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Living Room Legend Netflix Makes a Break for Hollywood

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Whether it pursues the box office or not, Netflix is clearly interested in catering to the extroverts among us.

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Media & Entertainment

Can the Worldwide Leader in Sports Survive a Brave New World?

ESPN’s standalone streaming service is finally here, but it’s core audience may have already found a preferred way to watch sports.

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Electric Vehicles

Ford Crosses into Fast Lane With $2 Billion Affordable EV Plan

If successful, the company believes its affordable option could revolutionize EV adoption levels in America.

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Media & Entertainment

Paramount Ponies Up $7.7 Billion to Win UFC Rights

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Media & Entertainment

Netflix Should Thank Hollywood for Half-Trillion Dollar Market Cap

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The cable-dependent legacy media players spent the 2010s helping to sharpen the Netflix-issued cord-cutting clippers.

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Media & Entertainment

Hollywood Outgrew Los Angeles. Now It’s Outgrowing America.

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As US-based streaming platforms chase audiences around the world, they’re increasingly committing to international productions.

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Media & Entertainment

2024: The Year Streamers Cracked Live Programming

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For years, traditional cable had one trump card against the upstart streamers devouring their business: live programming. Not anymore.

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