Ozy Media CEO Carlos Watson: 'This Is Our Lazarus Moment'

Carlos Watson, CEO of digital media start-up company Ozy Media, joins TODAY exclusively to talk about what went wrong at the digital media start-up. Announcing the company is reopening, he says, “This is our Lazarus moment.” He also talks about reports that a top Ozy executive impersonated a KZbin executive on a conference call, calling it “tragic.”
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#OzyMedia #CarlosWatson #Ozy

[@DinoWinoSaur]

What a scam artist. He's in denial about how his business is literally buying traffic and then charging sponsors for it. Your COO commits securities fraud and you have the audacity to claim he had a mental health crisis. What a joke.

[@brockjones869]

Respect to Craig Melvin, he didn't take it easy on this guy and asked hard questions

[@jamirimaj6880]

shocked he didn't resort to something like "why are you doing this to a brother 😭😭😭"

[@DeltaAssaultGaming]

They’re birds of a feather.

[@REDDLADY2]

But he allowed him to get away with evasive answers. He was arrested today.

[@SikhJedi]

Ozy is the social justice Theranos lmao

[@mattyssexydroid]

Lol!

[@jonbeebe5299]

meh not really. it was a media company (with the content having social justice angles), but it wasn't "selling" social justice, just eyeballs

[@emperoricecream1]

How embarrassing. I totally get why mainstream media want to bury this story.

[@wholelottacrack3811]

they said while also consuming this story via NBCUniversal's Today Show.......

[@emperoricecream1]

@@wholelottacrack3811 When you run a search for this guy, you have to scroll down much farther than you’d expect to find a video, including this one. (That was my experience, at any rate.)

[@andreworrell8407]

This guy is lying through his teeth and it's sorta sad to see him squirm and dance around questions. Poor fella.

[@joymosley8997]

Exactly like a rug

[@VoteForBukele]

That fake it til you make it nonsense does not work. Either you’re good at what you do, or you’re not.

[@mdelvalle2456]

Never heard of Ozy b4

[@deino4753]

Interviewer: Did you know your business partner was faking being a KZbin exec? Watson: *nods yes* yeah, no. Body language doesn't add up. 😒

[@scroogemcduckrich9705]

nodding when asked a question is also technique of trying to appear engaged. not saying you are wrong but if you look at videos of him throughout the years this is a tactic he employs

[@PSBIII]

How dare you say we are a House of Cards.... we produce 5 newsletters😂

[@charlesmartin2888]

The only thing we haven’t see right now is indictments.

[@hazelynrowe9891]

What is up with all of these ivy league schools churning out these con people. Both men and women.

[@Mark-tb1zq]

We have ENOUGH media. They don't bring anything new that I can't get from anywhere else.

[@TheCleezeReport]

I must have been hiding under a rock because I just learn of Ozy 5 minutes ago. It may not be Theranos but it sure sounds a lot like a large scale operation of Fyre Festival...

[@filmsforsmartpeople3587]

And I thought "OzyFest" was a Black Sabbath re-union concert. I guess not.

[@zeepickens2712]

😂

[@jonbeebe5299]

Sharon and Ozzy's lawyers did sue them lol

[@pikachuuprising637]

Who's here from Breaking Points?

[@LafeSpace]

You'd be surprised what lying happens in a company, even a small one without the knowledge of the founders. I don't know this case in particular, but it's not a far-fetched reach that these things could happen. Unless you've been there, it may be too difficult for one to comprehend.

[@thesolvent]

The founders were involved though. This isn't hard to comprehend for most.✊🏾✌🏾

[@SuperJulioes]

Imagine getting tickets for "OzzyFest" and not a single bat gets eaten 🦇

[@GoodnWise]

Just watched Carlos Watson’s more extensive interview on the Breakfast Club. Worthwhile and more informative than this. Put a lot of things in context.

[@setyourhandel340]

I don't see a happy ending here....he is running out of tap dancing space.

[@chech5774]

Don’t worry, he’s black. You think Biden’s justice department will go after him? 😂

[@citrixdeceiver4255]

"why would anyone trust Carlos Watson going forward" hahahahahah

[@joeyclemenza7339]

Yeah, kind of hard to keep your business going when you’re committing fraud in the entire time

[@trinityalps3695]

Awww. Your long con actually did pan out. You bilked $90M from investors. What did you do with all that money? Is it off shore?

[@TheSamurman]

Ozy paid me to comment on this video

[@scole781]

What a scam.

[@JustJJr]

He basically was wholesaling views. Dumb move through to get a COO to fake as a KZbin exec. That’s where he played it wrong

[@richpo9814]

SMH. Beta males love shortcuts. Real entrepreneurs earn their stripes.

[@lastpolarbearcub]

Wow Today Show really gave a softball interview. No follow up questions, let him spin. He’s been shown to be a fraud and an abusive boss. Today show let him lie again that he finds up and comers, shown false by Nieman Labs.

[@kearlanventures]

More views for this than any Ozy content.

[@nobile27]

Carlos Watson is a talent and this platform could have been a change agent. This makes me sad

[@buckwildsrq]

It could of been if he wasn't a fraud

[@crewslaing3966]

Yikes.

[@arycosta7293]

“Not to get into the weeds here” aka stop making it hot on the mainstream.

[@yours2313]

He speaks well. I trust him with 40mil.

[@NerdAffiliated]

I hope Today doesn’t take these down, when the Feds show up for statements. Lol

[@KC2MFCs]

Readers? Viewers? Listeners? You don't have those things! That was the problem!

[@shreyasr1989]

Lol 😂 ceo of what ? There is no company 😂🤣

[@dvt6778]

Carlos is full of it and Craig was too soft as usual. OZY Media is Schrodinger's Cat. It's alive and dead.

[@user-st6nt4ou6f]

The label comes to mind- slick and smooth snake- oil salesman.

[@bonanimathambo8721]

Inauthentic

[@neogigo]

And Boom ! He’s in jail

[@GreenwoodCotton]

Craig Melvin got the smoke.

[@morgantaylor442]

I genuinely enjoyed Carlos’ interviews on Ozy. He asked great questions and had important conversations with so many people!

[@rivesdoe6442]

I always felt in my heart there was something shady about Carlos Watson. My gut never lies..

[@roneynewell5373]

I hope they get it together...

[@naeeve]

fyre festival level cringe

[@joymosley8997]

This guy is not honest, especially the Sharon Osbourne story. He's lying, but a good one.

[@amidabuddha4298]

best wishes

[@amandaskywalker7331]

He’s a pathological liar.

[@paulfitzpatrick954]

MEET THE NEW BOSS (SAME AS THE OLD BOSS) The Who 'Won't Get Fooled Again

[@who3203]

How does having parents teacher make you trustworthy?

[@susuilu]

Cos parent-teacher demand facts morethan other parents

[@davidwheeler2493]

This guy is such a fraud 🤣🤣🤣

[@stevekwan8232]

Guy looks shady

[@chijen2010]

I looked up “black privilege” in the dictionary and this guy showed up.

[@morgantaylor442]

excuse me?

[@michellesmith8912]

He bit off more than he could lie- I mean chew.

[@canisdeumnox4925]

Obama 2.No

[@justinaragland3025]

👌

[@hapfp1]

I'll bet on their soon to be demize

[@anon8373]

the old saying remains true. get woketh, go broketh... they never learn....

[@jlightbourne9376]

😂😂

[@ereal4850]

GOOOD JOB CARLOS WATSON!!! 👏🏼👏🏼

[@hk07music8]

Seems very honest to me