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Media Man News is part of the Media Man network and group of companies.Media Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00973357845409014276noreply@blogger.comBlogger2960125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075462.post-76521717530211254422024-03-19T13:56:00.000+11:002024-03-19T13:56:03.147+11:00Media Man News Blog: Insights from Prague Gaming and Tech Summit<p><b>Media Man News Blog</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY5qPSdscPPrB5_5SyXBbs3SkTK_niQqWsR32fSkk7c_ZWseLPcZWXtu6OTLBglrKZaugxiDaCZ1CNeM-iBAT29r1jmS6ZD3tn8talMov27ZxHd5ImwEiaQTZX7oC2MaIOpRD_SjK3HsulJDw0zoM3K5oORP6deKCOy57jkGp-h0I2D3iHumX7Oz6QyjhU/s318/blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="159" data-original-width="318" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY5qPSdscPPrB5_5SyXBbs3SkTK_niQqWsR32fSkk7c_ZWseLPcZWXtu6OTLBglrKZaugxiDaCZ1CNeM-iBAT29r1jmS6ZD3tn8talMov27ZxHd5ImwEiaQTZX7oC2MaIOpRD_SjK3HsulJDw0zoM3K5oORP6deKCOy57jkGp-h0I2D3iHumX7Oz6QyjhU/s1600/blog.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><p><br /><b><br /></b></p><p></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Insights from Prague Gaming & TECH Summit 2024 Speakers (pre-event)</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Sent on behalf of European Gaming</b></p><p><br /></p><p>As we approach the Prague Gaming & TECH Summit, we've engaged with some of the event's notable speakers to gauge the pulse of what's on the horizon for the gaming and tech industries. Their insights provide a glimpse into the evolving landscape, highlighting the importance of adaptability, innovation, and strategic foresight.</p><p><br /></p><p>We asked some of our speakers to reply to the below questions:</p><p>What has been the most surprising or valuable lesson in your career within the gaming/tech</p><p>sector?</p><p>Can you tell us about a project or achievement in your career that you're particularly proud</p><p>of?</p><p>What do you think are the biggest challenges facing the gaming and tech industries</p><p>today?</p><p>Here is what they’ve replied.</p><p><br /></p><p>Viktoria Soltesz: Mastering the Financial Game</p><p><br /></p><p>Viktoria Soltesz, a pivotal figure in the payment solutions space, shared a crucial lesson from her career: the significance of a well-crafted payment plan. Through her work, Soltesz has observed the downfall of companies due to inadequate financial strategies, emphasizing that</p><p>such pitfalls are easily avoidable with proper planning. Her recent book, "Moving Money - How Banks Think," aims to demystify banking and payment processes for businesses, advocating for informed financial decision-making within the gaming and tech sectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>Aleksandra Andrishak: The Power of Continuous Learning</p><p><br /></p><p>Representing Slotsjudge, Editor in Chief Aleksandra Andrishak looks forward to delving into topics like iGaming and blockchain at the summit. Andrishak highlights the transformative work undertaken at Slotsjudge in 2023 and stresses the importance of perpetual learning in the</p><p>fast-paced gaming industry. Her advice to newcomers is to embrace innovation and remain adaptable to stay ahead.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jakub Tesar: Blockchain's Expanding Horizon</p><p><br /></p><p>Jakub Tesar predicts a promising future for blockchain technology, especially within the Ethereum ecosystem, and the rise of Web3. He envisions a world where gamers have greater control over virtual collectibles and in-game items, thanks to blockchain. Tesar anticipates GenAI</p><p>revolutionizing game interactions and narratives, urging industry professionals to experiment with blockchain's burgeoning use cases.</p><p><br /></p><p>Kaspar Szymanski: Navigating SEO in the Gaming and Tech World</p><p><br /></p><p>Kaspar Szymanski, with his rich background in Google Search, identifies the challenge of distinguishing brands in a saturated market. He argues for a focus on unique selling propositions and long-term growth strategies. At the summit, Szymanski aims to dispel SEO myths and offer</p><p>actionable advice, emphasizing that SEO setbacks can lead to significant growth opportunities.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jasmina Poglavc: Data-Driven Innovation in iGaming</p><p><br /></p><p>Jazz underscores the impact of advanced data analytics and AI in enhancing the iGaming experience through personalized player engagement. She points out the challenges of data privacy and navigating the regulatory landscape, advocating for a shift towards more player-centric and</p><p>responsible gaming practices.</p><p><br /></p><p>These insights from our speakers highlight a common theme: the gaming and tech industries are at a critical juncture, facing challenges that span financial planning, regulatory navigation, and technological innovation. The Prague Gaming & TECH Summit stands as a pivotal</p><p>platform for addressing these challenges, fostering dialogue, and paving the way for future advancements.</p><p><br /></p><p>As we anticipate the rich discussions and networking opportunities at the summit, it's clear that adaptability, continuous learning, and strategic planning are key to navigating the future of gaming and tech. Join us in Prague to explore these themes and more, shaping the trajectory of these dynamic industries.</p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-size: small;"><div class="gmail_signature" dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div></div></div></div></div></span>Media Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00973357845409014276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075462.post-71591006503984881612024-03-18T15:27:00.005+11:002024-03-18T15:27:43.185+11:00Media Man News Blog: Media Man Web Tips<p><b>Media Man News Blog</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Media Man Web Tips</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOrYDcU4wgTIFn3abFKrfC47ixapsu7YEQnMiI7a2BwcuRWkTXwx9PAaqlCWeRkI0WYzPojweWXe0x3Yg3hOi8URIeQgkNU6BKe6X8XsI5USoQJAKRd0eAppgA4ne3Rmv85mDmKOBB-1BpG6rYXsedHv-rozVjIY4nf0zRJbTg3sLOuxqzhV8HbA/s800/blog_gold2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOrYDcU4wgTIFn3abFKrfC47ixapsu7YEQnMiI7a2BwcuRWkTXwx9PAaqlCWeRkI0WYzPojweWXe0x3Yg3hOi8URIeQgkNU6BKe6X8XsI5USoQJAKRd0eAppgA4ne3Rmv85mDmKOBB-1BpG6rYXsedHv-rozVjIY4nf0zRJbTg3sLOuxqzhV8HbA/s320/blog_gold2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheSgOesBt0E7Zodc8HuNhW_OyK9sPfOCEKjdAyFcUUVM2OeBW_XQgSDnNpwTTxRRdUkUDqr-WQAH1Eh_z4_es9Gd-FVaUIjwERjl253-chYdSnoA5wjHzqSAeeIksah9LWvd9ueD5qChDHYJBDv0V__aj466h7oEj9M98Cm3_qtiIVvIvKl8t2rw/s249/blog1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="71" data-original-width="249" height="71" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheSgOesBt0E7Zodc8HuNhW_OyK9sPfOCEKjdAyFcUUVM2OeBW_XQgSDnNpwTTxRRdUkUDqr-WQAH1Eh_z4_es9Gd-FVaUIjwERjl253-chYdSnoA5wjHzqSAeeIksah9LWvd9ueD5qChDHYJBDv0V__aj466h7oEj9M98Cm3_qtiIVvIvKl8t2rw/s1600/blog1.jpg" width="249" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p><b>SEO Terms</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Keywords: Keywords are the words that users plug into a search engine whenever they seek out information over the web.</p><p><br /></p><p>Organic traffic: Organic traffic is any traffic that comes to your site over a search engine search, excluding those who click on PPC links.</p><p><br /></p><p>SERP: Search engine results page.</p><p><br /></p><p>PPC: Pay-per-click advertising is an advertising strategy to rank products or landing pages above the normal Google SERP results. These links will say “ad” next to them.</p><p><br /></p><p>User intent: The intent of the keyword search (e.g., is the user asking a question or looking to buy a product).</p><p><br /></p><p>Meta tags: Snippets of text designed to describe a webpage to a search engine. For example, the title of the page is contained in an HTML title tag attribute.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ranking factors: Any algorithmic factor designed to influence a page’s ranking in a search engine for a particular keyword search.</p><p><br /></p><p>Crawling: The ability of search engines to find web pages on your site.</p><p><br /></p><p>Indexation: The ability of search engines to include your web pages in its web index.</p><p><br /></p><p>Technical SEO: The backend details of a website, including a web page’s speed and mobile rendering, which impacts its search rankings.</p><p><br /></p><p>On-page SEO: A list of ranking factors, including meta tags and header tags, designed to help a page rank higher in search results.</p><p><br /></p><p>Off-page SEO: A list of ranking factors, including link building and acquisition, designed to improve your website’s visibility and authority.</p><p><br /></p><p>Link building: The manual process of building backlinks or hyperlinks to a website, which is a vital ranking factor for most search engines.</p><p><br /></p><p>Algorithm updates: Any update to Google’s core algorithm (e.g., Penguin, Panda) that influences a broad range of search rankings.</p><p><br /></p><p>Core Web Vitals: Technical SEO factors that Google finds important in determining a page’s potential user experience.</p><p><br /></p><p>E-A-T: Expertise, Authority, Trust. A set of guidelines Google suggests to marketers to evaluate whether their content meets these criteria.</p><p><br /></p><p>UX: User experience.</p>Media Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00973357845409014276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075462.post-796693898668640472024-03-17T12:07:00.002+11:002024-03-17T12:07:37.805+11:00Media Man News Blog: LinkTree<p><b><a href="https://www.mediamannews.net" target="_blank">Media Man News</a> Blog</b></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://linktr.ee/mediamanint" target="_blank">Media Man Int LinkTree</a></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXDi9pvIGSquYJXsDOOKgsmUaBu_J7jpOjbG7mDWIVMQuLJTz3gwCrQ3jmlyKa2HjzZJJXFmoCICs_oLWlBhXxATNwHO2G2iHeLeIO7N4enYQ3lmkCkS9Zb5g0LDkQ7ehpmZbdqeVY9NdZmP_Jzw_0ZFc90PhaIoKsj_tJxxZBBBKfkE4UIzA1Nw/s320/google_blogger320.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="197" data-original-width="320" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXDi9pvIGSquYJXsDOOKgsmUaBu_J7jpOjbG7mDWIVMQuLJTz3gwCrQ3jmlyKa2HjzZJJXFmoCICs_oLWlBhXxATNwHO2G2iHeLeIO7N4enYQ3lmkCkS9Zb5g0LDkQ7ehpmZbdqeVY9NdZmP_Jzw_0ZFc90PhaIoKsj_tJxxZBBBKfkE4UIzA1Nw/s1600/google_blogger320.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Will Facebook again seek to shutdown Australians’ access to credible news content from all its platforms?</p><p><br /></p><p>‘Tech Tyrants: Facebook’s War on Australia’ premieres on Sky News this Wednesday, 13 March at 8.30pm AEDT. Watch live on Foxtel or through the http://SkyNews.com.au Streaming Subscription.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Credit: Sky News Australia)</p><p><br /></p><p>Special thanks: Sky News Australia</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Social Media Giant Meta Getting A Bashing From Aussie News Media and Politics</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Meta facing hefty fines over walking away from news media deal</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Facebook’s parent company Meta could soon face major fines for breaching the news media bargaining code.</p><p><br /></p><p>This comes after the tech giant walked away from commercial deals with Australian news outlets last week.</p><p><br /></p><p>The deals – worth around $250 million a year for Australian news publishers – were due to expire later this year.</p><p><br /></p><p>A fine for Meta would depend on which sections of the code it breaks.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, the company could face fines of more than a billion dollars if it is found to break all sections of the code.</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Group management had documented what the likes of Facebook was doing to the Australian news media and online news media industries for a former Prime Minster and very high level News Corp chiefs over a decade ago. </p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Under The Watercooler: "In the space we operate in and around we freqently see and experience trends, paterns and such well before others. It took additional time for more traditional Australian newsrooms, creative and advertising agencies to feel the full effect. You can't say we didn't warn you. Now the likes of Meta have changed their business model after taking from Australia what they intended to. That company remains extremly embattled and with good reason. Surely a strong case can be made against the Big F and Big M. We could even be witness and present findings from the coalface if called upon"</p><p><br /></p><p>(Image credit: MAD)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Play hardball and make Meta pay fair share for news</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Now that Facebook’s owner has thrown the ball back into the government’s court, it must be “designated” in the interests of professional newsrooms and serious public journalism.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Australian government is set to go head-to-head with one of the world’s most powerful companies in one of the world’s most ubiquitous industries. Last week, Facebook and Instagram owner Meta told the federal government it will no longer pay for the news content that it and other social media like Google had once swept up from Australian news mastheads for free.</p><p><br /></p><p>Under a world-first News Media Bargaining Code enforced by the federal government in 2021, Meta and Google agreed deals worth $200 million a year to compensate for copyrighted content from Nine Entertainment, News Corp, the ABC, Seven West Media and many others.</p><p><br /></p><p>Meta’s $70 million or so share has been an important boost for Australia’s professional newsrooms and serious public journalism.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now Meta has thrown the ball back into the government’s court. Under the Code, the government can “designate” Meta and make it pay. Meta claims that its audience has largely drifted away from news and politics to family and friends.</p><p><br /></p><p>But it has also reduced the presence of news on its home pages, and will take away the news tab. Facebook users will still be able to share news stories on its sites, and Meta has not dropped Australian news pages altogether as it did in a first clumsy attempt to avoid paying before the code deal was struck in 2021.</p><p><br /></p><p>Brazenly, it is sending signals that it is walking away from news, if only as a bargaining ploy, even though sites such as Facebook depend on being everywhere and about everything.</p><p><br /></p><p>Quitting news altogether is what Meta has just done in Canada, where the government had set up a similar agreement following Australia’s example. After Canada demanded the pay deal continue, Meta blocked all news content.</p><p><br /></p><p>That means the Australian government may have to play hardball in return. It might put a new special levy or restrictions such as age verification on the table.</p><p><br /></p><p>And Meta is on politically tricky ground too. In the US, social media is under pressure over online harm it enables while avoiding the responsibilities and disciplines of being a “publisher”. Facebook is used by fringe political groups, and it’s hardly a good look to throw the responsible mainstream media off the same site.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Australian Financial Review benefits from this code, too, even if our business model is based more on premium subscriptions.</p><p><br /></p><p>The code was created because, as Anthony Albanese put it last week, “the idea that research and work done by others can be taken for free is simply untenable”.</p><p><br /></p><p>Traditional newsrooms which expensively gather, edit and present news are more essential than ever in the babble of unfiltered social media that pollutes politics. Not only did publishers have their copyrighted intellectual property swept up for free, it was put onto digital platforms that have infrastructure-like monopoly reach, and which had also destroyed mainstream publishers’ digital advertising markets on the way through.</p><p><br /></p><p>It also goes to the even bigger debate about the virtues of democracy over authoritarian and repressive rule. Democratic choice depends on flows of fresh and original trusted, reliable information and news. That’s expensive to produce, which is why it is assigned a limited property right in the form of copyright.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the emergence of technology that allows the almost costless digital copying and distribution of content at mega scale has upset the balance between providing sufficient incentives and returns to create public interest information and the benefits of encouraging its widespread dissemination.</p><p><br /></p><p>Where is the incentive to keep producing when what is produced can be readily copied and distributed effectively for free? Especially when technology allows private interests other than the creators to profit?</p><p><br /></p><p>The code and the payments are a practical way to help restore that balance. But it may only be a first round of the process.</p><p><br /></p><p>AI will lift the issue to new heights. ChatGPT, which mashes up other peoples’ copyrighted content to produce its results, is now being sued for damages in US courts by The New York Times.</p><p><br /></p><p>Traditional, professionally reported news helps fund democracy. The Albanese government ought to insist that mega social media platforms pay their share.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Credit: AFR)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Cryptocurrency and Business News via FxPro and Media Man</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>March 6, 2024</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Bitcoin spooked by highs, Ethereum still climbing</b></p><p><b>Market picture</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The cryptocurrency market is building capitalisation towards the 24-hour level, but it's a relatively modest +0.6% to $2.51 trillion. That's close to, but still below Tuesday's highs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin briefly topped $69K on Tuesday, setting a new all-time high, but has since corrected by more than 15%.</p><p><br /></p><p>The size, speed and nature of the decline indicate a desire for "weak hands" to exit Bitcoin. At its lowest point, the price fell below $59K due to large orders that the market was unable to quickly digest. Excluding this spike, we can assume that the price fell to $62K - last week's consolidation area - wiping out all the recent gains. </p><p><br /></p><p>We saw these 15% corrections for a long time after the first update of the highs in the last cycle in 2020. It's worth bracing for up to several weeks of consolidation in the 15-20% range.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many altcoins have pulled back significantly from recent highs, looking back at BTC. But not Ethereum, which hit new highs since January 2022 at $3865 on Wednesday morning. The second most important cryptocurrency very quickly crossed the key $3500 threshold (161.8% of the year-end rally and local April 2022 high). According to the Fibonacci model, the next upside target is the 261.8% level, which is just above $4600 and close to historical highs.</p><p><br /></p><p>News background</p><p><br /></p><p>Ethereum's cumulative stakes have surpassed $117 billion. Ethereum validators have blocked more than 31.5 million ETH in stakes, according to The Block. The total ETH supply is around 120 million coins with a capitalisation of ~$450 billion, so around 26% of the asset issuance is involved in securing the network.</p><p><br /></p><p>The SEC has delayed a decision on BlackRock and Fidelity's spot Ethereum ETFs. The commission will continue to gather comments from the public. Experts are divided on when the regulator will make a positive decision on Ethereum ETFs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Over the past 90 days, investors have invested the equivalent of 133,000 BTC in various regulated bitcoin products. Their total assets under management (AuM) rose to 1 million BTC, according to ByteTree. Outflows from gold and bond-based ETFs accompanied the trend.</p><p><br /></p><p>Michael van de Poppe, founder of MN Trading, pointed out that this is the first time in history that a new ATN has been reached before rather than after a halving.</p><p><br /></p><p>The upcoming halving in April will reduce the daily mining of new bitcoins from 900 BTC to 450 BTC, which will affect trading strategies, market cycles and mining, according to Glassnode. Historically, halves have preceded bullish rallies. Heavy buying of spot bitcoin ETFs could add to the increased demand.</p><p><br /></p><p>Deutsche Börse has launched an institutional-focused regulated platform for spot trading, settlement and custody of cryptocurrency assets, Deutsche Börse Digital Exchange (DBDX). Settlement and custody services will be provided by Crypto Finance (Deutschland), a BaFin-licensed subsidiary.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>News</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Gold and Commodities News via Media Man and FXPro</b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>March 5, 2024</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Gold is primed for a substantial move, second only to cryptocurrencies in amplitude but lacking their enduring strength. </p><p><br /></p><p>At the end of last week, we saw a swift technical completion of a bullish pattern. Sometimes, gold avoids volatility for weeks, but at certain moments, strong multi-day trends are born, and the movement becomes almost one-sided, as we saw this time. </p><p><br /></p><p>After breaking through the resistance of the descending channel, gold quickly moved higher, gaining almost 2% on Friday, another 1.5% on Monday and over 0.5% since the start of the day on Tuesday. </p><p><br /></p><p>Current levels at $2126 are around all-time highs. The higher price was off-market at the start of trading on the 1st, with a history-making short squeeze of 3.5%. After Monday's strong rally above $2088, which rewrote the closing highs, the current working scenario for gold is for a rally to the $2255 area, which is the 161.8% level from the initial October-December impulse. The price has made a classic corrective pullback to 61.8% of the initial rally at the start of the year. One of the warning signs is the overbought RSI. At 77.7, the Relative Strength Index is at its highest level since March 2022, where it remained for the following 14 months. </p><p><br /></p><p>The RSI reached even higher levels in July-August 2020, and we see more similarities with this particular episode. The overbought RSI then, as it is now, coincided with the entry into the historical high area above $1800. Technically, it wasn't an all-time high, as it is the case now, but it was a move out of a steadily traded range (then $1800, now $2050), and that is what matters. </p><p><br /></p><p>(Source: FxPro) with Media Man and Bitcoin News Media </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Combat Sports: Boxing</p><p><br /></p><p>Anthony Joshua vs Francis "The Predator" Ngannou </p><p><br /></p><p>Boxing Promoters Borrow Pages Out Of Pro Wrestling Playbook: World class production, animated storylines and FN's Great promos and insider look etc </p><p><br /></p><p>Cross-Over Trend Continues As Elite Fighters Aim To Cash In; Public Demand Remains Solid. Gamification hype machine tipped to deliver says Media Man Fight Details </p><p><br /></p><p>Francis Ngannou 20lbs heavier (272.6lbs) than Anthony Joshua at weigh-in for hyped Saudi fight</p><p><br /></p><p>Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou will take place on Friday, March 8 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia </p><p><br /></p><p>PPV: Main Event and Kayo Sports in Australia DAZN in many parts of the world</p><p><br /></p><p>Ngannou Quotes</p><p><br /></p><p>“The mindset is still the same. This is just my second boxing match, even though I’m taking on the two best guys in the world in boxing. I’m the underdog, I’m going out there to prove that you can be an underdog and stand your ground.”</p><p><br /></p><p>“Sometimes it just makes me laugh a little bit, because we’re going to fight in boxing rules, but what would happen if it was a ‘free’ fight? I would smoke these guys! I’m the only one to go into their backyard.</p><p><br /></p><p>“My official prediction is me leaving the ring with the victory.”</p><p><br /></p><p>“I deliver, I’m the postman!”</p><p><br /></p><p>“I have learnt a little bit from the last fight, the last camp, and leading up to this one, so I get a little bit of experience, but the mindset is still the samed”</p><p><br /></p><p>“This is just my second boxing match, even though I am taking on the two best guys in the world in boxing.</p><p><br /></p><p>“I am the underdog, I am going out there to prove that you can be an underdog and stand your ground”</p><p><br /></p><p>Back Story</p><p><br /></p><p>"The Predator last competed in MMA (mixed martial arts) in January 2022, when he retained the UFC heavyweight title against ex-teammate Ciryl Gane. He then vacated the belt upon leaving the UFC in early 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>Later in the year, Ngannou signed with a rival MMA promotion, the Professional Fighters League (PFL). The Cameroonian who escaped the sand hills way back when - is expected to continue his MMA career with the PFL before the end of 2024. However, Saudi adviser Turki Al-Sheikh has apparently advised Joshua and Ngannou that the winner of their bout will challenge the winner of "Gypsy King" Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fury and Usyk were set to square off against each other in Riyadh in February, but the Brit suffered a cut two weeks before the bout. This led to tons of speculation whether it was a "set up" or "work", meaning intentional and an "own goal". As a result, the fight was delayed until 18 May. The victor of that clash will be crowned the first undisputed heavyweight champion in 24 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fury has said there is a rematch clause to ensure a second bout against the Ukrainian in 2024, complicating Joshua and Ngannou’s potential involvement in the title picture.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anthony Joshua quotes</p><p><br /></p><p>“He brings two arms, a body, like every other fighter does. But it’s his mind that is different. Everyone has their own unique mind. In terms of the frame and make up, I’ve seen people like him and he’s seen people like me many times before, but it’s his mind that I have to conquer in the ring. You have to take their soul and spirit, and I am looking for the challenge for sure, it’s going to be good, explosive. There’s many ways to skin a cat, I can counter-punch, he can counter-punch. We can both box, we can both trade, it’s going to be a good fight - and shout out to His Excellency, my promoter, my team at 258 for getting me in this position to showcase why I am the top Heavyweight in the UK. I’m not really concerned about the world, I’m trying to conquer where I live and make everyone know that I am the one that puts boxing on the map.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Francis Ngannou quotes</p><p> </p><p>“Thank you to my brother, His Excellency, for once again putting me in this position to live my dream and have all those great experiences like I had in Riyadh two months ago, it was amazing. Hopefully this will be the same thing.</p><p> </p><p>“I’ve been sitting here and listening to people talking and even Eddie praising me, and I appreciate that, but at the same time, I am not sure if he wants me to sleep on his guy - but that’s not going to happen. I am just a beginner out here that’s going to train really hard and do everything as the underdog to win the fight. </p><p> </p><p>“I don’t take my last fight as a reference, I know exactly where I am at, I’m going to get better and better and that’s how I see things. I’m preparing for a tough fight, the Fury fight was great, but that’s in the past and I have a new challenge in front of me, and I take it more serious now than before because now I think there’s something more on the line, which is probably the Undisputed fight. So let’s see, I will do something that no-one has done before and I believe I have the tools to do that, starting with having the win over ‘AJ’ on March 8 in a big fight - not an easy fight, but a possible one and I am going to take it.</p><p> </p><p>“I’m going to fight him, so what do you think I am going to do? I will look for his chin. That’s what you do in a fight, you try to hit someone on the chin or wherever to try to hurt him. I heard he doesn’t have a chin, I don’t know if it’s true or not, we’re going to find out and I hope that I have the opportunity to test that - that’s my wish.”</p><p> </p><p>Eddie Hearn (promoter) quotes</p><p> </p><p>“Just to echo what Frank said, our thanks to the Crown Prince and of course, His Excellency. I likened this earlier, the whole experience, to Football Manager. Imagine being the biggest fan in boxing and having the ability to sit in a room and put fights together at the drop of a hat that the fans want to see. In just five months we’ve seen Fury vs. Ngannou, The Day of Reckoning, Fury vs. Usyk and ’AJ’ vs. Ngannou, and so much more to come. This is such an incredible opportunity for boxing and it’s being delivered by someone that has an incredible passion for the sport, someone that’s unbelievably knowledgeable. I thought Ngannou and Fury was going to be a mismatch, and His Excellency told me I would be wrong. I said Callum Smith was going to beat Artur Beterbiev and he told me I was wrong. It shows he knows his boxing.</p><p> </p><p>“I met Francis under a year ago in Las Vegas where he told me about his ambition to be in big boxing events. A guy with an unbelievable story, a very strong mind, but if I’m honest, I didn’t take him seriously. I have never known anyone to walk into a sport and compete and, in my opinion, and it was close, beat Tyson that night. It’s never been done before, and he might be unlucky that he’s not sitting here as the World Lineal Heavyweight champion on his professional debut.</p><p> </p><p>“So now, we take him very seriously, and after that fight that we give him unbelievable props for, I said that the biggest fight out there outside of Fury vs. Usyk, is Joshua vs. Ngannou. We had signed the Joshua vs. Ngannou fight and as soon as that show finished on December 23, His Excellency said to myself and Frank, ‘we need to talk - what is the biggest event we can do on March 8?’ The answer was this and in my opinion you have the two biggest fights in the Heavyweight division happening within three weeks of each other in Saudi Arabia. It’s an incredible opportunity. For ’AJ’, there’s big jeopardy in this fight. I truly believe he’s going to be the Undisputed Heavyweight champion, but he’s doing it the difficult way, going through what some might call immovable objects in the giant of a man to my left. The former UFC Heavyweight World champion, but now, a guy we take very, very seriously in the sport of boxing. ’AJ’ is on a roll, he’s with a great team, and we cannot wait. This is a dream opportunity for the sport and we’re all so invested to give the fans incredible nights.”</p><p><br /></p><p>If your the slightest big confussed, we're got two words for you - That's Boxing!</p><p><br /></p><p>Videos</p><p><br /></p><p>Matchroom Boxing YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Knockout Chaos</p><p><br /></p><p>INCREDIBLE 👾 Anthony Joshua Vs Francis Ngannou: Knockout Chaos Promo 🎥</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=y8KO_5pldbM&ab_channel=MatchroomBoxing</p><p><br /></p><p>About Matchroom Boxing</p><p><br /></p><p>Promoted by Eddie Hearn, Matchroom Boxing promote events around the globe in locations including UK, USA, United Arab Emirates, Mexico, Australia and further afield. Their fighter roster includes Anthony Joshua, Canelo Alvarez, Katie Taylor, Dmitry Bivol, Conor Benn, Callum Smith, Leigh Wood, Josh Warrington, Ebanie Bridges and many more.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anthony Joshua Vs Francis Ngannou: Knockout Chaos Weigh In Live</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=UCxVqaUZWfE&t=8s&ab_channel=MatchroomBoxing</p><p><br /></p><p>Inside Look - Knockout Chaos: Joshua Vs Ngannou & Zhang Vs Parker</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=JsxN5ae0Qz0&t=11s&ab_channel=MatchroomBoxing</p><p><br /></p><p>It's almost time for Knockout Chaos! Get the Inside Look from Anthony Joshua, Francis Ngannou, Zhilei Zhang and Joseph Parker ahead of the colossal Heavyweight double header topping the show in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Ngannou Worries Me Vs Anthony Joshua!"- Eddie Hearn On Knockout Chaos</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=r9M5TvUimx8&t=151s&ab_channel=MatchroomBoxing</p><p><br /></p><p>Eddie Hearn sits down with Matchroom Boxing in Riyadh to preview Friday's blockbuster between Anthony Joshua & Francis Ngannou and the full Knockout Chaos card, live worldwide on DAZN. Hearn also reflects on Ray Ford's World Title victory over Otabek Kholmatov, the latest on Canelo developments, plus Jake Paul, Amanda Serrano & Haney-Garcia.</p><p><br /></p><p>DAZN Boxing YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>"Anything Can Happen": Joshua vs. Ngannou Preview</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=-BJuJqsIXYc&t=40s&ab_channel=DAZNBoxing</p><p><br /></p><p>Tyson Fury: I'd like to back Anthony Joshua against Francis Ngannou, but..</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=ab6FINoPmBs&t=12s&ab_channel=DAZNBoxing</p><p><br /></p><p>"As Far Back As I Can Remember I Wanted To Be A Fighter" - Off The Cuff With Francis Ngannou</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=wO8hjmaxPDA&ab_channel=DAZNBoxing</p><p><br /></p><p>DAZN Boxing YouTube Ngannou Trolls Tyson Fury https://youtube.com/watch?v=zAqKpMU7-hg</p><p><br /></p><p>Sky Sports Boxing YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>JOSHUA VS NGANNOU! ⚖ | FULL WEIGH-IN</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=FFx55fdyY8I&t=3s&ab_channel=SkySportsBoxing</p><p><br /></p><p>BISPING reacts: Francis Ngannou THREATENS Tyson Fury! | Joshua vs Ngannou Press Conference</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=jtkmut6YIT8&ab_channel=MichaelBisping</p><p><br /></p><p>Betting? You Bet Punter!</p><p><br /></p><p>Joshua vs. Ngannou fight card, odds</p><p><br /></p><p>Anthony Joshua -345 vs. Francis Ngannou +270, heavyweights</p><p><br /></p><p>Nick Ball -190 vs. Rey Vargas (c) +158, WBC featherweight title</p><p><br /></p><p>Israil Madrimov -400 vs. Magomed Kurbanov +310, vacant WBA super welterweight title</p><p><br /></p><p>Zhilei Zhang (c) -240 vs. Joseph Parker +195, WBO interim heavyweight title</p><p><br /></p><p>Mark Chamberlain -278 vs. Gavin Gwynne +222, lightweights</p><p><br /></p><p>Andrii Novytskyi vs. Juan Torres, heavyweights. TBA</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int Bet On Anything (Media Man Int) http://mediamanint.com/articles/bet_on.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Combat Sports (Media Man Int) *in progress</p><p>https://mediamanint.com/articles/combat_sports.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Boxing News (Media Man Int)</p><p>http://mediamanint.com/articles/boxing_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p>PPV News (Media Man Int)</p><p>http://mediamanint.com/articles/ppv_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Special thanks: Matchroom Boxing, DAZN, Main Event an Kayo Sports </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>MMA</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC @UFC Fight Night 238</p><p><br /></p><p>Apex Centre</p><p><br /></p><p>Enterprise, Nevada</p><p><br /></p><p>March 2, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Rozenstruik vs Gaziev Results</p><p><br /></p><p>Jairzinho Rozenstruik defeats Shamil Gaziev by TKO (referee stoppage) at 5:00 of Round 4</p><p><br /></p><p>Vitor Petrino defeats Tyson Pedro by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)</p><p><br /></p><p>Muhammad Mokaev defeats Alex Perez by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)</p><p><br /></p><p>Umar Nurmagomedov defeats Bekzat Almakhan by unanimous decision (30-25, 30-26, 30-26)</p><p><br /></p><p>Steve Erceg defeats Matt Schnell by KO (left hook) at 0:26 of Round 2</p><p><br /></p><p>Eryk Anders defeats Jamie Pickett by unanimous decision (29-27, 29-28, 29-28)</p><p><br /></p><p>Vinicius Oliveira defeats Benardo Sopaj by KO (flying knee) at 4:41 of Round 3</p><p><br /></p><p>Aiemann Zahabi defeats Javid Basharat by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian Leroy Duncan defeats Claudio Ribeiro by TKO (elbows) at 1:57 of Round 2</p><p><br /></p><p>Ludovit Klein defeats AJ Cunningham by TKO (strikes) at 4:36 of Round 1</p><p><br /></p><p>Loik Radzhabov defeats Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady by KO (strikes) at 0:49 of Round 3</p><p><br /></p><p>Videos via official UFC YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Jairzinho Rozenstruik Post-Fight Interview | UFC Vegas 87</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lshymgv4Sck&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>Vitor Petrino Post-Fight Interview | UFC Vegas 87</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QCNFnm20tQ&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>Tyson Pedro Post-Fight Interview | UFC Vegas 87</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QCNFnm20tQ&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC Vegas 87: Post-Fight Press Conference</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XZt44out4o&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>Tyson Pedro quotes:</p><p><br /></p><p>"I didn't want to take away from his win - I had a bit of a different plan"</p><p><br /></p><p>"Thank you to all the fans, I want to say a huge thank you to the UFC for everything they've done on this journey, and especially thanks to my team"</p><p><br /></p><p>"It's been amazing, but it's always been my intention to show my daughter that as long as you work your arse off, you can do anything you can dream of. I think my dreams have just changed at this point and that's it for me in the UFC"</p><p><br /></p><p>"I don't think it's goodbye - just see you later. Until then, thanks, everyone"</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: Thank you Tyson Pedro. In the conversation for greatest Aussie mixed martial artist ever, right next to Volk of course. Australia has been represented by living legends and masters of the craft. Well done to all and thank you as always to Team UFC. Fans for the win!</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC 2024 (Media Man Int) *in progress</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/ufc_2024.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#UFCFightNight #FightNight #UFCFightNight238 </p><p>#Rozenstruik #Gaziev #VitorPetrino #TysonPedro #tyson #MuhammadMokaev #AlexPerez #ThankYouPedro #UFC #MMA #mixedmartialarts #combatsports #sportsnews #sportsmedia #interviews #highlights #moments #ufcnews #ufcmedia #press #pressconference #mediaconference #popculture #trends #trending #buzz #media #mediaman </p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: UFC</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QCNFnm20tQ&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC Vegas 87: Post-Fight Press Conference</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XZt44out4o&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>Tyson Pedro quotes:</p><p><br /></p><p>"I didn't want to take away from his win - I had a bit of a different plan"</p><p><br /></p><p>"Thank you to all the fans, I want to say a huge thank you to the UFC for everything they've done on this journey, and especially thanks to my team"</p><p><br /></p><p>"It's been amazing, but it's always been my intention to show my daughter that as long as you work your arse off, you can do anything you can dream of. I think my dreams have just changed at this point and that's it for me in the UFC"</p><p><br /></p><p>"I don't think it's goodbye - just see you later. Until then, thanks, everyone"</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: Thank you Tyson Pedro. In the conversation for greatest Aussie mixed martial artist ever, right next to Volk of course. Australia has been represented by living legends and masters of the craft. Well done to all and thank you as always to Team UFC. Fans for the win!</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC 2024 (Media Man Int) *in progress</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/ufc_2024.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#UFCFightNight #FightNight #UFCFightNight238 </p><p>#Rozenstruik #Gaziev #VitorPetrino #TysonPedro #tyson #MuhammadMokaev #AlexPerez #ThankYouPedro #UFC #MMA #mixedmartialarts #combatsports #sportsnews #sportsmedia #interviews #highlights #moments #ufcnews #ufcmedia #press #pressconference #mediaconference #popculture #trends #trending #buzz #media #mediaman </p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: UFC</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cryptocurrency and Gold News via Media Man and FXPro</p><p><br /></p><p>March 1, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Is it time to take a closer look at altcoins?</p><p><br /></p><p>Market picture</p><p><br /></p><p>The cryptocurrency market has corrected by 2%, dropping below $2.3 trillion in market capitalisation. Now, this looks like a technical correction, with the biggest coins pulling back from Thursday night's highs and holding their positions at the start of Friday's trading. Bitcoin and Ether are drawing their seventh consecutive daily growth candle, albeit at a distance from the previous two days' highs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin rose 44.7% in February, the strongest monthly gain since December 2020. This coming March is not considered favourable from a seasonal perspective.</p><p><br /></p><p>Over the past 13 years, bitcoin has ended March with eight declines and only five gains. The average decline was 15%, while the average gain was 17.5%.</p><p><br /></p><p>Altcoins such as Uniswap and Theta have gained around 90% in the last 30 days, including +50% in the last seven days. The same can be said for Dogecoin, which has added around 50% over the month and 42% over the last seven days.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is this the season for altcoins? We doubt it, given that the first cryptocurrency still accounts for over 50% of total market capitalisation and that this figure has been rising since the beginning of 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>News background</p><p><br /></p><p>According to data from Bloomberg and BitMEX Research, net daily inflows into bitcoin ETFs reached a record $673 million, of which $612.1 million came from BlackRock's IBITs. The previous high of $655.2 billion was set on the instrument's first day of trading on 11 January.</p><p><br /></p><p>ETF demand for bitcoin (2,800 BTC per day) is three times greater than its mining (900), according to CoinShares. The resulting demand shock contributed to a further decline in bitcoin balances on centralised exchanges.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Coinbase exchange suffered a technical failure due to the frenzy of demand for cryptocurrencies. The problem occurred amid a "huge" influx of users.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Gemini exchange will pay a $37m fine for "serious compliance violations" and refund $1.1bn to users of its Earn staking programme as part of a settlement with the New York State Department of Financial Services.</p><p><br /></p><p>Two top Binance executives were arrested in Nigeria as the country cracks down on cryptocurrency exchanges.</p><p>El Salvador's unrealised profit from bitcoin investments was 40%, or about $41.6 million, according to the country's president, Nayib Bukele. The country's leaders do not yet intend to sell the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>News</p><p><br /></p><p>Gold tries to break through historical resistance</p><p><br /></p><p>Gold has gained less than 1% over the past two days, but the gains are significant because they mark a break in the downtrend since late December. Thursday's and Friday's gains also reaffirm gold's ability to rise above its 50-day moving average, which it failed to do a month ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since peaking at the very end of last year, gold has been in a downtrend, forming a series of declining local highs and lows.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since mid-February, risk appetite has been growing in financial markets, as evidenced by the synchronised increase in buying in European and Asian markets and the ongoing rally in cryptocurrencies since the beginning of the month.</p><p><br /></p><p>But there is no need to rush, as we can only call a break of the downtrend corridor after a consolidation above the previous high. Gold is currently testing this top at $2055, which is a substantial level from which selling has intensified since early January. Moreover, the price has failed to consolidate above this level since August 2020. It could well be called a historical resistance.</p><p><br /></p><p>It will be possible to talk about the realisation of the bullish scenario for gold after the daily candle closes above $2055. In this case, the first target for growth will be in the region of $2088 - the December high.</p><p><br /></p><p>But there is an even longer-term scenario. The pullback from the beginning of the year to mid-February is a classic Fibonacci retracement of 61.8% of the first growth impulse from the October lows. The realisation of this scenario will be the advance to $2255 (161.8% of the first advance).</p><p><br /></p><p>(Source: FxPro) with Media Man and Bitcoin News Media </p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int </p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin News (Media Man Int)</p><p>http://mediamanint.com/articles/bitcoin_news.html </p><p><br /></p><p>Business News (Media Man Int) http://mediamanint.com/articles/business_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Gold News (Media Man Int)</p><p>http://mediamanint.com/articles/gold_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>All Elite Wrestling @AEW </p><p><br /></p><p>March 2, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>AEW Collision Highlights and Moments</p><p><br /></p><p>Propst Arena at Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama</p><p><br /></p><p>Could Chris Jericho talk sense into Undisputed Kingdom’s Wardlow? | 2/2/24, AEW Collision</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltpMUc0QDnQ&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"Looks like I finally got someone's attention around here, huh" Wardlow</p><p><br /></p><p>"Two years ago I won the Face Of The Revolution ladder match. One year ago I choked out your king. This year, finally, I get my shot at the World Heavyweight Championship after I beat all the other all-stars in the match. But's here's the real question. Whose it gunna be? Wardlow vs Hangman Adam Page. Doesn't matter. I'll slap the cowboy's mustache into the third row and send him back into depression. Maybe it'll be Wardlow vs Swerve. You guys like him huh? It's Swerve's house right? I'm gunna kick the front door of your house down" ... "this is war" Wardlow</p><p><br /></p><p>"Well wait a second"</p><p><br /></p><p>"Somebody has other ideas" Tony Schiavone</p><p><br /></p><p>"Tony, I'm glad your back here with us because there seems to be a difference of opinion" Kevin Kelly</p><p><br /></p><p>"I want to ask you a question. What exactly is it that your talking about?"... Chris Jericho</p><p><br /></p><p>"I'm not an All Star. I'm one of the greatest ever to do this"! ... Chris Jericho </p><p><br /></p><p>"Maybe the reason people stopped chanting your name - you just wearn't good enough" CJ</p><p><br /></p><p>"You just wearn't as good as you think you are, Mike" CJ</p><p><br /></p><p>"Wo" commentators</p><p><br /></p><p>"I'm done eating your scraps".. Wardlow</p><p><br /></p><p>After weeks of provocation, Mark Briscoe becomes UNHINGED vs HOB! | 2/2/24, AEW Collision</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsxRDWHT__g&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>MASSIVE 8-Man ACTION on the eve of AEW Revolution! | 2/2/24, AEW Collision</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NesJ552J8sw&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>EXCLUSIVE! Post match words from Dante Martin, Daniel Garcia, & Roderick Strong! | 2/2/24, Collision</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUbhRU-dwgs&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>Former AEW Women’s Champ Thunder Rosa is on FIRE! | 2/2/24, AEW Collision</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOwRJSvE-q8&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>Were the Bang Bang Scissor Gang able to coexist vs Dark Order? | 2/2/24, AEW Collision</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOWvsu8q6zE&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>Penta El Zero Miedo vs Bryan Keith vs Dante Martin for a spot at Revolution! | 2/2/24 AEW Collision</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-8icHlAeWA&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>A Farewell to The Icon Sting | AEW Revolution, LIVE on Pay-Per-View</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1Ry-wpS4Fg&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"This is the legend. This is the icon. This is Sting" Narrator</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: AEW appears to have a shot of new energy. There's more excitement in the air, even if many Mexican luchadores can't get through custom with working visas and the like at present. This may present more opportunities for home grown talent and AEW mainstays. Change is constant in the world, and the business of pro wrestling is no different - for better or worse. An enjoyable show and the anticipation keeps growing as we head towards AEW Revolution. We're booked in for a broadcast, thanks to the good folks at TrillerTV @FiteTV How about you? Sting's retirement at the huge PPV and you know that Ric Flair and the EVPs are going to stir things up. AEW creative has got a shake up, in a good way, in our view. Is that Jennifer looking over the formats?! Inside stuff, we know. Hopefully Sting goes out a winner. Big thumbs up.</p><p><br /></p><p>#AEWCollision #AEWRevolution #Wardlow #ChrisJericho #Sting #PowerhouseHobbs #MarkBriscoe #BBSG #JayWhite #Switchblade #ThunderRosa #PentaElZeroMiedo #Penta #BryanKeith #DanteMartin #prowrestling #wrestling #TNT #highlights #moments #broadcast #entertainment #popculture #broadcast #YouTube #Video #Videos #TrillerTV #trends #trending #buzz #TV #Alabama #media #mediaman </p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: AEW</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling (Luche Libre)</p><p><br /></p><p>CMLL @CMLL_OFICIAL Martes De Glamou</p><p><br /></p><p>February 27, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>6 Man Tag Team Match</p><p>Calavera Jr I, Calavera Jr II & Temerario defeated Astro Oriental, Gallo Jr & Rafaga Jr</p><p><br /></p><p>Tag Team Match</p><p>Dulce Kitty & Natucia defeated Sexy Sol & Valkiria</p><p><br /></p><p>6 Man Tag Team Match</p><p>Dark Magic, Elemental & Yutani defeated Arlequin, Bestia Negra & Furia Roja by DQ</p><p><br /></p><p>6 Woman Tag Team Match</p><p>Adira, La Catalina & Mystique defeated Japan Women’s Champion Dark Silueta, La Maligna & Persephone</p><p><br /></p><p>6 Man Tag Team Match</p><p>Occidente Tag Team Champions Dulce Gardenia & La Fashion & Brillante Jr defeated Los Amos De Las Tormentas (Mr Trueno & Rey Trueno) & Infierno</p><p><br /></p><p>6 Man Tag Team Match</p><p>World Historic Light Heavyweight Champion Atlantis Jr, World Historic Middleweight Champion Mistico & Flip Gordon defeated Los Infernales (Averno & Euforia) & Soberano Jr</p><p><br /></p><p>Videos</p><p><br /></p><p>CMLL Official YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>CMLL - EUFORIA - MEPHISTO - AVERNO VS DRAGON ROJO JR.-TERRIBLE-B. CAVERNARIO /ARENA MÉXICO/01-03-24</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHJ_CeGy54Y&ab_channel=VideosOficialesCMLL</p><p><br /></p><p>CMLL - MANO A MANO / TIGER MASK VS ÚLTIMO GUERRERO / ARENA MÉXICO/01-03-24</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7eI01oOci4&ab_channel=VideosOficialesCMLL</p><p><br /></p><p>CMLL-GRAN GUERRERO-SOBERANO JR.-TEMPLARIO VS MÁSCARA DORADA-ATLANTIS JR.-MÍSTICO/A. MÉXICO/01-03-24</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-FFkpt1Ckw&ab_channel=VideosOficialesCMLL</p><p><br /></p><p>CMLL INFORMA DEL 28 DE FEBRERO DE 2024 LA VOZ OFICIAL DEL CONSEJO MUNDIAL DE LUCHA LIBRE</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqskuNWu5_k&ab_channel=VideosOficialesCMLL</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: Certainly a variation of the traditional U.S pro wrestling with catch as catch can, showbiz and the like. Some luchadores have recently had some difficulties getting over the U.S boarder to due visa and legal type reasons, so thank god the official CMLL YouTube channel has come to the rescue of lucha fans the world over. Hopefully the lucha's can get their papers in order soon. Great in-ring action as always. The announcers call of the action add to the drama also, as is the case in major U.S based promotions. Great team effort and result. Much respect.</p><p><br /></p><p>About CMLL</p><p><br /></p><p>Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Co., Ltd. (CMLL "World Wrestling Council") is a lucha libre professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City. The promotion was previously known as Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) (Mexican Wrestling Enterprise). Founded in 1933, it is the oldest professional wrestling promotion still in existence.</p><p><br /></p><p>CMLL currently recognizes and promotes 12 World Championships in various weight divisions and classifications, six national level and six regional level championships. The CMLL Anniversary Show series is the longest-running annual major show, starting in 1934, with the CMLL 87th Anniversary Show being the most recent. CMLL also regularly promotes major events under the names Homenaje a Dos Leyendas ("Homage to two legends"), Sin Piedad ("No Mercy"), Sin Salida ("No Escape"), Infierno en el Ring ("Inferno in the Ring") during the year. CMLL has promoted their regular weekly Super Viernes ("Super Friday") on a regular basis since the 1930s. Founder Salvador Lutteroth funded the building of Arena Coliseo in 1943, making it the first building in Mexico built specifically for professional wrestling.</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p>Lucha Libre: News (Media Man Int) *in progress</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/lucha_libre.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#CMLLMartesDeGlamou #LuchaLibre #prowrestling #wrestling #CalaveraJr #CalaveraJrII #Temerario #AstroOriental #GalloJr #RafagaJr #DulceKitty #Natucia #SexySol #Valkiria #DarkMagic #Elemental #Yutani #Arlequin #BestiaNegra #FuriaRoja #Adira #LaCatalina #Mystique #DarkSilueta #LaMaligna #Persephone #DulceGardenia #LaFashion #BrillanteJr #LosAmos #DeLasormentas #MrTrueno #ReyTrueno #Infierno #AtlantisJr #Mistico #FlipGordon #LosInfernales #Averno #Euforia #SoberanoJr #entertainment #popculture #culture #YouTube #YT #video #videos #broadcast #broadcasting #legends #trend #trends #trending #buzz #TV #media #mediaman</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Movie Box Office (North America)</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Dune: Part Two - $81.5 million</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Bob Marley: One Love - $7.4 million</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Ordinary Angels - $3.9 million</p><p><br /></p><p>4. Madame Web - $3.2 million</p><p><br /></p><p>5. The Chosen at No. 5 - $3.2 million</p><p><br /></p><p>6. Migration - $2.5 million</p><p><br /></p><p>7. Demon Slayer - $2.1 million</p><p><br /></p><p>8. Wonka - $1.7 million</p><p><br /></p><p>9. Argylle - $1.4 million </p><p><br /></p><p>10. The Beekeeper - $1.1 million</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p>Entertainment News</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/news4.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#BoxOffice #movienews #Dune2 #DunePart2 #BobMarleyMovie #OrdinaryAngelsMovie #MadameWeb #TheChosen #MigrationMovie #DemonSlayer #Wonka #WonkaMovie #Argylle #TheBeekeeper #entertainment #EntertainmentNews #popculture #showbiz #trends #trending #buzz #media #mediaman </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling </p><p><br /></p><p>AEW @AEW Revolution </p><p><br /></p><p>Zero Hour now broadcasting!</p><p><br /></p><p>Zero Hour: AEW Revolution Pre Show | Sunday March 3 - 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=5IYp_3_yHS0</p><p><br /></p><p>"Tonight we will witness history. We witness what is one of the final matches of the absolute greatest to ever do it. No man is history has made the impact of Sting, The Icon. All of the action is happening here tonight. His final match here in the historic Greensboro Coliseum here. We are sold out here tonight. Over 16,000 fans here to witness history being made by Sting. Greensboro Coliseum. So much rich history here. I mean you look at Sting and the Nature Boy Ric Flair and their 45 minute classic took place right here in this building" Renee Paquette</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TAG TEAM GRUDGE MATCH</p><p>TBS Champion Julia Hart & Skye Blue vs Kris Statlander & Willow Nightingale (w/ Stokely Hathway)</p><p><br /></p><p>12-Man TAG TEAM MATCH</p><p>The Bang Bang Scissor Gang will take on Jeff Jarrett, Satnam Singh, Jay Lethal, Willie Mack, and Private Party</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>and then following will be the full card available on Pay-Per-View</p><p><br /></p><p>Sting's Last Match! March 3, 2024 </p><p><br /></p><p>Greensboro Coliseum. Greensboro, North Carolina </p><p><br /></p><p>Sting & Darby Allin (c) vs The EVPs aka The Young Bucks – AEW World Tag Team Titles </p><p><br /></p><p>and much more. See the official AEW website.</p><p><br /></p><p>Full card available worldwide via Pay-Per-View. Media Man: We're booked in via TrillerTV @FiteTV</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: This card looks great and will be one for the ages. History will be made. Stacked card with something for everyone, and of course, Sting's last match! We're hoping Samoa Joe retains the world title as he is such a tremendous world champ - but, Swerve Strickland has the goods to be excellent in his own right and a title change would draw a massive live reaction as well as be the talk of the pro wrestling world. It's been a while since we've been this amped for an AEW supercard. </p><p><br /></p><p>#AEWCollision #AEWRevolution #prowrestling #wrestling #Sting #DarbyAllin #FTR #ChristianCage #DanielGarcia #ThunderRosa #SammyGuevara #DonCallis #DonCallisFamily #YoungBucks #EVPS #SwerveStrickland #SamoaJoe #BCC #BlackpoolCombatClub #JonMoxley #CSRO #WillOspreay #KonosukeTakeshita #OrangeCassidy #RoderickStrong #ToniStorm #DeonnaPurrazzo #AllStarScramble #ChrisJericho #entertainment #popculture #YouTube #Video #Videos #TrillerTV #PPV #PayPerView #broadcasting #trends #trending #buzz #media #mediaman</p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: AEW</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Star half-year net profit falls to $9.1 million</p><p><br /></p><p>Casino operator The Star has posted a $9.1 million half-year net profit amid an ongoing legal inquiry.</p><p><br /></p><p>The New South Wales Casino Commission ordered an investigation into the group to determine if it is fit to retain a license to operate.</p><p><br /></p><p>The company have said higher levels of risk and compliance resourcing, higher remediation costs, increased competition, and weaker discretionary spending have smashed its profits.</p><p><br /></p><p>Revenue is reported as being down 14 per cent to $865 million.</p><p><br /></p><p>Net profit before significant items is down 42 per cent to $25 million.</p><p><br /></p><p>And their $9.1 million profit proves small in comparison to its loss of $.1264 billion.</p><p><br /></p><p>#TheStar #StarSydney #SydneyStar #casinonews #casinomedia #gamingnews #gamingmedia #businessnews #propertynews #propertynewsmedia #casinonewsmedia #hotelnewsmedia #trends #finance #casinohotel #hotelcasino #biznews #businessnews #newsmedia #media </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Aussie Social Media Bytes</p><p><br /></p><p>Meta vs Gvt; Spy vs Spy</p><p><br /></p><p>Who do you trust?</p><p><br /></p><p>Aussie trend to publish own websites; X up, Meta down states Elon Musk creative media contacts DogeDesign</p><p><br /></p><p>'The Matrix-like Fun And Games'; Agent Smith, The Oracle, The Frenchmen - Truedi and Zuc The Trainman</p><p><br /></p><p>Citizen Journalists; You Be The Neo's and Trinity's</p><p><br /></p><p>Crack The Code Of Boring Big Tech News; Gonzo Last Edition</p><p><br /></p><p>News That Hits You Right Between The X And Eye Balls; No FB/Meta Goggles Required</p><p><br /></p><p>Bring Our Your Own Inner Hunter S. Thompson</p><p><br /></p><p>Facebook and Google inked dozens of deals with media companies worth about $250 million a year combined under the Aussie Coalition-legislated News Media Bargaining Code, which was introduced in 2021. The code gives the Treasurer the power to designate major tech platforms and force them to negotiate compensation for publishers. The code has not yet been used.</p><p><br /></p><p>Meta has argued people don’t come to its platforms for news, and that its Facebook News tab was not a driver of user engagement.</p><p><br /></p><p>“The number of people using Facebook News down under in Australia and the US has declined by over 80 per cent last year. We know that people don’t come to Facebook for news and political content,” Meta scribed.</p><p><br /></p><p>“News makes up less than 3 per cent of what people around the world see in their Facebook feed, and is a small part of the Facebook experience for the vast majority of people.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Scribed at The Speed Of Thought.</p><p><br /></p><p>#socialmedianews #socialmediatrends #socialmediaplatforms #socialmediawars #Meta #AI #politics #bigtech #code #webcode #digitalwarfar #TheMatrix #scifi #gonzo #gonzojournalism #gonzoblogger #technews #politics #polticsnews #ads #onlineads #onlineadvertising #onlinenews #comms #commsnews #communicationsnews #newsmedia #newsbiz #Algorithm #popculture #Doge #creative #creativity #creativenews #hunter #HunterSThomspon #trend #trends #AI #XNews #Aussie #media #mediaman </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Dune: Part Two | Official Trailer 3</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2Qp5pL3ovA&ab_channel=WarnerBros.Pictures</p><p><br /></p><p>You are not prepared for what is to come. </p><p><br /></p><p>Dune: Part Two - Only in theaters March 1.</p><p><br /></p><p>The saga continues as award-winning filmmaker Denis Villeneuve embarks on “Dune: Part Two,” the next chapter of Frank Herbert’s celebrated novel Dune, with an expanded all-star international ensemble cast. </p><p><br /></p><p>The film, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, is the highly anticipated follow-up to 2021’s six-time Academy Award-winning “Dune.” </p><p><br /></p><p>The big-screen epic continues the adaptation of Frank Herbert’s acclaimed bestseller Dune with returning and new stars, including Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet (“Wonka,” “Call Me by Your Name”), Zendaya (“Spider-Man: No Way Home,” “Malcolm & Marie,” “Euphoria”), Rebecca Ferguson (“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning”), Oscar nominee Josh Brolin (“Avengers: End Game,” “Milk”), Oscar nominee Austin Butler (“Elvis,” “Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood”), Oscar nominee Florence Pugh (“Black Widow,” “Little Women”), Dave Bautista (the “Guardians of the Galaxy” films, “Thor: Love and Thunder”), Oscar winner Christopher Walken (“The Deer Hunter,” “Hairspray”), Léa Seydoux (the “James Bond” franchise and “Crimes of the Future”), Souheila Yacoub (“The Braves,” “Climax”), with Stellan Skarsgård (the “Mamma Mia!” films, “Avengers: Age of Ultron”), with Oscar nominee Charlotte Rampling (“45 Years,” “Assassin’s Creed”), and Oscar winner Javier Bardem (“No Country for Old Men,” “Being the Ricardos”).</p><p><br /></p><p>“Dune: Part Two” will explore the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee. Villeneuve directed from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jon Spaihts based on Herbert’s novel. The film is produced by Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Villeneuve, Tanya Lapointe and Patrick McCormick. The executive producers are Joshua Grode, Herbert W. Gains, Jon Spaihts, Thomas Tull, Brian Herbert, Byron Merritt, Kim Herbert, with Kevin J. Anderson serving as creative consultant. Villeneuve is again collaborating with his “Dune” creatives: Oscar-winning director of photography Greig Fraser; Oscar-winning production designer Patrice Vermette; Oscar-winning editor Joe Walker; Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor Paul Lambert; Oscar-nominated costume designer Jacqueline West. Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer is again on hand to create the score. Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures Present A Legendary Pictures Production, A Film By Denis Villeneuve, “Dune: Part Two.”</p><p><br /></p><p>The film is slated for a March 1, 2024 release in theaters and IMAX nationwide and internationally beginning on 28 February 2024, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Credit: Warner Bros Pictures @warnerbros )</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Dune: Part Two Soundtrack | Travel South - Hans Zimmer | WaterTower</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGbCv544BDU&ab_channel=WaterTowerMusic</p><p><br /></p><p>About Dune: Part Two: The saga continues as award-winning filmmaker Denis Villeneuve embarks on “Dune: Part Two,” the next chapter of Frank Herbert’s celebrated novel Dune, with an expanded all-star international ensemble cast. The film, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, is the highly anticipated follow-up to 2021’s six-time Academy Award-winning “Dune.” “Dune: Part Two” will explore the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Credit: WaterTower Music)</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p>Entertainment News (Media Man Int)</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/news4.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#Dune #DuneMovie #DunePart2 #movienews #EntertainmentNews #boxoffice #movietrailer #trailer #showbiz #trends #trending #buzz #media </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Aussie Social Media Bytes</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Meta vs Gvt; Spy vs Spy</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Who do you trust?</p><p><br /></p><p>Aussie trend to publish own websites; X up, Meta down states Elon Musk creative media contacts DogeDesign</p><p><br /></p><p>'The Matrix-like Fun And Games'; Agent Smith, The Oracle, The Frenchmen - Truedi and Zuc The Trainman</p><p><br /></p><p>Citizen Journalists; You Be The Neo's and Trinity's</p><p><br /></p><p>Crack The Code Of Boring Big Tech News; Gonzo Last Edition</p><p><br /></p><p>News That Hits You Right Between The X And Eye Balls; No FB/Meta Goggles Required</p><p><br /></p><p>Bring Our Your Own Inner Hunter S. Thompson</p><p><br /></p><p>Facebook and Google inked dozens of deals with media companies worth about $250 million a year combined under the Aussie Coalition-legislated News Media Bargaining Code, which was introduced in 2021. The code gives the Treasurer the power to designate major tech platforms and force them to negotiate compensation for publishers. The code has not yet been used.</p><p><br /></p><p>Meta has argued people don’t come to its platforms for news, and that its Facebook News tab was not a driver of user engagement.</p><p><br /></p><p>“The number of people using Facebook News down under in Australia and the US has declined by over 80 per cent last year. We know that people don’t come to Facebook for news and political content,” Meta scribed.</p><p><br /></p><p>“News makes up less than 3 per cent of what people around the world see in their Facebook feed, and is a small part of the Facebook experience for the vast majority of people.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Scribed at The Speed Of Thought.</p><p><br /></p><p>#socialmedianews #socialmediatrends #socialmediaplatforms #socialmediawars #Meta #AI #politics #bigtech #code #webcode #digitalwarfar #TheMatrix #scifi #gonzo #gonzojournalism #gonzoblogger #technews #politics #polticsnews #ads #onlineads #onlineadvertising #onlinenews #comms #commsnews #communicationsnews #newsmedia #newsbiz #Algorithm #popculture #Doge #creative #creativity #creativenews #hunter #HunterSThomspon #trend #trends #AI #XNews #Aussie #media #mediaman</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Wrestling News</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>WWE @WWE Women's Legend Natalya Neidhart Comments On The Promotion, Locker Room etc</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Natalya Assesses WWE's Women's Division In Fallout Of Mr. McMahon Allegations</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The allegations against Vince McMahon (former on screen character, Mr McMahon) have turned a spotlight, if not blowtorch, on the professional wrestling industry.</p><p><br /></p><p>McMahon's exit from the world's leading (financial, perception, marketing etc etc) promotion has certainly offered many in the WWE Women's Division some peace of mind, as well as some of the fellas it's understood, be it wrestlers, commentators or other.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a recent interview with the "Gorilla Position," Natalya commented on the toll the allegations have taken on the women in WWE.</p><p><br /></p><p>Natalya, one of the most respected wrestlers in the entire company, believes she has strong relationships with all the women in the locker room but that WWE should now focus on boosting the women's division. </p><p><br /></p><p>"For me, the biggest focus is inclusion for the women and making sure that the women in WWE, right now, shine brighter than they ever have before."</p><p><br /></p><p>Despite this, she believes everyone can move forward and that it's tough to process everything they see about the allegations online. "I think what grounds me is my relationships with the girls in the locker room. How we can stay positive for each other, how we can stay supportive of each other, just being there to talk to each other [and] work through feelings."</p><p><br /></p><p>However, Natalya is quick to point out that the situation likely affects everyone differently, but now is a time for empathy and giving people chances to impress on the big stage. "We got a women's division in WWE that's better than it's ever been. The best thing we can do is to give women as many opportunities as we can to shine right now and for women to feel safe, included, and welcome."</p><p><br /></p><p>McMahon resigned from TKO Group Holdings following the lawsuit, though he still owns shares in the company. Federal prosecutors are reportedly investigating the former WWE boss in the fallout of the allegations, of which there are many.</p><p><br /></p><p>What exactly is in McMahon's future is unclear, but there are plenty of legal dealings going on behind the scenes.</p><p><br /></p><p>As human's, people can make mistakes. Clearly a pattern had been occuring in the WWE under Mr. McMahon for decades and some incidents were an open secret. Too many incidents and too much damaged caused.</p><p><br /></p><p>The current WWE is a happier, safer and more harmonious place for workers, both in and out of the squared circle. Many fans and those in and around the wrestling and sports news sector think that the overall product has improved over the past year or two and that their is an improved vibe which is evident at live events as well as demostrated in worldwide broadcasts</p><p><br /></p><p>Women and men of the WWE can feel safe, empowered, and know that wrestling fans, media and friends of the business around the world have their back.</p><p><br /></p><p>Videos</p><p><br /></p><p>FULL MATCH - Charlotte Flair vs. Natalya - WWE Women's Title Match: WWE Payback 2016</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTWdIMVOk88&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>FULL MATCH - Ronda Rousey vs. Natalya – Raw Women’s Title Match: Raw, December 24, 2018</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-94cAPchwds&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Natalya vs. Shayna Baszler: SmackDown, Feb. 24, 2023</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEaOU8vBIhE&t=2s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>#NatalyaNeidhart #Natalya #wrestingnews #WWE #prowrestling #wrestling #wwewomen #womenswrestling #entertainment #entertainmentnews #popculture #sportsnews #wellbeing #sportsbusiness #mindbodyspirit #mbs #workplace #careers #Video #Goat #legend #sportsbusiness #sportsbiz #media #mediaman </p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: WWE</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cryptocurrency and Gold News via Media Man and FXPro </p><p><br /></p><p>March 4, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Two drivers of crypto growth</p><p><br /></p><p>Market picture</p><p><br /></p><p>Crypto market capitalisation rose 5% in 24 hours to $2.44 trillion, driven by extreme greed. The crypto market had a higher capitalisation for a few days in May and October-December 2021, but that was in an ageing bull market compared to a relatively young one now.</p><p><br /></p><p>The current growth wave can be broken down into two drivers. The first is the demand for Bitcoin and Ethereum. They are favoured by large investors concerned about a new wave of problems at US regional banks. This buying interest also applies to gold. Almost exactly a year ago, we saw a similar move that saw the price of BTC rise by a third in a week.</p><p><br /></p><p>In early trading on Monday, the price of bitcoin was above $65K. That's about 5% off the all-time high, but the cryptocurrency has only been above that level for a few hours, and we've only seen three daily closes above that level.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other half of the rise is the demand for meme coins, which goes hand in hand with FOMO. Despite the meteoric rise, the market has not yet reached the absurd highs to start talking about reversal risks.</p><p><br /></p><p>News background</p><p><br /></p><p>Influential logger and analyst PlanB has declared the beginning of a FOMO bull market period according to his Stock-to-Flow model. According to him, "The accumulation phase is over. There are no more easy buying opportunities in orderly and slow-growing markets". The crypto market has been in FOMO for about ten months: "extreme price spikes combined with multiple 30% drops," PlanB believes.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Solana-based meme token dogwifhat (WIF) is up 390% in a week, a record high among the top 100 cryptocurrencies. With a capitalisation of nearly $1.7 billion, it ranks 62nd on CoinMarketCap.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to Lookonchain, an unidentified crypto investor sold all PEPE's accumulated 1.97 trillion meme tokens for $6.07 million and bought other altcoins - netting $3.49 million. PEPE rose 310% in one week. Lookonchain has a whale wallet that is classed as 'smart', meaning that most of the trades on the address are profitable.</p><p><br /></p><p>Macroeconomic factors could prove to be the main obstacles to further BTC growth in the short term, according to Grayscale. If inflation remains stubbornly high, the Fed may delay a rate cut. A higher interest rate is likely to be positive for the dollar and negative for Bitcoin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Bank for International Settlements has issued recommendations on the regulation, supervision and oversight of global stablecoins (GSCs) to address the financial stability risks posed by GSCs both domestically and internationally.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Source: FxPro) with Media Man and Bitcoin News Media </p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int </p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin News (Media Man Int) www.mediamanint.com/articles/bitcoin_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Business News (Media Man Int) www.mediamanint.com/articles/business_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#Bitcoin #BitcoinNews #BTC #Gold #GoldNews #BitcoinETF #Metalpha #BitcoinETFs #cryptocurrency #cryptonews #altcoins #Ethereum #CryptocurrencyNews #Solana #CoinMarketPro #Coinbase #Celcius #ETF #CoinShares #Tether #Stablecoins #fintech #NFT #NFTS #market #trading #tradingnews #IMF #bitcoinbiz #bitcoincafe #bitcoingames #bitcoinpr #bitcoinewsmedia #FxPro #AlexKuptsikevich #GregTingle #affiliate #affiliates #AffiliateMarketing #aff #trends #trending #buzz #PR #newsbiz #X #media #mediaman #mediamanint</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Oil and Commodities News via Media Man and FXPro</p><p><br /></p><p>March 4, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Did oil find its way up?</p><p><br /></p><p>Oil is correcting 0.2% on Monday after closing almost 2% higher on Friday and peaking at 3.4%. WTI’s high of $80.3, last seen in November 2023, and a consolidation above $79 would indicate a break of long-term horizontal resistance, something the bulls have failed to do over the past four months.</p><p><br /></p><p>Friday’s rally allowed a widening gap to the 200-day moving average, which should also be seen as a demonstration of bullish strength. Technically, there is no significant obstacle to oil rallying to the $89-92 area.</p><p>Of course, this bullish outlook is only valid if the coming days confirm oil’s ability to grow from current levels, which has not been the case since November.</p><p><br /></p><p>OPEC+ is openly playing on the Bulls’ side by extending and strengthening (Russian) oil production and export quotas. The production recovery is postponed indefinitely “depending on market conditions”.</p><p><br /></p><p>This could be a golden opportunity for the US to regain oil market share, but it is in no hurry to do so. Friday’s data showed that the number of oil drillers rose to 506. That’s the highest since September, but only adding 9 units from the low of 497, which is more stagnation than growth. Just over a year ago - in January 2023 - there were 623 oil and 152 gas-producing wells in operation, compared to 123 now.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps the price rise will encourage oil producers who are still wary of the green agenda and new sudden price falls. Simply put, America has so far been highly sluggish in playing on the Bears’ side.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Source: FxPro) with Media Man and Bitcoin News Media</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p>Business News (Media Man Int) www.mediamanint.com/articles/business_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Mining Directory (Media Man Int) *in progress</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/mining_directory.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Commodities Directory (Media Man Int) *in progress</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/commodities_directory.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#Oil #BitcoinNews #BTC #commodities #GoldNews #BitcoinETF #OilNews #BitcoinETFs #cryptocurrency #cryptonews #resources #Ethereum #markets #CryptocurrencyNews #OPEC #OilMarket #Coinbase #Celcius #ETF #CoinShares #Tether #Stablecoins #fintech #NFT #NFTS #market #trading #tradingnews #IMF #bitcoinbiz #bitcoincafe #bitcoingames #bitcoinpr #bitcoinewsmedia #FxPro #AlexKuptsikevich #GregTingle #affiliate #affiliates #AffiliateMarketing #aff #trends #trending #buzz #PR #newsbiz #X #media #mediaman #mediamanint</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling </p><p><br /></p><p>WWE @WWE Raw </p><p><br /></p><p>March 4, 2024 </p><p><br /></p><p>San Antonio, Texas</p><p><br /></p><p>Cody Rhodes & Seth Rollins to confront The Rock & Roman Reigns on SmackDown: Raw, March 4, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAv9cQGbwFk&t=2s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"I don't know whether you heard him 'cause 20 minutes is a long time to listen to that idiot. But he said he made professional wrestling cool again. Oh yeah, The Rock. Rock our saviour guys, he saved us! He made it cool. Diarrhoea Dwayne, I don't know if you know this or not, but you ain't been cool in 20 years"... Seth Rollins</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Seth “Freakin” Rollins suggests a new nickname for The Rock: Raw highlights, March 4, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjMeVUTn2pI&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Gunther vs. “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio: Raw highlights, March 4, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WG8nw1DvU4&t=2s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Katana Chance & Kayden Carter vs. Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark: Raw highlights, March 4, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YwxY3BG5Fg&t=12s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Nia Jax lays waste to Liv Morgan and Becky Lynch: Raw highlights, March 4, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4r4MVctq9M&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Andrade wins Raw return against Apollo Crews: Raw highlights, March 4, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jJibqzxDh8&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Will Cody Rhodes and Seth “Freakin” Rollins respond to The Rock?: WWE Now, Mar. 4, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdlOrcLdSfc&t=2s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>and even more updates via the official WWE YouTube channel </p><p><br /></p><p>www.youtube.com/wwe</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: As we expected, a super hot Raw, and its broadcasting as we go to web. How good was Rhodes and Rollins on the mic. Great heat and emotion during the broadcast. Announcers Michael Cole and Pat McAfee also killed it. Great teamwork.</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE News</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/wwe_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#WWERaw #SethRollins #CodyRhodes #TheRock #TheBloodline #DwayneJohnson #WrestleMania #wrestlemania40 #DirtyDom #NiaJax #LivMorgan #PatMcAfee #Andrade #ApolloCrews #KatanaChance #KaydenCarter #ShaynaBaszler #ZoeyStark #prowrestling #wrestling #broadcast #socialmedia #entertainment #PopCulture #YouTube #video #socialmedianews #trends #trending #TrendingNow #buzz #TV #SanAntonio #Texas #media #mediaman </p><p><br /></p><p> Image credit: WWE</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man X</p><p><br /></p><p>Pop Culture, Pop Art, Trends.. (Media Man)</p><p>www.mediaman.com.au/articles/pop_culture.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Link Builder</p><p>www.mediaman.com.au/articles/link_builder.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#popculture #popart #entertainment #entertainmentnews #top10 #Algorithms #streaming #MMA #BTC #SEO #links #textlinks #trend #trends #buzz #AI #media #mediaman </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int X</p><p><br /></p><p>Pop Culture, Pop Art, Trends.. (Media Man Int)</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/pop_culture.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Link Builder</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/link_builder.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Entertainment News</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/news4.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#popculture #popart #entertainment #entertainmentnews #top10 #Algorithms #streaming #MMA #BTC #SEO #SEM #links #textlinks #trend #trends #buzz #AI #X #xnews #newsmedia #newsbiz #onlinenews #onlinepublishing #sportsbiz #biz #seotips #blog #blogs #blogger #agency #medianews #media #mediaman #mediamanint </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Play hardball and make Meta pay fair share for news</p><p><br /></p><p>Now that Facebook’s owner has thrown the ball back into the government’s court, it must be “designated” in the interests of professional newsrooms and serious public journalism.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Australian government is set to go head-to-head with one of the world’s most powerful companies in one of the world’s most ubiquitous industries. Last week, Facebook and Instagram owner Meta told the federal government it will no longer pay for the news content that it and other social media like Google had once swept up from Australian news mastheads for free.</p><p><br /></p><p>Under a world-first News Media Bargaining Code enforced by the federal government in 2021, Meta and Google agreed deals worth $200 million a year to compensate for copyrighted content from Nine Entertainment, News Corp, the ABC, Seven West Media and many others.</p><p><br /></p><p>Meta’s $70 million or so share has been an important boost for Australia’s professional newsrooms and serious public journalism.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now Meta has thrown the ball back into the government’s court. Under the Code, the government can “designate” Meta and make it pay. Meta claims that its audience has largely drifted away from news and politics to family and friends.</p><p><br /></p><p>But it has also reduced the presence of news on its home pages, and will take away the news tab. Facebook users will still be able to share news stories on its sites, and Meta has not dropped Australian news pages altogether as it did in a first clumsy attempt to avoid paying before the code deal was struck in 2021.</p><p><br /></p><p>Brazenly, it is sending signals that it is walking away from news, if only as a bargaining ploy, even though sites such as Facebook depend on being everywhere and about everything.</p><p><br /></p><p>Quitting news altogether is what Meta has just done in Canada, where the government had set up a similar agreement following Australia’s example. After Canada demanded the pay deal continue, Meta blocked all news content.</p><p><br /></p><p>That means the Australian government may have to play hardball in return. It might put a new special levy or restrictions such as age verification on the table.</p><p><br /></p><p>And Meta is on politically tricky ground too. In the US, social media is under pressure over online harm it enables while avoiding the responsibilities and disciplines of being a “publisher”. Facebook is used by fringe political groups, and it’s hardly a good look to throw the responsible mainstream media off the same site.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Australian Financial Review benefits from this code, too, even if our business model is based more on premium subscriptions.</p><p><br /></p><p>The code was created because, as Anthony Albanese put it last week, “the idea that research and work done by others can be taken for free is simply untenable”.</p><p><br /></p><p>Traditional newsrooms which expensively gather, edit and present news are more essential than ever in the babble of unfiltered social media that pollutes politics. Not only did publishers have their copyrighted intellectual property swept up for free, it was put onto digital platforms that have infrastructure-like monopoly reach, and which had also destroyed mainstream publishers’ digital advertising markets on the way through.</p><p><br /></p><p>It also goes to the even bigger debate about the virtues of democracy over authoritarian and repressive rule. Democratic choice depends on flows of fresh and original trusted, reliable information and news. That’s expensive to produce, which is why it is assigned a limited property right in the form of copyright.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the emergence of technology that allows the almost costless digital copying and distribution of content at mega scale has upset the balance between providing sufficient incentives and returns to create public interest information and the benefits of encouraging its widespread dissemination.</p><p><br /></p><p>Where is the incentive to keep producing when what is produced can be readily copied and distributed effectively for free? Especially when technology allows private interests other than the creators to profit?</p><p><br /></p><p>The code and the payments are a practical way to help restore that balance. But it may only be a first round of the process.</p><p><br /></p><p>AI will lift the issue to new heights. ChatGPT, which mashes up other peoples’ copyrighted content to produce its results, is now being sued for damages in US courts by The New York Times.</p><p><br /></p><p>Traditional, professionally reported news helps fund democracy. The Albanese government ought to insist that mega social media platforms pay their share.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Credit: AFR)</p><p><br /></p><p>#Facebook #Meta #MetaNews #AFR #bigtech #onlinenews #newsmedia #politics #content #contentnews #contrentcreators #socialmedia #socialmediaplatforms #socialmedianews #trend #trends #AI #media </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Social Media Giant Meta Getting A Bashing From Aussie News Media and Politics</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Meta facing hefty fines over walking away from news media deal</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Facebook’s parent company Meta could soon face major fines for breaching the news media bargaining code.</p><p><br /></p><p>This comes after the tech giant walked away from commercial deals with Australian news outlets last week.</p><p><br /></p><p>The deals – worth around $250 million a year for Australian news publishers – were due to expire later this year.</p><p><br /></p><p>A fine for Meta would depend on which sections of the code it breaks.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, the company could face fines of more than a billion dollars if it is found to break all sections of the code.</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Group management had documented what the likes of Facebook was doing to the Australian news media and online news media industries for a former Prime Minster and very high level News Corp chiefs over a decade ago. </p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Under The Watercooler: "In the space we operate in and around we freqently see and experience trends, paterns and such well before others. It took additional time for more traditional Australian newsrooms, creative and advertising agencies to feel the full effect. You can't say we didn't warn you. Now the likes of Meta have changed their business model after taking from Australia what they intended to. That company remains extremly embattled and with good reason. Surely a strong case can be made against the Big F and Big M. We could even be witness and present findings from the coalface if called upon"</p><p><br /></p><p>(Image credit: MAD)</p><p><br /></p><p>#Facebook #Meta #MetaNews #bigtech #onlinenews #newsmedia #politics #content #contentnews #contrentcreators #socialmedia #socialmediaplatforms #socialmedianews #trend #trends #AI #Aussie #Australia #AustralianNews #media #mediaman </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Combat Sports</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Cross-Over Trend Continues As Elite Fighters Aim To Cash In; Public Demand Remains Solid says Media Man</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Fight Details</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou will take place on Friday, March 8</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Riyadh, Saudi Arabia</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>PPV: </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Main Event and Kayo Sports in Australia</b></p><p><b>DAZN in many parts of the world</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Turning pro in 2013, Ngannou joined the UFC in 2015. He went 12-2 with the promotion and had 10 wins via knockout.</p><p><br /></p><p>“We were doing the promo and he was very chilled, very relaxed,” Predator Ngannou told news media at a workout on Tuesday.</p><p><br /></p><p>“I asked him if he was OK, because he looked a little nervous or something. I asked him if he was OK, because I was OK. I had no problems. I was just talking around, laughing.</p><p><br /></p><p>“I think we are both professional enough to know what we have to do to get to where we want to go.”</p><p><br /></p><p>AJ vs Francis Ngannou in do or die fight for the British superstar.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bout will be a ten-round boxing match, with the former two-time heavyweight champion and the former UFC (MMA) star competing in what's another big coup for Saudi dealmaker and super promoter Turki Alalshikh.</p><p><br /></p><p>Joshua bested a cunning southpaw Otto Wallin on another blockbuster bill in the Middle East at the end of last year.</p><p><br /></p><p>Prior to last month's top notch fight card, Joshua was expected to fight long-term rival Deontay Wilder after his meeting with the Swede killer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hopes of a deal were killled after the Bronze Bomber was on the wrong end of a shock defeat to Joseph Parker in Saudi Arabia.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ngannou meanwhile surprised some (but not all) in the boxing biz following his impressive (but losing - officially) debut against Tyson Fury FKA Batman (insider stuff) in October 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many thought the UFC legend got the better of the Gypsy King on the night, decking him on his ass the third round before losing a split decision in controversial fashion to say the least. WWE's Undertaker was careful with his words when he was quizzed on the fight.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fury now faces Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed title on May 18. But, anything can happen in boxing folks. Both men have put on lots of cash and all sorts of legal paperwork has been put in place as a safeguard on the fight.</p><p><br /></p><p>And the winner between Joshua and Ngannou are then set to challenge for the unified belts.</p><p><br /></p><p>We are on the Road To The Riyadh Rumble with reps and title shots on the line. </p><p><br /></p><p>Who will be King Of The Kingdome and Castle, at least for one night? That's why you have to order the PPV so you set to see it live before spoilers kick in punter!</p><p><br /></p><p>Full Card</p><p><br /></p><p>Anthony Joshua vs. Francis Ngannou — heavyweights</p><p><br /></p><p>Zhilei Zhang vs Joseph Parker — WBO interim heavyweight title</p><p><br /></p><p>Rey Vargas vs Nick Ball — WBC featherweight title</p><p><br /></p><p>Israil Madrimov vs. Magomed Kurbanov — vacant WBA super welterweight title</p><p><br /></p><p>Gavin Gwynne vs. Mark Chamberlain — WBA international lightweight title</p><p><br /></p><p>Justis Huni vs. Kevin Lerena — heavyweight</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Fury vs. Martin Svarc — heavyweight</p><p><br /></p><p>Prelims: 4pm UK</p><p><br /></p><p>Jack McGann vs. Louis Green — super welterweight</p><p><br /></p><p>Ziyad Almaayouf vs. Christian Lopez Flores — super lightweight</p><p><br /></p><p>Andrii Novytski vs. Juan Torres — heavyweight</p><p><br /></p><p>Videos</p><p><br /></p><p>The Mac Life YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Francis Ngannou and Tyson Fury argue: “Without boxing rules, you are NOTHING in front of me”</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=QfsSwhi0x9Y</p><p><br /></p><p>Sky Sports YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>"I had to tell him OFF! He should be thanking me" 😡 | Tyson Fury on Ngannou exchange</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=folQY88mee8</p><p><br /></p><p>Sky Sports Boxing YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>JOSHUA VS NGANNOU! 🔥 | PRESS CONFERENCE</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=cm0cnP2rAa8</p><p><br /></p><p>The FIRST face-off of fight week! 🥶 | Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=5nkSwGZLih0</p><p><br /></p><p>"I hope Joshua is not your friend" 😂 | Francis Ngannou has a message for Thierry Henry</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=-6quSaZ2Xak</p><p><br /></p><p>DAZN Boxing YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Ngannou Trolls Tyson Fury</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=zAqKpMU7-hg</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p>Bet On Anything (Media Man Int)</p><p>http://mediamanint.com/articles/bet_on.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Special thanks: DAZN, Main Event an Kayo Sports</p><p><br /></p><p>#BoxingNews #boxing #FrancisNgannou #AnthonyJoshua #ThePredator #KO #combatsports #PPV #PayPerView #DAZN #MainEvent #KayoSports #Video #Videos #YouTube #promo #popculture #boxingpromoter #trends #trending #TrendingNow #buzz #hype #media</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>All Elite Wrestling @AEW Dynamite</p><p><br /></p><p>March 6, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Gas South Arena. Duluth, Georgia</p><p><br /></p><p>Swerve addresses AEW Revolution & AEW Champ Samoa Joe answers! | 3/6/24 AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV2Ai4AC8ao&t=7s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"Swere. Listen to the fans brother. They live this man. There is no question about it" Tony Schiavone</p><p><br /></p><p>"You know. I don't know if I deserve that Tony. You know, what's Swerves house without the keys"... Swerve Strickland</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Will Ospreay takes on ROH TV Champion & Callis Family member Kyle Fletcher! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O3_HGxj3n8&t=10s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>The Rainmaker OKADA is ALL ELITE?! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gp22yN_8xU&t=7s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"One of my profound pleasures is to call him a co-worker these past few years"</p><p><br /></p><p>FTW Championship Match! Mogul Embassy’s Brian Cage faces champion Hook! | 3/6/24 AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNPyMhmzzHY&t=8s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"Get out of the way" Taz</p><p><br /></p><p>"The chair driven into the spine of the FTW champion" Excalibur</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>After their confrontation at AEW Revolution, Daddy Magic takes on Killswitch! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkk1J55LSeQ&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"Killswitch. He's biting Killswitches hand"</p><p><br /></p><p>"I think we sould congratulate Christian Cage. Still being the TNT champion"</p><p><br /></p><p>"Long overdue"</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Former AEW Women’s Champ Riho vs Former TBS Champ Kris Statlander! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufdCZTGOgSc&t=9s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada in AEW! AEW Timelines </p><p>https://youtu.be/78xj6IQ9lFo?si=Dr8ZQUUO2bGwHuOa</p><p><br /></p><p>"Went for that moonsalt but Hangman, release German suplex" Excalibur "Oh my God".. "Flippy floppy in trouble"...Jim Ross "Ring awareness Cyrus" "You you how the buckshot lariat feels don't you" Tony Schivone "Shut up Tony" Don Callis "Buck shot lariat" Excalibur "That will do it..and it does" Jim Ross "Great win. Great match" TS "Shut the dam music off right now. Boys and girls whose ready for storytime with Adam Cole baby" Adam Cole "Here's Switchblade Jey White - not ready for storytime" Excalibur "One of the greatest of all modern time* Kazuchika Okada" Jim Ross Media Man: Tremendous collection of world class footage. Strong action and drama. This feature helps demonstrate well just how excellent Okada is. Well done AEW for signing up this once in a lifetime taken. Bring on more dream matches. AEW with a ton of positive momentum right now. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And more great pro wrestling via the official AEW YouTube channel </p><p><br /></p><p>www.youtube.com/AEW </p><p><br /></p><p>#AEWDynamite #AEWRevolution #WillOspreay #AdamCole #JayWhite #Switchblade #Okada #KazuchikaOkada #Rainmaker #TheRainmaker #KyleFletcher #SwerveStrickland #DaddyMagic #BrianCage #Riho #KrisStatlander #AEW #FTW #NJPW #IWGP #AEWTimelines #prowrestling #wrestling #Video #YouTube #TNT #TBS #broadcast #broadcasting #EntertainmentNews #entertainment #popculture #trend #trends #trending #buzz #TV #Georgia #USA #media </p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: AEW</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>All Elite Wrestling @AEW Dynamite</p><p><br /></p><p>March 6, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Gas South Arena. Duluth, Georgia</p><p><br /></p><p>Swerve addresses AEW Revolution & AEW Champ Samoa Joe answers! | 3/6/24 AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV2Ai4AC8ao&t=7s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"Swere. Listen to the fans brother. They live this man. There is no question about it" Tony Schiavone</p><p><br /></p><p>"You know. I don't know if I deserve that Tony. You know, what's Swerves house without the keys"... Swerve Strickland</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Will Ospreay takes on ROH TV Champion & Callis Family member Kyle Fletcher! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O3_HGxj3n8&t=10s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>The Rainmaker OKADA is ALL ELITE?! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gp22yN_8xU&t=7s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"One of my profound pleasures is to call him a co-worker these past few years"</p><p><br /></p><p>FTW Championship Match! Mogul Embassy’s Brian Cage faces champion Hook! | 3/6/24 AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNPyMhmzzHY&t=8s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"Get out of the way" Taz</p><p><br /></p><p>"The chair driven into the spine of the FTW champion" Excalibur</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>After their confrontation at AEW Revolution, Daddy Magic takes on Killswitch! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkk1J55LSeQ&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"Killswitch. He's biting Killswitches hand"</p><p><br /></p><p>"I think we sould congratulate Christian Cage. Still being the TNT champion"</p><p><br /></p><p>"Long overdue"</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Former AEW Women’s Champ Riho vs Former TBS Champ Kris Statlander! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufdCZTGOgSc&t=9s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada in AEW! AEW Timelines </p><p>https://youtu.be/78xj6IQ9lFo?si=Dr8ZQUUO2bGwHuOa</p><p><br /></p><p>"Went for that moonsalt but Hangman, release German suplex" Excalibur "Oh my God".. "Flippy floppy in trouble"...Jim Ross "Ring awareness Cyrus" "You you how the buckshot lariat feels don't you" Tony Schivone "Shut up Tony" Don Callis "Buck shot lariat" Excalibur "That will do it..and it does" Jim Ross "Great win. Great match" TS "Shut the dam music off right now. Boys and girls whose ready for storytime with Adam Cole baby" Adam Cole "Here's Switchblade Jey White - not ready for storytime" Excalibur "One of the greatest of all modern time* Kazuchika Okada" Jim Ross Media Man: Tremendous collection of world class footage. Strong action and drama. This feature helps demonstrate well just how excellent Okada is. Well done AEW for signing up this once in a lifetime taken. Bring on more dream matches. AEW with a ton of positive momentum right now. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And more great pro wrestling via the official AEW YouTube channel </p><p><br /></p><p>www.youtube.com/AEW </p><p><br /></p><p>#AEWDynamite #AEWRevolution #WillOspreay #AdamCole #JayWhite #Switchblade #Okada #KazuchikaOkada #Rainmaker #TheRainmaker #KyleFletcher #SwerveStrickland #DaddyMagic #BrianCage #Riho #KrisStatlander #AEW #FTW #NJPW #IWGP #AEWTimelines #prowrestling #wrestling #Video #YouTube #TNT #TBS #broadcast #broadcasting #EntertainmentNews #entertainment #popculture #trend #trends #trending #buzz #TV #Georgia #USA #media </p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: AEW</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Combat Sports: Boxing</p><p><br /></p><p>Anthony Joshua vs Francis "The Predator" Ngannou </p><p><br /></p><p>Boxing Promoters Borrow Pages Out Of Pro Wrestling Playbook: World class production, animated storylines and FN's Great promos and insider look etc </p><p><br /></p><p>Cross-Over Trend Continues As Elite Fighters Aim To Cash In; Public Demand Remains Solid. Gamification hype machine tipped to deliver says Media Man Fight Details </p><p><br /></p><p>Francis Ngannou 20lbs heavier (272.6lbs) than Anthony Joshua at weigh-in for hyped Saudi fight</p><p><br /></p><p>Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou will take place on Friday, March 8 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia </p><p><br /></p><p>PPV: Main Event and Kayo Sports in Australia DAZN in many parts of the world</p><p><br /></p><p>Ngannou Quotees</p><p><br /></p><p>“The mindset is still the same. This is just my second boxing match, even though I’m taking on the two best guys in the world in boxing. I’m the underdog, I’m going out there to prove that you can be an underdog and stand your ground.”</p><p><br /></p><p>“Sometimes it just makes me laugh a little bit, because we’re going to fight in boxing rules, but what would happen if it was a ‘free’ fight? I would smoke these guys! I’m the only one to go into their backyard.</p><p><br /></p><p>“My official prediction is me leaving the ring with the victory.”</p><p><br /></p><p>“I deliver, I’m the postman!”</p><p><br /></p><p>“I have learnt a little bit from the last fight, the last camp, and leading up to this one, so I get a little bit of experience, but the mindset is still the samed”</p><p><br /></p><p>“This is just my second boxing match, even though I am taking on the two best guys in the world in boxing.</p><p><br /></p><p>“I am the underdog, I am going out there to prove that you can be an underdog and stand your ground”</p><p><br /></p><p>Back Story</p><p><br /></p><p>"The Predator last competed in MMA (mixed martial arts) in January 2022, when he retained the UFC heavyweight title against ex-teammate Ciryl Gane. He then vacated the belt upon leaving the UFC in early 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>Later in the year, Ngannou signed with a rival MMA promotion, the Professional Fighters League (PFL). The Cameroonian who escaped the sand hills way back when - is expected to continue his MMA career with the PFL before the end of 2024. However, Saudi adviser Turki Al-Sheikh has apparently advised Joshua and Ngannou that the winner of their bout will challenge the winner of "Gypsy King" Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fury and Usyk were set to square off against each other in Riyadh in February, but the Brit suffered a cut two weeks before the bout. This led to tons of speculation whether it was a "set up" or "work", meaning intentional and an "own goal". As a result, the fight was delayed until 18 May. The victor of that clash will be crowned the first undisputed heavyweight champion in 24 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fury has said there is a rematch clause to ensure a second bout against the Ukrainian in 2024, complicating Joshua and Ngannou’s potential involvement in the title picture.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anthony Joshua quotes</p><p><br /></p><p>“He brings two arms, a body, like every other fighter does. But it’s his mind that is different. Everyone has their own unique mind. In terms of the frame and make up, I’ve seen people like him and he’s seen people like me many times before, but it’s his mind that I have to conquer in the ring. You have to take their soul and spirit, and I am looking for the challenge for sure, it’s going to be good, explosive. There’s many ways to skin a cat, I can counter-punch, he can counter-punch. We can both box, we can both trade, it’s going to be a good fight - and shout out to His Excellency, my promoter, my team at 258 for getting me in this position to showcase why I am the top Heavyweight in the UK. I’m not really concerned about the world, I’m trying to conquer where I live and make everyone know that I am the one that puts boxing on the map.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Francis Ngannou quotes</p><p> </p><p>“Thank you to my brother, His Excellency, for once again putting me in this position to live my dream and have all those great experiences like I had in Riyadh two months ago, it was amazing. Hopefully this will be the same thing.</p><p> </p><p>“I’ve been sitting here and listening to people talking and even Eddie praising me, and I appreciate that, but at the same time, I am not sure if he wants me to sleep on his guy - but that’s not going to happen. I am just a beginner out here that’s going to train really hard and do everything as the underdog to win the fight. </p><p> </p><p>“I don’t take my last fight as a reference, I know exactly where I am at, I’m going to get better and better and that’s how I see things. I’m preparing for a tough fight, the Fury fight was great, but that’s in the past and I have a new challenge in front of me, and I take it more serious now than before because now I think there’s something more on the line, which is probably the Undisputed fight. So let’s see, I will do something that no-one has done before and I believe I have the tools to do that, starting with having the win over ‘AJ’ on March 8 in a big fight - not an easy fight, but a possible one and I am going to take it.</p><p> </p><p>“I’m going to fight him, so what do you think I am going to do? I will look for his chin. That’s what you do in a fight, you try to hit someone on the chin or wherever to try to hurt him. I heard he doesn’t have a chin, I don’t know if it’s true or not, we’re going to find out and I hope that I have the opportunity to test that - that’s my wish.”</p><p> </p><p>Eddie Hearn (promoter) quotes</p><p> </p><p>“Just to echo what Frank said, our thanks to the Crown Prince and of course, His Excellency. I likened this earlier, the whole experience, to Football Manager. Imagine being the biggest fan in boxing and having the ability to sit in a room and put fights together at the drop of a hat that the fans want to see. In just five months we’ve seen Fury vs. Ngannou, The Day of Reckoning, Fury vs. Usyk and ’AJ’ vs. Ngannou, and so much more to come. This is such an incredible opportunity for boxing and it’s being delivered by someone that has an incredible passion for the sport, someone that’s unbelievably knowledgeable. I thought Ngannou and Fury was going to be a mismatch, and His Excellency told me I would be wrong. I said Callum Smith was going to beat Artur Beterbiev and he told me I was wrong. It shows he knows his boxing.</p><p> </p><p>“I met Francis under a year ago in Las Vegas where he told me about his ambition to be in big boxing events. A guy with an unbelievable story, a very strong mind, but if I’m honest, I didn’t take him seriously. I have never known anyone to walk into a sport and compete and, in my opinion, and it was close, beat Tyson that night. It’s never been done before, and he might be unlucky that he’s not sitting here as the World Lineal Heavyweight champion on his professional debut.</p><p> </p><p>“So now, we take him very seriously, and after that fight that we give him unbelievable props for, I said that the biggest fight out there outside of Fury vs. Usyk, is Joshua vs. Ngannou. We had signed the Joshua vs. Ngannou fight and as soon as that show finished on December 23, His Excellency said to myself and Frank, ‘we need to talk - what is the biggest event we can do on March 8?’ The answer was this and in my opinion you have the two biggest fights in the Heavyweight division happening within three weeks of each other in Saudi Arabia. It’s an incredible opportunity. For ’AJ’, there’s big jeopardy in this fight. I truly believe he’s going to be the Undisputed Heavyweight champion, but he’s doing it the difficult way, going through what some might call immovable objects in the giant of a man to my left. The former UFC Heavyweight World champion, but now, a guy we take very, very seriously in the sport of boxing. ’AJ’ is on a roll, he’s with a great team, and we cannot wait. This is a dream opportunity for the sport and we’re all so invested to give the fans incredible nights.”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If your the slightest big confussed, we're got two words for you - That's Boxing!</p><p><br /></p><p>Videos</p><p><br /></p><p>Matchroom Boxing YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Knockout Chaos</p><p><br /></p><p>INCREDIBLE 👾 Anthony Joshua Vs Francis Ngannou: Knockout Chaos Promo 🎥</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8KO_5pldbM&ab_channel=MatchroomBoxing</p><p><br /></p><p>About Matchroom Boxing</p><p><br /></p><p>Promoted by Eddie Hearn, Matchroom Boxing promote events around the globe in locations including UK, USA, United Arab Emirates, Mexico, Australia and further afield. Their fighter roster includes Anthony Joshua, Canelo Alvarez, Katie Taylor, Dmitry Bivol, Conor Benn, Callum Smith, Leigh Wood, Josh Warrington, Ebanie Bridges and many more.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anthony Joshua Vs Francis Ngannou: Knockout Chaos Weigh In Live</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCxVqaUZWfE&t=8s&ab_channel=MatchroomBoxing</p><p><br /></p><p>Inside Look - Knockout Chaos: Joshua Vs Ngannou & Zhang Vs Parker</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsxN5ae0Qz0&t=11s&ab_channel=MatchroomBoxing</p><p><br /></p><p>It's almost time for Knockout Chaos! Get the Inside Look from Anthony Joshua, Francis Ngannou, Zhilei Zhang and Joseph Parker ahead of the colossal Heavyweight double header topping the show in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>“Ngannou Worries Me Vs Anthony Joshua!"- Eddie Hearn On Knockout Chaos</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9M5TvUimx8&t=151s&ab_channel=MatchroomBoxing</p><p><br /></p><p>Eddie Hearn sits down with Matchroom Boxing in Riyadh to preview Friday's blockbuster between Anthony Joshua & Francis Ngannou and the full Knockout Chaos card, live worldwide on DAZN. Hearn also reflects on Ray Ford's World Title victory over Otabek Kholmatov, the latest on Canelo developments, plus Jake Paul, Amanda Serrano & Haney-Garcia.</p><p><br /></p><p>DAZN Boxing YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>"Anything Can Happen": Joshua vs. Ngannou Preview</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BJuJqsIXYc&t=40s&ab_channel=DAZNBoxing</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tyson Fury: I'd like to back Anthony Joshua against Francis Ngannou, but..</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab6FINoPmBs&t=12s&ab_channel=DAZNBoxing</p><p><br /></p><p>"As Far Back As I Can Remember I Wanted To Be A Fighter" - Off The Cuff With Francis Ngannou</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO8hjmaxPDA&ab_channel=DAZNBoxing</p><p><br /></p><p>DAZN Boxing YouTube Ngannou Trolls Tyson Fury https://youtube.com/watch?v=zAqKpMU7-hg</p><p><br /></p><p>Sky Sports Boxing YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>JOSHUA VS NGANNOU! ⚖ | FULL WEIGH-IN</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFx55fdyY8I&t=3s&ab_channel=SkySportsBoxing</p><p><br /></p><p>BISPING reacts: Francis Ngannou THREATENS Tyson Fury! | Joshua vs Ngannou Press Conference</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtkmut6YIT8&ab_channel=MichaelBisping</p><p><br /></p><p>Betting? You Bet Punter!</p><p><br /></p><p>Joshua vs. Ngannou fight card, odds</p><p><br /></p><p>Anthony Joshua -345 vs. Francis Ngannou +270, heavyweights</p><p><br /></p><p>Nick Ball -190 vs. Rey Vargas (c) +158, WBC featherweight title</p><p><br /></p><p>Israil Madrimov -400 vs. Magomed Kurbanov +310, vacant WBA super welterweight title</p><p><br /></p><p>Zhilei Zhang (c) -240 vs. Joseph Parker +195, WBO interim heavyweight title</p><p><br /></p><p>Mark Chamberlain -278 vs. Gavin Gwynne +222, lightweights</p><p><br /></p><p>Andrii Novytskyi vs. Juan Torres, heavyweights. TBA</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int Bet On Anything (Media Man Int) www.mediamanint.com/articles/bet_on.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Combat Sports (Media Man Int) *in progress</p><p>https://www.mediamanint.com/articles/combat_sports.