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NFL playoff hosts 49ers, Ravens fail to score financial boost for games
There are a lot of advantages to hosting an NFL playoff game but money isn’t one of them. In fact, making the playoffs can be a financial drain on a team. The San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens are gearing up to host their second straight home playoff game on Sunday, Jan. 28, with Super… -
WWE and Netflix join forces for $5 billion, a tag-team blow to linear TV
There’s a new tag team in town hoping to take over the world of professional wrestling. WWE and Netflix are joining forces, stepping in the ring together for a 10-year streaming deal for WWE’s flagship television show, “Raw.” After a 31-year relationship with linear TV, “Raw” will begin streaming on Netflix in January 2025. The… -
How to score an Oscar nomination: The multimillion-dollar awards campaigns
Hollywood is buzzing with the upcoming Academy Awards nominations out Tuesday, Jan. 23. If this awards season so far is any indication, Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” will continue to gain accolades after collecting five Golden Globes. But the road to a nomination is not as simple as producing great work. Getting on the awards ballot can… -
CEO fired after Snoop Dogg’s ‘giving up smoke’ ad all smoke and no fire
He orchestrated one of the best viral advertisements of the year, calling on rapper and weed enthusiast Snoop Dogg to give up smoke for Solo Stove. Then the bold move backfired, costing him his job. Solo Stove parent company Solo Brands announced this month that they are replacing CEO John Merris with former Vista Outdoor… -
The US breached $34 trillion in national debt. Here’s who owns every dime.
The new year came with a new, staggering milestone for the U.S. The national debt breached $34 trillion. The latest spending package from Congress won’t help chip away at the mounting total, which has doubled in the last decade. Who buys all of the debt? Here’s a look at the lenders to the United States.… -
How much of his own money did Vivek Ramaswamy spend on presidential bid?
Here’s the indisputable truth about Vivek Ramaswamy: He put his money where his mouth is. Running for president costs a lot of money, and Ramaswamy paid for most of his campaign out of his pocket. The entrepreneur effectively dropped out of the presidential race after a distant fourth-place showing at the Iowa caucuses. He scored… -
Kim Kardashian closing free mobile game that made her millions
Kim Kardashian’s popular, free-to-play mobile game is in its final months, the billionaire announced last week. The closure is not sitting well with some of the hardcore fans who have been building in-game clout over the past decade from their phones. Kim Kardashian: Hollywood tasks users with moving from the E-list in Tinsel Town all… -
$2 billion for CFP playoff TV rights? Expectations may need to be ‘tempered’
This year’s college football championship game between Michigan and Washington will mark the final time fans see just four teams in the college football playoff (CFP). Starting next season, the CFP expands to a 12-team format with 11 tournament-style games. ESPN pays about $470 million annually to broadcast the current three playoff games: two semifinal… -
CFP expansion means more games and money. Will players get a cut?
The proposed college football playoff (CFP) expansion format is likely heading back to the drawing board before it even begins. With the effective destruction of the Pac-12, CFP told Straight Arrow News that conversations about reworking conference champion playoff bids will pick up this offseason, ahead of 2024-2025 play. The 12-team playoff format currently states… -
He aimed to serve a delicious breakfast. Instead he fueled a generation war.
Bill Granger, the Australian chef credited with bringing avocado toast to the mainstream, died of cancer at 54 on Christmas Day in a London hospital. His legacy includes cookbooks, television shows and restaurants in multiple countries; but his simple breakfast dish took on a life of its own, often used as an example of millennials’… -
Step aside, Disney: Mickey Mouse belongs to all of us now, sort of
It’s the day Disney tried for decades to avoid: Mickey Mouse entered the public domain on Jan. 1. However, before appropriating Disney’s iconic mascot, know that the only free-for-all is the specific version from 1928’s “Steamboat Willie.” Each year, copyrights expire on a new set of works. Individual copyrights are protected for the creator’s life… -
Pet spending is off the charts in 2023. Here are 5 holiday splurges
Americans are expected to spend $143.6 billion on their pets by the end of 2023, according to the American Pet Products Association. Meanwhile, 89% of pet owners say they are going to dig into their pocketbooks to maximize the best friend’s holiday joy. Here are five furry holiday spending trends in this week’s Five For… -
Taylor Swift doesn’t top this list: The most-searched Wikipedia pages of 2023.
Libraries are so last century. These days, the answers people search for are found on the internet. Google showed off its trending topics of 2023, but the search engine isn’t the only game in town. The Wikimedia Foundation says people viewed Wikipedia pages 84 billion times this year. Here are the top 5 most-popular themes…
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