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Tomb Raider: Catalyst Delay to 2028 Confirmed by Amazon Games Boss

Tomb Raider: Catalyst is indeed delayed to 2028, as many had suspected.

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Jul 24 • 11:38 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Breaking: LeBron James Agrees To Contract With Philadelphia 76ers

In a stunning turn of events, LeBron James is taking his talents to the Philadelphia 76ers. ESPN insider Shams Charania just broke the news that James is heading to the 76ers. He's agreed to a two-year, $8 million deal that includes a player option. Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul confirmed this ...

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Jul 24 • 11:37 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Confirmed: Samsung's new foldables have major battery health downgrade

The Galaxy Z Flip 8, Fold 8, and Fold 8 Ultra are now official, but how quickly will their batteries degrade? We now have an answer.

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Jul 24 • 7:05 AM EDT • Technology • androidauthority.com
Anchor Equity Partners invests $170 mn in Korean entertainment firm

Anchor Equity Partners, a North Asia-focused private equity firm, is preparing to divest its stake in South Korea’s Kakao Entertainment Corp. in an effor

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Jul 24 • 3:42 AM EDT • Entertainment • kedglobal.com
Jamall Emmers Books Fight for UFC Sacramento

Jamall Emmers is back in action. The featherweight fighter returns on August 22 in Sacramento, California. He takes on knockout artist Lerryan Douglas in a 3-round fight in the featherweight division. Multiple sources have confirmed the fight to Heavy.com. Both fighters are currently on a winning streak. Emmers won his last two fights while Douglas […] The post Jamall Emmers Books Fight for UFC Sacramento appeared first on HEAVY.

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Jul 23 • 10:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Turnover of Senate-confirmed officials in Trump’s second term outpaces all 21st century administrations

More Senate-confirmed officials have left President Donald Trump’s second administration in its first 18 months than they have during the same period in other 21st century administrations, according to a nonpartisan organization’s review of the turnover published Wednesday.

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Jul 23 • 5:01 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Jayapal, Markey Introduce Updated Legislation to Set Strong Guardrails for Private Equity in Healthcare

Washington (July 23, 2026) – Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today reintroduced the Health Over Wealth Act, legislation that would require greater transparency into private equity firms and for-profit companies that own healthcare entities, including hospitals, nursing homes, and mental or behavioral health facilities. The legislation would put safeguards in place to […]

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Jul 23 • 4:07 PM EDT • Health • jayapal.house.gov
Hunter hunting.

Amazon’s Blade Runner streaming series has been in the works for ages, but it’s starting to feel a little more real. Entertainment Weekly just dropped the first images from the show, featuring stars Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer, while also confirming that Blade Runner 2099 is expected to come out this year. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/07/Hunter-Schafer-as-Cora-in-Blade-Runner-2099-Credit-Clay-Enos-for-Prime-2763-07172026-146c1bfb01944712ae548b76600b0ab4-1.webp?quality=90&strip=all]

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Jul 23 • 3:58 PM EDT • Entertainment • theverge.com
AMD EPYC Zen 7 "Florence" Confirmed With ACE, Next-Gen Memory

After announcing the AMD EPYC 9006 'Venice' processors today at AMD Advancing AI 2026, Lisa Su ended her keynote by confirming EPYC Zen 7 'Florence' details as well as EPYC Zen 8 'Ravenna' being in development.

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Jul 23 • 3:16 PM EDT • Technology • phoronix.com
AMD Zen 7 “2028” and Zen 8 “2030” CPU Architectures Confirmed – EPYC Florence “Zen 7” To Feature Next-Gen Node, DDR6 Memory & ACE Extensions

AMD has officially confirmed its next-generation Zen 7 and Zen 8 CPU architectures, which arrive in EPYC Florence and EPYC Ravenna chips.

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Jul 23 • 2:44 PM EDT • Technology • wccftech.com
Mark Cuban, Rashaun Williams Firm Buys Stake in Vegas A’s

It’s the first investment by Harbinger Sports Partners, which formed last May.

