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Whoopi Goldberg launches WhoopInk, a Blackstone Publishing imprint

Whoopi Goldberg has launched a publishing imprint called WhoopInk | KCBS All News 106.9FM and 740AM

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Apr 13 • 12:44 PM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
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“The View” pays powerful tribute to Barbara Walters in emotional season 30 premiere: ‘This is that show’ she envisioned

Whoopi Goldberg spoke about how each of the six current cohosts fulfills the late Walters’ desire to highlight the perspectives of an eclectic group of women.

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Sep 8 • 11:48 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Whoopi Goldberg refuses to let Jalen Brunson answer Ana Navarro's question on 'The View'

Whoopi Goldberg stepped in, refusing to let Jalen Brunson answer Ana Navarro's question on 'The View' in an awkward on-air moment: 'Girl,' Goldberg said.

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Jun 15 • 1:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
“The View” pulls an Oprah Winfrey, moves audience to tears as ‘everyone’ wins huge prize on season 30 premiere

Whoopi Goldberg announced the stunning moment on air, which made some audience members double over as they cried.

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Sep 8 • 1:01 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
‘The View’ Fans Are Concerned About Whoopi Goldberg

Is it time for the long-time moderator to step down?

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Apr 3 • 9:36 AM EDT • Entertainment • cbs19news.com
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Opinion | Political Violence Isn’t Just Evil. It’s Counterproductive.

Each act of political violence further frays our threadbare social fabric, laying the foundation for authoritarianism.

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Apr 27 • 8:15 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
BizTips from SCORE: Setting goals for the New Year

Goal setting is a strategic practice that shapes the year ahead. Take time to think about your business and personal goals.

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Jan 4 • 5:02 AM EST • Business • capecodtimes.com
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'View' makes major changes to broadcast as Whoopi Goldberg's chair left empty

'The View' makes major changes to live broadcast as Whoopi Goldberg's chair left empty amid a New York City blizzard.

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Feb 23 • 11:34 AM EST • Entertainment • ew.com
Political commentator on what the GOP should do to boost the party's poor polling

NPR's Leila Fadel asks political commentator Jonah Goldberg what Republicans should do about their party's poor poll numbers.

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Sep 23 • 4:42 AM EDT • Politics • npr.org
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“The View” nixes studio audience for second day in a row amid dramatic conditions

Whoopi Goldberg welcomed herself back to the show after a storm prevented her from entering the studio.

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Feb 24 • 11:54 AM EST • Entertainment • nz.news.yahoo.com
Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines hit each other 6 times live 'The View'

Whoopi Goldberg and Sara Haines slapped each other on 'The View,' hitting one another a total of six times — enough that guest Justin Theroux looked over to ask, 'Why are we all hitting each other?'

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Apr 23 • 12:11 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Active volcano traps Whoopi Goldberg in Italy

Whoopi Goldberg is trapped in Italy amid an active volcano eruption, forcing her to miss ‘The View’ with airports closed in the region: ‘Spent most of the day trying to get back,’ she said.

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Jul 6 • 11:47 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
BizTips: Personal growth is a key to building a small business

Effective small-business leaders understand that personal development is a lifelong journey of growth, self-awareness, and continuous learning.

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Mar 8 • 5:01 AM EDT • Business • capecodtimes.com
‘View’ star reveals Whoopi Goldberg often exits cohost group texts

‘The View’ star Alyssa Farah Griffin revealed Whoopi Goldberg often exits her cohosts’ group texts when the conversation gets too chaotic: ‘Do what Whoopi does and just leave the chat.’

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Jul 7 • 9:03 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Whoopi Goldberg Collapses on 'The View' Table in Entertainment Weekly's Honor
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Dec 4, 2025 • 9:40 AM EST • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Sara Haines misses ‘The View,’ cohosts have odd exchange about her absence

Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar had an odd exchange about Sara Haines’ absence on ‘The View’ today: ‘She’s not sick,’ Behar said. ‘All we’ve got to tell them is that she’s not here,’ replied Goldberg.

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Sep 16 • 12:14 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Joy Behar says Whoopi Goldberg has been on“ The View ”so long that ‘she used to be white’

Behar made the joke as she encouraged the audience to celebrate Goldberg’s 20th season at the Hot Topics table.

