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Heiress and shareholder Abigail Disney on how to bring magic back to capitalism
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 20: Abigail Disney speaks at Firehouse DCTV’s Cinema For Documentary Film Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on September 20, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Santiago Felipe/Getty Images) Santiago Felipe | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Abigail Disney, a grandniece of Walt Disney and shareholder in the media giant, […]
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Digital World Acquisition Corp prepares merger-delay vote as Trump Media exec warns company will fail
The former US President announced his intention to create a new social media platform after he was banned from Facebook and Twitter last year. Leon Neal | Getty Images Shareholders of Digital World Acquisition Corp., the blank-check company set to take Trump Media and Technology Group public, are due to vote Monday on a proposal […]
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Christopher Columbus is the target in bestselling Native American author’s new comic, and Hollywood wants in on it
“Earthdivers” writer Stephen Graham Jones at New York Comic Con on Oct. 7, 2022. Mike Calia | CNBC NEW YORK – Even in fourth grade, Stephen Graham Jones thought the heroic story of Christopher Columbus was a crock. “You mean the guy who stole all our land and killed our people and turned us into […]
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Showtime chief’s departure signals Paramount is moving forward on its plan to merge streaming services
Damian Lewis as Bobby Axelrod in the original series “BILLIONS” airing on Showtime. Jeff Neumann/SHOWTIME Paramount Global executive David Nevins, who has run the premium network Showtime since 2016, is leaving the company at the end of year. Along with his departure, Paramount Global is restructuring Showtime in ways that could give the company flexibility […]
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Alec Baldwin settles lawsuit with loved ones of cinematographer killed on ‘Rust’ established
Hilaria Baldwin and Alec Baldwin communicate for the 1st time concerning the accidental taking pictures that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, and wounded director Joel Souza on the set of the movie “Rust”, on October 30, 2021 in Manchester, Vermont. MEGA | GC Images | Getty Illustrations or photos Alec Baldwin settled a lawsuit filed by […]
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New York Comic Con tries to get back to normal in a world changed by Covid
Cosplayers dressed in Mandalorian armor and Black Widow pose for a photo during Day 4 of New York Comic Con 2021 at Jacob Javits Center on October 10, 2021 in New York City. ( Bryan Bedder | Getty Images NEW YORK – New York Comic Con isn’t quite what it was before the pandemic. But […]
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3 of our stocks, including Ford, are in the news. Here’s the Club’s take on the headlines
Three Club holdings — Ford (F), Disney (DIS) and Starbucks (SBUX) — were in the news Tuesday. Here’s our take on the headlines. The news: Ford announced a year-over-year sales decline of 8.9% in September. But with numbers from the final month of the third quarter in, the company’s sales on a quarterly basis rose […]
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Fact Social SPAC shares slide soon after Elon Musk revives deal to purchase Twitter
The Fact social network emblem is observed on a smartphone in front of a display screen of former U.S. President Donald Trump in this photograph illustration taken February 21, 2022. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Shares of Electronic Entire world Acquisition Corp., the unique-objective acquisition enterprise trying to get to choose Trump Media and Know-how Group […]
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Streaming bundles are forming, but really don’t be expecting a cable Tv-like offer any time soon
The Disney+ website on a laptop laptop or computer in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Monday, July 18, 2022. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Photos A contradiction is establishing in the world of streaming media, and it revolves around bundling. There is certainly a consistent drumbeat of expectation that streaming companies […]
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NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell says movie business is ‘better economically’ with new release model
CEO of NBC Jeff Shell arrives for the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 06, 2021 in Sun Valley, Idaho. After a year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic the world’s most wealthy and powerful businesspeople from the media, finance, and technology will converge at the Sun Valley Resort for the exclusive week-long […]
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