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Jul 23 • 2:03 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Microsoft 365 servers down as outage may have hit as Teams, Outlook, SharePoint, and more

Microsoft has confirmed that various M365 services have slowed down as they have been hit by an outage. The company is investigating and has released some preliminary details.

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Jul 23 • 12:11 PM EDT • Technology • neowin.net
Jonathan Jones confirms CBS Sports departure

CBS Sports will be in need of a new NFL reporter and insider when their coverage of the 2026 season begins this fall as Jonathan Jones is leaving the company. Jones first joined CBS in 2019 after tenures nationally at Sports Illustrated and locally covering the Carolina Panthers for the Charlotte Observer. Earlier this month,…

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Jul 23 • 11:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Vote on health emergency preparedness nominee delayed - Live Updates

Sean Kaufman's history of questioning vaccine safety took center stage at his confirmation hearing last week.

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Jul 23 • 10:01 AM EDT • Health • politico.com
Could Las Vegas become the Wall Street of the West?

Investment management firm boss Ken Winans has the bold idea of turning the Las Vegas Valley into a financial hub and center for finance companies who would relocate from other states.

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Jul 23 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • reviewjournal.com
Microsoft is cracking down on Windows 11 bloatware ads, forces LG to pull McAfee popup

LG has agreed to disable the McAfee popup in its Monitor App Installer, Microsoft's Pavan Davuluri confirms, after weeks of user complaints.

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Jul 23 • 6:26 AM EDT • Technology • windowslatest.com
China's Geely to make electric SUVs at Ford Spain plant, jointly develop model for Europe

Geely Auto will build two electric SUVs at Ford's factory in Spain and the two firms will jointly develop a new model, they said on Thursday, as rising Chinese automakers race to use traditional carmakers' underutilized factories and get ahead of European local-content rules.

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Jul 23 • 5:34 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
Firms Gain Advantage by Treating Hiring as a Business Decision

Businesses need both in-house and outside counsel who understand how employment decisions affect competitive advantage and help them build their talent strategy, says Stinson’s Dawn Valdivia.

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Jul 23 • 4:30 AM EDT • Business • news.bloomberglaw.com
EasyJet profits plunge 70% as fuel costs soar amid Iran war

Budget airline, which has two US investment firms vying to buy it, also affected by passengers booking later

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Jul 23 • 4:24 AM EDT • Business • theguardian.com
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Nestle to raise €3 billion from spin off of its water business

Nestle said on Thursday it expects to raise around €3 billion ($3.43 ​billion) from spinning off its water business into ‌a 50-50 joint venture with U.S. investment firm Platinum Equity.

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Jul 23 • 1:51 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
Dallas’ Children’s Health confirms two patients with cyclospora
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Jul 22 • 11:25 PM EDT • Health • cbsnews.com
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Anchor Equity Partners invests $170 mn in Korean entertainment firm

Global private equity firm Anchor Equity Partners is seeking to refinance the acquisition loan backed by its stake in South Korea’s Kakao Entertainment C

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Jul 22 • 10:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • kedglobal.com
Health officials investigating Clark County child measles case, identify exposure site

Officials are investigating a confirmed case of measles in an unvaccinated Clark County child that was reported Wednesday, according to Clark County Public Health.

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Jul 22 • 8:19 PM EDT • Health • kptv.com
U.S. and Saudi Arabia sign new nuclear agreement

The deal is expected to involve U.S. firms in developing the program

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Jul 22 • 5:45 PM EDT • Politics • baynews9.com
The Other Cardenas Working in Politics

A labor union paid at least $18,000 to a digital marketing firm run by the wife of convicted Democratic political operative Jesus Cardenas. Critics say he's staging a comeback.