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Boxing News (Media Man Int)</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/boxing_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p>PPV News (Media Man Int)</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/ppv_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Special thanks: Matchroom Boxing, DAZN, Main Event an Kayo Sports </p><p><br /></p><p>#BoxingNews #boxing #FrancisNgannou #AnthonyJoshua #ThePredator #MatchroomBoxing #EddieHearn #RiyadhSeason #Riyadh #KingdomArena #KO #combatsports #PPV #PayPerView #DAZN #MainEvent #KayoSports #Video #Videos #YouTube #promo #popculture #boxingpromoter #streamingsports #sportsstreaming #ppvstreaming #promo #promoter #promoters #sportsbetting #wager #trends #trending #TrendingNow #buzz #hype #media #mediaman #mediamanint </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Social Media News</p><p><br /></p><p>Nine and News Corp bosses reveal impact of Meta’s withdrawal from content agreements in new documentary ‘Tech Tyrants: Facebook’s War on Australia’</p><p><br /></p><p>A new documentary will blow the lid on the ruthless side to the billionaire boss of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, and the bosses of two of Australia's major commercial news outlets share just how devastating Meta's decision to withdraw from news deals will be to local journalism.</p><p><br /></p><p>The devastating impact from Facebook’s bombshell move to stop paying for news content in Australia is revealed in an exclusive Sky News investigation.</p><p><br /></p><p>‘Tech Tyrants: Facebook’s War on Australia’, which premieres on Wednesday 13 March at 8.30pm AEDT on Sky News Australia, blows the lid on the ruthless side to the billionaire boss of Facebook, and parent company Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, and his declaration of war on Australian news.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sky News Investigative Reporter Jonathan Lea uncovers how Facebook’s decision to pull the plug on news content will affect millions of Australian social media users, while also exposing them to the growing dangers of misinformation.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a rare television event, Lea speaks to both leaders of the nation’s biggest commercial media giants – Executive Chairman of News Corp Australia Michael Miller, and the CEO of Nine Entertainment Mike Sneesby – on the threat to Australia from Zuckerberg and Meta, a company worth almost two trillion dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lea also hears from the whistleblower who bravely exposed Facebook’s malicious business tactics to US Congress, as well as Australian Communications Minister, Michelle Rowland, on her fight to protect the future of Australian news.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a contemptuous move against government legislation, Facebook temporarily blocked Australian news pages in 2021, and did the same in Canada last year. Will Facebook again seek to shutdown Australians’ access to credible news content from all its platforms?</p><p><br /></p><p>‘Tech Tyrants: Facebook’s War on Australia’ premieres on Sky News this Wednesday, 13 March at 8.30pm AEDT. Watch live on Foxtel or through the www.SkyNews.com.au Streaming Subscription.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Credit: Sky News Australia)</p><p><br /></p><p>Special thanks: Sky News Australia</p><p><br /></p><p>#TechTyrants #Meta #Facebook #SkyNewsAustralia #documentary #socialmedia #socialmediaplatforms #socialmedianews #bigtech #technews #NewsCorp #journalism #politics #newsmedia #digitalnews #broadcast #trend #trends #Australia #TV #media </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Combat Sports: Boxing</p><p><br /></p><p>Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson</p><p><br /></p><p>Date: July 20, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>AT&T Stadium. Arlington, Texas</p><p><br /></p><p>Broadcast via Netflix @netflix </p><p><br /></p><p>Paul via X </p><p><br /></p><p>“Promotion, promotion, promotion — if I’m being honest, it don’t need that. The biggest fight of the 21st century, in the biggest NFL stadium in the U.S., broadcast live, on the biggest streaming platform in the world, that’s the MVP way. Whether you’re tuning in on Netflix or showing out in person, whether you’re Team Paul or Team Tyson, or whether you’re a lifelong boxing fan or watching your first fight, you’re not going to want to miss this event.”</p><p><br /></p><p>“I could not be more excited to make this amazing fight available to all Netflix subscribers alongside the hardest hitter of all time, Mike Tyson, on Saturday, July 20th. My sights are set on becoming a world champion, and now I have a chance to prove myself against the greatest heavyweight champion of the world, the baddest man on the planet and the most dangerous boxer of all time. Time to put ‘Iron’ Mike to sleep.”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix and Most Valuable Promotions Partner on Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson, a Global Live Sports Event To Stream Exclusively on Netflix on Saturday July 20</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Media Release</p><p><br /></p><p>The Live Professional Sports Event Will Take Place at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.</p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix and Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) today announced their first-ever partnership in a heavyweight boxing mega-event headlined by The Problem Child, Jake “El Gallo” Paul (9-1, 6 KOs) vs. the Baddest Man on the Planet, Mike Tyson (50-6, 44 KOs). Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson will stream live globally, exclusively on Netflix on Saturday, July 20, 2024 from the 80,000-seat capacity AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson marks Jake Paul’s most-anticipated fight to date and his second fight of 2024 following back-to-back sensational knockouts against professional boxers and Golden Glove winners Ryan Bourland this past Saturday, March 2 and Andre August in December 2023. Paul has shown tremendous growth as a boxer on his path to becoming a world champion, but now will take on one of the best and most dangerous boxers of all time in Mike Tyson.</p><p><br /></p><p>“It’s crazy to think that in my second pro fight, I went viral for knocking out Nate Robinson on Mike Tyson’s undercard. Now, less than four years later, I’m stepping up to face Tyson myself to see if I have what it takes to beat one of boxing’s most notorious fighters and biggest icons,” said Jake Paul. “Within just two and a half years of founding MVP, we’re about to produce the biggest fight in history, a fight in the biggest NFL stadium in the US, broadcast live, on the biggest streaming platform in the world – a testament to all we’ve accomplished in such a short amount of time. Whether you’re tuning in on Netflix or showing out in person, whether you’re team Paul or team Tyson, or whether you’re a lifelong boxing fan or watching your first fight, you’re not going to want to miss this event. I could not be more excited to make this amazing fight available to all Netflix subscribers alongside the hardest hitter of all time, Mike Tyson, on Saturday, July 20th. My sights are set on becoming a world champion, and now I have a chance to prove myself against the greatest heavyweight champion ever, the baddest man on the planet and the most dangerous boxer of all time. This will be the fight of a lifetime.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Mike Tyson, the legendary former undisputed world heavyweight champion, is one of the biggest stars the sport of boxing has ever seen. The “Baddest Man on the Planet” is recognized as one of the greatest fighters of all time, ESPN’s #1 hardest hitter in heavyweight history, and the youngest heavyweight champion ever at just 20 years old. His explosive power and ferocious fighting style led to a staggering run of 37 consecutive victories, with 33 of those wins coming by knockout.</p><p><br /></p><p>“I'm very much looking forward to stepping into the ring with Jake Paul at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas,” said Mike Tyson. “He's grown significantly as a boxer over the years, so it will be a lot of fun to see what the will and ambition of a ‘kid’ can do with the experience and aptitude of a GOAT. It's a full circle moment that will be beyond thrilling to watch; as I started him off on his boxing journey on the undercard of my fight with Roy Jones and now I plan to finish him.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Since establishing MVP in 2021, Nakisa Bidarian and Jake Paul have disrupted combat sports, producing some of the world’s biggest events, making history in women’s boxing and giving a new platform to young fighters. Partnering with Netflix to bring Paul vs Tyson to audiences worldwide is a strategic decision to ensure this once-in-a-lifetime event that connects six generations of sports fans is distributed globally to hundreds of millions of fans.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson is a once-in-a-lifetime dream matchup and we hope it will be the most-watched boxing event in modern boxing history,” said Nakisa Bidarian, founder of Most Valuable Promotions. “Partnering with Netflix for this deal presents an unparalleled opportunity to bring Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson to the world on an unprecedented scale and we look forward to delivering this incredible clash of two of sports biggest names. Six generations of boxing fans will have a stake in the outcome and will be able to watch an anti-hero, Jake Paul, put it all on the line against the baddest man on the planet, Mike Tyson. Thank you to Netflix for their vision and trust in MVP to put on this historic event.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix is the premier home for great sports entertainment with hits like Untold that featured "Jake Paul the Problem Child" episode last year, along with Formula 1: Drive To Survive, Full Swing, NASCAR: Full Speed, Quarterback, Tour de France: Unchained, Under Pressure: The U.S. Women’s World Cup Team and Six Nations: Full Contact. And beginning in 2025, Netflix will become the new home of WWE Raw. Paul vs. Tyson will be Netflix’s third live sports event, following The Netflix Cup and The Netflix Slam.</p><p><br /></p><p>"Mike Tyson is one of the biggest icons in boxing history and Jake Paul is one of the biggest disruptors in boxing history,” said Gabe Spitzer, Vice President, Nonfiction Sports, Netflix. “Saturday, July 20 will be pure drama in the ring in Texas. We are thrilled to partner with Most Valuable Promotions for this historic event and we can't wait for these two to face off for fans all across the world on Netflix."</p><p><br /></p><p>Additional information, including the co-main event and undercards, will be announced at a later date. For the opportunity to sign up for presale tickets, click here. https://www.mostvaluablepromotions.com/</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>About Jake Paul</p><p><br /></p><p>Jake Paul has shown tremendous growth as a boxer on his path to becoming a world champion. Since turning pro in 2020, Paul has collected multiple accolades for his commitment to the sport of boxing, including ESPNRingside’s 2021 Knockout of the Year, Sports Illustrated’s 2021 Breakout Boxer of the Year, ESPNRingside’s 2022 Viral Moment of the Year, and was the cover of Sports Illustrated’s “The 50 Most Influential Figures in Sports” issue, awarded specifically for his groundbreaking work to revolutionize the sport through equitable pay, providing a platform for young fighters, and his support of female boxers. Paul also recently announced a partnership with USA Boxing ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics, continuing his mission to elevate the sport and its future champions. In November 2020, Paul faced Nate Robinson on the Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr. card.</p><p><br /></p><p>Paul also continued his record-breaking streak in his latest fight, MVP’s Serrano vs. Meinke feat. Paul vs. Bourland by achieving the highest boxing gate in Puerto Rico history. Previously, Paul vs. August in December 2023 was the highest recorded gate for a boxing event in Orlando’s history, and broke the record for highest average ticket price, matching the average ticket price of Paul’s fight vs. Nate Diaz at the American Airlines Center in Dallas in August 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>About Mike Tyson</p><p><br /></p><p>Mike Tyson’s legacy is undisputed. As the former undisputed heavyweight champion and one of the most feared boxers in the ring, Mike Tyson holds the record as the youngest boxer to win the WBC, WBA, and IBF world heavyweight titles and the first heavyweight boxer to hold the titles simultaneously, earning him nicknames as "Iron" Mike, Kid Dynamite, and The Baddest Man on the Planet. In 2011, Tyson was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame, and in 2013 he was inaugurated into the Las Vegas Hall of Fame. Tyson returned to the ring to face Roy Jones Jr. in an eight-round exhibition fight in November 2020 at The Staples Center in Los Angeles. The boxing match was the 8th highest viewed on pay-per-view in history.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tyson’s enduring mass appeal garnered multiple successful entrepreneurial, film, and TV ventures, including The Hangover, The Hangover 2, Vendetta, and Asphalt City, Bollywood hit Liger, as well as documentary projects and his critically acclaimed one-man Broadway show Mike Tyson: UNDISPUTED TRUTH. Tyson launched his premier cannabis company, Tyson 2.0, in 2021, runs merchandise company the Mike Tyson Collection and boxing apparel and equipment company Tyson Pro, and recently announced his latest venture, testosterone treatment protocol Iron Remedy. Tyson also hosts the HotBoxin' podcast, launched in 2018, talking with some of the world's greatest sports legends, actors, and more. HotBoxin' has garnered over 40 million listeners, while Tyson's expansive digital footprint reaches over 400 million people and notably accumulated over 1.4 billion impressions on social media in 2019. Tyson's memoir Undisputed Truth, written with Larry Sloman, is a NYT best seller.</p><p><br /></p><p>About Netflix</p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services with over 260 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.</p><p><br /></p><p>About Most Valuable Promotions (MVP)</p><p><br /></p><p>Most Valuable Promotions was founded by Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian in 2021. With the mission to provide more creative control to fighters, MVP works to identify, grow, and maximize return for its own events and talent partners. Since inception MVP has consistently produced the biggest combat sports pay-per-view events. One year into its inception, MVP was nominated as one of the prestigious Sports Breakthroughs of the Year in 2022 by Sports Business Journal. The company signed one of the most decorated Hispanic athletes of all time, Amanda Serrano in its first year. Serrano and MVP made history in April of 2022 when Serrano went head to head with Katie Taylor, marking the first female fight to headline at Madison Square Garden, recently earning a nomination for Event of The Year by Sports Business Journal. Co-founder Nakisa Bidarian was an executive producer of the historic Triller Presents Mike Tyson v. Roy Jones Jr., which is the 8th most bought pay-per-view event in history.</p><p><br /></p><p>About AT&T Stadium</p><p><br /></p><p>AT&T Stadium is the largest, most technologically advanced entertainment venue in the world. Designed by HKS and built by Manhattan Construction, the $1.2 billion stadium features two monumental arches, the world's largest HDTV video board cluster, an expansive retractable roof and the largest retractable end zone doors in the world. Features of the stadium include seating for 80,000 and expandability for up to 100,000, over 300 luxury suites, club seating on multiple levels and the Dallas Cowboys Pro Shop, open to the public year-round. Outside the stadium, the Miller Lite® House is a branded destination that boasts a 70-yard Cowboys turf field featuring field games, four video boards and over 60 television screens, two fantasy football screen walls and over 87,000 outdoor square-footage for event day experiences. The space also features two beer gardens and a walk-in beer cooler. The stadium is also home to a world-class collection of contemporary art, made up of over 92 works of art by 62 established and emerging artists displayed on the walls and in the grand public spaces of the venue. In addition to being the home of the Dallas Cowboys since opening in 2009, the stadium has hosted Super Bowl XLV, the 2010 NBA All Star Game, the annual Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, the 2014 NCAA Men's Final Four, the 2015 inaugural College Football Playoff Championship Game, the 2015 50th Anniversary Academy of Country Music Awards show and WrestleMania 32 & 38. The venue has also played host to high school and college football, concerts, championship fights, international soccer matches and other special events. For more information, go to www.attstadium.com</p><p><br /></p><p>(Credit: Netflix)</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man</p><p><br /></p><p>Odds</p><p><br /></p><p>Paul as the -360 betting fav</p><p><br /></p><p>Tyson is +300 as the underdog</p><p><br /></p><p>Videos</p><p><br /></p><p>Jake Paul Official YouTube</p><p>www.youtube.com/@jakepaul </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm Fighting Mike Tyson.</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKx1LebwBLs&ab_channel=JakePaul</p><p><br /></p><p>Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson. Yes you read that right... watch me fight one of the two most famous boxers to ever exist, Mike Tyson, July 20 at the AT&T Stadium Arlington, Dallas Texas. Streaming LIVE and globally on Netflix. (Credit: Jake Paul)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix Neherland and Belgie</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/@Netflixbenelux</p><p><br /></p><p>Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson | Live Event</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VLCOThWl2g&ab_channel=NetflixNederland%26Belgi%C3%AB</p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix en Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) hebben vandaag hun allereerste samenwerking aangekondigd in een zwaargewicht boks-evenement met als headliner The Problem Child, Jake “El Gallo” Paul versus de slechtste man ter wereld , Mike Tyson. Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson wordt wereldwijd live gestreamd, exclusief op Netflix in juli 2024 vanuit het AT&T Stadium met 80.000 zitplaatsen in Arlington, Texas, de thuisbasis van de Dallas Cowboys. (Credit: Netflix)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Valuetainment Official YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>"Elderly Abuse" - Chael Sonnen Reacts to the Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson Fight</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyqjAkMHsc0&t=505s&ab_channel=Valuetainment</p><p><br /></p><p>Patrick Bet-David, Adam Sosnick and Vincent Oshana are joined by former MMA Fighter Chael Sonnen, in this clip they react to the Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson fight. (Credit: Valuetainment)</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int Bet On Anything (Media Man Int) http://mediamanint.com/articles/bet_on.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Combat Sports (Media Man Int) *in progress www.mediamanint.com/articles/combat_sports.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Boxing News (Media Man Int) *in progress www.mediamanint.com/articles/boxing_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Special thanks: Most Valuable Promotions and Netflix</p><p><br /></p><p>#BoxingNews #boxing #JakePaul #MikeTyson #IronMikeTyson #MVP #MostValuablePromotions #ATTStadium #Netflix #NetflixNews #netflixsports #sportsstreaming #streamingsports #KO #combatsports #streamingindustry #streamingbusiness #streamingentertainment #streamingbiz #sportsbusiness #Video #Videos #YouTube #legend #legends #popculture #boxingpromoter #streamingsports #sportsstreaming #promo #promoter #promoters #sportsbetting #wager #trends #trending #TrendingNow #buzz #hype #Texas #media #mediaman #mediamanint</p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: Netflix with AI</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Combat Sports</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC @ufc 299</p><p><br /></p><p>Kaseya Center, Miami, Florida, USA</p><p><br /></p><p>March 10, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Sean O'Malley vs Marlon 'Chito' Vera</p><p><br /></p><p>Videos, Media and Card</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC Official YouTube channel</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC 299: Pre-Fight Press Conference Highlights</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKo7pjMOqXA&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>"Yeah, I'm very calm going into this fight" Sean O’Malley</p><p><br /></p><p>Athletes competing in the main card at UFC 299 took the stage in Miami to answer questions from the press</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Main Event YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Sean O'Malley & Rob Whittaker praise each other ahead of Chito Vera fight | UFC 299</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgSxy3CUoXQ&ab_channel=mainevent</p><p><br /></p><p>Niko Pajarillo and Robert Whittaker interview 'Suga' Sean O'Malley ahead of the bantamweight champion's title fight against Marlon Vera.</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Sean O'Malley - Journey to UFC Champion</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZYRSkr8nnU&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>Sean O'Malley's first UFC fight came in December of 2017, as an undefeated prospect, after getting a viral KO on Season 1 of Dana White's Contender Series. By 2023, O'Malley's ascension came to fruition as he became the undisputed Bantamweight champion with a knockout victory over Aljamain Sterling.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>UFC 299 Embedded: Vlog Series - Episode 4</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK_Sda7D77E&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>Joanna Jedrzejczyk cameos as Dustin Poirier, Kevin Holland, and Mateusz Gamrot check in. Champ Sean O’Malley does media. Gilbert Burns goes courtside. Jailton Almeida trains, Michael “Venom” Page talks striking and Marlon Vera fights for Ecuador.</p><p><br /></p><p>More great background and newsworth videos to be added to the official UFC YouTube channel</p><p><br /></p><p>www.youtube.com/ufc</p><p><br /></p><p>Full Card</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC 299 Main Event On ESPN+ PPV:</p><p><br /></p><p>135 lbs.: UFC Bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley vs. Marlon Vera</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC 299 Main Card On ESPN+ PPV (10 p.m. ET):</p><p><br /></p><p>155 lbs.: Dustin Poirier vs. Benoit Saint-Denis</p><p>170 lbs.: Kevin Holland vs. Michael Page</p><p>170 lbs.: Gilbert Burns vs. Jack Della Maddalena</p><p>135 lbs.: Petr Yan vs. Yadong Song</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC 299 Late ‘Prelims’ Card On ESPN/ESPN+ (8 p.m. ET):</p><p><br /></p><p>265 lbs.: Curtis Blaydes vs. Jailton Almeida</p><p>125 lbs.: Katlyn Cerminara vs. Maycee Barber</p><p>155 lbs.: Mateusz Gamrot vs. Rafael dos Anjos</p><p>135 lbs.: Pedro Munhoz vs. Kyler Phillips</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC 299 Early ‘Prelims’ Card On Fight Pass/ESPN+ (6 p.m. ET)</p><p><br /></p><p>205 lbs.: Ion Cutelaba vs. Philipe Lins</p><p>185 lbs.: Michel Pereira vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk</p><p>265 lbs.: Robelis Despaigne vs. Josh Parisian</p><p>125 lbs.: C.J. Vergara vs. Asu Almabaev</p><p>125 lbs.: Joanne Wood vs. Maryna Moroz</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: Solid line-up. Vera for the win! It's time! Time for new blood and new hair to represent UFC. One day a rooster, next day a feather duster! New Peacock on the rise. Feathers are going to fly folks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC: 2024 (Media Man Int) *in progress</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/ufc_2024.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#UFC299 #UFC #SeanOMalley #ChitoVera #DustinPoirier #BenoitSaintDenis #KevinHolland #MichaelPage #GilbertBurns #JackDellaMaddalena #PetrYan #YadongSong #PPV #PPVS #PayPerView #ESPN #ESPNPlus #combatsports #MMA #mixedmartialarts #pressconference #PressConferenceHighlights #mediaconference #mmanews #mmamedia #broadcast #combatsports #sportsnews #sportsmedia #Video #trends #trending #buzz #Miami #Florida #media </p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: UFC</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wrestling - Gaming News</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE 2K24 @WWEgames is available on Steam, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X. There are three digital editions: standard, deluxe, and cross-gen, with the standard being released this Friday. </p><p><br /></p><p>There is also a WWE 2K24 40 Years of WrestleMania Edition.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fans have begun to play early versions of the game and have noticed that Mr McMahon has been blurred out in some WWE 2K24 Showcase cutscenes.</p><p><br /></p><p>It should be noted that not all of the scenes feature him blurred out.</p><p><br /></p><p>McMahon was also dropped from the WWE 2K24 roster.</p><p><br /></p><p>Media</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Official YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Relive 40 Years of WrestleMania in WWE 2K24</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6lI2FztyDw&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Finish your story and recreate some of the biggest moments in WrestleMania history in WWE 2K24, available starting March 5.</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Games YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Step Into The Story | WWE 2K24 Official Launch Trailer | 2K</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8SiQKottLo&ab_channel=WWE2K</p><p><br /></p><p>Legacy | WWE 2K24 Official Gameplay Trailer | 2K</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIK0-cBlilM&ab_channel=WWE2K</p><p><br /></p><p>The story’s not finished. Take your first look at WWE 2K24’s all-new match types, environments, Superstars and more, including the 2K Showcase… of the Immortals. (Credit: WWE Games)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>“FINISH YOUR STORY” IN WWE® 2K24 DELUXE EDITION AND FORTY YEARS OF WRESTLEMANIA EDITION NOW AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE</p><p><br /></p><p>Join iconic Standard Edition cover Superstar “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes and Deluxe Edition cover Superstars Rhea Ripley and Bianca Belair, with historic 2K Showcase… Of The Immortals, four new match types, Executive Soundtrack Producer Post Malone, and much more</p><p><br /></p><p>Today, 2K announced the Deluxe Edition and Forty Years of WrestleMania Edition of WWE® 2K24, the newest installment of the flagship WWE video game franchise developed by Visual Concepts, are available now on PlayStation® 5 (PS5®), PlayStation®4 (PS4®), Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC via Steam.* The Standard Edition and Standard Cross-Gen Digital Edition will be available on Friday, March 8, 2024.</p><p><br /></p><p>“WWE 2K24 is a testament to the development team’s world champion-level commitment to excellence,” said Greg Thomas, President at Visual Concepts. “Topping our best efforts each year has become a challenge we look forward to, and we’re especially proud of what we’ve achieved in our improvements to gameplay and overall quality.”</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE 2K24 boasts an array of new features and improvements on existing fan-favorites:</p><p><br /></p><p>2K Showcase… Of The Immortals: For 40 years, WrestleMania set the scene for unforgettable moments - from Hulk Hogan going toe to toe with The Rock in a contest of “Icon vs Icon,” to “Stone Cold” Steve Austin refusing to tap out to Bret Hart’s Sharpshooter, to “Mr. WrestleMania” Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramon innovating the ladder match, and many more. 40 years in the making, the WWE 2K24 Showcase…of the Immortals puts players in control, playing through the most iconic moments in WrestleMania history as 2K’s distinctive Slingshot Tech seamlessly morphs gameplay to live-action footage and back again for the most immersive WrestleMania video game experience to date. A host of unlockable content adds challenge and replay value to this historical experience. Check out the trailer here;</p><p><br /></p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbiy2I5jt90&ab_channel=WWE2K</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Iconic Roster: WWE 2K24 boasts a star-studded roster of 200+, featuring WWE Legends including “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, the Rock, Undertaker, Ultimate Warrior, and Andre the Giant, alongside current WWE Superstars including “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes, Bianca Belair, John Cena, Rhea Ripley, and Roman Reigns, whose larger-than-life entrances and signature moves are heightened by ultra-realistic graphics. Also joining the roster is boxing icon, “The Greatest” Muhammad Ali. The complete roster list is available here;</p><p><br /></p><p>https://wwe.2k.com/2k24/roster-list/</p><p><br /></p><p>Four New Match Types: Players asked, and WWE 2K24 delivers, with four new, chaotic match types: Special Guest Referee, Ambulance Match, Casket Match, and Gauntlet Match. In addition, the Backstage Brawl now features 4-player support and new interactive environmental elements - including a working elevator, breakable control room glass, and a vending machine with throwable water bottles - while the Royal Rumble now offers support for eight online players in 30-Superstar online matches. All of the familiar WWE 2K match types, such as WarGames, Extreme Rules, TLC, Submission, Hell in a Cell, and many more also return. Check out the trailer here;</p><p><br /></p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIK0-cBlilM&ab_channel=WWE2K</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>MyRISE: WWE 2K’s unique career mode experience offers two new storylines: the women’s division Unleashed experience and the men’s division Undisputed experience. Players are tasked with creating an original Superstar to forge their career path and leave an unforgettable legacy, with 80 rewards to be unlocked, including arenas, Paybacks, entrances, MyFACTION cards, and championship belts. Between the two experiences, there are over six hours of original dialogue, featuring franchise-first voiceover performances from Roman Reigns, Cody Rhodes, “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio, Mick Foley, Shotzi, and more. Check out the trailer here;</p><p><br /></p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEvXZ7YJofo&ab_channel=WWE2K</p><p><br /></p><p>MyFACTION: The team-building mode in which players collect, manage, and upgrade an array of WWE Superstars and Legends to create their ultimate four-person factions returns with a new direct purchase card market and updated multiplayer experience. Players can now compete in ranked online QuickPlay with unique rewards and seasonal leaderboards, challenge themselves with Weekly Towers, and take on a revamped Faction Wars 2.0, featuring more real-world factions, more 4v4 match types, a Faction Wars specific reward shop and more. New themed card packs and goals will continue to roll out regularly throughout the year with seasonal content refreshes**;</p><p><br /></p><p>MyGM: The popular WWE brand management simulation continues to expand with new GMs and brands to choose from, more match types, more Dramas, more Championships, talent scouts, Superstar trading between brands, Superstar contract management and the new Superstar Journey, which allows Superstars to earn XP, train, and level up to gain new benefits after participating in matches;</p><p><br /></p><p>Universe: The ultimate WWE Universe sandbox that puts players in charge of Superstar rosters, feuds, champions, weekly shows, and Premium Live Events now features expanded Rivalry actions, including run-ins, Money in the Bank cash-ins, scenarios, and brawls, as well as new cutscenes, Special Guest Referee support, Double Title Matches and a Loser Leaves Town stipulation;</p><p><br /></p><p>Creation Suite: The crown jewel of the WWE 2K franchise, the best-in-class, most detailed and robust creation suite returns with all-new support for Create-A-Referee and Create-A-Sign, as well as new parts and animations to design custom Superstars, GMs, arenas, entrances, move sets, championships and more;</p><p><br /></p><p>Soundtrack: Curated by Executive Soundtrack producer and music icon Post Malone, WWE 2K24 features an eclectic soundtrack including artists across an array of genres, including rock, metal, country, electronic music, and rap;</p><p><br /></p><p>DLC Character Packs: Fan-favorite celebrities and Superstars including CM Punk, Pat McAfee, Post Malone, Jade Cargill, Iron Sheik, Diamond Dallas Page, Mr. Perfect, and more take to the ring in DLC packs, rolling out over the months ahead and available individually, or via Season Pass. These DLC offerings, alongside frequent MyFACTION updates, offer extensive post-launch content and replayability for players to enjoy. More info on Season Pass is available here.</p><p><br /></p><p>https://wwe.2k.com/2k24/season-pass/</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE 2K24 Editions</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE 2K24 features four editions of the game: Standard Edition, Standard Cross-Gen Digital Edition, Deluxe Edition, and Forty Years of WrestleMania Edition:</p><p><br /></p><p>The Standard Edition will be available for $59.99 on previous-gen platforms (PS4, Xbox One consoles) and PC and for $69.99 on current-gen consoles (PS5 and Xbox Series X|S);</p><p><br /></p><p>Pre-Order Bonus Offers: Players who pre-order the WWE 2K24 Standard Edition will receive the Nightmare Family Pack*** a bonus pack of content including four playable Superstars - two alternate versions of Cody Rhodes (The “Undashing” masked Cody and the flamboyant Stardust), as well as the 1976 version of his father, WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes, plus one of Dusty’s greatest rivals, “Superstar” Billy Graham, all available as playable characters. Additional MyFACTION content includes three MyFACTION cards - a Mattel “Bruised” Cody Rhodes Gold Rarity card and, for the first time ever, Cody’s dog, Pharaoh, appears in WWE 2K as a Gold Rarity Manager card. In addition, all Digital Pre-Orders of any edition of WWE 2K24 will include the Standard Edition of WWE 2K23****, the highest-rated game in franchise history according to Metacritic*****;</p><p><br /></p><p>The Standard Cross-Gen Digital Edition will be available for $69.99 on PlayStation and Xbox consoles. The Standard Cross-Gen Digital Edition includes the Standard Edition across previous and current-gen platforms within the same console family and the same PlayStation or Xbox account;</p><p><br /></p><p>The Deluxe Edition is available for $99.99 for PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC. The Deluxe Edition includes the Standard Cross-Gen Edition, Nightmare Family Pack, plus a Season Pass to all five post-launch DLC content packs******; the MyRISE Mega-Boost and SuperCharger; Gold Rarity Rhea Ripley MyFACTION Card, Gold Rarity Bianca Belair MyFACTION Card, and alternate attires for Bianca and Rhea. The Deluxe Edition is available now – three days ahead of Standard and Cross-Gen Editions!;</p><p><br /></p><p>The Forty Years of WrestleMania Edition is available for $119.99 for PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC. In addition to the Standard Cross-Gen Edition and all bonus content included in the Deluxe Edition, the Forty Years of WrestleMania Edition includes the Forty Years of WrestleMania Pack, which features alternate attires for “Macho King” Randy Savage (WrestleMania 6), Rey Mysterio (WrestleMania 22), Triple H (WrestleMania 30), Charlotte Flair (WrestleMania 33), and Rhea Ripley (WrestleMania 36), as well as Gold Rarity MyFACTION cards for each, instant unlocking of all playable Showcase characters, and the WrestleMania 40 Arena, which will be available after launch******. The Forty Years of WrestleMania Edition is available now – three days ahead of Standard and Standard Cross-Gen Editions!;</p><p><br /></p><p>For more information on WWE 2K24, visit the game’s official website, become a fan on Facebook, follow the game on TikTok, X, Instagram, and subscribe on Twitch and YouTube. Official campaign hashtags #WWE2K24 and #FinishYourStory.</p><p><br /></p><p>Visual Concepts is a 2K studio. 2K is a wholly owned publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).</p><p><br /></p><p>"PlayStation", "PS5", and "PS4" are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Interactive Entertainment.</p><p><br /></p><p>*Deluxe Edition digital version available March 5. Deluxe Edition physical version available March 5 in select territories, and March 8 for the rest of the world. For further details on physical availability of WWE 2K24 Deluxe Edition, please visit wwe.2k.com/2k24/deluxe-edition-release-dates.</p><p><br /></p><p>**WWE 2K24 and internet access required to play MyFACTION content. Online Account (13+) required to access online features. See www.take2games.com/legal and www.take2games.com/privacy for additional details.</p><p><br /></p><p>***Nightmare Family Pack pre-order bonus offer available through March 7, 2024. Pre-order WWE 2K24 Standard Edition and receive the Nightmare Family Pack, which includes four playable characters and three gold-tier MyFACTION cards (Dusty Rhodes ’76, Mattel Cody Rhodes, and Pharoah (Manager). The Nightmare Family Pack is included with Deluxe and Forty Years of WrestleMania editions. For digital pre-orders, items will be automatically entitled in-game. For physical pre-orders, items will be redeemed in game via code provided in box. Terms apply.</p><p><br /></p><p>****Pre-order WWE 2K24 Standard Edition (Digital) on any platform through March 7, 2024, and receive a digital copy of WWE 2K23 Standard Edition for the same platform. Digital copy of WWE 2K23 will be automatically entitled and available to download following pre-order. WWE 2K23 must be downloaded to the platform account used to pre-order WWE 2K24 and is non-transferable. Offer not available to platform accounts that already own WWE 2K23 on the same platform. Terms apply.</p><p><br /></p><p>*****Based on WWE 2K23's Metacritic scores on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC as of March 3, 2024.</p><p><br /></p><p>******For digital orders, post-launch Forty Years of WrestleMania Pack content and DLC will be automatically delivered on release for PC users, available for download in the PlayStation store/Library tile for PS4 and PS5 users, and available for download in Microsoft Store for Xbox users. For physical orders, post-launch DLC will be available upon release and redeemed in game via code provided in box. DLC will also be available for purchase separately.</p><p><br /></p><p>About 2K</p><p><br /></p><p>Founded in 2005, 2K develops and publishes interactive entertainment for video game consoles, personal computers, and mobile devices, with product availability including physical retail and digital download. The Company is home to many talented development studios, including Visual Concepts, Firaxis Games, Hangar 13, Cat Daddy Games, 31st Union, Cloud Chamber and HB Studios. 2K’s portfolio currently includes several AAA, sports and entertainment brands, including global powerhouse NBA®️ 2K; renowned BioShock®️, Borderlands®️, Mafia, Sid Meier’s Civilization®️ and XCOM®️ brands; popular WWE®️ 2K and WWE®️ SuperCard franchises; as well as the critically and commercially acclaimed PGA TOUR®️ 2K. Additional information about 2K and its products may be found at 2K.com and on the Company’s official social media channels.</p><p>2K is a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).</p><p><br /></p><p>About Take-Two Interactive Software</p><p><br /></p><p>Headquartered in New York City, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is a leading developer, publisher, and marketer of interactive entertainment for consumers around the globe. The Company develops and publishes products principally through Rockstar Games, 2K, Private Division, and Zynga. Our products are currently designed for console gaming systems, PC, and Mobile including smartphones and tablets, and are delivered through physical retail, digital download, online platforms, and cloud streaming services. The Company’s common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol TTWO.</p><p><br /></p><p>All trademarks and copyrights contained herein are the property of their respective holders. (Credit: 2K)</p><p><br /></p><p>Website</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE 2K24 Website</p><p>https://wwe.2k.com/2k24/</p><p><br /></p><p>#WWE2K24 #WWEGames #WWE #2K #wrestlinggames #Playstation #Xbox #CodyRhodes #AmericanNightmare #gaming #gamesnews #gamerelease #entertainment #homeentertainment #FinishYourStory #FinishTheStory #popculture #YouTube #trends #trending #buzz #media </p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: WWE Games/2K</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Combat Sports: Boxing</p><p><br /></p><p>Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson</p><p><br /></p><p>Date: July 20, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>AT&T Stadium. Arlington, Texas</p><p><br /></p><p>Broadcast via Netflix </p><p>@netflix</p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>Paul via X </p><p><br /></p><p>“Promotion, promotion, promotion — if I’m being honest, it don’t need that. The biggest fight of the 21st century, in the biggest NFL stadium in the U.S., broadcast live, on the biggest streaming platform in the world, that’s the MVP way. Whether you’re tuning in on Netflix or showing out in person, whether you’re Team Paul or Team Tyson, or whether you’re a lifelong boxing fan or watching your first fight, you’re not going to want to miss this event.”</p><p><br /></p><p>“I could not be more excited to make this amazing fight available to all Netflix subscribers alongside the hardest hitter of all time, Mike Tyson, on Saturday, July 20th. My sights are set on becoming a world champion, and now I have a chance to prove myself against the greatest heavyweight champion of the world, the baddest man on the planet and the most dangerous boxer of all time. Time to put ‘Iron’ Mike to sleep.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix and Most Valuable Promotions Partner on Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson, a Global Live Sports Event To Stream Exclusively on Netflix on Saturday July 20</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Release</p><p><br /></p><p>The Live Professional Sports Event Will Take Place at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.</p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix and Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) today announced their first-ever partnership in a heavyweight boxing mega-event headlined by The Problem Child, Jake “El Gallo” Paul (9-1, 6 KOs) vs. the Baddest Man on the Planet, Mike Tyson (50-6, 44 KOs). Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson will stream live globally, exclusively on Netflix on Saturday, July 20, 2024 from the 80,000-seat capacity AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson marks Jake Paul’s most-anticipated fight to date and his second fight of 2024 following back-to-back sensational knockouts against professional boxers and Golden Glove winners Ryan Bourland this past Saturday, March 2 and Andre August in December 2023. Paul has shown tremendous growth as a boxer on his path to becoming a world champion, but now will take on one of the best and most dangerous boxers of all time in Mike Tyson.</p><p><br /></p><p>“It’s crazy to think that in my second pro fight, I went viral for knocking out Nate Robinson on Mike Tyson’s undercard. Now, less than four years later, I’m stepping up to face Tyson myself to see if I have what it takes to beat one of boxing’s most notorious fighters and biggest icons,” said Jake Paul. “Within just two and a half years of founding MVP, we’re about to produce the biggest fight in history, a fight in the biggest NFL stadium in the US, broadcast live, on the biggest streaming platform in the world – a testament to all we’ve accomplished in such a short amount of time. Whether you’re tuning in on Netflix or showing out in person, whether you’re team Paul or team Tyson, or whether you’re a lifelong boxing fan or watching your first fight, you’re not going to want to miss this event. I could not be more excited to make this amazing fight available to all Netflix subscribers alongside the hardest hitter of all time, Mike Tyson, on Saturday, July 20th. My sights are set on becoming a world champion, and now I have a chance to prove myself against the greatest heavyweight champion ever, the baddest man on the planet and the most dangerous boxer of all time. This will be the fight of a lifetime.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Mike Tyson, the legendary former undisputed world heavyweight champion, is one of the biggest stars the sport of boxing has ever seen. The “Baddest Man on the Planet” is recognized as one of the greatest fighters of all time, ESPN’s #1 hardest hitter in heavyweight history, and the youngest heavyweight champion ever at just 20 years old. His explosive power and ferocious fighting style led to a staggering run of 37 consecutive victories, with 33 of those wins coming by knockout.</p><p><br /></p><p>“I'm very much looking forward to stepping into the ring with Jake Paul at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas,” said Mike Tyson. “He's grown significantly as a boxer over the years, so it will be a lot of fun to see what the will and ambition of a ‘kid’ can do with the experience and aptitude of a GOAT. It's a full circle moment that will be beyond thrilling to watch; as I started him off on his boxing journey on the undercard of my fight with Roy Jones and now I plan to finish him.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Since establishing MVP in 2021, Nakisa Bidarian and Jake Paul have disrupted combat sports, producing some of the world’s biggest events, making history in women’s boxing and giving a new platform to young fighters. Partnering with Netflix to bring Paul vs Tyson to audiences worldwide is a strategic decision to ensure this once-in-a-lifetime event that connects six generations of sports fans is distributed globally to hundreds of millions of fans.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson is a once-in-a-lifetime dream matchup and we hope it will be the most-watched boxing event in modern boxing history,” said Nakisa Bidarian, founder of Most Valuable Promotions. “Partnering with Netflix for this deal presents an unparalleled opportunity to bring Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson to the world on an unprecedented scale and we look forward to delivering this incredible clash of two of sports biggest names. Six generations of boxing fans will have a stake in the outcome and will be able to watch an anti-hero, Jake Paul, put it all on the line against the baddest man on the planet, Mike Tyson. Thank you to Netflix for their vision and trust in MVP to put on this historic event.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix is the premier home for great sports entertainment with hits like Untold that featured "Jake Paul the Problem Child" episode last year, along with Formula 1: Drive To Survive, Full Swing, NASCAR: Full Speed, Quarterback, Tour de France: Unchained, Under Pressure: The U.S. Women’s World Cup Team and Six Nations: Full Contact. And beginning in 2025, Netflix will become the new home of WWE Raw. Paul vs. Tyson will be Netflix’s third live sports event, following The Netflix Cup and The Netflix Slam.</p><p><br /></p><p>"Mike Tyson is one of the biggest icons in boxing history and Jake Paul is one of the biggest disruptors in boxing history,” said Gabe Spitzer, Vice President, Nonfiction Sports, Netflix. “Saturday, July 20 will be pure drama in the ring in Texas. We are thrilled to partner with Most Valuable Promotions for this historic event and we can't wait for these two to face off for fans all across the world on Netflix."</p><p><br /></p><p>Additional information, including the co-main event and undercards, will be announced at a later date. For the opportunity to sign up for presale tickets, click here. https://mostvaluablepromotions.com</p><p><br /></p><p>About Jake Paul</p><p><br /></p><p>Jake Paul has shown tremendous growth as a boxer on his path to becoming a world champion. Since turning pro in 2020, Paul has collected multiple accolades for his commitment to the sport of boxing, including ESPNRingside’s 2021 Knockout of the Year, Sports Illustrated’s 2021 Breakout Boxer of the Year, ESPNRingside’s 2022 Viral Moment of the Year, and was the cover of Sports Illustrated’s “The 50 Most Influential Figures in Sports” issue, awarded specifically for his groundbreaking work to revolutionize the sport through equitable pay, providing a platform for young fighters, and his support of female boxers. Paul also recently announced a partnership with USA Boxing ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics, continuing his mission to elevate the sport and its future champions. In November 2020, Paul faced Nate Robinson on the Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr. card.</p><p><br /></p><p>Paul also continued his record-breaking streak in his latest fight, MVP’s Serrano vs. Meinke feat. Paul vs. Bourland by achieving the highest boxing gate in Puerto Rico history. Previously, Paul vs. August in December 2023 was the highest recorded gate for a boxing event in Orlando’s history, and broke the record for highest average ticket price, matching the average ticket price of Paul’s fight vs. Nate Diaz at the American Airlines Center in Dallas in August 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>About Mike Tyson</p><p><br /></p><p>Mike Tyson’s legacy is undisputed. As the former undisputed heavyweight champion and one of the most feared boxers in the ring, Mike Tyson holds the record as the youngest boxer to win the WBC, WBA, and IBF world heavyweight titles and the first heavyweight boxer to hold the titles simultaneously, earning him nicknames as "Iron" Mike, Kid Dynamite, and The Baddest Man on the Planet. In 2011, Tyson was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame, and in 2013 he was inaugurated into the Las Vegas Hall of Fame. Tyson returned to the ring to face Roy Jones Jr. in an eight-round exhibition fight in November 2020 at The Staples Center in Los Angeles. The boxing match was the 8th highest viewed on pay-per-view in history.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tyson’s enduring mass appeal garnered multiple successful entrepreneurial, film, and TV ventures, including The Hangover, The Hangover 2, Vendetta, and Asphalt City, Bollywood hit Liger, as well as documentary projects and his critically acclaimed one-man Broadway show Mike Tyson: UNDISPUTED TRUTH. Tyson launched his premier cannabis company, Tyson 2.0, in 2021, runs merchandise company the Mike Tyson Collection and boxing apparel and equipment company Tyson Pro, and recently announced his latest venture, testosterone treatment protocol Iron Remedy. Tyson also hosts the HotBoxin' podcast, launched in 2018, talking with some of the world's greatest sports legends, actors, and more. HotBoxin' has garnered over 40 million listeners, while Tyson's expansive digital footprint reaches over 400 million people and notably accumulated over 1.4 billion impressions on social media in 2019. Tyson's memoir Undisputed Truth, written with Larry Sloman, is a NYT best seller.</p><p><br /></p><p>About Netflix</p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services with over 260 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.</p><p><br /></p><p>About Most Valuable Promotions (MVP)</p><p><br /></p><p>Most Valuable Promotions was founded by Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian in 2021. With the mission to provide more creative control to fighters, MVP works to identify, grow, and maximize return for its own events and talent partners. Since inception MVP has consistently produced the biggest combat sports pay-per-view events. One year into its inception, MVP was nominated as one of the prestigious Sports Breakthroughs of the Year in 2022 by Sports Business Journal. The company signed one of the most decorated Hispanic athletes of all time, Amanda Serrano in its first year. Serrano and MVP made history in April of 2022 when Serrano went head to head with Katie Taylor, marking the first female fight to headline at Madison Square Garden, recently earning a nomination for Event of The Year by Sports Business Journal. Co-founder Nakisa Bidarian was an executive producer of the historic Triller Presents Mike Tyson v. Roy Jones Jr., which is the 8th most bought pay-per-view event in history.</p><p><br /></p><p>About AT&T Stadium</p><p><br /></p><p>AT&T Stadium is the largest, most technologically advanced entertainment venue in the world. Designed by HKS and built by Manhattan Construction, the $1.2 billion stadium features two monumental arches, the world's largest HDTV video board cluster, an expansive retractable roof and the largest retractable end zone doors in the world. Features of the stadium include seating for 80,000 and expandability for up to 100,000, over 300 luxury suites, club seating on multiple levels and the Dallas Cowboys Pro Shop, open to the public year-round. Outside the stadium, the Miller Lite® House is a branded destination that boasts a 70-yard Cowboys turf field featuring field games, four video boards and over 60 television screens, two fantasy football screen walls and over 87,000 outdoor square-footage for event day experiences. The space also features two beer gardens and a walk-in beer cooler. The stadium is also home to a world-class collection of contemporary art, made up of over 92 works of art by 62 established and emerging artists displayed on the walls and in the grand public spaces of the venue. In addition to being the home of the Dallas Cowboys since opening in 2009, the stadium has hosted Super Bowl XLV, the 2010 NBA All Star Game, the annual Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, the 2014 NCAA Men's Final Four, the 2015 inaugural College Football Playoff Championship Game, the 2015 50th Anniversary Academy of Country Music Awards show and WrestleMania 32 & 38. The venue has also played host to high school and college football, concerts, championship fights, international soccer matches and other special events. For more information, go to http://attstadium.com</p><p><br /></p><p>(Credit: Netflix)</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man</p><p><br /></p><p>Odds</p><p><br /></p><p>Paul as the -360 betting fav</p><p><br /></p><p>Tyson is +300 as the underdog</p><p><br /></p><p>Videos</p><p><br /></p><p>Jake Paul Official YouTube</p><p>http://youtube.com/@jakepaul </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm Fighting Mike Tyson.</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=WKx1LebwBLs&ab_channel=JakePaul</p><p><br /></p><p>Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson. Yes you read that right... watch me fight one of the two most famous boxers to ever exist, Mike Tyson, July 20 at the AT&T Stadium Arlington, Dallas Texas. Streaming LIVE and globally on Netflix. (Credit: Jake Paul)</p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix Neherland and Belgie</p><p>https://youtube.com/@Netflixbenelux</p><p><br /></p><p>Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson | Live Event</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=-VLCOThWl2g&ab_channel=NetflixNederland%26Belgi%C3%AB</p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix en Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) hebben vandaag hun allereerste samenwerking aangekondigd in een zwaargewicht boks-evenement met als headliner The Problem Child, Jake “El Gallo” Paul versus de slechtste man ter wereld , Mike Tyson. Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson wordt wereldwijd live gestreamd, exclusief op Netflix in juli 2024 vanuit het AT&T Stadium met 80.000 zitplaatsen in Arlington, Texas, de thuisbasis van de Dallas Cowboys. (Credit: Netflix)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE </p><p>@WWE</p><p> SmackDown</p><p><br /></p><p>March 8, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>American Airlines Center</p><p><br /></p><p>Dallas, Texas</p><p><br /></p><p>The Bloodline Continues To Evolve</p><p><br /></p><p>Are tensions getting tested between champion and Tribal Chief Roman Reigns and Dwayne Johnson (DJ on the TKO Group board of directors)?</p><p><br /></p><p>"Wiseman" Paul Heyman is getting indicted into the WWE Hall of Fame 2024. But, who will induct him?</p><p><br /></p><p>Uso Brothers Jimmy and Jey are still separated but secretly do they wish to mend the fence?</p><p><br /></p><p>Are the rumours true about one or two more Samoans set to join the WWE ranks and will The Bloodline look to recruit them? - or, has the deal already been done on the quiet? Could be on a need to know basis!</p><p><br /></p><p>SmackDown GM Nick Aldis has a lot on this plate as usual.</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE announces Corey Graves and Wade Barrett will have plenty of action and conspiracy theories to discuss. "Sort of refreshing" to call the action under the leadership of Triple H right Mr Graves. Gorilla communication channels via The Internet Matrix Of Things. On the verge of breaking down the fourth wall. WWE - NFL like combine with high drama and plenty of room for rule breaking and ultra heels. Ain't that so right Mr Logan Paul. Watch out for those Prime Hydrate energy drinks bottles boys and girls. May cause brain snaps on occasion the eagles and crows told us!</p><p><br /></p><p>Wrestlers have frequently been getting slammed into the announcers table frequently as of late. Don't be surprised if it happens again.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe Logan Paul and/or Bobby Lashley and Karrion Kross will weaponize the table or perhaps use another foreign object. Oh, LP has brass knux. Is Kevin Owens lurking, or does LP have a different foe to be concerned about?</p><p><br /></p><p>How well behaved will the femme fatales on the women's roster be on this hot Friday Night in Texas? Resident white witch of The Final Testament, Scarlett - partner of Mr Karrion Kross may be looking to cast a spell or two, perhaps throw in some poisonous dust and God knows what else. Unbridled passion, fury and combat in and around the squared circle await. Texas braces itself for trauma and torment. Local medical facilities at the ready!</p><p><br /></p><p>SmackDown is going to be a madhouse as the Road To WrestleMania continues.</p><p><br /></p><p>Videos from the official WWE YouTube channel just to warm you up for the latest chapter of Samoan tribal warfare and a full blown assault in the WWE and beyond.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Bloodline complete story: 2 HOUR WWE Playlist</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=z19Cad44Jdo&t=9s</p><p><br /></p><p>The Bloodline story in 2023: WWE Playlist</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=2yvsrNv1fRU&t=138s</p><p><br /></p><p>Best of The Rock full matches marathon</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=7ITD7hJ20ZU&t=141s</p><p><br /></p><p>Rikishi, Jimmy Uso, Afa and Sika comment on Roman Reigns and Jey Uso: SmackDown, Sept. 25, 2020</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=FhuBng_tM_E&t=3s</p><p><br /></p><p>Anoa’i family debuts: WWE Top 10, May 1, 2022</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=qW7kQTIambc</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Reigns puts Tribal Chief status on the line against Jey Uso: SummerSlam 2023 Highlights</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=CMx393qtkjY</p><p><br /></p><p>FULL-LENGTH MATCH - Championship Wrestling - The Wild Samoans vs. Tony Garea & Rene Goulet</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=vxv8VlaI-Mg&t=6s</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>All Elite Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>New Pay-Per-View Announced</p><p><br /></p><p>Numerous Dream Matches Possible And Likely: Media Man</p><p><br /></p><p>AEW </p><p>@AEW</p><p> Dynasty</p><p><br /></p><p>April 21, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>St. Louis, Missouri</p><p><br /></p><p>Broadcasting worldwide via TrillerTV </p><p>@FiteTV</p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>At time of publication there are solid indications that the following from the AEW will make an appearance, however the match line-up has not been released yet:</p><p><br /></p><p>Samoa Joe</p><p>Wardlow</p><p>Swerve Strickland</p><p>Adam Page</p><p>Kazuchika Okada</p><p>Will Ospreay</p><p>Bryan Danielson</p><p>Young Bucks aka The MVP aka The Elite</p><p>Eddie Kingston</p><p>Blackpool Combat Club</p><p>Darby Allin</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: With the recent full-time editions of world class wrestlers there are numerous opportunities to creative what many fans and promoters call dream matches. Could we get Danielson vs Okada? Ospreay vs Strickland?! The AEW roster is so loaded at present and many wrestlers have also returned from injury. If dream matches are high on your agenda, this looks like a must see supercard.</p><p><br /></p><p>AEW YouTube highlights and moments to give a glimpse into the future</p><p><br /></p><p>EXCLUSIVE! We hear from AEW World Champion Samoa Joe, EVPs & Okada, and more! | 3/7/24, AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=LNpKoavlPZ0&t=14s</p><p><br /></p><p>"You see, when your dealing with men like Wardlow, supposed walking wars, you only deal with them one way - decisively, effectively and with ultimate prejudice" Samoa Joe</p><p><br /></p><p>Will Ospreay takes on ROH TV Champion & Callis Family member Kyle Fletcher! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=3O3_HGxj3n8&t=17s</p><p><br /></p><p>"Blow for blow. Will Ospreay, heavy hitter" Taz</p><p><br /></p><p>"Not a lot on that one. I think Kyle's hurt guys" Don Callis</p><p><br /></p><p>"Yeah, that's a good call Don. Getting up slowly" Tony Schiavone</p><p><br /></p><p>"Ospreay sacrificing himself for that"... Excalibur</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cryptocurrency and Business News via FxPro and Media Man </p><p><br /></p><p>March 7, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Crypto: Bulls cautious steps after pause</p><p><br /></p><p>Market picture</p><p><br /></p><p>The crypto market cap remains at $2.52 trillion, close to Tuesday's highs. It is also worth noting the positive market momentum in the last few hours after the lull, which looks like the first tentative steps of buyers. We would not be surprised if they have enough strength to push Bitcoin to new highs, as is now happening with gold.</p><p><br /></p><p>We continue to believe that an essential driver of buying in Bitcoin and gold is the uncertainty of large investors in US regional banks. There was a similar buying spree a year ago, which was only halted by the Fed's capital injection. But the fear is that a domino effect has already been set in motion for the entire industry.</p><p><br /></p><p>News background</p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin's new all-time high triggered a wave of selling that was amplified by liquidations in the open-ended market. According to Santiment, the correction caused the OI on bitcoin derivatives to fall by 12%, or $1.42 billion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin's brief collapse helped to normalise financing rates in the open-ended cryptocurrency futures market, removing excessive leverage. Over the day, exchanges unwound about 300,000 traders' margin positions worth about $1 billion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Analysts interviewed by Bloomberg expressed confidence in bitcoin's long-term upside, in part due to the excitement surrounding the ETF.</p><p><br /></p><p>BlackRock's bitcoin ETF has increased its investment in BTC, catching up with MicroStrategy, the world's largest corporate bitcoin holder, in terms of initial cryptocurrency holdings. Inflows into the BlackRock ETF exceeded $788 million on a day when BTC hit an all-time high.</p><p><br /></p><p>Crypto asset manager Grayscale Investments announced the launch of an investment fund that will generate income by stealing cryptocurrencies. The fund's portfolio consists of nine tokens, with income distributed and rebalanced on a quarterly basis.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Source: FxPro) with Media Man and Bitcoin News Media </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wrestling - Gaming News</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE 2K24 </p><p>@WWEgames</p><p> is available on Steam, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X. There are three digital editions: standard, deluxe, and cross-gen, with the standard being released this Friday. </p><p><br /></p><p>There is also a WWE 2K24 40 Years of WrestleMania Edition.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fans have begun to play early versions of the game and have noticed that Mr McMahon has been blurred out in some WWE 2K24 Showcase cutscenes.</p><p><br /></p><p>It should be noted that not all of the scenes feature him blurred out.</p><p><br /></p><p>McMahon was also dropped from the WWE 2K24 roster.</p><p><br /></p><p>Media</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Official YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Relive 40 Years of WrestleMania in WWE 2K24</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=l6lI2FztyDw&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Finish your story and recreate some of the biggest moments in WrestleMania history in WWE 2K24, available starting March 5.</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Games YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Step Into The Story | WWE 2K24 Official Launch Trailer | 2K</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=W8SiQKottLo&ab_channel=WWE2K</p><p><br /></p><p>Legacy | WWE 2K24 Official Gameplay Trailer | 2K</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=pIK0-cBlilM&ab_channel=WWE2K</p><p><br /></p><p>The story’s not finished. Take your first look at WWE 2K24’s all-new match types, environments, Superstars and more, including the 2K Showcase… of the Immortals. (Credit: WWE Games)</p><p><br /></p><p>“FINISH YOUR STORY” IN WWE® 2K24 DELUXE EDITION AND FORTY YEARS OF WRESTLEMANIA EDITION NOW AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE</p><p><br /></p><p>Join iconic Standard Edition cover Superstar “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes and Deluxe Edition cover Superstars Rhea Ripley and Bianca Belair, with historic 2K Showcase… Of The Immortals, four new match types, Executive Soundtrack Producer Post Malone, and much more</p><p><br /></p><p>Today, 2K announced the Deluxe Edition and Forty Years of WrestleMania Edition of WWE® 2K24, the newest installment of the flagship WWE video game franchise developed by Visual Concepts, are available now on PlayStation® 5 (PS5®), PlayStation®4 (PS4®), Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC via Steam.* The Standard Edition and Standard Cross-Gen Digital Edition will be available on Friday, March 8, 2024.</p><p><br /></p><p>“WWE 2K24 is a testament to the development team’s world champion-level commitment to excellence,” said Greg Thomas, President at Visual Concepts. “Topping our best efforts each year has become a challenge we look forward to, and we’re especially proud of what we’ve achieved in our improvements to gameplay and overall quality.”</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE 2K24 boasts an array of new features and improvements on existing fan-favorites:</p><p><br /></p><p>2K Showcase… Of The Immortals: For 40 years, WrestleMania set the scene for unforgettable moments - from Hulk Hogan going toe to toe with The Rock in a contest of “Icon vs Icon,” to “Stone Cold” Steve Austin refusing to tap out to Bret Hart’s Sharpshooter, to “Mr. WrestleMania” Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramon innovating the ladder match, and many more. 40 years in the making, the WWE 2K24 Showcase…of the Immortals puts players in control, playing through the most iconic moments in WrestleMania history as 2K’s distinctive Slingshot Tech seamlessly morphs gameplay to live-action footage and back again for the most immersive WrestleMania video game experience to date. A host of unlockable content adds challenge and replay value to this historical experience. Check out the trailer here;</p><p><br /></p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=vbiy2I5jt90&ab_channel=WWE2K</p><p><br /></p><p>Iconic Roster: WWE 2K24 boasts a star-studded roster of 200+, featuring WWE Legends including “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, the Rock, Undertaker, Ultimate Warrior, and Andre the Giant, alongside current WWE Superstars including “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes, Bianca Belair, John Cena, Rhea Ripley, and Roman Reigns, whose larger-than-life entrances and signature moves are heightened by ultra-realistic graphics. Also joining the roster is boxing icon, “The Greatest” Muhammad Ali. The complete roster list is available here;</p><p><br /></p><p>https://wwe.2k.com/2k24/roster-list/</p><p><br /></p><p>Four New Match Types: Players asked, and WWE 2K24 delivers, with four new, chaotic match types: Special Guest Referee, Ambulance Match, Casket Match, and Gauntlet Match. In addition, the Backstage Brawl now features 4-player support and new interactive environmental elements - including a working elevator, breakable control room glass, and a vending machine with throwable water bottles - while the Royal Rumble now offers support for eight online players in 30-Superstar online matches. All of the familiar WWE 2K match types, such as WarGames, Extreme Rules, TLC, Submission, Hell in a Cell, and many more also return. Check out the trailer here;</p><p><br /></p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=pIK0-cBlilM&ab_channel=WWE2K</p><p><br /></p><p>MyRISE: WWE 2K’s unique career mode experience offers two new storylines: the women’s division Unleashed experience and the men’s division Undisputed experience. Players are tasked with creating an original Superstar to forge their career path and leave an unforgettable legacy, with 80 rewards to be unlocked, including arenas, Paybacks, entrances, MyFACTION cards, and championship belts. Between the two experiences, there are over six hours of original dialogue, featuring franchise-first voiceover performances from Roman Reigns, Cody Rhodes, “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio, Mick Foley, Shotzi, and more. Check out the trailer here;</p><p><br /></p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=BEvXZ7YJofo&ab_channel=WWE2K</p><p><br /></p><p>MyFACTION: The team-building mode in which players collect, manage, and upgrade an array of WWE Superstars and Legends to create their ultimate four-person factions returns with a new direct purchase card market and updated multiplayer experience. Players can now compete in ranked online QuickPlay with unique rewards and seasonal leaderboards, challenge themselves with Weekly Towers, and take on a revamped Faction Wars 2.0, featuring more real-world factions, more 4v4 match types, a Faction Wars specific reward shop and more. New themed card packs and goals will continue to roll out regularly throughout the year with seasonal content refreshes**;</p><p><br /></p><p>MyGM: The popular WWE brand management simulation continues to expand with new GMs and brands to choose from, more match types, more Dramas, more Championships, talent scouts, Superstar trading between brands, Superstar contract management and the new Superstar Journey, which allows Superstars to earn XP, train, and level up to gain new benefits after participating in matches;</p><p><br /></p><p>Universe: The ultimate WWE Universe sandbox that puts players in charge of Superstar rosters, feuds, champions, weekly shows, and Premium Live Events now features expanded Rivalry actions, including run-ins, Money in the Bank cash-ins, scenarios, and brawls, as well as new cutscenes, Special Guest Referee support, Double Title Matches and a Loser Leaves Town stipulation;</p><p><br /></p><p>Creation Suite: The crown jewel of the WWE 2K franchise, the best-in-class, most detailed and robust creation suite returns with all-new support for Create-A-Referee and Create-A-Sign, as well as new parts and animations to design custom Superstars, GMs, arenas, entrances, move sets, championships and more;</p><p><br /></p><p>Soundtrack: Curated by Executive Soundtrack producer and music icon Post Malone, WWE 2K24 features an eclectic soundtrack including artists across an array of genres, including rock, metal, country, electronic music, and rap;</p><p><br /></p><p>DLC Character Packs: Fan-favorite celebrities and Superstars including CM Punk, Pat McAfee, Post Malone, Jade Cargill, Iron Sheik, Diamond Dallas Page, Mr. Perfect, and more take to the ring in DLC packs, rolling out over the months ahead and available individually, or via Season Pass. These DLC offerings, alongside frequent MyFACTION updates, offer extensive post-launch content and replayability for players to enjoy. More info on Season Pass is available here.</p><p><br /></p><p>https://wwe.2k.com/2k24/season-pass/</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE 2K24 Editions</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE 2K24 features four editions of the game: Standard Edition, Standard Cross-Gen Digital Edition, Deluxe Edition, and Forty Years of WrestleMania Edition:</p><p><br /></p><p>The Standard Edition will be available for $59.99 on previous-gen platforms (PS4, Xbox One consoles) and PC and for $69.99 on current-gen consoles (PS5 and Xbox Series X|S);</p><p><br /></p><p>Pre-Order Bonus Offers: Players who pre-order the WWE 2K24 Standard Edition will receive the Nightmare Family Pack*** a bonus pack of content including four playable Superstars - two alternate versions of Cody Rhodes (The “Undashing” masked Cody and the flamboyant Stardust), as well as the 1976 version of his father, WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes, plus one of Dusty’s greatest rivals, “Superstar” Billy Graham, all available as playable characters. Additional MyFACTION content includes three MyFACTION cards - a Mattel “Bruised” Cody Rhodes Gold Rarity card and, for the first time ever, Cody’s dog, Pharaoh, appears in WWE 2K as a Gold Rarity Manager card. In addition, all Digital Pre-Orders of any edition of WWE 2K24 will include the Standard Edition of WWE 2K23****, the highest-rated game in franchise history according to Metacritic*****;</p><p><br /></p><p>The Standard Cross-Gen Digital Edition will be available for $69.99 on PlayStation and Xbox consoles. The Standard Cross-Gen Digital Edition includes the Standard Edition across previous and current-gen platforms within the same console family and the same PlayStation or Xbox account;</p><p><br /></p><p>The Deluxe Edition is available for $99.99 for PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC. The Deluxe Edition includes the Standard Cross-Gen Edition, Nightmare Family Pack, plus a Season Pass to all five post-launch DLC content packs******; the MyRISE Mega-Boost and SuperCharger; Gold Rarity Rhea Ripley MyFACTION Card, Gold Rarity Bianca Belair MyFACTION Card, and alternate attires for Bianca and Rhea. The Deluxe Edition is available now – three days ahead of Standard and Cross-Gen Editions!;</p><p><br /></p><p>The Forty Years of WrestleMania Edition is available for $119.99 for PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC. In addition to the Standard Cross-Gen Edition and all bonus content included in the Deluxe Edition, the Forty Years of WrestleMania Edition includes the Forty Years of WrestleMania Pack, which features alternate attires for “Macho King” Randy Savage (WrestleMania 6), Rey Mysterio (WrestleMania 22), Triple H (WrestleMania 30), Charlotte Flair (WrestleMania 33), and Rhea Ripley (WrestleMania 36), as well as Gold Rarity MyFACTION cards for each, instant unlocking of all playable Showcase characters, and the WrestleMania 40 Arena, which will be available after launch******. The Forty Years of WrestleMania Edition is available now – three days ahead of Standard and Standard Cross-Gen Editions!;</p><p><br /></p><p>For more information on WWE 2K24, visit the game’s official website, become a fan on Facebook, follow the game on TikTok, X, Instagram, and subscribe on Twitch and YouTube. Official campaign hashtags #WWE2K24 and #FinishYourStory.</p><p><br /></p><p>Visual Concepts is a 2K studio. 2K is a wholly owned publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).</p><p><br /></p><p>"PlayStation", "PS5", and "PS4" are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Interactive Entertainment.</p><p><br /></p><p>*Deluxe Edition digital version available March 5. Deluxe Edition physical version available March 5 in select territories, and March 8 for the rest of the world. For further details on physical availability of WWE 2K24 Deluxe Edition, please visit http://wwe.2k.com/2k24/deluxe-edition-release-dates.</p><p><br /></p><p>**WWE 2K24 and internet access required to play MyFACTION content. Online Account (13+) required to access online features. See http://take2games.com/legal and http://take2games.com/privacy for additional details.</p><p><br /></p><p>***Nightmare Family Pack pre-order bonus offer available through March 7, 2024. Pre-order WWE 2K24 Standard Edition and receive the Nightmare Family Pack, which includes four playable characters and three gold-tier MyFACTION cards (Dusty Rhodes ’76, Mattel Cody Rhodes, and Pharoah (Manager). The Nightmare Family Pack is included with Deluxe and Forty Years of WrestleMania editions. For digital pre-orders, items will be automatically entitled in-game. For physical pre-orders, items will be redeemed in game via code provided in box. Terms apply.</p><p><br /></p><p>****Pre-order WWE 2K24 Standard Edition (Digital) on any platform through March 7, 2024, and receive a digital copy of WWE 2K23 Standard Edition for the same platform. Digital copy of WWE 2K23 will be automatically entitled and available to download following pre-order. WWE 2K23 must be downloaded to the platform account used to pre-order WWE 2K24 and is non-transferable. Offer not available to platform accounts that already own WWE 2K23 on the same platform. Terms apply.</p><p><br /></p><p>*****Based on WWE 2K23's Metacritic scores on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC as of March 3, 2024.</p><p><br /></p><p>******For digital orders, post-launch Forty Years of WrestleMania Pack content and DLC will be automatically delivered on release for PC users, available for download in the PlayStation store/Library tile for PS4 and PS5 users, and available for download in Microsoft Store for Xbox users. For physical orders, post-launch DLC will be available upon release and redeemed in game via code provided in box. DLC will also be available for purchase separately.</p><p><br /></p><p>About 2K</p><p><br /></p><p>Founded in 2005, 2K develops and publishes interactive entertainment for video game consoles, personal computers, and mobile devices, with product availability including physical retail and digital download. The Company is home to many talented development studios, including Visual Concepts, Firaxis Games, Hangar 13, Cat Daddy Games, 31st Union, Cloud Chamber and HB Studios. 2K’s portfolio currently includes several AAA, sports and entertainment brands, including global powerhouse NBA®️ 2K; renowned BioShock®️, Borderlands®️, Mafia, Sid Meier’s Civilization®️ and XCOM®️ brands; popular WWE®️ 2K and WWE®️ SuperCard franchises; as well as the critically and commercially acclaimed PGA TOUR®️ 2K. Additional information about 2K and its products may be found at http://2K.com and on the Company’s official social media channels.</p><p>2K is a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).</p><p><br /></p><p>About Take-Two Interactive Software</p><p><br /></p><p>Headquartered in New York City, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is a leading developer, publisher, and marketer of interactive entertainment for consumers around the globe. The Company develops and publishes products principally through Rockstar Games, 2K, Private Division, and Zynga. Our products are currently designed for console gaming systems, PC, and Mobile including smartphones and tablets, and are delivered through physical retail, digital download, online platforms, and cloud streaming services. The Company’s common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol TTWO.</p><p><br /></p><p>All trademarks and copyrights contained herein are the property of their respective holders. (Credit: 2K)</p><p><br /></p><p>Website</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE 2K24 Website</p><p>https://wwe.2k.com/2k24/</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Combat Sports</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC </p><p>@ufc</p><p> 299</p><p><br /></p><p>Kaseya Center, Miami, Florida, USA</p><p><br /></p><p>March 10, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Sean O'Malley vs Marlon 'Chito' Vera</p><p><br /></p><p>Videos, Media and Card</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC Official YouTube channel</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC 299: Pre-Fight Press Conference Highlights</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=nKo7pjMOqXA&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>"Yeah, I'm very calm going into this fight" Sean O’Malley</p><p><br /></p><p>Athletes competing in the main card at UFC 299 took the stage in Miami to answer questions from the press</p><p><br /></p><p>Main Event YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Sean O'Malley & Rob Whittaker praise each other ahead of Chito Vera fight | UFC 299</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=lgSxy3CUoXQ&ab_channel=mainevent</p><p><br /></p><p>Niko Pajarillo and Robert Whittaker interview 'Suga' Sean O'Malley ahead of the bantamweight champion's title fight against Marlon Vera.</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Sean O'Malley - Journey to UFC Champion</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=XZYRSkr8nnU&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>Sean O'Malley's first UFC fight came in December of 2017, as an undefeated prospect, after getting a viral KO on Season 1 of Dana White's Contender Series. By 2023, O'Malley's ascension came to fruition as he became the undisputed Bantamweight champion with a knockout victory over Aljamain Sterling.</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC 299 Embedded: Vlog Series - Episode 4</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=PK_Sda7D77E&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>Joanna Jedrzejczyk cameos as Dustin Poirier, Kevin Holland, and Mateusz Gamrot check in. Champ Sean O’Malley does media. Gilbert Burns goes courtside. Jailton Almeida trains, Michael “Venom” Page talks striking and Marlon Vera fights for Ecuador.</p><p><br /></p><p>More great background and newsworth videos to be added to the official UFC YouTube channel</p><p><br /></p><p>http://youtube.com/ufc</p><p><br /></p><p>Full Card</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC 299 Main Event On ESPN+ PPV:</p><p><br /></p><p>135 lbs.: UFC Bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley vs. Marlon Vera</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC 299 Main Card On ESPN+ PPV (10 p.m. ET):</p><p><br /></p><p>155 lbs.: Dustin Poirier vs. Benoit Saint-Denis</p><p>170 lbs.: Kevin Holland vs. Michael Page</p><p>170 lbs.: Gilbert Burns vs. Jack Della Maddalena</p><p>135 lbs.: Petr Yan vs. Yadong Song</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC 299 Late ‘Prelims’ Card On ESPN/ESPN+ (8 p.m. ET):</p><p><br /></p><p>265 lbs.: Curtis Blaydes vs. Jailton Almeida</p><p>125 lbs.: Katlyn Cerminara vs. Maycee Barber</p><p>155 lbs.: Mateusz Gamrot vs. Rafael dos Anjos</p><p>135 lbs.: Pedro Munhoz vs. Kyler Phillips</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC 299 Early ‘Prelims’ Card On Fight Pass/ESPN+ (6 p.m. ET)</p><p><br /></p><p>205 lbs.: Ion Cutelaba vs. Philipe Lins</p><p>185 lbs.: Michel Pereira vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk</p><p>265 lbs.: Robelis Despaigne vs. Josh Parisian</p><p>125 lbs.: C.J. Vergara vs. Asu Almabaev</p><p>125 lbs.: Joanne Wood vs. Maryna Moroz</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: Solid line-up. Vera for the win! It's time! Time for new blood and new hair to represent UFC. One day a rooster, next day a feather duster! New Peacock on the rise. Feathers are going to fly folks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC: 2024 (Media Man Int) *in progress</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Combat Sports: Boxing</p><p><br /></p><p>Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson</p><p><br /></p><p>Date: July 20, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>AT&T Stadium. Arlington, Texas</p><p><br /></p><p>Broadcast via Netflix </p><p>@netflix</p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>Paul via X </p><p><br /></p><p>“Promotion, promotion, promotion — if I’m being honest, it don’t need that. The biggest fight of the 21st century, in the biggest NFL stadium in the U.S., broadcast live, on the biggest streaming platform in the world, that’s the MVP way. Whether you’re tuning in on Netflix or showing out in person, whether you’re Team Paul or Team Tyson, or whether you’re a lifelong boxing fan or watching your first fight, you’re not going to want to miss this event.”</p><p><br /></p><p>“I could not be more excited to make this amazing fight available to all Netflix subscribers alongside the hardest hitter of all time, Mike Tyson, on Saturday, July 20th. My sights are set on becoming a world champion, and now I have a chance to prove myself against the greatest heavyweight champion of the world, the baddest man on the planet and the most dangerous boxer of all time. Time to put ‘Iron’ Mike to sleep.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix and Most Valuable Promotions Partner on Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson, a Global Live Sports Event To Stream Exclusively on Netflix on Saturday July 20</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Release</p><p><br /></p><p>The Live Professional Sports Event Will Take Place at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.</p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix and Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) today announced their first-ever partnership in a heavyweight boxing mega-event headlined by The Problem Child, Jake “El Gallo” Paul (9-1, 6 KOs) vs. the Baddest Man on the Planet, Mike Tyson (50-6, 44 KOs). Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson will stream live globally, exclusively on Netflix on Saturday, July 20, 2024 from the 80,000-seat capacity AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson marks Jake Paul’s most-anticipated fight to date and his second fight of 2024 following back-to-back sensational knockouts against professional boxers and Golden Glove winners Ryan Bourland this past Saturday, March 2 and Andre August in December 2023. Paul has shown tremendous growth as a boxer on his path to becoming a world champion, but now will take on one of the best and most dangerous boxers of all time in Mike Tyson.</p><p><br /></p><p>“It’s crazy to think that in my second pro fight, I went viral for knocking out Nate Robinson on Mike Tyson’s undercard. Now, less than four years later, I’m stepping up to face Tyson myself to see if I have what it takes to beat one of boxing’s most notorious fighters and biggest icons,” said Jake Paul. “Within just two and a half years of founding MVP, we’re about to produce the biggest fight in history, a fight in the biggest NFL stadium in the US, broadcast live, on the biggest streaming platform in the world – a testament to all we’ve accomplished in such a short amount of time. Whether you’re tuning in on Netflix or showing out in person, whether you’re team Paul or team Tyson, or whether you’re a lifelong boxing fan or watching your first fight, you’re not going to want to miss this event. I could not be more excited to make this amazing fight available to all Netflix subscribers alongside the hardest hitter of all time, Mike Tyson, on Saturday, July 20th. My sights are set on becoming a world champion, and now I have a chance to prove myself against the greatest heavyweight champion ever, the baddest man on the planet and the most dangerous boxer of all time. This will be the fight of a lifetime.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Mike Tyson, the legendary former undisputed world heavyweight champion, is one of the biggest stars the sport of boxing has ever seen. The “Baddest Man on the Planet” is recognized as one of the greatest fighters of all time, ESPN’s #1 hardest hitter in heavyweight history, and the youngest heavyweight champion ever at just 20 years old. His explosive power and ferocious fighting style led to a staggering run of 37 consecutive victories, with 33 of those wins coming by knockout.</p><p><br /></p><p>“I'm very much looking forward to stepping into the ring with Jake Paul at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas,” said Mike Tyson. “He's grown significantly as a boxer over the years, so it will be a lot of fun to see what the will and ambition of a ‘kid’ can do with the experience and aptitude of a GOAT. It's a full circle moment that will be beyond thrilling to watch; as I started him off on his boxing journey on the undercard of my fight with Roy Jones and now I plan to finish him.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Since establishing MVP in 2021, Nakisa Bidarian and Jake Paul have disrupted combat sports, producing some of the world’s biggest events, making history in women’s boxing and giving a new platform to young fighters. Partnering with Netflix to bring Paul vs Tyson to audiences worldwide is a strategic decision to ensure this once-in-a-lifetime event that connects six generations of sports fans is distributed globally to hundreds of millions of fans.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson is a once-in-a-lifetime dream matchup and we hope it will be the most-watched boxing event in modern boxing history,” said Nakisa Bidarian, founder of Most Valuable Promotions. “Partnering with Netflix for this deal presents an unparalleled opportunity to bring Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson to the world on an unprecedented scale and we look forward to delivering this incredible clash of two of sports biggest names. Six generations of boxing fans will have a stake in the outcome and will be able to watch an anti-hero, Jake Paul, put it all on the line against the baddest man on the planet, Mike Tyson. Thank you to Netflix for their vision and trust in MVP to put on this historic event.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix is the premier home for great sports entertainment with hits like Untold that featured "Jake Paul the Problem Child" episode last year, along with Formula 1: Drive To Survive, Full Swing, NASCAR: Full Speed, Quarterback, Tour de France: Unchained, Under Pressure: The U.S. Women’s World Cup Team and Six Nations: Full Contact. And beginning in 2025, Netflix will become the new home of WWE Raw. Paul vs. Tyson will be Netflix’s third live sports event, following The Netflix Cup and The Netflix Slam.</p><p><br /></p><p>"Mike Tyson is one of the biggest icons in boxing history and Jake Paul is one of the biggest disruptors in boxing history,” said Gabe Spitzer, Vice President, Nonfiction Sports, Netflix. “Saturday, July 20 will be pure drama in the ring in Texas. We are thrilled to partner with Most Valuable Promotions for this historic event and we can't wait for these two to face off for fans all across the world on Netflix."</p><p><br /></p><p>Additional information, including the co-main event and undercards, will be announced at a later date. For the opportunity to sign up for presale tickets, click here. https://mostvaluablepromotions.com</p><p><br /></p><p>About Jake Paul</p><p><br /></p><p>Jake Paul has shown tremendous growth as a boxer on his path to becoming a world champion. Since turning pro in 2020, Paul has collected multiple accolades for his commitment to the sport of boxing, including ESPNRingside’s 2021 Knockout of the Year, Sports Illustrated’s 2021 Breakout Boxer of the Year, ESPNRingside’s 2022 Viral Moment of the Year, and was the cover of Sports Illustrated’s “The 50 Most Influential Figures in Sports” issue, awarded specifically for his groundbreaking work to revolutionize the sport through equitable pay, providing a platform for young fighters, and his support of female boxers. Paul also recently announced a partnership with USA Boxing ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics, continuing his mission to elevate the sport and its future champions. In November 2020, Paul faced Nate Robinson on the Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr. card.</p><p><br /></p><p>Paul also continued his record-breaking streak in his latest fight, MVP’s Serrano vs. Meinke feat. Paul vs. Bourland by achieving the highest boxing gate in Puerto Rico history. Previously, Paul vs. August in December 2023 was the highest recorded gate for a boxing event in Orlando’s history, and broke the record for highest average ticket price, matching the average ticket price of Paul’s fight vs. Nate Diaz at the American Airlines Center in Dallas in August 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>About Mike Tyson</p><p><br /></p><p>Mike Tyson’s legacy is undisputed. As the former undisputed heavyweight champion and one of the most feared boxers in the ring, Mike Tyson holds the record as the youngest boxer to win the WBC, WBA, and IBF world heavyweight titles and the first heavyweight boxer to hold the titles simultaneously, earning him nicknames as "Iron" Mike, Kid Dynamite, and The Baddest Man on the Planet. In 2011, Tyson was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame, and in 2013 he was inaugurated into the Las Vegas Hall of Fame. Tyson returned to the ring to face Roy Jones Jr. in an eight-round exhibition fight in November 2020 at The Staples Center in Los Angeles. The boxing match was the 8th highest viewed on pay-per-view in history.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tyson’s enduring mass appeal garnered multiple successful entrepreneurial, film, and TV ventures, including The Hangover, The Hangover 2, Vendetta, and Asphalt City, Bollywood hit Liger, as well as documentary projects and his critically acclaimed one-man Broadway show Mike Tyson: UNDISPUTED TRUTH. Tyson launched his premier cannabis company, Tyson 2.0, in 2021, runs merchandise company the Mike Tyson Collection and boxing apparel and equipment company Tyson Pro, and recently announced his latest venture, testosterone treatment protocol Iron Remedy. Tyson also hosts the HotBoxin' podcast, launched in 2018, talking with some of the world's greatest sports legends, actors, and more. HotBoxin' has garnered over 40 million listeners, while Tyson's expansive digital footprint reaches over 400 million people and notably accumulated over 1.4 billion impressions on social media in 2019. Tyson's memoir Undisputed Truth, written with Larry Sloman, is a NYT best seller.</p><p><br /></p><p>About Netflix</p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services with over 260 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.</p><p><br /></p><p>About Most Valuable Promotions (MVP)</p><p><br /></p><p>Most Valuable Promotions was founded by Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian in 2021. With the mission to provide more creative control to fighters, MVP works to identify, grow, and maximize return for its own events and talent partners. Since inception MVP has consistently produced the biggest combat sports pay-per-view events. One year into its inception, MVP was nominated as one of the prestigious Sports Breakthroughs of the Year in 2022 by Sports Business Journal. The company signed one of the most decorated Hispanic athletes of all time, Amanda Serrano in its first year. Serrano and MVP made history in April of 2022 when Serrano went head to head with Katie Taylor, marking the first female fight to headline at Madison Square Garden, recently earning a nomination for Event of The Year by Sports Business Journal. Co-founder Nakisa Bidarian was an executive producer of the historic Triller Presents Mike Tyson v. Roy Jones Jr., which is the 8th most bought pay-per-view event in history.</p><p><br /></p><p>About AT&T Stadium</p><p><br /></p><p>AT&T Stadium is the largest, most technologically advanced entertainment venue in the world. Designed by HKS and built by Manhattan Construction, the $1.2 billion stadium features two monumental arches, the world's largest HDTV video board cluster, an expansive retractable roof and the largest retractable end zone doors in the world. Features of the stadium include seating for 80,000 and expandability for up to 100,000, over 300 luxury suites, club seating on multiple levels and the Dallas Cowboys Pro Shop, open to the public year-round. Outside the stadium, the Miller Lite® House is a branded destination that boasts a 70-yard Cowboys turf field featuring field games, four video boards and over 60 television screens, two fantasy football screen walls and over 87,000 outdoor square-footage for event day experiences. The space also features two beer gardens and a walk-in beer cooler. The stadium is also home to a world-class collection of contemporary art, made up of over 92 works of art by 62 established and emerging artists displayed on the walls and in the grand public spaces of the venue. In addition to being the home of the Dallas Cowboys since opening in 2009, the stadium has hosted Super Bowl XLV, the 2010 NBA All Star Game, the annual Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, the 2014 NCAA Men's Final Four, the 2015 inaugural College Football Playoff Championship Game, the 2015 50th Anniversary Academy of Country Music Awards show and WrestleMania 32 & 38. The venue has also played host to high school and college football, concerts, championship fights, international soccer matches and other special events. For more information, go to http://attstadium.com</p><p><br /></p><p>(Credit: Netflix)</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man</p><p><br /></p><p>Odds</p><p><br /></p><p>Paul as the -360 betting fav</p><p><br /></p><p>Tyson is +300 as the underdog</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>All Elite Wrestling </p><p>@AEW</p><p> Dynamite</p><p><br /></p><p>March 6, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Gas South Arena. Duluth, Georgia</p><p><br /></p><p>Swerve addresses AEW Revolution & AEW Champ Samoa Joe answers! | 3/6/24 AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZV2Ai4AC8ao&t=7s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"Swere. Listen to the fans brother. They live this man. There is no question about it" Tony Schiavone</p><p><br /></p><p>"You know. I don't know if I deserve that Tony. You know, what's Swerves house without the keys"... Swerve Strickland</p><p><br /></p><p>Will Ospreay takes on ROH TV Champion & Callis Family member Kyle Fletcher! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=3O3_HGxj3n8&t=10s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>The Rainmaker OKADA is ALL ELITE?! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=3gp22yN_8xU&t=7s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"One of my profound pleasures is to call him a co-worker these past few years"</p><p><br /></p><p>FTW Championship Match! Mogul Embassy’s Brian Cage faces champion Hook! | 3/6/24 AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=eNPyMhmzzHY&t=8s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"Get out of the way" Taz</p><p><br /></p><p>"The chair driven into the spine of the FTW champion" Excalibur</p><p><br /></p><p>After their confrontation at AEW Revolution, Daddy Magic takes on Killswitch! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=Fkk1J55LSeQ&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"Killswitch. He's biting Killswitches hand"</p><p><br /></p><p>"I think we sould congratulate Christian Cage. Still being the TNT champion"</p><p><br /></p><p>"Long overdue"</p><p><br /></p><p>Former AEW Women’s Champ Riho vs Former TBS Champ Kris Statlander! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=ufdCZTGOgSc&t=9s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada in AEW! AEW Timelines </p><p>https://youtu.be/78xj6IQ9lFo?si=Dr8ZQUUO2bGwHuOa</p><p><br /></p><p>"Went for that moonsalt but Hangman, release German suplex" Excalibur "Oh my God".. "Flippy floppy in trouble"...Jim Ross "Ring awareness Cyrus" "You you how the buckshot lariat feels don't you" Tony Schivone "Shut up Tony" Don Callis "Buck shot lariat" Excalibur "That will do it..and it does" Jim Ross "Great win. Great match" TS "Shut the dam music off right now. Boys and girls whose ready for storytime with Adam Cole baby" Adam Cole "Here's Switchblade Jey White - not ready for storytime" Excalibur "One of the greatest of all modern time* Kazuchika Okada" Jim Ross Media Man: Tremendous collection of world class footage. Strong action and drama. This feature helps demonstrate well just how excellent Okada is. Well done AEW for signing up this once in a lifetime taken. Bring on more dream matches. AEW with a ton of positive momentum right now. </p><p><br /></p><p>And more great pro wrestling via the official AEW YouTube channel </p><p><br /></p><p>http://youtube.com/AEW </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>All Elite Wrestling </p><p>@AEW</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>"The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada in AEW! AEW Timelines </p><p>https://youtu.be/78xj6IQ9lFo?si=Dr8ZQUUO2bGwHuOa</p><p><br /></p><p>"Went for that moonsalt but Hangman, release German suplex" Excalibur</p><p><br /></p><p>"Oh my God"..</p><p><br /></p><p>"Flippy floppy in trouble"...Jim Ross</p><p><br /></p><p>"Ring awareness Cyrus"</p><p><br /></p><p>"You you how the buckshot lariat feels don't you" Tony Schivone </p><p><br /></p><p>"Shut up Tony" Don Callis</p><p><br /></p><p>"Buck shot lariat" Excalibur</p><p><br /></p><p>"That will do it..and it does" Jim Ross</p><p><br /></p><p>"Great win. Great match" TS</p><p><br /></p><p>"Shut the dam music off right now. Boys and girls whose ready for storytime with Adam Cole baby" Adam Cole</p><p><br /></p><p>"Here's Switchblade Jey White - not ready for storytime" Excalibur </p><p><br /></p><p>"One of the greatest of all modern time* Kazuchika Okada" Jim Ross</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: Tremendous collection of world class footage. Strong action and drama. This feature helps demonstrate well just how excellent Okada is. Well done AEW for signing up this once in a lifetime taken. Bring on more dream matches. AEW with a ton of positive momentum right now.</p><p><br /></p><p>And more great pro wrestling via the official AEW YouTube channel</p><p><br /></p><p>http://youtube.com/AEW</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Combat Sports</p><p><br /></p><p>Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou</p><p><br /></p><p>Cross-Over Trend Continues As Elite Fighters Aim To Cash In; Public Demand Remains Solid says Media Man</p><p><br /></p><p>Fight Details</p><p><br /></p><p>Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou will take place on Friday, March 8</p><p><br /></p><p>Riyadh, Saudi Arabia</p><p><br /></p><p>PPV: </p><p><br /></p><p>Main Event and Kayo Sports in Australia</p><p>DAZN in many parts of the world</p><p><br /></p><p>Turning pro in 2013, Ngannou joined the UFC in 2015. He went 12-2 with the promotion and had 10 wins via knockout.</p><p><br /></p><p>“We were doing the promo and he was very chilled, very relaxed,” Predator Ngannou told news media at a workout on Tuesday.</p><p><br /></p><p>“I asked him if he was OK, because he looked a little nervous or something. I asked him if he was OK, because I was OK. I had no problems. I was just talking around, laughing.</p><p><br /></p><p>“I think we are both professional enough to know what we have to do to get to where we want to go.”</p><p><br /></p><p>AJ vs Francis Ngannou in do or die fight for the British superstar.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bout will be a ten-round boxing match, with the former two-time heavyweight champion and the former UFC (MMA) star competing in what's another big coup for Saudi dealmaker and super promoter Turki Alalshikh.</p><p><br /></p><p>Joshua bested a cunning southpaw Otto Wallin on another blockbuster bill in the Middle East at the end of last year.</p><p><br /></p><p>Prior to last month's top notch fight card, Joshua was expected to fight long-term rival Deontay Wilder after his meeting with the Swede killer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hopes of a deal were killled after the Bronze Bomber was on the wrong end of a shock defeat to Joseph Parker in Saudi Arabia.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ngannou meanwhile surprised some (but not all) in the boxing biz following his impressive (but losing - officially) debut against Tyson Fury FKA Batman (insider stuff) in October 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many thought the UFC legend got the better of the Gypsy King on the night, decking him on his ass the third round before losing a split decision in controversial fashion to say the least. WWE's Undertaker was careful with his words when he was quizzed on the fight.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fury now faces Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed title on May 18. But, anything can happen in boxing folks. Both men have put on lots of cash and all sorts of legal paperwork has been put in place as a safeguard on the fight.</p><p><br /></p><p>And the winner between Joshua and Ngannou are then set to challenge for the unified belts.</p><p><br /></p><p>We are on the Road To The Riyadh Rumble with reps and title shots on the line. </p><p><br /></p><p>Who will be King Of The Kingdome and Castle, at least for one night? That's why you have to order the PPV so you set to see it live before spoilers kick in punter!</p><p><br /></p><p>Full Card</p><p><br /></p><p>Anthony Joshua vs. Francis Ngannou — heavyweights</p><p><br /></p><p>Zhilei Zhang vs Joseph Parker — WBO interim heavyweight title</p><p><br /></p><p>Rey Vargas vs Nick Ball — WBC featherweight title</p><p><br /></p><p>Israil Madrimov vs. Magomed Kurbanov — vacant WBA super welterweight title</p><p><br /></p><p>Gavin Gwynne vs. Mark Chamberlain — WBA international lightweight title</p><p><br /></p><p>Justis Huni vs. Kevin Lerena — heavyweight</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Fury vs. Martin Svarc — heavyweight</p><p><br /></p><p>Prelims: 4pm UK</p><p><br /></p><p>Jack McGann vs. Louis Green — super welterweight</p><p><br /></p><p>Ziyad Almaayouf vs. Christian Lopez Flores — super lightweight</p><p><br /></p><p>Andrii Novytski vs. Juan Torres — heavyweight</p><p><br /></p><p>Videos</p><p><br /></p><p>The Mac Life YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Francis Ngannou and Tyson Fury argue: “Without boxing rules, you are NOTHING in front of me”</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=QfsSwhi0x9Y</p><p><br /></p><p>Sky Sports YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>"I had to tell him OFF! He should be thanking me" 😡 | Tyson Fury on Ngannou exchange</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=folQY88mee8</p><p><br /></p><p>Sky Sports Boxing YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>JOSHUA VS NGANNOU! 🔥 | PRESS CONFERENCE</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=cm0cnP2rAa8</p><p><br /></p><p>The FIRST face-off of fight week! 🥶 | Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=5nkSwGZLih0</p><p><br /></p><p>"I hope Joshua is not your friend" 😂 | Francis Ngannou has a message for Thierry Henry</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=-6quSaZ2Xak</p><p><br /></p><p>DAZN Boxing YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Ngannou Trolls Tyson Fury</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=zAqKpMU7-hg</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p>Bet On Anything (Media Man Int)</p><p>http://mediamanint.com/articles/bet_on.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Special thanks: DAZN, Main Event an Kayo Sports</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling </p><p><br /></p><p>WWE @WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>SmackDown March 8, 2024 American Airlines Center Dallas, Texas</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Official YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Will Seth “Freakin” Rollins and Cody Rhodes confront The Bloodline?: WWE Now, March 8, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH4luVSUQwk&t=212s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Now previews a huge confrontation between The Rock and Roman Reigns and Seth “Freakin” Rollins and Cody Rhodes that hangs in the balance, United States Champion Logan Paul’s return, Bobby Lashley battling Karrion Kross and so much more. (Credit: WWE)</p><p><br /></p><p>The Bloodline's Rock and Roman Reigns have challenged Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins to a match at WrestleMania @WrestleMania We may be hearing from "The American Nightmare" and "The Visionary" tonight.</p><p><br /></p><p>Randy Orton and Kevin Owens vs Austin Theory and Grayson Waller</p><p><br /></p><p>Logan Paul returns to SmackDown for the first time since WWE Elimination Chamber. Did LP bring the brass knucks?!</p><p><br /></p><p>Karrion Kross of The Authors of Pain/The Final Testament Faction vs Bobby Lashley of The Street Profits. An unholy war is almost upon us. What side are you taking?</p><p><br /></p><p>The LWO's Rey Mysterio is set to spring into action tonight.</p><p><br /></p><p>Damage CNTL. This young ladies may not be quite ideal to introduce to a Mum or to those types who offend easily. But, when it comes to pro wrestling, this fiesty lassies are amoung the world's best. Damage set to live up to their name.</p><p><br /></p><p>God give mercy to Triple H and Nick Aldis, as well as Corey Graves @WWEGraves and Wade Barrett @StuBennett who have to call the action to this Pandora's box of dangerous sports entertainment - fighting, grappling with some rules and plenty of high drama!</p><p><br /></p><p>#SmackDown #RomanReigns #TheRock #TheBloodline #DwayneJohnson #WrestleMania #WrestleMania40 #RoadToWrestleMania #PaulHeyman #SoloSikoa #TamaTonga #RandyOrton #KevinOwens #CodyRhodes #SethRollins #NiaJax #LoganPaul #TheMaverick #NickAldis #TripleH #KarrionKross #BobbyLashley #AOP #Goat #Goats #prowrestling #wrestling #broadcast #socialmedia #entertainment #PopCulture #legends #YouTube #video #FOX #socialmedianews #trends #trending #TrendingNow #buzz #TV #Dallas #Texas #media #mediaman</p><p><br /></p><p>(Image credit: WWE)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Pro Wrestling</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>WWE @WWE SmackDown</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>March 8, 2024</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Dallas, Texas</b></p><p><br /></p><p>"Wade, we have been around this game for a long long time and there is still absolutely nothing like experiencing The Rock in person" Corey Graves</p><p><br /></p><p>"Cody Rhodes taking back the main event of WrestleMania" Wade Barrett</p><p><br /></p><p>"Awakened a side of The Rock that has laid dormant for over 20 years. Man, what a treat for a couple of old school fans like us to be here to witness it Corey" Wade Barrett</p><p><br /></p><p>"No doubt about it" Corey Graves</p><p><br /></p><p>"Acknowledge us" Roman Reigns</p><p><br /></p><p>Cody Rhodes music hits</p><p><br /></p><p>"Wait a minute. Cody Rhodes making his entrance from through the WWE Universe".CG</p><p><br /></p><p>"We saw earlier Nick Aldis and his security crew realise Cody and Seth had gone awol" Wade Barrett</p><p><br /></p><p>"Well Nick Aldis is trying to save a few bucks on security" CG</p><p><br /></p><p>"I feel very lucky to be standing in this ring". Cody Rhodes</p><p><br /></p><p>"Rock I have heard your challenge and I've heard the stipulations that come with said challenge.. for a tag team match at WrestleMania".. Cody Rhodes</p><p><br /></p><p>"I got to ask..Do you have the authority to make that stipulation" CR</p><p><br /></p><p>"I only ask because only last week you acknowledged Roman as your Tribal Chief. I think we can cut through all this" CR</p><p><br /></p><p>"You shut your mouth, and you walking clown show, you shut your mouth"..The Rock</p><p><br /></p><p>"Diarrhea" fans chant</p><p><br /></p><p>"Because you were a mistake" The Rock</p><p><br /></p><p>"Let 'em go" The Rock</p><p><br /></p><p>Video</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>FULL SEGMENT – Cody Rhodes and Seth “Freakin” Rollins accept: SmackDown, March 8, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNRJDEkZ4sQ&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>#SmackDown #wwesmackdown #TheRock #RomanReigns #TheBloodline #CodyRhodes #SethRollins #FOX #prowrestling #wrestling #entertainment #popculture #broadcast #broadcasting #trends #trending #buzz #TV #media #mediaman</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: Great stuff WWE. Hot crown and blue hot SmackDown with something for everyone.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Image credit: WWE with AI)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling </p><p><br /></p><p>WWE @WWE SmackDown </p><p><br /></p><p>March 8, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Dallas, Texas</p><p><br /></p><p>SmackDown's most electrifying moments: SmackDown highlights, March 8, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_UQUBX-pO8&t=365s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"Oh wait a minute. From behind. Look out Logan"! Corey Graves @WWEGraves </p><p><br /></p><p>"Viper got KO'ed in the Elimination Chamber by a brass knux clan" Wade Barrett @StuBennett </p><p><br /></p><p>"Logan Paul may have forgotten about it, but Randy Orton sure didn't" CG </p><p><br /></p><p>How's that for product placement Bad News" CG</p><p><br /></p><p>"Tiffiny Stratton can simply do it call" Wade Barrett</p><p><br /></p><p>"I dare say, the more confident she becomes,the more dangerous she becomes" Corey Graves</p><p><br /></p><p>"After getting steamrolled for 75 percent of this match"</p><p><br /></p><p>"The wounds of war" WB</p><p><br /></p><p>"Oh no, The Street Profits are here" CG</p><p><br /></p><p>"Michin came out of the gate strong but was unable to solve the center of the universe" CG</p><p><br /></p><p>"Newcomers like Tiffany Stratton are quite simply not supposed to be this good, this quickly. She's already looking like a dominant force".. WB</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>FULL SEGMENT – Cody Rhodes and Seth “Freakin” Rollins accept: SmackDown, March 8, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNRJDEkZ4sQ&t=5s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Dallas, Texas "Wade, we have been around this game for a long long time and there is still absolutely nothing like experiencing The Rock in person" Corey Graves "Cody Rhodes taking back the main event of WrestleMania" Wade Barrett "Awakened a side of The Rock that has laid dormant for over 20 years. Man, what a treat for a couple of old school fans like us to be here to witness it Corey" Wade Barrett "No doubt about it" Corey Graves "Acknowledge us" Roman Reigns Cody Rhodes music hits "Wait a minute. Cody Rhodes making his entrance from through the WWE Universe".CG "We saw earlier Nick Aldis and his security crew realise Cody and Seth had gone awol" Wade Barrett "Well Nick Aldis is trying to save a few bucks on security" CG "I feel very lucky to be standing in this ring". Cody Rhodes "Rock I have heard your challenge and I've heard the stipulations that come with said challenge.. for a tag team match at WrestleMania".. Cody Rhodes "I got to ask..Do you have the authority to make that stipulation" CR "I only ask because only last week you acknowledged Roman as your Tribal Chief. I think we can cut through all this" CR "You shut your mouth, and you walking clown show, you shut your mouth"..The Rock "Diarrhea" fans chant "Because you were a mistake" The Rock "Let 'em go" The Rock Video WWE YouTube FULL SEGMENT – Cody Rhodes and Seth “Freakin” Rollins accept: SmackDown, March 8, 2024 </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tiffany Stratton remains undefeated: SmackDown highlights, March 8, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5Md2K0RCLQ&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Randy Orton RKOs KSI onto the PRIME logo: SmackDown highlights, March 8, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLkrEqu1Np8&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"Drumroll please" Logan Paul</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Alternate angles of Randy Orton's RKO onto KSI: SmackDown exclusive, March 8, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZlGVsKBZbU&t=4s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Legado del Fantasma beatdown Dragon Lee: SmackDown highlights, March 8, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvUaLLEONqE&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Bobby Lashley and Karrion Kross tear each other apart: SmackDown highlights, March 8, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIUZ4OeBEEE&t=37s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"The Almighting talking Cross" CG</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>"Scarlett got caught red handed" CG</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Karrion Kross suggests Montez Ford be the leader of The Pride: SmackDown exclusive, March 8, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV_tVRmSc0A&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"What are you talking about? This is the desired outcome. Everybody around here is so wound up about winning. I have to win. I have to win the match or the fans aren't going to cheer for me. Bobby's obsessed with winning. Always have been. That's got him far, but now he's starting to make mistakes. And can you really afford to be making mistakes Bobby when your the leader of the pride. Your responsible for their careers"..."and now, you won, but how does it feel to win when your unconscious? Tell me Bobby? Put it in black and white!".. Karrion Kross</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Randy Orton steals Logan Paul's brass knuckles: SmackDown highlights, March 8, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfwtiLlCVJg&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"Always ready to strike" WB</p><p><br /></p><p>"Logan Paul from behind" CG</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: Massive thumbs on on a blue and red hot WWE SmackDown. And if you didn't see The Rock's most recent postings on social media including X, check it out. No wonder wrestlers are on trigger edge at present!