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Case 21-10527-JTD Doc 475 Filed 05/18/21 Page 1 of 3

IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE

) In re: ) Chapter 11 ) CARBONLITE HOLDINGS LLC, et al.,1 ) Case No. 21-10527 (JTD) ) Debtors. ) (Jointly Administered) )

AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF DEADLINES FOR THE FILING OF (I) PROOFS OF CLAIM, INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR PAYMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 503(b)(9) OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE, AND (II) REJECTION DAMAGES CLAIMS IN THE NEW YORK TIMES (NATIONAL EDITION)

______1 The Debtors in these cases, along with the last four digits of each Debtor’s federal tax identification number, are: CarbonLite Holdings LLC (8957); CarbonLite Industries LLC (3596); CarbonLite P Holdings LLC (8957); CarbonLite P LLC (5453); CarbonLite PI Holdings LLC (8957); CarbonLite Pinnpack LLC (8957); CarbonLite Recycling Holdings LLC (8957); CarbonLite Sub-Holdings, LLC (8957); Pinnpack P, LLC (8322); CarbonLite Recycling LLC (3727); and Pinnpack Packaging LLC (9948). The address of the Debtors’ corporate headquarters is 10250 Constellation Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90067. Case 21-10527-JTD Doc 475 Filed 05/18/21 Page 2 of 3

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How a Former Alt-Right YouTuber Fed Hate With Video FROM FIRST BUSINESS PAGE their own political views and real- cluding Lauren Southern, Stefan ize the contradiction in being a Molyneux and . hard-core feminist but also sup- The videos were tailored for the porting a religion that, quite “echo chamber” that is often cre- frankly, has questionable prac- ated by social media networks like tices around women,” she said. YouTube. To keep you watching, And, she added, they used video YouTube serves up videos similar techniques that any media com- to those you have watched before. pany would use. But the longer someone watches, The next year, Mr. Robertson the more extreme the videos can and Ms. Southern traveled as far become. as South Africa, Australia and “It can create these very radical to create similar vid- people who are like gurus,” said eos. Over the lifetime of Ms. Guillaume Chaslot, a former Southern’s YouTube channel, ac- YouTube engineer who has been cording to channel statistics re- critical of the way the company’s viewed by The Times, her videos algorithms pushed people to ex- were viewed more than 63 million treme content. “In terms of watch times. time, a guru is wonderful.” More than 71 percent of people Tech companies, regulators and who viewed these videos had not individuals across the globe are subscribed to her YouTube chan- struggling to understand and con- nel. In 2018, at the height of her trol the enormous power of popularity, at least 30 percent of YouTube and other social media the views occurred after the vid- services. In 2019, YouTube made eos were automatically recom- “important changes to how we mended to the viewer by recommend videos and prevent YouTube’s algorithms. the spread of misinformation and Mr. Molyneux shied away from hateful content,” Farshad Shad- the kind of conflict that Ms. South- loo, a spokesman for the company, ern embraced. He fashioned him- said in a statement. It barred Mr. self as an online philosopher. But Molyneaux and Mr. Jones. But ex- the material Mr. Robertson edited treme videos continue to spread. slipped in “far-right ideas that ap- In time, Mr. Robertson said, he pealed to the ethnonationalists — realized that the videos he worked the extreme right-wing audience,” on stoked dangerous hatred. And he said. in 2019, at a conference in Britain In 2018, the two traveled to Po- run by a left-wing newspaper, The land for a video that painted the Byline Times, Mr. Robertson dis- GUY SMALLMAN/GETTY IMAGES country as a place free of hardship tanced himself from his work with and strife. The subtext was that A video showing Tommy Robinson, above, punching a migrant was viewed 2.8 the far right. His change of heart was because Poland is predomi- million times. YouTube routinely recommended Lauren Southern’s videos. was met with some skepticism. nantly white. In an email to The “He was presented as a prodi- Times, Mr. Molyneux said, “It was gal son,” said Louise Raw, an an- 49 people and wounded 53 more — part of a television reporter, ap- nice being in a country wherein I tifascist activist who was onstage Mr. Robertson developed an ex- proached each woman with the didn’t have to hire protective secu- for Mr. Robertson’s mea culpa. treme animosity toward Muslims, same four-word question: “Wom- rity.” He added that he felt the “But he has not been held to ac- particularly immigrants. His an- en’s rights or Islam?” same way when he visited Hong count.” ger was fueled in large part, he They often received a confused, Kong. Now, Mr. Robertson is detailing said, by videos he watched on measured or polite