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Who Won August and September: Original Films or Franchises?
(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) I just heard someone say that if you’re reading a pundit or data analyst, and they don’t tell you that they got anything wrong, they’re not a pundit but an “influencer”. I agree with that. You have to tell your audience when you get things wrong, or they won’t (or shouldn’t) trust you as much. Today, we’ve got another edition of “What I Got Right, What I Got Wrong”. In general, I’m patting myself on the back (and patting very hard) about a few things like IP at the box office, LIV golf, horror films, crowdfunding movies, superheroes, and old people going to the theaters. That said, I also made a couple of data mistakes on the streaming bubble popping and HBO’s datecdotes, so I’m not perfect. But first, I need your feedback... Subscribe Follow-Ups: What Should We Call Mid-Budget Movies Which Aren’t Cinematic Enough for Theaters But Are Too Expensive to Make Money on Streaming? After I asked for feedback on what we should call straight-to-streaming films that are too big to pencil out on streaming but not really big enough to resonate in theaters, I got some great suggestions from you all, including... “Moldilocks” from John Aboud “Little Big Indie” from Travis Frick1 “Midflicks” from Jonathan Funke. “Extra-Medium” from Jona Nwuke. (Read the explanation in the footnote.) Between these and Brandon Katz—who suggested “Bermuda Budget Triangle”, “The Platform Gap” and “The Distribution Deadzone”—we’ve got some excellent suggestions. And they’re better than my suggestion, the “Streaming Budget Dead Zone”, so let’s take a poll! The winning entry becomes the new term. Loading... RIGHT: LIV Golf is Fully Bankrupt…Is Anyone Else Next? A few years ago, I was always a bit perplexed at all the articles I’d read praising LIV Golf and their strategy to disrupt the PGA. LIV Golf, a brand new professional golf league, offered PGA stars ten times what they made on the PGA Tour to join their new league. And folks praised this strategy for its initial “success” in that a lot of big names did indeed leave the PGA. Yeah, of course the players came over. LIV Golf paid them so, so, so much more! But LIV Golf hadn’t discovered a way to increase potential revenue. So think about this in basic business terms… They paid much more in costs… …but had no real way to increase revenue. That’s not a strategy! That’s deficit financing. It won’t work unless you bankrupt the competition (and then turn around and pay those same golfers much, much less). It’s not a sustainable strategy and only lasts as long as the company/person/nation backing it decides they’re cool with losing money. For LIV Golf, that meant Middle East oil wealth, in particular Saudi Arabian money. Clearly, the current Iran War has hurt Middle East finances, so they need to trim their more exorbitant spending. And LIV Golf was part of that trimming. This should be a major warning for others. TGL’s parent company, TMRW Sports, just got a $1 billion valuation, despite TGL’s (the indoor golf league) horrible TV viewership of less than half a million viewers per match. Unrivaled, the women’s basketball league, just secured a $650 valuation, despite its horrible TV viewership and a new rival (Project B) entering the scene next year. To relate this to streaming, Hollywood should ask which streamers may have wealthy patrons funding their losses. (Let’s be clear: Google, Amazon and Apple.) Could those patrons lose their appetite? For Amazon, probably not. But Apple has a new boss, so maybe! WRONG: My Analysis of the Streaming Bubble Was Missing a Week I’m going to be congratulating myself a lot today, but I make mistakes too, like this data goof. When I last compiled the data on the decline in TV shows, I was missing one week at the end of June. If you look at the first image, you can see that one week was mislabelled as “July”. Mainly, this image got updated to show a 27% decline, not 29%: This change doesn’t really impact the overall analysis, but it is two percent better. By the way, through the third quarter, the decline increased and it’s now a 30% decrease since 2022. (I’ll write/visualize this in an upcoming article.) But I want you to trust me and my data. Especially these days, when many people are using LLMs that I know are inserting faulty data into their charts, I want to keep earning my audience’s faith. So that’s the accurate data. RIGHT: IP Remains Very, Very Popular In July, I wrote a giant (and I mean giant) article on Backrooms, Obsession, and the box office, going over what we know, what we don’t know about what works in theaters, looking at YouTubers, IP, the horror genre, comic book movies, and a whole lot more. The month of August really tested a lot of my theses and, being honest, mostly supported my arguments. Let’s start with IP. Looking at 8-Aug (the weekend after Spider-Man: Brand New Day came out) to 18-Sep (the weekend that Resident Evil came out, which I think provides a nice bookend to this time period), there were seven films based on pre-existing IP: Resident Evil (2026) ($126 million) Practical Magic 2 ($65 million) _Insidious: Out of the Furthe_r ($65 million) Coyote Vs. Acme ($59 million) Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie ($53 million) Tony ($15 million) Super Troopers 3 ($7 million) Compare those to the notable original films from the past month—I actually could have included more movies, but here are just thirteen, bringing us to an even twenty films—including.... The End of Oak Street ($54 million) Buddy ($26 million) Mutiny ($15 million) By Any Means ($15 million) The Dog Stars ($14 million) Runner ($14 million) One Night Only ($11 million) Hope ($8 million) Spa Weekend ($7 million) The Uprising ($6 million) Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma ($6 million) Onslaught ($3 million) Eli Roth’s Ice Cream Man ($2.8 million) Here’s that in chart form: Five of the top six films in this time period were all based on IP. I made a big chart of films that grossed over $200 million at the box office before Spider-Man: Brand New Day and The Odyssey hit theaters. Let’s update that chart! By the way, if you want to see how I categorized each film—so another bar chart—here it is: I know that many of my fellow critics/pundits/analysts dislike films based on IP and how Hollywood is making so many of them. And I’m sympathetic to this point of view. As I’ve written many, many times before, you need a balance between existing franchises, new IP, and original films. And Hollywood clearly needs to make more films like Resident Evil (a well-made film from a visionary director) and fewer Practical Magic 2’s (which didn’t get critical or customer buzz). But at some point, critics and pundits need to contend with what audiences are telling them: Movie-goers aren’t showing up to original films. Audiences are speaking with their dollars, telling you they want more IP and franchises. You can try to convince studio heads to make fewer IP-based films and franchises, but the data and numbers aren’t there. Instead, critics need to work harder to convince audiences to show up for original films. Aim your ire/concern at the average person, not studio heads.2 Because they’re just making the films that audiences are telling them to make. WRONG: Original Horror Films Didn’t Break Out I’ll be honest, even though I wrote an article casting some skepticism on the horror genre in July, if you asked me to make a prediction, I would have predicted that, in August, a new, original horror film would have blown up. No, seriously, I just assumed that Obsession and Backrooms presaged a change in audience behavior. But none of the buzzy new original horror films from August—Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Onslaught (not an action film in spite of the ads), The End of Oak Street, Eli Roth’s Ice Cream Man, or _Buddy—_broke out. To be clear, exactly one of those films (Buddy) had good “ROI”, but again—I try to be specific in my language—none were “popular” in any broad sense of the word. None of them will be “saving” movies theaters like Backrooms or _Obsession_helped save the summer. The new Insidious film and Resident Evil, both based on IP, were far and away the biggest horror films since July. (We’ll see if this changes in October/Halloween season.) RIGHT: Stay Skeptical about Crowdfunding... I’ve long been skeptical about crowd-investing platforms as one of Hollywood’s saviors, mainly because there’s so much hype/buzz. People need to stay more skeptical about more things, explaining both the potential upside but also the downsides. In particular, the media often hypes crowdfunding at the start and never checks in on the actual results after they’ve come in later. And August gave us our first update! _Ice Cream Man—_directed by Eli Roth—grossed $6 million off of a $5.5 million budget. This is a production of The Horror Section, which was one of the first “crowd investing” studios with 2,400 investors, which means that 2,400 investors probably lost money. They certainly aren’t getting as great of returns as if they had just invested their dollars in the stock market. Hopefully Stiletto (Tagline: “Someone’s Going to Make it Rain Blood!”) does better next month. WRONG: Another Data Goof Here’s another data error. When the first episode of House of the Dragon came out, HBO put out that it had 21.5 million viewers in the first three days, and I read that to mean in the US…but no, it was global. So my US-only datecdotes charts shouldn’t have included it. We never got US-only numbers for the first episode, but for the final episode, HBO put out that it had 11 million US viewers. (And that global dropped to 21 million viewers.) Here’s the updated chart (which I’ve since used in the Streaming Ratings Report): Still, this show is absolutely huge. RIGHT: Superhero Films Remain Very, Very Popular After Supergirl flopped, I read a few takes that “comic book movies are going the way of the Western”. Post-Spider-Man: Brand New Day, that take didn’t age well. To be fair, I have a very nuanced take on the superhero genre right now; it’s down right now, for a lot of reasons. But it’s not “dead”. Maybe _Spider-_Man is just a really popular character? I saw that take, and it’s a fair counter-argument. (But pundits arguing that superhero movies were dead should have mentioned this $1.5 billion counter-argument…) But is it just Spider-Man? The next Avengers film already has $50 million in pre-sales (and I was skeptical that that film would do well) and the Avengers: End Game