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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.

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Oct 7 • 6:41 PM EDT • Entertainment • entertainment.substack.com
'No one can come in': Birmingham restaurant owner says City Hall events cost his business

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBMA) — When Birmingham City Hall hosts events, Leroy Russell says they can leave his restaurant out of reach.Russell, owner of Spice of Life

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Oct 7 • 6:33 PM EDT • Business • abc3340.com
Eagles Get Discouraging Saquon Barkley Update Despite ‘Not Major’ Injury

Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley is dealing with a hamstring injury he suffered in Sunday’s 24-20 loss to the Los Angeles Rams. ESPN lists his status as questionable ahead of Week 5. Head coach Nick Sirianni gave no update on Monday and said more answers would come Wednesday. Despite the lack of official details, […] The post Eagles Get Discouraging Saquon Barkley Update Despite ‘Not Major’ Injury appeared first on Gridiron Heroics.

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Oct 7 • 6:29 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Trump to give Musk top US science medal

Tech bosses Sergei Brin, Jensen Huang and Lisa Su will also receive the National Medal of Science.

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Oct 7 • 6:29 PM EDT • Science • scmp.com
Patrick Mahomes’ Response Awaited After Maxx Crosby’s Eyebrow-Raising Revelation

Maxx Crosby and Patrick Mahomes faced each other once more as the Kansas City Chiefs and the Las Vegas Raiders clashed in one of the most exciting games this season. The AFC rivals were both 3-0 up and have been amazing this season, though it was the Chiefs that emerged victorious. The score itself was very […] The post Patrick Mahomes’ Response Awaited After Maxx Crosby’s Eyebrow-Raising Revelation appeared first on Gridiron Heroics.

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Oct 7 • 6:25 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Packers defense gets ready to take on Bears

The Green Bay Packers renew their rivalry with the Bears Sunday at Lambeau Field. By necessity, the Packers defense will have a different look.

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Oct 7 • 6:25 PM EDT • Sports • spectrumnews1.com
World leader in livestock fertility research closes out 58-year career

After 58 years, Fuller Bazer, Ph.D., University Distinguished Professor, Department of Animal Science, will close out his scientific career

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Oct 7 • 6:21 PM EDT • Science • agrilifetoday.tamu.edu
Dan Campbell Leaves Door Open to Adding New Coach

Dan Campbell hasn't considered adding a veteran defensive assistant yet, but the Lions coach left the door open ahead of Detroit's Week 6 bye.

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Oct 7 • 6:20 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Novant Health reduces retirement match amid cost pressures

Novant Health announced changes to its retirement benefits Tuesday that will take effect starting next year.

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Oct 7 • 6:19 PM EDT • Health • wect.com
AI disruptions roil local Boston tech companies PTC, HubSpot

HubSpot is cutting jobs, PTC is getting bought out, and Amazon is shrinking its office.

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Oct 7 • 6:17 PM EDT • Business • bostonglobe.com
At Black business expo, officials urge owners to speak up

State and federal lawmakers called for more Black small business owners, who disproportionately face economic challenges, to meet with elected officials and ask for support.

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Oct 7 • 6:17 PM EDT • Business • bostonglobe.com
Opposing political groups go head-to-head on Austin’s Prop I

Two political groups in Austin are at odds over a charter amendment proposition on the November ballot, and both held press conferences on Wednesday to share why they support or oppose the measure.

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Oct 7 • 6:14 PM EDT • Politics • kxan.com
Florida HC Jon Sumrall Provides Injury Update on Key Receiver

As the Gators aim to rebound against South Carolina, the status of star playmaker Vernell Brown III remains uncertain following a pivotal practice update from Gainesville.

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Oct 7 • 6:03 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
New AI trade group launches with focus on health sector

MassIntelligence launched with two founding member companies and plans to add 13 others by invitation.

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Oct 7 • 6:00 PM EDT • Health • bostonglobe.com
Right wing laughter to take center stage in Naples

Three years ago, Arynne Wexler was working in the tech industry. Two years ago, she became a TikTok darling of the political right.

