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Budget Battles

  • Why Netflix Didn’t Pay the Ransom for ‘Orange Is the New Black’

    By Josh Herr

    Over the weekend, hackers calling themselves “thedarkoverlord” threatened to release the first 10 episodes of the fifth season of Netflix’s “Orange Is the New Black” on the popular file sharing...

  • John Skipper, President of ESPN, INC, and co-chairman, Disney Media Networks addresses the media in Digital Center 2, a new 194,000 sq. ft building on the ESPN campus in Bristol, Connecticut May 22, 2014 will be the new home of SportsCenter beginning Ju

    Will ESPN's Mass Layoffs Save the Network?

    By Jeff Spross, TheWeek.com

    There was a bloodbath at ESPN on Wednesday. A dramatic round of layoffs had long been expected at the Worldwide Leader in Sports, but the numbers turned out much bigger than predicted : Roughly 100...

  • NFL logo and set are seen at New York's Radio City Music Hall before the start of the 2013 NFL Draft

    Here's Why It Really Pays to Get Picked in the First Round in the NFL Draft

    By Cork Gaines and Diana Yukari, Business Insider

    In the weeks leading up to the NFL Draft, players and agents jockey for position to be one of the top picks in the draft and cash in with a lucrative contract. This is immensely important because if...

  • Harry Potter Deathly Hollows Part II

    Here's Why Hollywood Is Addicted to Sequels

    By Diana Yukari and Carrie Wittmer, Business Insider

    There are a lot of sequels coming in 2017, and many have already hit theaters. But to the chagrin of Hollywood executives, many are bombing at the box office . Analysts are crying sequel fatigue, but...

  • View shows Dubai International Airport after an Emirates Airline flight crash-landed

    The Trump Effect? Major Global Airline Cuts Flights to US

    By Benjamin Zhang , Business Insider

    On Wednesday, Emirates announced plans to reduce service to the US amid fallout from the Trump administration's more restrictive travel policies . The Dubai, United Arab Emirates-based airline says...

  • Fall Movie Preview: Hollywood Rolls Out Its Oscar Bait

    By Josh Herr

    Just as many of us are packing up our swim trunks and busting out the sweaters, Hollywood has its own little end-of-summer ritual. Out go the super heroes and space invaders, in come the serious and...

  • Ray Rice

    Ray Rice: Do NFL Fines Fit the Crimes?

    By Sreekar Jasthi, The Fiscal Times

    How the NFL polices its players is a perennial subject of conversation and debate, but perhaps never before has it so dominated the talk heading into a new season. The central story, of course, was...

  • New England Patriots' Aaron Hernandez runs for a long gain after a catch in third quarter of their NFL AFC Divisional playoff football game against the Houston Texans in Foxborough

    Ray Rice and 5 Other Scandals That Rocked the NFL

    By Josh Stelzer, The Fiscal Times

    Updated September 8, 2014 The Baltimore Ravens have terminated the contract of Ray Rice after a new leaked video showed the player literally slugging and knocking out his fiancée in the famed...

  • The Fall TV Season Is Here…and No One Cares

    By Josh Herr

    Now that the American summer has officially wound down and millions of us have returned to our desks, another sign of autumn is upon us, one that used to be anticipated and celebrated as a kind of...

  • Gun Tourism in U.S. Is Booming

    By Marine Cole

    Gun tourism in the U.S. is on the rise as foreign travelers from countries with restrictive gun laws seek to experience an aspect of the American way of life they typically only see in movies.