Hollywood A-listers help turn a company scandal on its head
The decision by obscure data-operations firm Astronomer to hire Hollywood celebrities to turn calamity into a positive appears to have worked brilliantly.

The decision by obscure data-operations firm Astronomer to hire Hollywood celebrities to turn calamity into a positive appears to have worked brilliantly.
To take control of a scandal that turned a previously obscure data-operations firm into a household name practically overnight requires some skillful cunning.
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