer, …

Kanye West to buy the conservative-friendly social site Parler
2 years, 2 months ago

Kanye West to buy the conservative-friendly social site Parler

NPR  

Kanye West to buy the conservative-friendly social site Parler Enlarge this image toggle caption Evan Agostini/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP Evan Agostini/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, has entered into an agreement to purchase Parler, a social media site popular with Trump loyalists, the company announced on Monday. Parler's failure to remove violent and hateful posts following the Capitol …

Kanye West and Gap splitting up after 2 years
2 years, 3 months ago

Kanye West and Gap splitting up after 2 years

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Kanye West is breaking up with the Gap. An attorney for Kanye West, who goes by Ye, told The Associated Press that a letter has been sent to the clothing chain Thursday seeking to terminate the contract between Gap and West’s company, Yeezy. In the letter that West’s lawyer shared with The AP on Thursday, it said …

Why Kanye West is splitting with the Gap
2 years, 3 months ago

Why Kanye West is splitting with the Gap

NPR  

Why Kanye West is splitting with the Gap Enlarge this image toggle caption Evan Agostini/Invision/AP Evan Agostini/Invision/AP NEW YORK — Kanye West says he's breaking up with the Gap. An attorney for Kanye West, who goes by Ye, told The Associated Press that a letter has been sent to the clothing chain Thursday seeking to terminate the contract between Gap …

Kanye West sends the Gap ‘notice of termination’ to end partnership after public feud
2 years, 3 months ago

Kanye West sends the Gap ‘notice of termination’ to end partnership after public feud

LA Times  

Kanye West and the Gap have terminated their partnership, which was first revealed in June 2020. On Thursday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Gap Inc. and West, who goes by Ye, are “not aligned” in their partnership. The notice — sent from West’s legal team to Mark Breitbard, Gap brand’s president and chief executive, and his attorney — alleges …

Kanye West's concerned lawyers urge outspoken rapper to end toxic online feud with Gap
2 years, 3 months ago

Kanye West's concerned lawyers urge outspoken rapper to end toxic online feud with Gap

Daily Mail  

Kanye West has been advised to end his toxic feud with clothing brand Gap after using his broad social media presence to condemn the retail giant. he wrote Solidarity: Kanye included another post with a smiling photo of Swizz, captioning it, 'This the energy' Earlier on Monday, West continued his war of words aimed at Adidas executives, as he said …

Kanye West announces plan to open Yeezy stores all around the world
2 years, 3 months ago

Kanye West announces plan to open Yeezy stores all around the world

The Independent  

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