Amazon will pause construction on its second headquarters in Virginia. The first phase will still open in June with 8,000 employees, but it's after they cut 18,000 jobs. They selected Arlington, Virginia, and Long Island City in New York as the cities for its New York headquarters. But they just scrapped New York City due to pushback from the community,. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, AOC, resisted the idea at the time.
Kara and Scott talk big earnings at Salesforce, Amazon's HQ2 construction pause, and more executive departures at Apple. Also, TikTok ban bills are moving ahead, amid renewed GOP attacks on Big Tech. Plus, we’re joined by Friend of Pivot Jeff Kosseff to discuss how new bills aimed at online speech could challenge the First Amendment.
You can find Jeff on Twitter at @jkosseff and you can preorder his book here.
Hear Kara’s interview with Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff here.
You can read the Wall Street Journal Scott mentions in Wins and Fails here.
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