After being on the sidelines, Netflix has started dipping into live sports. Over the past few months, the streaming giant has aired exhibition events in golf and tennis. It is also slated to air the July 20 bout between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul. Beginning next year, Netflix will start carrying World Wrestling Entertainment’s flagship … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Strong gains for Netflix and some influential technology stocks are pulling Wall Street a bit higher on Wednesday, even though most stocks are weakening. The S&P 500 was 0.3% higher in late trading and on track to set a record for a fourth straight day. The jump for tech stocks had … Read more
Netflix and TKO Group Holdings said Tuesday that the streaming platform will air the WWE’s flagship program Raw starting next year, in Netflix’s first major foray into live sports. The deal 10-year deal is valued at more than $5 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter. Netflix, which is trying to drive revenue … Read more
‘Tis the season of wavering New Year’s resolutions. And 2024 might be an especially hard time to keep to a new diet because there are so many contradictory claims — and so little left on the menu that isn’t being vilified by someone with initials after their name. Mainstream experts are still warning us against … Read more
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares declined Tuesday on heavy selling of property and technology shares. U.S. futures slipped and oil prices were little changed. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng dropped 2.4% to 16,238.79, while the Shanghai Composite lost 1.7% to 2,972.30 as worries flared over weakness in the Chinese economy. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 slipped 1.4% … Read more
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Apple Inc. will redesign its TV app in a step toward consolidating the company’s various video offerings later this year, according to people with knowledge of the matter, part of its efforts to become a bigger player in the streaming world. The company is preparing a new version of the app for release around December … Read more
Hello Pursuits readers, it’s Jim Gaddy. By this time next week, I’ll have been inside an actual movie theater for the first time since April 2022, when I laughed-cried-laughed through a screening of Everything Everywhere All at Once. For practically my whole life, “going to the movies” was an event ripe with anticipation. But at … Read more
Microsoft logo is seen on a smartphone placed on displayed Activision Blizzard logo in this illustration taken January 18, 2022. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Britain’s top competition watchdog on Friday gave the green light to Microsoft’s proposed $69 billion takeover of gaming firm Activision Blizzard, removing the last major hurdle for the deal to close. … Read more
“Barbenheimer” aside, it was the summer from hell for Hollywood executives, and none more so than Bob Iger. In July he and fellow moguls Gulfstreamed to the jagged green mountains of Sun Valley, Idaho, for their annual retreat, where between power lunches and tandem bike rides they debated media deals and the impact of artificial … Read more