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Sep 8 • 2:11 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
2 'View' cohosts collapse on air during live broadcast

'The View' cohosts Whoopi Goldberg and Sara Haines collapsed during a conversation about Chelsea Handler's new relationship.

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Mar 11 • 1:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Whoopi Goldberg calls out ‘stupidity of men’ in ‘The Odyssey’ analysis

Whoopi Goldberg said ‘The Odyssey’ highlights ‘the stupidity of men’ during an interview with Christopher Nolan, Matt Damon, and Anne Hathaway on ‘The View.’

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Jul 20 • 3:13 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
The Science of Reading Has Won the Argument. Has It Won the Classroom?

The policy debate is over. Now comes the hard part: changing practice.

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May 1 • 10:53 AM EDT • Science • aei.org
'View' stars slam Donald Trump sharing image of himself as Jesus: 'Blasphemous'

'The View' star Sunny Hostin called for the use of the 25th amendment after Donald Trump shared image of himself as Jesus: 'God is not to be mocked,' added former Trump staffer Alyssa Farah Griffin.

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Apr 13 • 12:29 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Opinion | He Studied Cognitive Science at Stanford. Then He Wrote a Startling Play About A.I. Authoritarianism.

A brisk theatrical thriller, “Data” perfectly captures the slick, grandiose language with which tech titans justify their potentially totalitarian projects.

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Feb 16 • 5:03 AM EST • Science • nytimes.com
Rosie O’Donnell returning to “The View” for season 30: ‘I will go’ with ‘all’ past cohosts

O’Donnell also recalled a “tense time” with Whoopi Goldberg the last time she was at the Hot Topics table, while she publicly sparred with Elisabeth Hasselbeck in 2025.

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Aug 3 • 7:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
‘The View’ reveals 1 former cohost returning to the table for season 30

‘The View’ revealed Sherri Shepherd will join Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, and more at the Hot Topics table when the show premieres for its landmark season 30.

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Sep 3 • 11:25 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Leaders in seasonal businesses must prepare for abundance, scarcity

Leadership is a craft. And in seasonal economies, it’s a craft shaped by tides, timing, and tenacity.

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Feb 22 • 5:02 AM EST • Business • capecodtimes.com
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‘The View’: Joy Behar Shares Long-Awaited Health Update Via Whoopi Goldberg

The cohost has been missing for all of October so far.

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Oct 13 • 11:28 AM EDT • Health • yahoo.com
The Biggest Names in Food, Entertainment and Culture Come Together at the 2026 Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival presented by Invesco QQQ

NEW YORK, September 21, 2026--NYCWFF returns October 15–18 with 50+ events featuring Rachael Ray, Bert Kreischer, mgk, Method Man, Whoopi Goldberg and more.

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Sep 21 • 11:14 AM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
Ted Danson will 'apologize for the rest of my life' for infamous blackface performance at Whoopi Goldberg roast

Ted Danson recalls preparing for the infamous roast of Whoopi Goldberg in 1993. He knew immediately that it hadn't gone well.

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Jun 3 • 9:02 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
'View' stars shut down guest cohost Savannah Chrisley's false claim about AOC

'The View' cohosts shook their heads and shut down guest cohost Savannah Chrisley's false on-air claim about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the air: 'No, no, no!'

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Feb 18 • 12:07 PM EST • Entertainment • ew.com
Whoopi Goldberg returns to “The View”, explains 2-week absence

Goldberg missed consecutive weeks of the talk show, with EW previously reporting that the EGOT winner booked an unlikely gig.

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Dec 1, 2025 • 4:03 PM EST • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Vandalia Health restructuring, eliminating north/south regions; Goldberg out

Changes come with President and CEO David Ramsey set to retire and anticipated impact from Medicaid changes.

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Mar 25 • 10:02 AM EDT • Health • wvmetronews.com
Whoopi Goldberg shuts down audience booing ‘The View’ guest Sen. Ted Cruz

‘The View’ audience booed Sen. Ted Cruz and was quickly scolded by cohost Whoopi Goldberg, who told them to be respectful.

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Sep 9 • 8:14 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Seth Rogen on comedy, money and all those awards

Founded by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and James Weaver, Point Grey Pictures has had a successful awards season with its comedic hit, "The Studio."

