Football is back for another season, along with those weekly Thursday night installments watching Taylor Swift cheer on her NFL beau and Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce. The tight end’s team has retained its winning streak so far, but he and his team have also been busy off the pitch, cultivating a new marketing…Read More
Shogun had historic wins in an epic 18-Emmy-Award first season, Hacks scored an upset for best comedy on what was still a four-trophy night for The Bear, and Baby Reindeer had a holiday at an Emmy Awards that had some surprising swerves. (AP) Hacks was a surprise winner over The Bear, which won best comedy…Read More
In certain circles, behavior that could be called “weird” or “obsessive” might get the side-eye. But not in Las Vegas, a little slice of nonjudgmental heaven and a magnet for adventurous folks of all stripes–especially superfans looking to let their freak flags fly. That’s the take-away from a new campaign for the Las Vegas Convention…Read More
Disney and DirecTV ended a tense contract dispute Saturday that will restore television channels including ESPN, ABC, and FX to more than 11 million subscribers of the satellite TV service who had lost access to those stations during a nearly two-week blackout period. (WaPo) After marathon negotiations, the companies said they reached an “agreement in…Read More
The U.S. issued new sanctions against Russia’s state media outlet, RT, accusing the television network of taking part in covert “influence and intelligence operations” around the world and weapons procurement for the Russian military. (Al Jazeera) Secretary of State Antony Blinken, appearing at the State Department, said RT no longer acted simply as a state-owned…Read More
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice lost none of its ghostly mojo in its second weekend and easily stayed atop the box office chart with an estimated $51.6 million as it hurtles toward the $200 million mark domestically. (THR / Heat Vision) That brings its tally to $188 million in North America and $264 million globally. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice hasn’t…Read More
TikTok and parent company ByteDance face a key court hearing Monday in a legal battle seeking to block a law that could ban the application used by 170 million Americans as soon as Jan. 19. (Reuters) TikTok was pushed into the political spotlight after lawmakers in both parties raised fears that the app could be…Read More
A number of prominent columnists have resigned in protest from The Jewish Chronicle after allegations that it printed articles about the Gaza conflict that were based on “wild fabrications.” (The Guardian) Jonathan Freedland, Hadley Freeman, and David Aaronovitch announced that they were quitting their columns over what Freedland described as a “great disgrace” at the…Read More
“Open bidding decimated header bidding,” Jed Dederick, chief revenue officer of The Trade Desk, told a courtroom in Virginia Sept. 10 as he testified as a witness in U.S. v. Google, the DOJ’s case that accuses Google of operating an advertising monopoly. (ADWEEK) Google changed the rules of its publisher ad product in a way…Read More
German billionaire Mathias Dopfner and KKR reached a fundamental deal in summer to split up media giant Axel Springer, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters Saturday. (Reuters)Read More