response, ac- By early 2019, Mr. Robertson the ways he and his collaborators YouTube. cording to Mr. Robertson. They said, he grew disillusioned. There searched for confrontations to He began watching videos from continued to ask the question and was a noticeable drop in traffic on gain popularity on YouTube. mainstream outlets, like an sharpened it. Ms. Southern, for Ms. Southern’s YouTube channel. Efforts to contact Mr. Robinson episode of the HBO show “Real example, said it would be difficult Around the same time, YouTube were unsuccessful, and Mr. Jones Time With Bill Maher” in which for Muslim women to answer the began to remove more videos the did not respond to multiple re- Sam Harris, an author and a pod- question because their husbands company thought encouraged vio- quests for comment. Ms. South- cast host, advocated greater criti- wouldn’t let them attend the lence and spread misinformation. ern said she should not be de- cism of Muslim beliefs. YouTube’s march. That caused anger to build After an Australian man killed scribed as a far-right activist, say- recommendation algorithm sug- in the crowd. 51 people at two mosques in ing she is merely a conservative. JOSH EDELSON/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE — GETTY IMAGES gested more-extreme videos in- “It appears in the videos that Christchurch, New Zealand — She was not involved in “some volving personalities like Mr. Rob- we are just trying to figure out driven in part by anti-immigrant horrible far-right grift that tried to and told him to live his own life, more extreme videos,” Mr. Rob- inson, a former member of the what is going on, gather informa- beliefs propagated by YouTube — deceive people into watching our Mr. Robinson escalated the argu- ertson said. neo-fascist and white nationalist tion, understand people,” Mr. Rob- Mr. Robertson realized, he said, content,” she added. “We were ment. Mr. Robertson grew up in Ire- British National Party who was ertson said. “But really, we were that the videos he had made led to just doing what any other YouTu- “There’s one way this is going to land, and after his parents di- born Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. trying to find the most incendiary the same kind of violence in the ber does.” go,” he told the man. “You’re going vorced, he moved with his father In 2017, Mr. Robertson con- way of making them mad.” Orlando nightclub in 2016. Raw footage of the episode in to end up knocked down uncon- to a predominantly working-class tacted Mr. Robinson and soon be- The thumbnail image for the “I felt like I had gone full circle Rome, provided by Mr. Robertson scious.” area in the north of England. Real- gan working with him as a video YouTube video was indicative of a that day,” he said. and reviewed by The New York Over the more than two years izing from a very young age that producer. By the end of the year, confrontation: a woman scream- Now, Mr. Robertson oversees Times, shows that the YouTube he helped produce and publish he is gay, he often felt like an out- he was also collaborating with Ms. ing as Ms. Southern walked away. Byline TV, a video offshoot of The video was edited to give the false videos for Mr. Robinson and oth- sider. But he said he encountered Southern, an activist from Cana- As he often did, Mr. Robertson Byline Times. He also runs a new impression that Mr. Robinson was ers, Mr. Robertson learned how more overt when he da. sharpened the video’s visual con- organization, Future of Freedom, threatened. The full footage making clever edits and focusing moved to London for college and Knowing what garnered the trast — lightening the white colors which seeks to de-radicalize right- shows he was the aggressor. on confrontation could help draw walked through the largely Mus- most attention on YouTube, Mr. and darkening the blacks — to wing extremists. He is still count- When the man noticed he was millions of views on YouTube and lim neighborhoods at the East Robertson said, he and Ms. South- subtly make the scene seem more ing YouTube views. being filmed from across the other services. He also learned End of the city. ern would devise public appear- dramatic. Mr. Robertson recently boasted street, he approached the camera, how YouTube’s recommendation After the 2016 shooting at a gay ances meant to generate conflict. Ms. Southern described the sit- in a text that in one day a video tar- and Mr. Robinson shoved him into algorithm often nudged people to- nightclub in Orlando, Fla. — That December, they attended a uation differently. “We asked the geting Mr. Jones, the conspiracy an oncoming car. As the man pro- ward extreme videos. where a Muslim man pledging women’s march in London and, question because we knew it was theorist he once worked with, had tested, called Mr. Robinson crazy “It meant that we did more and loyalty to the Islamic State killed with Ms. Southern playing the going to force people to question been viewed over 250,000 times.

