Overview

• Pete DeJoy, co-founder and former product chief, is serving as interim CEO while Astronomer’s board advances a formal ethics review launched after the viral kiss-cam video
• Gwyneth Paltrow was hired as a temporary spokesperson to manage public inquiries and steer the company’s crisis communications
• Experts and employees warn the episode has renewed calls for clearer policies on manager-subordinate relationships and power dynamics in the workplace
• Privacy authorities point out that U.S. stadium kiss-cam practices lack the explicit consent requirements and image-rights protections enforced under Spain’s constitution
• Astronomer reports uninterrupted performance of its flagship DataOps platform even as the viral incident drove a 20 percent surge in Coldplay song streams