</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Official YouTube Channel</p><p>www.youtube.com/wwe</p><p><br /></p><p>#SmackDown #wwesmackdown #TheRock #RomanReigns #TheBloodline #CodyRhodes #SethRollins #WrestleMania #LoganPaul #KSI #Prime #PrimeHydrate #DrinkPrime #KevinOwens #KO #TKO #RKO #AOP #KarrionKross #BobbyLashley #TiffanyStratton #TiffyTime #DragonLee #Angel #LDF #FOX #moments #highlights #prowrestling #wrestling #YouTube #video #entertainment #popculture #broadcast #broadcasting #trends #trending #buzz #TV #media #Dallas #Texas #mediaman </p><p><br /></p><p>(Image credit: WWE)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE @WWE SmackDown</p><p><br /></p><p>March 8, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Dallas, Texas</p><p><br /></p><p>Bobby Lashley and Karrion Kross tear each other apart: SmackDown highlights, March 8, 2024 https://youtube.com/watch?v=QIUZ4OeBEEE&t=37s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Karrion Kross suggests Montez Ford be the leader of The Pride: SmackDown exclusive, March 8, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV_tVRmSc0A&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"What are you talking about? This is the desired outcome. Everybody around here is so wound up about winning. I have to win. I have to win the match or the fans aren't going to cheer for me. Bobby's obsessed with winning. Always has been. That's got him far, but now he's starting to make mistakes. And can you really afford to be making mistakes Bobby when you're the leader of the pride. Your responsible for their careers"..."and now, you won, but how does it feel to win when your unconscious? Tell me Bobby? Put it in black and white!".. Karrion Kross @realKILLERkross</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Official YouTube Channel</p><p>www.youtube.com/wwe</p><p><br /></p><p>#SmackDown #wwesmackdown #AOP #AuthorsOfPain #KarrionKross #Scarlett #TheLastTestament #BobbyLashley #MontezFord #KrossCult #KrossKult #Doomsday #TickTock #BlackAndWhite #prowrestling #wrestling #YouTube #video #entertainment #popculture #broadcast #broadcasting #trends #trending #buzz #TV #media #Dallas #Texas #mediaman</p><p><br /></p><p>(Image credit: WWE)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE @WWE SmackDown</p><p><br /></p><p>March 8, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Dallas, Texas</p><p><br /></p><p>“I am the secret sauce, and the WWE business has boomed" Logan Paul @LoganPaul </p><p><br /></p><p> “You could say WWE is in its’ PRIME" @PrimeHydrate LP</p><p><br /></p><p>"Smile back there. Maybe I'll tag you, probably not" LP</p><p><br /></p><p>"Drumroll please" LP</p><p><br /></p><p>"I am the secret sauce, and the WWE business has boomed" Logan Paul</p><p><br /></p><p>"You could say WWE is in its PRIME" LP</p><p><br /></p><p>"Boy, Dallas, do I have a surprise for you'all" LP</p><p><br /></p><p>"No Dallas, you're not dreaming. My company Prime Hydration has partnered with the WWE to be the first ever center ring sponsor of this great organisation" LP</p><p><br /></p><p>#smackdown #wwesmackdown #loganpaul #quote #quotes #ksi #prime #drinkprime #PrimeHydrate #sponsor #sponsorship #prowrestling #wrestling #popculture #broadcast #broadcasting #ring #inring #trends #trending #ad #advert #sportsbusiness #sportsmarketing #cafenews #energy #energydrink #cafenewsmedia #cheers #buzz #socialmedia #socialmedianews #socialmediasuperstar #socialmediamegasstar #socialmediastar #Influencers #media #Dallas #Texas #USA #media</p><p><br /></p><p>(Image credit: WWE with Media Man AI)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling </p><p><br /></p><p>AEW </p><p>@AEW</p><p> Collision</p><p><br /></p><p>Gas South Arena in Duluth, Georgia</p><p><br /></p><p>March 9, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>The new Elite, EVPs & Okada, make their in-ring AEW Debut! PAC returns! | 3/9/24, AEW Collision</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=9GYxUuhNhcw&t=6s</p><p><br /></p><p>"Okada, The Rainmaker is All Elite. What an absolute blockbuster announcement that was made on Wednesday night".. Tony Schiavone</p><p><br /></p><p>CMLL’s Titan makes his AEW debut vs the Lionheart Chris Jericho! | 3/9/24 AEW Collision</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=s_qmxbdjnho&t=3s</p><p><br /></p><p>"Tita with a parlay kick to the floor. How about that" Tony Schiavone</p><p><br /></p><p>"Tita, wants to follow up" Nigel McGuiness</p><p><br /></p><p>"Here he goes. What great body control that was" TS</p><p><br /></p><p>CMLL Megastar, Mistico, returns to AEW to face Angelico! | 3/9/24 AEW Collision</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=e-QExjtfCBE&t=3s</p><p><br /></p><p>"Using the top rope as his springboard" TS</p><p><br /></p><p>"Mistico back in his wheelhouse" NM</p><p><br /></p><p>Bryan Danielson faces STP’s heavy hitter, Shane Taylor! ENTER WILL Ospreay! | 3/9/24, AEW Collision</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=VshQRgU-AEA&t=3s</p><p><br /></p><p>"Now working on the hamstrings but still working on the left leg" TS</p><p><br /></p><p>"Swing and a miss by Taylor" TS</p><p><br /></p><p>"He's trying to get more punishment, more revenge" NM</p><p><br /></p><p>Adam Copeland interrupts The Patriarchy’s Nick Wayne’s moment! | 3/9/24, AEW Collision</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=4nNZN0oqdmU&t=4s</p><p><br /></p><p>"Trained by his late father, Buddy Wayne. Now he's got a better father whose never late" NG</p><p><br /></p><p>"So agile. So incredibly athletic is Nick Wayne" TS</p><p><br /></p><p>"There's mum and hm dad watching on" TS</p><p><br /></p><p>"Security, get some security out here" NM</p><p><br /></p><p>"Is this a luchador? Is this somebody from CMLL?".. TS</p><p><br /></p><p>ATLANTA STREET FIGHT! House of Black vs Briscoe, Lethal, & Jarrett! | 3/9/24, AEW Collision</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=iweidRmLn4U&t=4s</p><p><br /></p><p>"They're going to use a table here on Jeff Jarrett" TS</p><p><br /></p><p>"You are looking at House Of Black. Right now dominating this street fight" TS</p><p><br /></p><p>"Oh, look at that, That's nitro fluid" NM</p><p><br /></p><p>"No, no, no" TS</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: Great to see some fresh match-ups. The roster is stacked. Let's leave it with the AEW powers that be for the creative. Chris Jericho remains our top AEW pick. Still loving the CMLL cross-over. Very solid. The anticipation for the next AEW supershows is massive. </p><p><br /></p><p>AEW Official YouTube channel offers highlights and moments to give a glimpse into the future </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Box Office News</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Kung Fu Panda 4 vs Dune 2 and the rest</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Semi Gonzo Journalism With Numbers</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Franchise Movies Reduce Risk; Proven Formula</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Panda Spirited Fans Will Walk Up In Droves; Call Of The Wild</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Dune's Space Cadets Will Gladly Beam Into Cinema Regardless of reviews, trends or buzz etc</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Bulls, Bears and Pandas - Horror Remains Tough Sell Not Nor For Hardcore Obsessed Fans; Goth's Must Exercise Their Inner Demon</b></p><p><br /></p><p>A Hunting We Will Go - The Hero's Journey Formula Remains Tried, True and Tested</p><p><br /></p><p>Cinema Remains A Form Of Escapism From Often Crazy World</p><p><br /></p><p>Panda-Mania</p><p><br /></p><p>Jack Black Po is back baby.</p><p><br /></p><p>The audience missed you, they really, really missed you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Kung Fu Panda 4 started off its run on the big screen with a Friday opening gross of $13.8 million, including $3.8 in Thursday previews. </p><p><br /></p><p>Panda opening to a near-series best $55 million over Oscar weekend in a win for the family sector, as well as for DreamWorks Animation and parent company Universal (the studio behind Sunday’s Academy Awards frontrunner Oppenheimer, as well as Focus Features’ The Holdovers). </p><p><br /></p><p>The only other Kung Fu installment to open higher was the virgin one in 2008 with $62 million.</p><p><br /></p><p>Along with Black, returning members of the Kung Fu 4 voice cast include Dustin Hoffman as Kung Fu master Shifu, James Hong as Po’s adoptive father, Bryan Cranston as Po’s birth father Li, and Ian McShane as Shifu’s former student and arch nemesis.</p><p><br /></p><p>Along with Black, returning members of the Kung Fu 4 voice cast include Dustin Hoffman as Kung Fu master Shifu, James Hong as Po’s adoptive father, Bryan Cranston as Po’s birth father Li, and Ian McShane as Shifu’s former student and arch nemesis.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dune In Search Of Numbers</p><p><br /></p><p>Box office experts... aren't we all, think Dune 2 could earn $40 million, give or take its second week, but now that number looks to rocket as high as $44 million for a drop of just 47 percent. Call it part of the Imax factor with audiences loving large-format screens to fully take in the universe.</p><p><br /></p><p>Step In Right Or Wrong Direction With 'Imaginary'</p><p><br /></p><p>Got To Watch Those Stepfamily Dynamics</p><p><br /></p><p>Lionsgate and Blumhouse’s Imaginary also entered the movie matrix and earned $725,000US on Thursday previews. Horror remains a niche, but studios know there's an audience for it. Tipped to get up to about $9 mill. Jason Blum remains in the top tier at what he does - scaring the hell out of people! Sweet dreams hey.</p><p><br /></p><p>Numbers Mania</p><p><br /></p><p>More solid numbers in 12 to 24 hour folks. Research and preparation helps offer accuracy</p><p><br /></p><p>IMDb and Box Office Pro preparing solid numbers for release, media and those on a need to know basis!</p><p><br /></p><p>Movie Trailers</p><p><br /></p><p>KUNG FU PANDA 4 | Official Trailer</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=_inKs4eeHiI</p><p><br /></p><p>This spring, for the first time in almost a decade, comedy icon Jack Black returns to his role as Po, the world’s most unlikely kung fu master, with a hilarious, butt-kicking new chapter in DreamWorks Animation’s beloved action-comedy franchise: Kung Fu Panda 4. After three death-defying adventures defeating world-class villains with his unmatched courage and mad martial arts skills, Po, the Dragon Warrior (Golden Globe nominee Jack Black), is called upon by destiny to … give it a rest already. More specifically, he’s tapped to become the Spiritual Leader of the Valley of Peace. That poses a couple of obvious problems. First, Po knows as much about spiritual leadership as he does about the paleo diet, and second, he needs to quickly find and train a new Dragon Warrior before he can assume his new lofty position. Even worse, there’s been a recent sighting of a wicked, powerful sorceress, Chameleon (Oscar® winner Viola Davis), a tiny lizard who can shapeshift into any creature, large or small. And Chameleon has her greedy, beady little eyes on Po’s Staff of Wisdom, which would give her the power to re-summon all the master villains whom Po has vanquished to the spirit realm. So, Po’s going to need some help. He finds it (kinda?) in the form of crafty, quick-witted thief Zhen (Golden Globe winner Awkwafina), a corsac fox who really gets under Po’s fur but whose skills will prove invaluable. In their quest to protect the Valley of Peace from Chameleon’s reptilian claws, this comedic odd-couple duo will have to work together. In the process, Po will discover that heroes can be found in the most unexpected places. The film features the voice talent of returning stars Academy Award® winner Dustin Hoffman as Kung Fu master, Shifu; James Hong (Everything Everywhere All at Once) as Po’s adoptive father, Mr. Ping; Academy Award® nominee Bryan Cranston as Po’s birth father, Li, and Emmy Award nominee Ian McShane as Tai Lung, Shifu’s former student and arch-nemesis. Oscar® winner Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once) joins the ensemble as a new character, Han, the leader of the Den of Thieves. Kung Fu Panda 4 is directed by Mike Mitchell (DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls, Shrek Forever After) and produced by Rebecca Huntley (DreamWorks Animation’s The Bad Guys). The film’s co-director is Stephanie Ma Stine (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power). In 2008, the Academy Award®-nominated 2008 inaugural chapter, Kung Fu Panda, became DreamWorks Animation’s highest-grossing original animated film and launched a franchise that has earned more than $1.8 billion at the global box-office.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Credit: Universal Pictures)</p><p><br /></p><p>Dune: Part Two | Official Trailer 3</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=U2Qp5pL3ovA&t=1s</p><p><br /></p><p>You are not prepared for what is to come. #DunePartTwo - Only in theaters March 1. Tickets are on sale NOW. </p><p><br /></p><p>The saga continues as award-winning filmmaker Denis Villeneuve embarks on “Dune: Part Two,” the next chapter of Frank Herbert’s celebrated novel Dune, with an expanded all-star international ensemble cast. The film, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, is the highly anticipated follow-up to 2021’s six-time Academy Award-winning “Dune.” The big-screen epic continues the adaptation of Frank Herbert’s acclaimed bestseller Dune with returning and new stars, including Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet (“Wonka,” “Call Me by Your Name”), Zendaya (“Spider-Man: No Way Home,” “Malcolm & Marie,” “Euphoria”), Rebecca Ferguson (“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning”), Oscar nominee Josh Brolin (“Avengers: End Game,” “Milk”), Oscar nominee Austin Butler (“Elvis,” “Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood”), Oscar nominee Florence Pugh (“Black Widow,” “Little Women”), Dave Bautista (the “Guardians of the Galaxy” films, “Thor: Love and Thunder”), Oscar winner Christopher Walken (“The Deer Hunter,” “Hairspray”), Léa Seydoux (the “James Bond” franchise and “Crimes of the Future”), Souheila Yacoub (“The Braves,” “Climax”), with Stellan Skarsgård (the “Mamma Mia!” films, “Avengers: Age of Ultron”), with Oscar nominee Charlotte Rampling (“45 Years,” “Assassin’s Creed”), and Oscar winner Javier Bardem (“No Country for Old Men,” “Being the Ricardos”). “Dune: Part Two” will explore the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee. Villeneuve directed from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jon Spaihts based on Herbert’s novel. The film is produced by Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Villeneuve, Tanya Lapointe and Patrick McCormick. The executive producers are Joshua Grode, Herbert W. Gains, Jon Spaihts, Thomas Tull, Brian Herbert, Byron Merritt, Kim Herbert, with Kevin J. Anderson serving as creative consultant. Villeneuve is again collaborating with his “Dune” creatives: Oscar-winning director of photography Greig Fraser; Oscar-winning production designer Patrice Vermette; Oscar-winning editor Joe Walker; Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor Paul Lambert; Oscar-nominated costume designer Jacqueline West. Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer is again on hand to create the score. Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures Present A Legendary Pictures Production, A Film By Denis Villeneuve, “Dune: Part Two.” The film is slated for a March 1, 2024 release in theaters and IMAX nationwide and internationally beginning on 28 February 2024, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. (Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Boxing/Sports Streaming News</p><p><br /></p><p>Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson announced match for July 20, 2024, in Texas for streaming on Netflix </p><p>@netflix</p><p> draws mixed reaction from boxing purists, insiders, casual and non-fans</p><p><br /></p><p>"A Live Global Sports Event" (Netflix Marque)</p><p><br /></p><p>"Problem Child" vs "Iron" Mike Tyson</p><p><br /></p><p>Generous Remuneration Package aka Purse For Competitors</p><p><br /></p><p>Depends who you ask: Media Man</p><p><br /></p><p>Continuation of big live event deals for Netflix after fans and niche media pitches for years</p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix - WWE Raw Deal Set To Commence January 2025</p><p><br /></p><p>Paul Brother Logan May Be Double WWE Pro Wrestling Champ Within 15 Months</p><p><br /></p><p>This Is The Influencer Boxer Era (on steroids)</p><p><br /></p><p>Demonstrates Power Of Streaming Sports Over Traditional PPV (Pay-Per-View)</p><p><br /></p><p>Combat Sports Participants and Promoters Watching This Space With Eagle Eye</p><p><br /></p><p>Jake Paul Still Enjoys Strong Relationship with PFL (Professional Fighters League) As Far As Everyone Knows</p><p><br /></p><p>Will A.I and/or Special Effects and Hollywood Type Staging Play Role In Bout?</p><p><br /></p><p>Will Tyson's CBD Products Get An On Screen Plug?</p><p><br /></p><p>Contest/Exhibition Will Make History (Hopefully Positive Beyond Payday)</p><p><br /></p><p>Podcast Purists Having Field Day!</p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix's Success With F1 'Drive To Survive' May Have Played Role In N's Investment In Pro Wrestling aka Sports Entertainment, followed by Boxing</p><p><br /></p><p>What's Next For Netflix! ; The Mind Boggles!</p><p><br /></p><p>*Media Man management have worked in and around sports and combat sports broadcasting in a full time capacity for many years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Copy created to help stand out from the pack in an action packed combat sports weekend!</p><p><br /></p><p>Video</p><p>Netflix Nederland & België</p><p><br /></p><p>Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson | Live Event</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=-VLCOThWl2g</p><p><br /></p><p>Special thanks: Netflix and Most Valuable Promotions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE </p><p>@WWE</p><p> SmackDown</p><p><br /></p><p>March 8, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Dallas, Texas</p><p><br /></p><p>“I am the secret sauce, and the WWE business has boomed" Logan Paul </p><p>@LoganPaul</p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p> “You could say WWE is in its’ PRIME" </p><p>@PrimeHydrate</p><p> LP</p><p><br /></p><p>"Smile back there. Maybe I'll tag you, probably not" LP</p><p><br /></p><p>"Drumroll please" LP</p><p><br /></p><p>"I am the secret sauce, and the WWE business has boomed" Logan Paul</p><p><br /></p><p>"You could say WWE is in its PRIME" LP</p><p><br /></p><p>"Boy, Dallas, do I have a surprise for you'all" LP</p><p><br /></p><p>"No Dallas, you're not dreaming. My company Prime Hydration has partnered with the WWE to be the first ever center ring sponsor of this great organisation" LP</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Logan Paul's 'Prime' becomes WWE's largest sponsor in company history, will be first in-ring ad</p><p><br /></p><p>Paul is currently the WWE's United States champion</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Paul brothers are continuing to build on their empires, both in business and combat sports.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Jake has become a successful boxer and promoter, recently announcing a bout with Mike Tyson slated for July 20 - his older brother, Logan, is a WWE superstar and current holder of the United States Championship.</p><p><br /></p><p>Both Paul brothers are heavily invested in the energy drink business, as well - Logan is a co-founder of Prime, while Jake is a partner with CELSIUS.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Both drinks boomed in 2023, and for Logan, he's about to get a lot more ad time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Paul and the WWE came to an agreement for Prime to become the official hydration drink partner of the wrestling company.</p><p><br /></p><p>Furthermore, it's the largest sponsorship deal in WWE's history, and the Prime logo will soon be featured in the center of the ring - it will be the first advertisement ever placed in the WWE ring.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>"Combining two of my greatest achievements into one knockout partnership is a dream come true," Paul said in a statement. "We’ve worked incredibly hard at Prime to build a brand that disrupts the beverage industry and it’s time to join forces with the global leader in sports entertainment."</p><p><br /></p><p>"What Logan and his team have built in a short time is phenomenal and we’re excited to help showcase Prime Hydration across our biggest events," WWE chief content officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque added.</p><p><br /></p><p>"I am the secret sauce, and the WWE business has boomed," Paul said in the ring on Friday's "Smackdown," ironically in Dallas where his brother will fight Tyson. </p><p><br /></p><p>"One can say, the WWE is in its prime."</p><p><br /></p><p>Paul said the ads in the ring will start at WrestleMania XL in Philadelphia next month.</p><p><br /></p><p>Prime launched in 2022 and brought in over $1 billion in sales last year. Other partners include Patrick Mahomes, Auston Matthews, and Israel Adesanya.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Boxing legend Mike Tyson to face off against Jake Paul in July bout: 'I plan to finish him'</p><p><br /></p><p>The July 20 fight will be streamed on Netflix</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mike Tyson, one of the greatest fighters to ever step into the boxing ring, will do so again this summer when he takes on one of the sport's most polarizing new faces in what will surely be the most anticipated sporting event of the year. </p><p><br /></p><p>Jake Paul, a YouTube star-turned-boxer, will take on the former heavyweight boxing champion on July 20 at the Dallas Cowboys' home, AT&T Stadium, in a match that will be streamed exclusively on Netflix. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>"It’s crazy to think that in my second pro fight, I went viral for knocking out Nate Robinson on Mike Tyson’s undercard. Now, less than four years later, I’m stepping up to face Tyson myself to see if I have what it takes to beat one of boxing’s most notorious fighters and biggest icons," Paul said in a statement released by Netflix and Most Valuable Promotions (MVP). </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>"My sights are set on becoming a world champion, and now I have a chance to prove myself against the greatest heavyweight champion ever, the baddest man on the planet and the most dangerous boxer of all time. This will be the fight of a lifetime."</p><p><br /></p><p>The fight will mark Paul’s second bout of the year and Tyson’s first since his exhibition match with Roy Jones Jr. in 2020.</p><p><br /></p><p>"He's grown significantly as a boxer over the years, so it will be a lot of fun to see what the will and ambition of a ‘kid’ can do with the experience and aptitude of a GOAT," Tyson’s statement read. </p><p><br /></p><p>"It's a full circle moment that will be beyond thrilling to watch; as I started him on his boxing journey on the undercard of my fight with Roy Jones and now I plan to finish him."</p><p><br /></p><p>According to ESPN, it has not been determined if the fight will be classified as an exhibition or pro match.</p><p><br /></p><p>Paul, 27, is coming off a first-round victory over Ryan Bourland in Puerto Rico. It marked his ninth victory in 10 professional fights, each of the last two having come against fellow boxers after fights against MMA fighters like Nate Diaz and Anderson Silva. </p><p><br /></p><p>His lone loss is to Tommy Fury, the brother of Tyson Fury. </p><p><br /></p><p>Tyson’s return to the ring follows his 2020 bout against Jones, which marked his first professional fight in over 15 years. He will be 58 when he faces off against Paul. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>UFC Boss Dana White On Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou - March 9, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>“I did not,” White responded. “I mean I saw it on social media. What did I make of it (the finish)? Yea, I mean, going into the Fury fight… If Fury trained for the fight and didn’t show up looking like he ate Tyson Fury, that’s probably the way that fight would have ended too. I mean listen, the crossover, you know how I feel about crossovers in boxing and that’s how they end. Just like that.”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>WWE ® & PRIME HYDRATION STRIKE RECORD-SETTING GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FEATURING FIRST-EVER RING MAT BRANDING</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Logan Paul and KSI-Founded PRIME Hydration Becomes First Official Partner to Activate Across TKO Group Holdings Companies</b></p><p><br /></p><p>STAMFORD, Conn., March 8, 2024 – WWE®, part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), and Logan Paul and KSI’s widely popular beverage brand PRIME today struck a record-setting global partnership that will see PRIME Hydration become the exclusive “Official Hydration Drink Partner” of WWE and the first partner to ever appear on the center of the WWE ring.</p><p><br /></p><p>As WWE’s exclusive “Official Hydration Drink Partner,” PRIME Hydration will receive unprecedented exposure and integration within key WWE assets, highlighted by never-before-seen center mat branding at Premium Live Events (PLEs) such as WrestleMania and Money In The Bank. Further, PRIME Hydration will earn key brand placement within WWE events including WrestleMania XL and Survivor Series, match sponsorships, co-presenter designations at future PLEs, product activations at live events, social support from WWE Superstars across retail and digital activations, and more.</p><p><br /></p><p>Additionally, PRIME Hydration will be the first official partner to activate across both TKO companies. In January 2023, UFC struck an exclusive global partnership with PRIME Hydration that features a number of branded integrations and entitlements, including the Official Hydration Drink of UFC and Official Partner of the UFC Performance Institute. Earlier this year, TKO brought together the global partnerships teams at UFC and WWE to form a singular global partnerships unit with a unified sponsorship strategy.</p><p><br /></p><p>In addition, official Money In The Bank Priority Passes are now available through exclusive partner On Location. Money In The Bank Priority Passes offer fans the chance to be ringside for every exhilarating mo“What Logan and his team have built in a short time is phenomenal and we’re excited to help showcase PRIME Hydration across our biggest events,” said WWE Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Combining two of my greatest achievements into one knockout partnership is a dream come true,” said PRIME Co-Founder Logan Paul. “We’ve worked incredibly hard at PRIME to build a brand that disrupts the beverage industry and it’s time to join forces with the global leader in sports entertainment. Thank you to everyone on both sides who have played an important role in bringing PRIME Hydration to the ring.”</p><p><br /></p><p>With bold, thirst-quenching flavors to help refresh, replenish, and refuel, PRIME Hydration's goal is to create a drink that can fuel any lifestyle. Available in a range of flavors that include orange, grape, ice pop, blue raspberry, lemon lime and tropical punch, each drink comes with added nutritional benefits to compliment taste. PRIME Hydration has a coconut water base and boasts BCAA to aid muscle recovery, B vitamins, antioxidants, and electrolytes.</p><p><br /></p><p>About PRIME</p><p>Founded in 2022 by entrepreneurs and influencers, Logan Paul and KSI, PRIME is a global lifestyle beverage brand focused on providing better fuel for any endeavor. PRIME offers its highly coveted flagship product, PRIME Hydration, a healthier sports drink alternative with zero added sugar in both bottled and powdered form for on-the-go, as well as PRIME Energy, its caffeinated energy drink. PRIME products can be found at Target, GNC, The Vitamin Shoppe, Walmart and Kroger Family Stores nationwide as well as select retailers globally. For more information on PRIME and where it is sold, please visit https://drinkprime.com/pages/where-to-buy</p><p><br /></p><p>About WWE</p><p>WWE, part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), is an integrated media organization and the recognized global leader in sports entertainment. The company consists of a portfolio of businesses that create and deliver original content 52 weeks a year to a global audience. WWE is committed to family-friendly entertainment on its television programming, premium live events, digital media, and publishing platforms. WWE’s TV-PG programming can be seen in more than 1 billion homes worldwide in 25 languages through world-class distribution partners including NBCUniversal, FOX Sports, TNT Sport, Sony India and Rogers. The award-winning WWE Network includes all premium live events, scheduled programming and a massive video-on-demand library and is currently available in approximately 165 countries. In the United States, NBCUniversal’s streaming service, Peacock, is the exclusive home to WWE Network. Additional information on WWE can be found at wwe.com and corporate.wwe.com.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>WWE,® SURPASSES 100 MILLION SUBSCRIBER MARK ON YOUTUBE</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Return of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Accelerates WWE’s Growth On Platform</b></p><p><br /></p><p>STAMFORD, Conn., March 8, 2024 – WWE®, part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), today surpassed 100 million subscribers on its official YouTube channel, becoming one of only 10 channels worldwide to achieve the milestone.</p><p><br /></p><p>The return of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has helped supercharge the channel’s subscriber total in recent months, highlighted by the WrestleMania XL Kickoff event in Las Vegas on Feb. 8 which added more than 100,000 subscribers in a day. Further, every segment featuring “The Rock” since his surprise Friday Night SmackDown return on September 15, 2023, has drawn more than one million views. Prior to The Rock’s return to WWE television in September, the company was tracking to reach the 100 million subscriber milestone in late April.</p><p><br /></p><p>With more than 100 million subscribers and 81 billion lifetime views, WWE is the largest sports channel on YouTube and No. 10 overall. The new subscriber total is more than the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL combined. An early adopter of the platform, WWE joined YouTube in 2007 and has since created and curated exclusive and original content to super serve the WWE Universe. Today, the channel combines premiere in-ring action highlights from Monday Night Raw, Friday Night SmackDown, NXT and premium live events, archival premium live event footage, exclusive interviews and content featuring WWE Superstars, weekly episodes of The Bump, post-event press conferences, and more.</p><p><br /></p><p>Much of WWE’s success on the platform is owed to original programming created specifically for YouTube. Productions such as WWE Playback where Superstars rewatch classic matches, WWE Now, a news series covering all things WWE, and popular highlight compilations like WWE Top 10 and WWE Playlist have driven massive growth for the channel.</p><p><br /></p><p>About WWE</p><p>WWE, part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), is an integrated media organization and the recognized global leader in sports entertainment. The company consists of a portfolio of businesses that create and deliver original content 52 weeks a year to a global audience. WWE is committed to family-friendly entertainment on its television programming, premium live events, digital media, and publishing platforms. WWE’s TV-PG programming can be seen in more than 1 billion homes worldwide in 25 languages through world-class distribution partners including NBCUniversal, FOX Sports, TNT Sport, Sony India and Rogers. The award-winning WWE Network includes all premium live events, scheduled programming and a massive video-on-demand library and is currently available in approximately 165 countries. In the United States, NBCUniversal’s streaming service, Peacock, is the exclusive home to WWE Network. Additional information on WWE can be found at wwe.com and corporate.wwe.com.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>MAIN CARD RESULTS | UFC 299: O'MALLEY VS VERA 2 - March 10, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>See The Fight Results, Watch Post-Fight Interviews With The Main Card Winners And More From UFC 299: O'Malley vs Vera 2, Live From Kaseya Center In Miami</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Following a thoroughly entertaining preliminary card slate, the action at Kaseya Center in Miami shifted to pay-per-view and was ratcheted up a notch or two.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bantamweights Petr Yan and Song Yadong opened the main card in style before Jack Della Maddalena made a statement, Michael “Venom” Page impressed in his debut, and Dustin Poirier reminded everyone why he’s been a fixture in the lightweight title picture for the last five years. And then, in the main event, bitter rivals Sean O’Malley and Marlon “Chito” Vera settled their differences with the bantamweight title hanging in the balance.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>UFC Fight Night: O'Malley vs Vera 2 Results</p><p><br /></p><p>Sean O’Malley defeats Marlon Vera by unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-44)</p><p>Dustin Poirier defeats Benoit Saint Denis by KO (strikes) at 2:32 of Round 2</p><p>Michael Page defeats Kevin Holland by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28. 29-28)</p><p>Jack Della Maddalena defeats Gilbert Burns by KO (knee and elbows) at 3:43 of Round 3</p><p>Petr Yan defeats Song Yadong by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)</p><p>Curtis Blaydes defeats Jailton Almeida by TKO (strikes) at 0:36 of Round 2</p><p>Maycee Barber defeats Katlyn Cerminara by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)</p><p>Mateusz Gamrot defeats Rafael Dos Anjos by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)</p><p>Kyler Phillips defeats Pedro Munoz by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)</p><p>Philipe Lins defeats Ion Cutelaba by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)</p><p>Michel Pereira defeats Michal Oleksiejczuk by submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:01 of Round 1</p><p>Robelis Despaigne defeats Josh Parisian by TKO (strikes) at 0:18 of Round 1</p><p>Asu Almabayev defeats CJ Vergara by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)</p><p>Joanne Wood defeats Maryna Moroz by split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Google fires employee who interrupted tech conference with anti-Israel rant: 'Not okay'</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>The pro-Palestinian employee interrupted an Israeli speaker affiliated with Google</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Google employee who interrupted a tech conference by unleashing an anti-Israel rant and accusing his company of "power[ing] genocide" has been terminated, FOX Business has learned.</p><p><br /></p><p>The disruption happened at New York City's "Mind the Tech" conference on Monday. Google Israel managing director Barak Regev was giving a lecture at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>The employee, whose name was not released by Google, abruptly interrupted Regev's speech to reference the war between Hamas and Israel. The conflict began on Oct. 7, after Hamas terrorists massacred Israeli civilians on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah.</p><p><br /></p><p>"I'm a Google cloud software engineer, and I refused to build technology that powers genocide or surveillance!" the employee said, referring to the Israeli military's bombardment of Gaza.</p><p><br /></p><p>"Project Nimbus puts Palestinian community members in danger," the Google employee shouted, as the audience appeared to groan at his speech. "I refused to build technology that powers genocide."</p><p><br /></p><p>Audience members were heard mocking the employee, who was quickly escorted out of the room by security.</p><p><br /></p><p>"See ya later!" one woman yelled back.</p><p><br /></p><p>Project Nimbus is a $1.2 billion contract between Amazon Web Services, Google and Israel. The project helps provide cloud services for the Israeli government and military.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Regev handled the interruption coolly and commended Google for being a "democratic" institution that allowed different opinions before he continued with his speech.</p><p><br /></p><p>Google confirmed the termination of the employee to FOX Business.</p><p><br /></p><p>"Earlier this week, an employee disrupted a coworker who was giving a presentation – interfering with an official company-sponsored event," the Google spokesperson explained.</p><p><br /></p><p>"This behavior is not okay, regardless of the issue, and the employee was terminated for violating our policies."</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Paul Heyman to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As first reported by the Associated Press, Paul Heyman will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024.</p><p><br /></p><p>The outspoken, brusque New Yorker first gained enemies under the guise of Paul E. Dangerously in WCW. Managing Steve Austin, Arn Anderson and Rick Rude in a stable he dubbed his Dangerous Alliance, Heyman used a Big Apple attitude and an oversized 1980s cell phone to help his charges run through the likes of Sting and Ricky Steamboat.</p><p><br /></p><p>After WCW released the hothead in 1993, Heyman found an opportunity in failure, turning a modest Philadelphia-based independent promotion called Eastern Championship Wrestling into the notoriously daring Extreme Championship Wrestling. Inspired by alternative rock music and MTV, the innovator took ECW from public access to national pay-per-view by endorsing brutal bouts showcasing the rare combination of misfit warriors alongside cutting-edge athletes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Credited with inspiring WWE’s landmark “Attitude Era,” the controversial brand became the third-largest wrestling company in the world before it was crippled by financial problems in 2001. Heyman joined WWE as Jim Ross’ broadcast partner, but it wouldn’t be long before the nonconformists of ECW reemerged in WWE as part of the infamous “Invasion.” Aligning himself with Stephanie and Shane McMahon, Heyman came frighteningly close to overthrowing WWE but ultimately failed to bring down his competition.</p><p><br /></p><p>Time and again, however, Heyman was able to find his way back in, forming alliances with Superstars like CM Punk, Brock Lesnar, Big Show and Kurt Angle.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since the summer of 2020, Heyman has been firmly entrenched as the Special Council to Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns, where he lends his opinion and uses his outspoken nature to advise one of the most impressive title reigns in WWE history.</p><p><br /></p><p>Heyman’s influence on sports-entertainment has become immeasurable, as his brash, in-your-face attitude has paved the way for multiple generations of managers and Superstars. With a resume that is unmatched, Heyman now takes his rightful place in the WWE Hall of Fame.</p><p><br /></p><p>Congratulations to Paul Heyman on becoming a WWE Hall of Famer!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Bull Nakano to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As first reported by ESPN, Bull Nakano will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nakano was a warrior, plain and simple, and the women who survived their run-ins with her have the scars to prove it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Debuting as a competitor in the notoriously stern world of All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling when she was only a teenager, Nakano became familiar to WWE fans when she terrorized Alundra Blayze in 1994. She competed in WWE long before that, however, teaming up with powerhouse Dump Matsumoto as The Devils of Japan on a series of shows in 1986.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even back then, Nakano was already carving out her persona as a black-hearted villain with a captivating appearance that was equal parts Tokyo scream queen and Bowery punk rocker. Shaving the sides of her long hair before it was popular, Bull rocked leather vests and fright makeup to draw the crowd's attention, but she was much more than that.</p><p><br /></p><p>A singles champion in Japan, Mexico, and WWE, Nakano intimidated opponents with her unbridled intensity and put them down with her imposing frame. Taking obvious pleasure in causing pain, she’d grab a handful of hair and fling a rival across the ring in tribute to The Fabulous Moolah.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nakano became a revered sports-entertainment figure following a string of physical encounters against formidable opponents like Aja Kong and Manami Toyota in Japan. It was this international reputation that brought her to WWE in 1994 for a rivalry with Blayze that revitalized the long-stagnant Women’s Title. The two battled exhaustively throughout the year with Nakano’s biggest victory coming on Nov. 24, 1994, when she won the Women’s Championship in front of more than 42,000 fans in the Tokyo Dome.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nakano and Blayze rumbled again in WCW in 1995, but her in-ring career began to wind down soon after. Following a brief stint as a professional golfer, Nakano officially retired from wrestling on Jan. 8, 2012. </p><p><br /></p><p>Her iconic career both domestically and abroad influenced multiple generations that followed, cementing her legacy as one of the all-time greats as she now takes her rightful place in the WWE Hall of Fame.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>The U.S. Express to be inducted into WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As reported first by The Ringer, The U.S. Express will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024.</p><p><br /></p><p>Competitors at the first WrestleMania with deep family ties in the sports-entertainment industry, Mike Rotunda and Barry Windham changed tag team wrestling forever when they debuted together as The U.S. Express.</p><p><br /></p><p>Entering the arena with rock ‘n’ roll legend Bruce Springsteen’s iconic “Born in The U.S.A.” blasting on the speakers, The U.S. Express was one of the most entertaining and exciting duos of the ’80s.</p><p><br /></p><p>As two-time World Tag Team Champions in their career, Rotunda & Windham battled many WWE legends including the team of Nikolai Volkoff & The Iron Sheik as well as The Dream Team composed of Greg “The Hammer” Valentine & Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake.</p><p><br /></p><p>As real-life brothers-in-law, family was essential to both Superstars as Windham’s father, Blackjack Mulligan, was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as a member of The Blackjacks. Windham himself was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as a member of The Four Horsemen in 2012.</p><p><br /></p><p>Their legacy continued into the newer generation as Rotunda’s two sons, Windham (named after Barry) and Taylor, notably competed in WWE as Bray Wyatt and Bo Dallas, respectively.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a pioneering tag team, Windham & Rotunda helped pave the way for decades of tag team excellence to come and for their incredible contributions, they will be immortalized in the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>'One Of The Greatest Of All Time' - MMA Fighters & Fans React After Joanna Jędrzejczyk Joins 2024 UFC Hall Of Fame Class</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Jędrzejczyk is to be honored at this year's HOF ceremony.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The MMA community took to social media to give their reactions after former women's strawweight champion Joanna Jędrzejczyk was announced as the latest addition to the UFC Hall of Fame.</p><p><br /></p><p>At recent pay-per-view events, the promotion has been revealing this year's inductees into the HOF. And joining Frankie Edgar and Wanderlei Silva in the Modern Wing will be Jędrzejczyk.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Polish great won the 115-pound belt with a victory over Carla Esparza in 2015 and went on to defend it five times consecutively against the likes of Cláudia Gadelha and Jéssica Andrade.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>While she was unable to regain the strap after being dethroned by Rose Namajunas, Jędrzejczyk went on to figure in one of the greatest fights of all time opposite Zhang Weili at UFC 248 in 2020.</p><p><br /></p><p>Her induction was announced at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida, during the UFC 299 broadcast. She'll join former bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey as the only females inducted.</p><p><br /></p><p>MMA Community Reacts To Joanna Jędrzejczyk's UFC Hall Of Fame Induction</p><p><br /></p><p>Unsurprisingly, the addition of a legend and pioneer like Jędrzejczyk to the UFC Hall of Fame drew out plenty of reactions from fighters, fans, and pundits on social media, with many flocking to brand the induction more than deserving.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Bloody Elbow News</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>No more Google business for us, no more Bloody Elbow for me</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I’ve have sold BloodyElbow.com, the social media accounts, trademarks and content.</p><p><br /></p><p>The press release from our acquirer is below.</p><p><br /></p><p>The buyer did not acquire this Substack newsletter, the podcast and our YouTube channel.</p><p><br /></p><p>We will have to rebrand but we plan to continue to bring you the independent combat sports news coverage, analysis, and opinion that made Bloody Elbow a respected name in the community.</p><p><br /></p><p>More on that after this press release from GRV Media:</p><p><br /></p><p>GRV Media Ltd is pleased to announce that it has acquired the website and social media assets of Bloodyelbow.com. No staff or contributors will be coming across to GRV following the sale.</p><p><br /></p><p>The critically acclaimed website was founded by Nate Wilcox in 2007, and he acquired the rights to Bloody Elbow, purchasing the site from its former parent media company Vox in March, 2023. The site is notable for its investigative reporting, breaking news coverage, opinion and analysis.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nate said: 'We have worked hard over the last year to try to preserve the Bloody Elbow legacy. After much thought, and with a heavy heart, I have decided to sell the website assets. Like many online publishers in the last year or so, we have faced economic headwinds, increased regulation and dramatic shifts in major platform algorithms. It's been quite a journey, but it's now time to move on'.</p><p><br /></p><p>'I would like to thank our readers, partners and contributors who have supported us through the years. My thanks, too, to the team over at GRV Media, who have been professional and understanding during the sale process. The company has kindly agreed that I can continue to operate in this space should I elect to do so'.</p><p><br /></p><p>GRV Media Executive Chairman Vic Daniels said: 'Bloodyelbow will complement our existing portfolio of sports brands, which operate in football, F1, golf, NFL, tennis and wrestling. We will be changing the Bloody Elbow content strategy, and will be producing MMA news and views with a different slant as we build the reader base'.</p><p><br /></p><p>Graham Morris, GRV's CEO, said: 'We are delighted to be adding the Bloody Elbow brand to our existing portfolio of websites. This deal demonstrates what we are committed to a strategy of growing our business both organically and via acquisitions. We wish Nate and all his team the very best for the future'.</p><p><br /></p><p>Logan Abner of WeBrokr.com advised GRV Media on this deal.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I was laid off from Vox Media in January of last year and was presented the opportunity to buy Bloody Elbow from them I jumped at the chance.</p><p><br /></p><p>My initial inclination had been to run Bloody Elbow as a subscription-based collective modeled on The Defector.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, the cost of buying the assets from Vox and building a new website pushed me in the direction of forming a corporation, raising money from investors (friends and family) to cover the costs of the launch and once I’d made those decisions, I committed to running the way Vox had, as a corporate entity, primarily dependent on Google’s programmatic search traffic and programmatic ad monopoly.</p><p><br /></p><p>We launched this Substack in March of 2023 and quickly raised (almost) enough money to pay for the site redesign and rebuild. But as soon as we launched the new BloodyElbow.com in April, the subscriber money rapidly dropped off and I had to raise additional investor money.</p><p><br /></p><p>I’ve been a long-time skeptic of ad-driven, Google-dependent media but had hoped to use the site’s ad revenue to fund the development of alternate revenue streams — subscriptions, direct sales, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter — unfortunately, we had much less lead time than I had anticipated.</p><p><br /></p><p>When we initially launched our traffic improved dramatically year-over-year. Unfortunately, the start-up costs and my enthusiasm for buying content meant we weren’t profitable until August.</p><p><br /></p><p>That’s when I drew my first paycheck (and so far only) from the new company — I paid myself roughly 30% of what I had drawn at Vox and was only the 2nd or 3rd best-paid member of the team.</p><p><br /></p><p>If things had held steady for a few more months we might have had a chance but…</p><p><br /></p><p>That’s when Google updated its algorithm. It wasn’t their best work.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The new algorithm killed us. Traffic fell by 50% or more and revenue fell even further.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is just the latest downgrading of Bloody Elbow in Google’s search results that has been going on for over a decade. This Reddit thread has a succinct explanation:</p><p><br /></p><p>Google sucks so much now because around a decade ago, they abandoned the measurement known as "Page Utility" which just measured the usefulness of the site itself.</p><p><br /></p><p>Instead, they migrated to "Expertise-Authority-Trust" which had good intentions of stopping the proliferation of bad info, but instead it basically resulted in prioritizing large corporations and capital over any sites created by average people.</p><p><br /></p><p>The contract workers known as "raters" they employed to help determine the best search results became an echo chamber, as there were strict demands on exactly what the right answers were in most cases, and straying from the expectations of Big G resulted in poor reviews and possible firing. Of course, we were not allowed to say the G word - we could only say "The Client."</p><p><br /></p><p>It's about to get worse, too - they just laid off a huge swathe of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>We tried multiple fixes including a change in ad partner, new web servers, an emphasis on direct sales rather than programmatic advertising…nothing worked.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the end of January, we were hemorrhaging money and I had to tap out.</p><p><br /></p><p>I’ll be keeping this newsletter going under a new name with contributions from the best Bloody Elbow alumni I can afford along with submissions from new writers and creators.</p><p><br /></p><p>We’ll be offering paid subscribers a chance to choose our new name from four finalists. But that’s for a future email.</p><p><br /></p><p>The dream of independent combat sports media is not dead, it just won’t be dependent on Google anymore.</p><p><br /></p><p>Stay tuned.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Bloody Elbow)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Alphabet to Present at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference</b></p><p><br /></p><p>MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (February 8, 2024) – Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced that Philipp Schindler, Senior Vice President and Chief Business Officer of Google, will participate in the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference. The session is scheduled for 2:05 p.m. Pacific Time / 5:05 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, March 6, 2024.</p><p><br /></p><p>About Alphabet Inc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Alphabet is a collection of companies, the largest of which is Google. Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google in September 1998 and the company is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif. Billions of people use its wide range of popular products and platforms each day, like Search, Ads, Chrome, Cloud, YouTube and Android.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Alphabet Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2023 Results</p><p><br /></p><p>MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – January 30, 2024 – Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced</p><p>financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sundar Pichai, CEO, said: “We are pleased with the ongoing strength in Search and the growing contribution from</p><p>YouTube and Cloud. Each of these is already benefiting from our AI investments and innovation. As we enter the</p><p>Gemini era, the best is yet to come.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Ruth Porat, President and Chief Investment Officer; CFO said: “We ended 2023 with very strong fourth quarter</p><p>financial results, with Q4 consolidated revenues of $86 billion, up 13% year over year. We remain committed to our</p><p>work to durably re-engineer our cost base as we invest to support our growth opportunities.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Q4 2023 Financial Highlights</p><p><br /></p><p>The following table summarizes our consolidated financial results for the quarters and years ended December 31,</p><p>2022 and 2023 (in millions, except for per share information and percentages). </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>News start-up will lose half a million readers if Meta goes nuclear - March 10, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>The founders of The Daily Aus have warned that young Australians will turn to ill-informed but opinionated influencers if Meta blocks news from its platforms, as the Instagram-led outlet faces the prospect of losing touch with half a million of its followers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Zara Seidler and Sam Koslowski started the digital news outlet as a social media account in 2017 and have gradually built a following of 530,000 people on Instagram. The start-up now has a website, newsletter, podcast and 18 full-time staff.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>But the audience and revenue The Daily Aus gets from Instagram is in serious jeopardy. There is a very real possibility Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook, will take the nuclear option and block news on its platforms in coming months.</p><p><br /></p><p>This would echo a similar but short-lived ban in 2021, which came as a result of a war with the federal government and major news publishers. Meta has permanently blocked news in Canada after a similar battle to force it to pay for content.</p><p><br /></p><p>Meta has declared it will not renew $70 million in annual deals compensating Australian news outlets for content. The Albanese government said it would move to force it to negotiate.</p><p><br /></p><p>“It would hurt [if Meta blocked news], but it wouldn’t be the end,” Ms Seidler said.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Obviously, our biggest audience remains there. But we think about it as the front door ... We could have grown Instagram to double what it is – but didn’t.</p><p><br /></p><p>“We had to find where else we could create the relationships.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Publishing primarily on Instagram, Ms Seidler and Mr Koslowski were told by potential investors, when they were raising capital in 2021 and 2022, to protect their business from being at the whim of a global social giant. In 2017, the year they started The Daily Aus, Facebook changed its algorithm and virtually killed off viral, social-led publishers – Buzzfeed, for example – within months.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Daily Aus has spent the past three years building audiences outside Meta’s platforms – including a newsletter audience of 180,000 people and a daily podcast that reaches 125,000 monthly listeners – but its biggest presence is still Instagram. It has 120,000 followers on TikTok and 8000 on Facebook.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ms Seidler and Mr Koslowski say a news ban would “influence future hiring decisions” but they insist the publication would survive. Their gravest concerns are about where younger Aussies will get their news if a ban does go ahead.</p><p><br /></p><p>“I think it’ll be disastrous. We’ll see a rise of influencer-led commentary – I imagine Meta won’t include those accounts in a blanket ban,” Ms Seidler says.</p><p><br /></p><p>“We’ve got all of this opinion and a very little foundation of knowledge accompanying it. We’ll have a void. We can’t expect young people will move elsewhere. Every bit of research says they use these platforms to inform themselves.”</p><p><br /></p><p>The Daily Aus didn’t do a deal with Facebook in 2021. It did, however, receive money from the platform through its $15 million Meta Australian News Fund, which was managed by The Walkley Foundation. It has also joined an industry group for digital news publishers, the Digital Publishers Alliance.</p><p><br /></p><p>“In 2021, we did not have a seat at the table. We’re in a much better position. The DPA means we even get a voice in these things,” Ms Seidler said.</p><p><br /></p><p>The DPA will run a full-page open letter to Facebook in some Australian newspapers, including The Australian Financial Review, on Monday, saying there was “a lot to dislike” in the platform’s decision not to renew commercial deals with newsrooms.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Your decision … will lead to a rise in mis- and disinformation on your platforms, less trusted sources, fewer journalists and a weakened society,” the letter, signed by 35 digital news outlets, says.</p><p><br /></p><p>(AFR)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Why James Packer is the luckiest billionaire in Australia - Feb 29, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Crown Resorts may have given him plenty of heartburn, but the latest ugly numbers from Star Entertainment show how well-timed the sale really was. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>James Packer has had his share of misfortune during his life, including some huge mental health challenges. But the delayed December half results from Star Entertainment also make it clear that Packer enjoyed an incredible stroke of luck when US private equity giant Blackstone finally took casino operator Crown Resorts private for $8.9 billion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Based on what we’re seeing at Star, it seems highly unlikely Blackstone would have agreed to pay that much in the current regulatory and economic environment. Crown gave Packer plenty of heartburn, but his $3.3 billion share sale was also a great escape.</p><p><br /></p><p>Compare Star’s results for the six months ended December 31 with its results for the same period in 2019. Revenue was $1.3 billion in 2019, while EBITDA was $331 million. Four years later, that has shrunk to $866 million, with EBITDA just $113 million.</p><p><br /></p><p>What explains the difference?</p><p><br /></p><p>For starters, Star says it has been forced to adopt a higher rate of exclusions – translation: blocking undesirables from gambling at their casinos – and introduce time management for some patrons – or, prevent problem gamblers from spending too long punting.</p><p><br /></p><p>RELATED QUOTES</p><p>SGRThe Star Entertainment Group</p><p>$0.550</p><p> </p><p>3.77%</p><p><br /></p><p>1 year</p><p>1 day</p><p>Mar 23</p><p>Jun 23</p><p>Sep 23</p><p>Mar 24</p><p>0.300</p><p>0.600</p><p>0.900</p><p>1.200</p><p>1.500</p><p>Updated: Mar 10, 2024 – 7.48pm. Data is 20 mins delayed.</p><p>View SGR related articles </p><p>Second, Star has been required to wind back freebies to punters, such as complimentary drinks and rebates for wealthy gamblers. The free drinks are back on (under improved controls) but rebates are unlikely to return for at least 12 months, while Star works on a compliance program for them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Third, Star has been required to spend a lot of money to remediate and improve its risk and compliance, with operating expenditure rising from $534.7 million in 2019 to $541.6 million in 2023 – and that’s after a few recent rounds of savage cost cuts.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an example of the company’s focus on remediation, Star chief executive Robbie Cooke said on Thursday that staff numbers in its anti-money laundering team had expanded from 26 to 115 full-time staff. Given a fresh inquiry was launched into Star’s operations last week, after the NSW regulator decided the company was still not suitable to hold its Sydney licence, it feels unlikely that these higher regulatory costs will fade.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cooke is also dealing with a more difficult macroeconomic environment than existed back in 2019, when interest rates were sitting at 0.75 per cent. But Thursday’s numbers are evidence that Star and Crown were very clearly over-earning in 2019 by running businesses that simply weren’t being to the standards that regulators and the broader community would have expected.</p><p><br /></p><p>Punters that shouldn’t have been allowed in the doors were allowed to gamble. Problem gamblers who should have been protected were allowed to keep punting. The risk and compliance systems and processes that should have been in place simply were not.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cooke raised another challenge on Thursday, arguing that regulators need to be careful that the problems that existed in casinos are not simply transferred to the pubs and clubs sector; he wants the regulatory playing field to be levelled, and noted pubs and clubs in Brisbane, where Star is set to open its new Queens Wharf property, have invested in venue upgrades and loyalty programs ahead of that launch.</p><p><br /></p><p>Crown’s financial results are no longer available since it was taken private, but it will be facing similar challenges. Blackstone has said it is pleased with its progress in remediation, but it has also conceded it underestimated the level of work required.</p><p><br /></p><p>When Packer sold out in June 2022, he noted there had been “ups and downs and challenges” with the business, but said Blackstone’s deal was “confirmation that we have built one of the country’s best tourism, entertainment and leisure companies”.</p><p><br /></p><p>That may still be true. But the 80 per cent fall in Star’s share prices since the Blackstone deal raises questions as to whether the business would still attract that sort of price.</p><p><br /></p><p>(AFR)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>NRL</b></p><p><b>Not even 100,000 Americans watched the NRL’s Las Vegas matches - March 6, 2024</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The NRL’s historic Las Vegas double-header struggled to land American television audiences, failing to find more than 62,000 viewers per game for the two matches that took place on Saturday in prime-time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Australian Rugby League Commission chairman Peter V’landys said earlier this week success would not be about the number of ticket-holders who went to Allegiant Stadium to watch the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles defeat South Sydney Rabbitohs 36-24, and Sydney Roosters beat Brisbane Broncos 20-10 in person.</p><p><br /></p><p>“It’s on who watches it on TV tonight in America,” he told The Australian Financial Review. “If we are really going to capture any new audience it’s going to be through that way.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Nielsen’s rating figures, released to Fox on Tuesday, show the NRL struggled to find that audience.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Just 61,000 viewers watched the match between the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Manly Sea Eagles, which was broadcast on Fox Sports 1, the Murdoch family-controlled Fox Corp’s main cable sports television network. It is unclear how a 17-minute delay to the broadcast, caused by the channel sticking with overtime of a college basketball match, affected viewing.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first match was the most popular of the two – just 44,000 viewers tuned in subsequently to watch the Sydney Roosters defeat the Brisbane Broncos.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ratings figures are available on TV ratings websites in the US, and were confirmed to this masthead by US sources with direct knowledge of the numbers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Andrew Abdo, chief executive of the NRL, said the sport was proud of what it had achieved in the first year.</p><p><br /></p><p>“These are the two most watched NRL matches in the US on record. These are positive signs in the first year of the long-term venture,” he said.</p><p><br /></p><p>By comparison, the most watched sports program on Saturday night in the US was a Western Conference finals basketball rematch that had 3.05 million viewers on ABC. Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf, which was broadcast on the same day, attracted 221,000 viewers.</p><p><br /></p><p>When the USFL – a professional American football minor league – was trying to get off the ground, it was averaging more than 300,000 viewers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mr Abdo said the first match’s audience compared to some US Major League Soccer games, which run on Fox Sports 1.</p><p><br /></p><p>John Kosner, who ran broadcasting at ESPN for 15 years, said the result was to be expected. “I think based upon awareness – or lack thereof outside the core audience – it’s what I’d expect.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Gaming analyst Dustin Gouker said in a post on social media platform X: “National Rugby League has grand designs of making an impact in the US ... and while you have to start somewhere, not sure that qualifies as somewhere.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Still popular at home</p><p><br /></p><p>The US figures were considerably smaller than the Australian audiences that watched the Las Vegas matches.</p><p><br /></p><p>The match between Manly and South Sydney, which was aired exclusively on Fox League and streaming service Kayo Sports, had 838,000 viewers. The second match attracted 786,000 viewers on Fox League and 784,000 viewers on Channel Nine (Channel Nine is owned by Nine Entertainment, which publishes this masthead).</p><p><br /></p><p>More than 40,000 fans went to the game. The event, which will run for at least five years, is part of a strategic push to attract new American fans to the sport. Mr V’landys hopes that if successful, this will generate more broadcast revenue and an increase in subscribers for its offshore viewing platform, Watch NRL.</p><p><br /></p><p>”It’s not going to happen in the first 12 months, it will take three or four years, but I am more confident than ever that we can make tens, if not hundreds, of millions of dollars for the game that’ll go back into grassroots,” Mr V’landys told Fox League at the weekend.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other way the NRL anticipates it will make money in the US is through a deal with a corporate bookmaker such as FanDuel or BetMGM.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is still unclear how the NRL will make money from bookmaking. In Australia, the NRL is paid millions by bookmakers so that punters can gamble on matches.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the US, sports bookies do not pay product fees to major sports such as the NBA and NFL. Mr V’landys said the way he expects a deal would take place was a revenue share from streaming the NRL on a wagering app.</p><p><br /></p><p>But Chris Grove, of Eilers & Krejcik Gaming, said last year he expected that even in the medium term, gambling on NRL would make up less than 1 per cent of total wagering volume, even if a deal was put in place by the code to sell its streaming rights to an online bookmaker.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mr Abdo said he remained focused on the long-term opportunity for the game.</p><p><br /></p><p>“The exposure the game received and the reviews of the matches by US fans and media will be a massive boost for year two and beyond,” he said.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TikTok facing ban or forced sale in US - March 8, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A US congressional panel has approved a bill that would force ByteDance, the China-based parent company of TikTok, to sell the social media app within six months or face a ban.</p><p><br /></p><p>The measure, introduced by another House of Representatives committee and backed by the White House, cites national security concerns.</p><p><br /></p><p>In response, TikTok has said the proposed legislation would hurt free speech and small businesses that rely on the app – and has urged its users to call members of Congress to voice their opposition.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bill is set to go to a full House floor vote in the coming days.</p><p><br /></p><p>It has initally been proposed by a cross-party group of 20 lawmakers who form the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. It was approved unanimously 50-0 on March 7th by the Energy and Commerce Committee. The Senate will need to approve it before it became law.</p><p><br /></p><p>“America’s foremost adversary has no business controlling a dominant media platform in the United States,” commented committee chairman Mike Gallagher, a Republican of Wisconsin.</p><p><br /></p><p>A previous attempt by former US President Donald Trump hit several legal obstacles and never came into force.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Forecast: LatAm to add 55m SVoD subs - March 7, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Latin America will have 165 million SVoD subscriptions by 2029, up from 110 million at end-2023, according to the Latin America OTT TV and Video Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. Brazil will provide 59 million SVoD subscriptions by 2029, with Mexico bringing in a further 43 million.</p><p><br /></p><p>Seven US-based platforms (Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Star+, Paramount+, Apple TV+ and Max) will account for 83 per cent of the region’s paying SVoD subscriptions by end-2029. Netflix will add 9 million subscribers between 2023 and 2029, with Disney+ up by 8 million, Max by 10 million and Paramount+ increasing by 6 million. Globoplay, only available in Brazil, will take another 8 per cent of the total.</p><p><br /></p><p>“All of the major US platforms are very active in Latin America,” notes Simon Murray, Principal Analyst at Digital TV</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>‘Back soon’: Alan Jones’ return to streaming channel on the cards - March 1, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>For the small but dedicated audience of streaming news channel ADH TV, the big question is: where is Alan Jones? Jones, who remains in London, was removed from ADH’s banners on YouTube and Facebook for the fringe channel’s relaunch for the year to the dismay of the outlet’s online fans.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>“Where is Alan Jones??” said one user on the channel’s Facebook page. “Alan Jones needs to be there, he is the man,” said another individual.</p><p><br /></p><p>Responding to several comments, the ADH admin cleared up the confusion, insisting Jones would be returning shortly.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Alan will be back soon. Thank you!” they wrote.</p><p><br /></p><p>The company’s chief executive, Jack Bulfin, did not respond to a series of questions put to him about Jones’ return.</p><p><br /></p><p>Taking centre stage in promotions is former Australian Broadcasting Authority head and conservative figure David Flint, who hosts a twice-weekly program Save the Nation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Flint insists he is not the network’s star, and says Jones’ on-air return is imminent. “Alan is returning,” Flint says. “I know Alan is coming back.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Jones has been in London since before Christmas, however was due to return in February to take up his role on ADH, before later cancelling his plans, as reported by this masthead.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In December, this masthead revealed allegations that Jones used his position of power as Sydney’s most high-profile broadcaster to prey on a number of young men, allegedly indecently assaulting them, groping or inappropriately touching them without their consent.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jones denies the allegations, and although he threatened to sue for defamation, he is yet to commence legal action.</p><p><br /></p><p>He joined ADH in late 2021 after departing Sky News Australia and has been its highest-profile star since pulling back from four nights a week to two. Despite several of the social channels being listed under Jones’ name, he has no financial involvement in the operations of the business, another source with knowledge of the relationship told this masthead, speaking on condition of anonymity.</p><p><br /></p><p>An article on realestate.com.au reported that Jones sold his Brisbane investment property for just over $1.3 million this month.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another absent figure has been former Seven Network Sydney news director Jason Morrison, previously reported as having been offered the role of chief executive at ADH.</p><p><br /></p><p>Morrison continued to deny the links to the digital startup, telling this masthead he remains unable to take part in any discussions while on gardening leave. He says he has not spoken with Jones for “six to nine months” despite filling in for him on ADH in late 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>He was expected to again fill in for Jones in his continued absence.</p><p><br /></p><p>A senior source at Seven not authorised to speak publicly said Morrison was no longer contracted at the network. He left in June last year.</p><p><br /></p><p>ADH TV was launched by Bulfin and two friends in 2021, one of those being Jones’ protegee Jake Thrupp, who he is currently with in London. Former ABC chair Maurice Newman is the network’s chair.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since launching two years ago, its YouTube page has amassed 43,000 subscribers, and its videos are viewed an average of 2099 times, a far cry from Sky News Australia’s nearly four million subscriber base.</p><p><br /></p><p>Default advertising revenue per 1000 views means it would net around $4.39 to $10.94 per video on YouTube – but the platform can be lucrative.</p><p><br /></p><p>Piers Morgan recently quit his nightly program syndicated on Sky News Australia to focus on his YouTube channel. Sky News told this masthead the show had garnered close to 150 million views for the network across its channels during its run.</p><p><br /></p><p>Likewise, former Fox News personality Tucker Carlson has gone digital since being sacked by Fox News in 2023, with his show, Tucker Carlson Uncensored, regularly attracting millions of views on X.</p><p><br /></p><p>ADH only broadcasts several hours of content each weeknight, with partners including Spectator Australia, right-wing think tanks The Menzies Research Centre and the Institute of Public Affairs, the Conservative Political Action Conference and right-wing Falun Gong-operated American outlet The Epoch Times.</p><p><br /></p><p>Flint is also a columnist for Spectator Australia; Nick Cater, a senior fellow at the Menzies Research Centre and columnist for The Australian, also hosts a weekly show; and former federal Liberal Candidate James Mathias, now chief of staff at the think tank, hosted a run of shows in 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>(SMH)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin on the ‘most incredible run’: Ross Greenwood - March 8, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood says Bitcoin has had “the most incredible run” in the last little while.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mr Greenwood revealed Bitcoin has risen 205 per cent over the past year.</p><p><br /></p><p>“This is largely, as we said last week, partly because the big exchange-traded funds are having to buy Bitcoin to back their own products.</p><p><br /></p><p>“And secondly, in April they are going to halve Bitcoin.</p><p><br /></p><p>"You could have got it for the best part of $20,000 this time last year, now $US67,200 – well above $100,000 AUD per Bitcoin."</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>The billionaire with a cult following you have probably never heard of</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Frank Slootman, who just stepped down as Snowflake chief executive officer, isn’t a name that springs to mind as one of the tech industry’s most prominent CEOs. But Slootman has parlayed his time atop three companies into a net worth higher than tech leaders like Apple’s Tim Cook or Microsoft’s Satya Nadella.</p><p><br /></p><p>As Slootman leaves his CEO post at the software company, he has a fortune of about $US3.7 billion ($5.7 billion), according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. That tops Cook, who is worth about $US2 billion, and Nadella, who was not yet a billionaire as of July 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>It’s rare for a non-founder in the tech industry to amass that level of wealth — Slootman did it by leading Snowflake and ServiceNow through initial public offerings and was head of data-storage firm Data Domain when it was taken over by EMC Corp. in 2009.</p><p><br /></p><p>Along the way, he developed a cult-like reputation in the software industry for being a tough leader with a to-the-point communication style. CEOs need to be “insanely confrontational,” he said in an episode of the No Priors podcast in 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Frank understands how hard it is to build companies and he’s done it repeatedly,” said David McJannet, CEO of HashiCorp Inc., another software infrastructure company, in a September interview. “People like that are relatively unflinching in their views and they are right a lot of times, so people tend to want follow them.”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The news he was leaving the CEO role alongside an underwhelming sales outlook caused Snowflake stock to plummet 18 per cent Thursday, marking its worst day ever. That drop alone dented Slootman’s net worth by about $US500 million. The company declined to comment on his net worth.</p><p><br /></p><p>“It is no doubt concerning to see Mr. Slootman, who has a strong track record and is well regarded by investors, step down after five years in the role,” wrote Brad Zelnick, an analyst at Deutsche Bank AG, in a note Thursday.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another analyst, Bernstein’s Mark Moerdler, wrote that he wondered if the sudden change was due to recent disappointments in the company’s revenue growth. Slootman said in an interview with Barron’s that the idea his departure was related to a poorly received growth guidance was an “absurd notion.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Over the last four years, Slootman has sold shares at an average weighted price of about $US268 — well above the drop to $US188. He first joined Snowflake in 2019, and led the company through what was the largest software IPO ever the following year. At one point his stock awards were worth $US108 million per month.</p><p><br /></p><p>His statements have elicited controversy. In 2021, Slootman was criticised for saying that diversity goals were secondary to merit in hiring, though he later apologised, saying he didn’t intend to imply that diversity and merit were mutually exclusive. He has donated to Republican and Libertarian politicians, including in Montana, where he spends much of his time and Snowflake relocated its executive office to in 2021.</p><p><br /></p><p>Slootman’s replacement, Sridhar Ramaswamy, a former executive at Alphabet’s Google, is seen as a technical leader. Ramaswamy will be awarded about $US100 million in stock awards over the next five years in addition to a $US750,000 annual salary, according to a filing Wednesday. He’ll also get an annual incentive bonus targeted at 100 per cent of his salary.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other non-founders who became billionaires through leading tech companies include Steve Ballmer, one of Microsoft’s first salespeople who went on to become CEO, and is now the sixth-richest person on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Palo Alto CEO Nikesh Arora recently became a billionaire as the company’s share price has surged.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Larvotto delivers high-grade gold assays in NSW</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Channel sampling at Larvotto Resources’ Hillgrove gold-antimony project in New South Wales has delivered sparkling assays going as high as 63 grams per tonne gold, 13.82g/t silver and more than 30 per cent antimony.</p><p><br /></p><p>Management says the impressive results highlight the high-grade nature of the operation, while samples from the 1.5-million-tonne historical tailings facility recorded gold grades exceeeding the average of many operating open pit mines.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The company recently kicked off metallurgical test work at Hillgrove after completing auger drilling at its tailings facility and collecting several tonnes of underground samples from the development-ready zones of the Metz mining area. Auger results showed consistent grades of more than 1.3g/t gold, with peak values from the tailings dam greater than 2g/t gold and 2 per cent antimony.</p><p><br /></p><p>Additional underground results from 28 samples returned positive results including 22.5g/t gold, 14.63g/t and 11.89g/t from within three zones – the footwall, ore zone and hanging wall at the Metz mine, which has been highlighted by the company as its major focus for underground mining.</p><p><br /></p><p>“These samples will be subject to a detailed metallurgical study and TIMA mineralogy to determine the potential extraction rate.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Larvotto Resources managing director Ron Heeks</p><p>The Hillgrove project lies 23km east of Armidale in NSW and comprises four exploration leases and 48 granted mining leases across its 254 square kilometres of tenure. As the mine’s new operator, Larvotto says it aims to enhance recoveries by producing a higher-grade and cleaner concentrate product.</p><p><br /></p><p>Management believes its latest testwork has the potential to generate a significantly more valuable product for sale. It has estimated the work is likely to take several months to complete.</p><p><br /></p><p>Larvotto Resources managing director Ron Heeks said: “Previously, most of the processing focus was on antimony rather than gold, resulting in a considerable amount of gold deposited in the tailings dam. These samples will be subject to a detailed metallurgical study and TIMA mineralogy to determine the potential extraction rate in the case of the tails and optimal processing route for the underground mineralisation.”</p><p><br /></p><p>The company acquired the 1.4-million-ounce gold equivalent operation after entering into a binding term sheet with the administrators of former owner Red River Resources for a purchase price of less than $6 per ounce.</p><p><br /></p><p>With a grade of more than 6g/t gold equivalent – which can be broken down to 4.5g/t gold and 1.2 per cent antimony – the project cost Larvotto just $3 million, with about a further $5 million required to for the replacement of environmental bonds in compliance with NSW laws.</p><p><br /></p><p>Significantly, the acquisition also includes an operational processing plant, which was put on care and maintenance in 2021. It features a 250,000 tonnes per annum capacity and came with associated infrastructure.</p><p><br /></p><p>That makes it a serious financial bonus for the company as it would be looking at a bill likely to be north of $200 million to build the plant from scratch.</p><p><br /></p><p>More than 204 individual mineral occurrences have been identified to date in the greater region, with the mineralisation developed as strike-extensive veins extending through 20km, with potentially depth-extensive, steeply-dipping fissures.</p><p><br /></p><p>The area has been mined since the 1870s and the Hillgrove operations have produced more than 740,000 ounces of gold and about 40,000 tonnes of antimony. It is believed to be Australia’s biggest antimony deposit and also sits in the world’s top 10 resources for the silvery metalloid.</p><p><br /></p><p>In addition, more than 2000 tonnes of scheelite concentrate, the principal ore mineral of tungsten, have been produced from the area.</p><p><br /></p><p>During the production years at the operation from 1982, most processing focus was on antimony production rather than gold, which management says resulted in a considerable amount of gold being deposited in the tailings dam.</p><p><br /></p><p>With the latest testing and sampling results set to be used to complete an upcoming preliminary feasibility study – not to mention recent record price highs for both gold and antimony – the market will be keeping a close eye on what Larvotto can deliver as it looks to bring Hillgrove back into production.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Elon Musk deletes X post blasting Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife MacKenzie Scott over her charitable giving - March 8, 2024</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Elon Musk has lashed out at Jeff Bezos' ex-wife while responding to a post that disparaged her for donating to left-leaning political groups.</p><p><br /></p><p>Elon Musk blasted Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife MacKenzie Scott for her charitable donations in an X post that he deleted a short time after it went online Wednesday evening.</p><p><br /></p><p>“‘Super rich ex-wives who hate their former spouse’ should filed be listed among ‘Reasons that Western Civilization died,'” the Tesla boss wrote on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, which Musk acquired for $44 billion in late 2022.</p><p><br /></p><p>Musk wrote the post in response to an X user who complained that Scott, who divorced the Amazon founder in 2019 after 25 years of marriage, was giving away money to organizations that “deal with issues of race and/or gender.”</p><p><br /></p><p>“Her fund ought to be called The AWFL Fund. It’s the ultimate aspirational expression of the most awful group in the US,” the X user who goes by the name “i/o” wrote.</p><p><br /></p><p>Musk deleted the post hours later. The Post has sought comment from the X owner, Scott and Bezos.</p><p><br /></p><p>The root of Musk’s animus toward Scott appears to be her charitable giving to political action committees aligned with the Democratic Party.</p><p><br /></p><p>In May 2022, Musk wrote on social media that Scott was giving money to “PACs posing as charities.”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>“It’s safe to say that Mackenzie [ahem] Scott is not exactly a big fan of her ex-husband. Unfortunately, a lot of others are getting caught in the crossfire,” Musk wrote.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to her website, Scott has donated hundreds of millions of dollars to organizations devoted to causes such as “racial equity,” “LGBTQ+ equity,” “gender equity,” public health, climate change and “functional democracy.”</p><p><br /></p><p>The recipients of her largess include the Obama Foundation, Movement for Black Lives, Jackie Robinson Foundation, Morehouse College, Howard University, Planned Parenthood and the George W. Bush Presidential Center.</p><p><br /></p><p>Scott’s net worth was pegged by Bloomberg Billionaires Index at $36 billion as of Wednesday. The 53-year-old writer’s wealth is derived from her 1.9% ownership stake in her ex-husband’s e-commerce company.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to SEC filings, Scott received a 4% stake in Amazon as part of her divorce from Bezos. At the time, the stake was worth $36 billion — making her one of the richest women in the world.</p><p><br /></p><p>In late January, Bloomberg News reported that Scott sold 65.3 million shares of Amazon — or around 25% of her stake in the company.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>At the time she sold her shares, they were worth $10.4 billion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Scott, who pledged in 2019 to donate half her fortune to charity, has given millions of dollars to various causes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since divorcing Bezos, Scott has donated more than $16.5 billion to several charities.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the last year alone, she has published a list of more than 360 organizations that have received a total of $2.15 billion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Scott is a signatory to the Giving Pledge, a non-binding promise in which billionaires commit to donating the bulk of their wealth.</p><p><br /></p><p>“In addition to whatever assets life has nurtured in me, I have a disproportionate amount of money to share,” Scott wrote in a letter on the Giving Pledge website.</p><p><br /></p><p>“My approach to philanthropy will continue to be thoughtful. It will take time and effort and care. But I won’t wait. And I will keep at it until the safe is empty.”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Musk has also donated some of his wealth to philanthropy.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Tesla mogul, who as of Wednesday was the third-richest person in the world with a net worth valued by Bloomberg Billionaires Index at $189 billion, gifted $5.7 billion worth of Tesla shares to a charity he co-founded with his brother, Kimbal Musk.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Musk Foundation has donated tens of millions of dollars to various causes including St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and XPrize, an organization that awards prize money to aspiring innovators and entrepreneurs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Scott married teacher Dan Jewett in March 2021. They finalized their divorce in January 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>Last year, Bezos became engaged to Lauren Sanchez, his girlfriend of four years.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Elon Musk says he will not donate to Joe Biden or Donald Trump despite tearing into US immigration policies - March 7, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Elon Musk has revealed he will not support Donald Trump or Joe Biden in the lead up to November's presidential showdown. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Billionaire Elon Musk on Wednesday said that he will not donate money to the campaigns of President Biden or former President Trump in 2024.</p><p><br /></p><p>"Just to be super clear, I am not donating money to either candidate for US President," the tech mogul wrote on his social media platform, X.</p><p><br /></p><p>"Politics is tribal, rather than logical," he wrote in a separate post.</p><p><br /></p><p>Musk's announcement comes a day after The New York Times reported Trump met with the Tesla CEO and wealthy Republican donors over the weekend.</p><p><br /></p><p>The former president is seeking a financial boost for his White House bid, according to the Times.</p><p><br /></p><p>With a net worth of $196.5 billion, Musk is the second-richest person in the world, according to Forbes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Musk's declaration that he will not donate to either presidential candidate comes a day after Super Tuesday, when Biden and Trump each won decisive victories in their parties' respective primaries.</p><p><br /></p><p>The results mean a rematch between Biden and Trump for the 2024 general election is all but certain, despite polls showing Americans are not excited about either of the candidates who faced off in 2020.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Just 32% of all voters are enthusiastic about Biden becoming the party nominee, and 37% of all voters are enthusiastic about Trump becoming the GOP nominee, according to a Monmouth University poll conducted in September.</p><p><br /></p><p>Musk has been an outspoken critic of Democrats and the Biden administration over the ongoing crisis at the U.S. southern border, fueling speculation that he might throw his support behind Trump, who is campaigning on the promise to close the border.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Tesla and SpaceX CEO has said repeatedly he believes Democrats have allowed illegal migrants to pour into the country so that they will vote blue at some point in the future — and that they are reluctant to deport any who commit crimes since it would be akin to losing potential voters.</p><p><br /></p><p>Musk reiterated that view on Wednesday in a post on X:</p><p><br /></p><p>"Until the loss of votes from ushering in vast numbers of illegal immigrants exceeds the likely gain of votes over time (as they are gradually legalized), the Democratic Party has a strong incentive to maximize illegal immigration."</p><p><br /></p><p>Fox News' Michael Dorgan and Clare O'Connor contributed to this report.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>WWE on A&E is Back with New Seasons of 'WWE Rivals' and 'Biography: WWE Legends' Premiering Sunday, February 25</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>WWE ON A&E IS BACK WITH KNOCK-OUT NEW SEASONS OF “WWE RIVALS” AND “BIOGRAPHY: WWE LEGENDS” PREMIERING SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>THE SERIES CONTINUE TO DELVE INTO THE ICONIC RIVALRIES AND LEGENDARY CAREERS OF SOME OF THE MOST REVERED WWE SUPERSTARS</b></p><p><br /></p><p>New York, NY—January 10, 2024—WWE on A&E steps back into the ring this winter beginning Sunday, February 25 with a knock-out new season of “WWE Rivals” at 8pm ET/PT followed by a new season of “Biography: WWE Legends” at 9pm ET/PT. The series continue to explore the lives and careers of some of the most beloved and well-known WWE Superstars and give viewers unparalleled access through in-depth interviews and archival footage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Kicking off the night, “WWE Rivals” returns with actor and former WWE writer Freddie Prinze Jr. leading a roundtable discussion of WWE Superstars to explore the storylines and characters at the helm of epic rivalries that built the WWE. Each one-hour episode features a roundtable of former WWE Superstars who discuss the dramatic storylines that defined the WWE, speak with Legends who watched these rivalries unfold and analyze archival footage from WWE’s library. In the season premiere, the series will examine the infamous animosity between Superstars Triple H vs. The Rock beginning with their heated rivalry over the World Championship in the early 2000s. The season continues with other iconic rivalries including Jake “The Snake” Roberts vs. “Macho Man” Randy Savage; Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels; John Cena vs. Randy Orton; Hardy Boyz vs. Dudley Boyz vs. Edge & Christian; as well as The Miz vs. Daniel Bryan.</p><p><br /></p><p>Following at 9pm ET/PT, “Biography: WWE Legends” continues to convey the intimate, distinctive stories of the lives and events that molded some of the most beloved WWE Legends into the stars they became. Through archival footage and first-hand account interviews, each episode will examine a different Legend and showcase their career highlights and the effect they had on the industry and fans. The season begins with examining the enthralling life and career of the youngest World Heavyweight Champion in WWE history, Randy Orton, with other Legends featured this season including Sgt. Slaughter, Scott Hall aka Razor Ramon, Diamond Dallas Page, British Bulldog, and the longest-reigning WWE Universal Champion, Roman Reigns.</p><p><br /></p><p>*Join the conversation by following @WWEonAE and using #WWEonAE*</p><p><br /></p><p>All series will be available on demand and to stream on the A&E App and aetv.com</p><p><br /></p><p>“Biography: WWE Legends” and “WWE Rivals,” are produced by WWE for A&E Network. Executive producers for WWE are Kevin Dunn and Chris Kaiser. Executive producers for A&E Network are Elaine Frontain Bryant, Brad Abramson, and Jonathan Partridge. A+E Networks holds worldwide distribution rights.</p><p><br /></p><p>About “Biography”</p><p>The celebrated “Biography” brand continues to highlight newsworthy personalities and events with compelling and surprising points-of-view and remains the defining source for true stories from some of the most accomplished non-fiction storytellers of our time. Biography.com is the home to hundreds of profiles of notable cultural figures and influencers.</p><p><br /></p><p>About WWE</p><p>WWE, part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), is an integrated media organization and the recognized global leader in sports entertainment. The company consists of a portfolio of businesses that create and deliver original content 52 weeks a year to a global audience. WWE is committed to family-friendly entertainment on its television programming, premium live events, digital media, and publishing platforms. WWE’s TV-PG programming can be seen in more than 1 billion homes worldwide in 25 languages through world-class distribution partners including NBCUniversal, FOX Sports, TNT Sport, Sony India and Rogers. The award-winning WWE Network includes all premium live events, scheduled programming and a massive video-on-demand library and is currently available in approximately 165 countries. In the United States, NBCUniversal’s streaming service, Peacock, is the exclusive home to WWE Network. Additional information on WWE can be found at wwe.com and corporate.wwe.com.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>NRL</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>‘It’s the old problem’: One dirty word threatens NRL’s American takeover - March 2, 2024</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The NRL is breaking new ground in Las Vegas, but there’s one “old problem” rugby league still has to overcome to truly make it in America.</p><p><br /></p><p>As the NRL gears up for its historic season opening double header in Las Vegas, it’s clear there’s one key battle rugby league needs to win before it can truly make a mark in America.</p><p><br /></p><p>Manly will take on South Sydney in the first game of the NRL season on Sunday afternoon before the Roosters play the Broncos.</p><p><br /></p><p>The two matches will be held at Allegiant Stadium, the home of the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders and the same venue where last month’s Super Bowl was held.</p><p><br /></p><p>A slightly smaller rugby league field has been rolled into the venue and there are hopes of a crowd over 40,000 for the double header.</p><p><br /></p><p>The NRL is hoping the overseas venture will tap into a potentially enormous source of gambling revenue if it can regularly attract American eyeballs to watch and bet on NRL games.</p><p><br /></p><p>But as Fox League’s Bryan Fletcher told news.com.au, many Americans don’t know what rugby league is and many think it is the same as rugby union.</p><p><br /></p><p>“The ones I spoke to, it’s the old problem of distinguishing between rugby and rugby league,” Fletcher said.</p><p><br /></p><p>“I suppose the first year, I was hoping we would just advertise it as NRL.</p><p><br /></p><p>“At least most of Americans know what rugby is. It’s no pads.</p><p><br /></p><p>“It’ll take time. And once they can compare the two, it’s two totally different sports.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Fletcher said the NRL’s brutal tackles will catch the eye of US sports fans, but it will take some time for Americans to learn the rules of the game.</p><p><br /></p><p>“I was lucky enough in 1995 at the Chooks (Sydney Roosters), Gus (Phil Gould) brought two NFL college guys to play with the Roosters,” Fletcher recalled.</p><p><br /></p><p>“One ended up playing reserve grade, which was a huge effort. But what they really struggle with is they don’t understand how you pass the ball backward to go forward. That’s the hardest thing that they have to comprehend.</p><p><br /></p><p>“I remember talking to our players back in ‘95, they really struggled to run forward and pass backwards without stopping. It’s just these things we’ve grown up with.”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It makes sense Americans know rugby union better than league, given the United States has fielded a team at eight Rugby World Cups.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nonetheless, it’s long been a bugbear of Aussie NRL fans that Americans continue to refer to the 13-man code as “rugby”, instead of NRL or even just footy.</p><p><br /></p><p>When players from the four NRL teams playing in Vegas visited Sin City last year to promote the event — US TV hosts repeatedly referred to rugby league as “rugby”.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Steeden will be emblazoned with an American flag this weekend and the goalposts at Allegiant Stadium will be yellow like gridiron posts, in a bid to connect with diehard NFL fans.</p><p><br /></p><p>The NRL will ultimately measure its Vegas success on the audience that tunes into FOX1 to watch the game, but explaining to US fans that it is its own unique sport is arguably just as crucial.</p><p><br /></p><p>“There are Americans out there who know rugby league,” Fletcher said.</p><p><br /></p><p>“But there are also the ones looking at the billboards and the crowds wondering, ‘Why are there so many Aussies here?’ then googling what rugby league is and they come back and go, ‘Geez it’s a fast game’.</p><p><br /></p><p>“It’s going to take time. They’ve got their four sports that they all love. If we can get a little piece of that, it would be remarkable.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Fletcher said the big hits and the four star fullbacks on show (James Tedesco, Reece Walsh, Tom Trbojevic and Latrell Mitchell) will help attract American audiences.</p><p><br /></p><p>“I think the tackling is the biggest attraction for the NFL fans,” he said.</p><p><br /></p><p>“It’s one-on-one. They like the big hits but all their big hits come when the other guy’s not looking (off the ball).</p><p><br /></p><p>“A running back’s catching the ball above the head. That’s going to be a selling point. Our players will run straight and three or four of them will pick the attacking player up in the collision.”</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the vibe in Vegas, Fletcher said there were Australians and English fans galore with a sprinkling of Americans.</p><p><br /></p><p>“It’s unbelievable,” he said.</p><p><br /></p><p>“I know there’s a lot of Aussies here ripping into it. But I’ve even chatted to a few Americans who I supposed are interested in it, but are just wondering what it is and they’re getting around it as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>“That fan day last night, I’ve never seen anything like it. It was like Magic Round but on steroids. You’re excited anyway before the footy’s starting, but you add in another country for the first time ever, and that country happens to be America.</p><p><br /></p><p>“It’s actually quite remarkable. We’ve spoken about coming to America but now it’s happening, it’s quite surreal.”</p><p><br /></p><p>When are the Las Vegas NRL games?</p><p><br /></p><p>$2.9bn Vegas stadium detail blows fans away</p><p><br /></p><p>Journo slapped down over NRL GF call</p><p>Manly Sea Eagles vs South Sydney Rabbitohs — Sunday 1.30pm AEDT</p><p><br /></p><p>Sydney Roosters vs Brisbane Broncos — Sunday 3.30pm AEDT</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Mining star Fortescue turns biggest loser, thanks to China slump - March 4, 2024</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Iron ore behemoth Fortescue’s months-long stock rally suffered a big pullback last month, as investors turned sour on the company’s earnings growth and high exposure to slumping metal prices amid China’s rocky recovery.</p><p><br /></p><p>The world’s fourth-largest iron ore miner is tipped for the greatest earnings slowdown over the next year compared with peers BHP, Rio Tinto and Brazil’s Vale, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.</p><p><br /></p><p>Shares of the Australian firm founded by billionaire Andrew Forrest have surged almost 30 per cent in the past six months, outpacing peers. But since the start of this year, its shares have tumbled alongside iron ore, one of 2024’s worst-performing major commodities.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a relatively high-cost producer, the miner is more sensitive to iron ore price swings compared to its peers, according to Mohsen Crofts, a Bloomberg Intelligence analyst based in Sydney.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Fortescue’s operating margins are slimmer than BHP or Rio Tinto’s. Any change in the iron ore price will therefore have a greater [earnings] impact for Fortescue,” Crofts said. “While BHP and Rio now get a material share of their revenue from base metals, Fortescue is, for now, still fully reliant on iron ore.”</p><p><br /></p><p>The metal comprises about 91 per cent of Fortescue’s revenue, compared to about half each for BHP and Rio Tinto.</p><p><br /></p><p>‘While we believe management has done an excellent job operationally, Fortescue’s share price will be highly dependent on the iron ore price.’</p><p><br /></p><p>Jefferies research analysts</p><p><br /></p><p>Fortescue’s iron ore business propped up its half-year earnings released in February, bucking a trend of declining profits among its diversified rivals. But now Fortescue’s earnings growth is in doubt, with analyst estimates suggesting a 14 per cent downside for next year, the worst among its peers.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Perth-based miner’s bumper stock run has also been halted by dwindling metal prices. China’s property woes have weighed on the steelmaking ingredient, which lost 10 per cent last month. Post-Lunar New Year demand for iron ore remains disappointing amid a slow recovery to construction activities, wintry conditions and sluggish home buying.</p><p><br /></p><p>“While Fortescue has benefited from significant unit cost reductions, cost inflation is kicking in now,” Jefferies analysts led by Mitch Ryan wrote in a February 28 note, which downgraded the miner to underperform after its result.</p><p><br /></p><p>“While we believe management has done an excellent job operationally, Fortescue’s share price will be highly dependent on the iron ore price.”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The stock has no buy ratings and an average 12-month price target that was 16 per cent below at Friday’s close, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Meanwhile, price targets for rivals BHP, Rio Tinto and Vale all point to potential upside.</p><p><br /></p><p>Still, the stock slump isn’t unique to Fortescue. Miners are the biggest laggards on the local sharemarket this year as commodity prices from iron ore to lithium and nickel crater.</p><p><br /></p><p>Despite lacklustre demand in recent weeks from China, the world’s largest steel manufacturer, analysts expect iron ore futures to regain lost ground in the short and midterm.</p><p><br /></p><p>UBS, which has a sell rating on Fortescue, estimates the metal’s price will trade at around $US120 ($184) a tonne for the remainder of 2024, before a plateau. Demand will be propped up by a growing appetite in India and South-East Asia thereafter.</p><p><br /></p><p>“We’ve always said that we would see China steel demand peaking, and it’s exactly what we’ve said,” Rio Tinto chief financial officer Peter Cunningham said in an analyst call last month.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Then you just see demand from elsewhere in ASEAN [the Association of South-East Asian Nations] and in India growing as well. So, I think all of this is playing out exactly pretty much as we thought it would play out over time.”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Media Man SEO in today’s digital landscape</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>SEO for News Media, Pop Culture, Online Business and Traditional Business Models</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Understanding Media Man SEO is important for every business looking to compete on a broader scale. Media Man SEO does not just consist of ranking higher in search results but also includes strategically optimizing your online presence. Similarly, it helps to captivate audiences across an entire country. So, get ready to look into the world of Media Man SEO, where we’ll explore what Media Man SEO is all about in this blog post.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Keyword Research Strategies for Media Man SEO</b></p><p><br /></p><p>When it comes to Media Man SEO, keyword research is the most important part of your strategy. Here are some of the ways to find the right keywords every time:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1. Identifying high-volume news media keywords</p><p><br /></p><p>Start by finding high-volume keywords relevant to your local, state and international audience. News media and beyond! These are terms with a higher search volume and are commonly used by people across the country. You can use a range of different tools, including Google Keyword Planner, SEMrush, or Ahrefs, to identify the right keywords.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>2. Long-Tail Keyword Opportunities for National Optimization</p><p><br /></p><p>Along with high-volume keywords, you must never overlook the power of long-tail keywords. Long-tail keywords are usually longer than high-volume keywords and are more specific. Even though they have a lower search volume individually, but collectively, they can drive targeted traffic to your site. Long-tail keywords often have less competition, which makes it easier to rank for them. You can make use of tools like AnswerThePublic or Google’s Autocomplete feature to find long-tail keyword options.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>3. Competitor Analysis and Keyword Gap Identification</p><p><br /></p><p>Always start by analyzing your competitors’ keyword strategies. This can help you understand what’s working in your company and what’s not. Identify your main competitors and carefully examine the keywords they are ranking for. Look for gaps in your competitors’ keyword strategies so that you can capitalize on them. You can use tools like SEMrush and SpyFu to conduct competitive keyword analysis and identify keyword gaps.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>By using all these keyword research strategies, you can find the most useful and relevant keywords for your Media Man SEO campaign. You can ensure that you’re targeting the right audience and maximizing your online presence.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>On-page optimization techniques</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Boosting your website’s visibility and relevance in national search queries requires different on-page optimization strategies. By using SEO-friendly meta tags and titles, you create the first impression for users. Then, you can draw them in with short but catchy descriptions while seamlessly integrating targeted national keywords. These tags, including meta titles and descriptions, significantly influence user click-through rates in search engine results and highlight the need for both accuracy and relevance in their creation.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>When structuring content for media relevance, it’s important to balance readability with search engine visibility. You must use clear headings and subheadings to help organize the content for easy navigation by users and indexing by search engines. Similarly, integrating targeted national keywords smoothly throughout the content is also equally important. However, it requires finesse to ensure that the language flows naturally and aligns with the intent of the audience.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Always avoid keyword stuffing. Utilizing variations of targeted keywords increases the scope of covered search queries and boosts the content’s national relevance. Furthermore, optimizing on-page aspects such as image alt text, URLs, and internal links with important keywords contributes to reinforcing the website’s overall SEO performance.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Off-Page SEO Tactics for Media, Online Media and News Media Visibility</b></p><p><br /></p><p>It’s important to focus on off-page SEO tactics that help your website’s authority and reach to enhance your media and news media visibility. Building authoritative backlinks from relevant national websites involves strategic outreach efforts aimed at creating relationships with industry influencers and bloggers. By offering valuable content or insights, you can incentivize them to link back to your site and increase its credibility in the eyes of search engines. You must also actively participate in industry forums and online communities, which provide opportunities to earn backlinks from respected national sources.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Social media platforms play a very important role in promoting your brand on a national scale. It’s essential to maintain a consistent and engaging presence across relevant platforms. You can do this by producing and sharing content that resonates with your target audience. Interacting with followers and joining industry conversations also increases community engagement. Using paid advertising options on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and X (formerly Twitter) can expand your brand’s reach to a local, state and international audience.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Furthermore, guest blogging and content syndication are effective off-page SEO strategies that can notably boost your national visibility. By contributing insightful guest posts to different national publications or industry blogs, you not only demonstrate your expertise but also attract new audiences. It also helps you earn valuable backlinks to your website. Similarly, distributing your content to authoritative national platforms, such as industry-specific websites, broadens your reach and increases your brand’s visibility across the country. However, it’s important to ensure that any syndicated content is original and optimized for each platform to avoid duplication and maximize its impact on your media SEO efforts.