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Jul 22 • 5:40 PM EDT • Politics • voiceofsandiego.org
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William Saliba injury: Arsenal confirm France international will miss 'extended period' after returning from World Cup with back problem

Arsenal central defender William Saliba is set for a spell on the sidelines after returning from the World Cup with a back injury; Saliba is not expected to undergo surgery and instead will require a period of rehabilitation according to the Gunners

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Jul 22 • 5:21 PM EDT • Sports • skysports.com
Former finance exec at Related Cos. takes over as CFO at SJC Ventures

One of the leaders at billionaire developer Stephen Ross' South Florida firm has accepted a role in Atlanta.

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Jul 22 • 5:10 PM EDT • Business • bizjournals.com
Fond du Lac County votes to close inpatient mental health center, effective Jan. 1

The 15-9 vote Tuesday confirmed the closure of the facility, effective Jan. 1.

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Jul 22 • 1:56 PM EDT • Health • fox11online.com
Shocker: Don Jr.’s Investment Firm Is So Hot Right Now

Being the president’s son is really good for business at the investment firm 1789 Capital.

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Jul 22 • 1:33 PM EDT • Business • nymag.com
Barcelona postpone official announcement of Karim Adeyemi transfer to Thursday

According to SPORT, Barcelona have postponed the official announcement of their second signing of the summer, with Karim Adeyemi set to be confirmed and unveiled on Thursday, July 23, after several da...

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Jul 22 • 1:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Miyamoto on how Nintendo chooses which games to release, confirms Star Fox and Yoshi games happened because of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

Famitsu published a new interview with Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto this week, and one topic of discussion was the company’s software lineup. The Japanese brought up different games that have released on Nintendo Switch 2 so far such as the first 3D Donkey Kong game in almost three decades and a remake for Star Fox. Miyamoto was asked about the...

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Jul 22 • 11:35 AM EDT • Technology • nintendoeverything.com
Delaware confirms 2nd measles case from another unvaccinated man in Kent County

The two infected individuals are both unvaccinated men in Kent County.

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Jul 22 • 10:20 AM EDT • Health • 6abc.com
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Nestle nears sale of water business stake at close to €5 billion valuation, FT reports

Private equity firm ‌Platinum Equity is nearing a deal to acquire about a 50% stake in Nestle's ​European water business in a ​transaction that would value the joint ⁠venture at almost €5 billion ($5.71 billion), the ​Financial Times reported on Wednesday.

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Jul 22 • 9:49 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
Trump approves nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia

The deal is expected to last 30 years and is also expected to involve U.S. firms in developing the program

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Jul 22 • 8:51 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Health Law Attorney Hannah McSween Cole Rejoins Baker Donelson as Of Counsel in Knoxville

Hannah McSween Cole, an attorney with extensive experience advising health care organizations on mergers and acquisitions, strategic transactions, and operational and compliance matters, has rejoined Baker Donelson as of counsel in the Firm's Health Law Group.

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Jul 22 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • bakerdonelson.com
Who is Anas Sarwar? The Scottish Labour leader returning to UK politics

The Glasgow MSP is expected to be confirmed for role in Andy Burnham's government after taking a seat in the house of Lords.

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Jul 22 • 7:05 AM EDT • Politics • bbc.com
‘If all else fails, sue’: how ultra-processed food firms are using the courts to obstruct health rules

Exclusive: Global investigation reveals 235 lawsuits have been brought against governments in five countries since 2010

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Jul 22 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • theguardian.com
Fifth Legionnaires’ death confirmed as dozens of NYC buildings found with live bacteria

Tuesday marked the fifth consecutive day a death had been reported by NYC health officials. A total of 82 people have been sickened by the illness.

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Jul 22 • 3:42 AM EDT • Health • nbcnews.com
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Appeals court revives radiologist’s lawsuit over his public support for youth trans-care ban

“Today’s decision affirms that speaking honestly to our elected representatives is not misconduct—it is a constitutional right," Wyoming radiologist Eric Cubin, MD, said.

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Jul 22 • 3:29 AM EDT • Business • radiologybusiness.com
Bradford A&E services downgraded by health watchdog

An inspection at Bradford Royal Infirmary reveals long waits, safety risks and staffing pressures.