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Oct 7 • 6:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • floridaweekly.com
Eagles bring back wide receiver on the practice squad

More WR depth.

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Oct 7 • 5:59 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
UT symposium explores AI’s growing role in future of health care

Some of the biggest names in health care, technology and research gathered at the University of Texas this week to discuss how artificial intelligence is already changing the way patients receive c…

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Oct 7 • 5:57 PM EDT • Health • kxan.com
The WHO seeks more details on the death of a plague research lab employee in Russia

The World Health Organization says it wants more information on what caused the death of an employee at a Russian plague research lab. Russia says the woman died of pneumonia of unknown origin.

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Oct 7 • 5:53 PM EDT • Health • npr.org
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Kentucky's Ousmane N'Diaye gets eligibility ruling

Kentucky basketball has been waiting for an official ruling on the eligibility of Ousmane N'Diaye, and received it on Wednesday.

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Oct 7 • 5:52 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Why now was the time for DeMeco Ryans to take back control of the Texans' defense
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Oct 7 • 5:52 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Florida man in Maine to finish 12,000-mile walk for mental health awareness

A Florida man who has walked across America to raise mental health awareness has arrived in Maine to finish his journey.

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Oct 7 • 5:47 PM EDT • Health • wmtw.com
Trump to give Musk top U.S. science medal

U.S. President Donald Trump will present close ally Elon Musk and other tech bosses with the top U.S. scientific award at a ceremony on Thursday, the White House said.

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Oct 7 • 5:46 PM EDT • Science • ctvnews.ca
Ravens Injury Report Week 5: Lamar Jackson Misses Practice

The Baltimore Ravens have released their initial injury report for Week 5 and quarterback Lamar Jackson has missed Wednesday practice.

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Oct 7 • 5:34 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
After vast sewage spill, officials say testing shows Potomac is back to health

Testing “found no current signs of harm” from the millions of gallons of raw sewage that flowed into the river in January, according to D.C. Water.

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Oct 7 • 5:30 PM EDT • Health • washingtonpost.com
Bobby Bones details how ‘DWTS’ allegedly decides performance order

Bobby Bones is sharing his theory about how the ‘DWTS’ performance order is determined: ‘They’re showing them off on purpose’

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Oct 7 • 5:22 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Defense Secretary Hegseth addresses crew of USS Lincoln before deployment ends

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Oct 7 • 5:22 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
A 2.96 ERA Reliever the Tigers Can Actually Afford

Detroit needs someone who can hold a lead, and Arizona is about to lose exactly that. #Tigers

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Oct 7 • 5:20 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Teenage Engineering’s CEO says it’ll stop making synths

The end could be nigh for the iconic OP-1 according to a Highsnobiety interview.

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Oct 7 • 5:19 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Beacon Health's 'Tree of Love' looks to connect women with breast cancer screenings
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Oct 7 • 5:14 PM EDT • Health • wwmt.com
Business - French PM vows to address debt despite student protests
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Oct 7 • 5:13 PM EDT • Business • france24.com
Trump to award National Medal of Science to Musk, Brin, Huang, and Su at White House

A high-profile group of tech leaders is expected to be honored at the White House on Thursday, with President Donald Trump planned to present.

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Oct 7 • 5:07 PM EDT • Science • wpde.com
Trump to award National Medal of Science to Musk, Brin, Huang, and Su at White House

A high-profile group of tech leaders is expected to be honored at the White House on Thursday, with President Donald Trump planned to present.

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Oct 7 • 5:07 PM EDT • Science • abc45.com
Trump to award National Medal of Science to Musk, Brin, Huang, and Su at White House

A high-profile group of tech leaders is expected to be honored at the White House on Thursday, with President Donald Trump planned to present.

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Oct 7 • 5:07 PM EDT • Science • wcyb.com
Trump to award National Medal of Science to Musk, Brin, Huang, and Su at White House

A high-profile group of tech leaders is expected to be honored at the White House on Thursday, with President Donald Trump planned to present.