2 Outsiders Picked to Lead CBS News Zuckerberg Is Urged to Scrap Recipes. Plans for Children’s Instagram Hoping to revive an Advice. operation that trails its By NATASHA SINGER Ms. Otway said that the com- An international coalition of 35 pany would not show ads in any Inspiration. rivals at ABC and NBC. children’s and consumer groups Instagram product developed for called on Instagram on Thursday children younger than 13, and that it planned to consult with ex- to scrap its plans to develop a ver- By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM perts on children’s health and sion of the popular photo-sharing and JOHN KOBLIN safety on the project. Instagram is app for users under age 13. What to cook for Two years ago, CBS picked the ul- also working on new age-verifica- Instagram is pushing for a sep- anyone, anytime. timate insider to run its broadcast tion methods to catch younger us- arate children’s app after years of news division: , ers trying to lie about their age, Discover expert-tested complaints from legislators and she said. whose decades-long tenure at the recipes and more. network stretched to the days of parents that the platform has “The reality is that kids are on- Walter Cronkite. been slow to identify underage line,” Ms. Otway said. “They want nytcooking.com Now the network is turning to a users and protect them from sex- to connect with their family and pair of outsiders — one from the ual predators and bullying. friends, have fun and learn, and world of newspapers and digital But in a letter to Mark Zucker- we want to help them do that in a publishing — to restore the for- berg, the chief executive of Face- way that is safe and age-appropri- CBS tunes of a news operation that book, which owns Instagram, the ate.” Neeraj Khemlani, based in New York, and Wendy McMahon, in Los Angeles, trails its rivals at ABC and NBC. nonprofit groups warned that a will try to reinvent CBS News for a new generation of news consumers. CBS said on Thursday that children’s version would not miti- Neeraj Khemlani, a vice president gate such problems. While 10- to UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT supporting documentation,so as to be actually received by the Debtors’ at the publishing powerhouse CBS Entertainment Group, who habits.” 12-year-olds with Instagram ac- FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE notice and claims agent, Bankruptcy Management Solutions, Inc. d/b/a Hearst, and Wendy McMahon, a In re: ) Chapter 11 Stretto (“Stretto”),on or before the Claims Bar Date or the Governmental steered the dual appointment, Mr. Cheeks, who ascended to counts would be unlikely to CARBONLITE HOLDINGS LLC, et al ., 1 ) Case No.21-10527 (JTD) Bar Date (or,where applicable,on or before any other bar date as set forth former ABC executive, would suc- made clear in a memo on Thurs- his role overseeing CBS’s enter- Debtors. ) (Jointly Administered) herein) either (1) electronically through the interface available at switch to a “babyish version” of https://cases.stretto.com/carbonlite/file-a-claim/; or (2) by first ceed Ms. Zirinsky. The two will day that he was seeking some- tainment group in March 2020, is the app, the groups said, it could NOTICE OF DEADLINES FOR THE FILING OF (I) PROOFS OF class mail, hand delivery or overnight mail of the Proof of Claim serve as presidents and co-heads CLAIM,INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR PAYMENT PURSUANT to CarbonLite Claims Processing c/o Stretto,410 Exchange,Suite thing of a shake-up. putting his first big stamp on a hook even younger users on end- TO SECTION 503(b)(9) OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE, 100,Irvine,CA92602. AND (II) REJECTION DAMAGES CLAIMS of CBS News, a division that will “This is an opportunity to cre- vaunted news operation. He is less routines of photo-scrolling ContentsofProofsofClaim . Each Proof of Claim must: (i) be written be expanded to include local sta- THECLAIMSBARDATEISMAY21,2021 in English; (ii) include a claim amount denominated in United States ate a news and information struc- also seeking to address a scandal and body-image shame. THEGOVERNMENTALCLAIMSBARDATEISSEPTEMBER7,2021 dollars;(iii) conform substantially with the Proof of Claim Form provided tions owned by the network. PLEASETAKENOTICEOFTHEFOLLOWING: bytheDebtorsorOfficialForm410;and(iv)besignedbytheclaimantorby ture that positions CBS for the fu- that recently hit the CBS TV sta- “While collecting valuable fam- anauthorizedagentorlegalrepresentativeoftheclaimant. In the gossipy world of TV Deadlines for Filing Proofs of Claim . On April 7, 2021, the United ture,” he wrote. tion group. Two top executives ily data and cultivating a new