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Bumble CEO reveals it's killing off the swipe on "The Axios Show"

It's a ripe time for a product overhaul.

Axios

9 Small Business Owners Who Used Celebrities to Build a $50M+ Empire

In today’s influencer-driven economy, the right endorsement can turn a small startup into a global phenomenon overnight. Some of the most successful entrepreneurs quietly built their fortunes by leveraging celebrity partnerships — aligning their brands with the right faces, names, and audiences. These collaborations go far beyond traditional advertising; they…

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Lily James makes scents for each character she plays

Actress Lily James creates scents for each of her alter egos because it "focuses" her.

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Bumble Founder Tried To ‘Shut Down’ New Biopic About Her Life Starring Lily James

Whitney Wolfe Herd is (emotionally) swiping left on the story of her life.

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Whitney Wolfe Herd tried to 'shut down' Swiped film

Whitney Wolfe Herd - the founder of the dating app Bumble - did not want her biopic, Swiped, to be made.

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Lily James jokes she landed Cliffhanger reboot role as Sylvester Stallone wasn’t available

Opening up about becoming a big-screen action heroine, actress Lily James has joked she landed her role in Cliffhanger as Sylvester Stallone wasn’t available.

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'I love the idea of thinking big about how to change culture': the director of Hulu's new movie Swiped on how she hopes to inspire audiences

Swiped is a biographical movie about the creation and success of the dating app Bumble, and director Rachel Lee Goldenberg spoke to me about the importance of its message.

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Lily James felt a 'bit of a fake' starring in Swiped

Lily James plays Whitney Wolfe Herd - Bumble's founder and former CEO - in Swiped, and the actress has admitted she felt "guilty" and a "bit of a fake" by starring in the film because she has never used a dating app.

BANG Premier

‘Shut it down!’ — Bumble founder Wolfe Herd is terrified that there’s a new Hulu biopic about her life and wanted to block it two years ago

“I’m obviously both terrified and maybe slightly flattered,” Whitney Wolfe Herd said of “Swiped.”

Fortune

Your weekend binge list: 11 best new shows and movies to stream on Netflix, Prime Video and more (Sept. 19-21)

'Superman,' 'High Potential' and 'Black Rabbit' lead our weekend watch list

Tom’s Guide

7 new movies and TV shows to watch on Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max and more this weekend (September 19)

From Superman to Gen V's sophomore season, here's what you need to watch this weekend.

TechRadar

TV tonight: Jimi Hendrix gets inside our souls with one of his last gigs

Part documentary, part concert, Electric Church sees Hendrix play to 300,000 people at the 1970 Atlanta pop festival. Plus, comedy karaoke with Fawlty Towers: The Play. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Swiped review – Lily James leads a girlboss Social Network that is half film, half Bumble advert

2/5 This Disney+ biopic treats Whitney Wolfe Herd’s often harrowing experiences in the male-dominated tech industry with appropriate seriousness, but ultimately becomes a bland PR exercise

The Independent UK

Swiped to Twiggy: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Lily James plays the co-founder of Tinder and Bumble in a damning film that shows up Silicon Valley’s toxic male culture – plus Sadie Frost pays homage to the fashion icon who became the face of the swinging 60s

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Hulu just dropped a trailer for a new movie that looks like 'The Social Network' for Tinder — and I'm swiping right already

Hulu just dropped a trailer for "Swiped," a new biopic starring Lily James as billionaire dating app entrepreneur Whitney Wolfe Herd.

Fortune

Dating apps are banking on AI to win over Gen Z—but the sparks aren't flying, survey finds

Gen Z is the youngest generation to enter adulthood during the AI revolution, but they’re actually more uncomfortable with using AI for dating.

The Conversation

AI can be your wingman when online dating – but should you let it?

Many dating app companies are enthusiastic about incorporating generative AI into their products. Whitney Wolfe Herd, founder of dating app Bumble, wants gen-AI to “help create more healthy and equitable relationships”. In her vision of the near future, people will have AI dating concierges who could “date” other people’s dating…

The Independent UK

Major layoffs at Bumble dating app as co-founder says online dating business is at ‘inflection point’

Savings to be reinvested in product and tech development, with founder having spoken about potential of AI in online dating

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Bumble cut 30% of its workforce—the magnitude of which JPMorgan says 'comes as a surprise'

The dating app company announced Wednesday it would lay off 30% of its workforce.

The Guardian - US

Dating app Bumble to lay off hundreds of staff amid turnaround bid

Company is cutting 30% of its global workforce as part of an effort to return to a ‘start-up mentality’

Fortune

Airbnb’s Brian Chesky says CEOs don't have to be ‘miserable’—that's why he got rid of emails and banned meetings before 10 a.m.

‘Don’t apologize for how you want to run your company,’ the $84.8 billion short-term rental boss stresses.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Anne Hathaway's skin crawling Arsenal song is proof: Americans will never truly get Britain

Sometimes you get to the end of a relationship and realise you never really knew the person at all. In the dying days of the “Special Relationship”, I feel that way about America. On an interpersonal level, I do not understand its people. I will never be able to comprehend…

The Independent UK

5 new podcasts to listen to this week

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Meghan Markle Reveals "Scary" Post-Birth Health Battle in First Episode of New Podcast

"I mean life or death, truly."

Marie Claire

Meghan Markle opens up about 'huge medical scare' after giving birth

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