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Jul 22 • 1:16 AM EDT • Health • bbc.com
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Heat confirm the LeBron James introductory press conference YouTube video was published accidentally after latest rumors
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Jul 22 • 12:33 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Dimension Capital's $800M third fund shows the intersection of science and compute is booming

The four-year-old firm's latest fund is 60% larger than its second vehicle announced 18 months ago.

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Jul 21 • 9:27 PM EDT • Science • techcrunch.com
Fifth Legionnaires' death confirmed as dozens of NYC buildings found with live bacteria

A fifth person has died as a result of a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Manhattan, the health department said, which also shared that dozens of buildings were found to have live legionella bacteria in their cooling towers.

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Jul 21 • 9:15 PM EDT • Health • nbcnewyork.com
New Polls Show Americans Angsting Over Politics and Healthcare Affordability

Two new surveys are offering insight into issues that are increasingly worrying Americans. According to polling firm Gallup, politics is not only dividing the public but it is seen by many as a top safety concern, while the fear of losing health insurance is leading a substantial number of people to ...

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Jul 21 • 5:25 PM EDT • Health • usnews.com
New Polls Show Americans Angsting Over Politics and Healthcare Affordability

Two new surveys are offering insight into issues that are increasingly worrying Americans. According to polling firm Gallup, politics is not only dividing the public but it is seen by many as a top safety concern, while the fear of losing health insurance is leading a substantial number of people to ...

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Jul 21 • 5:25 PM EDT • Politics • usnews.com
NVIDIA’s first GeForce driver for Windows on Arm confirms RTX Spark N1X with 6,144 or 5,120 CUDA cores

GeForce 616.00 is NVIDIA’s first native Arm64 graphics driver for Windows 11. The developer package currently supports Microsoft’s Surface RTX Spark Dev Box.

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Jul 21 • 2:19 PM EDT • Technology • videocardz.com
🚨 For now: FIFA will NOT sanction Leandro Paredes

It has been confirmed that Leandro Paredes will not receive any sanction from FIFA following the incidents in the World Cup Final, where he struck Eric García in the throat. According to the BBC, th...

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Jul 21 • 1:10 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Cyclosporiasis Outbreak: Cases surge across NC as health officials work to find source

North Carolina health officials confirm hundreds of new cases of Cyclospora in the past week as investigators continue searching for the source of the outbreak.

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Jul 21 • 11:59 AM EDT • Health • abc11.com
Samsung Debuts AI-Powered Health Assistant, Joining Packed Market

Samsung Electronics Co. is rolling out a new AI-powered assistant that acts as a virtual health companion, joining a growing number of tech companies using chatbots to deliver personalized wellness insights to its users.Samsung Health Assistant pulls in data from the user’s Galaxy smartphone, smartwatch or smart ring, the company said Tuesday. The firm also announced a series of other features coming to its health platform, particularly around heart metrics.

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Jul 21 • 8:30 AM EDT • Health • bloomberg.com
A Historic Data-Sharing Agreement Affirms Tribal Authority and Aims to Improve Public Health

Diseases do not recognize borders, but the laws, regulations, and systems governing critical public health data often do. Improving how data is shared across different jurisdictions—including state and Tribal governments—better prepares public health departments to understand and respond to disease outbreaks and other public health issues while advancing the unique issue of Tribal data sovereignty, the right of a Tribal nation to collect and manage its own data.

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Jul 21 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • pew.org
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Songs of the Past Reveal Date Confirmed

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Songs of the Past will be revealed at gamescom 2026 during Opening Night Live, CD Projekt has announced.

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Jul 21 • 7:31 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Americana Partners Launches Sports & Entertainment Division

HOUSTON, July 21, 2026--Houston-based Americana Partners, an independent wealth management firm with over $11.5* billion in total client assets, today announced a new division focused on the sports and entertainment industries, tapping Associate Vice President Ben Davidson to lead the wealth management venture.

