Cofounded by former CNN/MSNBC anchor Carlos Watson, OZY is a four-year-old media company that tells stories found nowhere else — on TV, in person and on OZY.com. We have a monthly global readership of 40 million people and offices in New York and Silicon Valley’s Mountain View, and staffers and editors across three continents. We cover all manner of otherwise untold stories on global politics, business, culture and quirks.
In addition to the daily offering of original text, video and audio features on OZY.com, OZY has a major festival each summer in New York City’s Central Park (OZY Fest) with headliners who have included Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush, Karl Rove, Mark Cuban, Michelle Wolf, Jason Derulo, Samantha Bee, Chelsea Handler, Common and Eddie Huang. The Thread, our signature podcast show, hit the top 10 on Apple Podcasts within the first week, and has now completed two seasons. Our second hit prime-time TV show, Third Rail With OZY, has reached millions of viewers on PBS and has already run for two seasons. We are a growing, dynamic band of former Economist, Wall Street Journal, Vice and CNN writers and analysts — and intrepid and passionate career-switchers — reimagining intelligent journalism.
Welcome to news for the insatiable. OZY is a bold, multi-platform culture publication, crafted to inspire and engage the intellectually curious. Our mission is to uncover stories about people, places, trends, technology and ideas that are not yet being talked about elsewhere and challenge the status quo. OZY strives to be smart, provocative, global, ahead of the curve and utterly delicious. We not only catch you up on yesterday’s news, but also vault you ahead so you’re the first to know about tomorrow’s brightest stars, trends and ideas.