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May 26 • 10:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
Whoopi Goldberg suggests she’d exit ‘The View’ if she was richer

Whoopi Goldberg has suggested that she’d leave ‘The View’ if she had more money: ‘Don’t know if I’d still be doing the show,’ she told actress Keke Palmer in a new podcast interview.

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Aug 5 • 1:25 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
'The View' uses Barbara Walters in on-air ad urging viewers to push back against FCC: 'Use your voice'

'The View' used Barbara Walters in a new commercial urging audience action against the FCC amid legal drama: 'Use your voice,' an ABC spot advised.

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Jun 22 • 12:19 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Whoopi Goldberg reveals surprise 'View' reunion with Rosie O'Donnell

Whoopi Goldberg discussed her reunion with former 'The View' cohost Rosie O'Donnell as the pair ran into each other backstage at 'The Jellicle Ball' on Broadway: 'I thought she was in Ireland?' Sunny Hostin asked.

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Jun 10 • 11:27 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Sony's PlayStation disc plant is losing 10 percent of its volume in 2028, not 90

Sony’s PlayStation disc plant is losing 10 percent of its volume in 2028, not 90 Sony won’t license disc pressing to anyone else, Microsoft does, and a former PlayStation boss thinks that’s the whole problem. When Sony DADC chief Dietmar Tanzer spoke with an Austrian broadcaster in July about PlayStation disc production at the Thalgau plant, a number of press outlets misunderstood the report, writing that production would fall to a tenth of current levels. It won’t. Sony DADC confirmed to Game this week that the figure is a 10 percent decline, not a decline to 10 percent. “To clarify and avoid any misleading information: in that statement Dietmar anticipated an overall product volume decline by 10 percent, not a decline down to 10 percent,” a spokesperson with Sony DADC told Game. That figure covers 2028. Tanzer didn’t put a number on the years after, and the spokesperson declined to comment further. What we do know is that on July 1, PlayStation announced that physical game disc production for all new games releasing on PlayStation consoles will be discontinued starting January 2028 and that the transition has no impact on games that have already released in disc format or will be releasing in disc format prior to that month. “So, there will be reorders going to the market after January 2028,” the Sony DADC spokesperson said. “For details around that I would ask you to liaise with the PR team from PlayStation, as we can’t speak or comment on their behalf.” PlayStation officials did not respond to questions about reorders or other disc-related matters. But I did recently speak with Shawn Layden, Game Industry Strategic Advisor and former chairman of SIE Worldwide Studios, who called a future without physical PlayStation discs “depressing, but solvable.” then added, “I think.” The chief hurdle to third-party manufacturing of collector’s editions or any other version of a PlayStation game disc is that Sony owns the proprietary process to press those discs, Layden said. “And unless they decide or determine a way to license that to some of these bespoke disc manufacturers, there’s no way to make it happen,” he said. Layden was careful to add that he understands the concept but doesn’t have “line of sight on the particulars.” “Depressing but solvable, I think.” — Shawn Layden Microsoft already licenses replication to outside plants. Xbox discs are pressed by manufacturers Microsoft certifies as Authorized Replicators, a term defined in its publisher agreements, with the approved list set at the company’s sole discretion and Microsoft retaining the right to halt manufacture. The structure is still in place today: publishers select an Authorized Replicator in Partner Center and submit a bill of materials created with a Microsoft representative. Sony, by contrast, presses PlayStation discs through Sony DADC, its own manufacturing subsidiary. No one I spoke with said they were in discussions with Sony about doing that, and PlayStation hasn’t responded to questions about whether it would be open to a licensing deal. There is an obvious reason Sony might not want to. Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad pointed it out on the day of the announcement: it’s a platform-led decision, he wrote, designed to cut costs, eliminate the resale market, and drive all revenue through the PlayStation Store. The math is not subtle. On a $70 third-party game sold through the PlayStation Store, Sony keeps $21. Sold at retail, Ahmad says, it earns about half that. Licensing disc replication to an outside manufacturer might not be worth it. And even if it were, it seems unlikely that such a deal would come from boutique companies like iam8bit, which sells collector’s editions of video games. “We would absolutely love to find a way forward to continue making physical PlayStation games,” said Jon Gibson, co-owner and co-creative director of the company. “We are big believers in giving humans the option to truly own media. If we can play