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Content Strategy for Media Man SEO Success</b></p><p><br /></p><p>A strong content strategy is important for achieving success innational SEO. Here are some key points you need to consider:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1. Audience Research: Understand your national audience’s demographics, interests, and pain points. It helps to craft content that resonates with your audience.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>2. Keyword Optimization: Conduct thorough keyword research to find the most relevant national keywords. Then, incorporate them naturally into your content.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>3. Content Planning: Develop a content calendar outlining topics, formats, and publication schedules to maintain consistency and relevance.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>4. High-Quality Content Creation: Focus on producing high-quality, informative, and engaging content. This will help provide value to your audience and encourage social sharing and backlinking.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>5. Localized Content: Tailor some content to specific regions within the country to address local interests and preferences. The key is to increase media and audience relevance.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>6. Content Distribution: Implement a strategy to distribute your content across various channels. These include your website, social media platforms, email newsletters, and industry-related forums or communities.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>7. Content Promotion: Actively promote your content through all social media advertising platforms, influencer partnerships, and more. You can also reach out to industry publications and blogs to increase visibility and attract backlinks.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>8. Regular Updates and Maintenance: Continuously monitor and update your content. It helps to make sure it remains relevant and up-to-date with current trends and industry developments.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>9. User Experience Optimization: Prioritize the user experience by ensuring your content is easily accessible to everyone. Always make your content mobile-friendly and structured for readability.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>10. Analytics and Optimization: Track key metrics such as traffic, engagement, and conversions to measure the effectiveness of your content strategy. Use this data to refine your approach and optimize future content efforts for better results.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Conclusion</b></p><p><br /></p><p>In conclusion, mastering Media Man including Media Man News (media) SEO is extremely important for sustainable online growth in today’s digital landscape. Businesses can build a strong local, state and international (global) presence, draw in targeted guests, and increase conversions by putting into practice a complete plan that includes keyword research, on- and off-page optimization, content production, and ongoing monitoring and improvement. As search engines constantly evolve and user behaviors change, staying up-to-date and adapting strategies will be key to enhancing national visibility over time. You will be ready to make use of the full potential of Media Man SEO and pave the way for the long-term success and growth of your business with these strategies.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sectors include but not limited to online news, pop culture, gaming and casino, combat sports, digital trends, industry and trade events, cryptocurrency, property/real estate, lifestyle and the news media business.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>(via Media Man with A.I)</p>Media Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00973357845409014276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075462.post-34470455838736428562024-03-10T22:24:00.000+11:002024-03-10T22:24:02.582+11:00Media Man News Blog: UFC 299: Post-Fight Press Conference<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/J_OQnxRF82s?si=SXiwqWO9zIYe_bho" frameborder="0"></iframe>Media Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00973357845409014276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075462.post-32902073086573882782024-03-10T20:41:00.004+11:002024-03-10T20:41:46.644+11:00Media Man News Blog: News, Online News and Pop Culture<p><b>Media Man News Blog</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>News, Online News and Pop Culture</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>March 2024</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsbz8ZvD9w-oXaZQVGCs6cCCnjsnuQtQh7DPWsUz_4TpRxSqD6JUBckl3IaptOpBO6aN7tLx2U4z7qMwktUQJ75wfJzcmKOr_1Zn33nBJUn15l7txX93GvlBqv3bx0s4BJu_Ik9Wo-8UaYcZvJH27B9rn8qAIr1q-HD6U1wmMn1KLnAh1hcibU_A/s286/google_blogger286.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="176" data-original-width="286" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsbz8ZvD9w-oXaZQVGCs6cCCnjsnuQtQh7DPWsUz_4TpRxSqD6JUBckl3IaptOpBO6aN7tLx2U4z7qMwktUQJ75wfJzcmKOr_1Zn33nBJUn15l7txX93GvlBqv3bx0s4BJu_Ik9Wo-8UaYcZvJH27B9rn8qAIr1q-HD6U1wmMn1KLnAh1hcibU_A/s1600/google_blogger286.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Google wins Media Man 'Search Engine Of The Month' award - March 2024</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Social Media News</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Nine and News Corp bosses reveal impact of Meta’s withdrawal from content agreements in new documentary ‘Tech Tyrants: Facebook’s War on Australia’</p><p><br /></p><p>A new documentary will blow the lid on the ruthless side to the billionaire boss of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, and the bosses of two of Australia's major commercial news outlets share just how devastating Meta's decision to withdraw from news deals will be to local journalism.</p><p><br /></p><p>The devastating impact from Facebook’s bombshell move to stop paying for news content in Australia is revealed in an exclusive Sky News investigation.</p><p><br /></p><p>‘Tech Tyrants: Facebook’s War on Australia’, which premieres on Wednesday 13 March at 8.30pm AEDT on Sky News Australia, blows the lid on the ruthless side to the billionaire boss of Facebook, and parent company Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, and his declaration of war on Australian news.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sky News Investigative Reporter Jonathan Lea uncovers how Facebook’s decision to pull the plug on news content will affect millions of Australian social media users, while also exposing them to the growing dangers of misinformation.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a rare television event, Lea speaks to both leaders of the nation’s biggest commercial media giants – Executive Chairman of News Corp Australia Michael Miller, and the CEO of Nine Entertainment Mike Sneesby – on the threat to Australia from Zuckerberg and Meta, a company worth almost two trillion dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lea also hears from the whistleblower who bravely exposed Facebook’s malicious business tactics to US Congress, as well as Australian Communications Minister, Michelle Rowland, on her fight to protect the future of Australian news.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a contemptuous move against government legislation, Facebook temporarily blocked Australian news pages in 2021, and did the same in Canada last year. Will Facebook again seek to shutdown Australians’ access to credible news content from all its platforms?</p><p><br /></p><p>‘Tech Tyrants: Facebook’s War on Australia’ premieres on Sky News this Wednesday, 13 March at 8.30pm AEDT. Watch live on Foxtel or through the http://SkyNews.com.au Streaming Subscription.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Credit: Sky News Australia)</p><p><br /></p><p>Special thanks: Sky News Australia</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Social Media Giant Meta Getting A Bashing From Aussie News Media and Politics</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Meta facing hefty fines over walking away from news media deal</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Facebook’s parent company Meta could soon face major fines for breaching the news media bargaining code.</p><p><br /></p><p>This comes after the tech giant walked away from commercial deals with Australian news outlets last week.</p><p><br /></p><p>The deals – worth around $250 million a year for Australian news publishers – were due to expire later this year.</p><p><br /></p><p>A fine for Meta would depend on which sections of the code it breaks.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, the company could face fines of more than a billion dollars if it is found to break all sections of the code.</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Group management had documented what the likes of Facebook was doing to the Australian news media and online news media industries for a former Prime Minster and very high level News Corp chiefs over a decade ago. </p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Under The Watercooler: "In the space we operate in and around we freqently see and experience trends, paterns and such well before others. It took additional time for more traditional Australian newsrooms, creative and advertising agencies to feel the full effect. You can't say we didn't warn you. Now the likes of Meta have changed their business model after taking from Australia what they intended to. That company remains extremly embattled and with good reason. Surely a strong case can be made against the Big F and Big M. We could even be witness and present findings from the coalface if called upon"</p><p><br /></p><p>(Image credit: MAD)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Play hardball and make Meta pay fair share for news</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Now that Facebook’s owner has thrown the ball back into the government’s court, it must be “designated” in the interests of professional newsrooms and serious public journalism.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Australian government is set to go head-to-head with one of the world’s most powerful companies in one of the world’s most ubiquitous industries. Last week, Facebook and Instagram owner Meta told the federal government it will no longer pay for the news content that it and other social media like Google had once swept up from Australian news mastheads for free.</p><p><br /></p><p>Under a world-first News Media Bargaining Code enforced by the federal government in 2021, Meta and Google agreed deals worth $200 million a year to compensate for copyrighted content from Nine Entertainment, News Corp, the ABC, Seven West Media and many others.</p><p><br /></p><p>Meta’s $70 million or so share has been an important boost for Australia’s professional newsrooms and serious public journalism.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now Meta has thrown the ball back into the government’s court. Under the Code, the government can “designate” Meta and make it pay. Meta claims that its audience has largely drifted away from news and politics to family and friends.</p><p><br /></p><p>But it has also reduced the presence of news on its home pages, and will take away the news tab. Facebook users will still be able to share news stories on its sites, and Meta has not dropped Australian news pages altogether as it did in a first clumsy attempt to avoid paying before the code deal was struck in 2021.</p><p><br /></p><p>Brazenly, it is sending signals that it is walking away from news, if only as a bargaining ploy, even though sites such as Facebook depend on being everywhere and about everything.</p><p><br /></p><p>Quitting news altogether is what Meta has just done in Canada, where the government had set up a similar agreement following Australia’s example. After Canada demanded the pay deal continue, Meta blocked all news content.</p><p><br /></p><p>That means the Australian government may have to play hardball in return. It might put a new special levy or restrictions such as age verification on the table.</p><p><br /></p><p>And Meta is on politically tricky ground too. In the US, social media is under pressure over online harm it enables while avoiding the responsibilities and disciplines of being a “publisher”. Facebook is used by fringe political groups, and it’s hardly a good look to throw the responsible mainstream media off the same site.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Australian Financial Review benefits from this code, too, even if our business model is based more on premium subscriptions.</p><p><br /></p><p>The code was created because, as Anthony Albanese put it last week, “the idea that research and work done by others can be taken for free is simply untenable”.</p><p><br /></p><p>Traditional newsrooms which expensively gather, edit and present news are more essential than ever in the babble of unfiltered social media that pollutes politics. Not only did publishers have their copyrighted intellectual property swept up for free, it was put onto digital platforms that have infrastructure-like monopoly reach, and which had also destroyed mainstream publishers’ digital advertising markets on the way through.</p><p><br /></p><p>It also goes to the even bigger debate about the virtues of democracy over authoritarian and repressive rule. Democratic choice depends on flows of fresh and original trusted, reliable information and news. That’s expensive to produce, which is why it is assigned a limited property right in the form of copyright.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the emergence of technology that allows the almost costless digital copying and distribution of content at mega scale has upset the balance between providing sufficient incentives and returns to create public interest information and the benefits of encouraging its widespread dissemination.</p><p><br /></p><p>Where is the incentive to keep producing when what is produced can be readily copied and distributed effectively for free? Especially when technology allows private interests other than the creators to profit?</p><p><br /></p><p>The code and the payments are a practical way to help restore that balance. But it may only be a first round of the process.</p><p><br /></p><p>AI will lift the issue to new heights. ChatGPT, which mashes up other peoples’ copyrighted content to produce its results, is now being sued for damages in US courts by The New York Times.</p><p><br /></p><p>Traditional, professionally reported news helps fund democracy. The Albanese government ought to insist that mega social media platforms pay their share.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Credit: AFR)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Cryptocurrency and Business News via FxPro and Media Man</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>March 6, 2024</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Bitcoin spooked by highs, Ethereum still climbing</b></p><p><b>Market picture</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The cryptocurrency market is building capitalisation towards the 24-hour level, but it's a relatively modest +0.6% to $2.51 trillion. That's close to, but still below Tuesday's highs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin briefly topped $69K on Tuesday, setting a new all-time high, but has since corrected by more than 15%.</p><p><br /></p><p>The size, speed and nature of the decline indicate a desire for "weak hands" to exit Bitcoin. At its lowest point, the price fell below $59K due to large orders that the market was unable to quickly digest. Excluding this spike, we can assume that the price fell to $62K - last week's consolidation area - wiping out all the recent gains. </p><p><br /></p><p>We saw these 15% corrections for a long time after the first update of the highs in the last cycle in 2020. It's worth bracing for up to several weeks of consolidation in the 15-20% range.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many altcoins have pulled back significantly from recent highs, looking back at BTC. But not Ethereum, which hit new highs since January 2022 at $3865 on Wednesday morning. The second most important cryptocurrency very quickly crossed the key $3500 threshold (161.8% of the year-end rally and local April 2022 high). According to the Fibonacci model, the next upside target is the 261.8% level, which is just above $4600 and close to historical highs.</p><p><br /></p><p>News background</p><p><br /></p><p>Ethereum's cumulative stakes have surpassed $117 billion. Ethereum validators have blocked more than 31.5 million ETH in stakes, according to The Block. The total ETH supply is around 120 million coins with a capitalisation of ~$450 billion, so around 26% of the asset issuance is involved in securing the network.</p><p><br /></p><p>The SEC has delayed a decision on BlackRock and Fidelity's spot Ethereum ETFs. The commission will continue to gather comments from the public. Experts are divided on when the regulator will make a positive decision on Ethereum ETFs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Over the past 90 days, investors have invested the equivalent of 133,000 BTC in various regulated bitcoin products. Their total assets under management (AuM) rose to 1 million BTC, according to ByteTree. Outflows from gold and bond-based ETFs accompanied the trend.</p><p><br /></p><p>Michael van de Poppe, founder of MN Trading, pointed out that this is the first time in history that a new ATN has been reached before rather than after a halving.</p><p><br /></p><p>The upcoming halving in April will reduce the daily mining of new bitcoins from 900 BTC to 450 BTC, which will affect trading strategies, market cycles and mining, according to Glassnode. Historically, halves have preceded bullish rallies. Heavy buying of spot bitcoin ETFs could add to the increased demand.</p><p><br /></p><p>Deutsche Börse has launched an institutional-focused regulated platform for spot trading, settlement and custody of cryptocurrency assets, Deutsche Börse Digital Exchange (DBDX). Settlement and custody services will be provided by Crypto Finance (Deutschland), a BaFin-licensed subsidiary.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>News</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Gold and Commodities News via Media Man and FXPro</b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>March 5, 2024</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Gold is primed for a substantial move, second only to cryptocurrencies in amplitude but lacking their enduring strength. </p><p><br /></p><p>At the end of last week, we saw a swift technical completion of a bullish pattern. Sometimes, gold avoids volatility for weeks, but at certain moments, strong multi-day trends are born, and the movement becomes almost one-sided, as we saw this time. </p><p><br /></p><p>After breaking through the resistance of the descending channel, gold quickly moved higher, gaining almost 2% on Friday, another 1.5% on Monday and over 0.5% since the start of the day on Tuesday. </p><p><br /></p><p>Current levels at $2126 are around all-time highs. The higher price was off-market at the start of trading on the 1st, with a history-making short squeeze of 3.5%. After Monday's strong rally above $2088, which rewrote the closing highs, the current working scenario for gold is for a rally to the $2255 area, which is the 161.8% level from the initial October-December impulse. The price has made a classic corrective pullback to 61.8% of the initial rally at the start of the year. One of the warning signs is the overbought RSI. At 77.7, the Relative Strength Index is at its highest level since March 2022, where it remained for the following 14 months. </p><p><br /></p><p>The RSI reached even higher levels in July-August 2020, and we see more similarities with this particular episode. The overbought RSI then, as it is now, coincided with the entry into the historical high area above $1800. Technically, it wasn't an all-time high, as it is the case now, but it was a move out of a steadily traded range (then $1800, now $2050), and that is what matters. </p><p><br /></p><p>(Source: FxPro) with Media Man and Bitcoin News Media </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Combat Sports: Boxing</p><p><br /></p><p>Anthony Joshua vs Francis "The Predator" Ngannou </p><p><br /></p><p>Boxing Promoters Borrow Pages Out Of Pro Wrestling Playbook: World class production, animated storylines and FN's Great promos and insider look etc </p><p><br /></p><p>Cross-Over Trend Continues As Elite Fighters Aim To Cash In; Public Demand Remains Solid. Gamification hype machine tipped to deliver says Media Man Fight Details </p><p><br /></p><p>Francis Ngannou 20lbs heavier (272.6lbs) than Anthony Joshua at weigh-in for hyped Saudi fight</p><p><br /></p><p>Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou will take place on Friday, March 8 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia </p><p><br /></p><p>PPV: Main Event and Kayo Sports in Australia DAZN in many parts of the world</p><p><br /></p><p>Ngannou Quotes</p><p><br /></p><p>“The mindset is still the same. This is just my second boxing match, even though I’m taking on the two best guys in the world in boxing. I’m the underdog, I’m going out there to prove that you can be an underdog and stand your ground.”</p><p><br /></p><p>“Sometimes it just makes me laugh a little bit, because we’re going to fight in boxing rules, but what would happen if it was a ‘free’ fight? I would smoke these guys! I’m the only one to go into their backyard.</p><p><br /></p><p>“My official prediction is me leaving the ring with the victory.”</p><p><br /></p><p>“I deliver, I’m the postman!”</p><p><br /></p><p>“I have learnt a little bit from the last fight, the last camp, and leading up to this one, so I get a little bit of experience, but the mindset is still the samed”</p><p><br /></p><p>“This is just my second boxing match, even though I am taking on the two best guys in the world in boxing.</p><p><br /></p><p>“I am the underdog, I am going out there to prove that you can be an underdog and stand your ground”</p><p><br /></p><p>Back Story</p><p><br /></p><p>"The Predator last competed in MMA (mixed martial arts) in January 2022, when he retained the UFC heavyweight title against ex-teammate Ciryl Gane. He then vacated the belt upon leaving the UFC in early 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>Later in the year, Ngannou signed with a rival MMA promotion, the Professional Fighters League (PFL). The Cameroonian who escaped the sand hills way back when - is expected to continue his MMA career with the PFL before the end of 2024. However, Saudi adviser Turki Al-Sheikh has apparently advised Joshua and Ngannou that the winner of their bout will challenge the winner of "Gypsy King" Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fury and Usyk were set to square off against each other in Riyadh in February, but the Brit suffered a cut two weeks before the bout. This led to tons of speculation whether it was a "set up" or "work", meaning intentional and an "own goal". As a result, the fight was delayed until 18 May. The victor of that clash will be crowned the first undisputed heavyweight champion in 24 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fury has said there is a rematch clause to ensure a second bout against the Ukrainian in 2024, complicating Joshua and Ngannou’s potential involvement in the title picture.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anthony Joshua quotes</p><p><br /></p><p>“He brings two arms, a body, like every other fighter does. But it’s his mind that is different. Everyone has their own unique mind. In terms of the frame and make up, I’ve seen people like him and he’s seen people like me many times before, but it’s his mind that I have to conquer in the ring. You have to take their soul and spirit, and I am looking for the challenge for sure, it’s going to be good, explosive. There’s many ways to skin a cat, I can counter-punch, he can counter-punch. We can both box, we can both trade, it’s going to be a good fight - and shout out to His Excellency, my promoter, my team at 258 for getting me in this position to showcase why I am the top Heavyweight in the UK. I’m not really concerned about the world, I’m trying to conquer where I live and make everyone know that I am the one that puts boxing on the map.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Francis Ngannou quotes</p><p> </p><p>“Thank you to my brother, His Excellency, for once again putting me in this position to live my dream and have all those great experiences like I had in Riyadh two months ago, it was amazing. Hopefully this will be the same thing.</p><p> </p><p>“I’ve been sitting here and listening to people talking and even Eddie praising me, and I appreciate that, but at the same time, I am not sure if he wants me to sleep on his guy - but that’s not going to happen. I am just a beginner out here that’s going to train really hard and do everything as the underdog to win the fight. </p><p> </p><p>“I don’t take my last fight as a reference, I know exactly where I am at, I’m going to get better and better and that’s how I see things. I’m preparing for a tough fight, the Fury fight was great, but that’s in the past and I have a new challenge in front of me, and I take it more serious now than before because now I think there’s something more on the line, which is probably the Undisputed fight. So let’s see, I will do something that no-one has done before and I believe I have the tools to do that, starting with having the win over ‘AJ’ on March 8 in a big fight - not an easy fight, but a possible one and I am going to take it.</p><p> </p><p>“I’m going to fight him, so what do you think I am going to do? I will look for his chin. That’s what you do in a fight, you try to hit someone on the chin or wherever to try to hurt him. I heard he doesn’t have a chin, I don’t know if it’s true or not, we’re going to find out and I hope that I have the opportunity to test that - that’s my wish.”</p><p> </p><p>Eddie Hearn (promoter) quotes</p><p> </p><p>“Just to echo what Frank said, our thanks to the Crown Prince and of course, His Excellency. I likened this earlier, the whole experience, to Football Manager. Imagine being the biggest fan in boxing and having the ability to sit in a room and put fights together at the drop of a hat that the fans want to see. In just five months we’ve seen Fury vs. Ngannou, The Day of Reckoning, Fury vs. Usyk and ’AJ’ vs. Ngannou, and so much more to come. This is such an incredible opportunity for boxing and it’s being delivered by someone that has an incredible passion for the sport, someone that’s unbelievably knowledgeable. I thought Ngannou and Fury was going to be a mismatch, and His Excellency told me I would be wrong. I said Callum Smith was going to beat Artur Beterbiev and he told me I was wrong. It shows he knows his boxing.</p><p> </p><p>“I met Francis under a year ago in Las Vegas where he told me about his ambition to be in big boxing events. A guy with an unbelievable story, a very strong mind, but if I’m honest, I didn’t take him seriously. I have never known anyone to walk into a sport and compete and, in my opinion, and it was close, beat Tyson that night. It’s never been done before, and he might be unlucky that he’s not sitting here as the World Lineal Heavyweight champion on his professional debut.</p><p> </p><p>“So now, we take him very seriously, and after that fight that we give him unbelievable props for, I said that the biggest fight out there outside of Fury vs. Usyk, is Joshua vs. Ngannou. We had signed the Joshua vs. Ngannou fight and as soon as that show finished on December 23, His Excellency said to myself and Frank, ‘we need to talk - what is the biggest event we can do on March 8?’ The answer was this and in my opinion you have the two biggest fights in the Heavyweight division happening within three weeks of each other in Saudi Arabia. It’s an incredible opportunity. For ’AJ’, there’s big jeopardy in this fight. I truly believe he’s going to be the Undisputed Heavyweight champion, but he’s doing it the difficult way, going through what some might call immovable objects in the giant of a man to my left. The former UFC Heavyweight World champion, but now, a guy we take very, very seriously in the sport of boxing. ’AJ’ is on a roll, he’s with a great team, and we cannot wait. This is a dream opportunity for the sport and we’re all so invested to give the fans incredible nights.”</p><p><br /></p><p>If your the slightest big confussed, we're got two words for you - That's Boxing!</p><p><br /></p><p>Videos</p><p><br /></p><p>Matchroom Boxing YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Knockout Chaos</p><p><br /></p><p>INCREDIBLE 👾 Anthony Joshua Vs Francis Ngannou: Knockout Chaos Promo 🎥</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=y8KO_5pldbM&ab_channel=MatchroomBoxing</p><p><br /></p><p>About Matchroom Boxing</p><p><br /></p><p>Promoted by Eddie Hearn, Matchroom Boxing promote events around the globe in locations including UK, USA, United Arab Emirates, Mexico, Australia and further afield. Their fighter roster includes Anthony Joshua, Canelo Alvarez, Katie Taylor, Dmitry Bivol, Conor Benn, Callum Smith, Leigh Wood, Josh Warrington, Ebanie Bridges and many more.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anthony Joshua Vs Francis Ngannou: Knockout Chaos Weigh In Live</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=UCxVqaUZWfE&t=8s&ab_channel=MatchroomBoxing</p><p><br /></p><p>Inside Look - Knockout Chaos: Joshua Vs Ngannou & Zhang Vs Parker</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=JsxN5ae0Qz0&t=11s&ab_channel=MatchroomBoxing</p><p><br /></p><p>It's almost time for Knockout Chaos! Get the Inside Look from Anthony Joshua, Francis Ngannou, Zhilei Zhang and Joseph Parker ahead of the colossal Heavyweight double header topping the show in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Ngannou Worries Me Vs Anthony Joshua!"- Eddie Hearn On Knockout Chaos</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=r9M5TvUimx8&t=151s&ab_channel=MatchroomBoxing</p><p><br /></p><p>Eddie Hearn sits down with Matchroom Boxing in Riyadh to preview Friday's blockbuster between Anthony Joshua & Francis Ngannou and the full Knockout Chaos card, live worldwide on DAZN. Hearn also reflects on Ray Ford's World Title victory over Otabek Kholmatov, the latest on Canelo developments, plus Jake Paul, Amanda Serrano & Haney-Garcia.</p><p><br /></p><p>DAZN Boxing YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>"Anything Can Happen": Joshua vs. Ngannou Preview</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=-BJuJqsIXYc&t=40s&ab_channel=DAZNBoxing</p><p><br /></p><p>Tyson Fury: I'd like to back Anthony Joshua against Francis Ngannou, but..</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=ab6FINoPmBs&t=12s&ab_channel=DAZNBoxing</p><p><br /></p><p>"As Far Back As I Can Remember I Wanted To Be A Fighter" - Off The Cuff With Francis Ngannou</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=wO8hjmaxPDA&ab_channel=DAZNBoxing</p><p><br /></p><p>DAZN Boxing YouTube Ngannou Trolls Tyson Fury https://youtube.com/watch?v=zAqKpMU7-hg</p><p><br /></p><p>Sky Sports Boxing YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>JOSHUA VS NGANNOU! ⚖ | FULL WEIGH-IN</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=FFx55fdyY8I&t=3s&ab_channel=SkySportsBoxing</p><p><br /></p><p>BISPING reacts: Francis Ngannou THREATENS Tyson Fury! | Joshua vs Ngannou Press Conference</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=jtkmut6YIT8&ab_channel=MichaelBisping</p><p><br /></p><p>Betting? You Bet Punter!</p><p><br /></p><p>Joshua vs. Ngannou fight card, odds</p><p><br /></p><p>Anthony Joshua -345 vs. Francis Ngannou +270, heavyweights</p><p><br /></p><p>Nick Ball -190 vs. Rey Vargas (c) +158, WBC featherweight title</p><p><br /></p><p>Israil Madrimov -400 vs. Magomed Kurbanov +310, vacant WBA super welterweight title</p><p><br /></p><p>Zhilei Zhang (c) -240 vs. Joseph Parker +195, WBO interim heavyweight title</p><p><br /></p><p>Mark Chamberlain -278 vs. Gavin Gwynne +222, lightweights</p><p><br /></p><p>Andrii Novytskyi vs. Juan Torres, heavyweights. TBA</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int Bet On Anything (Media Man Int) http://mediamanint.com/articles/bet_on.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Combat Sports (Media Man Int) *in progress</p><p>https://mediamanint.com/articles/combat_sports.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Boxing News (Media Man Int)</p><p>http://mediamanint.com/articles/boxing_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p>PPV News (Media Man Int)</p><p>http://mediamanint.com/articles/ppv_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Special thanks: Matchroom Boxing, DAZN, Main Event an Kayo Sports </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>MMA</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC @UFC Fight Night 238</p><p><br /></p><p>Apex Centre</p><p><br /></p><p>Enterprise, Nevada</p><p><br /></p><p>March 2, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Rozenstruik vs Gaziev Results</p><p><br /></p><p>Jairzinho Rozenstruik defeats Shamil Gaziev by TKO (referee stoppage) at 5:00 of Round 4</p><p><br /></p><p>Vitor Petrino defeats Tyson Pedro by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)</p><p><br /></p><p>Muhammad Mokaev defeats Alex Perez by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)</p><p><br /></p><p>Umar Nurmagomedov defeats Bekzat Almakhan by unanimous decision (30-25, 30-26, 30-26)</p><p><br /></p><p>Steve Erceg defeats Matt Schnell by KO (left hook) at 0:26 of Round 2</p><p><br /></p><p>Eryk Anders defeats Jamie Pickett by unanimous decision (29-27, 29-28, 29-28)</p><p><br /></p><p>Vinicius Oliveira defeats Benardo Sopaj by KO (flying knee) at 4:41 of Round 3</p><p><br /></p><p>Aiemann Zahabi defeats Javid Basharat by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian Leroy Duncan defeats Claudio Ribeiro by TKO (elbows) at 1:57 of Round 2</p><p><br /></p><p>Ludovit Klein defeats AJ Cunningham by TKO (strikes) at 4:36 of Round 1</p><p><br /></p><p>Loik Radzhabov defeats Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady by KO (strikes) at 0:49 of Round 3</p><p><br /></p><p>Videos via official UFC YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Jairzinho Rozenstruik Post-Fight Interview | UFC Vegas 87</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lshymgv4Sck&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>Vitor Petrino Post-Fight Interview | UFC Vegas 87</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QCNFnm20tQ&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>Tyson Pedro Post-Fight Interview | UFC Vegas 87</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QCNFnm20tQ&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC Vegas 87: Post-Fight Press Conference</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XZt44out4o&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>Tyson Pedro quotes:</p><p><br /></p><p>"I didn't want to take away from his win - I had a bit of a different plan"</p><p><br /></p><p>"Thank you to all the fans, I want to say a huge thank you to the UFC for everything they've done on this journey, and especially thanks to my team"</p><p><br /></p><p>"It's been amazing, but it's always been my intention to show my daughter that as long as you work your arse off, you can do anything you can dream of. I think my dreams have just changed at this point and that's it for me in the UFC"</p><p><br /></p><p>"I don't think it's goodbye - just see you later. Until then, thanks, everyone"</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: Thank you Tyson Pedro. In the conversation for greatest Aussie mixed martial artist ever, right next to Volk of course. Australia has been represented by living legends and masters of the craft. Well done to all and thank you as always to Team UFC. Fans for the win!</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC 2024 (Media Man Int) *in progress</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/ufc_2024.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#UFCFightNight #FightNight #UFCFightNight238 </p><p>#Rozenstruik #Gaziev #VitorPetrino #TysonPedro #tyson #MuhammadMokaev #AlexPerez #ThankYouPedro #UFC #MMA #mixedmartialarts #combatsports #sportsnews #sportsmedia #interviews #highlights #moments #ufcnews #ufcmedia #press #pressconference #mediaconference #popculture #trends #trending #buzz #media #mediaman </p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: UFC</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QCNFnm20tQ&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC Vegas 87: Post-Fight Press Conference</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XZt44out4o&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>Tyson Pedro quotes:</p><p><br /></p><p>"I didn't want to take away from his win - I had a bit of a different plan"</p><p><br /></p><p>"Thank you to all the fans, I want to say a huge thank you to the UFC for everything they've done on this journey, and especially thanks to my team"</p><p><br /></p><p>"It's been amazing, but it's always been my intention to show my daughter that as long as you work your arse off, you can do anything you can dream of. I think my dreams have just changed at this point and that's it for me in the UFC"</p><p><br /></p><p>"I don't think it's goodbye - just see you later. Until then, thanks, everyone"</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: Thank you Tyson Pedro. In the conversation for greatest Aussie mixed martial artist ever, right next to Volk of course. Australia has been represented by living legends and masters of the craft. Well done to all and thank you as always to Team UFC. Fans for the win!</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC 2024 (Media Man Int) *in progress</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/ufc_2024.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#UFCFightNight #FightNight #UFCFightNight238 </p><p>#Rozenstruik #Gaziev #VitorPetrino #TysonPedro #tyson #MuhammadMokaev #AlexPerez #ThankYouPedro #UFC #MMA #mixedmartialarts #combatsports #sportsnews #sportsmedia #interviews #highlights #moments #ufcnews #ufcmedia #press #pressconference #mediaconference #popculture #trends #trending #buzz #media #mediaman </p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: UFC</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cryptocurrency and Gold News via Media Man and FXPro</p><p><br /></p><p>March 1, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Is it time to take a closer look at altcoins?</p><p><br /></p><p>Market picture</p><p><br /></p><p>The cryptocurrency market has corrected by 2%, dropping below $2.3 trillion in market capitalisation. Now, this looks like a technical correction, with the biggest coins pulling back from Thursday night's highs and holding their positions at the start of Friday's trading. Bitcoin and Ether are drawing their seventh consecutive daily growth candle, albeit at a distance from the previous two days' highs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin rose 44.7% in February, the strongest monthly gain since December 2020. This coming March is not considered favourable from a seasonal perspective.</p><p><br /></p><p>Over the past 13 years, bitcoin has ended March with eight declines and only five gains. The average decline was 15%, while the average gain was 17.5%.</p><p><br /></p><p>Altcoins such as Uniswap and Theta have gained around 90% in the last 30 days, including +50% in the last seven days. The same can be said for Dogecoin, which has added around 50% over the month and 42% over the last seven days.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is this the season for altcoins? We doubt it, given that the first cryptocurrency still accounts for over 50% of total market capitalisation and that this figure has been rising since the beginning of 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>News background</p><p><br /></p><p>According to data from Bloomberg and BitMEX Research, net daily inflows into bitcoin ETFs reached a record $673 million, of which $612.1 million came from BlackRock's IBITs. The previous high of $655.2 billion was set on the instrument's first day of trading on 11 January.</p><p><br /></p><p>ETF demand for bitcoin (2,800 BTC per day) is three times greater than its mining (900), according to CoinShares. The resulting demand shock contributed to a further decline in bitcoin balances on centralised exchanges.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Coinbase exchange suffered a technical failure due to the frenzy of demand for cryptocurrencies. The problem occurred amid a "huge" influx of users.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Gemini exchange will pay a $37m fine for "serious compliance violations" and refund $1.1bn to users of its Earn staking programme as part of a settlement with the New York State Department of Financial Services.</p><p><br /></p><p>Two top Binance executives were arrested in Nigeria as the country cracks down on cryptocurrency exchanges.</p><p>El Salvador's unrealised profit from bitcoin investments was 40%, or about $41.6 million, according to the country's president, Nayib Bukele. The country's leaders do not yet intend to sell the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>News</p><p><br /></p><p>Gold tries to break through historical resistance</p><p><br /></p><p>Gold has gained less than 1% over the past two days, but the gains are significant because they mark a break in the downtrend since late December. Thursday's and Friday's gains also reaffirm gold's ability to rise above its 50-day moving average, which it failed to do a month ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since peaking at the very end of last year, gold has been in a downtrend, forming a series of declining local highs and lows.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since mid-February, risk appetite has been growing in financial markets, as evidenced by the synchronised increase in buying in European and Asian markets and the ongoing rally in cryptocurrencies since the beginning of the month.</p><p><br /></p><p>But there is no need to rush, as we can only call a break of the downtrend corridor after a consolidation above the previous high. Gold is currently testing this top at $2055, which is a substantial level from which selling has intensified since early January. Moreover, the price has failed to consolidate above this level since August 2020. It could well be called a historical resistance.</p><p><br /></p><p>It will be possible to talk about the realisation of the bullish scenario for gold after the daily candle closes above $2055. In this case, the first target for growth will be in the region of $2088 - the December high.</p><p><br /></p><p>But there is an even longer-term scenario. The pullback from the beginning of the year to mid-February is a classic Fibonacci retracement of 61.8% of the first growth impulse from the October lows. The realisation of this scenario will be the advance to $2255 (161.8% of the first advance).</p><p><br /></p><p>(Source: FxPro) with Media Man and Bitcoin News Media </p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int </p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin News (Media Man Int)</p><p>http://mediamanint.com/articles/bitcoin_news.html </p><p><br /></p><p>Business News (Media Man Int) http://mediamanint.com/articles/business_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Gold News (Media Man Int)</p><p>http://mediamanint.com/articles/gold_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>All Elite Wrestling @AEW </p><p><br /></p><p>March 2, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>AEW Collision Highlights and Moments</p><p><br /></p><p>Propst Arena at Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama</p><p><br /></p><p>Could Chris Jericho talk sense into Undisputed Kingdom’s Wardlow? | 2/2/24, AEW Collision</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltpMUc0QDnQ&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"Looks like I finally got someone's attention around here, huh" Wardlow</p><p><br /></p><p>"Two years ago I won the Face Of The Revolution ladder match. One year ago I choked out your king. This year, finally, I get my shot at the World Heavyweight Championship after I beat all the other all-stars in the match. But's here's the real question. Whose it gunna be? Wardlow vs Hangman Adam Page. Doesn't matter. I'll slap the cowboy's mustache into the third row and send him back into depression. Maybe it'll be Wardlow vs Swerve. You guys like him huh? It's Swerve's house right? I'm gunna kick the front door of your house down" ... "this is war" Wardlow</p><p><br /></p><p>"Well wait a second"</p><p><br /></p><p>"Somebody has other ideas" Tony Schiavone</p><p><br /></p><p>"Tony, I'm glad your back here with us because there seems to be a difference of opinion" Kevin Kelly</p><p><br /></p><p>"I want to ask you a question. What exactly is it that your talking about?"... Chris Jericho</p><p><br /></p><p>"I'm not an All Star. I'm one of the greatest ever to do this"! ... Chris Jericho </p><p><br /></p><p>"Maybe the reason people stopped chanting your name - you just wearn't good enough" CJ</p><p><br /></p><p>"You just wearn't as good as you think you are, Mike" CJ</p><p><br /></p><p>"Wo" commentators</p><p><br /></p><p>"I'm done eating your scraps".. Wardlow</p><p><br /></p><p>After weeks of provocation, Mark Briscoe becomes UNHINGED vs HOB! | 2/2/24, AEW Collision</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsxRDWHT__g&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>MASSIVE 8-Man ACTION on the eve of AEW Revolution! | 2/2/24, AEW Collision</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NesJ552J8sw&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>EXCLUSIVE! Post match words from Dante Martin, Daniel Garcia, & Roderick Strong! | 2/2/24, Collision</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUbhRU-dwgs&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>Former AEW Women’s Champ Thunder Rosa is on FIRE! | 2/2/24, AEW Collision</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOwRJSvE-q8&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>Were the Bang Bang Scissor Gang able to coexist vs Dark Order? | 2/2/24, AEW Collision</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOWvsu8q6zE&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>Penta El Zero Miedo vs Bryan Keith vs Dante Martin for a spot at Revolution! | 2/2/24 AEW Collision</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-8icHlAeWA&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>A Farewell to The Icon Sting | AEW Revolution, LIVE on Pay-Per-View</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1Ry-wpS4Fg&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"This is the legend. This is the icon. This is Sting" Narrator</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: AEW appears to have a shot of new energy. There's more excitement in the air, even if many Mexican luchadores can't get through custom with working visas and the like at present. This may present more opportunities for home grown talent and AEW mainstays. Change is constant in the world, and the business of pro wrestling is no different - for better or worse. An enjoyable show and the anticipation keeps growing as we head towards AEW Revolution. We're booked in for a broadcast, thanks to the good folks at TrillerTV @FiteTV How about you? Sting's retirement at the huge PPV and you know that Ric Flair and the EVPs are going to stir things up. AEW creative has got a shake up, in a good way, in our view. Is that Jennifer looking over the formats?! Inside stuff, we know. Hopefully Sting goes out a winner. Big thumbs up.</p><p><br /></p><p>#AEWCollision #AEWRevolution #Wardlow #ChrisJericho #Sting #PowerhouseHobbs #MarkBriscoe #BBSG #JayWhite #Switchblade #ThunderRosa #PentaElZeroMiedo #Penta #BryanKeith #DanteMartin #prowrestling #wrestling #TNT #highlights #moments #broadcast #entertainment #popculture #broadcast #YouTube #Video #Videos #TrillerTV #trends #trending #buzz #TV #Alabama #media #mediaman </p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: AEW</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling (Luche Libre)</p><p><br /></p><p>CMLL @CMLL_OFICIAL Martes De Glamou</p><p><br /></p><p>February 27, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>6 Man Tag Team Match</p><p>Calavera Jr I, Calavera Jr II & Temerario defeated Astro Oriental, Gallo Jr & Rafaga Jr</p><p><br /></p><p>Tag Team Match</p><p>Dulce Kitty & Natucia defeated Sexy Sol & Valkiria</p><p><br /></p><p>6 Man Tag Team Match</p><p>Dark Magic, Elemental & Yutani defeated Arlequin, Bestia Negra & Furia Roja by DQ</p><p><br /></p><p>6 Woman Tag Team Match</p><p>Adira, La Catalina & Mystique defeated Japan Women’s Champion Dark Silueta, La Maligna & Persephone</p><p><br /></p><p>6 Man Tag Team Match</p><p>Occidente Tag Team Champions Dulce Gardenia & La Fashion & Brillante Jr defeated Los Amos De Las Tormentas (Mr Trueno & Rey Trueno) & Infierno</p><p><br /></p><p>6 Man Tag Team Match</p><p>World Historic Light Heavyweight Champion Atlantis Jr, World Historic Middleweight Champion Mistico & Flip Gordon defeated Los Infernales (Averno & Euforia) & Soberano Jr</p><p><br /></p><p>Videos</p><p><br /></p><p>CMLL Official YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>CMLL - EUFORIA - MEPHISTO - AVERNO VS DRAGON ROJO JR.-TERRIBLE-B. CAVERNARIO /ARENA MÉXICO/01-03-24</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHJ_CeGy54Y&ab_channel=VideosOficialesCMLL</p><p><br /></p><p>CMLL - MANO A MANO / TIGER MASK VS ÚLTIMO GUERRERO / ARENA MÉXICO/01-03-24</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7eI01oOci4&ab_channel=VideosOficialesCMLL</p><p><br /></p><p>CMLL-GRAN GUERRERO-SOBERANO JR.-TEMPLARIO VS MÁSCARA DORADA-ATLANTIS JR.-MÍSTICO/A. MÉXICO/01-03-24</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-FFkpt1Ckw&ab_channel=VideosOficialesCMLL</p><p><br /></p><p>CMLL INFORMA DEL 28 DE FEBRERO DE 2024 LA VOZ OFICIAL DEL CONSEJO MUNDIAL DE LUCHA LIBRE</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqskuNWu5_k&ab_channel=VideosOficialesCMLL</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: Certainly a variation of the traditional U.S pro wrestling with catch as catch can, showbiz and the like. Some luchadores have recently had some difficulties getting over the U.S boarder to due visa and legal type reasons, so thank god the official CMLL YouTube channel has come to the rescue of lucha fans the world over. Hopefully the lucha's can get their papers in order soon. Great in-ring action as always. The announcers call of the action add to the drama also, as is the case in major U.S based promotions. Great team effort and result. Much respect.</p><p><br /></p><p>About CMLL</p><p><br /></p><p>Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Co., Ltd. (CMLL "World Wrestling Council") is a lucha libre professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City. The promotion was previously known as Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) (Mexican Wrestling Enterprise). Founded in 1933, it is the oldest professional wrestling promotion still in existence.</p><p><br /></p><p>CMLL currently recognizes and promotes 12 World Championships in various weight divisions and classifications, six national level and six regional level championships. The CMLL Anniversary Show series is the longest-running annual major show, starting in 1934, with the CMLL 87th Anniversary Show being the most recent. CMLL also regularly promotes major events under the names Homenaje a Dos Leyendas ("Homage to two legends"), Sin Piedad ("No Mercy"), Sin Salida ("No Escape"), Infierno en el Ring ("Inferno in the Ring") during the year. CMLL has promoted their regular weekly Super Viernes ("Super Friday") on a regular basis since the 1930s. Founder Salvador Lutteroth funded the building of Arena Coliseo in 1943, making it the first building in Mexico built specifically for professional wrestling.</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p>Lucha Libre: News (Media Man Int) *in progress</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/lucha_libre.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#CMLLMartesDeGlamou #LuchaLibre #prowrestling #wrestling #CalaveraJr #CalaveraJrII #Temerario #AstroOriental #GalloJr #RafagaJr #DulceKitty #Natucia #SexySol #Valkiria #DarkMagic #Elemental #Yutani #Arlequin #BestiaNegra #FuriaRoja #Adira #LaCatalina #Mystique #DarkSilueta #LaMaligna #Persephone #DulceGardenia #LaFashion #BrillanteJr #LosAmos #DeLasormentas #MrTrueno #ReyTrueno #Infierno #AtlantisJr #Mistico #FlipGordon #LosInfernales #Averno #Euforia #SoberanoJr #entertainment #popculture #culture #YouTube #YT #video #videos #broadcast #broadcasting #legends #trend #trends #trending #buzz #TV #media #mediaman</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Movie Box Office (North America)</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Dune: Part Two - $81.5 million</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Bob Marley: One Love - $7.4 million</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Ordinary Angels - $3.9 million</p><p><br /></p><p>4. Madame Web - $3.2 million</p><p><br /></p><p>5. The Chosen at No. 5 - $3.2 million</p><p><br /></p><p>6. Migration - $2.5 million</p><p><br /></p><p>7. Demon Slayer - $2.1 million</p><p><br /></p><p>8. Wonka - $1.7 million</p><p><br /></p><p>9. Argylle - $1.4 million </p><p><br /></p><p>10. The Beekeeper - $1.1 million</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p>Entertainment News</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/news4.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#BoxOffice #movienews #Dune2 #DunePart2 #BobMarleyMovie #OrdinaryAngelsMovie #MadameWeb #TheChosen #MigrationMovie #DemonSlayer #Wonka #WonkaMovie #Argylle #TheBeekeeper #entertainment #EntertainmentNews #popculture #showbiz #trends #trending #buzz #media #mediaman </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling </p><p><br /></p><p>AEW @AEW Revolution </p><p><br /></p><p>Zero Hour now broadcasting!</p><p><br /></p><p>Zero Hour: AEW Revolution Pre Show | Sunday March 3 - 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=5IYp_3_yHS0</p><p><br /></p><p>"Tonight we will witness history. We witness what is one of the final matches of the absolute greatest to ever do it. No man is history has made the impact of Sting, The Icon. All of the action is happening here tonight. His final match here in the historic Greensboro Coliseum here. We are sold out here tonight. Over 16,000 fans here to witness history being made by Sting. Greensboro Coliseum. So much rich history here. I mean you look at Sting and the Nature Boy Ric Flair and their 45 minute classic took place right here in this building" Renee Paquette</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TAG TEAM GRUDGE MATCH</p><p>TBS Champion Julia Hart & Skye Blue vs Kris Statlander & Willow Nightingale (w/ Stokely Hathway)</p><p><br /></p><p>12-Man TAG TEAM MATCH</p><p>The Bang Bang Scissor Gang will take on Jeff Jarrett, Satnam Singh, Jay Lethal, Willie Mack, and Private Party</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>and then following will be the full card available on Pay-Per-View</p><p><br /></p><p>Sting's Last Match! March 3, 2024 </p><p><br /></p><p>Greensboro Coliseum. Greensboro, North Carolina </p><p><br /></p><p>Sting & Darby Allin (c) vs The EVPs aka The Young Bucks – AEW World Tag Team Titles </p><p><br /></p><p>and much more. See the official AEW website.</p><p><br /></p><p>Full card available worldwide via Pay-Per-View. Media Man: We're booked in via TrillerTV @FiteTV</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: This card looks great and will be one for the ages. History will be made. Stacked card with something for everyone, and of course, Sting's last match! We're hoping Samoa Joe retains the world title as he is such a tremendous world champ - but, Swerve Strickland has the goods to be excellent in his own right and a title change would draw a massive live reaction as well as be the talk of the pro wrestling world. It's been a while since we've been this amped for an AEW supercard. </p><p><br /></p><p>#AEWCollision #AEWRevolution #prowrestling #wrestling #Sting #DarbyAllin #FTR #ChristianCage #DanielGarcia #ThunderRosa #SammyGuevara #DonCallis #DonCallisFamily #YoungBucks #EVPS #SwerveStrickland #SamoaJoe #BCC #BlackpoolCombatClub #JonMoxley #CSRO #WillOspreay #KonosukeTakeshita #OrangeCassidy #RoderickStrong #ToniStorm #DeonnaPurrazzo #AllStarScramble #ChrisJericho #entertainment #popculture #YouTube #Video #Videos #TrillerTV #PPV #PayPerView #broadcasting #trends #trending #buzz #media #mediaman</p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: AEW</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Star half-year net profit falls to $9.1 million</p><p><br /></p><p>Casino operator The Star has posted a $9.1 million half-year net profit amid an ongoing legal inquiry.</p><p><br /></p><p>The New South Wales Casino Commission ordered an investigation into the group to determine if it is fit to retain a license to operate.</p><p><br /></p><p>The company have said higher levels of risk and compliance resourcing, higher remediation costs, increased competition, and weaker discretionary spending have smashed its profits.</p><p><br /></p><p>Revenue is reported as being down 14 per cent to $865 million.</p><p><br /></p><p>Net profit before significant items is down 42 per cent to $25 million.</p><p><br /></p><p>And their $9.1 million profit proves small in comparison to its loss of $.1264 billion.</p><p><br /></p><p>#TheStar #StarSydney #SydneyStar #casinonews #casinomedia #gamingnews #gamingmedia #businessnews #propertynews #propertynewsmedia #casinonewsmedia #hotelnewsmedia #trends #finance #casinohotel #hotelcasino #biznews #businessnews #newsmedia #media </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Aussie Social Media Bytes</p><p><br /></p><p>Meta vs Gvt; Spy vs Spy</p><p><br /></p><p>Who do you trust?</p><p><br /></p><p>Aussie trend to publish own websites; X up, Meta down states Elon Musk creative media contacts DogeDesign</p><p><br /></p><p>'The Matrix-like Fun And Games'; Agent Smith, The Oracle, The Frenchmen - Truedi and Zuc The Trainman</p><p><br /></p><p>Citizen Journalists; You Be The Neo's and Trinity's</p><p><br /></p><p>Crack The Code Of Boring Big Tech News; Gonzo Last Edition</p><p><br /></p><p>News That Hits You Right Between The X And Eye Balls; No FB/Meta Goggles Required</p><p><br /></p><p>Bring Our Your Own Inner Hunter S. Thompson</p><p><br /></p><p>Facebook and Google inked dozens of deals with media companies worth about $250 million a year combined under the Aussie Coalition-legislated News Media Bargaining Code, which was introduced in 2021. The code gives the Treasurer the power to designate major tech platforms and force them to negotiate compensation for publishers. The code has not yet been used.</p><p><br /></p><p>Meta has argued people don’t come to its platforms for news, and that its Facebook News tab was not a driver of user engagement.</p><p><br /></p><p>“The number of people using Facebook News down under in Australia and the US has declined by over 80 per cent last year. We know that people don’t come to Facebook for news and political content,” Meta scribed.</p><p><br /></p><p>“News makes up less than 3 per cent of what people around the world see in their Facebook feed, and is a small part of the Facebook experience for the vast majority of people.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Scribed at The Speed Of Thought.</p><p><br /></p><p>#socialmedianews #socialmediatrends #socialmediaplatforms #socialmediawars #Meta #AI #politics #bigtech #code #webcode #digitalwarfar #TheMatrix #scifi #gonzo #gonzojournalism #gonzoblogger #technews #politics #polticsnews #ads #onlineads #onlineadvertising #onlinenews #comms #commsnews #communicationsnews #newsmedia #newsbiz #Algorithm #popculture #Doge #creative #creativity #creativenews #hunter #HunterSThomspon #trend #trends #AI #XNews #Aussie #media #mediaman </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Dune: Part Two | Official Trailer 3</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2Qp5pL3ovA&ab_channel=WarnerBros.Pictures</p><p><br /></p><p>You are not prepared for what is to come. </p><p><br /></p><p>Dune: Part Two - Only in theaters March 1.</p><p><br /></p><p>The saga continues as award-winning filmmaker Denis Villeneuve embarks on “Dune: Part Two,” the next chapter of Frank Herbert’s celebrated novel Dune, with an expanded all-star international ensemble cast. </p><p><br /></p><p>The film, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, is the highly anticipated follow-up to 2021’s six-time Academy Award-winning “Dune.” </p><p><br /></p><p>The big-screen epic continues the adaptation of Frank Herbert’s acclaimed bestseller Dune with returning and new stars, including Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet (“Wonka,” “Call Me by Your Name”), Zendaya (“Spider-Man: No Way Home,” “Malcolm & Marie,” “Euphoria”), Rebecca Ferguson (“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning”), Oscar nominee Josh Brolin (“Avengers: End Game,” “Milk”), Oscar nominee Austin Butler (“Elvis,” “Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood”), Oscar nominee Florence Pugh (“Black Widow,” “Little Women”), Dave Bautista (the “Guardians of the Galaxy” films, “Thor: Love and Thunder”), Oscar winner Christopher Walken (“The Deer Hunter,” “Hairspray”), Léa Seydoux (the “James Bond” franchise and “Crimes of the Future”), Souheila Yacoub (“The Braves,” “Climax”), with Stellan Skarsgård (the “Mamma Mia!” films, “Avengers: Age of Ultron”), with Oscar nominee Charlotte Rampling (“45 Years,” “Assassin’s Creed”), and Oscar winner Javier Bardem (“No Country for Old Men,” “Being the Ricardos”).</p><p><br /></p><p>“Dune: Part Two” will explore the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee. Villeneuve directed from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jon Spaihts based on Herbert’s novel. The film is produced by Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Villeneuve, Tanya Lapointe and Patrick McCormick. The executive producers are Joshua Grode, Herbert W. Gains, Jon Spaihts, Thomas Tull, Brian Herbert, Byron Merritt, Kim Herbert, with Kevin J. Anderson serving as creative consultant. Villeneuve is again collaborating with his “Dune” creatives: Oscar-winning director of photography Greig Fraser; Oscar-winning production designer Patrice Vermette; Oscar-winning editor Joe Walker; Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor Paul Lambert; Oscar-nominated costume designer Jacqueline West. Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer is again on hand to create the score. Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures Present A Legendary Pictures Production, A Film By Denis Villeneuve, “Dune: Part Two.”</p><p><br /></p><p>The film is slated for a March 1, 2024 release in theaters and IMAX nationwide and internationally beginning on 28 February 2024, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Credit: Warner Bros Pictures @warnerbros )</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Dune: Part Two Soundtrack | Travel South - Hans Zimmer | WaterTower</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGbCv544BDU&ab_channel=WaterTowerMusic</p><p><br /></p><p>About Dune: Part Two: The saga continues as award-winning filmmaker Denis Villeneuve embarks on “Dune: Part Two,” the next chapter of Frank Herbert’s celebrated novel Dune, with an expanded all-star international ensemble cast. The film, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, is the highly anticipated follow-up to 2021’s six-time Academy Award-winning “Dune.” “Dune: Part Two” will explore the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Credit: WaterTower Music)</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p>Entertainment News (Media Man Int)</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/news4.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#Dune #DuneMovie #DunePart2 #movienews #EntertainmentNews #boxoffice #movietrailer #trailer #showbiz #trends #trending #buzz #media </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Aussie Social Media Bytes</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Meta vs Gvt; Spy vs Spy</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Who do you trust?</p><p><br /></p><p>Aussie trend to publish own websites; X up, Meta down states Elon Musk creative media contacts DogeDesign</p><p><br /></p><p>'The Matrix-like Fun And Games'; Agent Smith, The Oracle, The Frenchmen - Truedi and Zuc The Trainman</p><p><br /></p><p>Citizen Journalists; You Be The Neo's and Trinity's</p><p><br /></p><p>Crack The Code Of Boring Big Tech News; Gonzo Last Edition</p><p><br /></p><p>News That Hits You Right Between The X And Eye Balls; No FB/Meta Goggles Required</p><p><br /></p><p>Bring Our Your Own Inner Hunter S. Thompson</p><p><br /></p><p>Facebook and Google inked dozens of deals with media companies worth about $250 million a year combined under the Aussie Coalition-legislated News Media Bargaining Code, which was introduced in 2021. The code gives the Treasurer the power to designate major tech platforms and force them to negotiate compensation for publishers. The code has not yet been used.</p><p><br /></p><p>Meta has argued people don’t come to its platforms for news, and that its Facebook News tab was not a driver of user engagement.</p><p><br /></p><p>“The number of people using Facebook News down under in Australia and the US has declined by over 80 per cent last year. We know that people don’t come to Facebook for news and political content,” Meta scribed.</p><p><br /></p><p>“News makes up less than 3 per cent of what people around the world see in their Facebook feed, and is a small part of the Facebook experience for the vast majority of people.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Scribed at The Speed Of Thought.</p><p><br /></p><p>#socialmedianews #socialmediatrends #socialmediaplatforms #socialmediawars #Meta #AI #politics #bigtech #code #webcode #digitalwarfar #TheMatrix #scifi #gonzo #gonzojournalism #gonzoblogger #technews #politics #polticsnews #ads #onlineads #onlineadvertising #onlinenews #comms #commsnews #communicationsnews #newsmedia #newsbiz #Algorithm #popculture #Doge #creative #creativity #creativenews #hunter #HunterSThomspon #trend #trends #AI #XNews #Aussie #media #mediaman</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Wrestling News</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>WWE @WWE Women's Legend Natalya Neidhart Comments On The Promotion, Locker Room etc</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Natalya Assesses WWE's Women's Division In Fallout Of Mr. McMahon Allegations</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The allegations against Vince McMahon (former on screen character, Mr McMahon) have turned a spotlight, if not blowtorch, on the professional wrestling industry.</p><p><br /></p><p>McMahon's exit from the world's leading (financial, perception, marketing etc etc) promotion has certainly offered many in the WWE Women's Division some peace of mind, as well as some of the fellas it's understood, be it wrestlers, commentators or other.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a recent interview with the "Gorilla Position," Natalya commented on the toll the allegations have taken on the women in WWE.</p><p><br /></p><p>Natalya, one of the most respected wrestlers in the entire company, believes she has strong relationships with all the women in the locker room but that WWE should now focus on boosting the women's division. </p><p><br /></p><p>"For me, the biggest focus is inclusion for the women and making sure that the women in WWE, right now, shine brighter than they ever have before."</p><p><br /></p><p>Despite this, she believes everyone can move forward and that it's tough to process everything they see about the allegations online. "I think what grounds me is my relationships with the girls in the locker room. How we can stay positive for each other, how we can stay supportive of each other, just being there to talk to each other [and] work through feelings."</p><p><br /></p><p>However, Natalya is quick to point out that the situation likely affects everyone differently, but now is a time for empathy and giving people chances to impress on the big stage. "We got a women's division in WWE that's better than it's ever been. The best thing we can do is to give women as many opportunities as we can to shine right now and for women to feel safe, included, and welcome."</p><p><br /></p><p>McMahon resigned from TKO Group Holdings following the lawsuit, though he still owns shares in the company. Federal prosecutors are reportedly investigating the former WWE boss in the fallout of the allegations, of which there are many.</p><p><br /></p><p>What exactly is in McMahon's future is unclear, but there are plenty of legal dealings going on behind the scenes.</p><p><br /></p><p>As human's, people can make mistakes. Clearly a pattern had been occuring in the WWE under Mr. McMahon for decades and some incidents were an open secret. Too many incidents and too much damaged caused.</p><p><br /></p><p>The current WWE is a happier, safer and more harmonious place for workers, both in and out of the squared circle. Many fans and those in and around the wrestling and sports news sector think that the overall product has improved over the past year or two and that their is an improved vibe which is evident at live events as well as demostrated in worldwide broadcasts</p><p><br /></p><p>Women and men of the WWE can feel safe, empowered, and know that wrestling fans, media and friends of the business around the world have their back.</p><p><br /></p><p>Videos</p><p><br /></p><p>FULL MATCH - Charlotte Flair vs. Natalya - WWE Women's Title Match: WWE Payback 2016</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTWdIMVOk88&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>FULL MATCH - Ronda Rousey vs. Natalya – Raw Women’s Title Match: Raw, December 24, 2018</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-94cAPchwds&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Natalya vs. Shayna Baszler: SmackDown, Feb. 24, 2023</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEaOU8vBIhE&t=2s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>#NatalyaNeidhart #Natalya #wrestingnews #WWE #prowrestling #wrestling #wwewomen #womenswrestling #entertainment #entertainmentnews #popculture #sportsnews #wellbeing #sportsbusiness #mindbodyspirit #mbs #workplace #careers #Video #Goat #legend #sportsbusiness #sportsbiz #media #mediaman </p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: WWE</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cryptocurrency and Gold News via Media Man and FXPro </p><p><br /></p><p>March 4, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Two drivers of crypto growth</p><p><br /></p><p>Market picture</p><p><br /></p><p>Crypto market capitalisation rose 5% in 24 hours to $2.44 trillion, driven by extreme greed. The crypto market had a higher capitalisation for a few days in May and October-December 2021, but that was in an ageing bull market compared to a relatively young one now.</p><p><br /></p><p>The current growth wave can be broken down into two drivers. The first is the demand for Bitcoin and Ethereum. They are favoured by large investors concerned about a new wave of problems at US regional banks. This buying interest also applies to gold. Almost exactly a year ago, we saw a similar move that saw the price of BTC rise by a third in a week.</p><p><br /></p><p>In early trading on Monday, the price of bitcoin was above $65K. That's about 5% off the all-time high, but the cryptocurrency has only been above that level for a few hours, and we've only seen three daily closes above that level.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other half of the rise is the demand for meme coins, which goes hand in hand with FOMO. Despite the meteoric rise, the market has not yet reached the absurd highs to start talking about reversal risks.</p><p><br /></p><p>News background</p><p><br /></p><p>Influential logger and analyst PlanB has declared the beginning of a FOMO bull market period according to his Stock-to-Flow model. According to him, "The accumulation phase is over. There are no more easy buying opportunities in orderly and slow-growing markets". The crypto market has been in FOMO for about ten months: "extreme price spikes combined with multiple 30% drops," PlanB believes.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Solana-based meme token dogwifhat (WIF) is up 390% in a week, a record high among the top 100 cryptocurrencies. With a capitalisation of nearly $1.7 billion, it ranks 62nd on CoinMarketCap.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to Lookonchain, an unidentified crypto investor sold all PEPE's accumulated 1.97 trillion meme tokens for $6.07 million and bought other altcoins - netting $3.49 million. PEPE rose 310% in one week. Lookonchain has a whale wallet that is classed as 'smart', meaning that most of the trades on the address are profitable.</p><p><br /></p><p>Macroeconomic factors could prove to be the main obstacles to further BTC growth in the short term, according to Grayscale. If inflation remains stubbornly high, the Fed may delay a rate cut. A higher interest rate is likely to be positive for the dollar and negative for Bitcoin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Bank for International Settlements has issued recommendations on the regulation, supervision and oversight of global stablecoins (GSCs) to address the financial stability risks posed by GSCs both domestically and internationally.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Source: FxPro) with Media Man and Bitcoin News Media </p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int </p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin News (Media Man Int) www.mediamanint.com/articles/bitcoin_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Business News (Media Man Int) www.mediamanint.com/articles/business_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#Bitcoin #BitcoinNews #BTC #Gold #GoldNews #BitcoinETF #Metalpha #BitcoinETFs #cryptocurrency #cryptonews #altcoins #Ethereum #CryptocurrencyNews #Solana #CoinMarketPro #Coinbase #Celcius #ETF #CoinShares #Tether #Stablecoins #fintech #NFT #NFTS #market #trading #tradingnews #IMF #bitcoinbiz #bitcoincafe #bitcoingames #bitcoinpr #bitcoinewsmedia #FxPro #AlexKuptsikevich #GregTingle #affiliate #affiliates #AffiliateMarketing #aff #trends #trending #buzz #PR #newsbiz #X #media #mediaman #mediamanint</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Oil and Commodities News via Media Man and FXPro</p><p><br /></p><p>March 4, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Did oil find its way up?</p><p><br /></p><p>Oil is correcting 0.2% on Monday after closing almost 2% higher on Friday and peaking at 3.4%. WTI’s high of $80.3, last seen in November 2023, and a consolidation above $79 would indicate a break of long-term horizontal resistance, something the bulls have failed to do over the past four months.</p><p><br /></p><p>Friday’s rally allowed a widening gap to the 200-day moving average, which should also be seen as a demonstration of bullish strength. Technically, there is no significant obstacle to oil rallying to the $89-92 area.</p><p>Of course, this bullish outlook is only valid if the coming days confirm oil’s ability to grow from current levels, which has not been the case since November.</p><p><br /></p><p>OPEC+ is openly playing on the Bulls’ side by extending and strengthening (Russian) oil production and export quotas. The production recovery is postponed indefinitely “depending on market conditions”.</p><p><br /></p><p>This could be a golden opportunity for the US to regain oil market share, but it is in no hurry to do so. Friday’s data showed that the number of oil drillers rose to 506. That’s the highest since September, but only adding 9 units from the low of 497, which is more stagnation than growth. Just over a year ago - in January 2023 - there were 623 oil and 152 gas-producing wells in operation, compared to 123 now.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps the price rise will encourage oil producers who are still wary of the green agenda and new sudden price falls. Simply put, America has so far been highly sluggish in playing on the Bears’ side.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Source: FxPro) with Media Man and Bitcoin News Media</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p>Business News (Media Man Int) www.mediamanint.com/articles/business_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Mining Directory (Media Man Int) *in progress</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/mining_directory.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Commodities Directory (Media Man Int) *in progress</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/commodities_directory.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#Oil #BitcoinNews #BTC #commodities #GoldNews #BitcoinETF #OilNews #BitcoinETFs #cryptocurrency #cryptonews #resources #Ethereum #markets #CryptocurrencyNews #OPEC #OilMarket #Coinbase #Celcius #ETF #CoinShares #Tether #Stablecoins #fintech #NFT #NFTS #market #trading #tradingnews #IMF #bitcoinbiz #bitcoincafe #bitcoingames #bitcoinpr #bitcoinewsmedia #FxPro #AlexKuptsikevich #GregTingle #affiliate #affiliates #AffiliateMarketing #aff #trends #trending #buzz #PR #newsbiz #X #media #mediaman #mediamanint</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling </p><p><br /></p><p>WWE @WWE Raw </p><p><br /></p><p>March 4, 2024 </p><p><br /></p><p>San Antonio, Texas</p><p><br /></p><p>Cody Rhodes & Seth Rollins to confront The Rock & Roman Reigns on SmackDown: Raw, March 4, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAv9cQGbwFk&t=2s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"I don't know whether you heard him 'cause 20 minutes is a long time to listen to that idiot. But he said he made professional wrestling cool again. Oh yeah, The Rock. Rock our saviour guys, he saved us! He made it cool. Diarrhoea Dwayne, I don't know if you know this or not, but you ain't been cool in 20 years"... Seth Rollins</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Seth “Freakin” Rollins suggests a new nickname for The Rock: Raw highlights, March 4, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjMeVUTn2pI&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Gunther vs. “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio: Raw highlights, March 4, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WG8nw1DvU4&t=2s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Katana Chance & Kayden Carter vs. Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark: Raw highlights, March 4, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YwxY3BG5Fg&t=12s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Nia Jax lays waste to Liv Morgan and Becky Lynch: Raw highlights, March 4, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4r4MVctq9M&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Andrade wins Raw return against Apollo Crews: Raw highlights, March 4, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jJibqzxDh8&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Will Cody Rhodes and Seth “Freakin” Rollins respond to The Rock?: WWE Now, Mar. 4, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdlOrcLdSfc&t=2s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>and even more updates via the official WWE YouTube channel </p><p><br /></p><p>www.youtube.com/wwe</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: As we expected, a super hot Raw, and its broadcasting as we go to web. How good was Rhodes and Rollins on the mic. Great heat and emotion during the broadcast. Announcers Michael Cole and Pat McAfee also killed it. Great teamwork.</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE News</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/wwe_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#WWERaw #SethRollins #CodyRhodes #TheRock #TheBloodline #DwayneJohnson #WrestleMania #wrestlemania40 #DirtyDom #NiaJax #LivMorgan #PatMcAfee #Andrade #ApolloCrews #KatanaChance #KaydenCarter #ShaynaBaszler #ZoeyStark #prowrestling #wrestling #broadcast #socialmedia #entertainment #PopCulture #YouTube #video #socialmedianews #trends #trending #TrendingNow #buzz #TV #SanAntonio #Texas #media #mediaman </p><p><br /></p><p> Image credit: WWE</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man X</p><p><br /></p><p>Pop Culture, Pop Art, Trends.. (Media Man)</p><p>www.mediaman.com.au/articles/pop_culture.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Link Builder</p><p>www.mediaman.com.au/articles/link_builder.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#popculture #popart #entertainment #entertainmentnews #top10 #Algorithms #streaming #MMA #BTC #SEO #links #textlinks #trend #trends #buzz #AI #media #mediaman </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int X</p><p><br /></p><p>Pop Culture, Pop Art, Trends.. (Media Man Int)</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/pop_culture.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Link Builder</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/link_builder.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Entertainment News</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/news4.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#popculture #popart #entertainment #entertainmentnews #top10 #Algorithms #streaming #MMA #BTC #SEO #SEM #links #textlinks #trend #trends #buzz #AI #X #xnews #newsmedia #newsbiz #onlinenews #onlinepublishing #sportsbiz #biz #seotips #blog #blogs #blogger #agency #medianews #media #mediaman #mediamanint </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Play hardball and make Meta pay fair share for news</p><p><br /></p><p>Now that Facebook’s owner has thrown the ball back into the government’s court, it must be “designated” in the interests of professional newsrooms and serious public journalism.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Australian government is set to go head-to-head with one of the world’s most powerful companies in one of the world’s most ubiquitous industries. Last week, Facebook and Instagram owner Meta told the federal government it will no longer pay for the news content that it and other social media like Google had once swept up from Australian news mastheads for free.</p><p><br /></p><p>Under a world-first News Media Bargaining Code enforced by the federal government in 2021, Meta and Google agreed deals worth $200 million a year to compensate for copyrighted content from Nine Entertainment, News Corp, the ABC, Seven West Media and many others.</p><p><br /></p><p>Meta’s $70 million or so share has been an important boost for Australia’s professional newsrooms and serious public journalism.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now Meta has thrown the ball back into the government’s court. Under the Code, the government can “designate” Meta and make it pay. Meta claims that its audience has largely drifted away from news and politics to family and friends.</p><p><br /></p><p>But it has also reduced the presence of news on its home pages, and will take away the news tab. Facebook users will still be able to share news stories on its sites, and Meta has not dropped Australian news pages altogether as it did in a first clumsy attempt to avoid paying before the code deal was struck in 2021.</p><p><br /></p><p>Brazenly, it is sending signals that it is walking away from news, if only as a bargaining ploy, even though sites such as Facebook depend on being everywhere and about everything.</p><p><br /></p><p>Quitting news altogether is what Meta has just done in Canada, where the government had set up a similar agreement following Australia’s example. After Canada demanded the pay deal continue, Meta blocked all news content.</p><p><br /></p><p>That means the Australian government may have to play hardball in return. It might put a new special levy or restrictions such as age verification on the table.</p><p><br /></p><p>And Meta is on politically tricky ground too. In the US, social media is under pressure over online harm it enables while avoiding the responsibilities and disciplines of being a “publisher”. Facebook is used by fringe political groups, and it’s hardly a good look to throw the responsible mainstream media off the same site.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Australian Financial Review benefits from this code, too, even if our business model is based more on premium subscriptions.</p><p><br /></p><p>The code was created because, as Anthony Albanese put it last week, “the idea that research and work done by others can be taken for free is simply untenable”.</p><p><br /></p><p>Traditional newsrooms which expensively gather, edit and present news are more essential than ever in the babble of unfiltered social media that pollutes politics. Not only did publishers have their copyrighted intellectual property swept up for free, it was put onto digital platforms that have infrastructure-like monopoly reach, and which had also destroyed mainstream publishers’ digital advertising markets on the way through.</p><p><br /></p><p>It also goes to the even bigger debate about the virtues of democracy over authoritarian and repressive rule. Democratic choice depends on flows of fresh and original trusted, reliable information and news. That’s expensive to produce, which is why it is assigned a limited property right in the form of copyright.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the emergence of technology that allows the almost costless digital copying and distribution of content at mega scale has upset the balance between providing sufficient incentives and returns to create public interest information and the benefits of encouraging its widespread dissemination.</p><p><br /></p><p>Where is the incentive to keep producing when what is produced can be readily copied and distributed effectively for free? Especially when technology allows private interests other than the creators to profit?</p><p><br /></p><p>The code and the payments are a practical way to help restore that balance. But it may only be a first round of the process.</p><p><br /></p><p>AI will lift the issue to new heights. ChatGPT, which mashes up other peoples’ copyrighted content to produce its results, is now being sued for damages in US courts by The New York Times.</p><p><br /></p><p>Traditional, professionally reported news helps fund democracy. The Albanese government ought to insist that mega social media platforms pay their share.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Credit: AFR)</p><p><br /></p><p>#Facebook #Meta #MetaNews #AFR #bigtech #onlinenews #newsmedia #politics #content #contentnews #contrentcreators #socialmedia #socialmediaplatforms #socialmedianews #trend #trends #AI #media </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Social Media Giant Meta Getting A Bashing From Aussie News Media and Politics</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Meta facing hefty fines over walking away from news media deal</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Facebook’s parent company Meta could soon face major fines for breaching the news media bargaining code.</p><p><br /></p><p>This comes after the tech giant walked away from commercial deals with Australian news outlets last week.</p><p><br /></p><p>The deals – worth around $250 million a year for Australian news publishers – were due to expire later this year.</p><p><br /></p><p>A fine for Meta would depend on which sections of the code it breaks.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, the company could face fines of more than a billion dollars if it is found to break all sections of the code.</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Group management had documented what the likes of Facebook was doing to the Australian news media and online news media industries for a former Prime Minster and very high level News Corp chiefs over a decade ago. </p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Under The Watercooler: "In the space we operate in and around we freqently see and experience trends, paterns and such well before others. It took additional time for more traditional Australian newsrooms, creative and advertising agencies to feel the full effect. You can't say we didn't warn you. Now the likes of Meta have changed their business model after taking from Australia what they intended to. That company remains extremly embattled and with good reason. Surely a strong case can be made against the Big F and Big M. We could even be witness and present findings from the coalface if called upon"</p><p><br /></p><p>(Image credit: MAD)</p><p><br /></p><p>#Facebook #Meta #MetaNews #bigtech #onlinenews #newsmedia #politics #content #contentnews #contrentcreators #socialmedia #socialmediaplatforms #socialmedianews #trend #trends #AI #Aussie #Australia #AustralianNews #media #mediaman </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Combat Sports</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Cross-Over Trend Continues As Elite Fighters Aim To Cash In; Public Demand Remains Solid says Media Man</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Fight Details</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou will take place on Friday, March 8</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Riyadh, Saudi Arabia</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>PPV: </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Main Event and Kayo Sports in Australia</b></p><p><b>DAZN in many parts of the world</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Turning pro in 2013, Ngannou joined the UFC in 2015. He went 12-2 with the promotion and had 10 wins via knockout.</p><p><br /></p><p>“We were doing the promo and he was very chilled, very relaxed,” Predator Ngannou told news media at a workout on Tuesday.</p><p><br /></p><p>“I asked him if he was OK, because he looked a little nervous or something. I asked him if he was OK, because I was OK. I had no problems. I was just talking around, laughing.</p><p><br /></p><p>“I think we are both professional enough to know what we have to do to get to where we want to go.”</p><p><br /></p><p>AJ vs Francis Ngannou in do or die fight for the British superstar.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bout will be a ten-round boxing match, with the former two-time heavyweight champion and the former UFC (MMA) star competing in what's another big coup for Saudi dealmaker and super promoter Turki Alalshikh.</p><p><br /></p><p>Joshua bested a cunning southpaw Otto Wallin on another blockbuster bill in the Middle East at the end of last year.</p><p><br /></p><p>Prior to last month's top notch fight card, Joshua was expected to fight long-term rival Deontay Wilder after his meeting with the Swede killer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hopes of a deal were killled after the Bronze Bomber was on the wrong end of a shock defeat to Joseph Parker in Saudi Arabia.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ngannou meanwhile surprised some (but not all) in the boxing biz following his impressive (but losing - officially) debut against Tyson Fury FKA Batman (insider stuff) in October 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many thought the UFC legend got the better of the Gypsy King on the night, decking him on his ass the third round before losing a split decision in controversial fashion to say the least. WWE's Undertaker was careful with his words when he was quizzed on the fight.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fury now faces Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed title on May 18. But, anything can happen in boxing folks. Both men have put on lots of cash and all sorts of legal paperwork has been put in place as a safeguard on the fight.</p><p><br /></p><p>And the winner between Joshua and Ngannou are then set to challenge for the unified belts.</p><p><br /></p><p>We are on the Road To The Riyadh Rumble with reps and title shots on the line. </p><p><br /></p><p>Who will be King Of The Kingdome and Castle, at least for one night? That's why you have to order the PPV so you set to see it live before spoilers kick in punter!</p><p><br /></p><p>Full Card</p><p><br /></p><p>Anthony Joshua vs. Francis Ngannou — heavyweights</p><p><br /></p><p>Zhilei Zhang vs Joseph Parker — WBO interim heavyweight title</p><p><br /></p><p>Rey Vargas vs Nick Ball — WBC featherweight title</p><p><br /></p><p>Israil Madrimov vs. Magomed Kurbanov — vacant WBA super welterweight title</p><p><br /></p><p>Gavin Gwynne vs. Mark Chamberlain — WBA international lightweight title</p><p><br /></p><p>Justis Huni vs. Kevin Lerena — heavyweight</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Fury vs. Martin Svarc — heavyweight</p><p><br /></p><p>Prelims: 4pm UK</p><p><br /></p><p>Jack McGann vs. Louis Green — super welterweight</p><p><br /></p><p>Ziyad Almaayouf vs. Christian Lopez Flores — super lightweight</p><p><br /></p><p>Andrii Novytski vs. Juan Torres — heavyweight</p><p><br /></p><p>Videos</p><p><br /></p><p>The Mac Life YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Francis Ngannou and Tyson Fury argue: “Without boxing rules, you are NOTHING in front of me”</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=QfsSwhi0x9Y</p><p><br /></p><p>Sky Sports YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>"I had to tell him OFF! He should be thanking me" 😡 | Tyson Fury on Ngannou exchange</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=folQY88mee8</p><p><br /></p><p>Sky Sports Boxing YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>JOSHUA VS NGANNOU! 🔥 | PRESS CONFERENCE</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=cm0cnP2rAa8</p><p><br /></p><p>The FIRST face-off of fight week! 🥶 | Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=5nkSwGZLih0</p><p><br /></p><p>"I hope Joshua is not your friend" 😂 | Francis Ngannou has a message for Thierry Henry</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=-6quSaZ2Xak</p><p><br /></p><p>DAZN Boxing YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Ngannou Trolls Tyson Fury</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=zAqKpMU7-hg</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p>Bet On Anything (Media Man Int)</p><p>http://mediamanint.com/articles/bet_on.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Special thanks: DAZN, Main Event an Kayo Sports</p><p><br /></p><p>#BoxingNews #boxing #FrancisNgannou #AnthonyJoshua #ThePredator #KO #combatsports #PPV #PayPerView #DAZN #MainEvent #KayoSports #Video #Videos #YouTube #promo #popculture #boxingpromoter #trends #trending #TrendingNow #buzz #hype #media</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>All Elite Wrestling @AEW Dynamite</p><p><br /></p><p>March 6, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Gas South Arena. Duluth, Georgia</p><p><br /></p><p>Swerve addresses AEW Revolution & AEW Champ Samoa Joe answers! | 3/6/24 AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV2Ai4AC8ao&t=7s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"Swere. Listen to the fans brother. They live this man. There is no question about it" Tony Schiavone</p><p><br /></p><p>"You know. I don't know if I deserve that Tony. You know, what's Swerves house without the keys"... Swerve Strickland</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Will Ospreay takes on ROH TV Champion & Callis Family member Kyle Fletcher! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O3_HGxj3n8&t=10s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>The Rainmaker OKADA is ALL ELITE?! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gp22yN_8xU&t=7s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"One of my profound pleasures is to call him a co-worker these past few years"</p><p><br /></p><p>FTW Championship Match! Mogul Embassy’s Brian Cage faces champion Hook! | 3/6/24 AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNPyMhmzzHY&t=8s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"Get out of the way" Taz</p><p><br /></p><p>"The chair driven into the spine of the FTW champion" Excalibur</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>After their confrontation at AEW Revolution, Daddy Magic takes on Killswitch! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkk1J55LSeQ&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"Killswitch. He's biting Killswitches hand"</p><p><br /></p><p>"I think we sould congratulate Christian Cage. Still being the TNT champion"</p><p><br /></p><p>"Long overdue"</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Former AEW Women’s Champ Riho vs Former TBS Champ Kris Statlander! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufdCZTGOgSc&t=9s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada in AEW! AEW Timelines </p><p>https://youtu.be/78xj6IQ9lFo?si=Dr8ZQUUO2bGwHuOa</p><p><br /></p><p>"Went for that moonsalt but Hangman, release German suplex" Excalibur "Oh my God".. "Flippy floppy in trouble"...Jim Ross "Ring awareness Cyrus" "You you how the buckshot lariat feels don't you" Tony Schivone "Shut up Tony" Don Callis "Buck shot lariat" Excalibur "That will do it..and it does" Jim Ross "Great win. Great match" TS "Shut the dam music off right now. Boys and girls whose ready for storytime with Adam Cole baby" Adam Cole "Here's Switchblade Jey White - not ready for storytime" Excalibur "One of the greatest of all modern time* Kazuchika Okada" Jim Ross Media Man: Tremendous collection of world class footage. Strong action and drama. This feature helps demonstrate well just how excellent Okada is. Well done AEW for signing up this once in a lifetime taken. Bring on more dream matches. AEW with a ton of positive momentum right now. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And more great pro wrestling via the official AEW YouTube channel </p><p><br /></p><p>www.youtube.com/AEW </p><p><br /></p><p>#AEWDynamite #AEWRevolution #WillOspreay #AdamCole #JayWhite #Switchblade #Okada #KazuchikaOkada #Rainmaker #TheRainmaker #KyleFletcher #SwerveStrickland #DaddyMagic #BrianCage #Riho #KrisStatlander #AEW #FTW #NJPW #IWGP #AEWTimelines #prowrestling #wrestling #Video #YouTube #TNT #TBS #broadcast #broadcasting #EntertainmentNews #entertainment #popculture #trend #trends #trending #buzz #TV #Georgia #USA #media </p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: AEW</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>All Elite Wrestling @AEW Dynamite</p><p><br /></p><p>March 6, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Gas South Arena. Duluth, Georgia</p><p><br /></p><p>Swerve addresses AEW Revolution & AEW Champ Samoa Joe answers! | 3/6/24 AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV2Ai4AC8ao&t=7s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"Swere. Listen to the fans brother. They live this man. There is no question about it" Tony Schiavone</p><p><br /></p><p>"You know. I don't know if I deserve that Tony. You know, what's Swerves house without the keys"... Swerve Strickland</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Will Ospreay takes on ROH TV Champion & Callis Family member Kyle Fletcher! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O3_HGxj3n8&t=10s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>The Rainmaker OKADA is ALL ELITE?! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gp22yN_8xU&t=7s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"One of my profound pleasures is to call him a co-worker these past few years"</p><p><br /></p><p>FTW Championship Match! Mogul Embassy’s Brian Cage faces champion Hook! | 3/6/24 AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNPyMhmzzHY&t=8s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"Get out of the way" Taz</p><p><br /></p><p>"The chair driven into the spine of the FTW champion" Excalibur</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>After their confrontation at AEW Revolution, Daddy Magic takes on Killswitch! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkk1J55LSeQ&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"Killswitch. He's biting Killswitches hand"</p><p><br /></p><p>"I think we sould congratulate Christian Cage. Still being the TNT champion"</p><p><br /></p><p>"Long overdue"</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Former AEW Women’s Champ Riho vs Former TBS Champ Kris Statlander! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufdCZTGOgSc&t=9s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada in AEW! AEW Timelines </p><p>https://youtu.be/78xj6IQ9lFo?si=Dr8ZQUUO2bGwHuOa</p><p><br /></p><p>"Went for that moonsalt but Hangman, release German suplex" Excalibur "Oh my God".. "Flippy floppy in trouble"...Jim Ross "Ring awareness Cyrus" "You you how the buckshot lariat feels don't you" Tony Schivone "Shut up Tony" Don Callis "Buck shot lariat" Excalibur "That will do it..and it does" Jim Ross "Great win. Great match" TS "Shut the dam music off right now. Boys and girls whose ready for storytime with Adam Cole baby" Adam Cole "Here's Switchblade Jey White - not ready for storytime" Excalibur "One of the greatest of all modern time* Kazuchika Okada" Jim Ross Media Man: Tremendous collection of world class footage. Strong action and drama. This feature helps demonstrate well just how excellent Okada is. Well done AEW for signing up this once in a lifetime taken. Bring on more dream matches. AEW with a ton of positive momentum right now. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And more great pro wrestling via the official AEW YouTube channel </p><p><br /></p><p>www.youtube.com/AEW </p><p><br /></p><p>#AEWDynamite #AEWRevolution #WillOspreay #AdamCole #JayWhite #Switchblade #Okada #KazuchikaOkada #Rainmaker #TheRainmaker #KyleFletcher #SwerveStrickland #DaddyMagic #BrianCage #Riho #KrisStatlander #AEW #FTW #NJPW #IWGP #AEWTimelines #prowrestling #wrestling #Video #YouTube #TNT #TBS #broadcast #broadcasting #EntertainmentNews #entertainment #popculture #trend #trends #trending #buzz #TV #Georgia #USA #media </p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: AEW</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Combat Sports: Boxing</p><p><br /></p><p>Anthony Joshua vs Francis "The Predator" Ngannou </p><p><br /></p><p>Boxing Promoters Borrow Pages Out Of Pro Wrestling Playbook: World class production, animated storylines and FN's Great promos and insider look etc </p><p><br /></p><p>Cross-Over Trend Continues As Elite Fighters Aim To Cash In; Public Demand Remains Solid. Gamification hype machine tipped to deliver says Media Man Fight Details </p><p><br /></p><p>Francis Ngannou 20lbs heavier (272.6lbs) than Anthony Joshua at weigh-in for hyped Saudi fight</p><p><br /></p><p>Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou will take place on Friday, March 8 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia </p><p><br /></p><p>PPV: Main Event and Kayo Sports in Australia DAZN in many parts of the world</p><p><br /></p><p>Ngannou Quotees</p><p><br /></p><p>“The mindset is still the same. This is just my second boxing match, even though I’m taking on the two best guys in the world in boxing. I’m the underdog, I’m going out there to prove that you can be an underdog and stand your ground.”</p><p><br /></p><p>“Sometimes it just makes me laugh a little bit, because we’re going to fight in boxing rules, but what would happen if it was a ‘free’ fight? I would smoke these guys! I’m the only one to go into their backyard.</p><p><br /></p><p>“My official prediction is me leaving the ring with the victory.”</p><p><br /></p><p>“I deliver, I’m the postman!”</p><p><br /></p><p>“I have learnt a little bit from the last fight, the last camp, and leading up to this one, so I get a little bit of experience, but the mindset is still the samed”</p><p><br /></p><p>“This is just my second boxing match, even though I am taking on the two best guys in the world in boxing.</p><p><br /></p><p>“I am the underdog, I am going out there to prove that you can be an underdog and stand your ground”</p><p><br /></p><p>Back Story</p><p><br /></p><p>"The Predator last competed in MMA (mixed martial arts) in January 2022, when he retained the UFC heavyweight title against ex-teammate Ciryl Gane. He then vacated the belt upon leaving the UFC in early 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>Later in the year, Ngannou signed with a rival MMA promotion, the Professional Fighters League (PFL). The Cameroonian who escaped the sand hills way back when - is expected to continue his MMA career with the PFL before the end of 2024. However, Saudi adviser Turki Al-Sheikh has apparently advised Joshua and Ngannou that the winner of their bout will challenge the winner of "Gypsy King" Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fury and Usyk were set to square off against each other in Riyadh in February, but the Brit suffered a cut two weeks before the bout. This led to tons of speculation whether it was a "set up" or "work", meaning intentional and an "own goal". As a result, the fight was delayed until 18 May. The victor of that clash will be crowned the first undisputed heavyweight champion in 24 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fury has said there is a rematch clause to ensure a second bout against the Ukrainian in 2024, complicating Joshua and Ngannou’s potential involvement in the title picture.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anthony Joshua quotes</p><p><br /></p><p>“He brings two arms, a body, like every other fighter does. But it’s his mind that is different. Everyone has their own unique mind. In terms of the frame and make up, I’ve seen people like him and he’s seen people like me many times before, but it’s his mind that I have to conquer in the ring. You have to take their soul and spirit, and I am looking for the challenge for sure, it’s going to be good, explosive. There’s many ways to skin a cat, I can counter-punch, he can counter-punch. We can both box, we can both trade, it’s going to be a good fight - and shout out to His Excellency, my promoter, my team at 258 for getting me in this position to showcase why I am the top Heavyweight in the UK. I’m not really concerned about the world, I’m trying to conquer where I live and make everyone know that I am the one that puts boxing on the map.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Francis Ngannou quotes</p><p> </p><p>“Thank you to my brother, His Excellency, for once again putting me in this position to live my dream and have all those great experiences like I had in Riyadh two months ago, it was amazing. Hopefully this will be the same thing.</p><p> </p><p>“I’ve been sitting here and listening to people talking and even Eddie praising me, and I appreciate that, but at the same time, I am not sure if he wants me to sleep on his guy - but that’s not going to happen. I am just a beginner out here that’s going to train really hard and do everything as the underdog to win the fight. </p><p> </p><p>“I don’t take my last fight as a reference, I know exactly where I am at, I’m going to get better and better and that’s how I see things. I’m preparing for a tough fight, the Fury fight was great, but that’s in the past and I have a new challenge in front of me, and I take it more serious now than before because now I think there’s something more on the line, which is probably the Undisputed fight. So let’s see, I will do something that no-one has done before and I believe I have the tools to do that, starting with having the win over ‘AJ’ on March 8 in a big fight - not an easy fight, but a possible one and I am going to take it.</p><p> </p><p>“I’m going to fight him, so what do you think I am going to do? I will look for his chin. That’s what you do in a fight, you try to hit someone on the chin or wherever to try to hurt him. I heard he doesn’t have a chin, I don’t know if it’s true or not, we’re going to find out and I hope that I have the opportunity to test that - that’s my wish.”</p><p> </p><p>Eddie Hearn (promoter) quotes</p><p> </p><p>“Just to echo what Frank said, our thanks to the Crown Prince and of course, His Excellency. I likened this earlier, the whole experience, to Football Manager. Imagine being the biggest fan in boxing and having the ability to sit in a room and put fights together at the drop of a hat that the fans want to see. In just five months we’ve seen Fury vs. Ngannou, The Day of Reckoning, Fury vs. Usyk and ’AJ’ vs. Ngannou, and so much more to come. This is such an incredible opportunity for boxing and it’s being delivered by someone that has an incredible passion for the sport, someone that’s unbelievably knowledgeable. I thought Ngannou and Fury was going to be a mismatch, and His Excellency told me I would be wrong. I said Callum Smith was going to beat Artur Beterbiev and he told me I was wrong. It shows he knows his boxing.</p><p> </p><p>“I met Francis under a year ago in Las Vegas where he told me about his ambition to be in big boxing events. A guy with an unbelievable story, a very strong mind, but if I’m honest, I didn’t take him seriously. I have never known anyone to walk into a sport and compete and, in my opinion, and it was close, beat Tyson that night. It’s never been done before, and he might be unlucky that he’s not sitting here as the World Lineal Heavyweight champion on his professional debut.</p><p> </p><p>“So now, we take him very seriously, and after that fight that we give him unbelievable props for, I said that the biggest fight out there outside of Fury vs. Usyk, is Joshua vs. Ngannou. We had signed the Joshua vs. Ngannou fight and as soon as that show finished on December 23, His Excellency said to myself and Frank, ‘we need to talk - what is the biggest event we can do on March 8?’ The answer was this and in my opinion you have the two biggest fights in the Heavyweight division happening within three weeks of each other in Saudi Arabia. It’s an incredible opportunity. For ’AJ’, there’s big jeopardy in this fight. I truly believe he’s going to be the Undisputed Heavyweight champion, but he’s doing it the difficult way, going through what some might call immovable objects in the giant of a man to my left. The former UFC Heavyweight World champion, but now, a guy we take very, very seriously in the sport of boxing. ’AJ’ is on a roll, he’s with a great team, and we cannot wait. This is a dream opportunity for the sport and we’re all so invested to give the fans incredible nights.”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If your the slightest big confussed, we're got two words for you - That's Boxing!</p><p><br /></p><p>Videos</p><p><br /></p><p>Matchroom Boxing YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Knockout Chaos</p><p><br /></p><p>INCREDIBLE 👾 Anthony Joshua Vs Francis Ngannou: Knockout Chaos Promo 🎥</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8KO_5pldbM&ab_channel=MatchroomBoxing</p><p><br /></p><p>About Matchroom Boxing</p><p><br /></p><p>Promoted by Eddie Hearn, Matchroom Boxing promote events around the globe in locations including UK, USA, United Arab Emirates, Mexico, Australia and further afield. Their fighter roster includes Anthony Joshua, Canelo Alvarez, Katie Taylor, Dmitry Bivol, Conor Benn, Callum Smith, Leigh Wood, Josh Warrington, Ebanie Bridges and many more.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anthony Joshua Vs Francis Ngannou: Knockout Chaos Weigh In Live</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCxVqaUZWfE&t=8s&ab_channel=MatchroomBoxing</p><p><br /></p><p>Inside Look - Knockout Chaos: Joshua Vs Ngannou & Zhang Vs Parker</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsxN5ae0Qz0&t=11s&ab_channel=MatchroomBoxing</p><p><br /></p><p>It's almost time for Knockout Chaos! Get the Inside Look from Anthony Joshua, Francis Ngannou, Zhilei Zhang and Joseph Parker ahead of the colossal Heavyweight double header topping the show in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>“Ngannou Worries Me Vs Anthony Joshua!"- Eddie Hearn On Knockout Chaos</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9M5TvUimx8&t=151s&ab_channel=MatchroomBoxing</p><p><br /></p><p>Eddie Hearn sits down with Matchroom Boxing in Riyadh to preview Friday's blockbuster between Anthony Joshua & Francis Ngannou and the full Knockout Chaos card, live worldwide on DAZN. Hearn also reflects on Ray Ford's World Title victory over Otabek Kholmatov, the latest on Canelo developments, plus Jake Paul, Amanda Serrano & Haney-Garcia.</p><p><br /></p><p>DAZN Boxing YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>"Anything Can Happen": Joshua vs. Ngannou Preview</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BJuJqsIXYc&t=40s&ab_channel=DAZNBoxing</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tyson Fury: I'd like to back Anthony Joshua against Francis Ngannou, but..</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab6FINoPmBs&t=12s&ab_channel=DAZNBoxing</p><p><br /></p><p>"As Far Back As I Can Remember I Wanted To Be A Fighter" - Off The Cuff With Francis Ngannou</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO8hjmaxPDA&ab_channel=DAZNBoxing</p><p><br /></p><p>DAZN Boxing YouTube Ngannou Trolls Tyson Fury https://youtube.com/watch?v=zAqKpMU7-hg</p><p><br /></p><p>Sky Sports Boxing YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>JOSHUA VS NGANNOU! ⚖ | FULL WEIGH-IN</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFx55fdyY8I&t=3s&ab_channel=SkySportsBoxing</p><p><br /></p><p>BISPING reacts: Francis Ngannou THREATENS Tyson Fury! | Joshua vs Ngannou Press Conference</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtkmut6YIT8&ab_channel=MichaelBisping</p><p><br /></p><p>Betting? You Bet Punter!</p><p><br /></p><p>Joshua vs. Ngannou fight card, odds</p><p><br /></p><p>Anthony Joshua -345 vs. Francis Ngannou +270, heavyweights</p><p><br /></p><p>Nick Ball -190 vs. Rey Vargas (c) +158, WBC featherweight title</p><p><br /></p><p>Israil Madrimov -400 vs. Magomed Kurbanov +310, vacant WBA super welterweight title</p><p><br /></p><p>Zhilei Zhang (c) -240 vs. Joseph Parker +195, WBO interim heavyweight title</p><p><br /></p><p>Mark Chamberlain -278 vs. Gavin Gwynne +222, lightweights</p><p><br /></p><p>Andrii Novytskyi vs. Juan Torres, heavyweights. TBA</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int Bet On Anything (Media Man Int) www.mediamanint.com/articles/bet_on.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Combat Sports (Media Man Int) *in progress</p><p>https://www.mediamanint.com/articles/combat_sports.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Boxing News (Media Man Int)</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/boxing_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p>PPV News (Media Man Int)</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/ppv_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Special thanks: Matchroom Boxing, DAZN, Main Event an Kayo Sports </p><p><br /></p><p>#BoxingNews #boxing #FrancisNgannou #AnthonyJoshua #ThePredator #MatchroomBoxing #EddieHearn #RiyadhSeason #Riyadh #KingdomArena #KO #combatsports #PPV #PayPerView #DAZN #MainEvent #KayoSports #Video #Videos #YouTube #promo #popculture #boxingpromoter #streamingsports #sportsstreaming #ppvstreaming #promo #promoter #promoters #sportsbetting #wager #trends #trending #TrendingNow #buzz #hype #media #mediaman #mediamanint </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Social Media News</p><p><br /></p><p>Nine and News Corp bosses reveal impact of Meta’s withdrawal from content agreements in new documentary ‘Tech Tyrants: Facebook’s War on Australia’</p><p><br /></p><p>A new documentary will blow the lid on the ruthless side to the billionaire boss of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, and the bosses of two of Australia's major commercial news outlets share just how devastating Meta's decision to withdraw from news deals will be to local journalism.</p><p><br /></p><p>The devastating impact from Facebook’s bombshell move to stop paying for news content in Australia is revealed in an exclusive Sky News investigation.</p><p><br /></p><p>‘Tech Tyrants: Facebook’s War on Australia’, which premieres on Wednesday 13 March at 8.30pm AEDT on Sky News Australia, blows the lid on the ruthless side to the billionaire boss of Facebook, and parent company Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, and his declaration of war on Australian news.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sky News Investigative Reporter Jonathan Lea uncovers how Facebook’s decision to pull the plug on news content will affect millions of Australian social media users, while also exposing them to the growing dangers of misinformation.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a rare television event, Lea speaks to both leaders of the nation’s biggest commercial media giants – Executive Chairman of News Corp Australia Michael Miller, and the CEO of Nine Entertainment Mike Sneesby – on the threat to Australia from Zuckerberg and Meta, a company worth almost two trillion dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lea also hears from the whistleblower who bravely exposed Facebook’s malicious business tactics to US Congress, as well as Australian Communications Minister, Michelle Rowland, on her fight to protect the future of Australian news.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a contemptuous move against government legislation, Facebook temporarily blocked Australian news pages in 2021, and did the same in Canada last year. Will Facebook again seek to shutdown Australians’ access to credible news content from all its platforms?