Carlos Watson went on TV Monday morning to say that Ozy Media, the company he co-founded, would not shut down even though it announced Friday that it would. Watson is shown here at a TV debate for Take On America With OZY at The Bently Reserve on October 29, 2018 in San Francisco, California.
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Carlos Watson went on TV Monday morning to say that Ozy Media, the company he co-founded, would not shut down even though it announced Friday that it would. Watson is shown here at a TV debate for Take On America With OZY at The Bently Reserve on October 29, 2018 in San Francisco, California.
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Ozy Media CEO Carlos Watson claims his media startup is no longer shutting down

Carlos Watson went on TV Monday morning to say that Ozy Media, the company he co-founded, would not shut down even though it announced Friday that it would. Anyone who wanted to find out how what Watson said could be true would run into a problem: Ozy's email appears to be shut down. Emails sent Monday morning to Watson, his co-founder Samir Rao, and the company's generic press address, all bounced back.