re-release topped the box office two weekends ago (over three original films). And I wouldn’t bet against Batman or Superman. So maybe it’s just Spider-Man, Batman, Superman and the Avengers. Oh, and Deadpool, of course. And Black Panther. And Wolverine. And probably the X-Men. Plus a well-made Wonder Woman or the Hulk film could break out. But that’s it! It’s just those ten characters/teams. Oh, what’s that? Lanterns is also doing well on HBO? (See previous section…) To be fair, I’m actually pretty sympathetic to the argument that more popular characters—like Spider-Man and Batman—anchor more popular films. In fact, I made that exact argument three years ago when I first wrote about the “Marvel-cession”. In many ways, you can blame The Guardians of the Galaxy for fooling Marvel Studios (and the rest of us) into believing that any character could pop. It turns out, the list of iconic characters is probably smaller than most people think. But it’s probably too early to say that superhero films and comic book movies are dead unless “death” means a slight decline over a longtime. RIGHT: Who Killed Theaters? Old People I get frustrated whenever I see headlines or analysis about how young people are “returning” to theaters. As I’ve detailed(for years), young people have always powered the US box office, despite narratives about “kids these days” and their “phones”. Really, what’s changed post-2020/pandemic is that old people aren’t going to the movies nearly as much. This summer, I saw a movie (from an older director) in a theater near a retirement community, and multiple older people at the theater were talking about how this was their first time seeing a movie in years. I dislike personal anecdotes, so YouGov can fill in the data, best summarized by this headline: “Who killed movie theaters? Not the youths”. According to them, 64% of people aged 18-29 have seen a movie in the last year, but only 30% of 65-and-older. 20% of 18-29 have seen a movie in theaters in the last week and 42% in the last month. Here’s the polling data: Most concerning? Many Americans (17%) think theaters are a worse or much worse experience than watching films at home. Slight WRONG: Hadestown Opens Big A live theater capture of the Broadway musical, Hadestown, made $20 million at the US box office, which begs the question: was I wrong to be skeptical about musicals a few years ago? Yes and no. On the one hand, $20 million is a far cry from being “popular”, so yeah, the genre isn’t that popular overall and Hadestown is one of the more popular musicals from recent years (i.e. the “Taylor Swift Data Fallacy” in action). On the other, I doubt filming this cost all that much, and I don’t think that they spent much on marketing, so this is a good source of ancillary revenue. Smaller Updates WRONG: As I mentioned in a Streaming Ratings Report, I underestimated the budget for Enola Holmes 3. It probably cost more like $50 million, if not more. But... I’m not sure that it really matters? At sub-10 million hours, prices have to come down to make this work. WRONG: Netflix is giving Ink a 27-day in theaters! To quote the kids/YouTubers these days, let’s go! Now I might actually have a chance to see Danny Boyle’s latest in theaters. I’d complained about this in a “Coming Soon” section, but I was heartened to read that Netflix is giving multiple films longer theatrical windows this year. RIGHT: Netflix is sending 4-5 films per year to theaters. Netflix is slowly but surely sending more and more films to theaters, as I cautiously predicted earlier this year. For now, it’s just three big films and a number of awards contenders, but still, this is great news. And they’ll be releasing box office grosses! Just this week, Ted Sarandos confirmed that KPop Demon Hunters 2 will come to theaters (and my guess is it performs in the box office top ten at a minimum). WRONG: Angel has 3 million subscribers! How do I know this? Well, they told Deadline, who reported it. I marked this as “wrong”, since they’ve doubled their subscribers in one year but, you know, they don’t really have a hit film to speak of and they’re still losing money. WRONG: Furious was only renewed for one more season. I accidentally wrote “two more seasons” in my latest “Renewals, Cancellations, Un-Orders and Removals Update”. RIGHT: House of David is ending with its third season. In July, Prime Video renewed House of David for a third season, as I just wrote in my latest “Renewals and Cancellations” report. Well, now it’s ending after that third season. Why? As I’ve been writing, its viewership wasn’t great. I got feedback that this show didn’t cost very much, but it cost enough that its limited viewership didn’t save it. WRONG: Adults was a Hulu original! So I missed Adults when it first came out last year; I saw that it aired on FX and just assumed that it was a linear-first program. Turns out, it aired three episodes on FX, but binge-released the rest of its episodes the next day on Hulu. Huh. So I should have covered it last year! But I just wrote about it. 1 “When I was a kid in the 90s, if you wore a t-shirt to school that wasn’t too big and also wasn’t too small, but somehow didn’t quite fit, we’d say you were wearing an “extra-medium” shirt.” 2 As always, a huge exception is Disney, which barely makes anything original anymore.
