8+ hour, 23+ min ago   (1021+ words) Briefs Finance Tetris Maker Slams White House Game That Mimics Its Blocks - The Tetris Company said on X Friday it had no role in creating the White House game "Build the Wall." - The White House released five games this week…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (977+ words) Briefs Finance AMC Starts Leawood Films To Bring More Small Movies To Theaters - AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. launched a distribution unit called Leawood Films on Monday. - Leawood will focus on small- to mid-budget pictures and will not provide production financing…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1207+ words) MapQuest Keeps Lake Ontario Name and Sees App Surge Briefs Finance MapQuest Keeps Lake Ontario Name and Sees App Surge - MapQuest said it will continue labeling the Great Lake as Lake Ontario rather than Lake America. - The move defies President…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (535+ words) The average household is still paying $69 a month for streaming, the exact same amount as a year ago. But people are more willing than ever to sit through ads, and a group called "fans" is quietly driving the entire industry…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (510+ words) Nobody likes paying more for the same thing. That's the simple math driving a quiet shake-up in how viewers watch television. Streaming services spent years training us to hate commercials. Now they're betting that hated commercials are the best way…...

2+ week, 17+ hour ago   (497+ words) For years, YouTube has mostly avoided direct payouts beyond its standard ad-revenue sharing. Creators earn money when ads run on their videos, and YouTube takes its cut. That system built the modern creator economy, and it made a lot of…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (312+ words) Peacock just became the latest streaming service to raise its prices, and this time all three plans take the hit. The lineup now looks like this: Peacock has been down this road before. The prior increase took effect in July…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (637+ words) Broadcast licenses are the quiet backbone of local TV. And right now, ABC claims the government is using those licenses as a weapon. Disney-owned ABC filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday over the FCC's decision to fast-track the renewal of some…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (549+ words) At Disney's Animal Kingdom, Expedition Everest yeti has been stuck in place since 2006. It broke a few months after the ride opened, and its location made repairs so hard that Disney's Imagineers, the company's design team, used strobe lights to…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (550+ words) Some movies get famous for being good. This one got famous for being bad. A Chinese animated film named Niulai pulled in approximately $1,000 during its initial 10-day theatrical run, according to local reports. Ticket sales that weak would normally end…...