Republican presidential field: One party, many brands | View caption Hide caption The 2024 Republicans don’t have that problem. From the debate stage to the campaign trail, whether they’re talking about Ukraine or abortion or the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, these candidates’ pitches have been so jarringly different from one another that…
Disney and Charter Communications, one of the country’s biggest cable TV providers, are locked in an intense battle over carriage fees, a fight that CNN reported “could lead to the dismantling — or revolution — of the cable television bundle.” The conflict reached a critical point over Labor Day weekend “at the most inopportune time…
In the early evening on Aug. 8, businessman Dave Portnoy made a shock announcement: He had bought back 100% of his company Barstool Sports, which he had previously sold to casino operator Penn Entertainment for $551 million, effective immediately. “The regulated industry” is “probably not the best place for Barstool Sports and the type of…
Broadcaster Sage Steele has left ESPN, the company and Steele announced Tuesday. She said she made the decision so she could exercise her First Amendment Rights “more freely” after having settled a lawsuit she filed last year. “Life update. Having successfully settled my case with ESPN/Disney, I have decided to leave so I can exercise…
The smartest insight and analysis, from all perspectives, rounded up from around the web: Hollywood studios thought they could “ride out the skirmish with screenwriters” and keep the entertainment factory going, said Meg James in the Los Angeles Times. Now, with Hollywood actors joining striking screenwriters last week for the biggest Tinseltown shutdown in more…
Welcome to The Check-In, our weekend feature focusing on all things travel. Celebrate a trailblazer at the Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum On July 24, it will be 126 years since Amelia Earhart, the awe-inspiring aviator who broke flying records before vanishing in 1937, was born in Atchison, Kansas. In her honor, consider a visit to…