a role in helping make that a reality for the future of PlayStation games, count iam8bit in!” If it were to happen, it would most likely be with a company like Conectiv Supply Chain Solutions, a Memphis-based manufacturer of optical discs and vinyl records that also runs third-party logistics, fulfillment and distribution for packaged media. The company, which was formed in 2025 when Los Angeles private equity firm Variant Equity Advisors purchased Vantiva’s Supply Chain Solutions division, traces its lineage back to Technicolor. When it sold the division, Vantiva described the business as having served video game creators for more than 25 years. Conectiv is also buying, not shrinking. Last month it acquired SDS, the distributor for Universal and Warner Bros. home entertainment, consolidating those studios’ packaged-media pipeline from pressing plant to retail shelf. I reached out to Conectiv and its CEO, but haven’t heard back. Layden pointed to music and books in our discussion about the ongoing value of physical media. “No one ever saw the comeback of cassette tape,” he said. “And vinyl didn’t so much come back. The flame went down, the fire’s dying, but the ember was always there, and it just kind of came back. Much like the book business. We thought we’d all be on Kindles right now. “I believe that physical media is crucial and important. One of the things that makes us gamers, one of the core game mechanics, going back to the beginning of time, is collecting stuff. “Did you get all the diamonds in Crash Bandicoot? Did you get all the stars in Mario? And we like to collect our games. And we have a game shelf. And we put all our boxes up there. And if you’re super hardcore, when you buy a game, you buy two copies, right? One stays in the shrink wrap, and you play the other one. What happens to that important cultural part of the gaming world? You know, we buy the steelbook and the three-disc Final Fantasy set and the figurine and, you know, you can’t download any of that. “What happens to that?” And Layden believes it shouldn’t have been a revenue question for PlayStation. “This was a core thing to the experience of our most devoted fans,” he said. “Yeah, it’s fan service. Why would we take that away? Well, we can’t afford to. It’s already 120 bucks, you know, limited edition special purchase onyx box version of whatever, and those sell at a higher rate than the box selling at $69.99 does. So yeah, the market has said they will continue to buy them. You’re just saying you just don’t want to make them anymore.” Layden said he was recently talking with someone about these sorts of business decisions and how they’re made. Too often, he said, it’s all about the financials and nothing else. “OK, we can do this and save this much money, or we can invest this to look at that outcome, or we can do this and have this happen over there, or move this team to Sri Lanka,” he said. “But each one of those, someone also has to have a ledger there saying, ‘OK, what is the brand impact from that move?’ “Iif you can’t resell it, do you really own it?” — Shawn Layden “If we do that, dollars and cents work out. I get it. That’s just math. But what’s the brand impact? Are people going to say, ‘Good move, you guys?’ Or are they going to say, ‘We hate you guys. Quit doing that.’ And sometimes they say, ‘We hate you.’ Then you take a note and say, OK, how much of that can we live with? How much ‘we hate you’ is OK. And when does it go over the line? “I see a lot of companies making decisions which, objectively speaking, I don’t know what the dollar end of that was for you, Mr. Company, but your brand value just dropped 30 percent. So I hope it was worth it.” Of course, shifting to a digital-only model for games raises other issues beyond simply wanting to collect. The biggest is ownership. Layden pointed out that once you go to a streaming-only or download-only model, it’s just a digital footprint on a hard drive. “What does ownership mean anymore?” he said. “It’s a genuine question. Well, in fact, it’s not even a question anymore. It’s like you are shifting the model from ownership to accessibility. “And what’s always been true, which people forget, is you’ve never been able to sell your iTunes library. And you can’t sell your PlayStation download library. So if you can’t resell it, do you really own it?” The touching tribute found in the credits for Star Wars Zero Company. Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy Interview and Hands-On with a Minoan Masterpiece Star Wars Zero Company hands-on: Attack Astromechs, permadeath, and delightfully fatal Rube Goldberg tactics Control Resonant opens up as you get stronger — and as characters start trusting you

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Whoopi Goldberg melts down, snaps on Ana Navarro during JD Vance's 'View' interview: 'Ana, God, please!'

Whoopi Goldberg snapped on 'The View' cohost Ana Navarro during a tense JD Vance interview. 'Ana, God, please!' Goldberg shouted, scolding Navarro in the process: 'Don't do that!'

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Jun 16 • 12:18 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Opinion | Israel, the Iran War, and the G.O.P.’s Growing Antisemitism Problem

Michelle Goldberg on a dark political reality she found in Florida.