</p><p><br /></p><p>‘Tech Tyrants: Facebook’s War on Australia’ premieres on Sky News this Wednesday, 13 March at 8.30pm AEDT. Watch live on Foxtel or through the www.SkyNews.com.au Streaming Subscription.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Credit: Sky News Australia)</p><p><br /></p><p>Special thanks: Sky News Australia</p><p><br /></p><p>#TechTyrants #Meta #Facebook #SkyNewsAustralia #documentary #socialmedia #socialmediaplatforms #socialmedianews #bigtech #technews #NewsCorp #journalism #politics #newsmedia #digitalnews #broadcast #trend #trends #Australia #TV #media </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Combat Sports: Boxing</p><p><br /></p><p>Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson</p><p><br /></p><p>Date: July 20, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>AT&T Stadium. Arlington, Texas</p><p><br /></p><p>Broadcast via Netflix @netflix </p><p><br /></p><p>Paul via X </p><p><br /></p><p>“Promotion, promotion, promotion — if I’m being honest, it don’t need that. The biggest fight of the 21st century, in the biggest NFL stadium in the U.S., broadcast live, on the biggest streaming platform in the world, that’s the MVP way. Whether you’re tuning in on Netflix or showing out in person, whether you’re Team Paul or Team Tyson, or whether you’re a lifelong boxing fan or watching your first fight, you’re not going to want to miss this event.”</p><p><br /></p><p>“I could not be more excited to make this amazing fight available to all Netflix subscribers alongside the hardest hitter of all time, Mike Tyson, on Saturday, July 20th. My sights are set on becoming a world champion, and now I have a chance to prove myself against the greatest heavyweight champion of the world, the baddest man on the planet and the most dangerous boxer of all time. Time to put ‘Iron’ Mike to sleep.”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix and Most Valuable Promotions Partner on Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson, a Global Live Sports Event To Stream Exclusively on Netflix on Saturday July 20</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Media Release</p><p><br /></p><p>The Live Professional Sports Event Will Take Place at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.</p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix and Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) today announced their first-ever partnership in a heavyweight boxing mega-event headlined by The Problem Child, Jake “El Gallo” Paul (9-1, 6 KOs) vs. the Baddest Man on the Planet, Mike Tyson (50-6, 44 KOs). Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson will stream live globally, exclusively on Netflix on Saturday, July 20, 2024 from the 80,000-seat capacity AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson marks Jake Paul’s most-anticipated fight to date and his second fight of 2024 following back-to-back sensational knockouts against professional boxers and Golden Glove winners Ryan Bourland this past Saturday, March 2 and Andre August in December 2023. Paul has shown tremendous growth as a boxer on his path to becoming a world champion, but now will take on one of the best and most dangerous boxers of all time in Mike Tyson.</p><p><br /></p><p>“It’s crazy to think that in my second pro fight, I went viral for knocking out Nate Robinson on Mike Tyson’s undercard. Now, less than four years later, I’m stepping up to face Tyson myself to see if I have what it takes to beat one of boxing’s most notorious fighters and biggest icons,” said Jake Paul. “Within just two and a half years of founding MVP, we’re about to produce the biggest fight in history, a fight in the biggest NFL stadium in the US, broadcast live, on the biggest streaming platform in the world – a testament to all we’ve accomplished in such a short amount of time. Whether you’re tuning in on Netflix or showing out in person, whether you’re team Paul or team Tyson, or whether you’re a lifelong boxing fan or watching your first fight, you’re not going to want to miss this event. I could not be more excited to make this amazing fight available to all Netflix subscribers alongside the hardest hitter of all time, Mike Tyson, on Saturday, July 20th. My sights are set on becoming a world champion, and now I have a chance to prove myself against the greatest heavyweight champion ever, the baddest man on the planet and the most dangerous boxer of all time. This will be the fight of a lifetime.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Mike Tyson, the legendary former undisputed world heavyweight champion, is one of the biggest stars the sport of boxing has ever seen. The “Baddest Man on the Planet” is recognized as one of the greatest fighters of all time, ESPN’s #1 hardest hitter in heavyweight history, and the youngest heavyweight champion ever at just 20 years old. His explosive power and ferocious fighting style led to a staggering run of 37 consecutive victories, with 33 of those wins coming by knockout.</p><p><br /></p><p>“I'm very much looking forward to stepping into the ring with Jake Paul at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas,” said Mike Tyson. “He's grown significantly as a boxer over the years, so it will be a lot of fun to see what the will and ambition of a ‘kid’ can do with the experience and aptitude of a GOAT. It's a full circle moment that will be beyond thrilling to watch; as I started him off on his boxing journey on the undercard of my fight with Roy Jones and now I plan to finish him.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Since establishing MVP in 2021, Nakisa Bidarian and Jake Paul have disrupted combat sports, producing some of the world’s biggest events, making history in women’s boxing and giving a new platform to young fighters. Partnering with Netflix to bring Paul vs Tyson to audiences worldwide is a strategic decision to ensure this once-in-a-lifetime event that connects six generations of sports fans is distributed globally to hundreds of millions of fans.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson is a once-in-a-lifetime dream matchup and we hope it will be the most-watched boxing event in modern boxing history,” said Nakisa Bidarian, founder of Most Valuable Promotions. “Partnering with Netflix for this deal presents an unparalleled opportunity to bring Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson to the world on an unprecedented scale and we look forward to delivering this incredible clash of two of sports biggest names. Six generations of boxing fans will have a stake in the outcome and will be able to watch an anti-hero, Jake Paul, put it all on the line against the baddest man on the planet, Mike Tyson. Thank you to Netflix for their vision and trust in MVP to put on this historic event.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix is the premier home for great sports entertainment with hits like Untold that featured "Jake Paul the Problem Child" episode last year, along with Formula 1: Drive To Survive, Full Swing, NASCAR: Full Speed, Quarterback, Tour de France: Unchained, Under Pressure: The U.S. Women’s World Cup Team and Six Nations: Full Contact. And beginning in 2025, Netflix will become the new home of WWE Raw. Paul vs. Tyson will be Netflix’s third live sports event, following The Netflix Cup and The Netflix Slam.</p><p><br /></p><p>"Mike Tyson is one of the biggest icons in boxing history and Jake Paul is one of the biggest disruptors in boxing history,” said Gabe Spitzer, Vice President, Nonfiction Sports, Netflix. “Saturday, July 20 will be pure drama in the ring in Texas. We are thrilled to partner with Most Valuable Promotions for this historic event and we can't wait for these two to face off for fans all across the world on Netflix."</p><p><br /></p><p>Additional information, including the co-main event and undercards, will be announced at a later date. For the opportunity to sign up for presale tickets, click here. https://www.mostvaluablepromotions.com/</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>About Jake Paul</p><p><br /></p><p>Jake Paul has shown tremendous growth as a boxer on his path to becoming a world champion. Since turning pro in 2020, Paul has collected multiple accolades for his commitment to the sport of boxing, including ESPNRingside’s 2021 Knockout of the Year, Sports Illustrated’s 2021 Breakout Boxer of the Year, ESPNRingside’s 2022 Viral Moment of the Year, and was the cover of Sports Illustrated’s “The 50 Most Influential Figures in Sports” issue, awarded specifically for his groundbreaking work to revolutionize the sport through equitable pay, providing a platform for young fighters, and his support of female boxers. Paul also recently announced a partnership with USA Boxing ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics, continuing his mission to elevate the sport and its future champions. In November 2020, Paul faced Nate Robinson on the Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr. card.</p><p><br /></p><p>Paul also continued his record-breaking streak in his latest fight, MVP’s Serrano vs. Meinke feat. Paul vs. Bourland by achieving the highest boxing gate in Puerto Rico history. Previously, Paul vs. August in December 2023 was the highest recorded gate for a boxing event in Orlando’s history, and broke the record for highest average ticket price, matching the average ticket price of Paul’s fight vs. Nate Diaz at the American Airlines Center in Dallas in August 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>About Mike Tyson</p><p><br /></p><p>Mike Tyson’s legacy is undisputed. As the former undisputed heavyweight champion and one of the most feared boxers in the ring, Mike Tyson holds the record as the youngest boxer to win the WBC, WBA, and IBF world heavyweight titles and the first heavyweight boxer to hold the titles simultaneously, earning him nicknames as "Iron" Mike, Kid Dynamite, and The Baddest Man on the Planet. In 2011, Tyson was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame, and in 2013 he was inaugurated into the Las Vegas Hall of Fame. Tyson returned to the ring to face Roy Jones Jr. in an eight-round exhibition fight in November 2020 at The Staples Center in Los Angeles. The boxing match was the 8th highest viewed on pay-per-view in history.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tyson’s enduring mass appeal garnered multiple successful entrepreneurial, film, and TV ventures, including The Hangover, The Hangover 2, Vendetta, and Asphalt City, Bollywood hit Liger, as well as documentary projects and his critically acclaimed one-man Broadway show Mike Tyson: UNDISPUTED TRUTH. Tyson launched his premier cannabis company, Tyson 2.0, in 2021, runs merchandise company the Mike Tyson Collection and boxing apparel and equipment company Tyson Pro, and recently announced his latest venture, testosterone treatment protocol Iron Remedy. Tyson also hosts the HotBoxin' podcast, launched in 2018, talking with some of the world's greatest sports legends, actors, and more. HotBoxin' has garnered over 40 million listeners, while Tyson's expansive digital footprint reaches over 400 million people and notably accumulated over 1.4 billion impressions on social media in 2019. Tyson's memoir Undisputed Truth, written with Larry Sloman, is a NYT best seller.</p><p><br /></p><p>About Netflix</p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services with over 260 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.</p><p><br /></p><p>About Most Valuable Promotions (MVP)</p><p><br /></p><p>Most Valuable Promotions was founded by Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian in 2021. With the mission to provide more creative control to fighters, MVP works to identify, grow, and maximize return for its own events and talent partners. Since inception MVP has consistently produced the biggest combat sports pay-per-view events. One year into its inception, MVP was nominated as one of the prestigious Sports Breakthroughs of the Year in 2022 by Sports Business Journal. The company signed one of the most decorated Hispanic athletes of all time, Amanda Serrano in its first year. Serrano and MVP made history in April of 2022 when Serrano went head to head with Katie Taylor, marking the first female fight to headline at Madison Square Garden, recently earning a nomination for Event of The Year by Sports Business Journal. Co-founder Nakisa Bidarian was an executive producer of the historic Triller Presents Mike Tyson v. Roy Jones Jr., which is the 8th most bought pay-per-view event in history.</p><p><br /></p><p>About AT&T Stadium</p><p><br /></p><p>AT&T Stadium is the largest, most technologically advanced entertainment venue in the world. Designed by HKS and built by Manhattan Construction, the $1.2 billion stadium features two monumental arches, the world's largest HDTV video board cluster, an expansive retractable roof and the largest retractable end zone doors in the world. Features of the stadium include seating for 80,000 and expandability for up to 100,000, over 300 luxury suites, club seating on multiple levels and the Dallas Cowboys Pro Shop, open to the public year-round. Outside the stadium, the Miller Lite® House is a branded destination that boasts a 70-yard Cowboys turf field featuring field games, four video boards and over 60 television screens, two fantasy football screen walls and over 87,000 outdoor square-footage for event day experiences. The space also features two beer gardens and a walk-in beer cooler. The stadium is also home to a world-class collection of contemporary art, made up of over 92 works of art by 62 established and emerging artists displayed on the walls and in the grand public spaces of the venue. In addition to being the home of the Dallas Cowboys since opening in 2009, the stadium has hosted Super Bowl XLV, the 2010 NBA All Star Game, the annual Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, the 2014 NCAA Men's Final Four, the 2015 inaugural College Football Playoff Championship Game, the 2015 50th Anniversary Academy of Country Music Awards show and WrestleMania 32 & 38. The venue has also played host to high school and college football, concerts, championship fights, international soccer matches and other special events. For more information, go to www.attstadium.com</p><p><br /></p><p>(Credit: Netflix)</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man</p><p><br /></p><p>Odds</p><p><br /></p><p>Paul as the -360 betting fav</p><p><br /></p><p>Tyson is +300 as the underdog</p><p><br /></p><p>Videos</p><p><br /></p><p>Jake Paul Official YouTube</p><p>www.youtube.com/@jakepaul </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm Fighting Mike Tyson.</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKx1LebwBLs&ab_channel=JakePaul</p><p><br /></p><p>Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson. Yes you read that right... watch me fight one of the two most famous boxers to ever exist, Mike Tyson, July 20 at the AT&T Stadium Arlington, Dallas Texas. Streaming LIVE and globally on Netflix. (Credit: Jake Paul)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix Neherland and Belgie</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/@Netflixbenelux</p><p><br /></p><p>Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson | Live Event</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VLCOThWl2g&ab_channel=NetflixNederland%26Belgi%C3%AB</p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix en Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) hebben vandaag hun allereerste samenwerking aangekondigd in een zwaargewicht boks-evenement met als headliner The Problem Child, Jake “El Gallo” Paul versus de slechtste man ter wereld , Mike Tyson. Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson wordt wereldwijd live gestreamd, exclusief op Netflix in juli 2024 vanuit het AT&T Stadium met 80.000 zitplaatsen in Arlington, Texas, de thuisbasis van de Dallas Cowboys. (Credit: Netflix)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Valuetainment Official YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>"Elderly Abuse" - Chael Sonnen Reacts to the Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson Fight</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyqjAkMHsc0&t=505s&ab_channel=Valuetainment</p><p><br /></p><p>Patrick Bet-David, Adam Sosnick and Vincent Oshana are joined by former MMA Fighter Chael Sonnen, in this clip they react to the Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson fight. (Credit: Valuetainment)</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int Bet On Anything (Media Man Int) http://mediamanint.com/articles/bet_on.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Combat Sports (Media Man Int) *in progress www.mediamanint.com/articles/combat_sports.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Boxing News (Media Man Int) *in progress www.mediamanint.com/articles/boxing_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Special thanks: Most Valuable Promotions and Netflix</p><p><br /></p><p>#BoxingNews #boxing #JakePaul #MikeTyson #IronMikeTyson #MVP #MostValuablePromotions #ATTStadium #Netflix #NetflixNews #netflixsports #sportsstreaming #streamingsports #KO #combatsports #streamingindustry #streamingbusiness #streamingentertainment #streamingbiz #sportsbusiness #Video #Videos #YouTube #legend #legends #popculture #boxingpromoter #streamingsports #sportsstreaming #promo #promoter #promoters #sportsbetting #wager #trends #trending #TrendingNow #buzz #hype #Texas #media #mediaman #mediamanint</p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: Netflix with AI</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Combat Sports</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC @ufc 299</p><p><br /></p><p>Kaseya Center, Miami, Florida, USA</p><p><br /></p><p>March 10, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Sean O'Malley vs Marlon 'Chito' Vera</p><p><br /></p><p>Videos, Media and Card</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC Official YouTube channel</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC 299: Pre-Fight Press Conference Highlights</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKo7pjMOqXA&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>"Yeah, I'm very calm going into this fight" Sean O’Malley</p><p><br /></p><p>Athletes competing in the main card at UFC 299 took the stage in Miami to answer questions from the press</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Main Event YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Sean O'Malley & Rob Whittaker praise each other ahead of Chito Vera fight | UFC 299</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgSxy3CUoXQ&ab_channel=mainevent</p><p><br /></p><p>Niko Pajarillo and Robert Whittaker interview 'Suga' Sean O'Malley ahead of the bantamweight champion's title fight against Marlon Vera.</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Sean O'Malley - Journey to UFC Champion</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZYRSkr8nnU&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>Sean O'Malley's first UFC fight came in December of 2017, as an undefeated prospect, after getting a viral KO on Season 1 of Dana White's Contender Series. By 2023, O'Malley's ascension came to fruition as he became the undisputed Bantamweight champion with a knockout victory over Aljamain Sterling.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>UFC 299 Embedded: Vlog Series - Episode 4</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK_Sda7D77E&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>Joanna Jedrzejczyk cameos as Dustin Poirier, Kevin Holland, and Mateusz Gamrot check in. Champ Sean O’Malley does media. Gilbert Burns goes courtside. Jailton Almeida trains, Michael “Venom” Page talks striking and Marlon Vera fights for Ecuador.</p><p><br /></p><p>More great background and newsworth videos to be added to the official UFC YouTube channel</p><p><br /></p><p>www.youtube.com/ufc</p><p><br /></p><p>Full Card</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC 299 Main Event On ESPN+ PPV:</p><p><br /></p><p>135 lbs.: UFC Bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley vs. Marlon Vera</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC 299 Main Card On ESPN+ PPV (10 p.m. ET):</p><p><br /></p><p>155 lbs.: Dustin Poirier vs. Benoit Saint-Denis</p><p>170 lbs.: Kevin Holland vs. Michael Page</p><p>170 lbs.: Gilbert Burns vs. Jack Della Maddalena</p><p>135 lbs.: Petr Yan vs. Yadong Song</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC 299 Late ‘Prelims’ Card On ESPN/ESPN+ (8 p.m. ET):</p><p><br /></p><p>265 lbs.: Curtis Blaydes vs. Jailton Almeida</p><p>125 lbs.: Katlyn Cerminara vs. Maycee Barber</p><p>155 lbs.: Mateusz Gamrot vs. Rafael dos Anjos</p><p>135 lbs.: Pedro Munhoz vs. Kyler Phillips</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC 299 Early ‘Prelims’ Card On Fight Pass/ESPN+ (6 p.m. ET)</p><p><br /></p><p>205 lbs.: Ion Cutelaba vs. Philipe Lins</p><p>185 lbs.: Michel Pereira vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk</p><p>265 lbs.: Robelis Despaigne vs. Josh Parisian</p><p>125 lbs.: C.J. Vergara vs. Asu Almabaev</p><p>125 lbs.: Joanne Wood vs. Maryna Moroz</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: Solid line-up. Vera for the win! It's time! Time for new blood and new hair to represent UFC. One day a rooster, next day a feather duster! New Peacock on the rise. Feathers are going to fly folks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC: 2024 (Media Man Int) *in progress</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/ufc_2024.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#UFC299 #UFC #SeanOMalley #ChitoVera #DustinPoirier #BenoitSaintDenis #KevinHolland #MichaelPage #GilbertBurns #JackDellaMaddalena #PetrYan #YadongSong #PPV #PPVS #PayPerView #ESPN #ESPNPlus #combatsports #MMA #mixedmartialarts #pressconference #PressConferenceHighlights #mediaconference #mmanews #mmamedia #broadcast #combatsports #sportsnews #sportsmedia #Video #trends #trending #buzz #Miami #Florida #media </p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: UFC</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wrestling - Gaming News</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE 2K24 @WWEgames is available on Steam, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X. There are three digital editions: standard, deluxe, and cross-gen, with the standard being released this Friday. </p><p><br /></p><p>There is also a WWE 2K24 40 Years of WrestleMania Edition.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fans have begun to play early versions of the game and have noticed that Mr McMahon has been blurred out in some WWE 2K24 Showcase cutscenes.</p><p><br /></p><p>It should be noted that not all of the scenes feature him blurred out.</p><p><br /></p><p>McMahon was also dropped from the WWE 2K24 roster.</p><p><br /></p><p>Media</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Official YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Relive 40 Years of WrestleMania in WWE 2K24</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6lI2FztyDw&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Finish your story and recreate some of the biggest moments in WrestleMania history in WWE 2K24, available starting March 5.</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Games YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Step Into The Story | WWE 2K24 Official Launch Trailer | 2K</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8SiQKottLo&ab_channel=WWE2K</p><p><br /></p><p>Legacy | WWE 2K24 Official Gameplay Trailer | 2K</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIK0-cBlilM&ab_channel=WWE2K</p><p><br /></p><p>The story’s not finished. Take your first look at WWE 2K24’s all-new match types, environments, Superstars and more, including the 2K Showcase… of the Immortals. (Credit: WWE Games)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>“FINISH YOUR STORY” IN WWE® 2K24 DELUXE EDITION AND FORTY YEARS OF WRESTLEMANIA EDITION NOW AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE</p><p><br /></p><p>Join iconic Standard Edition cover Superstar “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes and Deluxe Edition cover Superstars Rhea Ripley and Bianca Belair, with historic 2K Showcase… Of The Immortals, four new match types, Executive Soundtrack Producer Post Malone, and much more</p><p><br /></p><p>Today, 2K announced the Deluxe Edition and Forty Years of WrestleMania Edition of WWE® 2K24, the newest installment of the flagship WWE video game franchise developed by Visual Concepts, are available now on PlayStation® 5 (PS5®), PlayStation®4 (PS4®), Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC via Steam.* The Standard Edition and Standard Cross-Gen Digital Edition will be available on Friday, March 8, 2024.</p><p><br /></p><p>“WWE 2K24 is a testament to the development team’s world champion-level commitment to excellence,” said Greg Thomas, President at Visual Concepts. “Topping our best efforts each year has become a challenge we look forward to, and we’re especially proud of what we’ve achieved in our improvements to gameplay and overall quality.”</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE 2K24 boasts an array of new features and improvements on existing fan-favorites:</p><p><br /></p><p>2K Showcase… Of The Immortals: For 40 years, WrestleMania set the scene for unforgettable moments - from Hulk Hogan going toe to toe with The Rock in a contest of “Icon vs Icon,” to “Stone Cold” Steve Austin refusing to tap out to Bret Hart’s Sharpshooter, to “Mr. WrestleMania” Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramon innovating the ladder match, and many more. 40 years in the making, the WWE 2K24 Showcase…of the Immortals puts players in control, playing through the most iconic moments in WrestleMania history as 2K’s distinctive Slingshot Tech seamlessly morphs gameplay to live-action footage and back again for the most immersive WrestleMania video game experience to date. A host of unlockable content adds challenge and replay value to this historical experience. Check out the trailer here;</p><p><br /></p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbiy2I5jt90&ab_channel=WWE2K</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Iconic Roster: WWE 2K24 boasts a star-studded roster of 200+, featuring WWE Legends including “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, the Rock, Undertaker, Ultimate Warrior, and Andre the Giant, alongside current WWE Superstars including “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes, Bianca Belair, John Cena, Rhea Ripley, and Roman Reigns, whose larger-than-life entrances and signature moves are heightened by ultra-realistic graphics. Also joining the roster is boxing icon, “The Greatest” Muhammad Ali. The complete roster list is available here;</p><p><br /></p><p>https://wwe.2k.com/2k24/roster-list/</p><p><br /></p><p>Four New Match Types: Players asked, and WWE 2K24 delivers, with four new, chaotic match types: Special Guest Referee, Ambulance Match, Casket Match, and Gauntlet Match. In addition, the Backstage Brawl now features 4-player support and new interactive environmental elements - including a working elevator, breakable control room glass, and a vending machine with throwable water bottles - while the Royal Rumble now offers support for eight online players in 30-Superstar online matches. All of the familiar WWE 2K match types, such as WarGames, Extreme Rules, TLC, Submission, Hell in a Cell, and many more also return. Check out the trailer here;</p><p><br /></p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIK0-cBlilM&ab_channel=WWE2K</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>MyRISE: WWE 2K’s unique career mode experience offers two new storylines: the women’s division Unleashed experience and the men’s division Undisputed experience. Players are tasked with creating an original Superstar to forge their career path and leave an unforgettable legacy, with 80 rewards to be unlocked, including arenas, Paybacks, entrances, MyFACTION cards, and championship belts. Between the two experiences, there are over six hours of original dialogue, featuring franchise-first voiceover performances from Roman Reigns, Cody Rhodes, “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio, Mick Foley, Shotzi, and more. Check out the trailer here;</p><p><br /></p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEvXZ7YJofo&ab_channel=WWE2K</p><p><br /></p><p>MyFACTION: The team-building mode in which players collect, manage, and upgrade an array of WWE Superstars and Legends to create their ultimate four-person factions returns with a new direct purchase card market and updated multiplayer experience. Players can now compete in ranked online QuickPlay with unique rewards and seasonal leaderboards, challenge themselves with Weekly Towers, and take on a revamped Faction Wars 2.0, featuring more real-world factions, more 4v4 match types, a Faction Wars specific reward shop and more. New themed card packs and goals will continue to roll out regularly throughout the year with seasonal content refreshes**;</p><p><br /></p><p>MyGM: The popular WWE brand management simulation continues to expand with new GMs and brands to choose from, more match types, more Dramas, more Championships, talent scouts, Superstar trading between brands, Superstar contract management and the new Superstar Journey, which allows Superstars to earn XP, train, and level up to gain new benefits after participating in matches;</p><p><br /></p><p>Universe: The ultimate WWE Universe sandbox that puts players in charge of Superstar rosters, feuds, champions, weekly shows, and Premium Live Events now features expanded Rivalry actions, including run-ins, Money in the Bank cash-ins, scenarios, and brawls, as well as new cutscenes, Special Guest Referee support, Double Title Matches and a Loser Leaves Town stipulation;</p><p><br /></p><p>Creation Suite: The crown jewel of the WWE 2K franchise, the best-in-class, most detailed and robust creation suite returns with all-new support for Create-A-Referee and Create-A-Sign, as well as new parts and animations to design custom Superstars, GMs, arenas, entrances, move sets, championships and more;</p><p><br /></p><p>Soundtrack: Curated by Executive Soundtrack producer and music icon Post Malone, WWE 2K24 features an eclectic soundtrack including artists across an array of genres, including rock, metal, country, electronic music, and rap;</p><p><br /></p><p>DLC Character Packs: Fan-favorite celebrities and Superstars including CM Punk, Pat McAfee, Post Malone, Jade Cargill, Iron Sheik, Diamond Dallas Page, Mr. Perfect, and more take to the ring in DLC packs, rolling out over the months ahead and available individually, or via Season Pass. These DLC offerings, alongside frequent MyFACTION updates, offer extensive post-launch content and replayability for players to enjoy. More info on Season Pass is available here.</p><p><br /></p><p>https://wwe.2k.com/2k24/season-pass/</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE 2K24 Editions</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE 2K24 features four editions of the game: Standard Edition, Standard Cross-Gen Digital Edition, Deluxe Edition, and Forty Years of WrestleMania Edition:</p><p><br /></p><p>The Standard Edition will be available for $59.99 on previous-gen platforms (PS4, Xbox One consoles) and PC and for $69.99 on current-gen consoles (PS5 and Xbox Series X|S);</p><p><br /></p><p>Pre-Order Bonus Offers: Players who pre-order the WWE 2K24 Standard Edition will receive the Nightmare Family Pack*** a bonus pack of content including four playable Superstars - two alternate versions of Cody Rhodes (The “Undashing” masked Cody and the flamboyant Stardust), as well as the 1976 version of his father, WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes, plus one of Dusty’s greatest rivals, “Superstar” Billy Graham, all available as playable characters. Additional MyFACTION content includes three MyFACTION cards - a Mattel “Bruised” Cody Rhodes Gold Rarity card and, for the first time ever, Cody’s dog, Pharaoh, appears in WWE 2K as a Gold Rarity Manager card. In addition, all Digital Pre-Orders of any edition of WWE 2K24 will include the Standard Edition of WWE 2K23****, the highest-rated game in franchise history according to Metacritic*****;</p><p><br /></p><p>The Standard Cross-Gen Digital Edition will be available for $69.99 on PlayStation and Xbox consoles. The Standard Cross-Gen Digital Edition includes the Standard Edition across previous and current-gen platforms within the same console family and the same PlayStation or Xbox account;</p><p><br /></p><p>The Deluxe Edition is available for $99.99 for PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC. The Deluxe Edition includes the Standard Cross-Gen Edition, Nightmare Family Pack, plus a Season Pass to all five post-launch DLC content packs******; the MyRISE Mega-Boost and SuperCharger; Gold Rarity Rhea Ripley MyFACTION Card, Gold Rarity Bianca Belair MyFACTION Card, and alternate attires for Bianca and Rhea. The Deluxe Edition is available now – three days ahead of Standard and Cross-Gen Editions!;</p><p><br /></p><p>The Forty Years of WrestleMania Edition is available for $119.99 for PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC. In addition to the Standard Cross-Gen Edition and all bonus content included in the Deluxe Edition, the Forty Years of WrestleMania Edition includes the Forty Years of WrestleMania Pack, which features alternate attires for “Macho King” Randy Savage (WrestleMania 6), Rey Mysterio (WrestleMania 22), Triple H (WrestleMania 30), Charlotte Flair (WrestleMania 33), and Rhea Ripley (WrestleMania 36), as well as Gold Rarity MyFACTION cards for each, instant unlocking of all playable Showcase characters, and the WrestleMania 40 Arena, which will be available after launch******. The Forty Years of WrestleMania Edition is available now – three days ahead of Standard and Standard Cross-Gen Editions!;</p><p><br /></p><p>For more information on WWE 2K24, visit the game’s official website, become a fan on Facebook, follow the game on TikTok, X, Instagram, and subscribe on Twitch and YouTube. Official campaign hashtags #WWE2K24 and #FinishYourStory.</p><p><br /></p><p>Visual Concepts is a 2K studio. 2K is a wholly owned publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).</p><p><br /></p><p>"PlayStation", "PS5", and "PS4" are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Interactive Entertainment.</p><p><br /></p><p>*Deluxe Edition digital version available March 5. Deluxe Edition physical version available March 5 in select territories, and March 8 for the rest of the world. For further details on physical availability of WWE 2K24 Deluxe Edition, please visit wwe.2k.com/2k24/deluxe-edition-release-dates.</p><p><br /></p><p>**WWE 2K24 and internet access required to play MyFACTION content. Online Account (13+) required to access online features. See www.take2games.com/legal and www.take2games.com/privacy for additional details.</p><p><br /></p><p>***Nightmare Family Pack pre-order bonus offer available through March 7, 2024. Pre-order WWE 2K24 Standard Edition and receive the Nightmare Family Pack, which includes four playable characters and three gold-tier MyFACTION cards (Dusty Rhodes ’76, Mattel Cody Rhodes, and Pharoah (Manager). The Nightmare Family Pack is included with Deluxe and Forty Years of WrestleMania editions. For digital pre-orders, items will be automatically entitled in-game. For physical pre-orders, items will be redeemed in game via code provided in box. Terms apply.</p><p><br /></p><p>****Pre-order WWE 2K24 Standard Edition (Digital) on any platform through March 7, 2024, and receive a digital copy of WWE 2K23 Standard Edition for the same platform. Digital copy of WWE 2K23 will be automatically entitled and available to download following pre-order. WWE 2K23 must be downloaded to the platform account used to pre-order WWE 2K24 and is non-transferable. Offer not available to platform accounts that already own WWE 2K23 on the same platform. Terms apply.</p><p><br /></p><p>*****Based on WWE 2K23's Metacritic scores on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC as of March 3, 2024.</p><p><br /></p><p>******For digital orders, post-launch Forty Years of WrestleMania Pack content and DLC will be automatically delivered on release for PC users, available for download in the PlayStation store/Library tile for PS4 and PS5 users, and available for download in Microsoft Store for Xbox users. For physical orders, post-launch DLC will be available upon release and redeemed in game via code provided in box. DLC will also be available for purchase separately.</p><p><br /></p><p>About 2K</p><p><br /></p><p>Founded in 2005, 2K develops and publishes interactive entertainment for video game consoles, personal computers, and mobile devices, with product availability including physical retail and digital download. The Company is home to many talented development studios, including Visual Concepts, Firaxis Games, Hangar 13, Cat Daddy Games, 31st Union, Cloud Chamber and HB Studios. 2K’s portfolio currently includes several AAA, sports and entertainment brands, including global powerhouse NBA®️ 2K; renowned BioShock®️, Borderlands®️, Mafia, Sid Meier’s Civilization®️ and XCOM®️ brands; popular WWE®️ 2K and WWE®️ SuperCard franchises; as well as the critically and commercially acclaimed PGA TOUR®️ 2K. Additional information about 2K and its products may be found at 2K.com and on the Company’s official social media channels.</p><p>2K is a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).</p><p><br /></p><p>About Take-Two Interactive Software</p><p><br /></p><p>Headquartered in New York City, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is a leading developer, publisher, and marketer of interactive entertainment for consumers around the globe. The Company develops and publishes products principally through Rockstar Games, 2K, Private Division, and Zynga. Our products are currently designed for console gaming systems, PC, and Mobile including smartphones and tablets, and are delivered through physical retail, digital download, online platforms, and cloud streaming services. The Company’s common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol TTWO.</p><p><br /></p><p>All trademarks and copyrights contained herein are the property of their respective holders. (Credit: 2K)</p><p><br /></p><p>Website</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE 2K24 Website</p><p>https://wwe.2k.com/2k24/</p><p><br /></p><p>#WWE2K24 #WWEGames #WWE #2K #wrestlinggames #Playstation #Xbox #CodyRhodes #AmericanNightmare #gaming #gamesnews #gamerelease #entertainment #homeentertainment #FinishYourStory #FinishTheStory #popculture #YouTube #trends #trending #buzz #media </p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: WWE Games/2K</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Combat Sports: Boxing</p><p><br /></p><p>Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson</p><p><br /></p><p>Date: July 20, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>AT&T Stadium. Arlington, Texas</p><p><br /></p><p>Broadcast via Netflix </p><p>@netflix</p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>Paul via X </p><p><br /></p><p>“Promotion, promotion, promotion — if I’m being honest, it don’t need that. The biggest fight of the 21st century, in the biggest NFL stadium in the U.S., broadcast live, on the biggest streaming platform in the world, that’s the MVP way. Whether you’re tuning in on Netflix or showing out in person, whether you’re Team Paul or Team Tyson, or whether you’re a lifelong boxing fan or watching your first fight, you’re not going to want to miss this event.”</p><p><br /></p><p>“I could not be more excited to make this amazing fight available to all Netflix subscribers alongside the hardest hitter of all time, Mike Tyson, on Saturday, July 20th. My sights are set on becoming a world champion, and now I have a chance to prove myself against the greatest heavyweight champion of the world, the baddest man on the planet and the most dangerous boxer of all time. Time to put ‘Iron’ Mike to sleep.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix and Most Valuable Promotions Partner on Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson, a Global Live Sports Event To Stream Exclusively on Netflix on Saturday July 20</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Release</p><p><br /></p><p>The Live Professional Sports Event Will Take Place at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.</p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix and Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) today announced their first-ever partnership in a heavyweight boxing mega-event headlined by The Problem Child, Jake “El Gallo” Paul (9-1, 6 KOs) vs. the Baddest Man on the Planet, Mike Tyson (50-6, 44 KOs). Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson will stream live globally, exclusively on Netflix on Saturday, July 20, 2024 from the 80,000-seat capacity AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson marks Jake Paul’s most-anticipated fight to date and his second fight of 2024 following back-to-back sensational knockouts against professional boxers and Golden Glove winners Ryan Bourland this past Saturday, March 2 and Andre August in December 2023. Paul has shown tremendous growth as a boxer on his path to becoming a world champion, but now will take on one of the best and most dangerous boxers of all time in Mike Tyson.</p><p><br /></p><p>“It’s crazy to think that in my second pro fight, I went viral for knocking out Nate Robinson on Mike Tyson’s undercard. Now, less than four years later, I’m stepping up to face Tyson myself to see if I have what it takes to beat one of boxing’s most notorious fighters and biggest icons,” said Jake Paul. “Within just two and a half years of founding MVP, we’re about to produce the biggest fight in history, a fight in the biggest NFL stadium in the US, broadcast live, on the biggest streaming platform in the world – a testament to all we’ve accomplished in such a short amount of time. Whether you’re tuning in on Netflix or showing out in person, whether you’re team Paul or team Tyson, or whether you’re a lifelong boxing fan or watching your first fight, you’re not going to want to miss this event. I could not be more excited to make this amazing fight available to all Netflix subscribers alongside the hardest hitter of all time, Mike Tyson, on Saturday, July 20th. My sights are set on becoming a world champion, and now I have a chance to prove myself against the greatest heavyweight champion ever, the baddest man on the planet and the most dangerous boxer of all time. This will be the fight of a lifetime.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Mike Tyson, the legendary former undisputed world heavyweight champion, is one of the biggest stars the sport of boxing has ever seen. The “Baddest Man on the Planet” is recognized as one of the greatest fighters of all time, ESPN’s #1 hardest hitter in heavyweight history, and the youngest heavyweight champion ever at just 20 years old. His explosive power and ferocious fighting style led to a staggering run of 37 consecutive victories, with 33 of those wins coming by knockout.</p><p><br /></p><p>“I'm very much looking forward to stepping into the ring with Jake Paul at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas,” said Mike Tyson. “He's grown significantly as a boxer over the years, so it will be a lot of fun to see what the will and ambition of a ‘kid’ can do with the experience and aptitude of a GOAT. It's a full circle moment that will be beyond thrilling to watch; as I started him off on his boxing journey on the undercard of my fight with Roy Jones and now I plan to finish him.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Since establishing MVP in 2021, Nakisa Bidarian and Jake Paul have disrupted combat sports, producing some of the world’s biggest events, making history in women’s boxing and giving a new platform to young fighters. Partnering with Netflix to bring Paul vs Tyson to audiences worldwide is a strategic decision to ensure this once-in-a-lifetime event that connects six generations of sports fans is distributed globally to hundreds of millions of fans.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson is a once-in-a-lifetime dream matchup and we hope it will be the most-watched boxing event in modern boxing history,” said Nakisa Bidarian, founder of Most Valuable Promotions. “Partnering with Netflix for this deal presents an unparalleled opportunity to bring Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson to the world on an unprecedented scale and we look forward to delivering this incredible clash of two of sports biggest names. Six generations of boxing fans will have a stake in the outcome and will be able to watch an anti-hero, Jake Paul, put it all on the line against the baddest man on the planet, Mike Tyson. Thank you to Netflix for their vision and trust in MVP to put on this historic event.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix is the premier home for great sports entertainment with hits like Untold that featured "Jake Paul the Problem Child" episode last year, along with Formula 1: Drive To Survive, Full Swing, NASCAR: Full Speed, Quarterback, Tour de France: Unchained, Under Pressure: The U.S. Women’s World Cup Team and Six Nations: Full Contact. And beginning in 2025, Netflix will become the new home of WWE Raw. Paul vs. Tyson will be Netflix’s third live sports event, following The Netflix Cup and The Netflix Slam.</p><p><br /></p><p>"Mike Tyson is one of the biggest icons in boxing history and Jake Paul is one of the biggest disruptors in boxing history,” said Gabe Spitzer, Vice President, Nonfiction Sports, Netflix. “Saturday, July 20 will be pure drama in the ring in Texas. We are thrilled to partner with Most Valuable Promotions for this historic event and we can't wait for these two to face off for fans all across the world on Netflix."</p><p><br /></p><p>Additional information, including the co-main event and undercards, will be announced at a later date. For the opportunity to sign up for presale tickets, click here. https://mostvaluablepromotions.com</p><p><br /></p><p>About Jake Paul</p><p><br /></p><p>Jake Paul has shown tremendous growth as a boxer on his path to becoming a world champion. Since turning pro in 2020, Paul has collected multiple accolades for his commitment to the sport of boxing, including ESPNRingside’s 2021 Knockout of the Year, Sports Illustrated’s 2021 Breakout Boxer of the Year, ESPNRingside’s 2022 Viral Moment of the Year, and was the cover of Sports Illustrated’s “The 50 Most Influential Figures in Sports” issue, awarded specifically for his groundbreaking work to revolutionize the sport through equitable pay, providing a platform for young fighters, and his support of female boxers. Paul also recently announced a partnership with USA Boxing ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics, continuing his mission to elevate the sport and its future champions. In November 2020, Paul faced Nate Robinson on the Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr. card.</p><p><br /></p><p>Paul also continued his record-breaking streak in his latest fight, MVP’s Serrano vs. Meinke feat. Paul vs. Bourland by achieving the highest boxing gate in Puerto Rico history. Previously, Paul vs. August in December 2023 was the highest recorded gate for a boxing event in Orlando’s history, and broke the record for highest average ticket price, matching the average ticket price of Paul’s fight vs. Nate Diaz at the American Airlines Center in Dallas in August 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>About Mike Tyson</p><p><br /></p><p>Mike Tyson’s legacy is undisputed. As the former undisputed heavyweight champion and one of the most feared boxers in the ring, Mike Tyson holds the record as the youngest boxer to win the WBC, WBA, and IBF world heavyweight titles and the first heavyweight boxer to hold the titles simultaneously, earning him nicknames as "Iron" Mike, Kid Dynamite, and The Baddest Man on the Planet. In 2011, Tyson was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame, and in 2013 he was inaugurated into the Las Vegas Hall of Fame. Tyson returned to the ring to face Roy Jones Jr. in an eight-round exhibition fight in November 2020 at The Staples Center in Los Angeles. The boxing match was the 8th highest viewed on pay-per-view in history.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tyson’s enduring mass appeal garnered multiple successful entrepreneurial, film, and TV ventures, including The Hangover, The Hangover 2, Vendetta, and Asphalt City, Bollywood hit Liger, as well as documentary projects and his critically acclaimed one-man Broadway show Mike Tyson: UNDISPUTED TRUTH. Tyson launched his premier cannabis company, Tyson 2.0, in 2021, runs merchandise company the Mike Tyson Collection and boxing apparel and equipment company Tyson Pro, and recently announced his latest venture, testosterone treatment protocol Iron Remedy. Tyson also hosts the HotBoxin' podcast, launched in 2018, talking with some of the world's greatest sports legends, actors, and more. HotBoxin' has garnered over 40 million listeners, while Tyson's expansive digital footprint reaches over 400 million people and notably accumulated over 1.4 billion impressions on social media in 2019. Tyson's memoir Undisputed Truth, written with Larry Sloman, is a NYT best seller.</p><p><br /></p><p>About Netflix</p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services with over 260 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.</p><p><br /></p><p>About Most Valuable Promotions (MVP)</p><p><br /></p><p>Most Valuable Promotions was founded by Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian in 2021. With the mission to provide more creative control to fighters, MVP works to identify, grow, and maximize return for its own events and talent partners. Since inception MVP has consistently produced the biggest combat sports pay-per-view events. One year into its inception, MVP was nominated as one of the prestigious Sports Breakthroughs of the Year in 2022 by Sports Business Journal. The company signed one of the most decorated Hispanic athletes of all time, Amanda Serrano in its first year. Serrano and MVP made history in April of 2022 when Serrano went head to head with Katie Taylor, marking the first female fight to headline at Madison Square Garden, recently earning a nomination for Event of The Year by Sports Business Journal. Co-founder Nakisa Bidarian was an executive producer of the historic Triller Presents Mike Tyson v. Roy Jones Jr., which is the 8th most bought pay-per-view event in history.</p><p><br /></p><p>About AT&T Stadium</p><p><br /></p><p>AT&T Stadium is the largest, most technologically advanced entertainment venue in the world. Designed by HKS and built by Manhattan Construction, the $1.2 billion stadium features two monumental arches, the world's largest HDTV video board cluster, an expansive retractable roof and the largest retractable end zone doors in the world. Features of the stadium include seating for 80,000 and expandability for up to 100,000, over 300 luxury suites, club seating on multiple levels and the Dallas Cowboys Pro Shop, open to the public year-round. Outside the stadium, the Miller Lite® House is a branded destination that boasts a 70-yard Cowboys turf field featuring field games, four video boards and over 60 television screens, two fantasy football screen walls and over 87,000 outdoor square-footage for event day experiences. The space also features two beer gardens and a walk-in beer cooler. The stadium is also home to a world-class collection of contemporary art, made up of over 92 works of art by 62 established and emerging artists displayed on the walls and in the grand public spaces of the venue. In addition to being the home of the Dallas Cowboys since opening in 2009, the stadium has hosted Super Bowl XLV, the 2010 NBA All Star Game, the annual Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, the 2014 NCAA Men's Final Four, the 2015 inaugural College Football Playoff Championship Game, the 2015 50th Anniversary Academy of Country Music Awards show and WrestleMania 32 & 38. The venue has also played host to high school and college football, concerts, championship fights, international soccer matches and other special events. For more information, go to http://attstadium.com</p><p><br /></p><p>(Credit: Netflix)</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man</p><p><br /></p><p>Odds</p><p><br /></p><p>Paul as the -360 betting fav</p><p><br /></p><p>Tyson is +300 as the underdog</p><p><br /></p><p>Videos</p><p><br /></p><p>Jake Paul Official YouTube</p><p>http://youtube.com/@jakepaul </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm Fighting Mike Tyson.</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=WKx1LebwBLs&ab_channel=JakePaul</p><p><br /></p><p>Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson. Yes you read that right... watch me fight one of the two most famous boxers to ever exist, Mike Tyson, July 20 at the AT&T Stadium Arlington, Dallas Texas. Streaming LIVE and globally on Netflix. (Credit: Jake Paul)</p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix Neherland and Belgie</p><p>https://youtube.com/@Netflixbenelux</p><p><br /></p><p>Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson | Live Event</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=-VLCOThWl2g&ab_channel=NetflixNederland%26Belgi%C3%AB</p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix en Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) hebben vandaag hun allereerste samenwerking aangekondigd in een zwaargewicht boks-evenement met als headliner The Problem Child, Jake “El Gallo” Paul versus de slechtste man ter wereld , Mike Tyson. Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson wordt wereldwijd live gestreamd, exclusief op Netflix in juli 2024 vanuit het AT&T Stadium met 80.000 zitplaatsen in Arlington, Texas, de thuisbasis van de Dallas Cowboys. (Credit: Netflix)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE </p><p>@WWE</p><p> SmackDown</p><p><br /></p><p>March 8, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>American Airlines Center</p><p><br /></p><p>Dallas, Texas</p><p><br /></p><p>The Bloodline Continues To Evolve</p><p><br /></p><p>Are tensions getting tested between champion and Tribal Chief Roman Reigns and Dwayne Johnson (DJ on the TKO Group board of directors)?</p><p><br /></p><p>"Wiseman" Paul Heyman is getting indicted into the WWE Hall of Fame 2024. But, who will induct him?</p><p><br /></p><p>Uso Brothers Jimmy and Jey are still separated but secretly do they wish to mend the fence?</p><p><br /></p><p>Are the rumours true about one or two more Samoans set to join the WWE ranks and will The Bloodline look to recruit them? - or, has the deal already been done on the quiet? Could be on a need to know basis!</p><p><br /></p><p>SmackDown GM Nick Aldis has a lot on this plate as usual.</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE announces Corey Graves and Wade Barrett will have plenty of action and conspiracy theories to discuss. "Sort of refreshing" to call the action under the leadership of Triple H right Mr Graves. Gorilla communication channels via The Internet Matrix Of Things. On the verge of breaking down the fourth wall. WWE - NFL like combine with high drama and plenty of room for rule breaking and ultra heels. Ain't that so right Mr Logan Paul. Watch out for those Prime Hydrate energy drinks bottles boys and girls. May cause brain snaps on occasion the eagles and crows told us!</p><p><br /></p><p>Wrestlers have frequently been getting slammed into the announcers table frequently as of late. Don't be surprised if it happens again.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe Logan Paul and/or Bobby Lashley and Karrion Kross will weaponize the table or perhaps use another foreign object. Oh, LP has brass knux. Is Kevin Owens lurking, or does LP have a different foe to be concerned about?</p><p><br /></p><p>How well behaved will the femme fatales on the women's roster be on this hot Friday Night in Texas? Resident white witch of The Final Testament, Scarlett - partner of Mr Karrion Kross may be looking to cast a spell or two, perhaps throw in some poisonous dust and God knows what else. Unbridled passion, fury and combat in and around the squared circle await. Texas braces itself for trauma and torment. Local medical facilities at the ready!</p><p><br /></p><p>SmackDown is going to be a madhouse as the Road To WrestleMania continues.</p><p><br /></p><p>Videos from the official WWE YouTube channel just to warm you up for the latest chapter of Samoan tribal warfare and a full blown assault in the WWE and beyond.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Bloodline complete story: 2 HOUR WWE Playlist</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=z19Cad44Jdo&t=9s</p><p><br /></p><p>The Bloodline story in 2023: WWE Playlist</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=2yvsrNv1fRU&t=138s</p><p><br /></p><p>Best of The Rock full matches marathon</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=7ITD7hJ20ZU&t=141s</p><p><br /></p><p>Rikishi, Jimmy Uso, Afa and Sika comment on Roman Reigns and Jey Uso: SmackDown, Sept. 25, 2020</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=FhuBng_tM_E&t=3s</p><p><br /></p><p>Anoa’i family debuts: WWE Top 10, May 1, 2022</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=qW7kQTIambc</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Reigns puts Tribal Chief status on the line against Jey Uso: SummerSlam 2023 Highlights</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=CMx393qtkjY</p><p><br /></p><p>FULL-LENGTH MATCH - Championship Wrestling - The Wild Samoans vs. Tony Garea & Rene Goulet</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=vxv8VlaI-Mg&t=6s</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>All Elite Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>New Pay-Per-View Announced</p><p><br /></p><p>Numerous Dream Matches Possible And Likely: Media Man</p><p><br /></p><p>AEW </p><p>@AEW</p><p> Dynasty</p><p><br /></p><p>April 21, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>St. Louis, Missouri</p><p><br /></p><p>Broadcasting worldwide via TrillerTV </p><p>@FiteTV</p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>At time of publication there are solid indications that the following from the AEW will make an appearance, however the match line-up has not been released yet:</p><p><br /></p><p>Samoa Joe</p><p>Wardlow</p><p>Swerve Strickland</p><p>Adam Page</p><p>Kazuchika Okada</p><p>Will Ospreay</p><p>Bryan Danielson</p><p>Young Bucks aka The MVP aka The Elite</p><p>Eddie Kingston</p><p>Blackpool Combat Club</p><p>Darby Allin</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: With the recent full-time editions of world class wrestlers there are numerous opportunities to creative what many fans and promoters call dream matches. Could we get Danielson vs Okada? Ospreay vs Strickland?! The AEW roster is so loaded at present and many wrestlers have also returned from injury. If dream matches are high on your agenda, this looks like a must see supercard.</p><p><br /></p><p>AEW YouTube highlights and moments to give a glimpse into the future</p><p><br /></p><p>EXCLUSIVE! We hear from AEW World Champion Samoa Joe, EVPs & Okada, and more! | 3/7/24, AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=LNpKoavlPZ0&t=14s</p><p><br /></p><p>"You see, when your dealing with men like Wardlow, supposed walking wars, you only deal with them one way - decisively, effectively and with ultimate prejudice" Samoa Joe</p><p><br /></p><p>Will Ospreay takes on ROH TV Champion & Callis Family member Kyle Fletcher! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=3O3_HGxj3n8&t=17s</p><p><br /></p><p>"Blow for blow. Will Ospreay, heavy hitter" Taz</p><p><br /></p><p>"Not a lot on that one. I think Kyle's hurt guys" Don Callis</p><p><br /></p><p>"Yeah, that's a good call Don. Getting up slowly" Tony Schiavone</p><p><br /></p><p>"Ospreay sacrificing himself for that"... Excalibur</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cryptocurrency and Business News via FxPro and Media Man </p><p><br /></p><p>March 7, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Crypto: Bulls cautious steps after pause</p><p><br /></p><p>Market picture</p><p><br /></p><p>The crypto market cap remains at $2.52 trillion, close to Tuesday's highs. It is also worth noting the positive market momentum in the last few hours after the lull, which looks like the first tentative steps of buyers. We would not be surprised if they have enough strength to push Bitcoin to new highs, as is now happening with gold.</p><p><br /></p><p>We continue to believe that an essential driver of buying in Bitcoin and gold is the uncertainty of large investors in US regional banks. There was a similar buying spree a year ago, which was only halted by the Fed's capital injection. But the fear is that a domino effect has already been set in motion for the entire industry.</p><p><br /></p><p>News background</p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin's new all-time high triggered a wave of selling that was amplified by liquidations in the open-ended market. According to Santiment, the correction caused the OI on bitcoin derivatives to fall by 12%, or $1.42 billion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin's brief collapse helped to normalise financing rates in the open-ended cryptocurrency futures market, removing excessive leverage. Over the day, exchanges unwound about 300,000 traders' margin positions worth about $1 billion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Analysts interviewed by Bloomberg expressed confidence in bitcoin's long-term upside, in part due to the excitement surrounding the ETF.</p><p><br /></p><p>BlackRock's bitcoin ETF has increased its investment in BTC, catching up with MicroStrategy, the world's largest corporate bitcoin holder, in terms of initial cryptocurrency holdings. Inflows into the BlackRock ETF exceeded $788 million on a day when BTC hit an all-time high.</p><p><br /></p><p>Crypto asset manager Grayscale Investments announced the launch of an investment fund that will generate income by stealing cryptocurrencies. The fund's portfolio consists of nine tokens, with income distributed and rebalanced on a quarterly basis.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Source: FxPro) with Media Man and Bitcoin News Media </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wrestling - Gaming News</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE 2K24 </p><p>@WWEgames</p><p> is available on Steam, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X. There are three digital editions: standard, deluxe, and cross-gen, with the standard being released this Friday. </p><p><br /></p><p>There is also a WWE 2K24 40 Years of WrestleMania Edition.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fans have begun to play early versions of the game and have noticed that Mr McMahon has been blurred out in some WWE 2K24 Showcase cutscenes.</p><p><br /></p><p>It should be noted that not all of the scenes feature him blurred out.</p><p><br /></p><p>McMahon was also dropped from the WWE 2K24 roster.</p><p><br /></p><p>Media</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Official YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Relive 40 Years of WrestleMania in WWE 2K24</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=l6lI2FztyDw&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Finish your story and recreate some of the biggest moments in WrestleMania history in WWE 2K24, available starting March 5.</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Games YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Step Into The Story | WWE 2K24 Official Launch Trailer | 2K</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=W8SiQKottLo&ab_channel=WWE2K</p><p><br /></p><p>Legacy | WWE 2K24 Official Gameplay Trailer | 2K</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=pIK0-cBlilM&ab_channel=WWE2K</p><p><br /></p><p>The story’s not finished. Take your first look at WWE 2K24’s all-new match types, environments, Superstars and more, including the 2K Showcase… of the Immortals. (Credit: WWE Games)</p><p><br /></p><p>“FINISH YOUR STORY” IN WWE® 2K24 DELUXE EDITION AND FORTY YEARS OF WRESTLEMANIA EDITION NOW AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE</p><p><br /></p><p>Join iconic Standard Edition cover Superstar “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes and Deluxe Edition cover Superstars Rhea Ripley and Bianca Belair, with historic 2K Showcase… Of The Immortals, four new match types, Executive Soundtrack Producer Post Malone, and much more</p><p><br /></p><p>Today, 2K announced the Deluxe Edition and Forty Years of WrestleMania Edition of WWE® 2K24, the newest installment of the flagship WWE video game franchise developed by Visual Concepts, are available now on PlayStation® 5 (PS5®), PlayStation®4 (PS4®), Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC via Steam.* The Standard Edition and Standard Cross-Gen Digital Edition will be available on Friday, March 8, 2024.</p><p><br /></p><p>“WWE 2K24 is a testament to the development team’s world champion-level commitment to excellence,” said Greg Thomas, President at Visual Concepts. “Topping our best efforts each year has become a challenge we look forward to, and we’re especially proud of what we’ve achieved in our improvements to gameplay and overall quality.”</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE 2K24 boasts an array of new features and improvements on existing fan-favorites:</p><p><br /></p><p>2K Showcase… Of The Immortals: For 40 years, WrestleMania set the scene for unforgettable moments - from Hulk Hogan going toe to toe with The Rock in a contest of “Icon vs Icon,” to “Stone Cold” Steve Austin refusing to tap out to Bret Hart’s Sharpshooter, to “Mr. WrestleMania” Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramon innovating the ladder match, and many more. 40 years in the making, the WWE 2K24 Showcase…of the Immortals puts players in control, playing through the most iconic moments in WrestleMania history as 2K’s distinctive Slingshot Tech seamlessly morphs gameplay to live-action footage and back again for the most immersive WrestleMania video game experience to date. A host of unlockable content adds challenge and replay value to this historical experience. Check out the trailer here;</p><p><br /></p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=vbiy2I5jt90&ab_channel=WWE2K</p><p><br /></p><p>Iconic Roster: WWE 2K24 boasts a star-studded roster of 200+, featuring WWE Legends including “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, the Rock, Undertaker, Ultimate Warrior, and Andre the Giant, alongside current WWE Superstars including “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes, Bianca Belair, John Cena, Rhea Ripley, and Roman Reigns, whose larger-than-life entrances and signature moves are heightened by ultra-realistic graphics. Also joining the roster is boxing icon, “The Greatest” Muhammad Ali. The complete roster list is available here;</p><p><br /></p><p>https://wwe.2k.com/2k24/roster-list/</p><p><br /></p><p>Four New Match Types: Players asked, and WWE 2K24 delivers, with four new, chaotic match types: Special Guest Referee, Ambulance Match, Casket Match, and Gauntlet Match. In addition, the Backstage Brawl now features 4-player support and new interactive environmental elements - including a working elevator, breakable control room glass, and a vending machine with throwable water bottles - while the Royal Rumble now offers support for eight online players in 30-Superstar online matches. All of the familiar WWE 2K match types, such as WarGames, Extreme Rules, TLC, Submission, Hell in a Cell, and many more also return. Check out the trailer here;</p><p><br /></p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=pIK0-cBlilM&ab_channel=WWE2K</p><p><br /></p><p>MyRISE: WWE 2K’s unique career mode experience offers two new storylines: the women’s division Unleashed experience and the men’s division Undisputed experience. Players are tasked with creating an original Superstar to forge their career path and leave an unforgettable legacy, with 80 rewards to be unlocked, including arenas, Paybacks, entrances, MyFACTION cards, and championship belts. Between the two experiences, there are over six hours of original dialogue, featuring franchise-first voiceover performances from Roman Reigns, Cody Rhodes, “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio, Mick Foley, Shotzi, and more. Check out the trailer here;</p><p><br /></p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=BEvXZ7YJofo&ab_channel=WWE2K</p><p><br /></p><p>MyFACTION: The team-building mode in which players collect, manage, and upgrade an array of WWE Superstars and Legends to create their ultimate four-person factions returns with a new direct purchase card market and updated multiplayer experience. Players can now compete in ranked online QuickPlay with unique rewards and seasonal leaderboards, challenge themselves with Weekly Towers, and take on a revamped Faction Wars 2.0, featuring more real-world factions, more 4v4 match types, a Faction Wars specific reward shop and more. New themed card packs and goals will continue to roll out regularly throughout the year with seasonal content refreshes**;</p><p><br /></p><p>MyGM: The popular WWE brand management simulation continues to expand with new GMs and brands to choose from, more match types, more Dramas, more Championships, talent scouts, Superstar trading between brands, Superstar contract management and the new Superstar Journey, which allows Superstars to earn XP, train, and level up to gain new benefits after participating in matches;</p><p><br /></p><p>Universe: The ultimate WWE Universe sandbox that puts players in charge of Superstar rosters, feuds, champions, weekly shows, and Premium Live Events now features expanded Rivalry actions, including run-ins, Money in the Bank cash-ins, scenarios, and brawls, as well as new cutscenes, Special Guest Referee support, Double Title Matches and a Loser Leaves Town stipulation;</p><p><br /></p><p>Creation Suite: The crown jewel of the WWE 2K franchise, the best-in-class, most detailed and robust creation suite returns with all-new support for Create-A-Referee and Create-A-Sign, as well as new parts and animations to design custom Superstars, GMs, arenas, entrances, move sets, championships and more;</p><p><br /></p><p>Soundtrack: Curated by Executive Soundtrack producer and music icon Post Malone, WWE 2K24 features an eclectic soundtrack including artists across an array of genres, including rock, metal, country, electronic music, and rap;</p><p><br /></p><p>DLC Character Packs: Fan-favorite celebrities and Superstars including CM Punk, Pat McAfee, Post Malone, Jade Cargill, Iron Sheik, Diamond Dallas Page, Mr. Perfect, and more take to the ring in DLC packs, rolling out over the months ahead and available individually, or via Season Pass. These DLC offerings, alongside frequent MyFACTION updates, offer extensive post-launch content and replayability for players to enjoy. More info on Season Pass is available here.</p><p><br /></p><p>https://wwe.2k.com/2k24/season-pass/</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE 2K24 Editions</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE 2K24 features four editions of the game: Standard Edition, Standard Cross-Gen Digital Edition, Deluxe Edition, and Forty Years of WrestleMania Edition:</p><p><br /></p><p>The Standard Edition will be available for $59.99 on previous-gen platforms (PS4, Xbox One consoles) and PC and for $69.99 on current-gen consoles (PS5 and Xbox Series X|S);</p><p><br /></p><p>Pre-Order Bonus Offers: Players who pre-order the WWE 2K24 Standard Edition will receive the Nightmare Family Pack*** a bonus pack of content including four playable Superstars - two alternate versions of Cody Rhodes (The “Undashing” masked Cody and the flamboyant Stardust), as well as the 1976 version of his father, WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes, plus one of Dusty’s greatest rivals, “Superstar” Billy Graham, all available as playable characters. Additional MyFACTION content includes three MyFACTION cards - a Mattel “Bruised” Cody Rhodes Gold Rarity card and, for the first time ever, Cody’s dog, Pharaoh, appears in WWE 2K as a Gold Rarity Manager card. In addition, all Digital Pre-Orders of any edition of WWE 2K24 will include the Standard Edition of WWE 2K23****, the highest-rated game in franchise history according to Metacritic*****;</p><p><br /></p><p>The Standard Cross-Gen Digital Edition will be available for $69.99 on PlayStation and Xbox consoles. The Standard Cross-Gen Digital Edition includes the Standard Edition across previous and current-gen platforms within the same console family and the same PlayStation or Xbox account;</p><p><br /></p><p>The Deluxe Edition is available for $99.99 for PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC. The Deluxe Edition includes the Standard Cross-Gen Edition, Nightmare Family Pack, plus a Season Pass to all five post-launch DLC content packs******; the MyRISE Mega-Boost and SuperCharger; Gold Rarity Rhea Ripley MyFACTION Card, Gold Rarity Bianca Belair MyFACTION Card, and alternate attires for Bianca and Rhea. The Deluxe Edition is available now – three days ahead of Standard and Cross-Gen Editions!;</p><p><br /></p><p>The Forty Years of WrestleMania Edition is available for $119.99 for PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC. In addition to the Standard Cross-Gen Edition and all bonus content included in the Deluxe Edition, the Forty Years of WrestleMania Edition includes the Forty Years of WrestleMania Pack, which features alternate attires for “Macho King” Randy Savage (WrestleMania 6), Rey Mysterio (WrestleMania 22), Triple H (WrestleMania 30), Charlotte Flair (WrestleMania 33), and Rhea Ripley (WrestleMania 36), as well as Gold Rarity MyFACTION cards for each, instant unlocking of all playable Showcase characters, and the WrestleMania 40 Arena, which will be available after launch******. The Forty Years of WrestleMania Edition is available now – three days ahead of Standard and Standard Cross-Gen Editions!;</p><p><br /></p><p>For more information on WWE 2K24, visit the game’s official website, become a fan on Facebook, follow the game on TikTok, X, Instagram, and subscribe on Twitch and YouTube. Official campaign hashtags #WWE2K24 and #FinishYourStory.</p><p><br /></p><p>Visual Concepts is a 2K studio. 2K is a wholly owned publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).</p><p><br /></p><p>"PlayStation", "PS5", and "PS4" are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Interactive Entertainment.</p><p><br /></p><p>*Deluxe Edition digital version available March 5. Deluxe Edition physical version available March 5 in select territories, and March 8 for the rest of the world. For further details on physical availability of WWE 2K24 Deluxe Edition, please visit http://wwe.2k.com/2k24/deluxe-edition-release-dates.</p><p><br /></p><p>**WWE 2K24 and internet access required to play MyFACTION content. Online Account (13+) required to access online features. See http://take2games.com/legal and http://take2games.com/privacy for additional details.</p><p><br /></p><p>***Nightmare Family Pack pre-order bonus offer available through March 7, 2024. Pre-order WWE 2K24 Standard Edition and receive the Nightmare Family Pack, which includes four playable characters and three gold-tier MyFACTION cards (Dusty Rhodes ’76, Mattel Cody Rhodes, and Pharoah (Manager). The Nightmare Family Pack is included with Deluxe and Forty Years of WrestleMania editions. For digital pre-orders, items will be automatically entitled in-game. For physical pre-orders, items will be redeemed in game via code provided in box. Terms apply.</p><p><br /></p><p>****Pre-order WWE 2K24 Standard Edition (Digital) on any platform through March 7, 2024, and receive a digital copy of WWE 2K23 Standard Edition for the same platform. Digital copy of WWE 2K23 will be automatically entitled and available to download following pre-order. WWE 2K23 must be downloaded to the platform account used to pre-order WWE 2K24 and is non-transferable. Offer not available to platform accounts that already own WWE 2K23 on the same platform. Terms apply.</p><p><br /></p><p>*****Based on WWE 2K23's Metacritic scores on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC as of March 3, 2024.</p><p><br /></p><p>******For digital orders, post-launch Forty Years of WrestleMania Pack content and DLC will be automatically delivered on release for PC users, available for download in the PlayStation store/Library tile for PS4 and PS5 users, and available for download in Microsoft Store for Xbox users. For physical orders, post-launch DLC will be available upon release and redeemed in game via code provided in box. DLC will also be available for purchase separately.</p><p><br /></p><p>About 2K</p><p><br /></p><p>Founded in 2005, 2K develops and publishes interactive entertainment for video game consoles, personal computers, and mobile devices, with product availability including physical retail and digital download. The Company is home to many talented development studios, including Visual Concepts, Firaxis Games, Hangar 13, Cat Daddy Games, 31st Union, Cloud Chamber and HB Studios. 2K’s portfolio currently includes several AAA, sports and entertainment brands, including global powerhouse NBA®️ 2K; renowned BioShock®️, Borderlands®️, Mafia, Sid Meier’s Civilization®️ and XCOM®️ brands; popular WWE®️ 2K and WWE®️ SuperCard franchises; as well as the critically and commercially acclaimed PGA TOUR®️ 2K. Additional information about 2K and its products may be found at http://2K.com and on the Company’s official social media channels.</p><p>2K is a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).</p><p><br /></p><p>About Take-Two Interactive Software</p><p><br /></p><p>Headquartered in New York City, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is a leading developer, publisher, and marketer of interactive entertainment for consumers around the globe. The Company develops and publishes products principally through Rockstar Games, 2K, Private Division, and Zynga. Our products are currently designed for console gaming systems, PC, and Mobile including smartphones and tablets, and are delivered through physical retail, digital download, online platforms, and cloud streaming services. The Company’s common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol TTWO.</p><p><br /></p><p>All trademarks and copyrights contained herein are the property of their respective holders. (Credit: 2K)</p><p><br /></p><p>Website</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE 2K24 Website</p><p>https://wwe.2k.com/2k24/</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Combat Sports</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC </p><p>@ufc</p><p> 299</p><p><br /></p><p>Kaseya Center, Miami, Florida, USA</p><p><br /></p><p>March 10, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Sean O'Malley vs Marlon 'Chito' Vera</p><p><br /></p><p>Videos, Media and Card</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC Official YouTube channel</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC 299: Pre-Fight Press Conference Highlights</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=nKo7pjMOqXA&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>"Yeah, I'm very calm going into this fight" Sean O’Malley</p><p><br /></p><p>Athletes competing in the main card at UFC 299 took the stage in Miami to answer questions from the press</p><p><br /></p><p>Main Event YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Sean O'Malley & Rob Whittaker praise each other ahead of Chito Vera fight | UFC 299</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=lgSxy3CUoXQ&ab_channel=mainevent</p><p><br /></p><p>Niko Pajarillo and Robert Whittaker interview 'Suga' Sean O'Malley ahead of the bantamweight champion's title fight against Marlon Vera.</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Sean O'Malley - Journey to UFC Champion</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=XZYRSkr8nnU&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>Sean O'Malley's first UFC fight came in December of 2017, as an undefeated prospect, after getting a viral KO on Season 1 of Dana White's Contender Series. By 2023, O'Malley's ascension came to fruition as he became the undisputed Bantamweight champion with a knockout victory over Aljamain Sterling.</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC 299 Embedded: Vlog Series - Episode 4</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=PK_Sda7D77E&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>Joanna Jedrzejczyk cameos as Dustin Poirier, Kevin Holland, and Mateusz Gamrot check in. Champ Sean O’Malley does media. Gilbert Burns goes courtside. Jailton Almeida trains, Michael “Venom” Page talks striking and Marlon Vera fights for Ecuador.</p><p><br /></p><p>More great background and newsworth videos to be added to the official UFC YouTube channel</p><p><br /></p><p>http://youtube.com/ufc</p><p><br /></p><p>Full Card</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC 299 Main Event On ESPN+ PPV:</p><p><br /></p><p>135 lbs.: UFC Bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley vs. Marlon Vera</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC 299 Main Card On ESPN+ PPV (10 p.m. ET):</p><p><br /></p><p>155 lbs.: Dustin Poirier vs. Benoit Saint-Denis</p><p>170 lbs.: Kevin Holland vs. Michael Page</p><p>170 lbs.: Gilbert Burns vs. Jack Della Maddalena</p><p>135 lbs.: Petr Yan vs. Yadong Song</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC 299 Late ‘Prelims’ Card On ESPN/ESPN+ (8 p.m. ET):</p><p><br /></p><p>265 lbs.: Curtis Blaydes vs. Jailton Almeida</p><p>125 lbs.: Katlyn Cerminara vs. Maycee Barber</p><p>155 lbs.: Mateusz Gamrot vs. Rafael dos Anjos</p><p>135 lbs.: Pedro Munhoz vs. Kyler Phillips</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC 299 Early ‘Prelims’ Card On Fight Pass/ESPN+ (6 p.m. ET)</p><p><br /></p><p>205 lbs.: Ion Cutelaba vs. Philipe Lins</p><p>185 lbs.: Michel Pereira vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk</p><p>265 lbs.: Robelis Despaigne vs. Josh Parisian</p><p>125 lbs.: C.J. Vergara vs. Asu Almabaev</p><p>125 lbs.: Joanne Wood vs. Maryna Moroz</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: Solid line-up. Vera for the win! It's time! Time for new blood and new hair to represent UFC. One day a rooster, next day a feather duster! New Peacock on the rise. Feathers are going to fly folks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC: 2024 (Media Man Int) *in progress</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Combat Sports: Boxing</p><p><br /></p><p>Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson</p><p><br /></p><p>Date: July 20, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>AT&T Stadium. Arlington, Texas</p><p><br /></p><p>Broadcast via Netflix </p><p>@netflix</p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>Paul via X </p><p><br /></p><p>“Promotion, promotion, promotion — if I’m being honest, it don’t need that. The biggest fight of the 21st century, in the biggest NFL stadium in the U.S., broadcast live, on the biggest streaming platform in the world, that’s the MVP way. Whether you’re tuning in on Netflix or showing out in person, whether you’re Team Paul or Team Tyson, or whether you’re a lifelong boxing fan or watching your first fight, you’re not going to want to miss this event.”</p><p><br /></p><p>“I could not be more excited to make this amazing fight available to all Netflix subscribers alongside the hardest hitter of all time, Mike Tyson, on Saturday, July 20th. My sights are set on becoming a world champion, and now I have a chance to prove myself against the greatest heavyweight champion of the world, the baddest man on the planet and the most dangerous boxer of all time. Time to put ‘Iron’ Mike to sleep.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix and Most Valuable Promotions Partner on Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson, a Global Live Sports Event To Stream Exclusively on Netflix on Saturday July 20</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Release</p><p><br /></p><p>The Live Professional Sports Event Will Take Place at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.</p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix and Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) today announced their first-ever partnership in a heavyweight boxing mega-event headlined by The Problem Child, Jake “El Gallo” Paul (9-1, 6 KOs) vs. the Baddest Man on the Planet, Mike Tyson (50-6, 44 KOs). Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson will stream live globally, exclusively on Netflix on Saturday, July 20, 2024 from the 80,000-seat capacity AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson marks Jake Paul’s most-anticipated fight to date and his second fight of 2024 following back-to-back sensational knockouts against professional boxers and Golden Glove winners Ryan Bourland this past Saturday, March 2 and Andre August in December 2023. Paul has shown tremendous growth as a boxer on his path to becoming a world champion, but now will take on one of the best and most dangerous boxers of all time in Mike Tyson.</p><p><br /></p><p>“It’s crazy to think that in my second pro fight, I went viral for knocking out Nate Robinson on Mike Tyson’s undercard. Now, less than four years later, I’m stepping up to face Tyson myself to see if I have what it takes to beat one of boxing’s most notorious fighters and biggest icons,” said Jake Paul. “Within just two and a half years of founding MVP, we’re about to produce the biggest fight in history, a fight in the biggest NFL stadium in the US, broadcast live, on the biggest streaming platform in the world – a testament to all we’ve accomplished in such a short amount of time. Whether you’re tuning in on Netflix or showing out in person, whether you’re team Paul or team Tyson, or whether you’re a lifelong boxing fan or watching your first fight, you’re not going to want to miss this event. I could not be more excited to make this amazing fight available to all Netflix subscribers alongside the hardest hitter of all time, Mike Tyson, on Saturday, July 20th. My sights are set on becoming a world champion, and now I have a chance to prove myself against the greatest heavyweight champion ever, the baddest man on the planet and the most dangerous boxer of all time. This will be the fight of a lifetime.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Mike Tyson, the legendary former undisputed world heavyweight champion, is one of the biggest stars the sport of boxing has ever seen. The “Baddest Man on the Planet” is recognized as one of the greatest fighters of all time, ESPN’s #1 hardest hitter in heavyweight history, and the youngest heavyweight champion ever at just 20 years old. His explosive power and ferocious fighting style led to a staggering run of 37 consecutive victories, with 33 of those wins coming by knockout.</p><p><br /></p><p>“I'm very much looking forward to stepping into the ring with Jake Paul at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas,” said Mike Tyson. “He's grown significantly as a boxer over the years, so it will be a lot of fun to see what the will and ambition of a ‘kid’ can do with the experience and aptitude of a GOAT. It's a full circle moment that will be beyond thrilling to watch; as I started him off on his boxing journey on the undercard of my fight with Roy Jones and now I plan to finish him.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Since establishing MVP in 2021, Nakisa Bidarian and Jake Paul have disrupted combat sports, producing some of the world’s biggest events, making history in women’s boxing and giving a new platform to young fighters. Partnering with Netflix to bring Paul vs Tyson to audiences worldwide is a strategic decision to ensure this once-in-a-lifetime event that connects six generations of sports fans is distributed globally to hundreds of millions of fans.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson is a once-in-a-lifetime dream matchup and we hope it will be the most-watched boxing event in modern boxing history,” said Nakisa Bidarian, founder of Most Valuable Promotions. “Partnering with Netflix for this deal presents an unparalleled opportunity to bring Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson to the world on an unprecedented scale and we look forward to delivering this incredible clash of two of sports biggest names. Six generations of boxing fans will have a stake in the outcome and will be able to watch an anti-hero, Jake Paul, put it all on the line against the baddest man on the planet, Mike Tyson. Thank you to Netflix for their vision and trust in MVP to put on this historic event.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix is the premier home for great sports entertainment with hits like Untold that featured "Jake Paul the Problem Child" episode last year, along with Formula 1: Drive To Survive, Full Swing, NASCAR: Full Speed, Quarterback, Tour de France: Unchained, Under Pressure: The U.S. Women’s World Cup Team and Six Nations: Full Contact. And beginning in 2025, Netflix will become the new home of WWE Raw. Paul vs. Tyson will be Netflix’s third live sports event, following The Netflix Cup and The Netflix Slam.</p><p><br /></p><p>"Mike Tyson is one of the biggest icons in boxing history and Jake Paul is one of the biggest disruptors in boxing history,” said Gabe Spitzer, Vice President, Nonfiction Sports, Netflix. “Saturday, July 20 will be pure drama in the ring in Texas. We are thrilled to partner with Most Valuable Promotions for this historic event and we can't wait for these two to face off for fans all across the world on Netflix."</p><p><br /></p><p>Additional information, including the co-main event and undercards, will be announced at a later date. For the opportunity to sign up for presale tickets, click here. https://mostvaluablepromotions.com</p><p><br /></p><p>About Jake Paul</p><p><br /></p><p>Jake Paul has shown tremendous growth as a boxer on his path to becoming a world champion. Since turning pro in 2020, Paul has collected multiple accolades for his commitment to the sport of boxing, including ESPNRingside’s 2021 Knockout of the Year, Sports Illustrated’s 2021 Breakout Boxer of the Year, ESPNRingside’s 2022 Viral Moment of the Year, and was the cover of Sports Illustrated’s “The 50 Most Influential Figures in Sports” issue, awarded specifically for his groundbreaking work to revolutionize the sport through equitable pay, providing a platform for young fighters, and his support of female boxers. Paul also recently announced a partnership with USA Boxing ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics, continuing his mission to elevate the sport and its future champions. In November 2020, Paul faced Nate Robinson on the Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr. card.</p><p><br /></p><p>Paul also continued his record-breaking streak in his latest fight, MVP’s Serrano vs. Meinke feat. Paul vs. Bourland by achieving the highest boxing gate in Puerto Rico history. Previously, Paul vs. August in December 2023 was the highest recorded gate for a boxing event in Orlando’s history, and broke the record for highest average ticket price, matching the average ticket price of Paul’s fight vs. Nate Diaz at the American Airlines Center in Dallas in August 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>About Mike Tyson</p><p><br /></p><p>Mike Tyson’s legacy is undisputed. As the former undisputed heavyweight champion and one of the most feared boxers in the ring, Mike Tyson holds the record as the youngest boxer to win the WBC, WBA, and IBF world heavyweight titles and the first heavyweight boxer to hold the titles simultaneously, earning him nicknames as "Iron" Mike, Kid Dynamite, and The Baddest Man on the Planet. In 2011, Tyson was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame, and in 2013 he was inaugurated into the Las Vegas Hall of Fame. Tyson returned to the ring to face Roy Jones Jr. in an eight-round exhibition fight in November 2020 at The Staples Center in Los Angeles. The boxing match was the 8th highest viewed on pay-per-view in history.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tyson’s enduring mass appeal garnered multiple successful entrepreneurial, film, and TV ventures, including The Hangover, The Hangover 2, Vendetta, and Asphalt City, Bollywood hit Liger, as well as documentary projects and his critically acclaimed one-man Broadway show Mike Tyson: UNDISPUTED TRUTH. Tyson launched his premier cannabis company, Tyson 2.0, in 2021, runs merchandise company the Mike Tyson Collection and boxing apparel and equipment company Tyson Pro, and recently announced his latest venture, testosterone treatment protocol Iron Remedy. Tyson also hosts the HotBoxin' podcast, launched in 2018, talking with some of the world's greatest sports legends, actors, and more. HotBoxin' has garnered over 40 million listeners, while Tyson's expansive digital footprint reaches over 400 million people and notably accumulated over 1.4 billion impressions on social media in 2019. Tyson's memoir Undisputed Truth, written with Larry Sloman, is a NYT best seller.</p><p><br /></p><p>About Netflix</p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services with over 260 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.</p><p><br /></p><p>About Most Valuable Promotions (MVP)</p><p><br /></p><p>Most Valuable Promotions was founded by Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian in 2021. With the mission to provide more creative control to fighters, MVP works to identify, grow, and maximize return for its own events and talent partners. Since inception MVP has consistently produced the biggest combat sports pay-per-view events. One year into its inception, MVP was nominated as one of the prestigious Sports Breakthroughs of the Year in 2022 by Sports Business Journal. The company signed one of the most decorated Hispanic athletes of all time, Amanda Serrano in its first year. Serrano and MVP made history in April of 2022 when Serrano went head to head with Katie Taylor, marking the first female fight to headline at Madison Square Garden, recently earning a nomination for Event of The Year by Sports Business Journal. Co-founder Nakisa Bidarian was an executive producer of the historic Triller Presents Mike Tyson v. Roy Jones Jr., which is the 8th most bought pay-per-view event in history.</p><p><br /></p><p>About AT&T Stadium</p><p><br /></p><p>AT&T Stadium is the largest, most technologically advanced entertainment venue in the world. Designed by HKS and built by Manhattan Construction, the $1.2 billion stadium features two monumental arches, the world's largest HDTV video board cluster, an expansive retractable roof and the largest retractable end zone doors in the world. Features of the stadium include seating for 80,000 and expandability for up to 100,000, over 300 luxury suites, club seating on multiple levels and the Dallas Cowboys Pro Shop, open to the public year-round. Outside the stadium, the Miller Lite® House is a branded destination that boasts a 70-yard Cowboys turf field featuring field games, four video boards and over 60 television screens, two fantasy football screen walls and over 87,000 outdoor square-footage for event day experiences. The space also features two beer gardens and a walk-in beer cooler. The stadium is also home to a world-class collection of contemporary art, made up of over 92 works of art by 62 established and emerging artists displayed on the walls and in the grand public spaces of the venue. In addition to being the home of the Dallas Cowboys since opening in 2009, the stadium has hosted Super Bowl XLV, the 2010 NBA All Star Game, the annual Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, the 2014 NCAA Men's Final Four, the 2015 inaugural College Football Playoff Championship Game, the 2015 50th Anniversary Academy of Country Music Awards show and WrestleMania 32 & 38. The venue has also played host to high school and college football, concerts, championship fights, international soccer matches and other special events. For more information, go to http://attstadium.com</p><p><br /></p><p>(Credit: Netflix)</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man</p><p><br /></p><p>Odds</p><p><br /></p><p>Paul as the -360 betting fav</p><p><br /></p><p>Tyson is +300 as the underdog</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>All Elite Wrestling </p><p>@AEW</p><p> Dynamite</p><p><br /></p><p>March 6, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Gas South Arena. Duluth, Georgia</p><p><br /></p><p>Swerve addresses AEW Revolution & AEW Champ Samoa Joe answers! | 3/6/24 AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZV2Ai4AC8ao&t=7s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"Swere. Listen to the fans brother. They live this man. There is no question about it" Tony Schiavone</p><p><br /></p><p>"You know. I don't know if I deserve that Tony. You know, what's Swerves house without the keys"... Swerve Strickland</p><p><br /></p><p>Will Ospreay takes on ROH TV Champion & Callis Family member Kyle Fletcher! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=3O3_HGxj3n8&t=10s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>The Rainmaker OKADA is ALL ELITE?! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=3gp22yN_8xU&t=7s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"One of my profound pleasures is to call him a co-worker these past few years"</p><p><br /></p><p>FTW Championship Match! Mogul Embassy’s Brian Cage faces champion Hook! | 3/6/24 AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=eNPyMhmzzHY&t=8s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"Get out of the way" Taz</p><p><br /></p><p>"The chair driven into the spine of the FTW champion" Excalibur</p><p><br /></p><p>After their confrontation at AEW Revolution, Daddy Magic takes on Killswitch! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=Fkk1J55LSeQ&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"Killswitch. He's biting Killswitches hand"</p><p><br /></p><p>"I think we sould congratulate Christian Cage. Still being the TNT champion"</p><p><br /></p><p>"Long overdue"</p><p><br /></p><p>Former AEW Women’s Champ Riho vs Former TBS Champ Kris Statlander! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=ufdCZTGOgSc&t=9s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada in AEW! AEW Timelines </p><p>https://youtu.be/78xj6IQ9lFo?si=Dr8ZQUUO2bGwHuOa</p><p><br /></p><p>"Went for that moonsalt but Hangman, release German suplex" Excalibur "Oh my God".. "Flippy floppy in trouble"...Jim Ross "Ring awareness Cyrus" "You you how the buckshot lariat feels don't you" Tony Schivone "Shut up Tony" Don Callis "Buck shot lariat" Excalibur "That will do it..and it does" Jim Ross "Great win. Great match" TS "Shut the dam music off right now. Boys and girls whose ready for storytime with Adam Cole baby" Adam Cole "Here's Switchblade Jey White - not ready for storytime" Excalibur "One of the greatest of all modern time* Kazuchika Okada" Jim Ross Media Man: Tremendous collection of world class footage. Strong action and drama. This feature helps demonstrate well just how excellent Okada is. Well done AEW for signing up this once in a lifetime taken. Bring on more dream matches. AEW with a ton of positive momentum right now. </p><p><br /></p><p>And more great pro wrestling via the official AEW YouTube channel </p><p><br /></p><p>http://youtube.com/AEW </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>All Elite Wrestling </p><p>@AEW</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>"The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada in AEW! AEW Timelines </p><p>https://youtu.be/78xj6IQ9lFo?si=Dr8ZQUUO2bGwHuOa</p><p><br /></p><p>"Went for that moonsalt but Hangman, release German suplex" Excalibur</p><p><br /></p><p>"Oh my God"..</p><p><br /></p><p>"Flippy floppy in trouble"...Jim Ross</p><p><br /></p><p>"Ring awareness Cyrus"</p><p><br /></p><p>"You you how the buckshot lariat feels don't you" Tony Schivone </p><p><br /></p><p>"Shut up Tony" Don Callis</p><p><br /></p><p>"Buck shot lariat" Excalibur</p><p><br /></p><p>"That will do it..and it does" Jim Ross</p><p><br /></p><p>"Great win. Great match" TS</p><p><br /></p><p>"Shut the dam music off right now. Boys and girls whose ready for storytime with Adam Cole baby" Adam Cole</p><p><br /></p><p>"Here's Switchblade Jey White - not ready for storytime" Excalibur </p><p><br /></p><p>"One of the greatest of all modern time* Kazuchika Okada" Jim Ross</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: Tremendous collection of world class footage. Strong action and drama. This feature helps demonstrate well just how excellent Okada is. Well done AEW for signing up this once in a lifetime taken. Bring on more dream matches. AEW with a ton of positive momentum right now.</p><p><br /></p><p>And more great pro wrestling via the official AEW YouTube channel</p><p><br /></p><p>http://youtube.com/AEW</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Combat Sports</p><p><br /></p><p>Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou</p><p><br /></p><p>Cross-Over Trend Continues As Elite Fighters Aim To Cash In; Public Demand Remains Solid says Media Man</p><p><br /></p><p>Fight Details</p><p><br /></p><p>Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou will take place on Friday, March 8</p><p><br /></p><p>Riyadh, Saudi Arabia</p><p><br /></p><p>PPV: </p><p><br /></p><p>Main Event and Kayo Sports in Australia</p><p>DAZN in many parts of the world</p><p><br /></p><p>Turning pro in 2013, Ngannou joined the UFC in 2015. He went 12-2 with the promotion and had 10 wins via knockout.</p><p><br /></p><p>“We were doing the promo and he was very chilled, very relaxed,” Predator Ngannou told news media at a workout on Tuesday.</p><p><br /></p><p>“I asked him if he was OK, because he looked a little nervous or something. I asked him if he was OK, because I was OK. I had no problems. I was just talking around, laughing.</p><p><br /></p><p>“I think we are both professional enough to know what we have to do to get to where we want to go.”</p><p><br /></p><p>AJ vs Francis Ngannou in do or die fight for the British superstar.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bout will be a ten-round boxing match, with the former two-time heavyweight champion and the former UFC (MMA) star competing in what's another big coup for Saudi dealmaker and super promoter Turki Alalshikh.</p><p><br /></p><p>Joshua bested a cunning southpaw Otto Wallin on another blockbuster bill in the Middle East at the end of last year.</p><p><br /></p><p>Prior to last month's top notch fight card, Joshua was expected to fight long-term rival Deontay Wilder after his meeting with the Swede killer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hopes of a deal were killled after the Bronze Bomber was on the wrong end of a shock defeat to Joseph Parker in Saudi Arabia.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ngannou meanwhile surprised some (but not all) in the boxing biz following his impressive (but losing - officially) debut against Tyson Fury FKA Batman (insider stuff) in October 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many thought the UFC legend got the better of the Gypsy King on the night, decking him on his ass the third round before losing a split decision in controversial fashion to say the least. WWE's Undertaker was careful with his words when he was quizzed on the fight.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fury now faces Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed title on May 18. But, anything can happen in boxing folks. Both men have put on lots of cash and all sorts of legal paperwork has been put in place as a safeguard on the fight.</p><p><br /></p><p>And the winner between Joshua and Ngannou are then set to challenge for the unified belts.</p><p><br /></p><p>We are on the Road To The Riyadh Rumble with reps and title shots on the line. </p><p><br /></p><p>Who will be King Of The Kingdome and Castle, at least for one night? That's why you have to order the PPV so you set to see it live before spoilers kick in punter!</p><p><br /></p><p>Full Card</p><p><br /></p><p>Anthony Joshua vs. Francis Ngannou — heavyweights</p><p><br /></p><p>Zhilei Zhang vs Joseph Parker — WBO interim heavyweight title</p><p><br /></p><p>Rey Vargas vs Nick Ball — WBC featherweight title</p><p><br /></p><p>Israil Madrimov vs. Magomed Kurbanov — vacant WBA super welterweight title</p><p><br /></p><p>Gavin Gwynne vs. Mark Chamberlain — WBA international lightweight title</p><p><br /></p><p>Justis Huni vs. Kevin Lerena — heavyweight</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Fury vs. Martin Svarc — heavyweight</p><p><br /></p><p>Prelims: 4pm UK</p><p><br /></p><p>Jack McGann vs. Louis Green — super welterweight</p><p><br /></p><p>Ziyad Almaayouf vs. Christian Lopez Flores — super lightweight</p><p><br /></p><p>Andrii Novytski vs. Juan Torres — heavyweight</p><p><br /></p><p>Videos</p><p><br /></p><p>The Mac Life YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Francis Ngannou and Tyson Fury argue: “Without boxing rules, you are NOTHING in front of me”</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=QfsSwhi0x9Y</p><p><br /></p><p>Sky Sports YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>"I had to tell him OFF! He should be thanking me" 😡 | Tyson Fury on Ngannou exchange</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=folQY88mee8</p><p><br /></p><p>Sky Sports Boxing YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>JOSHUA VS NGANNOU! 🔥 | PRESS CONFERENCE</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=cm0cnP2rAa8</p><p><br /></p><p>The FIRST face-off of fight week! 🥶 | Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=5nkSwGZLih0</p><p><br /></p><p>"I hope Joshua is not your friend" 😂 | Francis Ngannou has a message for Thierry Henry</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=-6quSaZ2Xak</p><p><br /></p><p>DAZN Boxing YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Ngannou Trolls Tyson Fury</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=zAqKpMU7-hg</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p>Bet On Anything (Media Man Int)</p><p>http://mediamanint.com/articles/bet_on.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Special thanks: DAZN, Main Event an Kayo Sports</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling </p><p><br /></p><p>WWE @WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>SmackDown March 8, 2024 American Airlines Center Dallas, Texas</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Official YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Will Seth “Freakin” Rollins and Cody Rhodes confront The Bloodline?: WWE Now, March 8, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH4luVSUQwk&t=212s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Now previews a huge confrontation between The Rock and Roman Reigns and Seth “Freakin” Rollins and Cody Rhodes that hangs in the balance, United States Champion Logan Paul’s return, Bobby Lashley battling Karrion Kross and so much more. (Credit: WWE)</p><p><br /></p><p>The Bloodline's Rock and Roman Reigns have challenged Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins to a match at WrestleMania @WrestleMania We may be hearing from "The American Nightmare" and "The Visionary" tonight.</p><p><br /></p><p>Randy Orton and Kevin Owens vs Austin Theory and Grayson Waller</p><p><br /></p><p>Logan Paul returns to SmackDown for the first time since WWE Elimination Chamber. Did LP bring the brass knucks?!</p><p><br /></p><p>Karrion Kross of The Authors of Pain/The Final Testament Faction vs Bobby Lashley of The Street Profits. An unholy war is almost upon us. What side are you taking?</p><p><br /></p><p>The LWO's Rey Mysterio is set to spring into action tonight.</p><p><br /></p><p>Damage CNTL. This young ladies may not be quite ideal to introduce to a Mum or to those types who offend easily. But, when it comes to pro wrestling, this fiesty lassies are amoung the world's best. Damage set to live up to their name.</p><p><br /></p><p>God give mercy to Triple H and Nick Aldis, as well as Corey Graves @WWEGraves and Wade Barrett @StuBennett who have to call the action to this Pandora's box of dangerous sports entertainment - fighting, grappling with some rules and plenty of high drama!</p><p><br /></p><p>#SmackDown #RomanReigns #TheRock #TheBloodline #DwayneJohnson #WrestleMania #WrestleMania40 #RoadToWrestleMania #PaulHeyman #SoloSikoa #TamaTonga #RandyOrton #KevinOwens #CodyRhodes #SethRollins #NiaJax #LoganPaul #TheMaverick #NickAldis #TripleH #KarrionKross #BobbyLashley #AOP #Goat #Goats #prowrestling #wrestling #broadcast #socialmedia #entertainment #PopCulture #legends #YouTube #video #FOX #socialmedianews #trends #trending #TrendingNow #buzz #TV #Dallas #Texas #media #mediaman</p><p><br /></p><p>(Image credit: WWE)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Pro Wrestling</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>WWE @WWE SmackDown</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>March 8, 2024</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Dallas, Texas</b></p><p><br /></p><p>"Wade, we have been around this game for a long long time and there is still absolutely nothing like experiencing The Rock in person" Corey Graves</p><p><br /></p><p>"Cody Rhodes taking back the main event of WrestleMania" Wade Barrett</p><p><br /></p><p>"Awakened a side of The Rock that has laid dormant for over 20 years. Man, what a treat for a couple of old school fans like us to be here to witness it Corey" Wade Barrett</p><p><br /></p><p>"No doubt about it" Corey Graves</p><p><br /></p><p>"Acknowledge us" Roman Reigns</p><p><br /></p><p>Cody Rhodes music hits</p><p><br /></p><p>"Wait a minute. Cody Rhodes making his entrance from through the WWE Universe".CG</p><p><br /></p><p>"We saw earlier Nick Aldis and his security crew realise Cody and Seth had gone awol" Wade Barrett</p><p><br /></p><p>"Well Nick Aldis is trying to save a few bucks on security" CG</p><p><br /></p><p>"I feel very lucky to be standing in this ring". Cody Rhodes</p><p><br /></p><p>"Rock I have heard your challenge and I've heard the stipulations that come with said challenge.. for a tag team match at WrestleMania".. Cody Rhodes</p><p><br /></p><p>"I got to ask..Do you have the authority to make that stipulation" CR</p><p><br /></p><p>"I only ask because only last week you acknowledged Roman as your Tribal Chief. I think we can cut through all this" CR</p><p><br /></p><p>"You shut your mouth, and you walking clown show, you shut your mouth"..The Rock</p><p><br /></p><p>"Diarrhea" fans chant</p><p><br /></p><p>"Because you were a mistake" The Rock</p><p><br /></p><p>"Let 'em go" The Rock</p><p><br /></p><p>Video</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>FULL SEGMENT – Cody Rhodes and Seth “Freakin” Rollins accept: SmackDown, March 8, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNRJDEkZ4sQ&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>#SmackDown #wwesmackdown #TheRock #RomanReigns #TheBloodline #CodyRhodes #SethRollins #FOX #prowrestling #wrestling #entertainment #popculture #broadcast #broadcasting #trends #trending #buzz #TV #media #mediaman</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: Great stuff WWE. Hot crown and blue hot SmackDown with something for everyone.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Image credit: WWE with AI)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling </p><p><br /></p><p>WWE @WWE SmackDown </p><p><br /></p><p>March 8, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Dallas, Texas</p><p><br /></p><p>SmackDown's most electrifying moments: SmackDown highlights, March 8, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_UQUBX-pO8&t=365s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"Oh wait a minute. From behind. Look out Logan"! Corey Graves @WWEGraves </p><p><br /></p><p>"Viper got KO'ed in the Elimination Chamber by a brass knux clan" Wade Barrett @StuBennett </p><p><br /></p><p>"Logan Paul may have forgotten about it, but Randy Orton sure didn't" CG </p><p><br /></p><p>How's that for product placement Bad News" CG</p><p><br /></p><p>"Tiffiny Stratton can simply do it call" Wade Barrett</p><p><br /></p><p>"I dare say, the more confident she becomes,the more dangerous she becomes" Corey Graves</p><p><br /></p><p>"After getting steamrolled for 75 percent of this match"</p><p><br /></p><p>"The wounds of war" WB</p><p><br /></p><p>"Oh no, The Street Profits are here" CG</p><p><br /></p><p>"Michin came out of the gate strong but was unable to solve the center of the universe" CG</p><p><br /></p><p>"Newcomers like Tiffany Stratton are quite simply not supposed to be this good, this quickly. She's already looking like a dominant force".. WB</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>FULL SEGMENT – Cody Rhodes and Seth “Freakin” Rollins accept: SmackDown, March 8, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNRJDEkZ4sQ&t=5s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Dallas, Texas "Wade, we have been around this game for a long long time and there is still absolutely nothing like experiencing The Rock in person" Corey Graves "Cody Rhodes taking back the main event of WrestleMania" Wade Barrett "Awakened a side of The Rock that has laid dormant for over 20 years. Man, what a treat for a couple of old school fans like us to be here to witness it Corey" Wade Barrett "No doubt about it" Corey Graves "Acknowledge us" Roman Reigns Cody Rhodes music hits "Wait a minute. Cody Rhodes making his entrance from through the WWE Universe".CG "We saw earlier Nick Aldis and his security crew realise Cody and Seth had gone awol" Wade Barrett "Well Nick Aldis is trying to save a few bucks on security" CG "I feel very lucky to be standing in this ring". Cody Rhodes "Rock I have heard your challenge and I've heard the stipulations that come with said challenge.. for a tag team match at WrestleMania".. Cody Rhodes "I got to ask..Do you have the authority to make that stipulation" CR "I only ask because only last week you acknowledged Roman as your Tribal Chief. I think we can cut through all this" CR "You shut your mouth, and you walking clown show, you shut your mouth"..The Rock "Diarrhea" fans chant "Because you were a mistake" The Rock "Let 'em go" The Rock Video WWE YouTube FULL SEGMENT – Cody Rhodes and Seth “Freakin” Rollins accept: SmackDown, March 8, 2024 </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tiffany Stratton remains undefeated: SmackDown highlights, March 8, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5Md2K0RCLQ&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Randy Orton RKOs KSI onto the PRIME logo: SmackDown highlights, March 8, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLkrEqu1Np8&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"Drumroll please" Logan Paul</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Alternate angles of Randy Orton's RKO onto KSI: SmackDown exclusive, March 8, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZlGVsKBZbU&t=4s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Legado del Fantasma beatdown Dragon Lee: SmackDown highlights, March 8, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvUaLLEONqE&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Bobby Lashley and Karrion Kross tear each other apart: SmackDown highlights, March 8, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIUZ4OeBEEE&t=37s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"The Almighting talking Cross" CG</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>"Scarlett got caught red handed" CG</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Karrion Kross suggests Montez Ford be the leader of The Pride: SmackDown exclusive, March 8, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV_tVRmSc0A&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"What are you talking about? This is the desired outcome. Everybody around here is so wound up about winning. I have to win. I have to win the match or the fans aren't going to cheer for me. Bobby's obsessed with winning. Always have been. That's got him far, but now he's starting to make mistakes. And can you really afford to be making mistakes Bobby when your the leader of the pride. Your responsible for their careers"..."and now, you won, but how does it feel to win when your unconscious? Tell me Bobby? Put it in black and white!".. Karrion Kross</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Randy Orton steals Logan Paul's brass knuckles: SmackDown highlights, March 8, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfwtiLlCVJg&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"Always ready to strike" WB</p><p><br /></p><p>"Logan Paul from behind" CG</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: Massive thumbs on on a blue and red hot WWE SmackDown. And if you didn't see The Rock's most recent postings on social media including X, check it out. No wonder wrestlers are on trigger edge at present!