States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the“Court”) entered Section 503(b)(9) Requests for Payment . Any Proof of Claim news, neither executive had been anorder[DocketNo.233](the“BarDateOrder”)establishingcertaindates asserting a claim entitled to priority under section 503(b)(9) must also: The two incoming executives there, Peter Dunn and David generation of Instagram users by which parties holding prepetition claims against the above-captioned (i) include the value of the goods delivered to and received by the Debtors rumored to be a candidate for the are a contrast with Ms. Zirinsky, a Friend, were placed on adminis- Debtors must file proofs of claim (“Proofs of Claim”), including claims inthetwentydayspriortothePetitionDate;(ii)attachanydocumentation top CBS role. may be good for Facebook’s bot- by governmental units, claims arising under section 503(b)(9) of the identifying the particular invoices for which the 503(b)(9) claim is being veteran producer. The first wom- trative leave in January after ac- Bankruptcy Code, and rejection damages claims, in the chapter 11 cases asserted;and(iii)attachdocumentationofanyreclamationdemandmade tom line,” the groups, led by the totheDebtorsundersection546(c)oftheBankruptcyCode(ifapplicable). Mr. Khemlani worked at CBS an to run CBS News, she installed cusations that they had created a of the above-captioned debtors and debtors in possession (collectively, News from 1998 to 2006 as a Campaign for a Commercial-Free the“Debt ors”): Additional Information . If you require additional informa- a new evening news anchor, No- hostile work environment and The Bar Dates . Pursuant to the Bar Date Order, all entities (except tion regarding the filing of a proof of claim, you may contact the producer at “.” He left Childhood in Boston, said in the governmental units), including individuals, partnerships, corporations, Debtors’ claims agent, Stretto, directly by writing to: CarbonLite Claims rah O’Donnell; signed the morn- made disparaging remarks to joint ventures, estates, and trusts who have a claim or potential claim Processing c/o Stretto, 410 Exchange, Suite 100, Irvine, CA 92602 (email: to work at the news arm of Yahoo letter to Mr. Zuckerberg, “it will [email protected]). Please note that Stretto cannot offer ing host Gayle King to a new con- Black and female colleagues. Both against the Debtors, that arose prior to March 8, 2021, no matter how before taking on a series of execu- likely increase the use of Insta- remote or contingent such right to payment or equitable remedy may legaladviceoradvisewhetheryoushouldfileaproofofclaim. tract; and urged her team to chase were fired last week. be, including requests for payment under section 503(b)(9) of the Claim Against Multiple Debtor Entities . Unless otherwise ordered tive roles at Hearst starting in gram by young children who are Bankruptcy Code, MUST FILE A PROOF OF CLAIM on or before May 21, by the Court, each Proof of Claim must state a claim against only one scoops. Ratings did not shrink too Journalists and producers at 2021, at 5:00 p.m., prevailing Eastern Time (the“Claims Bar Date”), DebtorandclearlyindicatetheDebtoragainstwhichtheclaimisasserted. 2009. particularly vulnerable to the unlessoneoftheexceptionsdescribedinparagraph7oftheBarDateOrder To the extent more than one Debtor is listed on the Proof of Claim, such Like CBS, Hearst is a giant of much during her tenure, but they CBS News will now report to a platform’s manipulative and ex- applies. Governmental units who have a claim or potential claim against claimmaybetreatedasiffiledonlyagainstthefirst-listedDebtor. did not grow much, either: CBS is pair of leaders on both coasts. Mr. the Debtors that arose prior to the Petition Date,no matter how remote or Supporting Documentation . Unless otherwise specified in the Bar last century’s media empires, and ploitative features.” contingent such right to payment or equitable remedy may be, including Date Order, each Proof of Claim must include supporting documentation still ranked third in the morning Khemlani will be based in New requests for payment under section 503(b)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code, in accordance with Bankruptcy Rules 3001(c) and (d). If, however, Mr. Khemlani’s tenure there in- The coalition also includes the and evening news hours. York, where the news division’s MUST FILE A PROOF OF CLAIM on or before September 7,2021,at 5:00 such documentation is voluminous, upon prior written consent of cluded digital partnerships and Africa Digital Rights’ Hub in p.m.,prevailingEasternTime (the“GovernmentalBarDate”). Debtors’ counsel, such Proof of Claim may include a summary of such Ms. Zirinsky is expected