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Oct 7 • 5:07 PM EDT • Science • komonews.com
Trump to award National Medal of Science to Musk, Brin, Huang, and Su at White House

A high-profile group of tech leaders is expected to be honored at the White House on Thursday, with President Donald Trump planned to present.

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Oct 7 • 5:07 PM EDT • Science • abc3340.com
Trump to award National Medal of Science to Musk, Brin, Huang, and Su at White House

A high-profile group of tech leaders is expected to be honored at the White House on Thursday, with President Donald Trump planned to present.

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Oct 7 • 5:07 PM EDT • Science • katu.com
Trump to award National Medal of Science to Musk, Brin, Huang, and Su at White House

A high-profile group of tech leaders is expected to be honored at the White House on Thursday, with President Donald Trump planned to present.

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Oct 7 • 5:07 PM EDT • Science • kmph.com
Kiké Hernández's latest heroics puts him among MLB postseason legends

Dodgers utilityman Enrique Hernandez has joined Aaron Judge and David Ortiz with 17 career postseason home runs.

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Oct 7 • 5:06 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
What is the pneumonic plague?

The ancient disease of plague is back in the headlines after the death this month of a Russian lab worker.

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Oct 7 • 5:06 PM EDT • Health • npr.org
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Temple High School student to be published in National High School Journal of Science
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Oct 7 • 5:05 PM EDT • Science • kcentv.com
ENTERTAINMENT: Magic Screams at Magic Springs; MacArthur Museum hosts 13th Vintage Vehicle Military Show

Magic Springs Theme and Water Park brings back its annual Magic Screams, billed as Arkansas’ largest Halloween festival.

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Oct 7 • 5:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • arkansasonline.com
Thieves break into Mountain Feed and Nursery in Coarsegold, steal business checks

A second-generation, family-owned business in Madera County is warning the public not to accept its checks after a break-in that left its office ransacked.Mount

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Oct 7 • 4:58 PM EDT • Business • kmph.com
Sean Sweeney Already Building Strong Culture With Orlando Magic

From Seattle workouts to intensive two-a-days, the new assistant coach is cementing player buy-in through personalized development plans and a relentless commitment to rapport-building in Orlando.

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Oct 7 • 4:51 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Week 5: WR Edition

Which receivers you should start and which you should sit this week on your fantasy football team.

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Oct 7 • 4:49 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Current NFL HC Emerges as Potential Lions DC

The Detroit Lions have not even fired their defensive coordinator, Kelvin Sheppard, and there are already ties and potential dots connecting to who the next coordinator is. While Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles is currently employed as well, his seat is as hot, if not hotter, than Sheppard.So, with Bowles needing a job […] The post Current NFL HC Emerges as Potential Lions DC appeared first on HEAVY.

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Oct 7 • 4:43 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Sonoma County issues masking order for some health facilities ahead of flu and cold season

Starting Nov. 1, personnel and visitors will be required to wear masks in patient care areas of certain health care facilities that serve people at higher risk of severe illness, including skilled nursing and long-term care facilities,…

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Oct 7 • 4:43 PM EDT • Health • pressdemocrat.com
Nacogdoches teen turns succulent hobby into greenhouse business

Caleb Jones was 13 when he started propagating succulents as a hobby. By 15, he had turned that interest into a business, Gen 1 Greenhouse.

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Oct 7 • 4:42 PM EDT • Business • kltv.com
TENNESSEE VOLS TENNIS: Four head to regional tournament

Tennessee men's tennis will send four representatives to participate in the 2026 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Ohio Valley Regional Championships at the Farm & Forge Club in College Grove, Tennessee, from Oct. 8-13.