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Mar 18 • 1:00 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Whoopi Goldberg launches WhoopInk, a Blackstone Publishing imprint

Whoopi Goldberg has launched a publishing imprint called WhoopInk | WBEN

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Apr 13 • 12:44 PM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
Whoopi Goldberg collapses live on “The View ”in shock over Knicks game

The EGOT-winning actress displayed her latest feat of feigned unconsciousness at the Hot Topics table.

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Jun 11 • 12:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
How effective are political texts?

Goldberg said most people don’t even bother to interact with them.

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Oct 8 • 5:36 PM EDT • Politics • kcrg.com
Biden crashes Jill’s book tour with awkward ‘love’ question that leaves viewers cringing

Jill Biden's book tour stop with Whoopi Goldberg was interrupted by Joe Biden, sparking viral social media reactions about the awkward exchange.

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Jun 3 • 12:45 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
‘The View' Makes Announcement After Whoopi Goldberg News

During hiatus from The View, Whoopi Goldberg will be replaced with familiar faces, including some from the show's original 1997 lineup.

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Sep 20 • 7:56 PM EDT • Entertainment • heraldsun.com
Beyond DTC: Finding the Best Business Model for Your Brand with Molly Sims and Randy Goldberg

The best brands aren’t choosing between online and in person retail—they’re doing both, intentionally. Bombas co-founder Randy Goldberg and YSE Beauty founder Molly Sims break down how to expand your model without diluting your brand.

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Apr 21 • 12:12 PM EDT • Business • inc.com
Master pianist Swann to perform Goldberg Variations

The Winter Harbor Music Festival will welcome internationally acclaimed pianist Jeffrey Swann for a special performance of J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, on Saturday, July 11, at 7 p.m.

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Jun 28 • 4:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • ellsworthamerican.com
Whoopi Goldberg falls back on 'The View,' slams people who save seats in church

Whoopi Goldberg fell back on 'The View' as she slammed people who save seats in church: 'I'm gonna be in your chair,' the Oscar-winning star said.

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May 13 • 12:51 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
MrBeast Sales Slow, Angel Stock Falls, MUBI and Neon Look for Hits, and Will an NBA Franchise Set a Sales Record?

