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Anheuser-Busch and UFC strike multiyear partnership, as brewer tries to turn around Bud Light sales
Bud Light, made by Anheuser-Busch, sits on a store shelf in Miami on July 27, 2023. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Anheuser-Busch InBev’s Bud Light will again become the official beer sponsor for the Ultimate Fighting Championship with a six-year marketing partnership, the companies announced Tuesday. The sponsorship deal is “well into the nine figures,” […]
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Endeavor, Fenway Sports consider investment in the PGA Tour
PGA Tour logo during the third round of the Travelers Championship on June 24, 2017, at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut. Fred Kfoury | Icon Sportswire | Getty Images The PGA Tour is attracting potential outside investors – some of which are considering making a rival pitch to the Saudi-backed Public Investment Fund’s proposal, […]
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WWE’s SmackDown to return to NBCUniversal’s USA Network in more than $1.4 billion deal
Shinsuke Nakamura and Karrion Kross wrestle during the WWE SmackDown at Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot on May 05, 2023 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.( Gladys Vega | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images WWE’s “Friday Night SmackDown” will return to USA Network in October 2024 as part of a five-year domestic media […]
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TKO, the newly merged UFC-WWE, aspires to grow beyond fighting
Ultimate Fighting Championship and World Wrestling Entertainment executives decided to name their new publicly traded company TKO to honor the companies’ expertise in fighting, but they have broader aspirations than just owning combat sports. TKO began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, culminating a merger of two live-entertainment juggernauts that was announced […]
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WWE boss Vince McMahon hit with federal grand jury subpoena and search warrant, company reveals
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. Chairman Vince McMahon appears in the ring during the WWE Monday Night Raw show at the Thomas & Mack Center August 24, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller | Getty Images Federal law enforcement agents executed a search warrant on World Wrestling Entertainment boss Vince McMahon last month and served […]
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WWE legend pitches to maintain Wrestlemania in Uk as rival AEW gears up for significant London exhibit
Dwayne ”The Rock” Johnson and John Cena in motion all through WrestleMania XXVIII at Solar Life Stadium on April 1, 2012 in Miami Gardens, Florida. Ron Elkman | sporting activities Imagery | Getty Illustrations or photos Sport | Getty Illustrations or photos Wrestling legend John Cena amazed followers with a pitch to hold WWE’s biggest […]
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100 million Squishmallows sold in a 12 months — How the toy sensation joined Warren Buffett’s conglomerate
Vital Factors Berkshire inherited Squishmallows mum or dad Jazwares by its acquisition of Alleghany in the fourth quarter of 2022. Jazwares founder and president, Judd and Laura Zebersky, now report to and are in normal conversation with Greg Abel, Buffett’s successor. A whopping 100 million Squishmallow units — with prices ranging from $5 to $30 — […]
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The mixed WWE and UFC will be referred to as TKO Group
Entire world Wrestling Amusement Inc. Chairman Vince McMahon appears in the ring in the course of the WWE Monday Evening Uncooked demonstrate at the Thomas & Mack Center August 24, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller | Getty Illustrations or photos Planet Wrestling Entertainment and Endeavor’s UFC introduced very last thirty day period they […]
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Bowlero, the public company that reimagined bowling, faces dozens of discrimination claims that the feds want to settle for $60 million
Bowlero, the buzzy bowling company that was one of the few successful stocks to emerge from the SPAC boom, is the subject of a sprawling federal investigation into age discrimination and retaliation that authorities now want to settle for $60 million, CNBC has learned. Negotiations over the settlement, proposed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity […]
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Hardcore wrestling fans are torn over the WWE-UFC merger – but they love the drama
WWE SmackDown World Tour Joern Pollex | Bongarts | Getty Images World Wrestling Entertainment and Endeavor-owned UFC are set to merge this year in a deal that will create a sports entertainment behemoth valued at more than $21 billion. After the deal was announced in early April, WWE shares soared to their highest point in […]
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