to take headquarters are, and Ms. McMa- Amended Schedules Bar Date. All parties asserting claims against documentation or an explanation as to why such documentation is not other efforts to modernize the Ghana; Council on the Debtors’ estates that are affected by a previously unfiled Schedule available; provided that any creditor that received such written consent company. Ms. McMahon is more on a new production role at the hon will be based in Los Angeles, or an amendment or supplement to the Schedules are required to shallberequiredtotransmitsuchdocumentationtoDebtors’counselupon network this year. Mr. Khemlani though she is expected to work Children and the Media; the Cen- file Proofs of Claim by the later of (a) the Claims Bar Date or the requestnolaterthantendaysfromthedateofsuchrequest. steeped in the broadcast news ter for Digital Democracy in GovernmentalBarDate,asapplicable,or(b)5:00p.m.,prevailing Receipt of Service . Claimants wishing to receive acknowledgment and Ms. McMahon start next out of both cities, a CBS spokes- Eastern Time,on the date that is twenty-four days from the date that their Proofs of Claim were received by Stretto must submit (i) a copy business; in her most recent role, Washington; Common Sense Me- on which the Debtors provide notice of a previously unfiled of the Proof of Claim Form (in addition to the original Proof of Claim Form month. man said. Schedule or amendment or supplement to the Schedules senttoStretto)and(ii)aself-addressed,stampedenvelope. she oversaw local stations and dia in San Francisco; the Con- newsrooms owned by ABC. “I don’t think CBS News needs Mr. Cheeks is a believer in split- (the“AmendedSchedulesBarDate”). Dated: April 13,2021,PACHULSKI STANG ZIEHL & JONES LLP, /s/ James E. sumer Federation of America; Rejection Damages Bar Date. All parties asserting claims against O’Neill ,Richard M.Pachulski (CA Bar No.90073),Gabriel I.Glazer (CA Bar “These are nontraditional help with journalism,” said Mr. ting top positions between execu- the Debtors’ estates arising from the Debtors’ rejection of an executory No.246384),James E.O’Neill (DE Bar No.4042),StevenW.Golden (NY Bar and the 5Rights Foundation in contract or unexpired lease must file a Proof of Claim by the later of (a) No.5374152),919 N.Market Street,17 th Floor,P.O.Box 8705,Wilmington, choices for nontraditional times,” Heyward, who is now a professor tives, and he has firsthand experi- the Claims Bar Date or the Governmental Bar Date,as applicable; DE19899(Courier19801),Tel: (302)652-4100, Fax:(302)652-4400,Email: Britain. (b) 5:00 p.m. prevailing Eastern Time on the date that is thirty [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], Andrew Heyward, the president at Arizona State University’s Wal- ence with that arrangement. In days following entry of an order approving such rejection; or (c) [email protected], AttorneysforDebtorsandDebtorsinPossession of CBS News from 1996 to 2005, ter Cronkite School of Journalism early 2018, he was appointed co- Stephanie Otway, a Facebook any date that the Court may fix in the applicable order approving 1 The Debtors in these cases, along with the last four digits of each spokeswoman, said Instagram suchrejection (the “RejectionDamagesBarDate”). Debtor’s federal tax identification number, are: CarbonLite Holdings said in an interview. and Mass Communication. “CBS president of Universal Cable Pro- ANY PERSON OR ENTITY THAT IS REQUIRED TO BUT WHO FAILS LLC (8957); CarbonLite Industries LLC (3596); CarbonLite P Holdings, will benefit from fresh thinking in ductions with Dawn Olmstead, was in the early stages of develop- TOFILEAPROOFOFCLAIM,INCLUDINGANYREQUESTFORPAYMENT LLC (8957); CarbonLite P,LLC (5453); CarbonLite PI Holdings, LLC (8957); The announcement on Thurs- UNDERSECTION503(b)(9)OFTHEBANKRUPTCYCODE,INEACHCASE CarbonLite Pinnpack, LLC (8957); CarbonLite Recycling Holdings LLC day surprised many members of how to reinvent itself for a new and later that year he was named ing a service for children as part ON OR BEFORE THE APPLICABLE BAR DATE,SHALL NOT BE TREATED (8957); CarbonLite Recycling LLC (3727); CarbonLite Sub-Holdings, LLC of an effort to keep those under 13 AS A CREDITOR WITH RESPECT TO SUCH CLAIM FOR THE PURPOSES (8957); Pinnpack P,LLC (8322); and Pinnpack Packaging, LLC (9948).The the CBS News staff. George generation of news consumers co-chairman of NBC Entertain- OFVOTINGANDDISTRIBUTIONONANYCHAPTER11PLAN. address of the Debtors’ corporate headquarters is 10250 Constellation Cheeks, the chief executive of the with a new set of consumption ment with Paul Telegdy. off its main platform. Filing a Proof of Claim . Each Proof of Claim must be filed,including Blvd.,LosAngeles,CA90067.