{"id":147028,"date":"2025-07-20T08:03:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T08:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/20\/astronomer-ceo-andy-byron-resigns-after-coldplay-kiss-cam-video-national\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T08:03:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T08:03:21","slug":"astronomer-ceo-andy-byron-resigns-after-coldplay-kiss-cam-video-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/20\/astronomer-ceo-andy-byron-resigns-after-coldplay-kiss-cam-video-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronomer CEO Andy Byron resigns after Coldplay \u2018kiss cam\u2019 video &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Decrease text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article font dimension<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-decrease\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--increase c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Increase Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Increase text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Increase article font dimension<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-increase\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The chief government of tech agency Astronomer has resigned after a video that appeared to point out two of its senior staffers in an embrace at a <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/coldplay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coldplay<\/a> live performance went viral.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The firm posted a press release on its social media channels on Saturday, saying Andy Byron had tendered his resignation, three days after a video went viral on-line, allegedly displaying Byron and one other Astronomer senior supervisor with their arms round one another throughout the band\u2019s live performance in <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/boston\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boston<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the social media storm that adopted, the pair have been alleged to be having an affair.<\/p>\n<p>Astronomer beforehand stated Byron had been positioned on go away, however the firm has but to verify it was him within the video.<\/p>\n<p>However, on Saturday afternoon, the corporate stated Byron\u2019s resignation had been accepted by its board of administrators and it will start a seek for its subsequent chief government.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__oembed embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As acknowledged beforehand, Astronomer is dedicated to the values and tradition which have guided us since our founding. Our leaders are anticipated to set the usual in each conduct and accountability, and lately, that customary was not met.<\/p>\n<p>Andy Byron has tendered his resignation, and\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aTTUhnnyVz\">pic.twitter.com\/aTTUhnnyVz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Astronomer (@astronomerio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/astronomerio\/status\/1946640685983224131?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cBefore this week, we were known as a pioneer in the DataOps space, helping data teams power everything from modern analytics to production AI,\u201d the corporate\u2019s assertion reads.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get day by day National information<\/h2>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s prime information, political, financial, and present affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox as soon as a day.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhile awareness of our company may have changed overnight, our product and our work for our customers have not. 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Once they notice their intimate second has been projected onto the massive display, the person rapidly ducked out of view and the girl turned to cover her face.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin is heard on the clip narrating the awkward second, saying, \u201cEither they\u2019re having an affair or they\u2019re just very shy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a press release a day earlier, on Friday, the corporate remarked on the viral second, saying it had launched a \u201cformal investigation\u201d into the matter.<\/p>\n<p>It additionally dismissed a press release claiming to be from Byron that was broadly circulating on social media as faux, saying he had not but commented on the matter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Entertainment<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More movies<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Descrease article font dimension Increase article font dimension The chief government of tech agency Astronomer has resigned after a video that appeared to point out two of its senior staffers in an embrace at a Coldplay live performance went viral. 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