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Jul 21 • 6:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
Americana Partners Launches Sports & Entertainment Division

HOUSTON, July 21, 2026--Houston-based Americana Partners, an independent wealth management firm with over $11.5* billion in total client assets, today announced a new division focused on the sports and entertainment industries, tapping Associate Vice President Ben Davidson to lead the wealth management venture.

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Jul 21 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • finance.yahoo.com
Fan Favorite Takes on TUF Winner at UFC Paris

Nathaniel Wood is back in action on September 5 in Paris, France. The Englishman puts his four-fight winning streak on the line against The Ultimate Fighter season 32 winner Mairon Santos. Both fighters will meet in the featherweight division.Multiple sources have confirmed the booking to Heavy.com. While both Wood and Santos remain unranked in the […] The post Fan Favorite Takes on TUF Winner at UFC Paris appeared first on HEAVY.

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Jul 21 • 12:20 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Linklaters partners handed record £2.5mn payday as Asia business booms

‘Magic circle’ law firm cites Hong Kong listings work and growth in US as it reports bumper payouts for top ranks

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Jul 21 • 12:00 AM EDT • Business • ft.com
Dimitri de Vreeze helped build DSM’s materials business. Then he had to sell it

After more than three decades at science-based firm DSM, Dimitri de Vreeze faced what he calls the hardest decision of his career: selling the materials business where he had grown up professionally. In this episode of "Executive Decisions," the DSM-Firmenich CEO reflects on why the decision made strategic sense, even as it felt deeply personal, and how it shaped his view that success is not a finish line.

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Jul 21 • 12:00 AM EDT • Business • cnbc.com
Motorola tablet with 9 JBL speakers confirmed to feature 12.1-inch display

The Moto Pad 70 Groove is set to launch in India. Previously, the company revealed its design and confirmed that it will feature a nine-speaker JBL audio system. Now, the latest teaser reveals details about the tablet’s display and battery.

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Jul 20 • 10:58 PM EDT • Technology • notebookcheck.net
First measles case in more than 10 years confirmed in Delaware, health officials say
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Jul 20 • 9:50 PM EDT • Health • cbsnews.com
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Heritage Valley Health System seeks to disqualify whistleblower attorney, law firm in case against nurse

Heritage Valley Health System on Monday asked a federal court judge to disqualify the Pittsburgh attorney and law firm that is pursuing a whistleblower...

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Jul 20 • 8:53 PM EDT • Health • post-gazette.com
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How Cascade Plans To Help Constructors Win New Business Worth Millions

London-based startup Cascade has raised $3.5 million of new funding for a platform that promises to connect construction firms with valuable new business opportunities

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Jul 20 • 8:00 PM EDT • Business • forbes.com
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UFC Freedom 250 Fails to Knock Out The Ratings

