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Disney names first president of Disney+ as it prepares to launch ad tier
In this photo illustration, a hand holding a TV remote control in front of the Disney Plus logo on a TV screen. Rafael Henrique | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images The Walt Disney Company has named its first president of Disney+. On Thursday, the company said Alisa Bowen, who had been its executive […]
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Phil Collins, Genesis bandmates sell music rights in bundle deal – but Peter Gabriel isn’t involved in it
British Pop and Rock musician Phil Collins of the group Genesis performs onstage at the Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, Illinois, November 14, 1981. Paul Natkin | Archive Photos | Getty Images Do you like Phil Collins? This company sure does. Collins, along with Genesis bandmates Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford, have sold a bundle of music […]
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PGA Tour countersues LIV Golf in escalating antitrust fight
Signs are posted at the LIV golf tournament on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Illinois. Brian Cassella | Tribune News Service | Getty Images The PGA Tour filed a countersuit against LIV Golf late Wednesday, alleging that the Saudi-backed upstart league is guilty of anti-competitive practices. The suit is […]
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Lionsgate leaning toward spinning off its studio business instead of Starz
Michael Burns Michael Newberg | CNBC Lionsgate is leaning toward spinning off its studio division rather than its Starz cable and streaming unit, according to people familiar with the matter. This would be a change in strategy for the media and entertainment company, which said in May it expected to finalize a spin or sale […]
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Rapid Firm shuts web site after hack sends ‘obscene’ Apple Information notifications
A signal with the apple logo of an Apple shop on March 5, 2022, in Madrid, Spain. Several corporations have closed their branches and stores in Russia just after it invaded Ukraine. Inditex declared the short term closure of its 502 stores in Russia. A. Perez Meca | Europa Push | Getty Photographs U.S. company […]
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Netflix suggests it can be opening a video clip recreation studio in Finland as streamer attempts to increase audience quantities
Netflix gift cards are observed in a store in Krakow, Poland on June 13, 2022. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Photos Netflix mentioned Monday it will be opening an inner video game studio in Finland. This is the company’s to start with press into inside sport enhancement because streaming giant entered the cell gaming […]
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Trump-linked SPAC changes address to UPS store as investments pulled
The social media app will be developed by Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG). Rafael Henrique | LightRocket | Getty Images Digital World Acquisition Corp., the blank-check company looking to take Trump Media and Technology Group public, has changed its listed address to a UPS store in Miami. The change from a Miami office building […]
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NFL replaces Pro Bowl with weeklong skills competitions and a flag football game
Signage for the NFL Pro Bowl is seen at Allegiant Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) Chase Stevens | Las Vegas Review-journal | Getty Images The NFL said it is eliminating the Pro Bowl in favor of a week’s worth of skill competitions […]
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SiriusXM reportedly places former quarterback Brett Favre’s NFL show on hold
Brett Favre. Frank Muldoon | CNBC SiriusXM has put Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre’s NFL show on hold due to his involvement in an alleged welfare-fraud scheme in Mississippi, according to reports. Favre and nearly 40 others were sued by the Mississippi Department of Human Services in May for allegedly diverting millions of federal welfare dollars […]
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How Bryan Lourd became one of the most powerful people in the history of Hollywood
Bryan Lourd speaks onstage during the Lincoln Center American Songbook Gala honoring Bonnie Hammer at Broadway Theatre on January 29, 2020 in New York City. Slaven Vlasic | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images After shocking the corporate world last year with the news Discovery Communications would merge with WarnerMedia, incoming Warner Bros. Discovery Chief […]
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