(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.) You probably remember egg prices spiking a few years ago. This led to a lot of debate between the pro-market/pro-competition/antitrust/Neo-Brandesian crowd and the center/center-right/center-left/abundance/libertarian crowd over the cause, whether it was the avian flu outbreak or whether industry consolidation led to price fixing, using avian flu as a convenient cover. Basel Musharbash wrote a whole investigation at BIG looking at it. Well, two years later, we have our answer: it was price fixing. The Justice Department found proof, via emails, of price fixing. Indeed, just the threat of an investigation brought prices down two years ago: I bring this up because at least half a dozen of my favorite political writers and pundits, who were skeptical about price fixing at the time, haven’t written any mea culpas on this issue. It’s really dispiriting and makes it much, much harder to trust their work on other issues. If you take a hard stand on an issue, then you get it wrong, you need to explain how and why you got it wrong. Or update your priors. This is how epistemological bubbles are formed! All of which is to say, it’s time for another installment of “What I Got Right, What I Got Wrong”. Last issue, I mostly focused on the “wrong” side of the equation, so today’s is a bit more balanced, but with one big mea culpa (though I still stand by my original concerns). Let’s dive right in! Subscribe CORRECTION: UFC Didn’t Release Subscriber Data (But Seems to Have Bragged About It Internally) In my analysis of the viewership of UFC Freedom 250, I wrote... “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.” Well, that datecdote did not come from a PR rep, but from great reporting from James Faris at Business Insider. The actual quote was this: “Paramount’s flagship streaming service generated about a million new subscribers on the day of its first-ever UFC event, Paramount product chief Dane Glasgow told employees in a town hall on Tuesday morning, three staffers who attended the meeting told Business Insider.“ This wasn’t the biggest goof in the world; even Faris emphasized to me that this is more a “clarification” than a correction. Still, it sounds like, internally, the folks at Paramount were very happy about this result—and I’m guessing they were happy with this news getting out—even though the gains didn’t last through the quarter, dropping to 700K adds. RIGHT: MrBeast’s Struggles Continue... I’m very skeptical about MrBeast’s burgeoning media “empire” and, in particular, its $5 billion valuation, as I wrote earlier this year and last year. Sure enough, according to Business Insider, regarding its “booming” consumer products division_:_ “US sales volume grew 13% year-over-year in 2025, following a 33% leap the previous year, according to a presentation deck dated May 2026....A February 2025 investor deck viewed by Business Insider showed Feastables’ net revenue more than doubled in 2024 from 2023, to $215 million, and was forecast to grow 74% in 2025, to $375 million.” [Emphasis mine.] If you told investors that you projected 74% growth but delivered 13%,1 that’s not ideal. But it’s not just MrBeast. Logan Paul and KSI’s Prime had sales drop in half for their energy drinks. It’s one thing to build a successful entertainment company and an entirely different thing to succeed in the heavily-consolidated-but-also-very-competitive consumer packaged goods space! CPGs are dominated by a few firms with very wide moats compared to YouTube, which has few barriers to entry. These businesses require different skill sets and have completely different business environments. WRONG: Does the NBA Have an $8 Billion Bidder? Almost as soon as I published my article about the NBA’s finances, casting skepticism on NBA expansion, I saw this Front Office Sports headline: One group “claims to have already raised $8 billion” for the Vegas expansion team. I mean, wow. That’s just $2 billion less than what the Los Angeles Lakers were valued at when they were sold just last year. And they’re arguably the most popular team in the NBA. (Side note: the new owner is now under an investigation for fraud in how he went about financing the Lakers and the Dodgers purchases.) So much for the “dried up” language I used in that article. (This is why I usually stick to my “Entertainment Nuance Guy” tone in articles...) I went off old information—from April, when I read/heard about the NBA downplaying expansion efforts—instead of doing a quick double-check for new news. That said...if you read the article, the market for Seattle is “slow”, with just one reported bidder. So I wasn’t entirely off. This goof has annoyed me since I first published it, mainly because it undercut that article’s real point, which I stand by: NBA franchises are really overvalued right now. Now, I get why NBA teams are overvalued. When it comes to owning sports teams, it’s basically never wrong to assume that some rich person somewhere will care more about owning a team (or just being part of a group since they’re so expensive) than the actual financials. There are only so many teams to own, and opportunities to buy in preferred markets don’t come along very often. This explains why the teams sell for such high multiples (usually above a 10 to 12.5 revenue multiple, which is very high). You only need one person to overpay! Beyond the ultra-wealthy luxury good explanation, I worry NBA teams are becoming speculative assets. More and more private equity investors are buying into NBA teams. But the value, in owning a team, comes from selling it later, not any meaningful relationship to revenue or profit growth. In other words, the newer NBA owners are increasingly expecting someone later to buy their inflated asset. That’s not sound economics; that’s the “greater fool” theory at work.2 At some point, actually making money has to matter. Especially since revenue growth is now below the growth of the stock market. (And this matters because the NBA doesn’t have easy levers to pull to drastically lower their costs—half of their revenue has to go to players and then you actually have to run a team, including coaching, training, travel, media expenses, and more—or raise revenues aside from one-off expansions in America and overseas.) I just don’t see