• Edelman is laying off 330 employees as it navigates what it expects to be an 8% decline in revenue in 2024.
• When we last heard from John Bowlen, the son of former Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlen, he was being arrested for domestic violence charges in 2015. So, did receiving $500 million from the sale of the Broncos help his situation? Looks like not. Westword reported this week that Bowlen posted a series of statements – “White fucking power. … F**k Black people. White is right” on his Instagram while attending a Broncos game in Las Vegas.
• The CEO of UnitedHealthcare was shot and killed while arriving at an investor conference Manhattan in what appears to be a targeted attack. The New York Times noted that the assassination “has unleashed Americans’ frustrations with an industry that often denies coverage and reimbursement for medical claims.” Some users on social media platforms posted sentiments such as “Thoughts and deductibles to the family” and “Unfortunately my condolences are out-of-network.”
• In what may or may not be a related story, 24 hours after the shooting Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield dropped its plan to limit the amount time it would cover anesthesia used in surgeries after doctors went ballistic strongly protested.
• PR Week released its annual rankings of “Best Places to Work,” and as usual it is heavy on the coastal firms. Of the 29 winners, 62% are located in NYC/NJ and 90% are located in coastal states. Only three non-coastal agencies – in Austin, Chicago and Fairfax, Va. – managed to break through.
• Vail native Mikaela Shiffrin suffered a deep abdominal puncture wound and “severe muscle trauma” during a frightening crash in a giant slalom race in Killington, Vermont. It is not clear when she may return.
• Florida International University fired its head football coach, Mike MacIntire, after his third straight 4-8 season. You may remember MacIntire as the head coach of the University of Colorado Buffaloes from 2013-2018.
• U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley excoriated representatives from Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines at a Senate hearing this week. Hawley proclaimed, “Flying on your airlines is a disaster,” and it went downhill from there.
• The City of Denver has seized the Wash Park Grille for back taxes. The unpaid taxes reportedly date back to April.
• The Morrison Police Department, most known for running the most brazen speed traps in the state, has disbanded. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department will now provide police support to the town.
• An Italian nun was arrested as part of a raid against the mafia in Milan. She is alleged to have served as a go between for the mafia and its jailed members.

Who won the week?

• Daniel Brogan has sold 5280, the magazine he launched in 1993, to Charity Huff, the owner of January Spring, a Denver-based advertising technology company that works with dozens of niche publishers.
• Spencer Soicher, the nephew of former 9News sports anchor Drew Soicher, is joining the station as a reporter. His father, Marc Soicher, was a sports reporter at Fox31.
• 9News meteorologist Laurann Robinson announced she is leaving the station.
• Jeremy Bloom, the Olympic skier who also starred in football for the University of Colorado and the Philadelphia Eagles, has been named CEO of the X Games.
• The annual Forbes 30 Under 30 list included three with Boulder connections – social media content creator Alex Haraus; Sristy Agrawal, the cofounder of Mesa Quantum; and Maddie Freeman, the founder of the nonprofit NoSo.