Attorney general candidates set to clash on Spectrum News
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GOP lawyer seeks dissatisfied Dems in liberal House district
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Protestors, politicians denounce Trump as his East Side rally begins
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Ahead of Trump's Visit, Ken Paxton Has a New Problem: Snitches
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Texas' 35th district tests GOP redistricting, Hispanic voters
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Flight attendants' union raises safety concerns over Trump's Washington arch
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Ravens Injury Report Week 5: Lamar Jackson Misses Practice
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Hyper-Converged Infrastructure - Global Strategic Business Report: Capitalize on 23.3% CAGR to US$92.7 Billion by 2032 as Dell, Nutanix, Cisco, HPE, and Huawei Disrupt Enterprise IT
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After topping $10B in revenue, Kirkland & Ellis will stop disclosing results
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On the front lines: How rural clinics are confronting measles challenge
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National political trends may outweigh Ohio Republicans' redistricting advantage
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Big Top Xtreme Entertainment Complex Will Open in Pine Bluff with Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
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Dolphins Injury Report: Caleb Douglas Remains Out
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TENNESSEE VOLS TENNIS: Four head to regional tournament
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'RHOSLC' star Whitney Rose reportedly files for divorce from husband
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Trump returns to Texas, where Republicans are struggling
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Boston Scientific promotes Fitzgerald to COO, reorganizes business segments
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Science on Target: Q3 Research We Enable
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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #226
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Analysis: Voters are angry about money in politics. But are they angry enough to oust popular Republicans?
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Stephen A. Smith Apologizes for Lane Johnson Retirement Comments on Mental Health
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Trump Expected to Award Science Medal to SpaceX's Elon Musk, Fox News Reports
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Disney World guests banned after jumping into Epcot boat ride water
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Trump expected to award science medal to SpaceX's Elon Musk, Fox News reports
US President Donald Trump is expected to award the National Medal of Science to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Fox News reported.
Trump expected to award science medal to SpaceX’s Elon Musk, Fox News reports
Trump expected to award science medal to SpaceX’s Elon Musk, Fox News reports
Trump expected to award science medal to SpaceX’s Elon Musk, Fox News reports
WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump is expected to award the National Medal of Science to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Fox News reported. The National Medal of Science is the nation's highest honor for scientists and engineers, accor...
Trump expected to award science medal to SpaceX’s Elon Musk, Fox News reports
WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump is expected to award the National Medal of Science to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Fox News reported. The National Medal of Science is the nation's highest honor for scientists and engineers, accor...
Trump Expected to Award Science Medal to SpaceX's Elon Musk, Fox News Reports
By Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump is expected to award the National Medal of Science to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Fox News reported. (Reporting by Courtney Rozen; Editing by Nia Williams) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters.