</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Official YouTube Channel</p><p>www.youtube.com/wwe</p><p><br /></p><p>#SmackDown #wwesmackdown #TheRock #RomanReigns #TheBloodline #CodyRhodes #SethRollins #WrestleMania #LoganPaul #KSI #Prime #PrimeHydrate #DrinkPrime #KevinOwens #KO #TKO #RKO #AOP #KarrionKross #BobbyLashley #TiffanyStratton #TiffyTime #DragonLee #Angel #LDF #FOX #moments #highlights #prowrestling #wrestling #YouTube #video #entertainment #popculture #broadcast #broadcasting #trends #trending #buzz #TV #media #Dallas #Texas #mediaman </p><p><br /></p><p>(Image credit: WWE)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE @WWE SmackDown</p><p><br /></p><p>March 8, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Dallas, Texas</p><p><br /></p><p>Bobby Lashley and Karrion Kross tear each other apart: SmackDown highlights, March 8, 2024 https://youtube.com/watch?v=QIUZ4OeBEEE&t=37s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Karrion Kross suggests Montez Ford be the leader of The Pride: SmackDown exclusive, March 8, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV_tVRmSc0A&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"What are you talking about? This is the desired outcome. Everybody around here is so wound up about winning. I have to win. I have to win the match or the fans aren't going to cheer for me. Bobby's obsessed with winning. Always has been. That's got him far, but now he's starting to make mistakes. And can you really afford to be making mistakes Bobby when you're the leader of the pride. Your responsible for their careers"..."and now, you won, but how does it feel to win when your unconscious? Tell me Bobby? Put it in black and white!".. Karrion Kross @realKILLERkross</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Official YouTube Channel</p><p>www.youtube.com/wwe</p><p><br /></p><p>#SmackDown #wwesmackdown #AOP #AuthorsOfPain #KarrionKross #Scarlett #TheLastTestament #BobbyLashley #MontezFord #KrossCult #KrossKult #Doomsday #TickTock #BlackAndWhite #prowrestling #wrestling #YouTube #video #entertainment #popculture #broadcast #broadcasting #trends #trending #buzz #TV #media #Dallas #Texas #mediaman</p><p><br /></p><p>(Image credit: WWE)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE @WWE SmackDown</p><p><br /></p><p>March 8, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Dallas, Texas</p><p><br /></p><p>“I am the secret sauce, and the WWE business has boomed" Logan Paul @LoganPaul </p><p><br /></p><p> “You could say WWE is in its’ PRIME" @PrimeHydrate LP</p><p><br /></p><p>"Smile back there. Maybe I'll tag you, probably not" LP</p><p><br /></p><p>"Drumroll please" LP</p><p><br /></p><p>"I am the secret sauce, and the WWE business has boomed" Logan Paul</p><p><br /></p><p>"You could say WWE is in its PRIME" LP</p><p><br /></p><p>"Boy, Dallas, do I have a surprise for you'all" LP</p><p><br /></p><p>"No Dallas, you're not dreaming. My company Prime Hydration has partnered with the WWE to be the first ever center ring sponsor of this great organisation" LP</p><p><br /></p><p>#smackdown #wwesmackdown #loganpaul #quote #quotes #ksi #prime #drinkprime #PrimeHydrate #sponsor #sponsorship #prowrestling #wrestling #popculture #broadcast #broadcasting #ring #inring #trends #trending #ad #advert #sportsbusiness #sportsmarketing #cafenews #energy #energydrink #cafenewsmedia #cheers #buzz #socialmedia #socialmedianews #socialmediasuperstar #socialmediamegasstar #socialmediastar #Influencers #media #Dallas #Texas #USA #media</p><p><br /></p><p>(Image credit: WWE with Media Man AI)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling </p><p><br /></p><p>AEW </p><p>@AEW</p><p> Collision</p><p><br /></p><p>Gas South Arena in Duluth, Georgia</p><p><br /></p><p>March 9, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>The new Elite, EVPs & Okada, make their in-ring AEW Debut! PAC returns! | 3/9/24, AEW Collision</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=9GYxUuhNhcw&t=6s</p><p><br /></p><p>"Okada, The Rainmaker is All Elite. What an absolute blockbuster announcement that was made on Wednesday night".. Tony Schiavone</p><p><br /></p><p>CMLL’s Titan makes his AEW debut vs the Lionheart Chris Jericho! | 3/9/24 AEW Collision</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=s_qmxbdjnho&t=3s</p><p><br /></p><p>"Tita with a parlay kick to the floor. How about that" Tony Schiavone</p><p><br /></p><p>"Tita, wants to follow up" Nigel McGuiness</p><p><br /></p><p>"Here he goes. What great body control that was" TS</p><p><br /></p><p>CMLL Megastar, Mistico, returns to AEW to face Angelico! | 3/9/24 AEW Collision</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=e-QExjtfCBE&t=3s</p><p><br /></p><p>"Using the top rope as his springboard" TS</p><p><br /></p><p>"Mistico back in his wheelhouse" NM</p><p><br /></p><p>Bryan Danielson faces STP’s heavy hitter, Shane Taylor! ENTER WILL Ospreay! | 3/9/24, AEW Collision</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=VshQRgU-AEA&t=3s</p><p><br /></p><p>"Now working on the hamstrings but still working on the left leg" TS</p><p><br /></p><p>"Swing and a miss by Taylor" TS</p><p><br /></p><p>"He's trying to get more punishment, more revenge" NM</p><p><br /></p><p>Adam Copeland interrupts The Patriarchy’s Nick Wayne’s moment! | 3/9/24, AEW Collision</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=4nNZN0oqdmU&t=4s</p><p><br /></p><p>"Trained by his late father, Buddy Wayne. Now he's got a better father whose never late" NG</p><p><br /></p><p>"So agile. So incredibly athletic is Nick Wayne" TS</p><p><br /></p><p>"There's mum and hm dad watching on" TS</p><p><br /></p><p>"Security, get some security out here" NM</p><p><br /></p><p>"Is this a luchador? Is this somebody from CMLL?".. TS</p><p><br /></p><p>ATLANTA STREET FIGHT! House of Black vs Briscoe, Lethal, & Jarrett! | 3/9/24, AEW Collision</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=iweidRmLn4U&t=4s</p><p><br /></p><p>"They're going to use a table here on Jeff Jarrett" TS</p><p><br /></p><p>"You are looking at House Of Black. Right now dominating this street fight" TS</p><p><br /></p><p>"Oh, look at that, That's nitro fluid" NM</p><p><br /></p><p>"No, no, no" TS</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: Great to see some fresh match-ups. The roster is stacked. Let's leave it with the AEW powers that be for the creative. Chris Jericho remains our top AEW pick. Still loving the CMLL cross-over. Very solid. The anticipation for the next AEW supershows is massive. </p><p><br /></p><p>AEW Official YouTube channel offers highlights and moments to give a glimpse into the future </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Box Office News</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Kung Fu Panda 4 vs Dune 2 and the rest</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Semi Gonzo Journalism With Numbers</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Franchise Movies Reduce Risk; Proven Formula</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Panda Spirited Fans Will Walk Up In Droves; Call Of The Wild</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Dune's Space Cadets Will Gladly Beam Into Cinema Regardless of reviews, trends or buzz etc</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Bulls, Bears and Pandas - Horror Remains Tough Sell Not Nor For Hardcore Obsessed Fans; Goth's Must Exercise Their Inner Demon</b></p><p><br /></p><p>A Hunting We Will Go - The Hero's Journey Formula Remains Tried, True and Tested</p><p><br /></p><p>Cinema Remains A Form Of Escapism From Often Crazy World</p><p><br /></p><p>Panda-Mania</p><p><br /></p><p>Jack Black Po is back baby.</p><p><br /></p><p>The audience missed you, they really, really missed you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Kung Fu Panda 4 started off its run on the big screen with a Friday opening gross of $13.8 million, including $3.8 in Thursday previews. </p><p><br /></p><p>Panda opening to a near-series best $55 million over Oscar weekend in a win for the family sector, as well as for DreamWorks Animation and parent company Universal (the studio behind Sunday’s Academy Awards frontrunner Oppenheimer, as well as Focus Features’ The Holdovers). </p><p><br /></p><p>The only other Kung Fu installment to open higher was the virgin one in 2008 with $62 million.</p><p><br /></p><p>Along with Black, returning members of the Kung Fu 4 voice cast include Dustin Hoffman as Kung Fu master Shifu, James Hong as Po’s adoptive father, Bryan Cranston as Po’s birth father Li, and Ian McShane as Shifu’s former student and arch nemesis.</p><p><br /></p><p>Along with Black, returning members of the Kung Fu 4 voice cast include Dustin Hoffman as Kung Fu master Shifu, James Hong as Po’s adoptive father, Bryan Cranston as Po’s birth father Li, and Ian McShane as Shifu’s former student and arch nemesis.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dune In Search Of Numbers</p><p><br /></p><p>Box office experts... aren't we all, think Dune 2 could earn $40 million, give or take its second week, but now that number looks to rocket as high as $44 million for a drop of just 47 percent. Call it part of the Imax factor with audiences loving large-format screens to fully take in the universe.</p><p><br /></p><p>Step In Right Or Wrong Direction With 'Imaginary'</p><p><br /></p><p>Got To Watch Those Stepfamily Dynamics</p><p><br /></p><p>Lionsgate and Blumhouse’s Imaginary also entered the movie matrix and earned $725,000US on Thursday previews. Horror remains a niche, but studios know there's an audience for it. Tipped to get up to about $9 mill. Jason Blum remains in the top tier at what he does - scaring the hell out of people! Sweet dreams hey.</p><p><br /></p><p>Numbers Mania</p><p><br /></p><p>More solid numbers in 12 to 24 hour folks. Research and preparation helps offer accuracy</p><p><br /></p><p>IMDb and Box Office Pro preparing solid numbers for release, media and those on a need to know basis!</p><p><br /></p><p>Movie Trailers</p><p><br /></p><p>KUNG FU PANDA 4 | Official Trailer</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=_inKs4eeHiI</p><p><br /></p><p>This spring, for the first time in almost a decade, comedy icon Jack Black returns to his role as Po, the world’s most unlikely kung fu master, with a hilarious, butt-kicking new chapter in DreamWorks Animation’s beloved action-comedy franchise: Kung Fu Panda 4. After three death-defying adventures defeating world-class villains with his unmatched courage and mad martial arts skills, Po, the Dragon Warrior (Golden Globe nominee Jack Black), is called upon by destiny to … give it a rest already. More specifically, he’s tapped to become the Spiritual Leader of the Valley of Peace. That poses a couple of obvious problems. First, Po knows as much about spiritual leadership as he does about the paleo diet, and second, he needs to quickly find and train a new Dragon Warrior before he can assume his new lofty position. Even worse, there’s been a recent sighting of a wicked, powerful sorceress, Chameleon (Oscar® winner Viola Davis), a tiny lizard who can shapeshift into any creature, large or small. And Chameleon has her greedy, beady little eyes on Po’s Staff of Wisdom, which would give her the power to re-summon all the master villains whom Po has vanquished to the spirit realm. So, Po’s going to need some help. He finds it (kinda?) in the form of crafty, quick-witted thief Zhen (Golden Globe winner Awkwafina), a corsac fox who really gets under Po’s fur but whose skills will prove invaluable. In their quest to protect the Valley of Peace from Chameleon’s reptilian claws, this comedic odd-couple duo will have to work together. In the process, Po will discover that heroes can be found in the most unexpected places. The film features the voice talent of returning stars Academy Award® winner Dustin Hoffman as Kung Fu master, Shifu; James Hong (Everything Everywhere All at Once) as Po’s adoptive father, Mr. Ping; Academy Award® nominee Bryan Cranston as Po’s birth father, Li, and Emmy Award nominee Ian McShane as Tai Lung, Shifu’s former student and arch-nemesis. Oscar® winner Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once) joins the ensemble as a new character, Han, the leader of the Den of Thieves. Kung Fu Panda 4 is directed by Mike Mitchell (DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls, Shrek Forever After) and produced by Rebecca Huntley (DreamWorks Animation’s The Bad Guys). The film’s co-director is Stephanie Ma Stine (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power). In 2008, the Academy Award®-nominated 2008 inaugural chapter, Kung Fu Panda, became DreamWorks Animation’s highest-grossing original animated film and launched a franchise that has earned more than $1.8 billion at the global box-office.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Credit: Universal Pictures)</p><p><br /></p><p>Dune: Part Two | Official Trailer 3</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=U2Qp5pL3ovA&t=1s</p><p><br /></p><p>You are not prepared for what is to come. #DunePartTwo - Only in theaters March 1. Tickets are on sale NOW. </p><p><br /></p><p>The saga continues as award-winning filmmaker Denis Villeneuve embarks on “Dune: Part Two,” the next chapter of Frank Herbert’s celebrated novel Dune, with an expanded all-star international ensemble cast. The film, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, is the highly anticipated follow-up to 2021’s six-time Academy Award-winning “Dune.” The big-screen epic continues the adaptation of Frank Herbert’s acclaimed bestseller Dune with returning and new stars, including Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet (“Wonka,” “Call Me by Your Name”), Zendaya (“Spider-Man: No Way Home,” “Malcolm & Marie,” “Euphoria”), Rebecca Ferguson (“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning”), Oscar nominee Josh Brolin (“Avengers: End Game,” “Milk”), Oscar nominee Austin Butler (“Elvis,” “Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood”), Oscar nominee Florence Pugh (“Black Widow,” “Little Women”), Dave Bautista (the “Guardians of the Galaxy” films, “Thor: Love and Thunder”), Oscar winner Christopher Walken (“The Deer Hunter,” “Hairspray”), Léa Seydoux (the “James Bond” franchise and “Crimes of the Future”), Souheila Yacoub (“The Braves,” “Climax”), with Stellan Skarsgård (the “Mamma Mia!” films, “Avengers: Age of Ultron”), with Oscar nominee Charlotte Rampling (“45 Years,” “Assassin’s Creed”), and Oscar winner Javier Bardem (“No Country for Old Men,” “Being the Ricardos”). “Dune: Part Two” will explore the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee. Villeneuve directed from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jon Spaihts based on Herbert’s novel. The film is produced by Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Villeneuve, Tanya Lapointe and Patrick McCormick. The executive producers are Joshua Grode, Herbert W. Gains, Jon Spaihts, Thomas Tull, Brian Herbert, Byron Merritt, Kim Herbert, with Kevin J. Anderson serving as creative consultant. Villeneuve is again collaborating with his “Dune” creatives: Oscar-winning director of photography Greig Fraser; Oscar-winning production designer Patrice Vermette; Oscar-winning editor Joe Walker; Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor Paul Lambert; Oscar-nominated costume designer Jacqueline West. Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer is again on hand to create the score. Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures Present A Legendary Pictures Production, A Film By Denis Villeneuve, “Dune: Part Two.” The film is slated for a March 1, 2024 release in theaters and IMAX nationwide and internationally beginning on 28 February 2024, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. (Credit: Warner Bros. 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Maybe I'll tag you, probably not" LP</p><p><br /></p><p>"Drumroll please" LP</p><p><br /></p><p>"I am the secret sauce, and the WWE business has boomed" Logan Paul</p><p><br /></p><p>"You could say WWE is in its PRIME" LP</p><p><br /></p><p>"Boy, Dallas, do I have a surprise for you'all" LP</p><p><br /></p><p>"No Dallas, you're not dreaming. My company Prime Hydration has partnered with the WWE to be the first ever center ring sponsor of this great organisation" LP</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Logan Paul's 'Prime' becomes WWE's largest sponsor in company history, will be first in-ring ad</p><p><br /></p><p>Paul is currently the WWE's United States champion</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Paul brothers are continuing to build on their empires, both in business and combat sports.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Jake has become a successful boxer and promoter, recently announcing a bout with Mike Tyson slated for July 20 - his older brother, Logan, is a WWE superstar and current holder of the United States Championship.</p><p><br /></p><p>Both Paul brothers are heavily invested in the energy drink business, as well - Logan is a co-founder of Prime, while Jake is a partner with CELSIUS.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Both drinks boomed in 2023, and for Logan, he's about to get a lot more ad time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Paul and the WWE came to an agreement for Prime to become the official hydration drink partner of the wrestling company.</p><p><br /></p><p>Furthermore, it's the largest sponsorship deal in WWE's history, and the Prime logo will soon be featured in the center of the ring - it will be the first advertisement ever placed in the WWE ring.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>"Combining two of my greatest achievements into one knockout partnership is a dream come true," Paul said in a statement. "We’ve worked incredibly hard at Prime to build a brand that disrupts the beverage industry and it’s time to join forces with the global leader in sports entertainment."</p><p><br /></p><p>"What Logan and his team have built in a short time is phenomenal and we’re excited to help showcase Prime Hydration across our biggest events," WWE chief content officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque added.</p><p><br /></p><p>"I am the secret sauce, and the WWE business has boomed," Paul said in the ring on Friday's "Smackdown," ironically in Dallas where his brother will fight Tyson. </p><p><br /></p><p>"One can say, the WWE is in its prime."</p><p><br /></p><p>Paul said the ads in the ring will start at WrestleMania XL in Philadelphia next month.</p><p><br /></p><p>Prime launched in 2022 and brought in over $1 billion in sales last year. Other partners include Patrick Mahomes, Auston Matthews, and Israel Adesanya.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Boxing legend Mike Tyson to face off against Jake Paul in July bout: 'I plan to finish him'</p><p><br /></p><p>The July 20 fight will be streamed on Netflix</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mike Tyson, one of the greatest fighters to ever step into the boxing ring, will do so again this summer when he takes on one of the sport's most polarizing new faces in what will surely be the most anticipated sporting event of the year. </p><p><br /></p><p>Jake Paul, a YouTube star-turned-boxer, will take on the former heavyweight boxing champion on July 20 at the Dallas Cowboys' home, AT&T Stadium, in a match that will be streamed exclusively on Netflix. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>"It’s crazy to think that in my second pro fight, I went viral for knocking out Nate Robinson on Mike Tyson’s undercard. Now, less than four years later, I’m stepping up to face Tyson myself to see if I have what it takes to beat one of boxing’s most notorious fighters and biggest icons," Paul said in a statement released by Netflix and Most Valuable Promotions (MVP). </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>"My sights are set on becoming a world champion, and now I have a chance to prove myself against the greatest heavyweight champion ever, the baddest man on the planet and the most dangerous boxer of all time. This will be the fight of a lifetime."</p><p><br /></p><p>The fight will mark Paul’s second bout of the year and Tyson’s first since his exhibition match with Roy Jones Jr. in 2020.</p><p><br /></p><p>"He's grown significantly as a boxer over the years, so it will be a lot of fun to see what the will and ambition of a ‘kid’ can do with the experience and aptitude of a GOAT," Tyson’s statement read. </p><p><br /></p><p>"It's a full circle moment that will be beyond thrilling to watch; as I started him on his boxing journey on the undercard of my fight with Roy Jones and now I plan to finish him."</p><p><br /></p><p>According to ESPN, it has not been determined if the fight will be classified as an exhibition or pro match.</p><p><br /></p><p>Paul, 27, is coming off a first-round victory over Ryan Bourland in Puerto Rico. It marked his ninth victory in 10 professional fights, each of the last two having come against fellow boxers after fights against MMA fighters like Nate Diaz and Anderson Silva. </p><p><br /></p><p>His lone loss is to Tommy Fury, the brother of Tyson Fury. </p><p><br /></p><p>Tyson’s return to the ring follows his 2020 bout against Jones, which marked his first professional fight in over 15 years. He will be 58 when he faces off against Paul. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>UFC Boss Dana White On Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou - March 9, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>“I did not,” White responded. “I mean I saw it on social media. What did I make of it (the finish)? Yea, I mean, going into the Fury fight… If Fury trained for the fight and didn’t show up looking like he ate Tyson Fury, that’s probably the way that fight would have ended too. I mean listen, the crossover, you know how I feel about crossovers in boxing and that’s how they end. Just like that.”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>WWE ® & PRIME HYDRATION STRIKE RECORD-SETTING GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FEATURING FIRST-EVER RING MAT BRANDING</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Logan Paul and KSI-Founded PRIME Hydration Becomes First Official Partner to Activate Across TKO Group Holdings Companies</b></p><p><br /></p><p>STAMFORD, Conn., March 8, 2024 – WWE®, part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), and Logan Paul and KSI’s widely popular beverage brand PRIME today struck a record-setting global partnership that will see PRIME Hydration become the exclusive “Official Hydration Drink Partner” of WWE and the first partner to ever appear on the center of the WWE ring.</p><p><br /></p><p>As WWE’s exclusive “Official Hydration Drink Partner,” PRIME Hydration will receive unprecedented exposure and integration within key WWE assets, highlighted by never-before-seen center mat branding at Premium Live Events (PLEs) such as WrestleMania and Money In The Bank. Further, PRIME Hydration will earn key brand placement within WWE events including WrestleMania XL and Survivor Series, match sponsorships, co-presenter designations at future PLEs, product activations at live events, social support from WWE Superstars across retail and digital activations, and more.</p><p><br /></p><p>Additionally, PRIME Hydration will be the first official partner to activate across both TKO companies. In January 2023, UFC struck an exclusive global partnership with PRIME Hydration that features a number of branded integrations and entitlements, including the Official Hydration Drink of UFC and Official Partner of the UFC Performance Institute. Earlier this year, TKO brought together the global partnerships teams at UFC and WWE to form a singular global partnerships unit with a unified sponsorship strategy.</p><p><br /></p><p>In addition, official Money In The Bank Priority Passes are now available through exclusive partner On Location. Money In The Bank Priority Passes offer fans the chance to be ringside for every exhilarating mo“What Logan and his team have built in a short time is phenomenal and we’re excited to help showcase PRIME Hydration across our biggest events,” said WWE Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Combining two of my greatest achievements into one knockout partnership is a dream come true,” said PRIME Co-Founder Logan Paul. “We’ve worked incredibly hard at PRIME to build a brand that disrupts the beverage industry and it’s time to join forces with the global leader in sports entertainment. Thank you to everyone on both sides who have played an important role in bringing PRIME Hydration to the ring.”</p><p><br /></p><p>With bold, thirst-quenching flavors to help refresh, replenish, and refuel, PRIME Hydration's goal is to create a drink that can fuel any lifestyle. Available in a range of flavors that include orange, grape, ice pop, blue raspberry, lemon lime and tropical punch, each drink comes with added nutritional benefits to compliment taste. PRIME Hydration has a coconut water base and boasts BCAA to aid muscle recovery, B vitamins, antioxidants, and electrolytes.</p><p><br /></p><p>About PRIME</p><p>Founded in 2022 by entrepreneurs and influencers, Logan Paul and KSI, PRIME is a global lifestyle beverage brand focused on providing better fuel for any endeavor. PRIME offers its highly coveted flagship product, PRIME Hydration, a healthier sports drink alternative with zero added sugar in both bottled and powdered form for on-the-go, as well as PRIME Energy, its caffeinated energy drink. PRIME products can be found at Target, GNC, The Vitamin Shoppe, Walmart and Kroger Family Stores nationwide as well as select retailers globally. For more information on PRIME and where it is sold, please visit https://drinkprime.com/pages/where-to-buy</p><p><br /></p><p>About WWE</p><p>WWE, part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), is an integrated media organization and the recognized global leader in sports entertainment. The company consists of a portfolio of businesses that create and deliver original content 52 weeks a year to a global audience. WWE is committed to family-friendly entertainment on its television programming, premium live events, digital media, and publishing platforms. WWE’s TV-PG programming can be seen in more than 1 billion homes worldwide in 25 languages through world-class distribution partners including NBCUniversal, FOX Sports, TNT Sport, Sony India and Rogers. The award-winning WWE Network includes all premium live events, scheduled programming and a massive video-on-demand library and is currently available in approximately 165 countries. In the United States, NBCUniversal’s streaming service, Peacock, is the exclusive home to WWE Network. Additional information on WWE can be found at wwe.com and corporate.wwe.com.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>WWE,® SURPASSES 100 MILLION SUBSCRIBER MARK ON YOUTUBE</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Return of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Accelerates WWE’s Growth On Platform</b></p><p><br /></p><p>STAMFORD, Conn., March 8, 2024 – WWE®, part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), today surpassed 100 million subscribers on its official YouTube channel, becoming one of only 10 channels worldwide to achieve the milestone.</p><p><br /></p><p>The return of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has helped supercharge the channel’s subscriber total in recent months, highlighted by the WrestleMania XL Kickoff event in Las Vegas on Feb. 8 which added more than 100,000 subscribers in a day. Further, every segment featuring “The Rock” since his surprise Friday Night SmackDown return on September 15, 2023, has drawn more than one million views. Prior to The Rock’s return to WWE television in September, the company was tracking to reach the 100 million subscriber milestone in late April.</p><p><br /></p><p>With more than 100 million subscribers and 81 billion lifetime views, WWE is the largest sports channel on YouTube and No. 10 overall. The new subscriber total is more than the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL combined. An early adopter of the platform, WWE joined YouTube in 2007 and has since created and curated exclusive and original content to super serve the WWE Universe. Today, the channel combines premiere in-ring action highlights from Monday Night Raw, Friday Night SmackDown, NXT and premium live events, archival premium live event footage, exclusive interviews and content featuring WWE Superstars, weekly episodes of The Bump, post-event press conferences, and more.</p><p><br /></p><p>Much of WWE’s success on the platform is owed to original programming created specifically for YouTube. Productions such as WWE Playback where Superstars rewatch classic matches, WWE Now, a news series covering all things WWE, and popular highlight compilations like WWE Top 10 and WWE Playlist have driven massive growth for the channel.</p><p><br /></p><p>About WWE</p><p>WWE, part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), is an integrated media organization and the recognized global leader in sports entertainment. The company consists of a portfolio of businesses that create and deliver original content 52 weeks a year to a global audience. WWE is committed to family-friendly entertainment on its television programming, premium live events, digital media, and publishing platforms. WWE’s TV-PG programming can be seen in more than 1 billion homes worldwide in 25 languages through world-class distribution partners including NBCUniversal, FOX Sports, TNT Sport, Sony India and Rogers. The award-winning WWE Network includes all premium live events, scheduled programming and a massive video-on-demand library and is currently available in approximately 165 countries. In the United States, NBCUniversal’s streaming service, Peacock, is the exclusive home to WWE Network. Additional information on WWE can be found at wwe.com and corporate.wwe.com.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>MAIN CARD RESULTS | UFC 299: O'MALLEY VS VERA 2 - March 10, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>See The Fight Results, Watch Post-Fight Interviews With The Main Card Winners And More From UFC 299: O'Malley vs Vera 2, Live From Kaseya Center In Miami</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Following a thoroughly entertaining preliminary card slate, the action at Kaseya Center in Miami shifted to pay-per-view and was ratcheted up a notch or two.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bantamweights Petr Yan and Song Yadong opened the main card in style before Jack Della Maddalena made a statement, Michael “Venom” Page impressed in his debut, and Dustin Poirier reminded everyone why he’s been a fixture in the lightweight title picture for the last five years. And then, in the main event, bitter rivals Sean O’Malley and Marlon “Chito” Vera settled their differences with the bantamweight title hanging in the balance.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>UFC Fight Night: O'Malley vs Vera 2 Results</p><p><br /></p><p>Sean O’Malley defeats Marlon Vera by unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-44)</p><p>Dustin Poirier defeats Benoit Saint Denis by KO (strikes) at 2:32 of Round 2</p><p>Michael Page defeats Kevin Holland by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28. 29-28)</p><p>Jack Della Maddalena defeats Gilbert Burns by KO (knee and elbows) at 3:43 of Round 3</p><p>Petr Yan defeats Song Yadong by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)</p><p>Curtis Blaydes defeats Jailton Almeida by TKO (strikes) at 0:36 of Round 2</p><p>Maycee Barber defeats Katlyn Cerminara by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)</p><p>Mateusz Gamrot defeats Rafael Dos Anjos by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)</p><p>Kyler Phillips defeats Pedro Munoz by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)</p><p>Philipe Lins defeats Ion Cutelaba by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)</p><p>Michel Pereira defeats Michal Oleksiejczuk by submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:01 of Round 1</p><p>Robelis Despaigne defeats Josh Parisian by TKO (strikes) at 0:18 of Round 1</p><p>Asu Almabayev defeats CJ Vergara by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)</p><p>Joanne Wood defeats Maryna Moroz by split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Google fires employee who interrupted tech conference with anti-Israel rant: 'Not okay'</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>The pro-Palestinian employee interrupted an Israeli speaker affiliated with Google</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Google employee who interrupted a tech conference by unleashing an anti-Israel rant and accusing his company of "power[ing] genocide" has been terminated, FOX Business has learned.</p><p><br /></p><p>The disruption happened at New York City's "Mind the Tech" conference on Monday. Google Israel managing director Barak Regev was giving a lecture at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>The employee, whose name was not released by Google, abruptly interrupted Regev's speech to reference the war between Hamas and Israel. The conflict began on Oct. 7, after Hamas terrorists massacred Israeli civilians on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah.</p><p><br /></p><p>"I'm a Google cloud software engineer, and I refused to build technology that powers genocide or surveillance!" the employee said, referring to the Israeli military's bombardment of Gaza.</p><p><br /></p><p>"Project Nimbus puts Palestinian community members in danger," the Google employee shouted, as the audience appeared to groan at his speech. "I refused to build technology that powers genocide."</p><p><br /></p><p>Audience members were heard mocking the employee, who was quickly escorted out of the room by security.</p><p><br /></p><p>"See ya later!" one woman yelled back.</p><p><br /></p><p>Project Nimbus is a $1.2 billion contract between Amazon Web Services, Google and Israel. The project helps provide cloud services for the Israeli government and military.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Regev handled the interruption coolly and commended Google for being a "democratic" institution that allowed different opinions before he continued with his speech.</p><p><br /></p><p>Google confirmed the termination of the employee to FOX Business.</p><p><br /></p><p>"Earlier this week, an employee disrupted a coworker who was giving a presentation – interfering with an official company-sponsored event," the Google spokesperson explained.</p><p><br /></p><p>"This behavior is not okay, regardless of the issue, and the employee was terminated for violating our policies."</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Paul Heyman to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As first reported by the Associated Press, Paul Heyman will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024.</p><p><br /></p><p>The outspoken, brusque New Yorker first gained enemies under the guise of Paul E. Dangerously in WCW. Managing Steve Austin, Arn Anderson and Rick Rude in a stable he dubbed his Dangerous Alliance, Heyman used a Big Apple attitude and an oversized 1980s cell phone to help his charges run through the likes of Sting and Ricky Steamboat.</p><p><br /></p><p>After WCW released the hothead in 1993, Heyman found an opportunity in failure, turning a modest Philadelphia-based independent promotion called Eastern Championship Wrestling into the notoriously daring Extreme Championship Wrestling. Inspired by alternative rock music and MTV, the innovator took ECW from public access to national pay-per-view by endorsing brutal bouts showcasing the rare combination of misfit warriors alongside cutting-edge athletes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Credited with inspiring WWE’s landmark “Attitude Era,” the controversial brand became the third-largest wrestling company in the world before it was crippled by financial problems in 2001. Heyman joined WWE as Jim Ross’ broadcast partner, but it wouldn’t be long before the nonconformists of ECW reemerged in WWE as part of the infamous “Invasion.” Aligning himself with Stephanie and Shane McMahon, Heyman came frighteningly close to overthrowing WWE but ultimately failed to bring down his competition.</p><p><br /></p><p>Time and again, however, Heyman was able to find his way back in, forming alliances with Superstars like CM Punk, Brock Lesnar, Big Show and Kurt Angle.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since the summer of 2020, Heyman has been firmly entrenched as the Special Council to Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns, where he lends his opinion and uses his outspoken nature to advise one of the most impressive title reigns in WWE history.</p><p><br /></p><p>Heyman’s influence on sports-entertainment has become immeasurable, as his brash, in-your-face attitude has paved the way for multiple generations of managers and Superstars. With a resume that is unmatched, Heyman now takes his rightful place in the WWE Hall of Fame.</p><p><br /></p><p>Congratulations to Paul Heyman on becoming a WWE Hall of Famer!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Bull Nakano to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As first reported by ESPN, Bull Nakano will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nakano was a warrior, plain and simple, and the women who survived their run-ins with her have the scars to prove it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Debuting as a competitor in the notoriously stern world of All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling when she was only a teenager, Nakano became familiar to WWE fans when she terrorized Alundra Blayze in 1994. She competed in WWE long before that, however, teaming up with powerhouse Dump Matsumoto as The Devils of Japan on a series of shows in 1986.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even back then, Nakano was already carving out her persona as a black-hearted villain with a captivating appearance that was equal parts Tokyo scream queen and Bowery punk rocker. Shaving the sides of her long hair before it was popular, Bull rocked leather vests and fright makeup to draw the crowd's attention, but she was much more than that.</p><p><br /></p><p>A singles champion in Japan, Mexico, and WWE, Nakano intimidated opponents with her unbridled intensity and put them down with her imposing frame. Taking obvious pleasure in causing pain, she’d grab a handful of hair and fling a rival across the ring in tribute to The Fabulous Moolah.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nakano became a revered sports-entertainment figure following a string of physical encounters against formidable opponents like Aja Kong and Manami Toyota in Japan. It was this international reputation that brought her to WWE in 1994 for a rivalry with Blayze that revitalized the long-stagnant Women’s Title. The two battled exhaustively throughout the year with Nakano’s biggest victory coming on Nov. 24, 1994, when she won the Women’s Championship in front of more than 42,000 fans in the Tokyo Dome.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nakano and Blayze rumbled again in WCW in 1995, but her in-ring career began to wind down soon after. Following a brief stint as a professional golfer, Nakano officially retired from wrestling on Jan. 8, 2012. </p><p><br /></p><p>Her iconic career both domestically and abroad influenced multiple generations that followed, cementing her legacy as one of the all-time greats as she now takes her rightful place in the WWE Hall of Fame.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>The U.S. Express to be inducted into WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As reported first by The Ringer, The U.S. Express will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024.</p><p><br /></p><p>Competitors at the first WrestleMania with deep family ties in the sports-entertainment industry, Mike Rotunda and Barry Windham changed tag team wrestling forever when they debuted together as The U.S. Express.</p><p><br /></p><p>Entering the arena with rock ‘n’ roll legend Bruce Springsteen’s iconic “Born in The U.S.A.” blasting on the speakers, The U.S. Express was one of the most entertaining and exciting duos of the ’80s.</p><p><br /></p><p>As two-time World Tag Team Champions in their career, Rotunda & Windham battled many WWE legends including the team of Nikolai Volkoff & The Iron Sheik as well as The Dream Team composed of Greg “The Hammer” Valentine & Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake.</p><p><br /></p><p>As real-life brothers-in-law, family was essential to both Superstars as Windham’s father, Blackjack Mulligan, was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as a member of The Blackjacks. Windham himself was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as a member of The Four Horsemen in 2012.</p><p><br /></p><p>Their legacy continued into the newer generation as Rotunda’s two sons, Windham (named after Barry) and Taylor, notably competed in WWE as Bray Wyatt and Bo Dallas, respectively.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a pioneering tag team, Windham & Rotunda helped pave the way for decades of tag team excellence to come and for their incredible contributions, they will be immortalized in the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>'One Of The Greatest Of All Time' - MMA Fighters & Fans React After Joanna Jędrzejczyk Joins 2024 UFC Hall Of Fame Class</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Jędrzejczyk is to be honored at this year's HOF ceremony.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The MMA community took to social media to give their reactions after former women's strawweight champion Joanna Jędrzejczyk was announced as the latest addition to the UFC Hall of Fame.</p><p><br /></p><p>At recent pay-per-view events, the promotion has been revealing this year's inductees into the HOF. And joining Frankie Edgar and Wanderlei Silva in the Modern Wing will be Jędrzejczyk.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Polish great won the 115-pound belt with a victory over Carla Esparza in 2015 and went on to defend it five times consecutively against the likes of Cláudia Gadelha and Jéssica Andrade.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>While she was unable to regain the strap after being dethroned by Rose Namajunas, Jędrzejczyk went on to figure in one of the greatest fights of all time opposite Zhang Weili at UFC 248 in 2020.</p><p><br /></p><p>Her induction was announced at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida, during the UFC 299 broadcast. She'll join former bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey as the only females inducted.</p><p><br /></p><p>MMA Community Reacts To Joanna Jędrzejczyk's UFC Hall Of Fame Induction</p><p><br /></p><p>Unsurprisingly, the addition of a legend and pioneer like Jędrzejczyk to the UFC Hall of Fame drew out plenty of reactions from fighters, fans, and pundits on social media, with many flocking to brand the induction more than deserving.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Bloody Elbow News</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>No more Google business for us, no more Bloody Elbow for me</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I’ve have sold BloodyElbow.com, the social media accounts, trademarks and content.</p><p><br /></p><p>The press release from our acquirer is below.</p><p><br /></p><p>The buyer did not acquire this Substack newsletter, the podcast and our YouTube channel.</p><p><br /></p><p>We will have to rebrand but we plan to continue to bring you the independent combat sports news coverage, analysis, and opinion that made Bloody Elbow a respected name in the community.</p><p><br /></p><p>More on that after this press release from GRV Media:</p><p><br /></p><p>GRV Media Ltd is pleased to announce that it has acquired the website and social media assets of Bloodyelbow.com. No staff or contributors will be coming across to GRV following the sale.</p><p><br /></p><p>The critically acclaimed website was founded by Nate Wilcox in 2007, and he acquired the rights to Bloody Elbow, purchasing the site from its former parent media company Vox in March, 2023. The site is notable for its investigative reporting, breaking news coverage, opinion and analysis.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nate said: 'We have worked hard over the last year to try to preserve the Bloody Elbow legacy. After much thought, and with a heavy heart, I have decided to sell the website assets. Like many online publishers in the last year or so, we have faced economic headwinds, increased regulation and dramatic shifts in major platform algorithms. It's been quite a journey, but it's now time to move on'.</p><p><br /></p><p>'I would like to thank our readers, partners and contributors who have supported us through the years. My thanks, too, to the team over at GRV Media, who have been professional and understanding during the sale process. The company has kindly agreed that I can continue to operate in this space should I elect to do so'.</p><p><br /></p><p>GRV Media Executive Chairman Vic Daniels said: 'Bloodyelbow will complement our existing portfolio of sports brands, which operate in football, F1, golf, NFL, tennis and wrestling. We will be changing the Bloody Elbow content strategy, and will be producing MMA news and views with a different slant as we build the reader base'.</p><p><br /></p><p>Graham Morris, GRV's CEO, said: 'We are delighted to be adding the Bloody Elbow brand to our existing portfolio of websites. This deal demonstrates what we are committed to a strategy of growing our business both organically and via acquisitions. We wish Nate and all his team the very best for the future'.</p><p><br /></p><p>Logan Abner of WeBrokr.com advised GRV Media on this deal.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I was laid off from Vox Media in January of last year and was presented the opportunity to buy Bloody Elbow from them I jumped at the chance.</p><p><br /></p><p>My initial inclination had been to run Bloody Elbow as a subscription-based collective modeled on The Defector.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, the cost of buying the assets from Vox and building a new website pushed me in the direction of forming a corporation, raising money from investors (friends and family) to cover the costs of the launch and once I’d made those decisions, I committed to running the way Vox had, as a corporate entity, primarily dependent on Google’s programmatic search traffic and programmatic ad monopoly.</p><p><br /></p><p>We launched this Substack in March of 2023 and quickly raised (almost) enough money to pay for the site redesign and rebuild. But as soon as we launched the new BloodyElbow.com in April, the subscriber money rapidly dropped off and I had to raise additional investor money.</p><p><br /></p><p>I’ve been a long-time skeptic of ad-driven, Google-dependent media but had hoped to use the site’s ad revenue to fund the development of alternate revenue streams — subscriptions, direct sales, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter — unfortunately, we had much less lead time than I had anticipated.</p><p><br /></p><p>When we initially launched our traffic improved dramatically year-over-year. Unfortunately, the start-up costs and my enthusiasm for buying content meant we weren’t profitable until August.</p><p><br /></p><p>That’s when I drew my first paycheck (and so far only) from the new company — I paid myself roughly 30% of what I had drawn at Vox and was only the 2nd or 3rd best-paid member of the team.</p><p><br /></p><p>If things had held steady for a few more months we might have had a chance but…</p><p><br /></p><p>That’s when Google updated its algorithm. It wasn’t their best work.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The new algorithm killed us. Traffic fell by 50% or more and revenue fell even further.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is just the latest downgrading of Bloody Elbow in Google’s search results that has been going on for over a decade. This Reddit thread has a succinct explanation:</p><p><br /></p><p>Google sucks so much now because around a decade ago, they abandoned the measurement known as "Page Utility" which just measured the usefulness of the site itself.</p><p><br /></p><p>Instead, they migrated to "Expertise-Authority-Trust" which had good intentions of stopping the proliferation of bad info, but instead it basically resulted in prioritizing large corporations and capital over any sites created by average people.</p><p><br /></p><p>The contract workers known as "raters" they employed to help determine the best search results became an echo chamber, as there were strict demands on exactly what the right answers were in most cases, and straying from the expectations of Big G resulted in poor reviews and possible firing. Of course, we were not allowed to say the G word - we could only say "The Client."</p><p><br /></p><p>It's about to get worse, too - they just laid off a huge swathe of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>We tried multiple fixes including a change in ad partner, new web servers, an emphasis on direct sales rather than programmatic advertising…nothing worked.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the end of January, we were hemorrhaging money and I had to tap out.</p><p><br /></p><p>I’ll be keeping this newsletter going under a new name with contributions from the best Bloody Elbow alumni I can afford along with submissions from new writers and creators.</p><p><br /></p><p>We’ll be offering paid subscribers a chance to choose our new name from four finalists. But that’s for a future email.</p><p><br /></p><p>The dream of independent combat sports media is not dead, it just won’t be dependent on Google anymore.</p><p><br /></p><p>Stay tuned.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Bloody Elbow)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Alphabet to Present at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference</b></p><p><br /></p><p>MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (February 8, 2024) – Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced that Philipp Schindler, Senior Vice President and Chief Business Officer of Google, will participate in the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference. The session is scheduled for 2:05 p.m. Pacific Time / 5:05 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, March 6, 2024.</p><p><br /></p><p>About Alphabet Inc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Alphabet is a collection of companies, the largest of which is Google. Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google in September 1998 and the company is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif. Billions of people use its wide range of popular products and platforms each day, like Search, Ads, Chrome, Cloud, YouTube and Android.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Alphabet Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2023 Results</p><p><br /></p><p>MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – January 30, 2024 – Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced</p><p>financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sundar Pichai, CEO, said: “We are pleased with the ongoing strength in Search and the growing contribution from</p><p>YouTube and Cloud. Each of these is already benefiting from our AI investments and innovation. As we enter the</p><p>Gemini era, the best is yet to come.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Ruth Porat, President and Chief Investment Officer; CFO said: “We ended 2023 with very strong fourth quarter</p><p>financial results, with Q4 consolidated revenues of $86 billion, up 13% year over year. We remain committed to our</p><p>work to durably re-engineer our cost base as we invest to support our growth opportunities.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Q4 2023 Financial Highlights</p><p><br /></p><p>The following table summarizes our consolidated financial results for the quarters and years ended December 31,</p><p>2022 and 2023 (in millions, except for per share information and percentages). </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>News start-up will lose half a million readers if Meta goes nuclear - March 10, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>The founders of The Daily Aus have warned that young Australians will turn to ill-informed but opinionated influencers if Meta blocks news from its platforms, as the Instagram-led outlet faces the prospect of losing touch with half a million of its followers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Zara Seidler and Sam Koslowski started the digital news outlet as a social media account in 2017 and have gradually built a following of 530,000 people on Instagram. The start-up now has a website, newsletter, podcast and 18 full-time staff.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>But the audience and revenue The Daily Aus gets from Instagram is in serious jeopardy. There is a very real possibility Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook, will take the nuclear option and block news on its platforms in coming months.</p><p><br /></p><p>This would echo a similar but short-lived ban in 2021, which came as a result of a war with the federal government and major news publishers. Meta has permanently blocked news in Canada after a similar battle to force it to pay for content.</p><p><br /></p><p>Meta has declared it will not renew $70 million in annual deals compensating Australian news outlets for content. The Albanese government said it would move to force it to negotiate.</p><p><br /></p><p>“It would hurt [if Meta blocked news], but it wouldn’t be the end,” Ms Seidler said.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Obviously, our biggest audience remains there. But we think about it as the front door ... We could have grown Instagram to double what it is – but didn’t.</p><p><br /></p><p>“We had to find where else we could create the relationships.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Publishing primarily on Instagram, Ms Seidler and Mr Koslowski were told by potential investors, when they were raising capital in 2021 and 2022, to protect their business from being at the whim of a global social giant. In 2017, the year they started The Daily Aus, Facebook changed its algorithm and virtually killed off viral, social-led publishers – Buzzfeed, for example – within months.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Daily Aus has spent the past three years building audiences outside Meta’s platforms – including a newsletter audience of 180,000 people and a daily podcast that reaches 125,000 monthly listeners – but its biggest presence is still Instagram. It has 120,000 followers on TikTok and 8000 on Facebook.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ms Seidler and Mr Koslowski say a news ban would “influence future hiring decisions” but they insist the publication would survive. Their gravest concerns are about where younger Aussies will get their news if a ban does go ahead.</p><p><br /></p><p>“I think it’ll be disastrous. We’ll see a rise of influencer-led commentary – I imagine Meta won’t include those accounts in a blanket ban,” Ms Seidler says.</p><p><br /></p><p>“We’ve got all of this opinion and a very little foundation of knowledge accompanying it. We’ll have a void. We can’t expect young people will move elsewhere. Every bit of research says they use these platforms to inform themselves.”</p><p><br /></p><p>The Daily Aus didn’t do a deal with Facebook in 2021. It did, however, receive money from the platform through its $15 million Meta Australian News Fund, which was managed by The Walkley Foundation. It has also joined an industry group for digital news publishers, the Digital Publishers Alliance.</p><p><br /></p><p>“In 2021, we did not have a seat at the table. We’re in a much better position. The DPA means we even get a voice in these things,” Ms Seidler said.</p><p><br /></p><p>The DPA will run a full-page open letter to Facebook in some Australian newspapers, including The Australian Financial Review, on Monday, saying there was “a lot to dislike” in the platform’s decision not to renew commercial deals with newsrooms.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Your decision … will lead to a rise in mis- and disinformation on your platforms, less trusted sources, fewer journalists and a weakened society,” the letter, signed by 35 digital news outlets, says.</p><p><br /></p><p>(AFR)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Why James Packer is the luckiest billionaire in Australia - Feb 29, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Crown Resorts may have given him plenty of heartburn, but the latest ugly numbers from Star Entertainment show how well-timed the sale really was. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>James Packer has had his share of misfortune during his life, including some huge mental health challenges. But the delayed December half results from Star Entertainment also make it clear that Packer enjoyed an incredible stroke of luck when US private equity giant Blackstone finally took casino operator Crown Resorts private for $8.9 billion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Based on what we’re seeing at Star, it seems highly unlikely Blackstone would have agreed to pay that much in the current regulatory and economic environment. Crown gave Packer plenty of heartburn, but his $3.3 billion share sale was also a great escape.</p><p><br /></p><p>Compare Star’s results for the six months ended December 31 with its results for the same period in 2019. Revenue was $1.3 billion in 2019, while EBITDA was $331 million. Four years later, that has shrunk to $866 million, with EBITDA just $113 million.</p><p><br /></p><p>What explains the difference?</p><p><br /></p><p>For starters, Star says it has been forced to adopt a higher rate of exclusions – translation: blocking undesirables from gambling at their casinos – and introduce time management for some patrons – or, prevent problem gamblers from spending too long punting.</p><p><br /></p><p>RELATED QUOTES</p><p>SGRThe Star Entertainment Group</p><p>$0.550</p><p> </p><p>3.77%</p><p><br /></p><p>1 year</p><p>1 day</p><p>Mar 23</p><p>Jun 23</p><p>Sep 23</p><p>Mar 24</p><p>0.300</p><p>0.600</p><p>0.900</p><p>1.200</p><p>1.500</p><p>Updated: Mar 10, 2024 – 7.48pm. Data is 20 mins delayed.</p><p>View SGR related articles </p><p>Second, Star has been required to wind back freebies to punters, such as complimentary drinks and rebates for wealthy gamblers. The free drinks are back on (under improved controls) but rebates are unlikely to return for at least 12 months, while Star works on a compliance program for them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Third, Star has been required to spend a lot of money to remediate and improve its risk and compliance, with operating expenditure rising from $534.7 million in 2019 to $541.6 million in 2023 – and that’s after a few recent rounds of savage cost cuts.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an example of the company’s focus on remediation, Star chief executive Robbie Cooke said on Thursday that staff numbers in its anti-money laundering team had expanded from 26 to 115 full-time staff. Given a fresh inquiry was launched into Star’s operations last week, after the NSW regulator decided the company was still not suitable to hold its Sydney licence, it feels unlikely that these higher regulatory costs will fade.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cooke is also dealing with a more difficult macroeconomic environment than existed back in 2019, when interest rates were sitting at 0.75 per cent. But Thursday’s numbers are evidence that Star and Crown were very clearly over-earning in 2019 by running businesses that simply weren’t being to the standards that regulators and the broader community would have expected.</p><p><br /></p><p>Punters that shouldn’t have been allowed in the doors were allowed to gamble. Problem gamblers who should have been protected were allowed to keep punting. The risk and compliance systems and processes that should have been in place simply were not.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cooke raised another challenge on Thursday, arguing that regulators need to be careful that the problems that existed in casinos are not simply transferred to the pubs and clubs sector; he wants the regulatory playing field to be levelled, and noted pubs and clubs in Brisbane, where Star is set to open its new Queens Wharf property, have invested in venue upgrades and loyalty programs ahead of that launch.</p><p><br /></p><p>Crown’s financial results are no longer available since it was taken private, but it will be facing similar challenges. Blackstone has said it is pleased with its progress in remediation, but it has also conceded it underestimated the level of work required.</p><p><br /></p><p>When Packer sold out in June 2022, he noted there had been “ups and downs and challenges” with the business, but said Blackstone’s deal was “confirmation that we have built one of the country’s best tourism, entertainment and leisure companies”.</p><p><br /></p><p>That may still be true. But the 80 per cent fall in Star’s share prices since the Blackstone deal raises questions as to whether the business would still attract that sort of price.</p><p><br /></p><p>(AFR)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>NRL</b></p><p><b>Not even 100,000 Americans watched the NRL’s Las Vegas matches - March 6, 2024</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The NRL’s historic Las Vegas double-header struggled to land American television audiences, failing to find more than 62,000 viewers per game for the two matches that took place on Saturday in prime-time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Australian Rugby League Commission chairman Peter V’landys said earlier this week success would not be about the number of ticket-holders who went to Allegiant Stadium to watch the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles defeat South Sydney Rabbitohs 36-24, and Sydney Roosters beat Brisbane Broncos 20-10 in person.</p><p><br /></p><p>“It’s on who watches it on TV tonight in America,” he told The Australian Financial Review. “If we are really going to capture any new audience it’s going to be through that way.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Nielsen’s rating figures, released to Fox on Tuesday, show the NRL struggled to find that audience.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Just 61,000 viewers watched the match between the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Manly Sea Eagles, which was broadcast on Fox Sports 1, the Murdoch family-controlled Fox Corp’s main cable sports television network. It is unclear how a 17-minute delay to the broadcast, caused by the channel sticking with overtime of a college basketball match, affected viewing.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first match was the most popular of the two – just 44,000 viewers tuned in subsequently to watch the Sydney Roosters defeat the Brisbane Broncos.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ratings figures are available on TV ratings websites in the US, and were confirmed to this masthead by US sources with direct knowledge of the numbers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Andrew Abdo, chief executive of the NRL, said the sport was proud of what it had achieved in the first year.</p><p><br /></p><p>“These are the two most watched NRL matches in the US on record. These are positive signs in the first year of the long-term venture,” he said.</p><p><br /></p><p>By comparison, the most watched sports program on Saturday night in the US was a Western Conference finals basketball rematch that had 3.05 million viewers on ABC. Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf, which was broadcast on the same day, attracted 221,000 viewers.</p><p><br /></p><p>When the USFL – a professional American football minor league – was trying to get off the ground, it was averaging more than 300,000 viewers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mr Abdo said the first match’s audience compared to some US Major League Soccer games, which run on Fox Sports 1.</p><p><br /></p><p>John Kosner, who ran broadcasting at ESPN for 15 years, said the result was to be expected. “I think based upon awareness – or lack thereof outside the core audience – it’s what I’d expect.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Gaming analyst Dustin Gouker said in a post on social media platform X: “National Rugby League has grand designs of making an impact in the US ... and while you have to start somewhere, not sure that qualifies as somewhere.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Still popular at home</p><p><br /></p><p>The US figures were considerably smaller than the Australian audiences that watched the Las Vegas matches.</p><p><br /></p><p>The match between Manly and South Sydney, which was aired exclusively on Fox League and streaming service Kayo Sports, had 838,000 viewers. The second match attracted 786,000 viewers on Fox League and 784,000 viewers on Channel Nine (Channel Nine is owned by Nine Entertainment, which publishes this masthead).</p><p><br /></p><p>More than 40,000 fans went to the game. The event, which will run for at least five years, is part of a strategic push to attract new American fans to the sport. Mr V’landys hopes that if successful, this will generate more broadcast revenue and an increase in subscribers for its offshore viewing platform, Watch NRL.</p><p><br /></p><p>”It’s not going to happen in the first 12 months, it will take three or four years, but I am more confident than ever that we can make tens, if not hundreds, of millions of dollars for the game that’ll go back into grassroots,” Mr V’landys told Fox League at the weekend.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other way the NRL anticipates it will make money in the US is through a deal with a corporate bookmaker such as FanDuel or BetMGM.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is still unclear how the NRL will make money from bookmaking. In Australia, the NRL is paid millions by bookmakers so that punters can gamble on matches.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the US, sports bookies do not pay product fees to major sports such as the NBA and NFL. Mr V’landys said the way he expects a deal would take place was a revenue share from streaming the NRL on a wagering app.</p><p><br /></p><p>But Chris Grove, of Eilers & Krejcik Gaming, said last year he expected that even in the medium term, gambling on NRL would make up less than 1 per cent of total wagering volume, even if a deal was put in place by the code to sell its streaming rights to an online bookmaker.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mr Abdo said he remained focused on the long-term opportunity for the game.</p><p><br /></p><p>“The exposure the game received and the reviews of the matches by US fans and media will be a massive boost for year two and beyond,” he said.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TikTok facing ban or forced sale in US - March 8, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A US congressional panel has approved a bill that would force ByteDance, the China-based parent company of TikTok, to sell the social media app within six months or face a ban.</p><p><br /></p><p>The measure, introduced by another House of Representatives committee and backed by the White House, cites national security concerns.</p><p><br /></p><p>In response, TikTok has said the proposed legislation would hurt free speech and small businesses that rely on the app – and has urged its users to call members of Congress to voice their opposition.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bill is set to go to a full House floor vote in the coming days.</p><p><br /></p><p>It has initally been proposed by a cross-party group of 20 lawmakers who form the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. It was approved unanimously 50-0 on March 7th by the Energy and Commerce Committee. The Senate will need to approve it before it became law.</p><p><br /></p><p>“America’s foremost adversary has no business controlling a dominant media platform in the United States,” commented committee chairman Mike Gallagher, a Republican of Wisconsin.</p><p><br /></p><p>A previous attempt by former US President Donald Trump hit several legal obstacles and never came into force.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Forecast: LatAm to add 55m SVoD subs - March 7, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Latin America will have 165 million SVoD subscriptions by 2029, up from 110 million at end-2023, according to the Latin America OTT TV and Video Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. Brazil will provide 59 million SVoD subscriptions by 2029, with Mexico bringing in a further 43 million.</p><p><br /></p><p>Seven US-based platforms (Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Star+, Paramount+, Apple TV+ and Max) will account for 83 per cent of the region’s paying SVoD subscriptions by end-2029. Netflix will add 9 million subscribers between 2023 and 2029, with Disney+ up by 8 million, Max by 10 million and Paramount+ increasing by 6 million. Globoplay, only available in Brazil, will take another 8 per cent of the total.</p><p><br /></p><p>“All of the major US platforms are very active in Latin America,” notes Simon Murray, Principal Analyst at Digital TV</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>‘Back soon’: Alan Jones’ return to streaming channel on the cards - March 1, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>For the small but dedicated audience of streaming news channel ADH TV, the big question is: where is Alan Jones? Jones, who remains in London, was removed from ADH’s banners on YouTube and Facebook for the fringe channel’s relaunch for the year to the dismay of the outlet’s online fans.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>“Where is Alan Jones??” said one user on the channel’s Facebook page. “Alan Jones needs to be there, he is the man,” said another individual.</p><p><br /></p><p>Responding to several comments, the ADH admin cleared up the confusion, insisting Jones would be returning shortly.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Alan will be back soon. Thank you!” they wrote.</p><p><br /></p><p>The company’s chief executive, Jack Bulfin, did not respond to a series of questions put to him about Jones’ return.</p><p><br /></p><p>Taking centre stage in promotions is former Australian Broadcasting Authority head and conservative figure David Flint, who hosts a twice-weekly program Save the Nation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Flint insists he is not the network’s star, and says Jones’ on-air return is imminent. “Alan is returning,” Flint says. “I know Alan is coming back.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Jones has been in London since before Christmas, however was due to return in February to take up his role on ADH, before later cancelling his plans, as reported by this masthead.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In December, this masthead revealed allegations that Jones used his position of power as Sydney’s most high-profile broadcaster to prey on a number of young men, allegedly indecently assaulting them, groping or inappropriately touching them without their consent.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jones denies the allegations, and although he threatened to sue for defamation, he is yet to commence legal action.</p><p><br /></p><p>He joined ADH in late 2021 after departing Sky News Australia and has been its highest-profile star since pulling back from four nights a week to two. Despite several of the social channels being listed under Jones’ name, he has no financial involvement in the operations of the business, another source with knowledge of the relationship told this masthead, speaking on condition of anonymity.</p><p><br /></p><p>An article on realestate.com.au reported that Jones sold his Brisbane investment property for just over $1.3 million this month.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another absent figure has been former Seven Network Sydney news director Jason Morrison, previously reported as having been offered the role of chief executive at ADH.</p><p><br /></p><p>Morrison continued to deny the links to the digital startup, telling this masthead he remains unable to take part in any discussions while on gardening leave. He says he has not spoken with Jones for “six to nine months” despite filling in for him on ADH in late 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>He was expected to again fill in for Jones in his continued absence.</p><p><br /></p><p>A senior source at Seven not authorised to speak publicly said Morrison was no longer contracted at the network. He left in June last year.</p><p><br /></p><p>ADH TV was launched by Bulfin and two friends in 2021, one of those being Jones’ protegee Jake Thrupp, who he is currently with in London. Former ABC chair Maurice Newman is the network’s chair.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since launching two years ago, its YouTube page has amassed 43,000 subscribers, and its videos are viewed an average of 2099 times, a far cry from Sky News Australia’s nearly four million subscriber base.</p><p><br /></p><p>Default advertising revenue per 1000 views means it would net around $4.39 to $10.94 per video on YouTube – but the platform can be lucrative.</p><p><br /></p><p>Piers Morgan recently quit his nightly program syndicated on Sky News Australia to focus on his YouTube channel. Sky News told this masthead the show had garnered close to 150 million views for the network across its channels during its run.</p><p><br /></p><p>Likewise, former Fox News personality Tucker Carlson has gone digital since being sacked by Fox News in 2023, with his show, Tucker Carlson Uncensored, regularly attracting millions of views on X.</p><p><br /></p><p>ADH only broadcasts several hours of content each weeknight, with partners including Spectator Australia, right-wing think tanks The Menzies Research Centre and the Institute of Public Affairs, the Conservative Political Action Conference and right-wing Falun Gong-operated American outlet The Epoch Times.</p><p><br /></p><p>Flint is also a columnist for Spectator Australia; Nick Cater, a senior fellow at the Menzies Research Centre and columnist for The Australian, also hosts a weekly show; and former federal Liberal Candidate James Mathias, now chief of staff at the think tank, hosted a run of shows in 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>(SMH)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin on the ‘most incredible run’: Ross Greenwood - March 8, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood says Bitcoin has had “the most incredible run” in the last little while.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mr Greenwood revealed Bitcoin has risen 205 per cent over the past year.</p><p><br /></p><p>“This is largely, as we said last week, partly because the big exchange-traded funds are having to buy Bitcoin to back their own products.</p><p><br /></p><p>“And secondly, in April they are going to halve Bitcoin.</p><p><br /></p><p>"You could have got it for the best part of $20,000 this time last year, now $US67,200 – well above $100,000 AUD per Bitcoin."</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>The billionaire with a cult following you have probably never heard of</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Frank Slootman, who just stepped down as Snowflake chief executive officer, isn’t a name that springs to mind as one of the tech industry’s most prominent CEOs. But Slootman has parlayed his time atop three companies into a net worth higher than tech leaders like Apple’s Tim Cook or Microsoft’s Satya Nadella.</p><p><br /></p><p>As Slootman leaves his CEO post at the software company, he has a fortune of about $US3.7 billion ($5.7 billion), according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. That tops Cook, who is worth about $US2 billion, and Nadella, who was not yet a billionaire as of July 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>It’s rare for a non-founder in the tech industry to amass that level of wealth — Slootman did it by leading Snowflake and ServiceNow through initial public offerings and was head of data-storage firm Data Domain when it was taken over by EMC Corp. in 2009.</p><p><br /></p><p>Along the way, he developed a cult-like reputation in the software industry for being a tough leader with a to-the-point communication style. CEOs need to be “insanely confrontational,” he said in an episode of the No Priors podcast in 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Frank understands how hard it is to build companies and he’s done it repeatedly,” said David McJannet, CEO of HashiCorp Inc., another software infrastructure company, in a September interview. “People like that are relatively unflinching in their views and they are right a lot of times, so people tend to want follow them.”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The news he was leaving the CEO role alongside an underwhelming sales outlook caused Snowflake stock to plummet 18 per cent Thursday, marking its worst day ever. That drop alone dented Slootman’s net worth by about $US500 million. The company declined to comment on his net worth.</p><p><br /></p><p>“It is no doubt concerning to see Mr. Slootman, who has a strong track record and is well regarded by investors, step down after five years in the role,” wrote Brad Zelnick, an analyst at Deutsche Bank AG, in a note Thursday.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another analyst, Bernstein’s Mark Moerdler, wrote that he wondered if the sudden change was due to recent disappointments in the company’s revenue growth. Slootman said in an interview with Barron’s that the idea his departure was related to a poorly received growth guidance was an “absurd notion.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Over the last four years, Slootman has sold shares at an average weighted price of about $US268 — well above the drop to $US188. He first joined Snowflake in 2019, and led the company through what was the largest software IPO ever the following year. At one point his stock awards were worth $US108 million per month.</p><p><br /></p><p>His statements have elicited controversy. In 2021, Slootman was criticised for saying that diversity goals were secondary to merit in hiring, though he later apologised, saying he didn’t intend to imply that diversity and merit were mutually exclusive. He has donated to Republican and Libertarian politicians, including in Montana, where he spends much of his time and Snowflake relocated its executive office to in 2021.</p><p><br /></p><p>Slootman’s replacement, Sridhar Ramaswamy, a former executive at Alphabet’s Google, is seen as a technical leader. Ramaswamy will be awarded about $US100 million in stock awards over the next five years in addition to a $US750,000 annual salary, according to a filing Wednesday. He’ll also get an annual incentive bonus targeted at 100 per cent of his salary.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other non-founders who became billionaires through leading tech companies include Steve Ballmer, one of Microsoft’s first salespeople who went on to become CEO, and is now the sixth-richest person on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Palo Alto CEO Nikesh Arora recently became a billionaire as the company’s share price has surged.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Larvotto delivers high-grade gold assays in NSW</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Channel sampling at Larvotto Resources’ Hillgrove gold-antimony project in New South Wales has delivered sparkling assays going as high as 63 grams per tonne gold, 13.82g/t silver and more than 30 per cent antimony.</p><p><br /></p><p>Management says the impressive results highlight the high-grade nature of the operation, while samples from the 1.5-million-tonne historical tailings facility recorded gold grades exceeeding the average of many operating open pit mines.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The company recently kicked off metallurgical test work at Hillgrove after completing auger drilling at its tailings facility and collecting several tonnes of underground samples from the development-ready zones of the Metz mining area. Auger results showed consistent grades of more than 1.3g/t gold, with peak values from the tailings dam greater than 2g/t gold and 2 per cent antimony.</p><p><br /></p><p>Additional underground results from 28 samples returned positive results including 22.5g/t gold, 14.63g/t and 11.89g/t from within three zones – the footwall, ore zone and hanging wall at the Metz mine, which has been highlighted by the company as its major focus for underground mining.</p><p><br /></p><p>“These samples will be subject to a detailed metallurgical study and TIMA mineralogy to determine the potential extraction rate.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Larvotto Resources managing director Ron Heeks</p><p>The Hillgrove project lies 23km east of Armidale in NSW and comprises four exploration leases and 48 granted mining leases across its 254 square kilometres of tenure. As the mine’s new operator, Larvotto says it aims to enhance recoveries by producing a higher-grade and cleaner concentrate product.</p><p><br /></p><p>Management believes its latest testwork has the potential to generate a significantly more valuable product for sale. It has estimated the work is likely to take several months to complete.</p><p><br /></p><p>Larvotto Resources managing director Ron Heeks said: “Previously, most of the processing focus was on antimony rather than gold, resulting in a considerable amount of gold deposited in the tailings dam. These samples will be subject to a detailed metallurgical study and TIMA mineralogy to determine the potential extraction rate in the case of the tails and optimal processing route for the underground mineralisation.”</p><p><br /></p><p>The company acquired the 1.4-million-ounce gold equivalent operation after entering into a binding term sheet with the administrators of former owner Red River Resources for a purchase price of less than $6 per ounce.</p><p><br /></p><p>With a grade of more than 6g/t gold equivalent – which can be broken down to 4.5g/t gold and 1.2 per cent antimony – the project cost Larvotto just $3 million, with about a further $5 million required to for the replacement of environmental bonds in compliance with NSW laws.</p><p><br /></p><p>Significantly, the acquisition also includes an operational processing plant, which was put on care and maintenance in 2021. It features a 250,000 tonnes per annum capacity and came with associated infrastructure.</p><p><br /></p><p>That makes it a serious financial bonus for the company as it would be looking at a bill likely to be north of $200 million to build the plant from scratch.</p><p><br /></p><p>More than 204 individual mineral occurrences have been identified to date in the greater region, with the mineralisation developed as strike-extensive veins extending through 20km, with potentially depth-extensive, steeply-dipping fissures.</p><p><br /></p><p>The area has been mined since the 1870s and the Hillgrove operations have produced more than 740,000 ounces of gold and about 40,000 tonnes of antimony. It is believed to be Australia’s biggest antimony deposit and also sits in the world’s top 10 resources for the silvery metalloid.</p><p><br /></p><p>In addition, more than 2000 tonnes of scheelite concentrate, the principal ore mineral of tungsten, have been produced from the area.</p><p><br /></p><p>During the production years at the operation from 1982, most processing focus was on antimony production rather than gold, which management says resulted in a considerable amount of gold being deposited in the tailings dam.</p><p><br /></p><p>With the latest testing and sampling results set to be used to complete an upcoming preliminary feasibility study – not to mention recent record price highs for both gold and antimony – the market will be keeping a close eye on what Larvotto can deliver as it looks to bring Hillgrove back into production.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Elon Musk deletes X post blasting Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife MacKenzie Scott over her charitable giving - March 8, 2024</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Elon Musk has lashed out at Jeff Bezos' ex-wife while responding to a post that disparaged her for donating to left-leaning political groups.</p><p><br /></p><p>Elon Musk blasted Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife MacKenzie Scott for her charitable donations in an X post that he deleted a short time after it went online Wednesday evening.</p><p><br /></p><p>“‘Super rich ex-wives who hate their former spouse’ should filed be listed among ‘Reasons that Western Civilization died,'” the Tesla boss wrote on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, which Musk acquired for $44 billion in late 2022.</p><p><br /></p><p>Musk wrote the post in response to an X user who complained that Scott, who divorced the Amazon founder in 2019 after 25 years of marriage, was giving away money to organizations that “deal with issues of race and/or gender.”</p><p><br /></p><p>“Her fund ought to be called The AWFL Fund. It’s the ultimate aspirational expression of the most awful group in the US,” the X user who goes by the name “i/o” wrote.</p><p><br /></p><p>Musk deleted the post hours later. The Post has sought comment from the X owner, Scott and Bezos.</p><p><br /></p><p>The root of Musk’s animus toward Scott appears to be her charitable giving to political action committees aligned with the Democratic Party.</p><p><br /></p><p>In May 2022, Musk wrote on social media that Scott was giving money to “PACs posing as charities.”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>“It’s safe to say that Mackenzie [ahem] Scott is not exactly a big fan of her ex-husband. Unfortunately, a lot of others are getting caught in the crossfire,” Musk wrote.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to her website, Scott has donated hundreds of millions of dollars to organizations devoted to causes such as “racial equity,” “LGBTQ+ equity,” “gender equity,” public health, climate change and “functional democracy.”</p><p><br /></p><p>The recipients of her largess include the Obama Foundation, Movement for Black Lives, Jackie Robinson Foundation, Morehouse College, Howard University, Planned Parenthood and the George W. Bush Presidential Center.</p><p><br /></p><p>Scott’s net worth was pegged by Bloomberg Billionaires Index at $36 billion as of Wednesday. The 53-year-old writer’s wealth is derived from her 1.9% ownership stake in her ex-husband’s e-commerce company.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to SEC filings, Scott received a 4% stake in Amazon as part of her divorce from Bezos. At the time, the stake was worth $36 billion — making her one of the richest women in the world.</p><p><br /></p><p>In late January, Bloomberg News reported that Scott sold 65.3 million shares of Amazon — or around 25% of her stake in the company.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>At the time she sold her shares, they were worth $10.4 billion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Scott, who pledged in 2019 to donate half her fortune to charity, has given millions of dollars to various causes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since divorcing Bezos, Scott has donated more than $16.5 billion to several charities.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the last year alone, she has published a list of more than 360 organizations that have received a total of $2.15 billion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Scott is a signatory to the Giving Pledge, a non-binding promise in which billionaires commit to donating the bulk of their wealth.</p><p><br /></p><p>“In addition to whatever assets life has nurtured in me, I have a disproportionate amount of money to share,” Scott wrote in a letter on the Giving Pledge website.</p><p><br /></p><p>“My approach to philanthropy will continue to be thoughtful. It will take time and effort and care. But I won’t wait. And I will keep at it until the safe is empty.”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Musk has also donated some of his wealth to philanthropy.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Tesla mogul, who as of Wednesday was the third-richest person in the world with a net worth valued by Bloomberg Billionaires Index at $189 billion, gifted $5.7 billion worth of Tesla shares to a charity he co-founded with his brother, Kimbal Musk.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Musk Foundation has donated tens of millions of dollars to various causes including St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and XPrize, an organization that awards prize money to aspiring innovators and entrepreneurs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Scott married teacher Dan Jewett in March 2021. They finalized their divorce in January 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>Last year, Bezos became engaged to Lauren Sanchez, his girlfriend of four years.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Elon Musk says he will not donate to Joe Biden or Donald Trump despite tearing into US immigration policies - March 7, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Elon Musk has revealed he will not support Donald Trump or Joe Biden in the lead up to November's presidential showdown. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Billionaire Elon Musk on Wednesday said that he will not donate money to the campaigns of President Biden or former President Trump in 2024.</p><p><br /></p><p>"Just to be super clear, I am not donating money to either candidate for US President," the tech mogul wrote on his social media platform, X.</p><p><br /></p><p>"Politics is tribal, rather than logical," he wrote in a separate post.</p><p><br /></p><p>Musk's announcement comes a day after The New York Times reported Trump met with the Tesla CEO and wealthy Republican donors over the weekend.</p><p><br /></p><p>The former president is seeking a financial boost for his White House bid, according to the Times.</p><p><br /></p><p>With a net worth of $196.5 billion, Musk is the second-richest person in the world, according to Forbes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Musk's declaration that he will not donate to either presidential candidate comes a day after Super Tuesday, when Biden and Trump each won decisive victories in their parties' respective primaries.</p><p><br /></p><p>The results mean a rematch between Biden and Trump for the 2024 general election is all but certain, despite polls showing Americans are not excited about either of the candidates who faced off in 2020.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Just 32% of all voters are enthusiastic about Biden becoming the party nominee, and 37% of all voters are enthusiastic about Trump becoming the GOP nominee, according to a Monmouth University poll conducted in September.</p><p><br /></p><p>Musk has been an outspoken critic of Democrats and the Biden administration over the ongoing crisis at the U.S. southern border, fueling speculation that he might throw his support behind Trump, who is campaigning on the promise to close the border.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Tesla and SpaceX CEO has said repeatedly he believes Democrats have allowed illegal migrants to pour into the country so that they will vote blue at some point in the future — and that they are reluctant to deport any who commit crimes since it would be akin to losing potential voters.</p><p><br /></p><p>Musk reiterated that view on Wednesday in a post on X:</p><p><br /></p><p>"Until the loss of votes from ushering in vast numbers of illegal immigrants exceeds the likely gain of votes over time (as they are gradually legalized), the Democratic Party has a strong incentive to maximize illegal immigration."</p><p><br /></p><p>Fox News' Michael Dorgan and Clare O'Connor contributed to this report.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>WWE on A&E is Back with New Seasons of 'WWE Rivals' and 'Biography: WWE Legends' Premiering Sunday, February 25</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>WWE ON A&E IS BACK WITH KNOCK-OUT NEW SEASONS OF “WWE RIVALS” AND “BIOGRAPHY: WWE LEGENDS” PREMIERING SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>THE SERIES CONTINUE TO DELVE INTO THE ICONIC RIVALRIES AND LEGENDARY CAREERS OF SOME OF THE MOST REVERED WWE SUPERSTARS</b></p><p><br /></p><p>New York, NY—January 10, 2024—WWE on A&E steps back into the ring this winter beginning Sunday, February 25 with a knock-out new season of “WWE Rivals” at 8pm ET/PT followed by a new season of “Biography: WWE Legends” at 9pm ET/PT. The series continue to explore the lives and careers of some of the most beloved and well-known WWE Superstars and give viewers unparalleled access through in-depth interviews and archival footage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Kicking off the night, “WWE Rivals” returns with actor and former WWE writer Freddie Prinze Jr. leading a roundtable discussion of WWE Superstars to explore the storylines and characters at the helm of epic rivalries that built the WWE. Each one-hour episode features a roundtable of former WWE Superstars who discuss the dramatic storylines that defined the WWE, speak with Legends who watched these rivalries unfold and analyze archival footage from WWE’s library. In the season premiere, the series will examine the infamous animosity between Superstars Triple H vs. The Rock beginning with their heated rivalry over the World Championship in the early 2000s. The season continues with other iconic rivalries including Jake “The Snake” Roberts vs. “Macho Man” Randy Savage; Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels; John Cena vs. Randy Orton; Hardy Boyz vs. Dudley Boyz vs. Edge & Christian; as well as The Miz vs. Daniel Bryan.</p><p><br /></p><p>Following at 9pm ET/PT, “Biography: WWE Legends” continues to convey the intimate, distinctive stories of the lives and events that molded some of the most beloved WWE Legends into the stars they became. Through archival footage and first-hand account interviews, each episode will examine a different Legend and showcase their career highlights and the effect they had on the industry and fans. The season begins with examining the enthralling life and career of the youngest World Heavyweight Champion in WWE history, Randy Orton, with other Legends featured this season including Sgt. Slaughter, Scott Hall aka Razor Ramon, Diamond Dallas Page, British Bulldog, and the longest-reigning WWE Universal Champion, Roman Reigns.</p><p><br /></p><p>*Join the conversation by following @WWEonAE and using #WWEonAE*</p><p><br /></p><p>All series will be available on demand and to stream on the A&E App and aetv.com</p><p><br /></p><p>“Biography: WWE Legends” and “WWE Rivals,” are produced by WWE for A&E Network. Executive producers for WWE are Kevin Dunn and Chris Kaiser. Executive producers for A&E Network are Elaine Frontain Bryant, Brad Abramson, and Jonathan Partridge. A+E Networks holds worldwide distribution rights.</p><p><br /></p><p>About “Biography”</p><p>The celebrated “Biography” brand continues to highlight newsworthy personalities and events with compelling and surprising points-of-view and remains the defining source for true stories from some of the most accomplished non-fiction storytellers of our time. Biography.com is the home to hundreds of profiles of notable cultural figures and influencers.</p><p><br /></p><p>About WWE</p><p>WWE, part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), is an integrated media organization and the recognized global leader in sports entertainment. The company consists of a portfolio of businesses that create and deliver original content 52 weeks a year to a global audience. WWE is committed to family-friendly entertainment on its television programming, premium live events, digital media, and publishing platforms. WWE’s TV-PG programming can be seen in more than 1 billion homes worldwide in 25 languages through world-class distribution partners including NBCUniversal, FOX Sports, TNT Sport, Sony India and Rogers. The award-winning WWE Network includes all premium live events, scheduled programming and a massive video-on-demand library and is currently available in approximately 165 countries. In the United States, NBCUniversal’s streaming service, Peacock, is the exclusive home to WWE Network. Additional information on WWE can be found at wwe.com and corporate.wwe.com.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>NRL</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>‘It’s the old problem’: One dirty word threatens NRL’s American takeover - March 2, 2024</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The NRL is breaking new ground in Las Vegas, but there’s one “old problem” rugby league still has to overcome to truly make it in America.</p><p><br /></p><p>As the NRL gears up for its historic season opening double header in Las Vegas, it’s clear there’s one key battle rugby league needs to win before it can truly make a mark in America.</p><p><br /></p><p>Manly will take on South Sydney in the first game of the NRL season on Sunday afternoon before the Roosters play the Broncos.</p><p><br /></p><p>The two matches will be held at Allegiant Stadium, the home of the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders and the same venue where last month’s Super Bowl was held.</p><p><br /></p><p>A slightly smaller rugby league field has been rolled into the venue and there are hopes of a crowd over 40,000 for the double header.</p><p><br /></p><p>The NRL is hoping the overseas venture will tap into a potentially enormous source of gambling revenue if it can regularly attract American eyeballs to watch and bet on NRL games.</p><p><br /></p><p>But as Fox League’s Bryan Fletcher told news.com.au, many Americans don’t know what rugby league is and many think it is the same as rugby union.</p><p><br /></p><p>“The ones I spoke to, it’s the old problem of distinguishing between rugby and rugby league,” Fletcher said.</p><p><br /></p><p>“I suppose the first year, I was hoping we would just advertise it as NRL.</p><p><br /></p><p>“At least most of Americans know what rugby is. It’s no pads.</p><p><br /></p><p>“It’ll take time. And once they can compare the two, it’s two totally different sports.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Fletcher said the NRL’s brutal tackles will catch the eye of US sports fans, but it will take some time for Americans to learn the rules of the game.</p><p><br /></p><p>“I was lucky enough in 1995 at the Chooks (Sydney Roosters), Gus (Phil Gould) brought two NFL college guys to play with the Roosters,” Fletcher recalled.</p><p><br /></p><p>“One ended up playing reserve grade, which was a huge effort. But what they really struggle with is they don’t understand how you pass the ball backward to go forward. That’s the hardest thing that they have to comprehend.</p><p><br /></p><p>“I remember talking to our players back in ‘95, they really struggled to run forward and pass backwards without stopping. It’s just these things we’ve grown up with.”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It makes sense Americans know rugby union better than league, given the United States has fielded a team at eight Rugby World Cups.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nonetheless, it’s long been a bugbear of Aussie NRL fans that Americans continue to refer to the 13-man code as “rugby”, instead of NRL or even just footy.</p><p><br /></p><p>When players from the four NRL teams playing in Vegas visited Sin City last year to promote the event — US TV hosts repeatedly referred to rugby league as “rugby”.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Steeden will be emblazoned with an American flag this weekend and the goalposts at Allegiant Stadium will be yellow like gridiron posts, in a bid to connect with diehard NFL fans.</p><p><br /></p><p>The NRL will ultimately measure its Vegas success on the audience that tunes into FOX1 to watch the game, but explaining to US fans that it is its own unique sport is arguably just as crucial.</p><p><br /></p><p>“There are Americans out there who know rugby league,” Fletcher said.</p><p><br /></p><p>“But there are also the ones looking at the billboards and the crowds wondering, ‘Why are there so many Aussies here?’ then googling what rugby league is and they come back and go, ‘Geez it’s a fast game’.</p><p><br /></p><p>“It’s going to take time. They’ve got their four sports that they all love. If we can get a little piece of that, it would be remarkable.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Fletcher said the big hits and the four star fullbacks on show (James Tedesco, Reece Walsh, Tom Trbojevic and Latrell Mitchell) will help attract American audiences.</p><p><br /></p><p>“I think the tackling is the biggest attraction for the NFL fans,” he said.</p><p><br /></p><p>“It’s one-on-one. They like the big hits but all their big hits come when the other guy’s not looking (off the ball).</p><p><br /></p><p>“A running back’s catching the ball above the head. That’s going to be a selling point. Our players will run straight and three or four of them will pick the attacking player up in the collision.”</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the vibe in Vegas, Fletcher said there were Australians and English fans galore with a sprinkling of Americans.</p><p><br /></p><p>“It’s unbelievable,” he said.</p><p><br /></p><p>“I know there’s a lot of Aussies here ripping into it. But I’ve even chatted to a few Americans who I supposed are interested in it, but are just wondering what it is and they’re getting around it as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>“That fan day last night, I’ve never seen anything like it. It was like Magic Round but on steroids. You’re excited anyway before the footy’s starting, but you add in another country for the first time ever, and that country happens to be America.</p><p><br /></p><p>“It’s actually quite remarkable. We’ve spoken about coming to America but now it’s happening, it’s quite surreal.”</p><p><br /></p><p>When are the Las Vegas NRL games?</p><p><br /></p><p>$2.9bn Vegas stadium detail blows fans away</p><p><br /></p><p>Journo slapped down over NRL GF call</p><p>Manly Sea Eagles vs South Sydney Rabbitohs — Sunday 1.30pm AEDT</p><p><br /></p><p>Sydney Roosters vs Brisbane Broncos — Sunday 3.30pm AEDT</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Mining star Fortescue turns biggest loser, thanks to China slump - March 4, 2024</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Iron ore behemoth Fortescue’s months-long stock rally suffered a big pullback last month, as investors turned sour on the company’s earnings growth and high exposure to slumping metal prices amid China’s rocky recovery.</p><p><br /></p><p>The world’s fourth-largest iron ore miner is tipped for the greatest earnings slowdown over the next year compared with peers BHP, Rio Tinto and Brazil’s Vale, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.</p><p><br /></p><p>Shares of the Australian firm founded by billionaire Andrew Forrest have surged almost 30 per cent in the past six months, outpacing peers. But since the start of this year, its shares have tumbled alongside iron ore, one of 2024’s worst-performing major commodities.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a relatively high-cost producer, the miner is more sensitive to iron ore price swings compared to its peers, according to Mohsen Crofts, a Bloomberg Intelligence analyst based in Sydney.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Fortescue’s operating margins are slimmer than BHP or Rio Tinto’s. Any change in the iron ore price will therefore have a greater [earnings] impact for Fortescue,” Crofts said. “While BHP and Rio now get a material share of their revenue from base metals, Fortescue is, for now, still fully reliant on iron ore.”</p><p><br /></p><p>The metal comprises about 91 per cent of Fortescue’s revenue, compared to about half each for BHP and Rio Tinto.</p><p><br /></p><p>‘While we believe management has done an excellent job operationally, Fortescue’s share price will be highly dependent on the iron ore price.’</p><p><br /></p><p>Jefferies research analysts</p><p><br /></p><p>Fortescue’s iron ore business propped up its half-year earnings released in February, bucking a trend of declining profits among its diversified rivals. But now Fortescue’s earnings growth is in doubt, with analyst estimates suggesting a 14 per cent downside for next year, the worst among its peers.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Perth-based miner’s bumper stock run has also been halted by dwindling metal prices. China’s property woes have weighed on the steelmaking ingredient, which lost 10 per cent last month. Post-Lunar New Year demand for iron ore remains disappointing amid a slow recovery to construction activities, wintry conditions and sluggish home buying.</p><p><br /></p><p>“While Fortescue has benefited from significant unit cost reductions, cost inflation is kicking in now,” Jefferies analysts led by Mitch Ryan wrote in a February 28 note, which downgraded the miner to underperform after its result.</p><p><br /></p><p>“While we believe management has done an excellent job operationally, Fortescue’s share price will be highly dependent on the iron ore price.”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The stock has no buy ratings and an average 12-month price target that was 16 per cent below at Friday’s close, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Meanwhile, price targets for rivals BHP, Rio Tinto and Vale all point to potential upside.</p><p><br /></p><p>Still, the stock slump isn’t unique to Fortescue. Miners are the biggest laggards on the local sharemarket this year as commodity prices from iron ore to lithium and nickel crater.</p><p><br /></p><p>Despite lacklustre demand in recent weeks from China, the world’s largest steel manufacturer, analysts expect iron ore futures to regain lost ground in the short and midterm.</p><p><br /></p><p>UBS, which has a sell rating on Fortescue, estimates the metal’s price will trade at around $US120 ($184) a tonne for the remainder of 2024, before a plateau. Demand will be propped up by a growing appetite in India and South-East Asia thereafter.</p><p><br /></p><p>“We’ve always said that we would see China steel demand peaking, and it’s exactly what we’ve said,” Rio Tinto chief financial officer Peter Cunningham said in an analyst call last month.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Then you just see demand from elsewhere in ASEAN [the Association of South-East Asian Nations] and in India growing as well. So, I think all of this is playing out exactly pretty much as we thought it would play out over time.”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Media Man SEO in today’s digital landscape</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>SEO for News Media, Pop Culture, Online Business and Traditional Business Models</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Understanding Media Man SEO is important for every business looking to compete on a broader scale. Media Man SEO does not just consist of ranking higher in search results but also includes strategically optimizing your online presence. Similarly, it helps to captivate audiences across an entire country. So, get ready to look into the world of Media Man SEO, where we’ll explore what Media Man SEO is all about in this blog post.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Keyword Research Strategies for Media Man SEO</b></p><p><br /></p><p>When it comes to Media Man SEO, keyword research is the most important part of your strategy. Here are some of the ways to find the right keywords every time:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1. Identifying high-volume news media keywords</p><p><br /></p><p>Start by finding high-volume keywords relevant to your local, state and international audience. News media and beyond! These are terms with a higher search volume and are commonly used by people across the country. You can use a range of different tools, including Google Keyword Planner, SEMrush, or Ahrefs, to identify the right keywords.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>2. Long-Tail Keyword Opportunities for National Optimization</p><p><br /></p><p>Along with high-volume keywords, you must never overlook the power of long-tail keywords. Long-tail keywords are usually longer than high-volume keywords and are more specific. Even though they have a lower search volume individually, but collectively, they can drive targeted traffic to your site. Long-tail keywords often have less competition, which makes it easier to rank for them. You can make use of tools like AnswerThePublic or Google’s Autocomplete feature to find long-tail keyword options.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>3. Competitor Analysis and Keyword Gap Identification</p><p><br /></p><p>Always start by analyzing your competitors’ keyword strategies. This can help you understand what’s working in your company and what’s not. Identify your main competitors and carefully examine the keywords they are ranking for. Look for gaps in your competitors’ keyword strategies so that you can capitalize on them. You can use tools like SEMrush and SpyFu to conduct competitive keyword analysis and identify keyword gaps.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>By using all these keyword research strategies, you can find the most useful and relevant keywords for your Media Man SEO campaign. You can ensure that you’re targeting the right audience and maximizing your online presence.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>On-page optimization techniques</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Boosting your website’s visibility and relevance in national search queries requires different on-page optimization strategies. By using SEO-friendly meta tags and titles, you create the first impression for users. Then, you can draw them in with short but catchy descriptions while seamlessly integrating targeted national keywords. These tags, including meta titles and descriptions, significantly influence user click-through rates in search engine results and highlight the need for both accuracy and relevance in their creation.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>When structuring content for media relevance, it’s important to balance readability with search engine visibility. You must use clear headings and subheadings to help organize the content for easy navigation by users and indexing by search engines. Similarly, integrating targeted national keywords smoothly throughout the content is also equally important. However, it requires finesse to ensure that the language flows naturally and aligns with the intent of the audience.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Always avoid keyword stuffing. Utilizing variations of targeted keywords increases the scope of covered search queries and boosts the content’s national relevance. Furthermore, optimizing on-page aspects such as image alt text, URLs, and internal links with important keywords contributes to reinforcing the website’s overall SEO performance.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Off-Page SEO Tactics for Media, Online Media and News Media Visibility</b></p><p><br /></p><p>It’s important to focus on off-page SEO tactics that help your website’s authority and reach to enhance your media and news media visibility. Building authoritative backlinks from relevant national websites involves strategic outreach efforts aimed at creating relationships with industry influencers and bloggers. By offering valuable content or insights, you can incentivize them to link back to your site and increase its credibility in the eyes of search engines. You must also actively participate in industry forums and online communities, which provide opportunities to earn backlinks from respected national sources.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Social media platforms play a very important role in promoting your brand on a national scale. It’s essential to maintain a consistent and engaging presence across relevant platforms. You can do this by producing and sharing content that resonates with your target audience. Interacting with followers and joining industry conversations also increases community engagement. Using paid advertising options on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and X (formerly Twitter) can expand your brand’s reach to a local, state and international audience.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Furthermore, guest blogging and content syndication are effective off-page SEO strategies that can notably boost your national visibility. By contributing insightful guest posts to different national publications or industry blogs, you not only demonstrate your expertise but also attract new audiences. It also helps you earn valuable backlinks to your website. Similarly, distributing your content to authoritative national platforms, such as industry-specific websites, broadens your reach and increases your brand’s visibility across the country. However, it’s important to ensure that any syndicated content is original and optimized for each platform to avoid duplication and maximize its impact on your media SEO efforts.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Content Strategy for Media Man SEO Success</b></p><p><br /></p><p>A strong content strategy is important for achieving success innational SEO. Here are some key points you need to consider:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1. Audience Research: Understand your national audience’s demographics, interests, and pain points. It helps to craft content that resonates with your audience.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>2. Keyword Optimization: Conduct thorough keyword research to find the most relevant national keywords. Then, incorporate them naturally into your content.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>3. Content Planning: Develop a content calendar outlining topics, formats, and publication schedules to maintain consistency and relevance.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>4. High-Quality Content Creation: Focus on producing high-quality, informative, and engaging content. This will help provide value to your audience and encourage social sharing and backlinking.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>5. Localized Content: Tailor some content to specific regions within the country to address local interests and preferences. The key is to increase media and audience relevance.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>6. Content Distribution: Implement a strategy to distribute your content across various channels. These include your website, social media platforms, email newsletters, and industry-related forums or communities.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>7. Content Promotion: Actively promote your content through all social media advertising platforms, influencer partnerships, and more. You can also reach out to industry publications and blogs to increase visibility and attract backlinks.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>8. Regular Updates and Maintenance: Continuously monitor and update your content. It helps to make sure it remains relevant and up-to-date with current trends and industry developments.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>9. User Experience Optimization: Prioritize the user experience by ensuring your content is easily accessible to everyone. Always make your content mobile-friendly and structured for readability.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>10. Analytics and Optimization: Track key metrics such as traffic, engagement, and conversions to measure the effectiveness of your content strategy. Use this data to refine your approach and optimize future content efforts for better results.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Conclusion</b></p><p><br /></p><p>In conclusion, mastering Media Man including Media Man News (media) SEO is extremely important for sustainable online growth in today’s digital landscape. Businesses can build a strong local, state and international (global) presence, draw in targeted guests, and increase conversions by putting into practice a complete plan that includes keyword research, on- and off-page optimization, content production, and ongoing monitoring and improvement. As search engines constantly evolve and user behaviors change, staying up-to-date and adapting strategies will be key to enhancing national visibility over time. 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The crypto market hasn't been worth this much since late 2021. Back then, it took two months to get from current valuations to a peak of $3 trillion. But it's worth remembering that the rally then started from a higher point of around $1.9 trillion versus the current $1.5 trillion. This means that we're likely to see some profit-taking before the all-time highs are reached.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yesterday, Bitcoin broke above $64.25K, followed by a sharp but short-lived pullback to $59K. In the early hours of Thursday morning, the price moved back up and was again at $63K by Thursday morning.</p><p><br /></p><p>The main catalysts for Bitcoin's rise above $60K were the influx of big money into spot ETFs and the multiplied liquidation of short positions. BTC has already hit all-time highs against local currencies in many countries. Now, investors are waiting for the milestone to happen with the US dollar.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ethereum is showing smoother growth, adding 5.9% for the day against Bitcoin's 8%. On the chart, however, the rise is smooth and reminiscent of the period when professional players were accumulating coins. We attribute this behaviour to the ongoing speculation around the launch of Ethereum ETFs, given the success of Bitcoin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Meanwhile, the second cryptocurrency's exchange rate approached $3500, close to Wednesday's intraday high and a return to the April 2022 peak.</p><p><br /></p><p>Solana, the market favourite at the end of last year, is showing double-digit growth overnight, rewriting December's highs. Here, we see a classic Fibonacci pattern at work: the September-December growth momentum ended with a 38.2% pullback, and on Wednesday evening, the price retraced the highs. Now, the growth target for this pattern is $194 (161.8%).