(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights each week.) If UFC fans wanted one image to say, “Hey, Paramount+ is crushing it with their UFC rights deal,” I could provide that image. Here it is: (Reminder: this is my creation of the Nielsen Top 30, since Nielsen doesn’t combine the lists or include sports. I take all three lists and combine them. Some streaming TV shows probably have higher ratings than many of the films on this list.) Look at that! UFC Freedom 250 is number one! It topped the Nielsen “Top 30” list for shows and films that made the top ten the week of 15-June. So if you’re a UFC fan or supporter of Paramount+, that’s the good news for you this week. This program topped the ratings charts for one week. Everything else is bad news, or at least a huge caveat to that story, which I’ll explain today in the first part of this week’s Streaming Ratings Report—for the weeks of 8-June and 15-June—which is a double issue since I’ve been writing on a bunch of topics recently. UFC Freedom 250 is one of the biggest streaming events of the year, and super relevant to Paramount+’s strategy, so it merited its own article. Let’s dive in! (Reminder: The streaming ratings report focuses on the U.S. market and compiles data from Nielsen’s weekly top ten viewership ranks, Luminate’s Top Ten Data, JustWatch and Reelgood interest data, Samba TV household viewership, company datecdotes, Netflix hours viewed data, Google Trends, and IMDb to determine the most popular content. While most data points are current, Nielsen’s data covers the weeks of June 8th to June 21st 2026. You can find a link to my terminology here.) Subscribe Check Out My Interview on UFC 250 at MMA Draw After you read this article, if you want even more thoughts on UFC and Paramount-Skydance/Paramount+, I did a written interview with MMA Draw. They asked me to answer some questions about UFC Freedom 250, and I was happy to chat with them. Find it here: [ The MMA Draw Newsletter Did Paramount really overpay for the UFC? What the data tells us so far If you know the history of American television, you also know that combat sports is often a leading indicator of the future… Read more a day ago · 10 likes · 1 comment · Nate Wilcox and Zach Arnold ](https://www.themmadraw.com/p/did-paramount-really-overpay-for?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web) I never thought I’d need a combat sports newsletter in my life, but the good folks at MMA Draw publish an excellent one on UFC, MMA, pro wrestling, boxing and more, analyzing both the sports themselves and the politics, economics and antitrust issues that impact them. Check the article and their newsletter out! Paramount+ Has Its Best Sporting Event of All Time…But Was It Worth It? Before we look at the UFC Freedom 250 data in particular, let’s talk about what we can’t say. Namely, let’s start with the lack of comparisons. First off, I’d love to put a chart out comparing this fight to past UFC fights on Paramount+…but we don’t have the data. This is the first time we’ve gotten Nielsen data about a Paramount+ UFC fight. As far as I can tell, Paramount provided data for the first fight, but it was a proprietary datecdote (saying it had “an average minute audience” of 5 million “views”) and then, for two fights, we got the linear viewership numbers when they aired on CBS, but no streaming data. Everything else was crickets. We also can’t compare this fight to other fights/combat sports on streaming, in particular the MMA and boxing, because Netflix also didn’t use Nielsen to track those events, opting for TVision and VideoAmp, respectively. (This isn’t Paramount’s fault, but does still suck.) We also can’t compare to UFC’s fights that used to be on ESPN+, since we don’t have any data for that, plus Disney+ didn’t have marquee fights. The comparisons would not be apples-to-apples. Can we compare to past Pay-Per-View fights? Absolutely not. The comparisons would absolutely NOT be apples-to-apples. That didn’t stop Paramount+, though, who bragged that their UFC events have reached drastically more people than past PPV fights. Duh. Sorry, but I gotta make this point again. A basic tenet of economics is that the cheaper something becomes, the more people consume or buy it. That’s Econ 101. (Sometimes pundits call things “Econ 101” that are actually like Econ 210 or even PhD-level economics, but no, this is really like first or second class basic economics.) Yet I still see one analytics firm consistently say that more people watch films on streaming than PVOD proves streaming which means that the streaming window is more valuable than the PVOD window. No, it’s not! Same thing here. Pay-Per-View events back in the day could be really, really, really expensive! So whole groups of people pitched in to buy them. That increased the perceived value of, say, the Mike Tyson fight. Or a UFC numbered event. So yes, the fact that Paramount+ makes numbered UFC fights essentially “free” if you’re already a Paramount+ member means consumption will go up. Obviously. Same for Netflix and their boxing matches. They’re talking about fights that used to cost consumers, in some cases, $50 in 1996…which is over $100 in today’s dollars. Over 1.6 million people paid that to watch the Tyson-Holyfield fight! Again, streaming is essentially “free”. Or $10 to $20, depending on what streamer we’re talking about and what tier you’re on. No wonder more people are “watching”. (Plus, Nielsen’s out-of-home viewing also helps these numbers.) UFC Freedom 250 Did Well…But I Have A Lot of Worries So what can we compare the fights