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The Culinary Director at a Unique California Restaurant Reveals the Key Ingredients Behind Its ‘Needle-in-a-Haystack’ Business Model
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How to do your own bookkeeping as a small business owner
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Anthony Rizzo supports young athletes, cheers on White Sox and prepares for Chicago Marathon
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CDC sees low plague risk, monitors Siberia arrivals after worker death, director says
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1,000-mile-long cloud that forms and vanishes on Mars every day obeys 'exotic physics' never seen on Earth
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Some furloughed Star Wars Zero Company developers are returning to work, studio says
Bit Reactor, the Maryland based company, behind this summer’s well-received tactical combat game Star Wars Zero Company says that “more” of its team is returning to work after being furloughed ahead of the game’s release. This is the studio’s first statement on the matter since Game File’s August report that “most” of the development team had been furloughed—technically kept as employees, but without pay or benefits—a few weeks prior to launch. Some of those furloughs ended this week. “This week, we started the process of returning more of our team back to work at Bit Reactor, an important step forward in our continued support for Zero Company, “ Bit Reactor CEO Greg Foertsch said in a statement. He continued: “Having to ask team members to step away after we navigated unexpected business developments outside of our control and so close to launch was an incredibly difficult decision, but one that was necessary to help us eventually bring as many people back as possible. “This team means a tremendous amount to me, and I am incredibly proud of what we have accomplished together. Thank you to our fans for the incredible response to the game and for supporting us along this journey. We look forward to sharing more updates regarding Bit Reactor and Zero Company soon.” Game File reported in August that Bit Reactor had retained a small team to work on updates for Zero Company. One person familiar with the situation told Game File that the returns announced today bring the studio’s pay-rolled headcount to more than half of what it had been ahead of the furloughs. That means a considerable number of people have been brought back, but that a fair number also remain without pay. While companies in the U.S. are often legally required to publicly disclose how many people they’ve laid off, furloughs can often be kept private, for a time. The United States Department of Labor requires companies to publicly report mass furloughs if they meet specific criteria, including any expectation that they will last more than six months. For those game makers who remain furloughed by Bit Reactor, it’s now been about two months. For more about Bit Reactor, the furloughs, the studio’s back-story and the ongoing lawsuit that brought this to light, read my August report. [ ‘Most’ of Star Wars Zero Company studio Bit Reactor was furloughed ahead of launch ](https://www.gamefile.news/p/star-wars-zero-company-bit-reactor-furloughs-lawsuit) Stephen Totilo · Sep 1 Last week was meant to be a moment of triumph for Bit Reactor, the Maryland-based game studio founded in 2021 with ambitions to create a great new tactical combat game. [ Read full story ](https://www.gamefile.news/p/star-wars-zero-company-bit-reactor-furloughs-lawsuit)
The Lateral Is Coming. Is the Business? How Law Firms Can Turn Lateral Hiring into Revenue
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Political Pulse: Pennington County District 1 Commissioner seat up for grabs
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Don Davis in tough re-election fight after redistricting
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Sharing moments of exceptional care from nurse turned patient at Intermountain Health St. Vincent Regional Hospital
“Can I be your nurse today?” Those words came as a comforting surprise to Jen Paulson as she awaited one of the most uncertain days of her life. As a nurse for 22 years at Intermountain Health St. Vincent Regional Hospital, she knows the role well. That morning she was preparing for a double mastectomy surgery after an unexpected breast c...
Gold Coast retail space once home to Marcus Lemonis’s boutique heads to auction
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Philadelphia Eagles: Promote RB With Over 1,600 Career Yards
Injuries continue to plague the Philadelphia Eagles‘ running back room. Saquon Barkley suffered a hamstring injury and is reportedly week-to-week, meaning he could miss one game to multiple weeks. Additionally, Tank Bigsby, the second option, recently underwent core muscle surgery, prompting the Eagles to place him on injured reserve, hoping he misses six weeks or […] The post Philadelphia Eagles: Promote RB With Over 1,600 Career Yards appeared first on Gridiron Heroics.
Trump floats firing top political advisers after report they helped a pro-Russian government
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Eagles reportedly calling up Dameon Pierce to the roster
Philadelphia had no choice but to add more running back depth.
Bucco Discusses 4-Point Affordability Plan on ‘Minding Your Business’
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Trump says he'll fire advisers LaCivita, Blair 'if there's a conflict'
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he would immediately fire his advisers Chris LaCivita and James Blair "if there's a conflict," following a New York Times report that the two political operatives visited the Bosnian territory of Republika Srpska.