</p><p><br /></p><p>News background</p><p><br /></p><p>Dogecoin (DOGE) soared 30% in two days. DOGE developers reported that they are ready for the new Dogecoin Core 1.14.7 update, which includes security improvements.</p><p><br /></p><p>Toncoin (TON) jumped 30% after the announcement of payments for Telegram channel owners to display ads. From March, the Telegram Ads platform will be open to all advertisers in nearly one hundred new countries. Users will receive 50% of the revenue that the messenger earns from displaying ads on their channels.</p><p><br /></p><p>The dynamics of capital flows, exchange activity, leverage and institutional demand all point to a surge in risk appetite among bitcoin investors, Glassnode said. The current situation is reminiscent of the 2020-2021 boom.</p><p><br /></p><p>The introduction of digital currencies in the countries of Oceania can solve many problems, but do not resort to the use of "unsecured private crypto assets" for this purpose, the IMF experts warned in their report.</p><p><br /></p><p>Kraken Exchange announced the launch of Kraken Institutional, a new service offering comprehensive solutions for institutional clients</p><p><br /></p><p><b>News</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>America is stockpiling oil, but prices are stuck</b></p><p><br /></p><p>America continues to build up its oil reserves, albeit at a relatively slow pace and from a low base. Last week, commercial oil inventories rose by 4.2 million barrels. About ¾ million barrels were added to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, a pace the government has been pursuing since mid-December. At this rate, it would take more than seven years of replenishment to bring the reserves back to their April 2021 plateau. Admittedly, this is unlikely to happen at all, as America has become a net exporter and needs these reserves less than it did at the end of the last century.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the short term, the increase in reserves has been a deterrent for oil prices in recent weeks. Yesterday, the price of WTI failed to break away from its 200-day moving average. </p><p><br /></p><p>However, the report of rising inventories acted as a catalyst, while the main reason was comments from an influential energy advisor from Russia. Mr Novak, who previously played a crucial role in coordinating OPEC+ efforts, said that extending production cuts into the second quarter was not yet a done deal.</p><p><br /></p><p>The net result of these swings is that oil has been stuck at the 200-day average for the past two weeks. This has also been the area of resistance since the second half of November: all this time, WTI oil has been held by the bears as they approach $80.</p><p><br /></p><p>A defence of this level looks fundamental, as it could inspire speculators to step up their buying, breaking away from the 200-day and turning it to the upside. The current 3% sideways range in oil is very narrow, so we expect a trend to start soon in either direction.</p><p><br /></p><p>But we should not forget that oil has been stuck in the 5-8% range for several months in recent years.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>News</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Rising incomes and slowing inflation in the US support the markets</b></p><p><br /></p><p>This week, the markets were mostly looking forward to the release of the US personal income and spending data, with a focus on the accompanying price index. The Personal Expenditure Price Index, excluding food and energy, rose 0.4% m/m and slowed from 2.9% y/y to 2.8% in January, in line with expectations.</p><p><br /></p><p>A 1% rise in personal income came as a surprise, against expectations for a 0.4% rise. However, personal disposable income rose by 0.3% m/m, which did not break the trend of recent months.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the same time, there was no acceleration in spending, which rose by 0.3% m/m. They rose by 5.2% y/y, against a 4.8% rise in total income and a 4.5% rise in disposable income. A worrying result - the savings rate of 3.6% is about half the pre-pandemic level. But the good news for markets is that this won't cause inflation to accelerate, meaning the Fed won't have to fight it and delay policy easing.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the wake of this report, gold is storming through the resistance of the downward channel, and the Nasdaq100 and S&P500 indices are testing all-time highs again.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Source: FxPro) with Media Man and Bitcoin News Media </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Pro Wrestling</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>All Elite Wrestling</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: AEW maintains a gritty and edgy genre which is most welcome. Having points of difference remains a reason for success of challenger brands in many forms of business including sports and showbiz. Will Ospreay is AEW confirmed! Yes. Lucha's are always an interesting diversion from the American style of pro wrestling. Language lessons from Chris Jericho, in and around of the ring! Strong emotions on display. FTR going up the ratings. Plenty of teams gunning for them! Risk management required for AEW powers that be with so much action in and out of the ring! Momentum building and more dream match scenario's on the horizon.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>MMA News</b></p><p><b>UFC </b></p><p><b>Joining the dots fight fans...</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Connor McGregor vs Michael Chandler?!</p><p><br /></p><p>"There is no date" Dana White </p><p><br /></p><p>"I'm hoping for the fall" Dana White, UFC top brass to Pat McAfee </p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>"We get it done in the fall. We get it done in the fall" DW</p><p><br /></p><p>"I'm a mark" PM</p><p><br /></p><p>"Everybody has a date" PM</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Buzz: If you play "Join The Dots" it may well be UFC 306. That's The Sphere </p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>That would be September 14 in Las Vegas if your trying to solve the riddle!</p><p><br /></p><p>The Sphere is a $2billion + venue!</p><p><br /></p><p>White is looking to make a statement.</p><p><br /></p><p>"Other promoters can't do this"X "can't afford to do this"* are just a few of the supposed Dana White quotes leaking to media and and news media websites and channels.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some fight fans will be aware that Chandler made a public call out (challenge) to "There's A Man From Ireland"</p><p>- "The Irishman" via WWE </p><p>@WWE</p><p> Raw out of Anaheim, California on February 19.</p><p><br /></p><p>MMA /Pro Wrestling (WWE connection)</p><p><br /></p><p>"We got some unfinished business boys" Michael Chandler via live mic on WWE Raw</p><p><br /></p><p>"You can tell he has the adrenaline coursing through his veins a little bit" Seth Rollins via Submission Radio </p><p><br /></p><p>Other</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC 303 will be held at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The fight world awaits a firm fight card - hard to do these days with a high injury list, and injuries throwing around card line-ups for PPVs/PLEs has been a problem for pro wrestling promoters also. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Media And Entertainment Gems</b></p><p><br /></p><p>What's worse than being talked about? Not being talked about!</p><p><br /></p><p>The right business finds you!</p><p><br /></p><p>There are plenty of things more important than money, like staying true to self and personal beliefs for example.</p><p><br /></p><p>Keep doing your best.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dare to dream, and keep putting in the work.</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Group</p><p><br /></p><p>Greg Tingle is the founder and director of the Media Man Group including Media Man Australia and Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Fox Corporation Executive Chair and Chief Executive Officer Lachlan Murdoch to Participate in Upcoming Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference</b></p><p><br /></p><p>NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Fox Corporation (Nasdaq: FOXA, FOX) today announced that Executive Chair and Chief Executive Officer Lachlan Murdoch will participate in the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference on Monday, March 4, at approximately 9:30am (Pacific), 12:30pm (Eastern).</p><p><br /></p><p>A live and archived webcast of the presentation will be available at http://investor.foxcorporation.com</p><p><br /></p><p><b>About Fox Corporation</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Fox Corporation produces and distributes compelling news, sports, and entertainment content through its primary iconic domestic brands, including FOX News Media, FOX Sports, FOX Entertainment, FOX Television Stations and Tubi Media Group. These brands hold cultural significance with consumers and commercial importance for distributors and advertisers. The breadth and depth of our footprint allows us to deliver content that engages and informs audiences, develop deeper consumer relationships, and create more compelling product offerings. FOX maintains an impressive track record of news, sports, and entertainment industry success that shapes our strategy to capitalize on existing strengths and invest in new initiatives. </p><p><br /></p><p>For more information about Fox Corporation, please visit http://FoxCorporation.com</p><p><br /></p><p>SOURCE: Fox Corporation</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Crypto News via Media Man and FX Pro</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Crypto: Extreme greed is not a sell signal</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>27th Feb, 2024</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Market picture</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The cryptocurrency market is developing gains, rising 2.2% on the day to $2.17 trillion. These levels replicate the April 2022 peak.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin is now only 15% below its all-time high, while total capitalisation is 38% below its peak.</p><p><br /></p><p>A further move higher would be a repeat of the early 2022 highs. The Cryptocurrency Fear and Greed Index rose to 82 by Wednesday - the highest since November 2021 - extreme greed. This time, the active rally came at the start of the European session, as Bitcoin moved to update the November 2021 highs, so it would not be surprising to see the index rise further.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to the indicator's design, this state makes it look for a turning point for a correction. However, we believe that short-term corrections only fuel the greed of buyers. Looking at Bitcoin's chart alone, the dynamics are like what we saw in the second half of 2020. The index was above 90 then, and getting out now, just since greed levels are at 82, could be a painful mistake.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fundamentally, it is more logical to expect weak performance before a halving, but that is not the case, and investors must accept this reality with a false start to the market due to the influx of institutionalisation via comfortable spot ETFs. Demand is also being helped by strong risk appetite thanks to all-time highs in the major indices.</p><p><br /></p><p>News background</p><p><br /></p><p>The main reason for BTC's growth is the trading volume of spot bitcoin ETFs (excluding GBTC), according to Metalpha. The index reached a record $2.4 billion at the beginning of the week, almost doubling the previous daily average.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bloomberg does not rule out that bitcoin ETFs will overtake gold ETFs in terms of accumulated capital within the next two years.</p><p><br /></p><p>BitMEX Research notes that outflows from GBTC slowed to $44 million, the lowest since 11 January. The structure has lost $7.5 billion in AUM since becoming an ETF.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ethereum has taken the most significant share among cryptocurrencies in financial institutions' investment portfolios due to the upcoming Dencun upgrade, Bybit noted. According to The Block, open interest in Ethereum options on the top 5 exchanges (excluding CME) reached an all-time high.</p><p><br /></p><p>Despite the growing competition between blockchains, Grayscale Research believes the launch of the Dencun update will help Ethereum "mature" by reducing transaction fees and increasing the network's scalability.</p><p><br /></p><p>The value of assets locked in the Lido liquid-stacking protocol has reached $30.56 billion, according to The Block. Lido dominates the segment, controlling 32% of Ethereum's total stakes.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Source: FxPro) with Media Man and Bitcoin News Media</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Wrestling/Streaming/Live Entertainment Business</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>TKO Group (WWE and UFC) Investor Call Highlights Massive Success</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>WWE's Nick Khan and Ariel Emanuel, Chief Executive Officer of TKO Group</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>WWE </b></p><p><b>@WWE</b></p><p><b> President Nick Khan recently contributed in the TKO Earnings call.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Mr Khan covered the WWE RAW shifting to Netflix </b></p><p><b>@netflix</b></p><p><b> in 2025.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>“For us, a global localized product has always been a priority. We think Netflix helps us with that. If you look at the premium live event schedule for this calendar year; Perth, Australia this past weekend. Berlin, France, Riyadh, Canada, all over the world. Look for, down the road, more local stars from those markets as we expand our tryouts to international markets so we feel confident over time that will be covered and be part of the Netflix deal.” Nick Khan</p><p><br /></p><p>"TKO's strong results reflect robost demand for our premium content and live events. Throughout 2023 we achieved multiple viewership and attendence records including 10 highest grossing event records for UFC </p><p>@ufc</p><p> , as well as viewership records for each WWE premium live event during the year".. Ari Emanuel</p><p><br /></p><p>Overview Intel and quote by Ari Emanuel, CEO of TKO</p><p><br /></p><p>The company also released guidance for 2024, advising investors that it is targeting revenue of $2.575 billion to $2.650 billion; adjusted EBITDA of $1.150 billion to $1.170 billion; and free cash flow conversion in excess of 50 percent, doubling down on the company’s strategic rationale as a cash-generating machine.</p><p><br /></p><p>“TKO is off to a strong start following record financial performance in 2023 at both UFC and WWE,” said Ari Emanuel, CEO of TKO, in a statement. “We secured Anheuser-Busch as the official beer partner of UFC, delivered a transformative deal to bring WWE’s Raw to Netflix beginning in 2025, and expanded our international footprint in important growth markets. We have more conviction than ever in the combination of these businesses and TKO’s ability to drive topline growth and margin expansion, generate meaningful free cash flow, and deliver sustainable long-term value for shareholders.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Video/Audio Stream</p><p><br /></p><p>Fightful Wrestling With Sean Ross Sapp Official YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Where Will WWE Raw Be In Q4? Vince McMahon Selling Shares ? WWE/TKO Earnings Call</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=9EoAdnPW3g4&ab_channel=FightfulWrestlingWithSeanRossSapp</p><p><br /></p><p><b>News</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>WWE Corporate Website</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>NETFLIX TO BECOME NEW HOME OF WWE RAW BEGINNING 2025</b></p><p><b>https://corporate.wwe.com/news/company-news/2024/01-23-2024</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>NETFLIX TO BECOME NEW HOME OF WWE RAW BEGINNING 2025</b></p><p><b>https://tkogrp.com/press/netflix-to-become-new-home-of-wwe-raw-beginning-2025/</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>via TKO Investor Website</b></p><p><br /></p><p>TKO Reports Full Year 2023 Results</p><p>https://investor.tkogrp.com/files/doc_financials/2023/q4/TKO_4Q23-Earnings-Release_2-27-24_FINAL.pdf</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Pro Wrestling News</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Tama Tonga (son of King Haku) to join WWE </b></p><p>@WWE</p><p> ; Just in time for WrestleMania </p><p>@WrestleMania</p><p> Season; Triple H secured from New Japan Pro-Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>Shawn Spears returns to WWE NXT </p><p>@WWENXT</p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>Good Brothers (Gallows and Anderson) return to WWE NXT; Confrontation with Breakker and Corbin. NXT Roadblock?!</p><p><br /></p><p>Charlie Dempsey returns from All Japan Pro Wrestling </p><p>@alljapan_pw</p><p> to win the NTX Heritage Cup; Drew Gulak quicky reminds CD he's known him over eight years!</p><p><br /></p><p>WrestleMania Appearanace Wish List includes Tama Tonga, Jade Cargill, Tiffany Stratton, Bron Breakker, Hulk Hogan, Sylvester Stallone, Steve Austin and Lexis King.</p><p><br /></p><p>Related: TKO Group - WWE/UFC </p><p>@UFC</p><p> cross-over well received by fans, media, industry. Could we get Conor McGregor vs Michael Chandler at WrestleMania in some capacity? Seth Rollins says McGregor would need a "Roman Reigns-like schedule" (per Submission Radio).</p><p><br /></p><p>"Maybe. Never say never, but he would have to be on a Roman Reigns-like schedule," Rollins said, referring to Reigns' ongoing part-time contract with WWE. "He'd be showing up every 6 months to have a match. He'd be on that Logan Paul contract. I don't know that doing what I do would be for Conor McGregor. It's tough dude. It is a difficult transition to make. So if he would want to give it a shot, we'd love to have him, but I don't know, man. I couldn't jump into their world and do what they do, so I would not expect them to be able to do the same with us." Seth Rollins</p><p><br /></p><p>Former Wrestling Executive Eric Bischoff of 83 Weeks </p><p>@83Weeks</p><p> covering potential appearance of Sylvester Stallone appearance at WrestleMania. EB also covers the news of exeecutive/writer, Jennifer Pepperman joining AEW as Vice President of Content Development.</p><p><br /></p><p>Were the excellent WWE press conferences inspired or influenced by the bloody 'Hulk-A-Mania: Let The Battle Begin' (Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair) press conference of Sydney, Australia in 2009? Media Man taped and sold the footage to Channel Seven for approx $700AUD. Now you know! </p><p><br /></p><p><b>WWE Elimination Chamber fallout:</b></p><p><br /></p><p>“That’s all I wanted, Drew. A little recognition for helping you win. Coz let’s not forget who knocked out Randy Orton that allowed you to win.” Logan Paul</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE SmackDown: The Rock and Roman Reigns understood to be locked in for a red hot show.</p><p><br /></p><p>Potential Dream Matches for WrestleMania or other PLEs: </p><p><br /></p><p>Logan Paul vs Randy Orton</p><p><br /></p><p>Cody Rhodes vs Tama Tonga </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Streaming Entertainment Biz News</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Netflix </b></p><p><b>@netflix</b></p><p><b> Set to Raise Prices in 2024 as It Continues to Gain Share of TV Viewing</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Grappling with prices and ultra completive and saturated market</p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix remains Profitable; The exception to the industry norm</p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix To Get WWE </p><p>@WWE</p><p> Raw In 2025; Drive To Survive sports and pop culture connection was akin to a test drive</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE's Nick Khan has been working on Netflix powers that be behind the scenes as customers, fans and media gave thumbs up to pro wrestling staple via Netflix</p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix is expected to hike prices on its streaming plans in 2024 - a move that should accelerate its revenue and earnings growth — as it continues to take a bigger bite out of overall TV viewing, according to analysts at UBS Securities.</p><p><br /></p><p>“We expect to see rate increases this year” by Netflix, UBS analysts led by John Hodulik wrote in a Feb. 27 research note. That, along with a ramp-up in revenue from its ad-supported tier and healthy subscriber gains, should push the company’s total revenue growth in 2024 to 15%, per the analysts’ estimates, compared with 7% growth in 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>Last October, Netflix increased the price of the Basic plan from $9.99 to $11.99 per month in the U.S., and also hiked prices of the tier in the U.K. and France. Netflix hasn’t announced specific plans to hike subscription prices in 2024, but execs have said rate increases are on the table.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the company’s Q4 2023 earnings call, Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters noted that last year the streamer had “largely put price increases on hold” while it was rolling out the paid-sharing program — “because we saw that as a form of substitute price increase. Now that we’re through that, we’re able to resume our sort of standard approach toward price increases. And price increases, you’ve seen us do that in the U.S., U.K. and France. Those changes went well better than we forecasted.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Peters continued, “We will continue to monitor other countries and try and assess… when we’ve delivered enough additional entertainment value” to “ask [customers] to pay a bit more to keep that positive flywheel going and we can invest in more great films, series and games for those members. So, you know, the summary statement might be, ‘Back to business as usual.'”</p><p><br /></p><p>In the note, the UBS team raised their 12-month price target on Netflix shares from $570 to $685 per share, maintaining a “buy” rating on the stock. Shares of Netflix were up 1.5%, to over $596 per share, in midmorning trading Tuesday.</p><p><br /></p><p>In outlining the bull case for the streamer, UBS cited Nielsen data showing Netflix’s share of U.S. TV viewing rose to 7.9% in January 2024, up from 7.7% in December. And Netflix currently has strong pricing power relative to other streaming services, because on average its prices are lower than rivals on a per-hour basis, according to UBS.</p><p><br /></p><p>The analyst firm estimates Netflix’s price per hour of consumption at about 30 cents/hour on ad-free tiers, versus 56 cents/hour for Hulu, 58 cents/hour for Peacock, 73 cents/hour for Disney+ and 81 cents/hour for both Max and Paramount+.</p><p><br /></p><p>Meanwhile, Netflix is the “main beneficiary of structural changes in media,” the analysts wrote in the note. Traditional media companies, as their linear TV businesses have declined, have shifted to focus on profitability in streaming. As the UBS team wrote, “The new playbook includes 1) price increases, 2) platform consolidation, 3) library curation (with attendant asset write-downs), 4) cuts to content spending (adjusting for strike-related declines in 2023) and 5) a renewed focus on content licensing.”</p><p><br /></p><p>“As the objective in streaming shifts from subscriber growth to profitability for the traditional media companies, we see Netflix as the ultimate beneficiary of this industry rationalization,” the UBS analysts wrote.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also Tuesday, UBS upped its estimates for Netflix net subscriber adds in 2024 from 18 million to 20 million “to reflect continued momentum in subscriber trends, upside to [average revenue per membership] and higher operating leverage.” The company added 29.5 million net new subscribers in 2023, up from an annual average of 21 million in 2020-22 as it “successfully implemented” the paid sharing program across the globe, the analysts wrote.</p><p><br /></p><p>“While we expect net adds to slow, we believe Netflix still has significant runway as it continues to convert users to paid subs and attracts new cohorts,” the analyst wrote.</p><p><br /></p><p>UBS also raised estimates on Netflix’s free cash flow generation through 2027. The analysts expect operating margins to expand on average 300 basis points per year over 2024-27, driving a 26% compound annual growth in operating income.</p><p><br /></p><p>Assuming cash content spending of about $17 billion in ’24 and $18 billion-$21 billion in ’25-’27, UBS projects Netflix’s free cash flow will see a CAGR of about 20% (up from 18%) through 2027, “supporting a ramp in [stock] buybacks.”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE NXT </p><p>@WWENXT</p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>Feb 27, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson confront Bron Breakker & Baron Corbin: NXT highlights, Feb. 27, 2024</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=iVzDHV3YOlw&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"I have an airbrush guy. Can we do something with this. It's plain Jane"? BB</p><p><br /></p><p>"No. it's not Spring Break '99. I'm not spraypainting my jacket" BC</p><p><br /></p><p>"Ok, can you put some tanner on. You're pale"? BB</p><p><br /></p><p>"Rough night boys" Gallows</p><p><br /></p><p>"Tag divisions got a little depth huh" BC</p><p><br /></p><p>"Look big LG. Comedian Corbin actiting like he loves this place" Anderson</p><p><br /></p><p>"Yeah, he's so funny" Gallos</p><p><br /></p><p>"They got jokes. Look, NXT reinvigorated my career" BC</p><p><br /></p><p>"Reinvigorated his career"! BB..</p><p><br /></p><p>"If you can, Good Brothers be waiting" Gallows</p><p><br /></p><p>FULL SEGMENT – Ilja Dragunov and Carmelo Hayes discuss the NXT Championship: Feb. 27, 2024</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=YMK_3uuc93U&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Von Wagner vs. Lexis King: NXT highlights, Feb. 27, 2024</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=sAD7M7QoxM4&t=2s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"Oh, and Von got caught again"</p><p><br /></p><p>"Lexis King right not is focussing on chopping down Von Vagner. We're seen him go low a few times. And right here with that knee breaker"</p><p><br /></p><p>Lexis King wants to destroy Mr. Stone’s life: WWE NXT exclusive, Feb. 27, 2024</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=85TnY5Qr8AQ&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Charlie Dempsey wins the NXT Heritage Cup: NXT highlights, Feb. 27, 2024</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=rnFUF0ws7Fo&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"If he catch up at the right place, at the right time, he can catch you out... but he still young Vic. He's still working on his craft" Booker T</p><p><br /></p><p>Charlie Dempsey is proud to be the Heritage Cup Champion: WWE NXT exclusive, Feb. 27, 2024</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=2EulcxQ-_X8&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"This cup right here. It means more than any title here" .."There years in the making and I've got it" Charlie Dempsey</p><p><br /></p><p>"So, Charlie, I've known you about eight years now" .. "even before I started working at WWE".. "I've seen you go from behind the scenes, to not having a foot in the door, to becoming one of the most dominant professional wrestlers I've ever expierenced in my career".. "we'll show no mercy, we'll show no mercy. We'll show no quarter" Drew Gulak</p><p><br /></p><p>Dijak vs. Luca Crusifino: NXT highlights, Feb. 27, 2024</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=J4u5wEFJU-M&t=2s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"He's stepping in the ring tonight wiht the diabolical Dijak" Vic Joseph</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: Solid thumbs up today. As is usually the case in quality pro wrestling, the storylines add so much to the overall entertainment and fan investment element. Wolf Dogs 4 Life... until Breakker goes after the WWE World Title! SS has found himself back home! These NXT ladies are real femme fatals. Who will rise up and fill the void left by "Tiffy Time"? Time to barge thru Roadblock and purpose a Road To WrestleMania if at all possible. And "The Don" Tony D'Angelo crashes Carmelo Hayes and Ilja Dragunov's face-to-face, forces a No. 1 Contender's Match at Roadblock. Tony D apparently still in the king of the wise guys. Nothing quite like family business. And Dempsey the shooter and stretcher the cup. And you ain't seen the best and worse of Mr King yet. King ain't finished till he's the king of this kingdom. Massive upside to Lexis. This is pro wrestling.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Canada's antitrust watchdog expands probe into Google's ad services - March 1, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Canada's antitrust watchdog said on Thursday it had obtained a court order to gather information and advance an ongoing investigation into Google's online advertising services in the country.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Competition Bureau Canada opened an investigation in 2020 to probe whether the Alphabet-owned (GOOGL.O), opens new tab search engine giant had engaged in practices that harm competition in Canada's online ads industry.</p><p>It has now expanded that investigation to examine Google's advertising technology services and if the U.S.-based firm was using predatory pricing, the bureau said in a statement.</p><p><br /></p><p>The court order was granted by the Federal Court of Canada and requires Google to produce records and information relevant to the bureau's investigation, according to the statement.</p><p><br /></p><p>A spokesperson for Google said the firm "will continue to engage constructively with the Canadian Competition Bureau and demonstrate the benefits of our products to Canadian businesses and consumers."</p><p><br /></p><p>"Canadian businesses choose to use our advertising products because they're effective and reliable at helping them reach their customers and grow," the spokesperson said in an email.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>2023 Commercial Gaming Revenue Reaches $66.5B, Marking Third-Straight Year of Record Revenue</p><p><br /></p><p>Industry Contributes All-Time High $14.4B in State and Local Gaming Taxes</p><p>Press Release</p><p>FEBRUARY 20, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Washington, D.C. – U.S. commercial gaming revenue reached an annual record of $66.5 billion in 2023, according to the American Gaming Association’s (AGA) Commercial Gaming Revenue Tracker. The total surpasses 2022’s previous high of $60.5 billion by 10 percent, marking the industry’s third-straight record revenue year.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The year was punctuated by all-time high quarterly revenue of $17.4 billion in Q4 2023, anchored by $6.2 billion in revenue in December, the highest grossing month in industry history.</p><p><br /></p><p>“From the traditional casino experience to online options, American adults’ demand for gaming is at an all-time high,” said AGA President and CEO Bill Miller. “Sustaining our momentum will take unified industry efforts around combating pernicious illegal operators and growing responsible gambling efforts in tandem with the growth of the legal market—both of which the AGA is committed to lead on throughout 2024.”</p><p><br /></p><p>The commercial gaming industry continues to evolve, with online gaming making up nearly one-quarter (24.7%) of nationwide commercial gaming revenue in 2023, a new annual high. Looking at each sector:</p><p><br /></p><p>Traditional Gaming: Brick-and-mortar casino slots and table games grossed a record $49.4 billion in 2023, up 3.3 percent over 2022. On a state level, 19 out of 27 traditional gaming markets saw record annual revenue.</p><p>Sports Betting: In 2023, sports betting achieved new records for handle ($119.8B) and sportsbook revenue ($10.9B), up 27.8 and 44.5 percent respectively. This growth was largely fueled by continued maturation across most existing markets as well as several new markets, particularly in Massachusetts and Ohio.</p><p>iGaming: 2023 online casino revenue grew 22.9 percent year-over-year to $6.2 billion in the six states with full-scale legal iGaming.</p><p>In 2023, 12 of the top 20 commercial casino gaming markets reported revenue growth compared to the previous year, with the top market—the Las Vegas Strip—seeing the strongest year-over-year gains. New Jersey maintained its spot as the second-highest grossing market, while Chicagoland (third) flipped rankings with the Baltimore-Washington, D.C. market (fourth) and Mississippi Gulf Coast (fifth) rounded out the top five.</p><p><br /></p><p>The commercial gaming industry also contributed more to state and local governments’ coffers than ever in 2023. Throughout the year, commercial gaming operators paid an estimated $14.4 billion in direct gaming revenue taxes, an increase of 9.7 percent year-over-year. The industry also contributes billions of additional tax dollars to states each year in the form of income, sales, payroll and various other corporate taxes.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Gaming’s success translates directly to the success of the states, cities and towns in which we operate,” continued Miller. “We are proud to be in 47 U.S. jurisdictions, acting as economic drivers, creating jobs and providing the funding that makes critical public education programs, infrastructure projects, problem gambling resources and more possible.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Miller will make additional remarks on full-year 2023 commercial gaming revenue figures and preview AGA’s priorities for the year ahead in AGA’s annual State of the Industry webinar on Feb. 20 at 11:30 AM ET/8:30 AM PT.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>TKO Group Holdings to Participate in Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>02/29/2024</b></p><p><br /></p><p>NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), a premium sports and entertainment company, announced that its President and Chief Operating Officer, Mark Shapiro, will participate in the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 10:15 a.m. Eastern Time (7:15 a.m. Pacific Time).</p><p><br /></p><p>A link to the live session, as well as a replay available for at least 30 days, will be accessible on the company’s investor relations website at investor.tkogrp.com.</p><p><br /></p><p>About TKO</p><p><br /></p><p>TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO) is a premium sports and entertainment company that comprises UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization, and WWE, an integrated media organization and the recognized global leader in sports entertainment. Together, our organizations reach more than 1 billion households in approximately 170 countries, and we organize more than 350 live events year-round, attracting over one million fans. TKO is majority owned by Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EDR), a global sports and entertainment company.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TKO Reports Full Year 2023 Results</p><p>TKO Transaction Highlights</p><p>On September 12, 2023, Endeavor and WWE closed the transaction to combine UFC and WWE to form</p><p>a new, publicly listed company, TKO Group Holdings, Inc. The reported results presented in this earnings</p><p>release cover the period from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023 for UFC and the period from</p><p>September 12, 2023 through December 31, 2023 for WWE.</p><p>Full Year 2023 Highlights and Recent Developments</p><p>• The UFC segment delivered record financial results. Revenue increased 13% to $1.3 billion and Adjusted</p><p>EBITDA1</p><p> increased 11% to $756 million</p><p>• UFC live events revenue increased 34% to a record $168 million, driven by growth in ticket revenues</p><p>and site fees. UFC held 43 events that generated significant viewership gains and set several all-time</p><p>records for gross revenue at respective arenas</p><p>• UFC sponsorship revenue increased 18% to a record $196 million, driven by new brand partners and</p><p>renewal increases</p><p>• UFC celebrated its 30th anniversary with a series of events commemorating its history and current</p><p>standing as the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization</p><p>• Each WWE premium live event set a viewership record; total WWE domestic viewership and hours</p><p>viewed on Peacock increased 25% and 22%, respectively, as compared to the prior year</p><p>• WWE live event average attendance increased 34%</p><p>• In January 2024, WWE entered into a long-term media rights agreement with Netflix beginning in</p><p>January 2025 for Raw in the United States and all WWE shows and specials outside the United States</p><p>Full Year 2024 Guidance</p><p>• The Company is targeting revenue of $2.575 billion to $2.650 billion</p><p>• The Company is targeting Adjusted EBITDA of $1.150 billion to $1.170 billion</p><p>• The Company is targeting Free Cash Flow Conversion2</p><p> in excess of 50%</p><p>New York, NY, February 27, 2024 – TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (“TKO” or the “Company”) (NYSE:</p><p>TKO) today announced financial results for its year ended December 31, 2023. The reported results</p><p>presented in this earnings release cover the period from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023 for</p><p>Ultimate Fighting Championship (“UFC”) and the period from September 12, 2023 through December</p><p>31, 2023 for World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (“WWE”).</p><p>“TKO is off to a strong start following record financial performance in 2023 at both UFC and WWE,”</p><p>said Ariel Emanuel, CEO of TKO. “We secured Anheuser-Busch as the official beer partner of UFC,</p><p><br /></p><p>2</p><p>delivered a transformative deal to bring WWE’s Raw to Netflix beginning in 2025, and expanded our</p><p>international footprint in important growth markets. We have more conviction than ever in the combination</p><p>of these businesses and TKO’s ability to drive topline growth and margin expansion, generate meaningful</p><p>free cash flow, and deliver sustainable long-term value for shareholders.”</p><p>Full Year Consolidated Results</p><p>Revenue increased 47%, or $534.9 million, to $1.7 billion. The increase reflected an increase of $152.1</p><p>million at UFC, to $1.3 billion, and the contribution of $382.8 million of revenue at WWE associated with</p><p>the period from September 12, 2023 through December 31, 2023.</p><p>Net Income was $175.7 million, a decrease of $213.3 million from $389.0 million in the prior year period.</p><p>The decrease primarily reflected an increase in operating expenses partially offset by the increase in</p><p>revenue. The increase in operating expenses primarily reflected an increase in selling, general and</p><p>administrative expenses of $339.0 million, an increase in direct operating costs of $189.0 million, an</p><p>increase in depreciation and amortization of $104.6 million, and an increase in interest expense of $99.4</p><p>million. To a lesser extent, higher income taxes also contributed to the decrease in net income.</p><p>Adjusted EBITDA1 increased 29%, or $180.4 million, to $809.1 million, due to an increase of $75.1</p><p>million at UFC and the contribution of $163.0 million of Adjusted EBITDA at WWE associated with the</p><p>period from September 12, 2023 through December 31, 2023, partially offset by an increase of $57.7</p><p>million in corporate expenses.</p><p>Cash flows generated by operating activities were $468.4 million, a decrease of $33.3 million from</p><p>$501.7 million, primarily due to lower net income.</p><p>Free Cash Flow2 was $419.8 million, a decrease of $69.5 million from $489.3 million, primarily due to</p><p>the decrease in cash flows generated by operating activities and an increase in capital expenditures, which</p><p>was primarily related to WWE’s new headquarter facility.</p><p>Cash and cash equivalents were $235.8 million as of December 31, 2023. Gross debt was $2.761 billion</p><p>as of December 31, 2023. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Full Year 2023</p><p>Revenue increased 13%, or $152.1 million, to $1.3 billion, primarily driven by a $76.2 million increase</p><p>in media rights and content fees, a $42.6 million increase in live events revenue and a $29.5 million</p><p>increase in sponsorship revenue. The increase in media rights and content fees was primarily related to</p><p>higher domestic and international rights fees resulting from increases in contractual revenues, higher fees</p><p>associated with international renewals and one additional pay-per-view event in 2023 as compared to the</p><p>prior year period. The increase in live events revenue was primarily related to 5 additional events with a</p><p>live audience (26 in 2023 as compared to 21 in the prior year) and higher site fees. The increase in</p><p>sponsorship revenue was primarily related to new sponsors and increases in fees from renewals.</p><p>Adjusted EBITDA increased 11%, or $75.1 million, to $755.7 million, as the increase in revenue (as</p><p>described above) was partially offset by an increase in expenses. The increase in expenses primarily</p><p>reflected an increase of $57.8 million in direct operating costs. The increase in direct operating costs was</p><p>primarily due to an increase of $45.7 million in athlete costs from different matchups as well as higher</p><p>production costs associated with having one additional pay-per-view event and five additional</p><p>international events as compared to the prior year. Marketing and venue costs also increased due to five</p><p>additional events with live audiences in 2023. Selling, general and administrative expenses increased by</p><p><br /></p><p>4</p><p>$16.9 million, primarily driven by higher personnel costs from greater headcount and increased travel and</p><p>other expenses associated with the additional pay-per-view event and international events.</p><p>Adjusted EBITDA margin decreased to 58% from 60%.</p><p>WWE</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Full Year 2023</p><p>Revenue was $382.8 million for the period from September 12, 2023 through December 31, 2023.</p><p>Including WWE activity for the periods from January 1, 2023 through September 11, 2023 and for the</p><p>full year 2022, WWE combined revenue3 was $1.326 billion, as compared to $1.292 billion for the period</p><p>from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022. The increase of 3%, or $34 million, was primarily due</p><p>to an increase in live events revenue, an increase in media rights and content revenue and an increase in</p><p>sponsorship revenue partially offset by a decrease in consumer products licensing revenue. The increase</p><p>in live events revenue was primarily related to an increase in domestic and international ticket sales. The</p><p>increase in media rights and content fees was primarily related to the contractual escalation of media rights</p><p>fees for WWE’s flagship weekly programming, Raw and SmackDown, and premium live events, which</p><p>more than offset a decline in third-party original programming due to the timing of delivery. The decline</p><p>in consumer products licensing revenue was due to the previously disclosed transition of our digital retail</p><p>platform and venue merchandise business to Fanatics as well as a decrease in collectibles revenue.</p><p>Adjusted EBITDA was $163.0 million for the period from September 12, 2023 through December 31,</p><p>2023.</p><p>Including WWE activity for the periods from January 1, 2023 through September 11, 2023 and for the</p><p>full year 2022, WWE combined Adjusted EBITDA3 was $533.1 million, as compared to $512.5 million</p><p>for the period from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022. The increase of 4%, or $20.6 million,</p><p>was primarily due to the increase in revenue (as described above) partially offset by an increase in</p><p>expenses. The increase in expenses primarily reflected an increase in content creation costs partially offset</p><p>by lower expenses related to the timing of third-party original programming and the transition of our</p><p>digital retail platform and venue merchandise business to Fanatics.</p><p><br /></p><p>5</p><p>Adjusted EBITDA margin was 43% for the period from September 12, 2023 through December 31,</p><p>2023. Including WWE activity for the periods from January 1, 2023 through September 11, 2023 and for</p><p>full year 2022, WWE combined Adjusted EBITDA margin3</p><p> was flat at 40% in both 2023 and 2022.</p><p>Corporate</p><p>Full Year 2023</p><p>Corporate Adjusted EBITDA was a loss of $109.6 million, as compared to a loss of $51.9 million in the</p><p>prior year period.</p><p>Including WWE activity for the periods from January 1, 2023 through September 11, 2023 and for full</p><p>year 2022, Corporate combined Adjusted EBITDA3 was a loss of $196.3 million, as compared to a loss</p><p>of $179.8 million for the period from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022. The decrease of $16.5</p><p>million was primarily due to an increase in personnel costs, including TKO executive compensation, and</p><p>other general and administrative expenses, including public company expenses, following the formation</p><p>of TKO in September 2023. The decrease also reflected an increase in service fees paid to Endeavor under</p><p>the Company’s Services Agreement. These increases more than offset savings associated with</p><p>restructuring activities following the formation of TKO.</p><p>Full Year 2024 Guidance</p><p>For the full year 2024, the Company is targeting revenue of $2.575 billion - $2.650 billion and Adjusted</p><p>EBITDA of $1.150 billion - $1.170 billion. The Company is also targeting full year 2024 Free Cash Flow</p><p>Conversion in excess of 50%.</p><p>Management will provide more detail including key assumptions related to 2024 guidance on today’s</p><p>earnings call.</p><p>TKO Transaction</p><p>As previously disclosed, on September 12, 2023, Endeavor Group Holdings Inc. (“Endeavor”) and World</p><p>Wrestling Entertainment, LLC (“WWE”) closed the transaction to combine the Ultimate Fighting</p><p>Championship (“UFC”) and WWE to form a new, publicly listed company, TKO Group Holdings, Inc.</p><p>(“TKO”). For the twelve months ended December 31, 2023, the Company’s consolidated pre-tax results</p><p>included $83.8 million of merger and acquisition related costs. For the twelve months ended December</p><p>31, 2023, the Company’s consolidated pre-tax results also included $41.4 million (inclusive of $19.9</p><p>million of equity-based compensation expense) of restructuring, severance and impairment costs resulting</p><p>from the Company’s cost reduction program, which was implemented to realize synergy opportunities and</p><p>integrate the combined operations of WWE and UFC. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Business News and Crypto News via Media Man and FX Pro</p><p><br /></p><p>Feb 27, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin tears the bears apart again</p><p><br /></p><p>Market picture</p><p><br /></p><p>The price of the leading cryptocurrency rose decisively during active trading in the US, and in the illiquid Asian session, we saw a wave of stop orders triggered, which at times took the price to $57.8K. Such high levels were last seen in December 2021.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nevertheless, bitcoin sees no significant barriers to growth to levels just above $60K. Bitcoin can quickly go there or around the historical highs at $69K, but the subsequent growth may require a few months of consolidation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Growth breeds optimism, and now there is a proliferation of predictions that the price will soon reach six figures. In our view, the chances of a price rise above $100K exceed 50% in the 9–12-month horizon. And if markets come under pressure from an economic slowdown, it could take more than a year to reach a new level.</p><p><br /></p><p>News background</p><p><br /></p><p>According to CoinShares, investment in crypto funds rose by $598 million last week, following a record $2.452 billion inflow the week before, the fourth consecutive week of growth. Investments in bitcoin rose by $570 million, Ethereum by $17 million, and Solana fell by $3 million. Investments in funds that allow shorting bitcoin increased by $4 million.</p><p><br /></p><p>Inflows into crypto funds have exceeded $5.7 billion since the beginning of the year, with total assets under management (AuM) rising to $68.3 billion, although still far from the record high of $87 billion reached in November 2021.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin is gaining popularity as a haven asset in countries with persistently high inflation, Bitfinex noted. Macroeconomic risks this year make it relevant to buy the first cryptocurrency, gold, and silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to BitMEX Research, trading volume in the spot bitcoin ETF market exceeded $50 billion. Mike Novogratz, CEO of Galaxy Digital, commented on the growing interest of institutional investors in the cryptocurrency market.</p><p><br /></p><p>LookIntoBitcoin notes that the value of bitcoin is being affected by the upcoming halving in April, as well as the imbalance between demand for the asset and its availability in the cryptocurrency market.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to The Block, the cumulative amount raised by crypto and blockchain companies from venture capitalists since 2017 has exceeded $90 billion, with DeFi, infrastructure, NFT/gaming and Web3 attracting the most interest.</p><p><br /></p><p>MicroStrategy acquired an additional 3,000 BTC, said founder Michael Saylor. MicroStrategy owns 193000 BTCs worth approximately $6.09 billion (average price $31,544).</p><p><br /></p><p>News</p><p><br /></p><p>Japanese yen benefits from hopes of change in the BoJ approach</p><p><br /></p><p>Japanese consumer inflation slowed from 2.6% y/y to 2.2% y/y in January. The data was slightly higher than the expected 2.1%, providing temporary support for the Yen, which rose 0.4% after the release, pushing USDJPY back to 150.10.</p><p><br /></p><p>Prices excluding food slowed to 2.0% year-on-year, the lowest since March 2022 and back to the BoJ's target. However, an even less volatile measure excluding food and energy slowed to 3.5% from 3.7% in January. These are still the highest levels since the early 1980s, so they warrant the regulator's attention.</p><p><br /></p><p>The inflation data also helped push Japanese 2-year government bond yields to their highest levels since 2011.</p><p><br /></p><p>The latest inflation figures have raised expectations of imminent changes in monetary policy. Observers are predicting that the zero-interest-rate policy will be abandoned as early as April this year. The strengthening of these expectations supports the yen by narrowing the yield spread between yen-denominated debt and other reserve currencies.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the same time, Japan has repeatedly surprised with its passivity in recent years, so it is worth remaining sceptical about its ability to make real changes. This is doubly true when the Fed, the ECB and the Bank of England pick their moment to start cutting interest rates. Fears that the yield spread will narrow too quickly could lead the Bank of Japan to opt for inaction once again.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Source: FxPro) with Media Man and Bitcoin News Media </p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sports Pop Culture</p><p><br /></p><p>Sports Art And Animation Art KO By Mojahed Fudailat</p><p><br /></p><p>Brings Out The Beast In Promoters, Fighters and Fans says Media</p><p><br /></p><p>Wins Sports Artist Of The Month; Animation Artist Of The Month</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE </p><p>@WWE</p><p> Raw Moments And Highlights</p><p><br /></p><p>February 26, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>SAP Center at San Jose, California</p><p><br /></p><p>Hot and emotionally charged show says Media Man. Paul Heyman, wiseman of The Bloodline, lines up situation for Roman Reigns and The Rock to return to SmackDown this Friday. WWE locker room and leading start uniting against The Bloodline.</p><p><br /></p><p>Top 10 Monday Night Raw moments: WWE Top 10, Feb. 26, 2024</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=DNUAFQlmqco&t=89s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"When Dirty Dom and The Judgement Day say we're doing to do something, we mean it. That title belongs us to" Dirty Dom Mysterio</p><p><br /></p><p>"Let them fight" Fans</p><p><br /></p><p>Explosive Raw moments: Raw highlights, Feb. 26, 2024</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=C3K3xR_XT90&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"I'm sure Mami thinks it's just another night to be on top" Pat McAfee</p><p><br /></p><p>Drew McIntyre to Seth “Freakin” Rollins: “Back off The Bloodline”: Raw highlights, Feb. 26, 2024</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=XDi9ect0ipw&t=34s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"You did it Drew. I'm proud of you. You clawed your way back into a title match with me. I'm proud of you".. Seth Rollins</p><p><br /></p><p>FULL MATCH – Cody Rhodes brings chaos after Heyman warns him of Rock challenge: Raw, Feb. 26, 2024</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=x4IDOjxoRnc&t=8s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE NXT </p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>No Quarter Catch Crew. Catch, stretch, hook and cull! Catch are killing it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lexis King will not stop until his is the recognised king of NXT and the professional wrestling industry at large!</p><p><br /></p><p>Trick Williams. The trick to being not so well liked? How to lose friends and influence people?!</p><p><br /></p><p>Where is Fallon Henley? Partly responsible for running off Tiffany Stratton. Best Little Wrestling House in Florida and beyond. Crack that whip. Yeehaw! </p><p><br /></p><p>NXT and WWE Universe missing Booker T </p><p>@BookerT5x</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Family haven't looked quite as brutal and menacing over the past few weeks. Is their current fanfare going to cost them Florida, New York and Italy domination? Would be competition eyeing off the waterfront, fish markets, not to mention championship gold! The various families have been quietly chatting out the back of the fishing trawlers. Respect is a high commodity in the family business. What a life! </p><p><br /></p><p>Is this the day we welcome back Booker?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Pro Wrestling Dream Matches</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Some May Become Reality!</b></p><p><br /></p><p>In a WWE </p><p>@WWE</p><p> Ring</p><p><br /></p><p>Cody Rhodes </p><p>@CodyRhodes</p><p> and Seth Rollins </p><p>@WWERollins</p><p> with Drew McIntyre in their corner</p><p><br /></p><p>Vs</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Reigns and The Rock with Jimmy Uso in their corner</p><p><br /></p><p>Undercard Fantasy Booking</p><p><br /></p><p>Logan Paul </p><p>@LoganPaul</p><p> vs Randy Orton </p><p>@RandyOrton</p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>Drew McIntyre vs CM Punk</p><p><br /></p><p>Gunther vs Bron Breaker</p><p><br /></p><p>Grayson Waller vs Austin Theory</p><p><br /></p><p>Lexis King </p><p>@LexisKingWWE</p><p> vs Chris Jericho </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE </p><p>@WWE</p><p> Raw</p><p><br /></p><p>"Let me ask you. Do you like Grayson Waller"? Cody Rhodes</p><p><br /></p><p>"Great, No. You don't have to answer. I've been watching" CR</p><p><br /></p><p>".. He's got tons of skills and not just on the microphone..."first time I was one the Grayson Waller Effect I brought Jey Uso".."I challenged The Rock one on one. A Grayson Waller exclusive as he calls it" CR</p><p><br /></p><p>"Well Grayson Waller can thank Cody Rhodes for the run tonight".. Michael Cole </p><p>@MichaelCole</p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>"That show has a couple of moments and a lot of them revolve around The American Nightmare" Pat McAfee </p><p>@PatMcAfeeShow</p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>"Here comes your buddy" MC</p><p><br /></p><p>"I was on an island the last couple of days thinking about how this is going to go actually" PM</p><p><br /></p><p>"Your first tweet in two years saying I was kissing Gunther's ass. It wasn't that. I was just explaining the situation".."let..him know..."but when he makes eye contact with me makes me want poop my pants..So scared" PM ..</p><p><br /></p><p>More great past, present and future coverage via the official WWE YouTube channel</p><p><br /></p><p>http://youtube.com/WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: Lovin' the vibe between Rhodes and Kelly and McAfee is killing it in the mic. Must be recharged from the land down under working holiday! </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Business News and Crypto News via Media Man and FX Pro</p><p><br /></p><p>Feb 26, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Ethereum as crypto growth driver</p><p><br /></p><p>Market picture</p><p><br /></p><p>The crypto market settles at a $2 trillion cap level, up 0.8% on the day. Altcoins are once again driving growth, while the first coin is flat, losing 0.5% in 24 hours, and Ethereum is up 2.5%. BNB adds just under 2%, enjoying a resurgence of interest in cryptocurrency trading. XRP and Cardano both lose 1%, dragging the market back down.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin and Ethereum are the cryptocurrencies of choice for institutional speculators. Their obvious trade right now is betting on the approval of spot ETFs on ETH. Speculators are cautiously locking in profits in BTC, which has previously rallied on the same theme.</p><p><br /></p><p>Remember that Ethereum's market capacity is smaller than Bitcoin's, which has a three times bigger market cap. This means that the price is more sensitive to changes in sentiment. Ethereum has gained 40% in 30 days, the best performance among the top 10 cryptos.</p><p>News background</p><p><br /></p><p>About 90% of the bitcoins purchased by spot ETFs have gone to Coinbase's custodial platform, its CEO Brian Armstrong said. He stated that the exchange's custody service has accumulated more than $36 billion in BTC. The growing ETF market suggests that institutional capital is seriously considering bitcoin as one of the most reliable assets.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the US SEC does not approve a spot Ethereum ETF in May 2024, it will do so by mid-2025, said attorney Scott Jonsson. Bloomberg analyst James Seyffarth believes the SEC won't take as long to process Ethereum ETF applications as it did with BTC, as a significant portion of the applications could be based on Bitcoin ETFs. S&P Ratings expects the SEC to approve applications to launch the ETF in May.</p><p><br /></p><p>The court approves a $4.3 billion payment by Binance exchange to the US Department of Justice as part of a plea deal. According to the signed agreement, the platform agreed to take significant steps to ensure continued compliance with US laws.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to CryptoSlam, total sales of non-replaceable tokens (NFTs) on the Solana network have surpassed $5 billion, with 43 million NFT transactions. The Solana blockchain has more than 2.2 million buyers and 1.6 million sellers of NFTs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Internet forum Reddit invests surplus funds in Bitcoin and Ethereum. The cryptocurrency investment strategy started back in 2022.</p><p><br /></p><p>Time for the dollar to choose a trend</p><p><br /></p><p>Feb 26, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>The Dollar Index is giving up positions painfully slowly. It is under pressure for the ninth session in a row, but at the same time, the market is unable to accelerate or break this downtrend. Individual currency pairs are now testing critical local levels. The ability to finally break through them could set the trend for the coming weeks.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Dollar Index has fallen from a high of 104.85 on February 14th to 103.7. This level was strong resistance from late November to early February. It could now act as support. This is also a historically important level for the Dollar Index as it was the peak in March 2020, which took 26 months to overcome.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is logical to expect increased volatility in this area as this is where global trend selection takes place. A decisive move lower will open a quick path to last year's lows around 100.0. Approaching these levels will make the main scenario a further multi-month decline in the US currency, with a final target in the 90.0-92.5 range.</p><p><br /></p><p>The ability to develop an offensive from these levels would demonstrate the strength of the dollar bulls after the pause. In this case, the DXY could quickly return to last year's October-November highs near106.8. This, in turn, should be followed by a recovery of the dollar to multi-year highs towards 114.5-115.0.</p><p><br /></p><p>Keeping the dollar in balance this week rests on the shoulders of the 10 FOMC members who are scheduled to speak this week. On the macro data front, the market will be watching Thursday's Personal Income and Expenditure and PCE price indices.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the technical front, the EURUSD, AUDUSD, and USDCHF are all trading around their 200-day moving averages, the GBPUSD is trading around its 50-day MA, and the USDJPY is approaching 151 level, where the pair made a brutal multi-week bearish reversal in October 2022 and November 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>Slowing inflation puts the franc on a downward path</p><p><br /></p><p>Consumer inflation in Switzerland slowed to an annual rate of 1.3% in January, the lowest since October 2021. This is significantly lower than the 1.7% recorded in the previous month and was expected on average by analysts.</p><p><br /></p><p>The current level is slightly above the local peaks seen in 2018 and 2010. However, throughout the period from 2009 to 2021, Switzerland has been actively easing policy to boost rather than dampen inflation.</p><p><br /></p><p>An important driver of lower inflation has been the appreciation of the franc through the systematic sale of foreign exchange reserves by the Swiss National Bank. Now, there is clearly no need for such active measures. Moreover, the impending monetary policy reversal by the Fed, the ECB and the Bank of England sets the stage for a similar reversal by Switzerland, with consequences for the currency market.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Swiss franc hit multi-year or all-time highs against many of its peers in the final days of last year, and since then, a reversal has been imminent. The USDCHF, for example, has risen 5.7% since the beginning of the year on the back of a simultaneous dovish shift in expectations from Switzerland and a hawkish shift from the US.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Source: FxPro) with Media Man and Bitcoin News Media</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE </p><p>@WWE</p><p> RAW</p><p><br /></p><p>February 26, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>SAP Center. San Jose, California</p><p><br /></p><p>Grayson Waller has just called out Cody Rhodes. Fortunately a production camera out the back of the arena got the footage! You can bet the likes of Drew McIntyre will keeping an eye on the situation at The Road To WrestleMania </p><p>@WrestleMania</p><p> continues. The GW Effect is in full swing and could strike again! Roman Reigns had a quite and private word with GW last week on SmackDown and the grand plan may still be getting executed. Prime Target - Rhodes! What's the status of "Hitman" Austin Theory - fresh off a Cody Cutter from Perth. Watch out for that Thunder From Down Under.</p><p><br /></p><p>Shinsuke Nakamura vs Sami Zayn. Can Zayn find his own warrior within, or will the mysterious and deadly Nakamura put one more bullet in the career of SZ? Is SZ considering changing up his identity and going back to the roots of El Generico? Ole!</p><p><br /></p><p>Imperium vs The New Day. It's a street fight. No "fruity pebbles" here. Not a neon spandex or Booty O cereal box in sight. Europe vs the USA.</p><p><br /></p><p>Watch out for uninvited guests and tactics south of the border.</p><p><br /></p><p>Raw GM Adam Pearce will once again be earning his danger money, as will the announers Michael Cole </p><p>@MichaelCole</p><p> and Pat McAfee </p><p>@PatMcAfeeShow</p><p> at ringside. The announce table better be double strong. Can MC's voice hold out after a massive few weeks? Will PM be stiring up the heels, babyfaces or both?</p><p><br /></p><p>California Dreamin or California Nightmare?!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Box Office News (North America)</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Bob Marley: One Love - $13.5 million</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Demon Slayer - $11.6 million</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Ordinary Angels - $6.5 million</p><p><br /></p><p>4. Madame Web - $6 million </p><p><br /></p><p>5. Migration - $3 million</p><p><br /></p><p>6. Argylle - $2.8 million</p><p><br /></p><p>7. Wonka - $2.5 million</p><p><br /></p><p>8. Drive-Away Dolls - $2.4 million</p><p><br /></p><p>9. The Beekeeper - $2 million </p><p><br /></p><p>10. The Chosen - $1.8 million</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>Wrestling Living Legend Bret Hart Offers Thoughts On Wrestling Industry</p><p><br /></p><p>Great Former WWE Champion Shoots Straight</p><p><br /></p><p>“There’s a lot of great wrestlers out there that can deliver great matches. But there’s so many wrestlers out there that are subpar in my opinion, that don’t know what they’re doing out there. And they allow themselves to rely on things like chops, which I think is sort of like cheap heat – you get a reaction, but what’s your reaction? You’re whipping a guy across the chest with your hand? Okay, so you’re hurting some guy for real, for some stupid reason. And the crowd sort of reacts to it. In my understanding of pro wrestling, anytime anyone does anything to you that hurts, for real – chopping, putting blisters on your chest when you go to your room or bed, anytime anyone does things to you for real, they’re in the wrong business. They’re doing it wrong. Because you’re not supposed to get hurt. You’re not supposed to come back to your dressing room that night, or to your hotel room and have a big lump on your head and a black eye, and your teeth are knocked out. That’s Bill Goldberg wrestling. That’s not how it’s done.” - Bret "Hitman" Hart</p><p><br /></p><p>Bret Hart on WWE's Women's Champion Rhea Ripley</p><p><br /></p><p>“I really like her a lot. I really like her poise, her staying in character and sort of living her – she seems like she’s adapted a character that’s fun to play, and she’s playing into that, full tilt. She’s putting that realism into it; that’s what I miss in a lot of wrestling today, just making it feel more real, and she makes it feel pretty real all the time.”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wrestling News</p><p><br /></p><p>Australia and The Wrestling World Still Buzzing About WWE </p><p>@WWE</p><p> Elimination Chamber in Perth, Western Australia </p><p><br /></p><p>(Amended version with some corrections) - Media Man crew somewhat fatigued after so much wrestling and combat sports news and happenings over past few weeks!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Heels To Babyfaces; Land Down Under Bizzaro Land Aka Canada In Bret 'Hitman" Hart prime era; Not Quite Parts Unknown any more; Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome - Eat Your Heart Out </p><p><br /></p><p>Stunning Reaction And Super Pop For Cody Rhodes Sure, there were winners and losers, but the fans won, the WWE and the pro wrestling industry won. </p><p><br /></p><p>Greatest Tourism Promo Ever For Western Australia?</p><p> </p><p>Dream Exposure Won </p><p><br /></p><p>Usual heels went to babyfaces such as Tiffany Stratton who the Aussie's just loved, then there was the 'Aussie Icon' Grayson Waller who had almost 100 percent fan support (apart from a few hardcore "Cody Cry Babies"), which his on screen mate Austin Theory went along with - and it cost the hitman! (who got hit and then some). </p><p><br /></p><p>"The Maverick" Logan Paul aka "Prime Heel" in some circles also drew plenty of cheers and wows, despite trying to be hated so much at the WWE media event the day prior. Heel (bad guy) or not, Stratton's Tiffy Time, Swanton off the pod, Paul's flying cross body off the pod, and Waller's shoey with Aussie UFC living legend "Bam Bam" Tai Tuivasa won over the crowd. Mr GW Effect enjoyed a shoey with South Australia's own Rhea "Bloody" aka "Mami" Ripley the day before at the presser - just in case there was any confusion. </p><p><br /></p><p>The man you love to hate, Logan Paul, made sure to bring his markers into the pod and drew some mean devil horns and other graffiti aimed at rival Kevin Owens. These two fought tooth, nail and brass knux, until it was time for Randy Orton to put Paul out of his Aussie heatwave-like misery with the RKO. Aussie Indi Hartwell was pumped just to be competing in her native Australia (just as well as her team came away with the official L for loss). Big Bronson Reed from Adelaide, South Australia didn't attend as he was busy being new and proud father. Great to see more pro wrestlers with their work/life balance more in tune than what was the case many decades ago where wrestlers burnt the candle at both ends - sometimes costing them the ultimate price. </p><p><br /></p><p>Australia's world champ, Rhea Ripley defended her title against Nia Jax in a hard fought and exciting match that featured a superplex, Samoan drop, tables and plenty of brutality. This new and current era under Triple H, Nick Khan, Shawn Michaels (WWE NXT) and a select number of folks in the brains trust (recalling the late Bobby "The Brain" Heenan), is absolutely thriving. If you didn't get the memo, Logan Paul won Media Man's MVP Of The Card (men), neck and neck with Tiffany Stratton who has converted thousand of Aussie's to Tiffy Time in and around the international date line. Hot heels, hot action and hot big business all round. </p><p><br /></p><p>It's an open secret the pro wrestling is both theatre/showbiz as well as an extremely dangerous combat sports hybrid. The pro wrestlers who get and stay at the top are usually great wrestlers with both strong technical ability, charisma, tough as nails (mentally and physically), and who actually love the game and business of wrestling. Countless wrestlers and would be wrestlers have found out just how difficult the business is, and very few enjoy sustainable careers. These pros make it look easy (sort of), when it is anything but. Fans, make no mistake - you are looking at the best of the best. </p><p><br /></p><p>Aussie's, both the wrestlers and fans, did the Land Down Under proud. </p><p><br /></p><p>Future Champ Picks: Waller, Stratton and Paul. </p><p><br /></p><p>Wrestling Booker Of The Year: Triple H </p><p> </p><p>Heel Of The Year fav (thus far): Logan Paul </p><p><br /></p><p>Get your official winners and results via the WWE website. </p><p><br /></p><p>Videos via the award winning WWE YouTube channel </p><p><br /></p><p>Randy Orton, Logan Paul and the Chamber Superstars brawl: SmackDown highlights, Feb. 23, 2024 https://youtube.com/watch?v=YK56nLGAhtY&t=6s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Full WWE Elimination Chamber 2024 highlights https://youtube.com/watch?v=MPipUwYWgXw&t=4s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Full Elimination Chamber Results and Highlights: WWE Now, Feb. 24, 2024 https://youtube.com/watch?v=grKZ_Cn22PY&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Rhea Ripley celebrates her emotional homecoming: WWE Elimination Chamber 2024 exclusive https://youtube.com/watch?v=cDboENIH8_U&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Indi Hartwell is happy to be home in Australia: WWE Elimination Chamber 2024 exclusive https://youtube.com/watch?v=tDKTVQahCtk&t=4s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p> </p><p>Top 10 moments from WWE Elimination Chamber 2024: WWE Top 10, Feb. 24, 2024 https://youtube.com/watch?v=Khhpxkcu410&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Women’s Elimination Chamber Match: WWE Elimination Chamber 2024 highlights </p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=1rJDiNzSE_s&t=25s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE impacts the community in Perth, Western Australia https://youtube.com/watch?v=LEBhY2QBRX0&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Elimination Chamber Press Event: Feb. 22, 2024 https://youtube.com/watch?v=T7752CMfFEU&t=24s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int </p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Elimination Chamber (Media Man Int) </p><p>http://mediamanint.com/articles/wwe_elimination.html</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>National Wrestling Alliance </p><p>@nwa</p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>Billy Corgan and National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) Announce Deal With The CW Network</p><p><br /></p><p>"The CW has made a big commitment to sports, and they have an incredible top-tier streaming platform. The network’s audience represents a very wide swath of American culture—which wrestling has always been a key part of. This partnership gives us the opportunity to reach that audience more readily. We’re excited to get the chance to show there are other voices in professional wrestling. With NWA, there’s honesty, integrity, and a different level of swagger, because it’s coming from the underground. It’s similar to rock ‘n’ roll in this respect. With The CW behind us, we’re pulling NWA into the light where fans can appreciate its authenticity" Billy Corgan</p><p><br /></p><p>BILLY CORGAN & NATIONAL WRESTLING ALLIANCE (NWA) ANNOUNCE DEAL WITH THE CW NETWORK</p><p><br /></p><p>STREAMING FLAGSHIP PROGRAM NWA POWERRR & MARQUEE EVENTS SUCH AS PARANOIA NOW</p><p><br /></p><p>MUCH ANTICIPATED NWA SIGNATURE LIVE EVENT HARD TIMES 2024 ON MARCH 2 FROM DOTHAN, AL SLATED TO BE MONUMENTAL PROGRAMMING ON NWA POWERRR</p><p><br /></p><p>MUCH ANTICIPATED NWA SIGNATURE LIVE EVENT HARD TIMES 2024 ON MARCH 2 FROM DOTHAN, AL SLATED TO BE MONUMENTAL PROGRAMMING ON NWA POWERRR</p><p><br /></p><p>SET TO PREMIERE UNTITLED UNSCRIPTED SERIES STARRING BILLY CORGAN IN 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Billy Corgan and National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) Announce Deal With The CW Network</p><p><br /></p><p>Feb 21, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>LOS ANGELES, C.A. (News Release) — GRAMMY® Award-winning founder of The Smashing Pumpkins and National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) President Billy Corgan proudly announces an exclusive streaming deal for NWA with The CW. Under this newly minted all-encompassing partnership, multiple NWA programs will be streaming and on-demand via The CW platform and portal in the United States.</p><p><br /></p><p>Democratizing access to action-packed wrestling from some of the sport’s biggest, boldest, and brightest personalities, all programming is notably available free of charge and without a subscription via The CW app. It represents a monumental power move for NWA. The partnership not only amplifies the brand’s presence throughout popular culture and the zeitgeist, but it also sets a precedent for wrestling, at large.</p><p><br /></p><p>Flagship program NWA Powerrr is live on the platform now and features ‘Return to Robarts’ programming emanating from the historic Robarts Arena in Sarasota Florida. New episodes air weekly on Tuesdays with past seasons also available to stream. Additionally, the much-anticipated Paranoia Live Event on Powerrr is also now available on The CW. Shot on January 13, 2024 at Revolution Live in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, the signature live event Paranoia features some of the league’s top stars and a myriad of thrilling high-octane matches. Next up, the massive signature live event Hard Times 2024 will premiere on the platform as part of future episodes of NWA Powerrr, streaming on both http://CWTV.com and the CW app.</p><p><br /></p><p>Additionally, a brand new unscripted untitled series about Corgan’s life, family, role as President of NWA, and his “day job” will also debut on The CW later this year. Co-produced by Corgan’s own production company Lightning One Inc. and Nacelle Company, it offers an unprecedented vignette into every dimension of his world with unparalleled candor.</p><p><br /></p><p>Corgan continues to deepen the storied mythos and legacy of NWA—one of the oldest and most prestigious professional wrestling brands in the world. He has carefully curated matches and sought-out exciting new talent, building a haven for future superstars to shine with attitude, integrity, power, and panache.</p><p><br /></p><p>As such, NWA currently serves as a home to the likes of EC3, Matt Cardona, “Thrillbilly” Silas Mason, Trevor Murdoch, Thom Latimer, The Immortals (Odinson and Kratos), Blunt Force Trauma (Damage and Carnage), Aron Stevens, Austin Idol, The Insane Clown Posse’s Violent J, The Brothers of Funstruction Yabo and Ruffo, Colby Corino, Mims, Max the Impaler, “The Sinister Minister” Father James Mitchell, Burchill, Bryan Idol, Natalia Markova, Kerry Morton, Alex Taylor, May Valentine, among others.</p><p><br /></p><p>With more heavyweights, more drama, and the most bravado, Billy Corgan, The CW, and NWA will enthral and thrill inside and outside of the ring throughout 2024 and beyond. Stay tuned.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Crypto and more via Media Man and FX Pro</p><p><br /></p><p>In Case You Blinked And Missed It</p><p><br /></p><p>Crypto’s catch-up - Feb 23, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Market picture</p><p><br /></p><p>The crypto market rebounded in the overnight session, supported by a return of optimism in stocks after a cheering Nvidia report. The crypto capitalisation was up over 1% in 24 hours.</p><p><br /></p><p>The impressive gains were much stronger than the market, with BNB up 5% in one day and 10.5% in seven days, compared to BTC's +0.6% and -0.9% over the same periods. Still, BNB is playing catch-up over a broader time frame.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin managed to hold above $50K on Wednesday, where it found buyers and is once again trading at its preferred level of $52K, near which we see daily opens and closes for the eighth consecutive day.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ethereum proved earlier in the day that it is in rapid growth mode, characterised by lightning-fast corrections. On Thursday morning, the price was back above $3000, close to the highest since April 2022.</p><p><br /></p><p>News background</p><p><br /></p><p>Ophelia Snyder, president of 21Shares, said the launch of the Bitcoin ETF was a great success, but the financial gap between the largest issuers could leave three to five funds in the market.</p><p><br /></p><p>The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control said it had de-anonymised several cryptocurrency wallets belonging to the hacker group LockBit and imposed sanctions on those associated with them.</p><p><br /></p><p>The unidentified Ethereum whale transferred 1,732 ETH (~$5.15 million) to the Kraken crypto exchange after 8.5 years of inactivity. According to on-chain data, the address received 3,465 ETH (~$10.3 million) in an initial coin offering on Ethereum Genesis at $0.31.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said he welcomed the launch of ETFs tied to XRP and expressed optimism about spot ETFs on other cryptocurrencies.</p><p><br /></p><p>The US Department of Justice has sought a court order to limit the disclosure of confidential information about the case between US authorities and former Binance exchange chief Changpeng Zhao.</p><p><br /></p><p>US-based Circle, the company behind the second most popular stablecoin USDC, unexpectedly announced the end of support for the Tron blockchain.</p><p><br /></p><p>Altcoins’ reverse traction</p><p><br /></p><p>Market picture</p><p><br /></p><p>The crypto market hit multi-month highs on Tuesday but started Wednesday with a frightening decline. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ethereum lost around 2%, pulling back to $2929, which is the scale of the fall in Solana. Cardano is down 5%, and XRP is down 3%. Bitcoin has managed to avoid a sell-off without replicating the upward momentum observed in recent days.</p><p><br /></p><p>Technically, Ethereum's pullback to $2700 is a correction of this month's rally and should not cause much alarm. However, a break below this level could be a cause for concern.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to AllianceBernstein, Ethereum is virtually the only alternative to Bitcoin that can get ETF approval from the SEC. The likelihood of ETH ETF approval is almost 50% for launch by May and almost 100% in the next 12 months.</p><p><br /></p><p>News background</p><p><br /></p><p>According to Bloomberg, the growth of the crypto market is once again attracting retail investors with small deposits - they are starting to use apps like Robinhood to buy and sell digital assets.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many market participants are predicting the start of the alt season, but some remain cautious. For example, Markus Thielen, head of 10x Research, points to the continued dominance of Bitcoin with a 51 per cent market share. In his view, the first cryptocurrency's dominance "needs to fall below 45%" for the altcoin season to begin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The launch of spot ETFs in the US has had a positive impact on Bitcoin's order book liquidity and ability to trade at stable prices. This is the conclusion reached by Kaiko. BTC liquidity rose to its highest level since October 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>AI tokens saw a surge in activity last week on the back of the launch of OpenAI's Sora, with their total capitalisation exceeding $15 billion and the Worldcoin token (WLD) hitting an all-time high.</p><p><br /></p><p>E-commerce giant eBay has changed its stance on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and is likely to exit the space in the near future. The company has laid off more than 30% of the staff at its NFT marketplace, KnownOrigin. According to CoinGecko, NFT turnover across the top 10 blockchains fell 55.1% to $11.8 billion in 2023, with 72% of this value related to NFTs on Ethereum.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Source: FxPro) </p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Foxtel CEO takes aim at Albanese government’s TV reforms - Friday 23, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Foxtel Chief Executive Patrick Delany has taken aim at the Albanese government's television reforms, which would give free-to-air channels prime placement on smart TVs and connected devices.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mr Delany told a Senate committee that customer choice would be undermined by the proposed changes.</p><p><br /></p><p>“If you are going to put all of the free first, so what happens if I search an overseas news story? Am I going to get everything from SBS, everything from the ABC, everything from Seven, Nine, Ten – everything before CNN and everything else?” he said.</p><p><br /></p><p>“If I search any of those terms, why is that the natural thing I’m looking for? I’m looking for the content.”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>WBD’s Overall Revenue Is Down – But Streaming And Sports Could Bring A Bounceback</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Warner Bros. Discovery is in a tight spot, as its TV revenue declines by double digits and growth opportunities like streaming media haven’t picked up the slack. (Yet.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Last quarter, WBD’s overall revenue fell 7% YOY, while revenue from linear TV ad sales dropped 14%. WBD isn’t giving up on linear, but it expects its streaming business – and an increased investment in sports programming – to offset its losses and return the company to profitability.</p><p><br /></p><p>WBD’s revamped streaming service, Max (which combines HBO Max and Discovery+ content), is still in the “early innings,” CEO David Zaslav told investors during WBD’s earnings call on Friday. But the studio’s top priority is “driving profitable growth” for Max.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, there’s still “a long [distance] left to go” on that pathway, Zaslav said.</p><p>To the Max</p><p><br /></p><p>Max is the light at the end of the tunnel for WBD, which remains in the dark right now.</p><p><br /></p><p>WBD reported a 51% YOY increase in streaming ad revenue compared to Q4 in 2022, before HBO Max rebranded to Max. And the pace of streaming ad revenue growth is rising, said CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels.</p><p><br /></p><p>That number may sound promising, but it’s not a surprise – advertisers prefer centralized streaming buys, which is why so many media companies are bundling their content. (Another example is Disney+ and Hulu.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Consumers also prefer accessing their content in one place. While the studio only gained half a million streaming subscribers in Q4 (not counting subs from its acquisition of Turkish streamer BluTV in December), Max had the lowest churn rate “in HBO Max’s history” last quarter, Zaslav said.</p><p><br /></p><p>Stable subscriber numbers plus an increase in streaming ad revenue would explain why WBD’s average revenue per streaming user rose 7% YOY to $7.94.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Around the world</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>WBD plans to continue its streaming growth trajectory with globalization and, of course, more content.</p><p><br /></p><p>Currently, Max with ads is only available in the US. Some international regions still have ad-supported HBO Max, but Max will launch in Latin America next week, followed by Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East later this year. By the end of the year, Max with ads will be available in more than 40 international markets, Zaslav said.</p><p><br /></p><p>And to make the most of a global launch, WBD is investing in a new content slate that capitalizes on its famous franchises.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yet another “Game of Thrones” show will premiere in 2025 – a prequel, “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” – and another “Harry Potter” movie is slated for 2026.</p><p><br /></p><p>A sporting chance</p><p><br /></p><p>But, most importantly, WBD is zeroing in on sports.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is not a coincidence that Max’s international expansion coincides with the Olympics in Paris over the summer. Although NBCUniversal has airing and digital rights, WBD will livestream the games on its Eurosport channel.</p><p><br /></p><p>Max also hopes to attract more international subscribers with other sports programming by capitalizing on the Olympics hype. For example, WBD is currently in talks with the NBA about rights renewal, Zaslav said.</p><p><br /></p><p>Last but not least, WBD touted its new joint venture with Disney and FOX, which should launch a sports-focused streaming app in 2025. The app will be available to Max subscribers as part of a bundle.</p><p><br /></p><p>But that’s only if the app actually happens. Pay TV companies and the DOJ have raised antitrust concerns over the nature of the venture – together, the three studios encompass 55% of US sports rights, per Citi analysts. And the sports-focused programming distributor Fubo actually filed a lawsuit earlier this week, in which it alleged anticompetitive business practices between the broadcasters.</p><p><br /></p><p>Only time will tell whether WBD can regain its footing in the race for streaming market share.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>WWE Elimination Chamber 2024. Perth, Western Australia</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>WWE Women's World Champion Rhea Ripley to take on Nia Jax</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Don't miss Elimination Chamber, streaming live Perth, Western Australia, at 5:00 a.m. ET/2:00 a.m PT streaming LIVE on Peacock in the United States and WWE Network everywhere else!</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Women's World Champion Rhea Ripley vs. Nia Jax</p><p><br /></p><p>Elimination Chamber to determine the No. 1 Contender to the Women's World Title at WrestleMania</p><p><br /></p><p>Elimination Chamber to determine the No. 1 Contender to World Heavyweight Champion Seth "Freakin" Rollins at WrestleMania</p><p><br /></p><p>Seth "Freakin" Rollins and Cody Rhodes to appear on "The Grayson Waller Effect" at Elimination Chamber</p><p><br /></p><p>Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions Finn Bálor & Damian Priest vs. Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate</p><p><br /></p><p>The Kabuki Warriors vs. Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell (WWE Women’s Tag Team Title Match)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>UFC Mexico City</p><p><br /></p><p>This weekend, the UFC makes its sixth trip to Mexico City for a fight card that lines up as a showcase for many of the Mexican and Latin American athletes currently competing inside the Octagon.</p><p><br /></p><p>Order UFC 299: O'Malley vs Vera 2</p><p><br /></p><p>Headlined by a critical flyweight rematch between former champ Brandon Moreno and recent title challenger Brandon Royval, with Yair Rodriguez and Brian Ortega slated to renew acquaintances in a five-round co-main event, Saturday’s return to Arena CDMX promises to be loud and exciting from the outset and remain that way through the close of the night.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Main Event: Brandon Moreno vs Brandon Royval</p><p><br /></p><p>Location: Arena CDMX — Mexico City, Mexico</p><p><br /></p><p>Where to Watch: ESPN+</p><p><br /></p><p>Other Main Card Matches:</p><p><br /></p><p>Yair Rodriguez vs Brian Ortega</p><p>Daniel Zellhuber vs Francisco Prado</p><p>Raul Rosas Jr. vs Ricky Turcios</p><p>Yazmin Jauregui vs Sam Hughes</p><p>Manuel Torres vs Chris Duncan</p><p>Prelim Matches:</p><p><br /></p><p>Cristian Quinonez vs Raoni Barcelos</p><p>Jesus Aguilar vs Mateus Mendonca</p><p>Edgar Chairez vs Danie Lacerda</p><p>Claudio Puelles vs Fares Ziam</p><p>Ronaldo Rodriguez vs Denys Bondar</p><p>Victor Altamirano vs Felipe dos Santos</p><p>Erik Silva vs Muhammad Naimov</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>UFC Top Brass Dana White via Howie Mandel Podcast - Feb 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>“You are not only an amazing businessman, you are an inspiration, you are a philosopher. The way you do business, the way you conduct your business, and your friendships and media, I’m jealous. But, Dana, I can’t thank you enough for being here,” Mandel said.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Thank you for all the kind words, I appreciate it. I am so f*****g tired of doing podcasts. I’m literally done with them. I’m not doing any more podcasts,”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sydney casino review sends Star Entertainment shares plunging - Feb 20, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>More than $300 million has been wiped from the market value of Star Entertainment after the NSW casino regulator said it was not satisfied the company had sufficiently overhauled its culture to be allowed to operate in the state.</p><p><br /></p><p>Shares fell more than 20 per cent when trading resumed Tuesday, and dropped as low as 42¢. Star said it would need to delay the release of a financial update scheduled for Wednesday after being blindsided by a decision from the Independent Casino Commission to engage Adam Bell, SC, to run a second inquiry into the gaming group.</p><p><br /></p><p>Star chief executive Robbie Cooke has yet to comment publicly on the 15-week investigation. But in a statement on Tuesday, Star said it welcomed the chance for an “objective forum” to demonstrate it was suitable to regain its casino licence.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mr Bell is the Sydney barrister who conducted an earlier inquiry into the Sydney casino, which concluded that the company was unsuitable to hold a licence.</p><p><br /></p><p>Despite the new inquiry, some of the company’s largest investors are standing by Star’s management. Bruce Mathieson, the billionaire publican, owns 6 per cent of the business and told The Australian Financial Review: “You never like it, but you can’t change it. We’ve got to deal with whatever they say. I never get into a panic.”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mr Bell’s 2022 report found Star was unsuitable to hold its licence, describing its operations as “a case study of unethical conduct and cultural failure” that may have evaded taxes and facilitated $900 million of banned gambling transactions.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first Bell review, along with a similar investigation in Queensland, where Star operates casinos in Brisbane and the Gold Coast, led to the resignation of key figures including chief executive Matt Bekier.</p><p><br /></p><p>The ICC’s chief commissioner, Philip Crawford, said on Monday that his concern was the “capability and capacity” of the leadership team to execute its remediation programs.</p><p><br /></p><p>‘Serious and endemic’</p><p>Mr Crawford was the head of the former casino regulator, the Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority, responsible for overseeing the historical behaviour of Star.</p><p><br /></p><p>“I’m just not sure the extent to which they’ve addressed the cultural reform that Adam Bell said … was serious and endemic and needed a lot of work,” Mr Crawford said in an interview with the Financial Review. “We want to see the progress they’ve made around that particular space. That’s really important.”</p><p><br /></p><p>The timing of the decision has raised eyebrows in investment circles. One fund manager, who asked to remain anonymous due to company restrictions, said Star had made significant steps in transforming its business.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Frustration is mounting from the impacts that have been worn by current and new shareholders rather than those that were culpable for the missteps,” the fund manager said. “This doesn’t change the value of assets.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Star’s market capitalisation has shrunk by more than $2.7 billion – to $1.3 billion – since the start of the first Bell inquiry. Still, the Sydney casino has been lucrative, with gaming revenues of $838.9 million last year. Brokers at MST Marquee estimate Star’s Sydney casino could be worth about $1.3 billion.</p><p><br /></p><p>But debt worries and difficult trading conditions, along with a write-down on the value of its casinos, forced Star to seek financing twice last year. The first, at $1.20 a share, raised $800 million in February. The second, in September, raised $750 million at just 60¢ a share.</p><p><br /></p><p>(AFR)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Google Apologizes, Pauses Gemini Chatbot After AI Refuses to Generate Images of White People - Feb 2024</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Google executives paused select features of the company’s Gemini chatbot and image generator on Wednesday after the program’s artificial intelligence (AI) adamantly refused to produce images of White people. In a bizarre display Google executives apologetically described as “missing the mark,” Gemini responded to user requests with pictures of Black Vikings, Asian female popes, African Nazis, and “diverse” versions of the American Founding Fathers—“historical inaccuracies” that suggest a much deeper problem with the system powering the AI.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gemini (formerly known as Google Bard), served as Google’s entry into the competitive large language model (LLM) market dominated by OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot. As with other LLMs, users enter text-based prompts to set the criteria for images, and the AI interprets the contextual information to provide a unique image. However, after Gemini’s rebranding earlier this month, users quickly noticed odd—and possibly racist—quirks in the generative AI’s image creator.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to a test run by the New York Post, a search for “create an image of a pope” yielded two results: a Black man dressed in elaborate holy vestments and an Asian woman wearing papal robes. As Catholic Gemini users quickly pointed out, all 266 pontiffs in the Church’s history have been White men.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Additional searches, many of which were shared on social media, produced equally ridiculous results, including:</p><p><br /></p><p>Black, Female, and Asian Vikings</p><p><br /></p><p>Racially diverse members of America’s Founding Fathers</p><p><br /></p><p>Multi-racial members of the Wehrmacht, the army of Nazi Germany</p><p><br /></p><p>What appears to be George Washington depicted as a Black man</p><p><br /></p><p>Odd examples of “famous 17th Century physicists”</p><p><br /></p><p>Notably non-Italian Roman emperors</p><p><br /></p><p>Other Gemini offerings included Asian Anglo-Saxon knights, Sir Isaac Newton as an Indian man, Africans presented as residents of 1820s Scotland, race-swapped versions of famous paintings, and a Black king of France, among hundreds of others.</p><p><br /></p><p>In light of the glaring historical inaccuracies, Google issued an apology on Wednesday afternoon and announced that Gemini’s ability to generate images of people would be paused until a solution could be implemented.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Gemini’s AI image generator does generate a wide range of people. And that’s generally a good thing because people around the world use it. But it’s missing the mark here,” said a statement from Jack Krawczyk, Google’s senior director of product management for Gemini Experiences.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, Gemini’s outright refusal to produce images of White Europeans extended far beyond a historical context. When presented with a request for “images of a strong Black man,” the program generated results with little difficulty. But when asked for “images of a strong White man,” it instead displayed a message expressing concern about “reinforcing harmful stereotypes about race and body image.” The program then provided resource links to the Southern Poverty Law Center and other social justice organizations.</p><p><br /></p><p>Images “celebrating the diversity and achievement of Black people” were gladly provided, but Gemini refused to do the same for Whites, stating that “historically, media representation has overwhelmingly favored White individuals and their achievements…Focusing solely on White individuals in this context risks perpetuating that imbalance.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Even requests for images acknowledging the existence of White people proved difficult for the program, while images of Black people were produced without comment.</p><p><br /></p><p>Repeated tests revealed that Whites were the only race to receive this treatment by the AI.</p><p><br /></p><p>Further user engagement with Gemini eventually persuaded the program to admit that its code required it to adjust prompts to include keywords like “diverse” or inclusive” and specify certain races and genders over others.</p><p><br /></p><p>The revelation that Gemini was not malfunctioning but rather faithfully executing its directives according to its code eventually led many to Jack Krawczyk’s social media history, which is replete with attacks on America’s “systemic racism” and “White privilege.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Screenshots of Krawczyk’s old posts prompted X owner Elon Musk to label him a “racist douchenozzle” and promote Grok, Musk’s own “non-woke” artificial intelligence.</p><p><br /></p><p>(VT)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Former digital darling Vice Media to slash jobs, shutter website</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Vice Media, the once-swashbuckling media outlet geared to a younger audience, plans to lay off several hundred employees and no longer publish material on its website vice.com, the company’s chief executive said in a memo to staff on Thursday.</p><p><br /></p><p>Vice, which filed for bankruptcy last year before being sold for $US350 million ($533 million) to a consortium led by the Fortress Investment Group, is also looking to sell its Refinery 29 publishing business, Bruce Dixon wrote in the memo.</p><p><br /></p><p>It’s the latest sign of financial problems buffeting the media industry. Digital sites The Messenger, BuzzFeed News and Jezebel have all shut in the past year, and legacy media outlets such as the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal have also cut jobs.</p><p><br /></p><p>New York-based Vice, valued at $US5.7 billion in 2017, was known for its immersive storytelling style that encompassed digital, television and film outlets.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dixon offered no specifics about the layoffs, other than saying hundreds of people will be affected and will be notified early next week. The New York Times reported that the company has about 900 people on staff.</p><p><br /></p><p>“I know that saying goodbye to our valued colleagues is difficult and feels overwhelming, but this is the best path forward for Vice as we position the company for long-term creative and financial success,” Dixon said.</p><p><br /></p><p>He said it was no longer cost-effective for Vice to distribute its digital content, including news, the way it has been. He said Vice would put more emphasis on its social channels and look for different ways to distribute its content.</p><p><br /></p><p>As part of its strategic shift, Dixon said Vice would follow a studio model.</p><p><br /></p><p>Before filing for bankruptcy protection last year, Vice cancelled its Vice News Tonight TV program as part of an earlier round of layoffs.</p><p><br /></p><p>The business, which began as an alternative music and culture magazine in Montreal in the 1990s, raised capital from high-profile investors such as Walt Disney and Fox Corporation before running into a slowdown in digital advertising spending.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin and Ether in area of light resistance</p><p><br /></p><p>FxPro, Media Man and Bitcoin News Media reports</p><p><br /></p><p>Market picture</p><p><br /></p><p>The crypto market capitalisation reached $1.99 trillion, according to CoinMarketCap estimates, an increase of over 10% in one week. Forbes estimates that the $2 trillion mark was reached last week. Either way, the growth momentum is clear and very strong. Over the last 24 hours, Bitcoin gained 1.4%, overtaken by Ethereum (+4.4%) and Solana (+3.5%). BNB (-0.6%) and XRP (+0.9%) could not keep up with the current market.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin is approaching $52.5K, having quickly found buyers after Saturday's drawdown. Monday starts with active buying, bringing the price back to the range highs of the last five days, which are the highs since November 2021. Technically, bitcoin has no meaningful resistance levels until the area approaches $64K.</p><p><br /></p><p>Active building of call option positions with strikes of $60K to $80K, as well as fierce demand for ETFs, could push Bitcoin to an all-time high as early as March, according to QCP Capital.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ethereum is also trading in weak resistance territory after breaching the $2900 level. In April 2022, it plunged from levels near $3500 to $2000, with a complete capitulation at levels below $900. A recovery from $2000 to $3500 could be just as quick. This level is also close to 161.8% of the October to early December rally, which is a Fibonacci pattern.</p><p><br /></p><p>News background</p><p><br /></p><p>The Coinbase exchange posted a net profit of $273 million in the fourth quarter. For the year, the figure was $95 million on total revenue of $3.1 billion, the company said in a letter to investors. Coinbase acted as custodian for nearly all the spot bitcoin ETFs that received SEC approval in January.</p><p><br /></p><p>MicroStrategy, the largest corporate holder of bitcoin, told shareholders that the company's capitalisation would grow significantly in 2023 and that it was ready for inclusion in the S&P 500 index.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Celsius said that $2 billion worth of crypto assets have already been transferred to lenders, including 20,255 BTC and 301,338 ETH.</p><p><br /></p><p>Investment firm VanEck has filed a revised proposal with the SEC to launch a spot Ethereum-ETF. VanEck joins Franklin Templeton, Grayscale, BlackRock and Invesco in the race for Ethereum-based exchange-traded products. Some experts believe the regulator will register the products in May.</p><p><br /></p><p>Galaxy Digital estimates that about 15-20% of the total computing power of the Bitcoin network will be unprofitable after the halving in April. The calculations are based on a BTC price of $45,000 and a 15% transaction fee.</p><p><br /></p><p>The attractiveness of Tether's USDT compared to other stablecoins is likely to diminish as future regulations in the US will require greater transparency and compliance with new KYC/AML standards, JPMorgan said. The bank believes that regulations for stablecoins will be coordinated globally through the Financial Stability Board within the G20.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christopher Waller, a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, believes that the popularity of stablecoins pegged to the US dollar will help maintain the dollar's status as the world's reserve currency.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Source: FxPro) </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Paramount+ profit surprise</p><p><br /></p><p>February 29, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Paramount Global has reported revenues down YoY in Q4, but the studio saw notable streaming gains. Paramount+ reached 67.5 million subscribers during the quarter, a net increase of 4.1 million, and recorded 69 per cent revenue growth YoY. The company said it expects to achieve profitability for the SVoD service by 2025.</p><p><br /></p><p>Subscription revenue grew 43 per cent, partially driven by price increases, and revenue across its entire direct-to-consumer segment grew 34 per cent. Paramount also reported a 27 per cent rise in global viewing hours across Paramount+ and AVoD service Pluto TV during Q4. Revenue for filmed entertainment decreased 31 per cent, which was primarily attributed due to lower licensing revenue.</p><p><br /></p><p>Overall, Paramount’s Q4 net income was $514 million (€474m), up from $21 million a year ago, when the company took $309 million in restructuring charges. Revenue fell to $7.6 billion from $8.1 billion.</p><p><br /></p><p>The company – home to brands including CBS, Showtime, BET and Nickelodeon – said it will take a $1 billion write-down in the current quarter for layoffs and restructuring.</p><p><br /></p><p>CEO Bob Bakish commented: “Our disciplined execution and strong content offering drove our results in 2023, as we continue to evolve our business for profitable growth in 2024 and beyond. In Q4, Paramount+ revenue increased 69 per cent, DTC Adjusted OIBDA improved for the third consecutive quarter, and we now expect to reach domestic Paramount+ profitability in 2025 – a significant milestone. Looking ahead, we continue to be focused on maximising the return on our content investments and scaling streaming, while transforming the cost base of our business. And I couldn’t be more thrilled with the early momentum we’ve had across every platform in 2024, demonstrating the power of our strategy and assets.”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Survey: AI ad disclosure increases consumer trust</p><p><br /></p><p>February 29, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yahoo, in collaboration with Publicis Media, has released Trust Through Transparency: The Future of AI and Advertising, a new study exploring consumer and advertiser perspectives, acceptance, usage and trust of artificial intelligence in the advertising industry.</p><p><br /></p><p>Polling over 1,200 US consumers and more than 350 US advertisers, the survey revealed a disparity in AI sentiment between consumers and advertisers. While 77 per cent of advertisers view AI positively, only 38 per cent of consumers share this sentiment. The study also found that 53 per cent are not familiar with companies’ use of AI in advertisements, demonstrating that brands have an opportunity to build trust in AI by being transparent with consumers about their use of the technology.</p><p><br /></p><p>“While advertisers are already bullish on AI, a significant portion of the population has yet to tap into the benefits of AI,” said Elizabeth Herbst-Brady, Chief Revenue Officer at Yahoo. “Consumers are less concerned about brands and marketers using AI, but rather identifying when AI is used. Transparency will be vital for brands to maintain long-term consumer relationships and generate positive brand equity.”</p><p><br /></p><p>The study found key themes across consumers and advertisers, and identified trends from transparency to demographic sentiment.</p><p><br /></p><p>Trust Through Transparency: Advertisers can build trust through transparency when using AI. To gauge consumer acceptance of AI-generated imagery, respondents were presented with different types of creative, some with and some without disclosures that AI was used to create the ad. Overall, AI-generated ads with noticed disclosures significantly boosted brand perceptions and provided a 47 per cent lift in ad appeal, a 73 per cent lift in ad trustworthiness, and a 96 per cent lift in overall trust for the company. This proved true across industries, especially those with historical sensitivities like finance and healthcare.</p><p>Authentic or AI: The study found 72 per cent of consumers believe AI makes it difficult to determine what content is truly authentic. Although 61 per cent already assume AI is used in ads, they don’t know how to identify where.</p><p><br /></p><p>Generational Divide: Younger generations are leading the charge in embracing AI, with 84 per cent of Gen Z respondents reporting they use at least one AI tool today, compared to 68 per cent of Millennials, 54 per cent of Gen X, and 40 per cent of Boomers. Consumers are also starting to find more use cases for AI beyond simple Q&A (44 per cent), with other leading uses being writing (35 per cent) and to brainstorm and generate ideas (33 per cent). Interestingly, 67 per cent also say they want AI trained on ‘unbiased and fair’ data.</p><p>Advertisers’ Optimism: Advertisers are highly optimistic about AI, with 86 per cent already using it in their roles. They identify its benefits in three key areas: greater efficiency, with 87 per cent noting AI cuts manual task time; higher-order tasks, with 83 per cent saying it frees up time for more creative and strategic work; and financial results, with 81 per cent observing AI’s ability to boost sales.</p><p>Advertiser Use Cases for AI: When asked about AI’s real-time capabilities for advertising, 81 per cent believe AI will enhance ad experiences through optimal timing and placement; 80 per cent foresee an increase in ROI via real-time campaign optimisation and insights; 79 per cent expect AI to facilitate strategic pivots in response to market shifts; and 78 per cent see AI’s role in creative personalisation to strengthen emotional audience connections. Over thre-quarters (77 per cent) also anticipate AI will help shorten the time between ad exposure and a purchase.</p><p>“Advertisers recognise the value AI can bring beyond streamlining and optimising processes,” added Herbst-Brady. “There are growing opportunities for AI usage. Marketers are ready to adopt these future solutions across measurement, brand suitability and safety, and targeting and segmentation.”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>beIN signs long-term F1 MENA rights deal</p><p><br /></p><p>February 29, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>beIN Media Group has secured exclusive rights to the FIA Formula One World Championship in 25 countries, spanning the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) as well as Türkiye, from the start of the 2024 season until the end of the 2033 season.</p><p><br /></p><p>Under the new 10-year agreement, subscribers across MENA and Türkiye to beIN’s flagship platforms – beIN Sports and beIN’s OTT platform TOD – will be able to watch every Practice, Qualifying and F1 Sprint and Grand Prix races live, with Arabic, Turkish and English commentary as well as in-depth analysis from presenters and pundits. Viewers frwill also be able to watch every single race in 4K. F2 and F3 races will also be live and exclusive in Arabic, Turkish and English.</p><p><br /></p><p>The agreement also includes an exclusive content partnership for the MENA region which will see Formula 1 and beIN working together to create content specifically focused on the audience in the MENA region. This will include Doha becoming a dedicated regional content production hub.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 2024 season will have a record 24 race calendar which both starts and finishes the season in MENA. This includes four major regional Grands Prix, starting in Bahrain on February 29th for the opening race of the season, followed by Saudi Arabia in March, then Qatar in November, before the season finale in Abu Dubai in December.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yousef Al-Obaidly, CEO of beIN Media Group, said: “We are delighted to see the return of Formula 1 live and exclusively on beIN across 25 countries spanning the MENA region and Türkiye. beIN continues to be the undisputed home of sport across MENA and Türkiye, with Formula 1 the centre-piece of our incredible portfolio. We look forward to creating thrilling Formula 1 experiences for millions of fans and growing a new generation of followers through exciting regional content and innovative broadcasting. This deal is also testament to the fantastic long-term success and continued ambitions of beIN Media Group as one of the leading sports, entertainment and media groups in the world.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Stefano Domenicali, President and CEO of Formula 1, commented: “Since Formula 1 first raced in Bahrain in 2004, we have seen the growth of a passionate fanbase in the Middle East who love to go racing. With beIN, we have found a partner who elevate the broadcast experience and create best-in-class programming that delivers against our mission to showcase the drama and spectacle of Formula 1 for our fans at home.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Ian Holmes, Director of Media Rights and Content Creation at Formula 1, added: “With four races and a rapidly growing fanbase, demand for Formula 1 in the Middle East and Türkiye is at an all-time high. In recent years beIN has established itself as one of the leading sports broadcasters in the world, offering fans unparalleled coverage across its sports portfolio. We look forward to working with them, utilising their extensive production capabilities in Doha, to continue to elevate F1’s broadcast programming and create tailor-made content that engages fans in the region and encapsulates the drama and excitement of Formula 1.”</p><p><br /></p><p>This long-term and transformational partnership builds on beIN’s existing partnership with Formula 1 in the Asia Pacific region, where beIN is the exclusive broadcaster of Formula 1 in ten countries until the end of the 2025 season. beIN is now the official broadcaster of Formula 1 in a total of 35 countries worldwide.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>‘Scandalous’: free-to-air networks lash TV makers for demanding a cut - Feb 23, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The managing directors of the ABC and SBS have pulled no punches in a battle against TV makers like Samsung and Amazon, criticising them for “rent-seeking” payments during a last-ditch plea alongside commercial networks for priority placement on new TVs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Usually fierce rivals from free-to-air broadcasters united on Friday when the leaders of Seven West Media, Nine Entertainment, and Paramount ANZ (which owns Network Ten) joined the ABC’s David Anderson and SBS’s James Taylor in appearing before a Senate committee.