how investors make their money back buying NBA teams, except for selling at a higher price later on down the line. But if revenue/profit growth continues to slow, at some point, someone will be left holding the bag. RIGHT: Baseball and Basketball are about equally popular. Related to the above, I wanted to cite two quick pieces of evidence for one of my other theories: that the NBA and MLB are about as popular as each other, but the NBA gets much, much better media coverage. One YouGov survey has that fans prefer basketball to baseball by 52% to 48%, which I’m guessing is within the margin of error for that poll. That’s virtually even, meaning they’re about the same popularity. Over on NBC, a recent Red Sox-Yankees game averaged 4 million viewers, higher than Sunday Night Basketball’s average of 3.4 million on the same network. A Yankees-Dodgers game averaged 3.9 million two weeks ago. Not every game averages this much, but it shows you that baseball isn’t far off from basketball, depending on the matchup. Altogether, the NBA is just slightly more popular than baseball, but NBC is paying MLB a fraction of what they pay the NBA, a point I’ve made before. RIGHT: Angel, MUBI and Neon Updates... I’ve long been skeptical about many of Hollywood’s buzziest startups/smaller indie studios. It’s not that they don’t make great movies—films like Anora and Everything Everywhere All at Once are amazing—or that they’re not (rightfully) pushing the majors to make better films, but...they get a ton of hype, and that hype often doesn’t live up to the reality or difficulty in scaling up. Starting with MUBI, well, The Wall Street Journal wrote a feature on MUBI’s struggles last April, best summarized by the subheader “After Sequoia valued Mubi at $1 billion, a left-wing revolt sent the indie film company into a tailspin”. MUBI lost $7.3 million on $200 million in revenue in Q4 2025, but reportedly hit a record 1.7 million subscribers at the end of Q1. As for Neon, Department M purchased a “significant stake” in the company earlier this year. How much is that “stake” worth? According to Deadline, “No financial figures for the Neon-Department M deal were disclosed.” So...that’s not great! If it was a big valuation, we’d hear about. Also, I found this curious: “Both Neon and Department M already have separate partnerships with Qatar. The Qatar Film Committee has a slate deal in place with the former, and a biopic production pact with the latter.” Color me skeptical about much Middle Eastern investment dollars. See: LIV Golf. Finally, as for Angel (formerly Angel Studios), their stock very, very slightly popped last month after Young Washington ($20 million budget) which made $45 million in the US, but their stock is still way down from its opening. Smaller Updates RIGHT: The WGA should focus on antitrust concerns! I’ve been on this for years. Post-WGA/AMTPT deal in 2023, I wrote an article for the Ankler calling on the WGA to focus and organize against industry consolidation. Sure enough, the WGA filed a lawsuit against the Paramount-WBD merger, and people are organizing around this issue now. I wish this energy had coalesced earlier (specifically to lobby Washington much earlier), but better late than never! WRONG: Actually, the chip shortage might be due to market manipulation. In my last “Long Reads for the Long Summer” article, I shared an article about how LLMs are causing memory chip prices to spike, which will make all electronics more expensive. Well, turns out, three RAM manufacturers control 90% of the market, and now a private lawsuit accuses them of price-fixing. So yeah. WRONG/UPDATE: The Odyssey will hold! Two weeks ago, I wrote, “As of this moment, we haven’t had a super-blockbuster, though The Odyssey, Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Avengers: Doomsday could all cross the $500 million mark. (At this point, The Odyssey would need a very strong hold to get there.)” Well, it’s safe to say it’s going to have that hold! It only dropped 30% in weekend two and IMAX screenings are sold out all month. Spider-Man: Brand New Day is also off to a great start. RIGHT: People are rushing to get shows out yearly. I’ve long been bullish on yearly, weekly-released shows, and Leslie Goldberg at The Ankler wrote about how many people in town are now listening. WRONG: Mark Carney reverses Canada’s stance on homegrown production. After writing about Canada installing domestic production quotas, Canada has backed off. WRONG: I don’t trust Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s online “views”. When I originally wrote about the latest Spider-Man film’s record-breaking trailer, I thought this was just YouTube views, but after watching this Corridor Crew video and doing more research, well, it’s all social views of the trailer globally. Really? That stat includes TikTok, Reels and YouTube Shorts views. Basically, I don’t trust it anymore. (This film will probably set record, but I trust the pre-sales data more.) RIGHT: Celebrity Production companies are still struggling. I’ve written about this for years, but the company that I didn’t track was Kevin Hart’s HartBeat, which was valued at $650 million but is struggling now and might just end soon, especially after Kevin Hart pulled his endorsement deals. And Bad Robot is moving to NYC. CORRECTION: SpongeBob is a “second run” title. In my 2025 recap article, I had _SpongeBob SquarePants_labelled as a “library” title, when it is still a “second run” show, with new episodes still coming out on Nickelodeon. CORRECTION: In my last “What I Got Right, What I Got Wrong” update, I offered a correction from Doug Creutz and misspelled TD Cowen. Thanks, Grammarly! 1 Though he could have increased prices to make up for the gap, he couldn’t have increased them that much. 2 There’s a theory, which I think that Daryl Morey created and Bill Simmons popularized, that, to be successful building your team, you only need a handful of bad GMs in the league to take advantage of. To be clear, Daryl Morey’s theory was also for signing bad contracts, that you could always get out of bad contracts. Basically, there’s always someone who will make a bad trade. It’s not the same exact thing, but similar enough to the Greater Fool Theory that I really like it.

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