Trump says he'll fire advisers LaCivita, Blair 'if there's a conflict'
WASHINGTON, Oct 7 () - US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he would immediately fire his advisers Chris LaCivita and James Blair "if there's a conflict," following a New York Times report t...
Trump Says He'll Fire Advisers LaCivita, Blair 'If There's a Conflict'
WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he would immediately fire his advisers Chris LaCivita and James Blair "if there's a conflict," following a New York Times report that the two political operatives visited the Bosnian territory of Republika Srpska. The ...
She got Trump's $500 check for health insurance. To her, it's a 'political stunt'
As checks from President Trump for health costs hit millions of mailboxes, a poll shows Americans don't trust Republicans on healthcare. Experts doubt it will move the needle and say it is likely illegal.
She got Trump's $500 check for health insurance. To her, it's a 'political stunt'
As checks from President Trump for health costs hit millions of mailboxes, a poll shows Americans don't trust Republicans on healthcare. Experts doubt it will move the needle and say it is likely illegal.
She got Trump's $500 check for health insurance. To her, it's a 'political stunt'
As checks from President Trump for health costs hit millions of mailboxes, a poll shows Americans don't trust Republicans on healthcare. Experts doubt it will move the needle and say it is likely illegal.
Trump to campaign for Ken Paxton, Carlos De La Cruz in San Antonio today
President Donald Trump is making his third swing through Texas on behalf of Republican candidates in just under a month.
Accel Entertainment, Inc. to Report Third Quarter 2026 Results, Host Conference Call and Webcast on November 3
CHICAGO, Oct. 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Accel Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: ACEL) (“Accel” or “the Company”), a leading locals-focused gaming op...
Wells Fargo faces regulator probe over efforts to boost black homeownership, WSJ reports
The Donald Trump administration's housing officials are launching a probe into Wells Fargo over programs and commitments the bank made nearly a decade ago to increase homeownership among Black Americans, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
We Now Have Images Of The Smart Home Products That Apple And LG Are Reportedly Cooking Up
These include a lock, a thermostat and a temperature sensor.
JLL: Consumers to increase holiday spending on dining, entertainment
Holiday spending is expected to increase this year, but gifts aren’t the main driver, according to a new report.
DEVO Mark Mothersbaugh on 1970s Pop Band Predicting Today’s Politics
The veteran composer discussed his eclectic artistic career combining film and music at the Vancouver Film Festival.
Gears of War: E-Day Studio Boss Insists 'The Next Game Will Not Take Nearly as Long' to Make, Responds to Layoff Concern
The boss of Gears of War: E-Day developer The Coalition has responded to reports that staff at the studio are worried they will lose their jobs amid the ongoing cuts at Xbox, and promised the next Gears game won’t take as long to make.
Trump expected to award science medal to SpaceX's Elon Musk, Fox News reports
By Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump is expected to award the National Medal of Science to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Fox News reported.
Redesigned MacBook Pro will reportedly include these three changes
Apple has a fully redesigned MacBook Pro launching soon, its first new design since 2021. Here are three design changes reportedly coming.
Nomination committee appointed ahead of 2027 Annual General Meeting of G5 Entertainment AB (publ)
In accordance with the resolution of the Annual General Meeting 2026, a Nomination Committee has been appointed consisting of representatives of the five largest shareholders at the end of August 2026.The Nomination Committee consists of the following members:The members of the Nomination Committee…
Adelphi awarded $982K for no-cost entrepreneurship program
Adelphi University secured a $982,000 grant to launch the Adelphi Entrepreneur Experience, a no-cost program designed to equip students and local entrepreneurs with skills to develop startups in high-growth and public service sectors across in the New York region.
Donalds blitzes airwaves as governor’s races tightens
TALLAHASSEE — U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds’ gubernatorial campaign is hitting the airwaves with a spate of new ads amid a tightening race, as he seeks to maintain the GOP’s hold
Becker's honors Vanderbilt Health’s Ruchika Talwar on its ‘Rising Stars: Healthcare Leaders Under 40’ list
Becker's Hospital Review is honoring Ruchika Talwar, with inclusion on its 2026 "Rising Stars: Healthcare Leaders Under 40" list.