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Oct 7 • 4:41 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Science on Target: Q3 Publications from our Innovation Ecosystem

Antisense Oligonucleotide Tofersen Distribution in the Central Nervous System of SOD1-ALS Autopsy Tissue Donors. Guise AJ, Sellon MT, Roemer SF, Monine M, Comfort Harris NT, […] Plowey ED. JAMA Neurol. 2026 Jul 6:e262195. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2026.2195. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42406382; PMCID: PMC13338845. Using human 3D organoid models to gain mechanistic insight in motor neuron […]

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Baptist Health, Seale Harris Clinic Named Lead Tenants at Riverwalk Health Center

Baptist Health and Seale Harris Clinic have signed leases to become lead tenants at the planned Riverwalk Health & Wellness Center in Hoover, with the facility

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Oct 7 • 4:41 PM EDT • Health • abc3340.com
Wisconsin voters will consider 'equality amendment' on Election Day

The constitutional amendment is one of three that will be on ballots across the state in November.

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Oct 7 • 4:41 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumnews1.com
Trump says Reflecting Pool will be refilled this week, but work is ongoing

Material was still being applied to the bottom of the pool on Wednesday.

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Oct 7 • 4:39 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Pork Politics Heat Up as American Meat Producers PAC Targets Save Our Bacon Act Backers

While the campaign frames its messaging around family farms and foreign ownership, industry groups warn of animal rights strategists driving the multi-million-dollar push to preserve Prop 12.

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Oct 7 • 4:39 PM EDT • Politics • porkbusiness.com
D'Andre Swift does not practice Wednesday

Bears RB D'Andre Swift sits out Wednesday because of multiple injuries

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How America can recover from Trump-era politics

How America can recover from Trump-era politics

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NBA Europe plans continue after EuroLeague rejects merger

The NBA is forging ahead with its proposed NBA Europe league. A key vote to merge with the EuroLeague just went down.

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Oct 7 • 4:27 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Joe Manganiello Reveals Health Battle That Almost Killed Him & Contributed to Sofía Vergara Divorce

True Blood star Joe Manganiello will soon release his memoir, which reveals the actor's major health crisis The post Joe Manganiello Reveals Health Battle That Almost Killed Him & Contributed to Sofía...

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Oct 7 • 4:26 PM EDT • Health • yahoo.com
Trump returns to Texas, where Republicans are struggling

Republicans are spending heavily to defend a state the president won comfortably two years ago.

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Oct 7 • 4:26 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Mayor Woodfin responds after wife's business subpoenaed in Birmingham data center lawsuit

Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin is pushing back after his wife and her real-estate company were named in a discovery dispute tied to a lawsuit over a proposed

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Oct 7 • 4:24 PM EDT • Business • abc3340.com
Oregon: NFL GM Sees 'Red Flag' With QB Dante Moore

Concerns over injury history now shadow the Ducks' star signal-caller as a pro executive warns that recent durability issues draw parallels to Miami's Tua Tagovailoa.

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Oct 7 • 4:18 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Kennedy offers federal support to New York over measles outbreak

Oct 7 () - New York Governor Kathy Hochul spoke with U. on Tuesday, ‌and he offered federal support as the state responds ‌to a measles outbreak, the Department of Health and Human Services said on ​W...

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DNC sues Trump administration, alleging taxpayer-funded ads violate propaganda law

The Democratic National Committee has sued the Trump administration over recent TV ads promoting the president | Newsradio 1140 WRVA

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Oct 7 • 4:12 PM EDT • Politics • audacy.com
Proposal would add properties to downtown Business Improvement District

More properties would pay into the downtown Business Improvement District, or BID, in a proposal being considered by the City Council.

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Oct 7 • 4:05 PM EDT • Business • siouxfalls.business
Zeldin announces EPA proposal to support cleaner air and business growth in Arizona

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin visited Arizona Tuesday to announce proposed approval of Maricopa County Rule 204, an emissions-reduction program intended to help businesses invest and expand while improving air quality. The announcement followed a roundtable with business leaders and elected officials. Rule 204 would allow qualifying voluntary emissions reductions from nonroad engines and equipment to […]

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DeMeco Ryans taking back defensive play-calling for Texans
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Oct 7 • 3:57 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Scientists look to 194-year-old tortoise for clues about healthy aging

Researchers at Vanderbilt Health could help identify ways to help humans stay healthy longer.

