entertainment

Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousands of years specifically for the purpose of keeping an audience's attention.

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Intercepted: Live League Sports Revenue Drop May Take Years To Recover
Intercepted: Live League Sports Revenue Drop May Take Years To Recover
October 28, 2020  |  Retail

On May 1, ESPN reported that “the sudden disappearance of sports will erase at least $12 billion in revenue and hundreds of thousands of jobs, an...

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Streaming Bellwether Netflix Shows Drama Of COVID-Era Subscription Economy
Streaming Bellwether Netflix Shows Drama Of COVID-Era Subscription Economy
October 21, 2020  |  Subscriptions

When streaming on-demand movies at scale became viable around 2007, a new household brand name emerged: Netflix. It charged out of the gate to disrupt...

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AMC Races To Raise Cash As Time Runs Short For Theater Giant
AMC Races To Raise Cash As Time Runs Short For Theater Giant
October 20, 2020  |  Retail

Movie theater giant AMC Entertainment is scrambling to raise cash by issuing shares, even as it warns that its efforts to right its sinking finances...

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DraftKings Cuts Deal With Turner Sports, Bleacher Report
DraftKings Cuts Deal With Turner Sports, Bleacher Report
October 15, 2020  |  Ecosystems

DraftKings, which has been on a deal-making tear, has just inked another big agreement, this one with broadcasting giant Turner Sports, according to a press...

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Movie Chain AMC Says It Could Go Broke By Year’s End
Movie Chain AMC Says It Could Go Broke By Year’s End
October 13, 2020  |  Retail

The parent of AMC Theatres says it’s on track to run out of cash by early 2021 at the latest. AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. wrote...

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Disney To Create Central Organization Focused On Disney+ Streaming
Disney To Create Central Organization Focused On Disney+ Streaming
October 12, 2020  |  Streaming

Disney is restructuring part of its business to focus on video streaming, which is becoming increasingly popular, CNBC reported. The company said Monday (Oct. 12)...

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Movie Houses Go Dark, Lighting The Way For The Streaming (Content) Deluge
Movie Houses Go Dark, Lighting The Way For The Streaming (Content) Deluge
October 05, 2020  |  Internet of Things

The spikes in new coronavirus cases, notable in pockets across the U.S. and Europe, is having ripple effects across the entertainment industry, pushing back content...

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Today In Payments: Google Delays In-App Fees; Square Capital Chief To Step Down
Today In Payments: Google Delays In-App Fees; Square Capital Chief To Step Down
October 05, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, Google has delayed its deadline to developers to comply with a new fee system, and the head of Square Capital is...

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James Bond’s License To Close Movie Theater Chains
James Bond’s License To Close Movie Theater Chains
October 05, 2020  |  Economy

The past six months have been unquestionably difficult for movie theaters. First, they got shut down in early spring by mandated closures that lasted in...

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