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In November 2023, violent Atlantic storm “Domingos” struck the northern coast of Portugal, generating record-high waves and leaving a path of destruction across much of Western Europe.  People on land were grappling with flooded homes, closed roads, and landslides. But just offshore, a potentially game-changing wave energy device was happily bobbing up and down, side to side — seemingly, in its element.  Built by Swedish startup CorPower, the giant golden buoy turns the raw power of the ocean into a clean, reliable electricity source. CorPower claims its tech is at least five times more efficient than the previous state-of-the-art. “We’ve…

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Stephanie Grady is leaving Milwaukee Fox owned station WITI and local news. Grady said she has launched Influential Athlete LLC, which looks to give female high school and college athletes a strategic roadmap on name, image and likeness (NIL) deals, branding and other career opportunities. She announced the move on social media in September. Grady…Read More

Oracle Red Bull feels a lot more comfortable atop Formula 1 with AT&T in its control room. Heading into this weekend’s United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, reigning Formula 1 driver and constructor champion Oracle Red Bull Racing announced a multiyear extension of its sports partnership with AT&T….Read More

This is TVNewser’s basic cable network ranker and cable news report for the week of October 7, 2024. The extreme weather event that was Hurricane Milton could not match the draw of a vice presidential debate. Unlike the morning and evening news broadcasts, the three major cable networks all experienced week-to-week declines in total viewers…Read More

Though some brands are looking to break DEI promises, Disney is doubling down. Last year, Disney Advertising sought to bring more inclusivity to the TV upfront, announcing several DEI-centric partnerships for branded content. Now, the company is renewing one of those agreements, re-upping its partnership with equalpride. An LGBTQ+ owned and operated company, equalpride’s portfolio…Read More

North Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson sued CNN Tuesday over its recent report that he made explicit racial and sexual posts on a pornography website’s message board, calling the reporting reckless and defamatory. (AP) The report said that in posts on a porn site called Nude Africa, Robinson, who is running as a social…Read More

Political journalist Ryan Lizza accused his ex-fiancee, acclaimed magazine writer Olivia Nuzzi, of “catastrophically reckless behavior” in a yearlong affair with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that led to the journalists’ breakup this summer, according to new court filings in an ongoing dispute between Lizza and Nuzzi. (CNN) Kennedy told Nuzzi–his alleged “paramour,” 39 years his…Read More

The New York Times is picking another fight in the artificial intelligence world. The publisher sent generative AI startup Perplexity a “cease and desist” notice demanding that the firm stop accessing and using its content, according to a copy of the letter reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. (WSJ) The letter argues that Perplexity has…Read More

The kickoff of the National Football League season was readily apparent in Nielsen’s September Gauge report, with broadcast TV seeing a slight viewership bump, and streaming services with exclusive NFL games also seeing big gains. (THR) Per Nielsen data, Amazon received a 12% bump in streaming viewership from August, leading the streamer to match its…Read More

Meta must face a lawsuit by dozens of state attorneys general alleging that it knowingly contributed to a youth mental health crisis by getting kids hooked on social media. (Bloomberg) Oakland, Calif.-based U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers rejected Meta’s bid to toss the claims made by the states in two separate lawsuits filed last…Read More