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Oct 7 • 3:56 PM EDT • Health • axios.com
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Sebastian Stan recounts failed “American Idol ”audition: ‘They line you up like they’re gonna assassinate you’

Needless to say, he did not secure a Golden Ticket.

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Oct 7 • 3:52 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Former OU offensive lineman Lane Johnson retires from NFL

Former OU and Philadelphia Eagles offensive tackle Lane Johnson retired from the NFL in a statement he posted on social media Tuesday.

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Oct 7 • 3:51 PM EDT • Sports • oudaily.com
Joe Manganiello opens up about near-fatal autoimmune disease battle

Joe Manganiello opened up about his health struggles, including a harrowing battle with autoimmune disease, in a new interview with People magazine.

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Oct 7 • 3:45 PM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
Swisher on Brian Cashman’s Pressure

Nick Swisher on the Yankees playoff struggles, Brian Cashman, and a delayed MLB season.

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Oct 7 • 3:39 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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New era in healthcare: TMH hospital sign updated with FSU Health logo

Tallahassee Memorial Hospital has begun rebranding to FSU Health following a historic sale to the university.

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Oct 7 • 3:32 PM EDT • Health • tallahassee.com
Better Business Bureau: Ticket scams

Bobby Hansen shares tips to avoid event ticket scams.

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‘Death by Natural Causes’ to open at St. Louis Science Center in 2027

A new exhibition will make its U.S. Tour premiere at the Saint Louis Science Center in 2027.

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Oct 7 • 3:27 PM EDT • Science • firstalert4.com
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Jordan Addison misses practice

Jordan Addison dealing with a hamstring issue ahead of Week 5.

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Oct 7 • 3:23 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Ex-‘Football Night in America’ Host Tony Dungy Opens Up About NBC Exit, Whether Faith Played a Role

When NBC parted ways with Tony Dungy in February 2026, the Pro Football Hall of Famer and two-time Super Bowl winner responded graciously in a statement, thanking his “NBC family for making the last 17 years so special.” Eight months later, the 71-year-old is opening up about how he processed being fired from the network’s […]

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Oct 7 • 3:21 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Leipzig Rule Out Nagelsmann Return Despite Demichelis Pressure

Internal unrest grows as Martín Demichelis faces a season-defining gauntlet, but the Red Bulls are dismissing rumors of a sentimental reunion with their former Champions League mastermind.

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Oct 7 • 3:18 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Fight during Kentucky high school football game leads to more than two dozen suspensions

More than 20 suspensions have been handed out between the two football programs.

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Oct 7 • 3:16 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Cowboys rule out three, list LG Tyler Smith as questionable
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Oct 7 • 3:13 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Why Flutter Entertainment (FLUT) Stock Is Up Today

Shares of global online betting powerhouse Flutter Entertainment (NASDAQ:FLUT) jumped 3.1% in the pre-market session after Citi analyst Monique Pollard upgraded the stock from a Neutral rating to a Buy rating.

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Oct 7 • 3:12 PM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
Analysis | The extraordinary amount of money pouring into the midterm elections

How much is too much?

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Oct 7 • 3:09 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Dietitian highlights dairy's role in student-athlete health

The role of dairy in a well-balanced diet. Emily Lyday, a registered dietitian with St. Vincent Sports Performance, says proper student nutrition helps support healthy brain and bone development. “Often times dairy comes in as a side, as an addition to their meal, just to help support it a little bit more to get some […]

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Oct 7 • 3:09 PM EDT • Health • brownfieldagnews.com
Stephen A. Smith's take on Lane Johnson's retirement reason stuns ESPN panel

ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith drew criticism for the way he addressed Eagles lineman Lane Johnson's decision to retire to address his mental health.

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Oct 7 • 3:05 PM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
Exclusive: Inside Trump's AI science summit

The White House is announcing more than $1 billion in industry commitments.

