• Crypto bro Sam Bankman-Fried saw his $16 billion fortune evaporate almost overnight after his company FTX filed for bankruptcy. It may not have technically been a Ponzi scheme, but it was something close.
• Twitter. Where to begin? The company’s plan to allow anyone to pay $8 to become “verified” that has now been placed on hold after widespread fraud? The ADL and NAACP promoting advertiser boycotts? An FTC warning against violating the company’s consent decree? Having to beg some laid off employees to return?
• A new $300 million resort being developed at Keystone is mired in lawsuits and allegations of fraud.
• Mercurial tennis star Nick Kyrgios apologized and reached a financial settlement with a fan he accused of being “drunk out of her mind” during a Wimbledon Men’s Final match. Kyrgios agreed to donate $22,000 to the Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity, a charity chosen by the fan.
• Yale University is under fire for its policy requiring suicidal students to withdraw and later reapply for re-admission. Mental health advocates warn that is a policy that encourages students to hide mental health struggles.
• It was a bad week for tech workers. Twitter, Lyft and Stripe all had layoffs affecting Colorado employees. And Facebook parent company Meta also announced plans to lay off more than 11,000 workers.
• Aurora interim Police Chief Dan Oates has only had the job for six months, but he’s pissing off local community activists like a veteran.
• Henry, Vail’s first avalanche rescue dog, passed away at the age of 15. Vail posted this video honoring Henry.
• Tyson Foods‘ CFO was arrested for trespassing and public intoxication after he fell asleep in the wrong house. How does a guy like that become CFO at a Fortune-100 company? I’ll give you a hint: his name is John Tyson.
• The 2022 FIFA World Cup is the target of an “anti-sponsor” marketing campaign by brewing company BrewDog. The tagline: “Let’s be honest: Qatar won it through bribery. On an industrial scale.”
• Did Kanye West fire an employee for asking to listen to Drake in the office? Rolling Stone says yes.
• Jane Gross, a female sportswriter who broke barriers and opened locker rooms in the 1970s, passed away. She was 75.

So, who won the week?

• GroundFloor Media | CenterTable, Turner PR, TDA_Boulder, Fortnight Collective and Booyah Advertising led the list of Colorado companies on Outside Magazine’s Top 50 Best Places to Work.
• Marina Salais-Robbins and Haley Henning have joined Linhart PR as account executives. 
• KALC-FM (Alice 105.9) was the highest-rated radio station in the Denver market in the latest Nielsen rankings.
• Lisa Cutter, the only public relations executive running for a Colorado State Senate seat, was elected.
• The Denver Broncos haven’t lost a game in two weeks (a bye week helped).
• Pete Webb has come out of retirement to rep former Colorado Parks and Wildlife director Dan Prenzlow.”
• Pie Insurance named Joshua Brost VP of Marketing.