On today's Biz Breakdown, Conan O'Brien sells his podcast to SiriusXM, Washington, DC's attorney general sues Zuckerberg over thee Cambridge Analytica scandal, and Starbucks leaves Russia.

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Biz Breakdown: Conan O'Brien Sells Podcast To SiriusXM, DC Attorney General Sues Zuckerberg, Starbucks Leaves Russia

Let's get to your other business headlines we're watching for you this morning. Conan O'brien has found a friend and it's Sirius XM Wall Street Journal reporting that the former late night host has sold his hit podcast. Conan O'brien needs a friend plus other podcasts and his digital media company for an estimated $150 million. O'brien will also produce a full time comedy channel for the radio network. Also in his first quarter of the year, Conan O'brien needs a friend was the number 26 most listened to podcasts. Meanwhile Washington D. C. S Attorney general suing meta Ceo. Mark Zuckerberg that over his alleged role in the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. The Attorney general Karl Racine is accusing Zuckerberg of being directly involved in decisions that enabled the political consulting company to siphon the data of millions of facebook users racing also suing Cambridge Analytica which worked with the trump campaign over their data practices as well. But now he's seeking to find Zuckerberg personally. Now meta did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding this lawsuit And Starbucks are saying Goodbye to Russia, they're shutting down 130 of their licensed cafes in the country. The chain joining companies like McDonald's and Exxon in withdrawing from Russia after 15 years in business. Now, those stores which are not run by Starbucks directly account for less than 1% of Starbucks annual revenue Starbucks will pay nearly 2000 Russian workers for six months as they transition to new jobs. The company first suspended all business activity with Russia back in early March shortly after the Ukraine invasion.