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Oct 7 • 3:00 PM EDT • Science • axios.com
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Glen Powell Says He Doesn't Talk Politics: 'My Calling Is Elsewhere'

The actor told Esquire that engaging in political conversations was "not presently possible" and that Paramount "let go of an entire marketing department a month before ['The Running Man'] came out in the middle of a merger."

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Oct 7 • 2:58 PM EDT • Politics • hollywoodreporter.com
Analysis | Trump gets caught in the weave and hands Democrats a target

The president’s misinterpreted comments about Los Angeles and San Diego created opportunities for his foes and confusion for his allies.

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Oct 7 • 2:55 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Jayden Daniels injury update as Commanders QB readies for return
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Everything announced at Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra event

Check out our coverage of the show.

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Oct 7 • 2:42 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
'Harder to survive than COVID:' Streetcar construction impacts Downtown business

Downtown Omaha business owner says ongoing streetcar construction is making it harder for customers to reach her restaurant. The City of Omaha plans traffic changes to improve access near 24th and Farnam.

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Oct 7 • 2:41 PM EDT • Business • 3newsnow.com
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Veteran Pasadena firefighter discusses boxing for mental health awareness and national program, Next
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See how redistricting will impact MS mental health, drug courts

Redrawn circuit and chancery court maps from 2025 will take effect in January 2027. See how judges say their courts will be impacted.

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Oct 7 • 2:31 PM EDT • Health • clarionledger.com
Dayton’s most experienced EHR users see the future of VA healthcare

Dayton VAMC’s move to the Federal EHR marks a major milestone. Long-serving leaders reflect on the shift from paper to CPRS to today’s system and its impact on Veteran care.

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Oct 7 • 2:30 PM EDT • Health • news.va.gov
Arrowhead Stays, Kauffman Goes in County’s Post-Chiefs, Royals Plan

County officials are looking to repurpose the stadium area.

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Oct 7 • 2:28 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
This is what the 2026 Nobel prize for chemistry is all about

The Nobel prize in chemistry 2026 has been awarded to two scientists, Henri B Kagan at Paris-Sud University in France and Kensō Soai at Tokyo University of Science in Japan. Their discoveries showed how chemical reactions can produce an overwhelming excess of one of two mirror image forms of a molecule. Science journalist Linda Geddes tells Madeleine Finlay how this has become an important tool in drug development, allowing a greater understanding of how medicines work in the body

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Oct 7 • 2:28 PM EDT • Science • theguardian.com
Jimmy Rollins: MLB Analytics Gurus Undervalue Clubhouse Chemistry

"I went to the college of MLB. Where'd you go?"

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Oct 7 • 2:22 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Iran's Islamic regime continues war against secular entertainment industry

Tehran steps up its cultural crackdown, targeting cafes and theaters over mandatory hijab rules, 'vulgar' music, and on-stage contact.

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Oct 7 • 2:14 PM EDT • Entertainment • jpost.com
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Chet Hanks explains himself after Eric André ComplexCon exchange

Chet Hanks explains why he confronted Eric André at ComplexCon in Los Angeles over the weekend. He accused the comic of 'trashing me to the media after I outshined him on his own show!!'

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Oct 7 • 2:13 PM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
Fall Fest returns with record number of vendors

Dexter Fall Fest returns Oct. 10 with free admission, a record 240 vendors, food trucks, children’s activities, a petting zoo and pumpkin painting.

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Patrick Mahomes reaches out to Fernando Mendoza after defeat

Andrew Leyden/Shutterstock.com Patrick Mahomes backs Mendoza’s path Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes backed the Las Vegas Raiders’ approach with rookie Fernando Mendoza after Kansas City’s 30 to 27 victory in Las Vegas on October 4, 2026, dropping the Raiders to 3 and 1. Mahomes said Mendoza can benefit from learning behind veteran Kirk Cousins,…

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Cam Jurgens traded to the Baltimore Ravens

The Eagles made a shocking trade when they traded away Cam Jurgens.

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Penguins Acquire Spencer Stastney From Edmonton Oilers for Filip Hallander
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