to? Well, the good news is Nielsen put out that the fight averaged 7.0 million viewers for UFC Freedom 250, which is a solid number for a fight. We also know the length, at roughly 4 and a half hours. (I saw different run times, but this seems to be the consensus considering it started at 8 pm, had a delay and then finished after midnight on the East Coast. If you assume a shorter run time, then yes, the total hours viewed would go down.) That means I have the two numbers needed to add this to my Nielsen database. And then…I can compare this viewership to the NFL: And, uh, not great. But also within striking distance, mainly because the runtime for this event was so long. I’d also add that this event had viewership equal to a regular season NFL game on streaming, but if anything, it was more comparable to an NFL playoff or Super Bowl-esque event. And you can compare viewership to the top football games on broadcast, cable and streaming, and it’s not impressive at all: We can also compare it to other sports that week, including the NBA Finals and start of the World Cup: Again, not great. The NBA generated roughly four times as many average viewers each game for its NBA Finals. The World Cup has similarly big numbers. Also, that’s just a tiny fraction of the 25 most watched sporting events each week. The NBA, NHL and FIFA World Cup had many, many more games racking up hours. We could also compare this to other streaming programs to get an idea of “is this a good investment?” and here is how it ranks compared to other top Paramount+ programs: The worry here? Well, unlike scripted programming, which has rewatchability, older fights/sporting events have very little library value. Very, very few people are rewatching these fights, especially years from now. Paramount has also released datecdotes bragging about their subscriber numbers. Earlier this year, they claimed that the first UFC fight on Paramount+ brought in 1 million subscribers. Then, in their quarterly earnings report, they only ended up with 700K subs. Not great! They claimed they dropped lower-value international subscribers, but that’s why I tend to discount subscriber additions when they’re leaked to the press.1 I expect we may see a bump again for UFC Freedom 250, but I’d caution using subscriber growth so soon after these events to judge the success, since new subs with high churn (see Peacock) aren’t great either. Also, analysts often want to attribute all subscriber growth to their favorite/pet show, and that just doesn’t make sense. The biggest caveat for UFC Freedom 250 and Paramount’s very first UFC marquee event is that these could be high watermarks for the sport. UFC Freedom 250 had an incredible amount of earned media coverage compared to most UFC fights. I mean, it had wall-to-wall national news coverage in the lead up to the event. (The first fight also had a lot of promotion from Paramount since it was first.) Other fights could reach this bar—say the Conor McGregor return to the Octagon—but they’ll be fewer and far between. Was This Deal Worth It? All to ask: is this Paramount deal worth it? In this case, I think the UFC Freedom 250 numbers are more distracting than helpful. This fight did well and compares well to other top sporting events. But we know that the first marquee event was at least a third smaller, if Paramount’s own data is to be believed. And it’s likely the other fights are much, much, much smaller. And then you get to the paycheck that Paramount-Skydance paid. FIFA’s World Cup cost about the same for Fox, but clearly generated multiples more total viewership. (Though it’s only every four years.) The NBA is much more expensive, but until the playoffs, they likely didn’t pay for itself. Even still, Disney, NBCUniversal and Amazon Prime Video likely overpaid. So, in that context, the NBA may be an overpay that makes the UFC look not so bad. But two overpays don’t make an underpay, to paraphrase the old cliché about wrongs and rights. And looking at UFC Freedom 250 as the likely ceiling of MMA on Paramount+, Paramount-Skydance likely paid too much. Share 1 I would love regular reports on subscriber additions by programs, but as is, it’s mostly leaked or rumored in haphazard ways.

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The Self-Driving Company Is AI’s Next Business Model.

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Health tech firm Craneware says customer and staff data stolen in cyber attack

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Te Whatu Ora taps NHS partner for AI development

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New Official Ghost Recon Release Confirmed For PS5 and Xbox Series X

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Exclusive | Buyout Firm Truelink Nears $1 Billion Deal for Coffee Syrup Maker

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Michael Harris II's Breakout Is Confirmed Two Ways, Not One

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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Director Asks Fans to Please Play the Game When GTA Comes Out; Confirms Updates to Add New Game+ and New Features

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2nd victim to die in Upper East Side Legionnaires' outbreak was Air Force veteran

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L7 bassist Jennifer Finch dies after aggressive brain cancer diagnosis

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Texas Southern releases 2026 football schedule amid home venue changes

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