Global Science Market Entering High-Growth Phase According To Latest Research By The Business Research
The Business Research Company's Science Market Report 2026 – Market Size, Trends, And Global Forecast 2026-2035
William Obremskey named President of Orthopaedic Trauma Association
William Obremskey, has been named president of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association, the leading orthopaedic trauma specialty association in North America.
The shifting politics of Latino voters
A legislative battle in McAllen could signal if moderate Latino voters are shifting further left or continuing to lean towards the Republican party.
12th annual Generational Wealth Business Summit highlights o...
Hundreds of entrepreneurs met at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture for the 12th annual Generational Wealth Business ...
B.P. Marsh takes 30% of marine underwriting startup
British private equity firm B.P. Marsh and Partners plc has acquired a 30% stake in newly formed London Market underwriting agency Dauntless U/W Ltd., Reinsurance News reported.
AI behaves more like a brain than a database – cognitive science’s role in its origin story helps explain why
This article by Michael Hout, New Mexico State University, and Arryn Robbins, University of Richmond, first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission.
What happened in the first Maine Senate debate between Collins and Jackson
Republican Sen. Susan Collins distanced herself from President Donald Trump during her first Maine Senate debate with Democrat Troy Jackson, arguing she has maintained her political independence by repeatedly voting against Trump's agenda and saying that she's “not exactly his favorite senator.”
Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers breaks with Trump on tariffs
Mike Rogers, the Republican Senate nominee in Michigan, is breaking with President Donald Trump over his tariffs on Canada in a new advertisement.
Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers breaks with Trump on tariffs
(CNN) — Mike Rogers, the Republican Senate nominee in Michigan, is breaking with President Donald Trump over his tariffs on Canada in a new advertisement.
Food Entrepreneurs Get A Free Crash Course In Growing A Business
At the inaugural CT Food Business Lab, hosted at SCSU and organized by CitySeed, the Hispanic Federation, the Urban League, and CT Food Launchpad.
Most Texas Republicans ignore Democratic calls to debate in statewide races
The last U.S. Senate race in Texas to go without a debate was in 2000. Gov. Greg Abbott, meanwhile, debated his Democratic opponents in each of his last three campaigns.
Jupiter lighthouse gears up for events through late 2027
The Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum is preparing to shine even brighter, with a packed lineup of special events closing out 2026 and a full calendar of new experiences already
Accel Entertainment, Inc. to Report Third Quarter 2026 Results, Host Conference Call and Webcast on November 3
CHICAGO, Oct. 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Accel Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: ACEL) (“Accel” or “the Company”), a leading locals-focused gaming operator...
Ikea closing Bolingbrook location for small-format Naperville store
Ikea is replacing its Bolingbrook location with a smaller-format store in Naperville in 2027, part of the Swedish furniture retailer's shifting strategy.
Report: Iowa economy seeing ‘positive change’ this year
The Iowa Business Council (IBC) has released its third quarter Economic Outlook Survey (EOS) for 2026. That survey is showing encouraging signs for Iowa businesses, according to IBC officials. The Iowa Business Council (IBC) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization whose 22 members are the chief decision makers of the state’s largest employers. Since its establishment […]
Rangers Fall League Report: Walcott in Action
The Texas Rangers had a pair of prospects in action on Tuesday afternoon in the Arizona Fall League as the Saguaros suffered their first loss.
Leaked images reveal Apple’s new Home smart lock, thermostat, more for LG
Apple has reportedly co-developed new Home accessories to launch under LG branding, and leaked images reveal our first look at the products.
Can $1 billion power Republicans to victory in the midterms?
Republicans are facing anxiety as they enter the final month of the midterm campaign. They have $1 billion at their disposal but worry it may not be enough to counter
Report - Alex Cora again declines chance to manage Phillies
Alex Cora once again has declined the opportunity to manage the Phillies, informing the club that he plans to take the 2027 season off, according to USA Today Sports.
What If You Perfectly Remembered Every Day of Your Life? Turns Out, It’s Not So Nice.
One teenager’s mind replays the past 5 to 7 hours a day. Scientists just discovered what that costs him.