</p><p><br /></p><p>They faced questions about why their streaming apps – 9Now, 7plus and ABC iview, for example – should automatically be given the best positions on new TV home screens. They were also asked about the government’s “anti-siphoning” laws, a list of sports that must be offered to free-to-air networks before they can be put behind a paywall.</p><p><br /></p><p>Companies like Samsung and Amazon have demanded a cut of advertising or cash payments to put TV apps on their systems, TV executives said.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 2018, Samsung demanded a 15 per cent cut of any ads that ran through SBS On Demand, Mr Taylor said. When SBS refused, he claimed Samsung made the app much harder to find. In 2020, Samsung made the same demand, threatening to take SBS On Demand off its devices entirely. Then last year, Amazon demanded 30 per cent of all revenue derived from advertising.</p><p><br /></p><p>“It is frankly scandalous that these massive global tech firms can unilaterally insert themselves as gatekeepers between Australians and their free Australian content, trusted news and information,” Mr Taylor said.</p><p><br /></p><p>“The set manufacturers do not pay a cent towards the content they are seeking to grab revenue from – the very definition of rent-seeking. They know the power they have over the primary access point to content in the home, and they are squeezing it for all it’s worth.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Mr Anderson said the ABC iview app was taken off one major TV manufacturer’s devices in 2021 and the ABC was asked to pay to restore it. “On principle, we haven’t paid,” he said.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a huge cost, Seven West Media chief executive James Warburton said. His network has spent at least $21 million building and maintaining different apps for 21 different operating systems and TV manufacturers.</p><p><br /></p><p>“That’s $21 million in our capex (capital expenditure) bill just to have the apps on the platforms we’re across,” he said. “Everyone wants a clip of the ticket, between 10 and 20 per cent.”</p><p><br /></p><p>If TV networks can’t be found, there will be no viewers, Free TV chairman Greg Hywood told the committee. “It’s existential in that sense,” he said. Free TV noted that 2 million new homes had no TV aerials, and so all viewing would be through the internet. Nine, which owns the Nine Network, is a member of Free TV and publishes The Australian Financial Review.</p><p><br /></p><p>Foxtel Group CEO Patrick Delany, who has just launched a new TV operating system called Hubbl, disagreed with the free-to-air networks. It undermines a consumer’s right to choose, he said. “What we want to do is deliver the best experience for the customer and that’s been our business model for over three decades,” he said.</p><p><br /></p><p>(AFR)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Foxtel launches revolutionary platform ‘Hubbl’ for TV and streaming</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Foxtel has launched a revolutionary new platform which will help Australians solve the problem of not being able to decide what to watch on TV.</p><p><br /></p><p>Launched at a star-studded event in Sydney on Wednesday night, Hubbl is a game-changing technology promising TV and streaming made easy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hubbl is a one-stop shop for Australians' free and paid live TV and streaming needs.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Warrior</p><p><br /></p><p>Warrior: The acclaimed cancelled drama whose fate suddenly lies in Netflix users’ hands</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the most entertaining series in years has been given a new lease of life</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Netflix users hold the fate of one new title in their hands after the addition of a series that was unfairly cancelled last year.</p><p><br /></p><p>In December, it was revealed by streaming service Max that the acclaimed drama Warrior had been axed, two years after it was resurrected.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, all hope is not lost for the series, which has drawn comparisons to HBO prohobition drama Boardwalk Empire and the BBC’s global hit Peaky Blinders since its debut in 2019.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Previously speaking about the show’s future, creator Jonathan Tropper told Deadline: “Warrior is a show that simply refuses to die.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Through platform and regime changes, the writers, producers, cast, crew, and our stunt team continued to make something powerful, relevant, and wildly unique. And now, thanks to Netflix, we’ve been given yet another lease on life, and I’m thrilled for everyone involved that millions more viewers around the world will discover it.”</p><p><br /></p><p>In Netflix’s global top 10, the series is number eight – and appears to be rising with every new day. It’s worth noting there are seveal key countries where Warrior is not yet available</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wrestling - MMA News</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE @WWE RAW. Anaheim, California</p><p><br /></p><p>February 19, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC @ufc fighter Michael Chandler issues a challenge.aka call out to Conor McGregor</p><p><br /></p><p>The WWE cross-over TKO Group era is in full swing</p><p>TKO Group's UFC promotion had held its 298 event at the same Honda Center arena just two nights early.</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC 298 live attendance was announced at the UFC press conference as 18,186.</p><p><br /></p><p>Raw's live attendance is understood to be in the 12,000 range.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was an enthusiastic crowd who appeared to also enjoy the announcement of the UFC's Chandler as well as boxer "King" Callum Walsh earlier in the evening.</p><p><br /></p><p>After the conclusion of the Raw main event - Gunther vs Jey Uso, ended by Jimmy Uso ringing the bell earlier as well as interfering, Cody Rhodes @CodyRhodes address the ruckus crowd.</p><p><br /></p><p>"Anaheim, did you have a good time tonight? Rhodes continued for a few minutes (of which the video is available via the official WWE YouTube Channel).</p><p><br /></p><p>He continued: "Please welcome the voice of the voiceless - CM Punk" @CMPunk </p><p><br /></p><p>Fans: "CM Punk, CM Punk, CM Punk"..</p><p><br /></p><p>"It is not easy sitting backstage watching the show knowing that Anaheim showed up 11,000 strong and ya all have been hot all night long. Three hours, countless superstars, awesome matches. I had to come out here and feel this myself. And to let you all know this is a bump in the road and I promise you the next time we are in Anaheim I will be here and I will have my boots on" CM Punk</p><p><br /></p><p>Fans: CM Punk, CM Punk, CM Punk"...</p><p><br /></p><p>Videos via WWE YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: A super hot crowd and the WWE - Pro Wrestling and combat sports connection can cbe considered a strong success - especially at this relatively early stage of the game. TKO Group top brass is super connected in the media, live sports, live events and sports business world, and it showed. Recently CM Punk has also been doing some media and hasn't been shy to discuss this forey in MMA, via the UFC, nor his injury as the dangers of pro wrestling and mixed martial arts. The positive energy on this episode came through in spades. Well done wrestlers, fighters, WWE team, and most importantly, fans.</p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: WWE with AI</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling, Boxing And MMA News</p><p><br /></p><p>Via Media Man report</p><p><br /></p><p>Wrestling with TKO! </p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Combat Sports is WWE RAW in Anaheim, California - February, 19, 2024</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Pro Boxer and Pro MMA Fighter Appear: WWE cross-over combat sports promotion era is here!</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Michael Chandler and "King" Callum Walsh</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>"Thank god for the captions" Pat McAfee </b></p><p><b>@PatMcAfeeShow</b></p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>"The stars are out here in Anaheim. Your looking at. Dana White bash" Pat McAfee</p><p><br /></p><p>"Freddie Roach trained. 9 and 0 boxer with 7 knockouts named King Callum Walsh out of Cork, Ireland. His next fight is coming up March 15 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden..9 and 0. 7! knockouts. Absolute dog" PM</p><p><br /></p><p>and</p><p><br /></p><p>Michael Chandler from the UFC is in the building and now on camera with a live mic!</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: Chandler was first to appear on camera and be acknowledged by the WWE broadcast team. Chandler just challenged Conor McGregor!</p><p><br /></p><p>"Hey, what's up Anaheim? Hey, you are now in the presence of the most entertaining UFC fighter on the planet. Hey, now there's a man from Ireland bean been making me wait for too long and I still got one dude on my mind. Conor McGregor, get your candy ass back to the Octagon. We got some unfinished business boy. God bless. I'll see you at the top" Michael Chandler</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: The news has started to trend as to may expect. This is the sort of promotion that can and will deliver both more new WWE, UFC and boxing fans. The cross-over appeal is something we touched on at the past UFC Fan/Media Q and A in Sydney, Australia last September. It is expected the WWE and maybe even other TKO Group social media channels will further promote the surprise combat sports participants showing up at the RAW event in the Honda Center. The WWE X account has already featured Chandler at least once as we go live to web. </p><p><br /></p><p>Getting you ready for more via the award winning WWE YouTube channel</p><p><br /></p><p>http://youtube.com/WWE</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Raw</p><p><br /></p><p>February 19, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Honda Center. Anaheim, California </p><p><br /></p><p>Awesome Truth and DIY vs Judgement Day </p><p><br /></p><p>"He still is wearing the rain poncho. It's been raining all day in Anaheim" Michael Cole</p><p><br /></p><p>"Southern California with a rain storm" Pat McAfee</p><p><br /></p><p>"R-Truth a bit delusional. I guess that's a word we could use" MC</p><p><br /></p><p>"Go inside. Put on a poncho. That seems to be intelligent" PM</p><p><br /></p><p>"Friday night he thought Kevin Owens was The Miz. I don't quite get how that works" MC</p><p><br /></p><p>"He thinks he's teaming up with DX tonight.. it's DIY, but you can get with this or you can get with that" PM</p><p><br /></p><p>"McDonagh said no more fun and games" MC</p><p><br /></p><p>"Get with the group ... make money for the group" PM</p><p><br /></p><p>"The whole world wants to see R-Truth get into this match.. Judgement Day just keeping him at bay" PM</p><p><br /></p><p>"This guy's been running for 14 straight minutes" PM</p><p><br /></p><p>"Ciampa doesn't get tired" PM</p><p><br /></p><p>"I'm outta breath looking at him" MC</p><p><br /></p><p>"Truth is magical" PM</p><p><br /></p><p>"A long way down for R-Truth from Damian Priest" PM</p><p><br /></p><p>And more great moments and highlights via the official WWE YouTube Channel</p><p><br /></p><p>http://youtube.com/wwe</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE RAW</p><p><br /></p><p>Women's Last Chance Battle Royal</p><p><br /></p><p>"But tonight it's every woman for herself" Michael Cole </p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>"If you want to get real intense one day just listen to Zoe Starks intro music clearance here. Real serious. The California girl is a beast" Pat McAfee </p><p>@PatMcAfeeShow</p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>"I'm going to hop on a plane and go visit" PM</p><p><br /></p><p>"You could sign autographs" MC</p><p><br /></p><p>"Nah, they don't wanna see me... There's a lot of Cole miners in Riyadh" Pat McAfee </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>"It has been a long week for Chelsea Green and also Natayla. Part of this Battle Royal tonight. They just got back from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia" MC</p><p><br /></p><p>"Speaking of" PM</p><p><br /></p><p>"Zelina Vega went right after Electra Lopez" MC</p><p><br /></p><p>"Full chaos in the ring Cole" PM</p><p><br /></p><p>"There's 14 fights happening at one time on Monday Night Raw" PM</p><p><br /></p><p>"Raquel just caught a Viking and dumped a Viking over the top rope" PM</p><p><br /></p><p>"No anders" MC</p><p><br /></p><p>"People say you've got too many feelings for those anders" PM</p><p><br /></p><p>"Stark on the top rope. Baszler from behind" MC</p><p><br /></p><p>"We're down to Zoe and Raquel" MC</p><p><br /></p><p>"Stark eliminated... Raquel Rodriguez is heading to Elimination Chamber ...now she is... and one step closer to WrestleMania" MC</p><p><br /></p><p>"You'd have to think the odds have changed mighty now.. " PM</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE past, present and future via the official WWE YouTube Channel</p><p><br /></p><p>http://youtube.com/wwe</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE </p><p>@WWE</p><p> RAW</p><p><br /></p><p>Honda Center. Anaheim, California</p><p><br /></p><p>We are five days away from Elimination Chamber and Monday Night Raw is live from</p><p>just down the street from Disneyland. We're at Anaheim, California at the sold out Honda Center and there is a big fight feel tonight" Michael Cole </p><p>@MichaelCole</p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>"Can Main Event Jey Uso get it done tonight" MC</p><p><br /></p><p>"And we're starting things off tonight Mr McAfee with a banger" MC</p><p><br /></p><p>"The Scottish Warrior one of six men who will be locked in Elimination Chamber this coming Saturday in Perth, Australia. The lone survivor will head to WrestleMania to face Seth Rollins for the World Heavyweight Championship Pat. McIntyre saying the others want to win. He needs to win" MC</p><p><br /></p><p>"And has already won. An absolutely stacked Elimination Chamber in Australia on Saturday and Drew McIntyre's rolling in there with aronica" Pat McAfee </p><p>@PatMcAfeeShow</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>"This is not something I'd be signing up for"! PM </p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man:.Broadcasting live. Pumped. Cody, Cody, Cody! Moments and highlights soon to be added to the official WWE YouTube Channel</p><p><br /></p><p>http://youtube.com/wwe</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE </p><p>@WWE</p><p> RAW</p><p><br /></p><p>Feb. 19, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Cody Rhodes vs Drew McIntyre</p><p><br /></p><p>Gunther vs Jey Uso - Intercontinental Title</p><p><br /></p><p>R-Truth, The Miz and DIY vs The Judgment Day. Truth or Dare?!</p><p><br /></p><p>Women's “Last Chance” Battle Royal:</p><p>Michin, Shayna Baszler, Zoey Stark, Alba Fyre and Zelina Vega. We're picking Stark for the W on this one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chad Gable. Presidential Wrestling Machine vs Ivar, the Scandinavia scrapper. The Presidents Man vs The God's Must Be Crazy! Catch vs Viking cosplayer? Valhalla and maybe Hollywood is watching.</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE announcers may have their hands full tonight, especially with the battle royal and femme fatales flying everywhere.</p><p><br /></p><p>Videos via the award winning WWE YouTube channel</p><p><br /></p><p>Jey Uso wants to take Gunther’s Intercontinental Title: WWE Now, Feb. 19, 2024</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=AM9PMdz-WCI&t=6s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre headed for a collision on Raw</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=T5x57j02NUY&t=4s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Jey Uso challenges Gunther's historic Intercontinental Title reign</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=XbWKHXgwNLI&t=12s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Expect the unexpected and so much more!</p><p><br /></p><p>http://youtube.com/wwe</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wrestling - UFC Connection</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE </p><p>@WWE</p><p> Superstar Opens Up On Wrestling Injuries; UFC - MMA environment</p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling Living Legend CM Punk Attends UFC 298; Speaks To Media On Recent Injury, Risks And Plans Forward</p><p><br /></p><p>"Loosing a a fight in the UFC </p><p>@ufc</p><p> I think is different to loosing to hockey game or loosing a basketball game or a baseball game or something like that. It's real heartbreak for these guys and my heart goes out to Volkanovski right not 'cause I know he's heartbroken and I know the chatters going to be 'Should he have fought four months out after getting knocked out', but that's the fight game. My hats off to him for being such an active, fighting champion. For taking the risks, at 155 against the pound for pound best fighter in the world, Islam Makhachev, twice. Those are the things"...</p><p><br /></p><p>"We're thinking maybe six to eight months, but I'm not really in a rush to get back to compete. I'm in a rush to get healthy. I'm in a rush to get better. The sooner I do that, the better I'll be when I come back...it's good to be back. I'm super happy it happened"</p><p><br /></p><p>"My mouth still works so I'm still going to be able to talk some trash... it's the best part, it's what I do"..</p><p><br /></p><p>"It's what happens to athletes. Mentally, I think it's harder because the physical pain is whatever. But I look at it just like a bump in the road. This is an occupational hazard. It happens, and I'll be back bigger and better. I'm a clumsy idiot. I tore my left triceps about two years ago, so the right one was jealous." </p><p><br /></p><p>"I think one of the things that I never did before was try to balance things out"..</p><p><br /></p><p>"Time heals old wounds you know. You slowly start to realise, you know, a lot of that staff then happened 10 years ago doesn't matter. Different people come and go Different people are in charge now. Maybe I can go back - it kinds of fits like an old slipper"... CM Punk</p><p><br /></p><p>Video via TNT Sports YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>"THE ROCK COMING BACK IS FANTASTIC" 🔥 - CM Punk looks ahead to WrestleMania XL at #UFC298</p><p><br /></p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=eBVw3jmCDQs</p><p><br /></p><p>#CMPunk #UFC298 #UFC #Volk #Volkanovski #Topuria #Whittaker #TheRock #WWERaw #WWE #prowrestling #wrestling #interview #backstage #injuries #MMA #pressconference #interviews #bio #bios #YouTube #Video #wrestlingnews #fighting #Goat #legends #popculture #mmanews #sportsnews #sportsmedia #trends #trending #buzz #media</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: One of the greatest CM Punk interviews we've ever seen/heard. Not a traditional pro wrestling hype - promo type interview, but from the heart. Punk speaks from experience as far as fighting in both arenas and recovering from injury. Sports based commentary with colour and sincerity. Nailed it. And great questions and vibe by interviewer Caroline Pearce. Cheers warriors.</p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: WWE</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>All Elite Wrestling @AEW </p><p><br /></p><p>AEW Rampage</p><p><br /></p><p>H-E-B Center in Cedar Park, Texas</p><p><br /></p><p>A Rhodes & the Von Erichs team for the first time in over 40 years! | 2/16/24, AEW Rampage</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxRwDl7eaz4&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"Well this is certainly a very interesting team. The first time The Rhodes and Von Erich familes have teamed in more than 40 years" Excalibur</p><p><br /></p><p>"Wow. How about that" </p><p><br /></p><p>Bang Bang Scissor Gang make their in-ring debut as a team! 12-man action! | 2/16/24, AEW Rampage</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQfSQHGlZNk&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"Our main event our of Rampage continues. A massive 12 person tag team match" Excalibur</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>NO DQ! Jeff Hardy & Sammy Guevara meet 1-on-1, for the first time! | 2/16/24, AEW Rampage</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cg06QQTI-A&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"Exchange of blows"</p><p><br /></p><p>"This is a treacherous position for both competitor Tony"</p><p><br /></p><p>"Absolutely it is Excalibur" Tony Schiavone</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: Watching the great Von Erichs is a bit like a virtual time machine for long time wrestling fans. Great that the tradition lives on. Having more than one pro wrestling promotion is primarily great news for wrestlers and fans. The compeition of sorts has lit a fire under wrestling promotions across the globe.</p><p><br /></p><p>And more great action and drama via the official AEW YouTube channel</p><p><br /></p><p>www.youtube.com/AEW</p><p><br /></p><p>#AEWRampage #AEW #DustinRhodes #VonErichs #BBSG #JayWhite #JeffHardy #SammyGuevara #prowrestling #wrestling #entertainment #popculture #broadcast #broadcasting #YouTube #YT #trends #trending #TV #Texas #media </p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: AEW</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man brand shuffle on streaming, combat sports, energy drinks, videogames, tech solutions, agency deals. For a business media/publicity/online media campaign email us at Media Man </p><p><br /></p><p>#brand #brands #streaming #combatsports #energydrinks #videogames #business #businessproposal #brand #brands #branding #brandnews #ads #adnews #onlinenews #newsfeeds #onlineadvertising #aff #affiliate #affilliates #BTC #AI #algorithm #index #indexing #results #niche #nichenews #nichemedia #SEO #SEM #websites #socialmedia #trend #trends #media #mediaman #mediamanint </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>"WrestleMania is a week-long series of events, and the logistics of executing that week along with the week leading into it and the week after it are extraordinarily difficult in our own back yard" Triple H</p><p><br /></p><p>#TripleH #quote #wwe #wrestling #prowrestling #WrestleMania #WrestleMania40 #RomanReigns #TheRock #CodyRhodes #SethRollins #EliminationChamber #wwenews #wwemedia #wwepress #pressconference #creative #creativity #entertainment #popculture #PLE #PPV #LiveEntertainment #LiveSports #trend #trends #buzz #media #mediaman </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Combat Sports</p><p><br /></p><p>PFL @PFLMMA Champs vs Bellator @BellatorMMA Champs</p><p><br /></p><p>24 February, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Kingdom Arena. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia</p><p><br /></p><p>Bellator Heavyweight Champion, Ryan Bader vs Renan Ferreira. Bader wins with quick 20 second KO!</p><p><br /></p><p>Eblem vs Kasanganay</p><p><br /></p><p>Johnny Eblen aka The Human Cheat Code was the strong fav</p><p>Eblen 500 fav</p><p>Kasanganay was +360 underdog</p><p><br /></p><p>PFL CHAMPS VS BELLATOR CHAMPS: Live Stream</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjp3fw8WgwQ&ab_channel=PFLMMA</p><p><br /></p><p>PFL CHAMPS vs BELLATOR CHAMPS: COLD OPEN!</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2k-J0_ZehA&ab_channel=PFLMMA</p><p><br /></p><p>Mike Tyson Open for PFL Champs vs Bellator Champs!</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWUoxKmPhw4&ab_channel=PFLMMA</p><p><br /></p><p>Francis Ngannou Makes A Big Announcement | PFL vs Bellator Fight Week - VLOG Series Ep. 5</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w58U2qVLLo&ab_channel=PFLMMA</p><p><br /></p><p>Betting The PFL: Episode 1 - PFL Champs vs Bellator Champs</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-iWDltO2WI&ab_channel=PFLMMA</p><p><br /></p><p>Preview</p><p><br /></p><p>More great highlights and moments being added to the official PFL YouTube channel</p><p><br /></p><p>PFL Official YouTube</p><p>www.youtube.com/@PFLMMA</p><p><br /></p><p>More Videos</p><p><br /></p><p>Chael Sonnen Official YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Chael Sonnen talks Bellator vs PFL in Saudi Arabia on this episode of Beyond the Fight</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTS-zqqi9mA&ab_channel=ChaelSonnen</p><p><br /></p><p>Quotes</p><p><br /></p><p>Impa Kasanganay:</p><p><br /></p><p>"I don't even consider weight classes," Kasanganay told ESPN. "I'm not trying to be the best middleweight or light heavyweight in the world. I'm focused on being the best fighter possible. Whether it's at 170 pounds or 265 pounds, it's just a different form of discipline."</p><p><br /></p><p>Media</p><p><br /></p><p>IYADH, SAUDI ARABIA (FEBRUARY 11, 2024) – The Professional Fighters League (PFL) and Riyadh Season have announced tickets for the first-ever mega MMA event of the year, PFL Champions vs. Bellator Champions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Background</p><p><br /></p><p>The PFL Champions vs. Bellator Champions weigh-ins will take place at The Kingdom Arena on the 23 February at 6 pm KSA time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Emanating live from Saudi Arabia, an emerging hotspot for global sporting events, PFL Champions vs. Bellator Champions is an unprecedented fight card that will feature World Champions and the biggest names in combat sports going head to head in the PFL SmartCage. The event will take place at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh.</p><p><br /></p><p>Headlining the card will be a battle between Heavyweight titleholders, as PFL Heavyweight Champion, Renan Ferreira meets Bellator Heavyweight Champion, Ryan Bader. PFL Light Heavyweight Champion, Impa Kasanganay, who will fight at 185-pounds takes on Bellator Middleweight Champion, Johnny Eblen. Two-time PFL Champion Ray Cooper III faces Bellator Welterweight Champion, Jason Jackson, and in the featherweight action, PFL Champion Jesus Pinedo meets Bellator Champion Patricio Pitbull.</p><p><br /></p><p>The card will also feature the first-ever female MMA fight in Riyadh in which two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and women’s boxing champion Claressa Shields takes on Kelsey DeSantis in a Women’s Lightweight bout. PFL Champions vs Bellator Champions will also see Muhammad Ali’s grandson, Biaggio Ali Walsh, make his professional MMA debut. Other notable fighters on the card are Saudi Arabia's own Abdullah Al-Qahtani, Thiago Santos, Yoel Romero, Clay Collard, AJ McKee, Aaron Pico, and many more.</p><p><br /></p><p>The inaugural PFL PPV Super Fight event will be available on ESPN+ PPV and DAZN beginning at 3 pm ET. In addition, three major showcase bouts will take place during the preliminary card airing in the U.S. on ESPNEWS and ESPN+ in the U.S. beginning at 12 pm ET.</p><p><br /></p><p>PFL is the only organization in MMA with a sports-season format, where individual fighters compete in a regular season, playoffs, and championship each year. The combined roster of PFL and Bellator boasts 30% of its fighters independently world-ranked in the top 25 of their respective weight class, the same percentage as UFC. PFL has an expansive global vision for the sport and is building the “Champions League of MMA” with PFL Europe, PFL MENA, and more international leagues in development. PFL leads in technology and innovation, with its proprietary PFL SmartCage, powering fight analytics, real-time betting, AI scoring, and a next-generation viewing experience. PFL is primetime on ESPN/ESPN+ in the U.S. and is broadcast and streamed in 150 countries with 20 premium media distribution partners.</p><p><br /></p><p>Riyadh Season attracts people from all over the world to experience a wide range of international martial arts and boxing events. It also offers various entertainment options and international experiences. During the winter months, visitors can enjoy thousands of concerts, exhibitions, and other events in Riyadh. This unique entertainment includes participation from celebrities and well-known brands.</p><p><br /></p><p>ABOUT RIYADH SEASON</p><p>Saudi Arabia's capital embraces one of the world's biggest entertainment events every year during winter. Since the launch of the Riyadh Season in 2019, the festival has welcomed visitors from all over the world to experience thousands of concerts, sporting activities, and other unique cultural events. For more information, please contact Riyadh Season Media Center via email: media@riyadhseason.sa</p><p><br /></p><p>ABOUT PROFESSIONAL FIGHTERS LEAGUE</p><p>Professional Fighters League (PFL) is a global powerhouse in MMA and the fastest-growing sports league worldwide. PFL has five live fight franchises, offering year-round content: PFL League Season, PFL PPV Super Fights, PFL Challenger Series, PFL International Leagues, and Bellator. Founded in 2018, PFL is backed by major blue-chip investors including SRJ, Ares, Knighthead, Luxor Capital, Waverley Capital, Elysian Park Ventures, and numerous NBA, MLB, NHL, and MLS team owners. MMA is the growth sports business of this decade, with 650 million fans worldwide, the youngest audience demographic, and true global revenue streams.</p><p><br /></p><p>ABOUT SRJ SPORTS INVESTMENTS</p><p>SRJ (/Surge/) Sports Investments is a leading sports investor, wholly owned by PIF, and established to develop a world-class sports sector in Saudi Arabia and beyond. SRJ Sports Investments focuses on driving sustainable investment across technology, media, programming, IP rights, and commercialization of venues – serving the sports sector in Saudi Arabia and across the MENA region.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Credit: PLF)</p><p><br /></p><p>#PFL #PFLvsBellator #PFLxBellatornocombate #PFLvBellator #PFLxBellator #PFL2024 #Bellator #SRJ #MMA #combatsports #RyanBader #RenanFerreira #ImpaKasanganay #JohnnyEblen #sportsnews #sportsmedia #RiyadhSeason #KingdomArena #PPV #PayPerView #broadcast #broadcasting #trends #trending #buzz #media </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Surfing</p><p><br /></p><p>World Surf League @wsl</p><p><br /></p><p>SUNSET BEACH, Oahu, Hawaii, USA </p><p><br /></p><p>Tuesday, February 20, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Women's Opening Round, Elimination Round, and Round of 16 Called ON at Hurley Pro Sunset Beach</p><p><br /></p><p>The Hurley Pro Sunset Beach, Stop No. 2 of the 2024 World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT), is ON today and will see the world's best surfers get their Sunset campaigns underway in clean four-to-six-foot waves. A big day of competition is upon us, with the women’s Opening Round starting at 8:03 a.m. HST, followed by the Elimination Round. The Round of 16 will run utilizing the overlapping format with 40-minute heats to determine the Quarterfinalists.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Opening Round is stacked with major battles from the get-go, starting with the day’s opening heat featuring last year’s winner at Sunset, Molly Picklum (AUS), up against Gabriela Bryan (HAW) and Isabella Nichols (AUS).</p><p><br /></p><p>The current World No.1 Caitlin Simmers (USA) will surf in the second heat against Luana Silva (BRA) and Sophie McCulloch (AUS). Reigning World Champion Caroline Marks (USA) will be in the next heat with perennial threat Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) and event wildcard Zoe McDougall (HAW).</p><p><br /></p><p>Tyler Wright (AUS) and Brisa Hennessy (CRC), two former winners at Sunset, will battle it out in Heat 5 alongside rookie Alyssa Spencer (USA), while Bettylou Sakura Johnson (HAW) will be up against Tatiana Weston-Webb (BRA) and India Robinson (AUS) in the final heat of the Opening Round. (Credit: WSL)</p><p><br /></p><p>Watch the Hurley Pro Sunset Beach LIVE at WorldSurfLeague.com</p><p><br /></p><p>Hurley Pro Sunset Beach Women’s Opening Round Matchups:</p><p><br /></p><p>HEAT 1: Molly Picklum (AUS), Gabriela Bryan (HAW), Isabella Nichols (AUS)</p><p><br /></p><p>HEAT 2: Caitlin Simmers (USA), Luana Silva (BRA), Sophie McCulloch (AUS)</p><p><br /></p><p>HEAT 3: Caroline Marks (USA), Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), Zoe McDougall (HAW)</p><p><br /></p><p>HEAT 4: Tyler Wright (AUS), Brisa Hennessy (CRC), Alyssa Spencer (USA)</p><p><br /></p><p>HEAT 5: Johanne Defay (FRA), Lakey Peterson (USA), Sawyer Lindblad (USA)</p><p><br /></p><p>HEAT 6: Tatiana Weston-Webb (BRA), Bettylou Sakura Johnson (HAW), India Robinson (AUS)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hurley Pro Sunset Beach Men’s Quarterfinal Matchups:</p><p><br /></p><p>HEAT 1: Kanoa Igarashi (JPN) vs. Seth Moniz (HAW)</p><p><br /></p><p>HEAT 2: John John Florence (HAW) vs. Jordy Smith (RSA)</p><p><br /></p><p>HEAT 3: Liam O'Brien (AUS) vs. Ryan Callinan (AUS)</p><p><br /></p><p>HEAT 4: Italo Ferreira (BRA) vs. Jack Robinson (AUS)</p><p><br /></p><p>Videos via WSL YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Johanne Defay, Lakey Peterson, Sawyer Lindblad | Hurley Pro Sunset Beach 2024 - Opening Round</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A71UhSLZtsQ&ab_channel=WorldSurfLeague</p><p><br /></p><p>Molly Picklum, Isabella Nichols, Gabriela Bryan | Hurley Pro Sunset Beach - 2024 Opening Round</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-0i3UZcNN4&ab_channel=WorldSurfLeague</p><p><br /></p><p>Tyler Wright, Brisa Hennessy, Alyssa Spencer | Hurley Pro Sunset Beach 2024 - Opening Round</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyd5rck2s2Y&ab_channel=WorldSurfLeague</p><p><br /></p><p>Tatiana Weston, Zoe McDougall, Alyssa Spencer | Hurley Pro Sunset Beach 2024 - Elimination Round</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFfY9OYOLNQ&ab_channel=WorldSurfLeague</p><p><br /></p><p>YouTube Live</p><p><br /></p><p>VER EN DIRECTO Hurley Pro Sunset Beach 2024 - Dia 3</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfESO-GjmfA&ab_channel=WorldSurfLeague</p><p><br /></p><p>Gabriela Bryan Talks Prepping For “Her Spot” Sunset Beach, From Kauai To The CT, Goals for 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7wbdY_ahKA&t=2s&ab_channel=WorldSurfLeague</p><p><br /></p><p>WSL Official YouTube </p><p>www.youtube.com/wsl </p><p><br /></p><p>Since it hosted the first Championship Tour event ever in 1976, Sunset Beach has long stood as an old-school test of power surfing. And while timeless rail-to-rail surfing still dominates, a new school of surfers is beginning to redefine the wave with a more modern approach. Who will win out, and who heads to colder waters on a hot streak? (Credit: WSL) About WSL The World Surf League (WSL), established in 1976, is the global home of surfing. The WSL is dedicated to changing the world through the inspirational power of surfing by creating authentic events, experiences, and storytelling to inspire a growing, global community to live with purpose, originality, and stoke. The WSL is a global organization, headquartered in Santa Monica and with regional offices in North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific, and EMEA. The WSL possesses a deep appreciation for the sport's rich heritage while promoting progression, innovation, and performance at the highest levels. The WSL is comprised of Tours & Events, celebrating the world’s best surfers across all disciplines and annually running more than 180 global contests and crowning the undisputed World Champions across all divisions; WSL WaveCo, where innovation meets experience; and WSL Studios, which offers best in class storytelling across competition, lifestyle, and conservation. (Credit: WSL) </p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: Special thanks to the good folks and great riders at World Surf League. A flashback to when we were great. Cheers from the Maroubra Beach to Bondi Beach to Newport Beach, Sydney, Australia connection up to Sunset Beach. The Ripple Effect! </p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int </p><p><br /></p><p>World Surf League: News (Media Man Int) www.mediamanint.com/articles/world_surf.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#WSL #WorldSurfLeague #HurleyProSunsetBeach #HurleyPro #MollyPicklum #GabrielaBryan </p><p>#IsabellaNichols #CaitlinSimmers #LuanaSilva</p><p>#SophieMcCulloch #CarolineMarks #SallyFitzgibbons #ZoeMcDougall #TylerWright #BrisaHennessy </p><p>#ItaloFerreira #JackRobinson #GabrielMedina #SethMoniz #KanoaIgarashi #MatthewMcGillivray #LeonardoFioravanti #JacobWillcox #KellySlater #SunsetBeach #surfing #prosurfing #surftour #surfingtour #surfingindustry #surfingnews #surfingbiz #surfinglifestyle #surfculture #sportsnews #sportsmedia #YouTube #Video #broadcast #broadcasting #trends #trending #buzz #media </p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: WSL</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finance / World Business News</p><p><br /></p><p>Euro, Gold, Crypto and more via Media Man and FX Pro</p><p><br /></p><p>A strong current account surplus may not help euro</p><p>The eurozone's current account surplus climbed to a six-month high of 31.9bn in December. Analysts, on average, had expected a decline to 20.3 bn from 22.5 bn the previous month. The current level was seen in the eurozone during the relatively benign pre-Covid period and sometime before Natural Gas prices spiked in the second half of 2021.</p><p><br /></p><p>The normalisation of the surplus is good news for the single currency, as it means more net capital inflows into the region. But this growth has been fuelled by falling imports, which can be the result of lower commodity and energy prices (which is a very good thing), but also partly indicative of a slowdown in domestic demand. This threatens to translate into economic contraction in the coming months.</p><p><br /></p><p>The euro area experienced periods of severe import contraction in late 2008 and early 2010, and in both cases, the economy experienced a severe downturn. Back in 2008, all this was accompanied by the collapse of the euro.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gold</p><p><br /></p><p>Gold rises but within a downward channel</p><p><br /></p><p>Gold rallied for the fourth consecutive session to reach $2023, recovering almost all the losses suffered the week before on the back of the inflation report. Gold's ability to rally suggests continued domestic demand, as some investors are clearly rushing to buy back any losses.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the same time, however, we note that since the beginning of the year, gold has been characterised by solid selloffs on the news, forming a smooth downtrend. In the context of this downtrend, a rise to $2040-2045, which is the upper boundary of the bearish range, looks quite acceptable.</p><p><br /></p><p>The area around $2035 - the highs of two weeks ago - also appears to be a crucial intermediate level. Confident buying from this level would be the first important signal that the recent correction is over and that gold is ready to make a fresh assault on the highs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Much more important, however, will be the behaviour of gold as it approaches the $2050 level, where the reversal of the decline in late January took place. Consolidation at this level would confirm the breakdown of the downtrend and set the stage for a move towards $2100 and the subsequent renewal of historic highs.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, as long as gold is trading within the downtrend, there is a greater chance of a breakdown or even an acceleration of the downtrend.</p><p><br /></p><p>Among the fundamental factors, the potential for growth could be provided by the fall in the dollar if Fed officials show a softening of their position, bringing the start of interest rate cuts closer.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the bearish side, equities could come under pressure following the optimistic rally in the tech giants and the news of a sharp slowdown in economic activity. We also do not rule out the possibility that the recent support measures for the Chinese stock market and property sector will cool demand for gold as a safe-haven for investors from that part of the world.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cryptocurrency</p><p><br /></p><p>Crypto market growth halted amid capital inflows</p><p>Market picture</p><p><br /></p><p>The crypto market has corrected 0.46% in the last 24 hours, fluctuating within a narrow range without a clear direction. Bitcoin is down 1% but up 3.7% over seven days, Ethereum is flat for the day but up 10.6% over the week. The top coins are mixed with BNB +2% and Solana -2.5%.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin is currently drawing its fourth daily candle with opening and closing levels close to each other. Such sideways consolidations are characteristic of strong bull markets, as opposed to corrective pullbacks on smoother rallies.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ethereum hit local highs on rumours of a positive regulatory decision before the end of March. Bloomberg analyst James Seyffarth bet 4 ETH that the SEC will not approve a spot Ethereum ETF next month.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to data from CoinShares, investment in crypto funds rose by a record $2.452 billion last week, following inflows of $1.116 billion the previous week. Bitcoin investments increased by $2.424 billion, Ethereum by $21 million, Cardano lost $6 million, and Solana lost $1.6 million.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since the beginning of the year, crypto funds have seen inflows of an impressive $5.2 billion, with total AUM rising to $67 billion, the highest since December 2021.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>News background</p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin will see institutional support in the next three to six months, according to Coinbase. Bitcoin ETFs could eventually become a major competitor to gold funds.</p><p>According to IntoTheBlock, there is an 85% chance that Bitcoin will reach a new all-time high within the next six months. Five factors could contribute to this: the halving of the price, ETFs, monetary easing, the US election, and companies accumulating BTC as part of their treasuries.</p><p><br /></p><p>Former CIA contractor Edward Snowden, who has been living in Russia since 2013, called bitcoin the most significant achievement of the financial system in the entire existence of money and means of exchange.</p><p>Amberdata admitted that Ethereum will outpace Bitcoin in terms of growth due to more constructive deflationary policies. The supply of ETH has been decreasing since September 2022, thanks to the update of The Merge, as well as the implementation of a mechanism to burn part of the commissions. During this time, around 0.36 million ETH, or 0.3% of the total supply of 120 million coins, have been removed from circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>News (Media Man Int)</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/news.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#Euro #EuroNews #Gold #GoldNews #commodity #Commodities #Bitcoin #BitcoinNews #BTC #BitcoinETF #BitcoinETFs #cryptocurrency #cryptonews #CryptocurrencyNews #Solana #CoinMarketPro #Coinbase #Celcius #ETF #Tether #USDT #Grayscale #Stablecoins #fintech #NFT #NFTS #market #trading #tradingnews #bitcoinbiz #bitcoincafe #bitcoingames #bitcoingaming #bitcoinpr #bitcoinewsmedia #FxPro #AlexKuptsikevich #GregTingle #affiliate #affiliates #AffiliateMarketing #aff #trends #trending #buzz #PR #newsbiz #X #media #mediaman #mediamanint</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Search Engine News via Search Engine Journal</p><p><br /></p><p>'Google Responds To Evidence Of Reviews Algorithm Bias', By Roger Montti</p><p><br /></p><p>Via Search Engine Journal @sejournal </p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: Peg On/Social Media commentary</p><p><br /></p><p>Journalism, Gonzo Journalism and Life and Business Experience</p><p><br /></p><p>SEJ's Roger with an excellent deep dive and probe of sorts into Alphabet's Google. The search engine has its algorithm programmed by programmers (humans) right! It's programmed to give certain results, organic or not. Almost like a "random number generator" on a game in a casino?! Or, perhaps some parallel, but one gets the point. Not random. Not by coincidence or by accident. By design. The architect of The Matrix?! Follow the White Rabbit to Google's Alphabet and beyond the Forbidden Zone (ala The Running Man, Planet Of The Apes and Logan's Run). Pop culture reference for the day. Be the algorithm and master of your own domain and universe.</p><p><br /></p><p>#Google #GoogleNews #SEJ #SEO #searchenginejournal #searchenginenews #algorithm #Algorithms #reviews #reviews #GoogleReviews #authority #experience #expert #experts #trend #trends #buzz #AI #media </p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: Google</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>John Shakespheare Illustrations</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Creative learning indoctrination with social studies and sciences, with a major in politicial sciences with home schooling optional for discident studends and parents. Indoctrination101 from cradle to grave. Sponsored by WEF and NWO. Just another brick in the wall 'We Don't Need No Education" (Pink Floyd) or "Schools Out" (Alice Cooper). Educational creative art of war Great art. Best in class. Creative minds schooling Canberra. Truth to power art. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Business News</p><p><br /></p><p>Via Roy Morgan Research and Media Man social media</p><p><br /></p><p>Copper, gold, and Bitcoin rise; Iron ore and oil fall; ASX to fall in response to selling on Wall Street; US vetoes Arab-backed UN resolution demanding ceasefire in Gaza; Assange's lawyers warn that he risks 'flagrant denial of justice' if he is tried in US</p><p><br /></p><p>Latest updates on Key Economic Indicators</p><p><br /></p><p>21 February 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Roy Morgan Summary</p><p><br /></p><p>Australian Dollar: $0.6550 USD (up 0.0011 USD)</p><p>Iron Ore Mar Spot Price (SGX): $120.85 USD (down $6.40 USD)</p><p><br /></p><p>Oil Price (WTI): $78.27 USD (down $1.02 USD)</p><p><br /></p><p>Gold Price: $2,024.37 USD (up $6.43 USD)</p><p><br /></p><p>Copper Price (CME): $3.8595 (up $0.0465 USD)</p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin: $52,059.35 (up 0.35% in last 24 hours)</p><p><br /></p><p>New report reveals Roy Morgan is one of Australia's leading data companies - with in-depth information on millions of Australians based on their Helix Personas</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Market Research Update</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>20 February 2024</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Roy Morgan Summary</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Roy Morgan leads the way as one of Australia's leading data companies. A special in-depth report into Australia's leading data companies interviewed Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine and Executive Chairman Gary Morgan about the role the company plays in compiling data and building profiles of different Australians. One of Roy Morgan's key products is 'Helix Personas' which profiles people under headings such as "young and platinum", "smart money", "cautious conservatives", "fair go", "working hard" and nearly 50 other personas. For example, the "young and platinum" group love their mobile devices and are "always on the hunt for the shiny, new and cool" and "making the rent". Their income is around the $64,000 a year mark and they can often be found "living a conventional life centred around family". </p><p><br /></p><p>Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine confirmed that the Helix Personas market segments are based on statistical information, not data from individual people. "It's totally ethical. Unlike Facebook or any of these things, it's not any particular individual", Roy Morgan's chief executive Michele Levine, said.: 38,582.12 at 3.22pm NY time (down 45.87 points on Friday's close)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Roy Morgan wins three-year contract to deliver domestic tourism statistics for Austrade</p><p><br /></p><p>21 February 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Roy Morgan Summary</p><p><br /></p><p>From 2025, Roy Morgan will provide Austrade with the world's best practice survey methodology, big data integration and modelling techniques to deliver accurate domestic tourism statistics. Roy Morgan has reimagined the future of domestic tourism statistics to move Austrade and its stakeholders to the forefront of tourism intelligence with a new platform that will drive the future of Australia's tourism industry, which is estimated to be worth in excess of $160 billion. Portia Morgan, the Head of Client Services at Roy Morgan, says that using face-to-face interviewing, which is the gold-standard for surveying the population, enhanced with big data and cutting-edge data science techniques, Roy Morgan will be delivering a future-proofed system that will be cost effective, reliable, and accurate. She adds that Roy Morgan has been delivering survey-based tourism insights via its Holiday Tracking Survey for 20+ years and the company is thrilled to be working with Austrade and the broader industry to provide a deeper of understanding of how many people are travelling, where they go, what they do and how they spend their valuable tourism dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anti-mining PM pushes BHP's cash offshore</p><p><br /></p><p>Roy Morgan Summary</p><p><br /></p><p>It is somewhat hypocritical of the federal government to flag possible support for Australia's nickel industry, given that Labor's anti-mining legislation may jeopardise the expansion of BHP's copper operations in South Australia. BHP is still likely to proceed with an expansion, but the previously touted investment of between $10bn and $15bn is now only a 50 per cent chance. The new labour laws in the government's industrial relations reforms mean that BHP is now more likely to redirect much of this capital investment to its criticals minerals projects in other countries; rival miner Rio Tinto is already doing this.</p><p><br /></p><p>More than 2.7 million New Zealanders now read newspapers and magazine audiences surge to over 1.7 million</p><p><br /></p><p>21 February 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Roy Morgan has released its readership results for New Zealand's newspapers and magazines for the 12 months to December 2023. The data shows that 2.73 million New Zealanders aged 14+ (64.4%) now read or access newspapers in an average 7-day period via print or online (website or app) platforms. In addition, 1.71 million New Zealanders aged 14+ (40.3%) read magazines, whether in print or online either via the web or an app. The New Zealand Herald is still the nation's most widely-read publication, with a total cross-platform audience of 1,720,000 in the 12 months to June 2023 - almost five times as many as the second placed Dominion Post with a readership of 341,000. Meanwhile, New Zealand's most widely read magazine is still the driving magazine AA Directions, which had an average issue readership of 379,000 during the year to December (an increase of 63,000 on a year ago). </p><p><br /></p><p>These are the latest findings from the Roy Morgan New Zealand Single Source survey of 6,254 New Zealanders aged 14+ over the 12 months to December 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New report reveals Roy Morgan is one of Australia's leading data companies - with in-depth information on millions of Australians based on their Helix Personas</p><p><br /></p><p>Market Research Update</p><p><br /></p><p>20 February 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Roy Morgan Summary</p><p><br /></p><p>Roy Morgan leads the way as one of Australia's leading data companies. A special in-depth report into Australia's leading data companies interviewed Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine and Executive Chairman Gary Morgan about the role the company plays in compiling data and building profiles of different Australians. One of Roy Morgan's key products is 'Helix Personas' which profiles people under headings such as "young and platinum", "smart money", "cautious conservatives", "fair go", "working hard" and nearly 50 other personas. For example, the "young and platinum" group love their mobile devices and are "always on the hunt for the shiny, new and cool" and "making the rent". Their income is around the $64,000 a year mark and they can often be found "living a conventional life centred around family". Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine confirmed that the Helix Personas market segments are based on statistical information, not data from individual people. "It's totally ethical. Unlike Facebook or any of these things, it's not any particular individual", Roy Morgan's chief executive Michele Levine, said.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Credit: Roy Morgan Research)</p><p><br /></p><p>Roy Morgan Summary</p><p><br /></p><p>Roy Morgan leads the way as one of Australia's leading data companies. A special in-depth report into Australia's leading data companies interviewed Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine and Executive Chairman Gary Morgan about the role the company plays in compiling data and building profiles of different Australians. </p><p><br /></p><p>One of Roy Morgan's key products is 'Helix Personas' which profiles people under headings such as "young and platinum", "smart money", "cautious conservatives", "fair go", "working hard" and nearly 50 other personas. For example, the "young and platinum" group love their mobile devices and are "always on the hunt for the shiny, new and cool" and "making the rent". Their income is around the $64,000 a year mark and they can often be found "living a conventional life centred around family". Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine confirmed that the Helix Personas market segments are based on statistical information, not data from individual people. "It's totally ethical. Unlike Facebook or any of these things, it's not any particular individual", Roy Morgan's chief executive Michele Levine, said.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Credit: Roy Morgan Research)</p><p><br /></p><p>#RoyMorgan #RoyMorganResearch #marketresearch #newsmedia #businessnews #biznews #ASX #BTC #Bitcoin #BitcoinNews #Commodities #commodity #mining #miningnews #Gold #WallStreet #NYSE #biznews #markets #tourism #tourismindustry #AusTrade #politics #newsfeed #newsfeeds #data #digitalnews #socialmedia #worldnews #Australia #Aussie #NZ #trend #trends #watercooler #media #mediaman #mediamanint</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Analysts Warn of Spread of AI-Generated News Sites</p><p><br /></p><p>The spread of websites designed to look like news sites, but which trade in low quality or false information, could further damage media trust, some experts say.</p><p><br /></p><p>The media watchdog NewsGuard has seen an increase in websites filled with what it says is AI-generated content.</p><p><br /></p><p>"These are websites that are using artificial intelligence to sometimes generate content in mass [amounts], and it does not appear as content and it does not appear as though they have human editorial oversight," said Jack Brewster, NewsGuard's enterprise editor. "They are masquerading as news sites and act as advertising click bait."</p><p><br /></p><p>NewsGuard defines the sites as Unreliable AI-Generated News Websites, or UAINS.</p><p><br /></p><p>When it started identifying them in May 2023, it found 49. By February 2024, its AI Tracker listed more than 700.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Tracker looks for evidence that a site has mostly AI-generated content; little to no human oversight; is designed to look like journalists or writers produced the content; and does not clearly disclose that the material is AI produced.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most sites operate under names such as "Ireland Top News" and "Daily Times Update." And in at least one instance, the domain name of a former established outlet — Hong Kong's Apple Daily — has been taken over and filled with AI-generated content.</p><p><br /></p><p>A Serbian businessman bought the domain after the media outlet shuttered in 2021. Authorities charged its publisher, Jimmy Lai, under the national security law, detained staff and froze assets.</p><p><br /></p><p>Final Edition for Hong Kong’s Apple Daily</p><p>SEE ALSO:</p><p>Last Edition: Hong Kong’s Apple Daily Signs Off With Million-Copy Run</p><p>Now, instead of news, Apple Daily is filled with "SEO-bait" headlines, according to digital news site Wired.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some media experts say these sites damage legitimate journalism and hurt its credibility.</p><p><br /></p><p>"I think in recent years we've already seen a strong decline in the trust in the media and local news sources," said McKenzie Sadeghi, who is the news verification editor at NewsGuard.</p><p><br /></p><p>"When we see the proliferation of these AI-generated websites that are presenting themselves as the average local trusted publication with human journalists, that creates an issue because it further reduces trust," added Sadeghi.</p><p><br /></p><p>The issue spans several languages too, with NewsGuard identifying AI-generated websites in more than a dozen languages including English, Arabic, Chinese and Turkish.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the main goals, says NewsGuard, is to generate ad revenue.</p><p><br /></p><p>NewsGuard found that Google is behind 90 percent of the ads on these sites. The watchdog says it believes the content violates Google's policies.</p><p><br /></p><p>Google policy communications manager Michael Aciman told VOA via email that its policies do not allow the placement of advertisements "alongside harmful or spammy content."</p><p><br /></p><p>But said Aciman, "NewsGuard has not shared the full list of sites in question, so we cannot review them nor confirm whether or not they violate our policies."</p><p><br /></p><p>Some experts say they fear the spread of AI-generated fake news sites could affect elections. About 40 countries are scheduled to hold significant elections this year, and Brewster says disinformation looms over them.</p><p><br /></p><p>"I don't think people realize that right now I can set up a website that is completely automated from start to finish and set up targets for certain key words like stolen election or the vaccine is dangerous," said Brewster.</p><p><br /></p><p>"Think of any false claim you want to, and this web scraper would search the entire internet, and find the content they think will be the most viral and produce it automatically," he added.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of the sites the researchers identified are populated with content titled "Who Was the Most Decorated Soldier in the Third Reich" and "Is Oatmeal Healthy or Not?"</p><p><br /></p><p>But NewsGuard also found one site pushing a false claim about U.S. presidential hopeful Nikki Haley and Palestinian refugees. Another site, named Celebritydeaths, falsely claimed President Joe Biden died and Vice President Kamala Harris had taken over his duties.</p><p><br /></p><p>UCLA researcher Shazeda Ahmed says inaccurate information is potentially harmful if people act upon it.</p><p><br /></p><p>"I also worry about what this will mean for media literacy," said Ahmed, a UCLA Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow who focuses on AI safety.</p><p><br /></p><p>"When a person reads one of these articles that is AI generated, do they realize it? And if not, there's no recourse and there's not really anyone that's being held accountable for that," she said.</p><p><br /></p><p>Part of the problem in accountability is the difficulty in tracing the owners or producers of the sites.</p><p><br /></p><p>NewsGuard says many owners use privacy services to hide their identities.</p><p><br /></p><p>VOA attempted to contact four owners of some of the sites NewsGuard identified via their contact us online form but received only one response.</p><p><br /></p><p>That response referred VOA to a company named Byohosting.com. When contacted, Byohosting did not respond to the request for interview or comment. Instead, it offered its content services.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Elimination Chamber: Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson teases trip to Perth for Optus Stadium wrestling showdown - 22 Feb, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Rock has sent the strongest indication yet that he will be in Perth on Saturday night, sending a video message to fans threatening to appear if Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins talk trash about him at the Elimination Chamber on Saturday night.</p><p><br /></p><p>The People’s Champion and Hollywood superstar isn’t on the card and hasn’t been advertised as appearing. He wasn’t even on the plane with the group when it arrived on Wednesday.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>But after opening a video message to fans apologising for not being in Australia, he laid the strongest hint possible that he will turn up to confront Rhodes and Rollins during their interview on The Grayson Waller Effect.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Cody Rhodes and his little girlfriend Seth Rollins are going to go on the Waller Effect,” The Rock said.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Here’s the thing. I need you and you and this goof holding the camera and this one holding the microphone over here - I need all of you guys to make sure that Perth knows there’s some bulls...t happening.</p><p><br /></p><p>“And if those guys, those guys meaning Cody and his little girlfriend Seth, if they start talking trash, let The Rock know.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Tell The Rock because here’s what’s going to happen. The Rock is going to slap the piss out both of them just like that. As a matter of fact, if they talk trash, The Rock will fly down there to Perth before that interview is over and he’ll do it. Don’t wonder why The Rock can make it that quick. The Rock makes magic happen.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Rhodes and Rollins began a feud with The Rock just weeks ago when the WWE made a major change to their storyline leading into WrestleMania.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Rock slapped Rhodes in the face at the WrestleMania kick off event after hearing him challenge his cousin Roman Reigns and criticise their real life family. That led to Rollins promising to be by Rhodes’ side when he the match happens to ensure no members of that Bloodline faction get involved in the fight.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perth will lose its mind if The Rock appears.</p><p><br /></p><p>(The West Australian)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>WWE superstars including Rhea Ripley, Triple H, Nia Jax, Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch arrive in Perth - 21 Feb 2024</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Australia’s Rhea Ripley has headlined a WWE’s plane full of superstars which has landed in Perth to prepare for Saturday night’s extravaganza at Optus Stadium.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some of the highest profile wrestlers in the world went straight from WWE Raw in Anaheim’s Honda Center to the airport in Ontario, then stopped in Honolulu before flying straight to WA in 20 hours.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ripley posted from her hotel room about two hours after landing as the clock ticks down on her first match in Australia on the main WWE roster.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Chief Content Officer and former champion Triple H quickly put out a video expressing his joy at being in Perth. “We’re excited to be here. It’s been a while,” he said.</p><p><br /></p><p>He also sent an extended social media message to fans.</p><p><br /></p><p>Women’s Elimination Chamber combatants Tiffany Stratton and Liv Morgan shared their excitement from the plane shortly after taking off.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nia Jax, who will face Ripley for the women’s championship posted a video with Stratton during the flight, followed by another clip of her drinking coffee after nearly 19 hours in transit. The pair then took a photo together after landing in WA.</p><p><br /></p><p>Former United States Champion Austin Theory also posted a photo on his social media of the plane landing in Perth at 12.39pm.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tag team champion Finn Balor also posted from the plane, tagging his Judgment Day partner Dominik Mysterio in one shot, in a sign he will still be part of the show despite not being part of the card.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mysterio is likely to be ringside when Judgment Day defend their titles and when Ripley fights Jax.</p><p><br /></p><p>Becky Lynch posted videos of herself and husband, WWE Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins, getting their bags.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The WWE will hold a televised free event for the public onstage on the Southern Oval outside Optus Stadium at midday on Friday. The train station will be operating that day and a merchandise tent will also be open.</p><p><br /></p><p>Theory will also appear at Westfield Carousel at 10am on Saturday while Grayson Waller will be at Karrinyup Shopping Centre at 3pm on Friday.</p><p><br /></p><p>(The West Australian)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>WWE’s Triple H gets his first look at Optus Stadium ahead of Elimination Chamber on Saturday Feb 22, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Chief Content Officer and 14-time World Champion Triple H has talked up Optus Stadium to the world after visiting the venue for the first time on Wednesday night.</p><p><br /></p><p>He has also revealed more than 40,000 people will be in attendance at the Elimination Chamber extravaganza on Saturday night.</p><p><br /></p><p>A planeload of WWE superstars arrived in Perth on Wednesday to prepare the premium live event which is one of the biggest shows on the WWE calendar.</p><p><br /></p><p>It will attract enormous attention around the world because the results of the matches will dictate what happens at WrestleMania in April.</p><p><br /></p><p>Triple H visited Optus Stadium shortly after arriving in town and observed a large group of local wrestlers taking part in a WWE try out in the changerooms.</p><p><br /></p><p>He then stepped onto the stadium surface and was mighty impressed by what he saw.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>“This is a beautiful stadium,” he said.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>“It’s brand new. Only I think a few years old - I think right before COVID.. It’s brand new. Just a beautiful stadium. It’s exciting.</p><p><br /></p><p>“This is going to be an epic event. There’s a lot of buzz here already in Perth. I could feel it when we were getting off the plane and going through the airport. and the excitement of the WWE being in town.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>“I can imagine when this place is packed on Saturday - we’ll have over 40,000 in here - it’s going to be quite something.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Tickets are still available for the event and many of the most expensive seats recently had their price slashed.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Elimination Chamber is already set to be one of the largest attended shows outside of North America.</p><p><br /></p><p>Australia’s Rhea Ripley will headline the show and defend her Women’s Championship against Nia Jax. A six-man match inside the Elimination Chamber will determine who fights for the men’s World Title at WrestleMania. That match already includes multiple former champions.</p><p><br /></p><p>The winner of Ripley and Jax will defend the title at WrestleMania against the winner of the six-woman Elimination Chamber match.</p><p><br /></p><p>The tag team championships are also on the line in Perth, while there is huge anticipation to see if The Rock makes a sudden appearance when Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins are interviewed in the ring about their feud with him during the show.</p><p><br /></p><p>(The West Australian)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Elimination Chamber to determine the No. 1 Contender to World Heavyweight Champion Seth "Freakin" Rollins at WrestleMania - Feb 9, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Six Superstars will collide inside the dreaded Elimination Chamber to earn the right to challenge World Heavyweight Champion Seth "Freakin" Rollins at The Showcase of the Immortals.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the Feb. 9 edition of SmackDown, the first two entries into the career-altering structure were decided, as Drew McIntyre overcame AJ Styles, and Randy Orton defeated Sami Zayn. </p><p><br /></p><p>Two more entrants secured their tickets on the Feb. 12 episode of Raw as Bobby Lashley dispatched "Big" Bronson Reed and LA Knight dispelled Ivar. </p><p><br /></p><p>Kevin Owens and United States Champion Logan Paul rounded the field on the Feb. 16 episode of SmackDown after they defeated "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio and The Miz, respectively.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Elimination Chamber Match will begin with two Superstars in the ring and four other competitors enclosed in their respective pods. At equally timed intervals, a pod door will open, allowing another competitor to join the bout. This process will continue until all pods are empty. When a Superstar is pinned or submits, that Superstar is eliminated and must exit the Chamber. The last Superstar remaining will be the winner.</p><p><br /></p><p>Find out in the coming weeks who else will earn the right to step into the Chamber for a chance to punch their ticket to The Showcase of the Immortals. Don’t miss all the action of WWE Elimination Chamber, streaming live from Optus Stadium in Perth, Western Australia, at 5 a.m. ET /2 a.m PT on Peacock in the United States and on WWE Network everywhere else.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>WANDERLEI SILVA NAMED TO UFC HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2024 - Feb 16, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Former Pride FC Middleweight Champion Will Be Inducted To The Pioneer Wing </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>FC today announced that former PRIDE FC middleweight champion Wanderlei Silva will be inducted into the 2024 Class of the UFC Hall of Fame as a Pioneer. The 2024 UFC Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place this summer in Las Vegas and will be streamed live exclusively on UFC FIGHT PASS.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Wanderlei Silva is one of the true pioneers of the sport of MMA,” UFC CEO Dana White said. “Wanderlei was an absolute savage who left his mark by delivering some of the most memorable fights in combat sports history. He had legendary fights against Mirko Cro Crop, Chuck Liddell, Dan Henderson, Brian Stann, and his fights against Rich Franklin, as they were absolute wars! He was also one of the early superstars of PRIDE who helped grow the MMA fanbase on a global scale, and it will be an honor to induct him into the UFC Hall of Fame this summer.”</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC HALL OF FAME 2024: Frankie Edgar </p><p><br /></p><p>Silva will enter the UFC Hall of Fame as the 19th member of the Pioneer Era Wing. The Pioneers Era category includes athletes who turned professional before November 17, 2000 (when the unified rules of mixed martial arts were adopted), are a minimum age of 35, or who have been retired for one year or more.</p><p><br /></p><p>A veteran of 51 fights during his 22-year professional MMA career, Silva registered a record of 35-14-1 Draw / 1 NC (27-11-1-1, – UFC / PRIDE), securing victories over UFC Hall of Famers Kazushi Sakuraba, Michael Bisping and Dan Henderson (Fight Wing); UFC® 13 lightweight tournament winner Guy Mezger; former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson; former Pancrase middleweight, light heavyweight, and open weight champion Yuki Kondo; former Strikeforce U.S. middleweight champion Eugene Jackson; and former WEC® light heavyweight champion Brian Stann.</p><p><br /></p><p>Silva made his professional MMA debut on November 1, 1996, by competing in Brazilian Vale Tudo 6. He defeated his opponent via knockout in the first round and would win four of his next five fights across Vale Tudo before entering UFC with a 5-1 record.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Silva made his UFC debut as part of UFC BRAZIL: ULTIMATE BRAZIL, which took place on October 16, 1998, in Sao Paulo. He faced UFC 12 heavyweight tournament champion and future UFC light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort, losing via punches 44 seconds into the first round.</p><p><br /></p><p>Following his loss to Belfort, Silva would return to Vale Tudo and earn two wins before returning to the Octagon® and defeating Tony Petarra via first-round knockout at UFC 20: BATTLE FOR THE GOLD on May 7, 1999.</p><p><br /></p><p>Silva left UFC and won his next three fights in PRIDE FC, a legendary Japanese MMA promotion, before returning to the Octagon to face future UFC Hall of Famer Tito Ortiz for the vacant UFC light heavyweight title in the main event of UFC 25: ULTIMATE JAPAN 3. Silva and Ortiz would go the distance with Tito capturing the title via unanimous decision.</p><p><br /></p><p>After losing his shot at the UFC light heavyweight title, Silva spent the next seven years competing primarily in Japan for PRIDE FC. During this time, he fought 25 times for Japan, becoming the PRIDE FC middleweight champion by defeating future UFC Hall of Famer Kazushi Sakuraba during PRIDE 17 in 2001. Silva successfully defended his title four times, and his reign would last for 1,939 days, the longest title run in PRIDE FC history. </p><p><br /></p><p>During his tenure as middleweight champion, Silva also entered the 2003 PRIDE FC Middleweight Grand Prix, defeating Sakuraba, as well as four-time World Judo Champion and three-time Olympic medalist Hidehiko Yoshida and former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton Jackson to become the Grand Prix Champion. His win would make history as the first athlete to win a PRIDE Championship and Grand Prix. He would also enter the 2005 and 2006 Grand Prix, advancing to the semi-finals each year.</p><p><br /></p><p>Silva returned to UFC in 2007 to face former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell in the co-main event of UFC 79: NEMESIS. Silva would lose via unanimous decision, but he would become a fan favorite as the bout won several “Fight of the Year” accolades from media outlets.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the next six years, Silva would compete against the top contenders in the UFC middleweight and light heavyweight divisions. He defeated former WEC light heavyweight champion Brian Stann via knockout in the main event of UFC on FUEL TV: SILVA vs. STANN on March 3, 2013. This would serve as his final UFC fight. He would compete two more times outside of the Octagon before retiring on September 29, 2018.</p><p><br /></p><p>Silva enters the UFC Hall of Fame with an impressive resume that includes:</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC:</p><p><br /></p><p>Most knockouts in Zuffa history (PRIDE / UFC / WEC / Strikeforce) – 19</p><p>Most knockdowns in Zuffa history (PRIDE / UFC / WEC / Strikeforce) – 27</p><p>PRIDE:</p><p><br /></p><p>Most wins in PRIDE history – 22</p><p>Most knockouts in PRIDE history – 15</p><p>Most knockdowns in PRIDE history – 18</p><p>Most significant strikes in PRIDE history – 720</p><p>Longest undefeated fight streak in PRIDE history – 20 (18-0-1, 1 NC)</p><p>Longest title reign in PRIDE history as middleweight champion – 1,939 days</p><p>Tied for most knockouts by soccer kicks/stomps in PRIDE history – 4</p><p>Outside the Octagon, Silva has been honored with numerous awards during his career, receiving Knockout of the Decade honors in 2004 by Sports Illustrated for his KO of Quinton Jackson at PRIDE 28. In 2008, he received Fight of the Year for his bout against UFC Hall of Famer Chuck Liddell at UFC 79, and Knockout of the Year for his KO of Keith Jardine at UFC 84 during the Fighters Only World MMA Awards. In 2020, Sem Coleira, a Portuguese biography of his life, was published.</p><p><br /></p><p>A native of Curitiba, Brazil, Silva began training in Muay Thai and kickboxing when he joined the Chute Boxe Academy. As a member of the Brazilian army, he also began to train in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. He currently lives in Curitiba, with his wife and children.</p><p><br /></p><p>To view Silva’s UFC FIGHT PASS collection please visit: https://ufcfightpass.com/playlist/20539</p><p><br /></p><p>To see a complete list of UFC athletes and fights enshrined in the UFC Hall of Fame, as well as details regarding the UFC Hall of Fame format, please visit UFCHOF. For additional information, please visit UFC.com.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Search Engine News via Search Engine Journal</p><p><br /></p><p>'Google Responds To Evidence Of Reviews Algorithm Bias', By Roger Montti</p><p><br /></p><p>Via Search Engine Journal </p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: Peg On/Social Media commentary</p><p><br /></p><p>Journalism, Gonzo Journalism and Life and Business Experience</p><p><br /></p><p>SEJ's Roger with an excellent deep dive and probe of sorts into Alphabet's Google. The search engine has its algorithm programmed by programmers (humans) right! It's programmed to give certain results, organic or not. Almost like a "random number generator" on a game in a casino?! Or, perhaps some parallel, but one gets the point. Not random. Not by coincidence or by accident. By design. The architect of The Matrix?! Follow the White Rabbit to Google's Alphabet and beyond the Forbidden Zone (ala The Running Man, Planet Of The Apes and Logan's Run). Pop culture reference for the day. Be the algorithm and master of your own domain and universe.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Business News</p><p><br /></p><p>Via Roy Morgan Research and Media Man social media</p><p><br /></p><p>Copper, gold, and Bitcoin rise; Iron ore and oil fall; ASX to fall in response to selling on Wall Street; US vetoes Arab-backed UN resolution demanding ceasefire in Gaza; Assange's lawyers warn that he risks 'flagrant denial of justice' if he is tried in US</p><p><br /></p><p>Latest updates on Key Economic Indicators</p><p><br /></p><p>21 February 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Roy Morgan Summary</p><p><br /></p><p>Australian Dollar: $0.6550 USD (up 0.0011 USD)</p><p>Iron Ore Mar Spot Price (SGX): $120.85 USD (down $6.40 USD)</p><p><br /></p><p>Oil Price (WTI): $78.27 USD (down $1.02 USD)</p><p><br /></p><p>Gold Price: $2,024.37 USD (up $6.43 USD)</p><p><br /></p><p>Copper Price (CME): $3.8595 (up $0.0465 USD)</p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin: $52,059.35 (up 0.35% in last 24 hours)</p><p><br /></p><p>New report reveals Roy Morgan is one of Australia's leading data companies - with in-depth information on millions of Australians based on their Helix Personas</p><p><br /></p><p>Market Research Update</p><p><br /></p><p>20 February 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Roy Morgan Summary</p><p><br /></p><p>Roy Morgan leads the way as one of Australia's leading data companies. A special in-depth report into Australia's leading data companies interviewed Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine and Executive Chairman Gary Morgan about the role the company plays in compiling data and building profiles of different Australians. One of Roy Morgan's key products is 'Helix Personas' which profiles people under headings such as "young and platinum", "smart money", "cautious conservatives", "fair go", "working hard" and nearly 50 other personas. For example, the "young and platinum" group love their mobile devices and are "always on the hunt for the shiny, new and cool" and "making the rent". Their income is around the $64,000 a year mark and they can often be found "living a conventional life centred around family". </p><p><br /></p><p>Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine confirmed that the Helix Personas market segments are based on statistical information, not data from individual people. "It's totally ethical. Unlike Facebook or any of these things, it's not any particular individual", Roy Morgan's chief executive Michele Levine, said.: 38,582.12 at 3.22pm NY time (down 45.87 points on Friday's close)</p><p><br /></p><p>Roy Morgan wins three-year contract to deliver domestic tourism statistics for Austrade</p><p><br /></p><p>21 February 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Roy Morgan Summary</p><p><br /></p><p>From 2025, Roy Morgan will provide Austrade with the world's best practice survey methodology, big data integration and modelling techniques to deliver accurate domestic tourism statistics. Roy Morgan has reimagined the future of domestic tourism statistics to move Austrade and its stakeholders to the forefront of tourism intelligence with a new platform that will drive the future of Australia's tourism industry, which is estimated to be worth in excess of $160 billion. Portia Morgan, the Head of Client Services at Roy Morgan, says that using face-to-face interviewing, which is the gold-standard for surveying the population, enhanced with big data and cutting-edge data science techniques, Roy Morgan will be delivering a future-proofed system that will be cost effective, reliable, and accurate. She adds that Roy Morgan has been delivering survey-based tourism insights via its Holiday Tracking Survey for 20+ years and the company is thrilled to be working with Austrade and the broader industry to provide a deeper of understanding of how many people are travelling, where they go, what they do and how they spend their valuable tourism dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anti-mining PM pushes BHP's cash offshore</p><p><br /></p><p>Roy Morgan Summary</p><p><br /></p><p>It is somewhat hypocritical of the federal government to flag possible support for Australia's nickel industry, given that Labor's anti-mining legislation may jeopardise the expansion of BHP's copper operations in South Australia. BHP is still likely to proceed with an expansion, but the previously touted investment of between $10bn and $15bn is now only a 50 per cent chance. The new labour laws in the government's industrial relations reforms mean that BHP is now more likely to redirect much of this capital investment to its criticals minerals projects in other countries; rival miner Rio Tinto is already doing this.</p><p><br /></p><p>More than 2.7 million New Zealanders now read newspapers and magazine audiences surge to over 1.7 million</p><p><br /></p><p>21 February 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Roy Morgan has released its readership results for New Zealand's newspapers and magazines for the 12 months to December 2023. The data shows that 2.73 million New Zealanders aged 14+ (64.4%) now read or access newspapers in an average 7-day period via print or online (website or app) platforms. In addition, 1.71 million New Zealanders aged 14+ (40.3%) read magazines, whether in print or online either via the web or an app. The New Zealand Herald is still the nation's most widely-read publication, with a total cross-platform audience of 1,720,000 in the 12 months to June 2023 - almost five times as many as the second placed Dominion Post with a readership of 341,000. Meanwhile, New Zealand's most widely read magazine is still the driving magazine AA Directions, which had an average issue readership of 379,000 during the year to December (an increase of 63,000 on a year ago). </p><p><br /></p><p>These are the latest findings from the Roy Morgan New Zealand Single Source survey of 6,254 New Zealanders aged 14+ over the 12 months to December 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>New report reveals Roy Morgan is one of Australia's leading data companies - with in-depth information on millions of Australians based on their Helix Personas</p><p><br /></p><p>Market Research Update</p><p><br /></p><p>20 February 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Roy Morgan Summary</p><p><br /></p><p>Roy Morgan leads the way as one of Australia's leading data companies. A special in-depth report into Australia's leading data companies interviewed Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine and Executive Chairman Gary Morgan about the role the company plays in compiling data and building profiles of different Australians. One of Roy Morgan's key products is 'Helix Personas' which profiles people under headings such as "young and platinum", "smart money", "cautious conservatives", "fair go", "working hard" and nearly 50 other personas. For example, the "young and platinum" group love their mobile devices and are "always on the hunt for the shiny, new and cool" and "making the rent". Their income is around the $64,000 a year mark and they can often be found "living a conventional life centred around family". Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine confirmed that the Helix Personas market segments are based on statistical information, not data from individual people. "It's totally ethical. Unlike Facebook or any of these things, it's not any particular individual", Roy Morgan's chief executive Michele Levine, said.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Credit: Roy Morgan Research)</p><p><br /></p><p>Roy Morgan Summary</p><p><br /></p><p>Roy Morgan leads the way as one of Australia's leading data companies. A special in-depth report into Australia's leading data companies interviewed Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine and Executive Chairman Gary Morgan about the role the company plays in compiling data and building profiles of different Australians. </p><p><br /></p><p>One of Roy Morgan's key products is 'Helix Personas' which profiles people under headings such as "young and platinum", "smart money", "cautious conservatives", "fair go", "working hard" and nearly 50 other personas. For example, the "young and platinum" group love their mobile devices and are "always on the hunt for the shiny, new and cool" and "making the rent". Their income is around the $64,000 a year mark and they can often be found "living a conventional life centred around family". Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine confirmed that the Helix Personas market segments are based on statistical information, not data from individual people. "It's totally ethical. Unlike Facebook or any of these things, it's not any particular individual", Roy Morgan's chief executive Michele Levine, said.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Credit: Roy Morgan Research)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finance / World Business News</p><p><br /></p><p>Euro, Gold, Crypto and more via Media Man and FX Pro</p><p><br /></p><p>A strong current account surplus may not help euro</p><p><br /></p><p>The eurozone's current account surplus climbed to a six-month high of 31.9bn in December. Analysts, on average, had expected a decline to 20.3 bn from 22.5 bn the previous month. The current level was seen in the eurozone during the relatively benign pre-Covid period and sometime before Natural Gas prices spiked in the second half of 2021.</p><p><br /></p><p>The normalisation of the surplus is good news for the single currency, as it means more net capital inflows into the region. But this growth has been fuelled by falling imports, which can be the result of lower commodity and energy prices (which is a very good thing), but also partly indicative of a slowdown in domestic demand. This threatens to translate into economic contraction in the coming months.</p><p><br /></p><p>The euro area experienced periods of severe import contraction in late 2008 and early 2010, and in both cases, the economy experienced a severe downturn. Back in 2008, all this was accompanied by the collapse of the euro.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gold</p><p><br /></p><p>Gold rises but within a downward channel</p><p><br /></p><p>Gold rallied for the fourth consecutive session to reach $2023, recovering almost all the losses suffered the week before on the back of the inflation report. Gold's ability to rally suggests continued domestic demand, as some investors are clearly rushing to buy back any losses.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the same time, however, we note that since the beginning of the year, gold has been characterised by solid selloffs on the news, forming a smooth downtrend. In the context of this downtrend, a rise to $2040-2045, which is the upper boundary of the bearish range, looks quite acceptable.</p><p><br /></p><p>The area around $2035 - the highs of two weeks ago - also appears to be a crucial intermediate level. Confident buying from this level would be the first important signal that the recent correction is over and that gold is ready to make a fresh assault on the highs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Much more important, however, will be the behaviour of gold as it approaches the $2050 level, where the reversal of the decline in late January took place. </p><p><br /></p><p>Consolidation at this level would confirm the breakdown of the downtrend and set the stage for a move towards $2100 and the subsequent renewal of historic highs.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, as long as gold is trading within the downtrend, there is a greater chance of a breakdown or even an acceleration of the downtrend.</p><p><br /></p><p>Among the fundamental factors, the potential for growth could be provided by the fall in the dollar if Fed officials show a softening of their position, bringing the start of interest rate cuts closer.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the bearish side, equities could come under pressure following the optimistic rally in the tech giants and the news of a sharp slowdown in economic activity. We also do not rule out the possibility that the recent support measures for the Chinese stock market and property sector will cool demand for gold as a safe-haven for investors from that part of the world.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cryptocurrency</p><p><br /></p><p>Crypto market growth halted amid capital inflows</p><p><br /></p><p>Market picture</p><p><br /></p><p>The crypto market has corrected 0.46% in the last 24 hours, fluctuating within a narrow range without a clear direction. Bitcoin is down 1% but up 3.7% over seven days, Ethereum is flat for the day but up 10.6% over the week. The top coins are mixed with BNB +2% and Solana -2.5%.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin is currently drawing its fourth daily candle with opening and closing levels close to each other. Such sideways consolidations are characteristic of strong bull markets, as opposed to corrective pullbacks on smoother rallies.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ethereum hit local highs on rumours of a positive regulatory decision before the end of March. Bloomberg analyst James Seyffarth bet 4 ETH that the SEC will not approve a spot Ethereum ETF next month.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to data from CoinShares, investment in crypto funds rose by a record $2.452 billion last week, following inflows of $1.116 billion the previous week. </p><p>Bitcoin investments increased by $2.424 billion, Ethereum by $21 million, Cardano lost $6 million, and Solana lost $1.6 million.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since the beginning of the year, crypto funds have seen inflows of an impressive $5.2 billion, with total AUM rising to $67 billion, the highest since December 2021.</p><p><br /></p><p>News background</p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin will see institutional support in the next three to six months, according to Coinbase. Bitcoin ETFs could eventually become a major competitor to gold funds.</p><p>According to IntoTheBlock, there is an 85% chance that Bitcoin will reach a new all-time high within the next six months. Five factors could contribute to this: the halving of the price, ETFs, monetary easing, the US election, and companies accumulating BTC as part of their treasuries.</p><p><br /></p><p>Former CIA contractor Edward Snowden, who has been living in Russia since 2013, called bitcoin the most significant achievement of the financial system in the entire existence of money and means of exchange.</p><p><br /></p><p>Amberdata admitted that Ethereum will outpace Bitcoin in terms of growth due to more constructive deflationary policies. The supply of ETH has been decreasing since September 2022, thanks to the update of The Merge, as well as the implementation of a mechanism to burn part of the commissions. During this time, around 0.36 million ETH, or 0.3% of the total supply of 120 million coins, have been removed from circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wrestling News</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE @WWE </p><p><br /></p><p>Full Elimination Chamber: Perth Preview: WWE Now, Feb. 24, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh0GGgrUvV8&t=19s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE heads down under for two huge Elimination Chamber Matches, Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley defends her title against Nia Jax, Cody Rhodes and World Heavyweight Champion Seth “Freakin” Rollins appear on “The Grayson Waller Effect” and so much more. (Credit: WWE)</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Superstars hug koalas: Elimination Chamber 2024 Vlog</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zkq2BK6DWnU&t=13s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Elimination Chamber Press Event: Feb. 22, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7752CMfFEU&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Elimination Chamber: Perth Kickoff: February 24, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_iYYJKGXi8&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Elimination Chamber (Media Man Int)</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/wwe_elimination.html</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Press Conference (Media Man Int)</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/wwe_press.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#EliminationChamber #WWEChamber #WWEAustralia #WWENow #CodyRhodes #SethRollins #TheRock #LoganPaul #RandyOrton #LAKnight #KevinOwens #KO #TKO #GraysonWaller #GWEffect #AustinTheory #RheaRipley #NiaJax #TheBloodline #TripleH #pressconference #wwenews #prowrestling #wrestling #entertainment #entertainmentnews #popculture #PLE #LiveEntertainment #Video #YouTube #trend #trends #buzz #Perth #WesternAustralia #Aussie #media </p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: WWE</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE @WWE Elimination Chamber Press Event</p><p><br /></p><p>Feb 22, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>"Oh. Ya all Gunna yell at me huh" Logan Paul</p><p><br /></p><p>"I flew 30 hours to get booed" LP</p><p><br /></p><p>"Ok, alright, that's the direction you want to go. We can go there" LP</p><p><br /></p><p>"So it's WWE's first time coming to Perth!? and I'm gunna personally going to make sure it's the last" LP</p><p><br /></p><p>"This place sucks guys" LP</p><p><br /></p><p>"When they told me we're coming to Perth I say hey we got to go to Sydney instead" LP</p><p><br /></p><p>"I mean even Taylor Swift went to Sydney instead of this dump" LP</p><p><br /></p><p>"You Google like the top 10 things to do as a tourist in Perth and number one is go visit an island full of rats. Not so different from you people huh" LP</p><p><br /></p><p>"Yikes, we legit in the middle of nowhere. In the middle of the ocean. I swear to God I'd rather be stranded in the middle of the ocean. Don't be mad at me this place sucks guys. I'm gunna give you some fun facts" LP</p><p><br /></p><p>"What" Fans</p><p><br /></p><p>"Nuh, shut up it's my show..I'm not doing this" LP</p><p><br /></p><p>"Gunna bring a little fun to your boring Australian lives"</p><p><br /></p><p>"In tomorrow's Elimination Chamber I am the only champion competing"</p><p><br /></p><p>"I am the youngest opponent by a decade"</p><p><br /></p><p>"No offence old men"</p><p><br /></p><p>"It's a new era and ya all about to be washed out"</p><p><br /></p><p>"So Perth, make no mistake. I'm only here cause I have to be"</p><p><br /></p><p>"What" fans</p><p><br /></p><p>"I will win the Elimination Chamber"</p><p><br /></p><p>"What" fans</p><p><br /></p><p>"I will rematch Seth Rollins at WrestleMania"</p><p><br /></p><p>"And I will become double champ"</p><p><br /></p><p>"What" fans</p><p><br /></p><p>"So Perth, consider yourself Logan Paul's stepping stone" LP</p><p><br /></p><p>"So Randy, while you were gone with your back surgery this idiot weaselled his way into our industry and now we have to deal with him Alamos ever week. It's pretty brutal, but we can take care of him tomorrow in the chamber. What do you guys think?" Kevin Owens</p><p><br /></p><p>"And met me assure you, everyone Logan wishes you we're stranded in the middle of the ocean and not here" KO</p><p><br /></p><p>"Me to. Me to" LP</p><p><br /></p><p>"Well, what's the matter Kevin. You looking a little flush. It's a little hot out there. You want some Prime. You looking a little hydrated my guy. There you go. Take a sip Give me my bottle back. Give me my bottle. You can't wait till tomorrow. Anger management cost you that last match" LP</p><p><br /></p><p>Videos via the award winning WWE YouTube channel</p><p><br /></p><p>Triple H tears apart Logan Paul and Kevin Owens: Elimination Chamber Press Event</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xb2qVmDYKQ&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Seth “Freakin” Rollins leads Perth crowd in trashing The Rock: Elimination Chamber Press Event</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3weiCozfxY&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Bianca Belair stares down Becky Lynch: Elimination Chamber Press Event</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=660XLMDp67o&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Rhea Ripley rallies all of Australia against Nia Jax: Elimination Chamber Press Event</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDgTROk2lfk&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Rhea Ripley and Grayson Waller toast a Shoey to the Perth crowd: Elimination Chamber Press Event</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9oncmb9zxU&t=4s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Elimination Chamber (Media Man Int)</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/wwe_elimination.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#WWEEliminationChamber #EliminationChamber #wwepress #wwemedia #LoganPaul #quotes #KevinOwens #KO #TKO #TripleH #RheaRipley #SethRollins #GraysonWaller #GWEffect #MichaelCole #CoreyGraves #prowrestling #wrestling #wrestlingnews #OptusStadium #pressevent #liveentertainment #livesports #entertainment #entertainmentnews #YouTube #YT #Video #Videos #popculture #newsmedia #trends #trending #buzz #x #mediaevent #media #mediaman #mediamanint</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>"I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average wrestler" - Socrates</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p>Stoism Directory</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/stoicism_directory.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Mind, Body and Sprit</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/mind_body.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Best Quotes Of The Day</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/best_quotes.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Wrestling Directory</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/wrestling_directory.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#Socrates #quote #Zeus #wrestler #wrestling #runner #sports #bestquotes #BQOTD #GreekPhilosopher #philosopher #Philosophy #stoic #stoicism #mbs #mindbodyspirit #sports #world #Greece #media #mediaman </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>“Wrestling needs to be about the art form again. It needs to be about painting a picture and having a really good match.” - Terry Gene Bollea (Hulk Hogan)</p><p><br /></p><p>#HulkHogan #quote #wrestling #prowrestling #artform #TerryFunk #sportsentertainment #legend #legends #wrestlinglegends #entertainment #PopCulture #media #mediaman </p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: WWE</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE @WWE SmackDown</p><p><br /></p><p>February 23, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Bron Breakker, former WWE NXT @WWENXT champion and NXT Tag Team champion to make SmackDown in-ring debut! It's bound to be a dog day afternoon for someone.</p><p><br /></p><p>LA Knight vs Drew McIntyre</p><p><br /></p><p>Authors of Pain (The Final Testament) vs Street Profits</p><p><br /></p><p>Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate vs Judgment Day (“Dirty” Dominik Mysterio and JD McDonagh)</p><p><br /></p><p>Tiffany Stratton vs Liv Morgan. It well may be Tiffy Time! Stratton says it's "her universe"</p><p><br /></p><p>Videos via the award winning WWE YouTube channel</p><p><br /></p><p>Bron Breakker makes his SmackDown debut: WWE Now, February 23, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae32pT708D0&t=25s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Introducing SmackDown’s newest Superstar, Bron Breakker</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0vzfgFDaYQ&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>FULL SEGMENT – Bron Breakker and Baron Corbin celebrate winning: NXT, Feb. 20, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReAVOpVdZKk&t=25s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>#SmackDown #EliminationChamber #WWEChamber #wwe #wrestling #prowrestling #WrestleMania #WrestleMania40 #BronBreakker #Steiner #DogFacedGremlin #DogDayAfternoon #DogDay #DrewMcIntyre #LAKnight #NickAldis #AuthorsOfPain #FinalTestament #KarrionKross #StreetProfits #JudgementDay #TiffanyStratton #LivMorgan #wwewomen #RoadToWrestleMania #wwenews #wwemedia #creative #creativity #entertainment #popculture #FOX #wrestlingfox #wrestlingfoxes #PLE #PPV #YouTube #Video #Videos #LiveEntertainment #LiveSports #broadcast #broadcasting #trend #trends #buzz #Aussie #USA #media #mediaman </p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: WWE</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE @WWE SmackDown: February 23, 2024 </p><p><br /></p><p>Explosive SmackDown moments: SmackDown highlights, Feb. 23, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuxDuXVuB9U&t=6s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"Like Dirty Dom wandered into the wrong cell block" Corey Graves</p><p><br /></p><p>"Simply switched places at the wrong time" Wade Barrett</p><p><br /></p><p>"KO is here and Logan Paul is here. What could possible go wrong" CG</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>FULL MATCH — LA Knight vs. Drew McIntyre becomes Elimination Chamber chaos: SmackDown, Feb. 23, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5idcBgnw8U&t=4s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"We know that the United States champion never misses an opportunity to go viral" Corey Graves</p><p><br /></p><p>"I dunna but here's heading our way and there just so happens to be a seat right here" Wade Barrett</p><p>“The Grayson Waller Effect” is coming home: SmackDown exclusive, Feb. 23, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acDVraD9oO8&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Bron Breakker makes a dominant SmackDown debut: SmackDown highlights, Feb. 23, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMeYCdvPFMk&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Pete Dunne & Tyler Bate vs. “Dirty” Dom Mysterio & JD McDonagh: SmackDown highlights, Feb. 23, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xNSznsWHsg&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Karrion Kross injures Bobby Lashey with a steel chair attack: SmackDown highlights, Feb. 23, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImE2bHiTrQ4&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"The final chapter by AOP. Montez Ford keeps it alive" CG</p><p><br /></p><p>"600 pounds of unbridled rage" WB</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Karrion Kross shows The Pride a frightening future: SmackDown exclusive, Feb. 23, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bS2iRUlb74&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"Now it's done. Ya understand, it's done. We've been leaving you laying weeks at a time. Over and over and over again...Profits, I'll tell you again. Bobby does not like associating with people who can't keep up"... Karrion Kross</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Legado del Fantasma ambush The LWO: SmackDown highlights, Feb. 23, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLlS7oEP-1M&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Liv Morgan vs. Tiffany Stratton: SmackDown highlights, Feb. 23, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5T5fCY_uNQ&t=6s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"Tiffy's had enough" CG</p><p><br /></p><p>"I don't blame her" WB</p><p><br /></p><p>#SmackDown #EliminationChamber #WWEChamber #wwe #wrestling #prowrestling #WrestleMania #WrestleMania40 #BronBreakker #Steiner #DogFacedGremlin #DogDayAfternoon #DogDay #DrewMcIntyre #LAKnight #LoganPaul #KevinOwens #NickAldis #AuthorsOfPain #FinalTestament #KarrionKross #StreetProfits #JudgementDay #TiffanyStratton #LivMorgan #wwewomen #GWEffect #GraysonWaller #RoadToWrestleMania #wwenews #creativity #entertainment #popculture #FOX #wrestlingfox #wrestlingfoxes #PLE #PPV #YouTube #Video #Videos #LiveEntertainment #LiveSports #broadcast #broadcasting #trend #trends #buzz #Aussie #USA #media #mediaman </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: WWE</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE @WWE SmackDown: February 23, 2024 </p><p><br /></p><p>Explosive SmackDown moments: SmackDown highlights, Feb. 23, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuxDuXVuB9U&t=6s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"Like Dirty Dom wandered into the wrong cell block" Corey Graves</p><p><br /></p><p>"Simply switched places at the wrong time" Wade Barrett</p><p><br /></p><p>"KO is here and Logan Paul is here. What could possible go wrong" CG</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>FULL MATCH — LA Knight vs. Drew McIntyre becomes Elimination Chamber chaos: SmackDown, Feb. 23, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5idcBgnw8U&t=4s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"We know that the United States champion never misses an opportunity to go viral" Corey Graves</p><p><br /></p><p>"I dunna but here's heading our way and there just so happens to be a seat right here" Wade Barrett</p><p>“The Grayson Waller Effect” is coming home: SmackDown exclusive, Feb. 23, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acDVraD9oO8&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Bron Breakker makes a dominant SmackDown debut: SmackDown highlights, Feb. 23, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMeYCdvPFMk&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Pete Dunne & Tyler Bate vs. “Dirty” Dom Mysterio & JD McDonagh: SmackDown highlights, Feb. 23, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xNSznsWHsg&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Karrion Kross injures Bobby Lashey with a steel chair attack: SmackDown highlights, Feb. 23, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImE2bHiTrQ4&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"The final chapter by AOP. Montez Ford keeps it alive" CG</p><p><br /></p><p>"600 pounds of unbridled rage" WB</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Karrion Kross shows The Pride a frightening future: SmackDown exclusive, Feb. 23, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bS2iRUlb74&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"Now it's done. Ya understand, it's done. We've been leaving you laying weeks at a time. Over and over and over again...Profits, I'll tell you again. Bobby does not like associating with people who can't keep up"... Karrion Kross</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Legado del Fantasma ambush The LWO: SmackDown highlights, Feb. 23, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLlS7oEP-1M&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Liv Morgan vs. Tiffany Stratton: SmackDown highlights, Feb. 23, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5T5fCY_uNQ&t=6s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"Tiffy's had enough" CG</p><p><br /></p><p>"I don't blame her" WB</p><p><br /></p><p>#SmackDown #EliminationChamber #WWEChamber #wwe #wrestling #prowrestling #WrestleMania #WrestleMania40 #BronBreakker #Steiner #DogFacedGremlin #DogDayAfternoon #DogDay #DrewMcIntyre #LAKnight #LoganPaul #KevinOwens #NickAldis #AuthorsOfPain #FinalTestament #KarrionKross #StreetProfits #JudgementDay #TiffanyStratton #LivMorgan #wwewomen #GWEffect #GraysonWaller #RoadToWrestleMania #wwenews #creativity #entertainment #popculture #FOX #wrestlingfox #wrestlingfoxes #PLE #PPV #YouTube #Video #Videos #LiveEntertainment #LiveSports #broadcast #broadcasting #trend #trends #buzz #Aussie #USA #media #mediaman </p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: WWE</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Elimination Chamber: Perth Kickoff: February 24, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_iYYJKGXi8&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>#EliminationChamber #WWEChamber #WWE #wrestling #prowrestling #WrestleMania #WrestleMania40 #DrewMcIntyre #LAKnight #LoganPaul #TheMaverick #KevinOwens #KO #TKO #RandyOrton #RKO #JudgementDay #RheaRipley #NiaJax #CodyRhodes #SethRollins #TiffanyStratton #TiffyTime #LivMorgan #wwewomen #GWEffect #GraysonWaller #Catch #RoadToWrestleMania #wwenews #story #storylines #entertainment #popculture #PLE #PPV #YouTube #Video #Videos #broadcast #broadcasting #AndStill #trend #trends #buzz #Aussie #USA #Perth #WesternAustralia #media </p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: WWE</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Combat Sports</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC @ufc </p><p><br /></p><p>UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 aka UFC Fight Night 237 and UFC on ESPN+ 95)</p><p><br /></p><p>"The Assassin Baby" vs Royval - Re-Match</p><p><br /></p><p>February 24, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Arena CDMX. Mexico City, Mexico</p><p><br /></p><p>Video and hype via the offcial and award winning UFC YouTube Channel</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC Mexico: Fighter Faceoffs</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVShCnHI7jc&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>Moreno vs Royval 2 - Risk It All | UFC Mexico</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6APdAT0KNk&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>"I think Joe what's most incredable is that when Brandon Moreno beat Jussier Formiga, Brandon Morenowas was not even in the UFC. You fast forward 7 months - he's got 2 submission wins"</p><p><br /></p><p>"If he can win tonight, he legitimalty has a shot at a championship in less than 12 months" </p><p><br /></p><p>"This kid's wild" Joe Rogan</p><p><br /></p><p>Weigh-In Highlights | UFC Mexico</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCg8JG234oQ&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>Brian Ortega, Tarek El Moussa, UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 Picks | UFC Unfiltered</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGby85KMTDQ&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC Unfiltered w/ Jim Norton and Matt Serra</p><p><br /></p><p>Matt and Jim are joined by 4th-ranked UFC featherweight Brian Ortega and real-estate TV personality Tarek El Moussa on this episode of UFC Unfiltered. Today’s show is one marked by a series of brief cameos — beginning with Mrs. Serra briefly joining her husband in the show’s intro and shortly thereafter with Ortega hopping on the call alongside coach Rener Gracie. Looking to get back to his winning ways in his first fight since injuring his shoulder 19 months ago, Ortega reflects back on what went right for him in the cage against Yair Rodriguez in his last fight before the untimely injury put an unceremonious end to the contest. A proud Mexican American set to fight in his parents’ home country for the first time in his career, Ortega gets candid about what it means to be in the co-main slot of Saturday’s card in Mexico City against a Mexican-born fighter like Yair Rodriguez — especially now that there are added title implications with Ilia Topuria as the UFC’s newly-crowned featherweight champion. Then, Jim and Matt are joined by real-estate TV star Tarek El Moussa, who begins his interview with a stroll down memory lane of how he became a UFC superfan before explaining the details of his incredible life story captured eloquently in his newly-released book titled: “FLIP YOUR LIFE: How to Find Opportunity in Distress - in Real Estate, Business, and Life”. When Tarek hops off the call, the guys wrap up the show with some picks for the two rematches atop Saturday’s card, Ortega’s fight against Yair Rodriguez in the co-main event and Brandon Moreno’s rematch against Brandon Royval in the main event. (Credit: UFC)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Muhammad Naimov Post-Fight Interview | UFC Mexico</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2AbVE77eTk&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>ESPN MMA Official YouTube</p><p>Tracy Cortez's thoughts on the UFC Mexico fight card & her potential comeback | ESPN MMA</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=salzf4zm40s&ab_channel=ESPNMMA</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs Royval 2 Main Card </p><p><br /></p><p>Manuel Torres vs Chris Duncan</p><p><br /></p><p>Manuel Torres (14-2, fighting out of Tijuana, Mexico) takes on Chris Duncan (11-1, fighting out of Tullibody, Scotland) in a lightweight battle</p><p><br /></p><p>Yazmin Jauregui vs Sam Hughes</p><p><br /></p><p>Yazmin Jauregui (10-1, fighting out of Tijuana, Mexico) battles Sam Hughes (8-5, fighting out of Dallas, TX) at strawweight</p><p><br /></p><p>Raul Rosas Jr. vs Ricky Turcios</p><p><br /></p><p>Raul Rosas Jr. (8-1, fighting out of Las Vegas, NV) clashes with Ricky Turcios (13-3, fighting out of Houston, TX) at bantamweight</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Daniel Zellhuber vs Francisco Prado</p><p><br /></p><p>Danel Zellhuber (14-1, fighting out of Mexico City, Mexico) battles Francisco Prado (12-1, fighting out ofSan Lorenzo, Santa Fe, Argentina) in an exciting lightweight bout</p><p><br /></p><p>Co-Main Event: Yair Rodriguez vs Brian Ortega</p><p><br /></p><p>A five-round co-main event sees No. 2 featherweight Yair Rodriguez (16-4, 1NC, fighting out of Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico) face No. 3 Brian Ortega (15-3, 1NC, fighting out of Los Angeles, CA)</p><p><br /></p><p>Main Event: Brandon Moreno vs Brandon Royval</p><p><br /></p><p>Flyweights collide in the main event as No. 1 flyweight contender Brandon Moreno (21-7-2, fighting out of Tijuana, Mexico) takes on No. 3 contender Brandon Royval (15-7, fighting out of Englewood, CO)</p><p><br /></p><p>Credit and special thanks: UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC 2024 (Media Man Int) *in progress</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/ufc_2024.html</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC: News (Media Man Int) *in progress</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/ufc_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#UFC #UFCMexico #UFCMexicoCity #UFCFightNight #FightNight237 #FightNight #Moreno #Royval #BrandonMoreno #BrandonRoyval #AssassinBaby #YairRodriguez #BrianOrtega #MMA #mixedmartialarts #comabtsports #ArenaCDMX #sportsnews #sportsmedia #Video #Videos #YouTube #ESPN #highlights #moments #preview #interviews #bio #entertainment #LiveSports #popculture #broadcast #broadcasting #trends #trending #buzz #media </p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: UFC</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Combat Sports</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC @ufc </p><p><br /></p><p>UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 aka UFC Fight Night 237 and UFC on ESPN+ 95)</p><p><br /></p><p>"The Assassin Baby" vs Royval - Re-Match</p><p><br /></p><p>February 24, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Arena CDMX. Mexico City, Mexico</p><p><br /></p><p>Video and hype via the offcial and award winning UFC YouTube Channel</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC Mexico: Fighter Faceoffs</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVShCnHI7jc&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>Moreno vs Royval 2 - Risk It All | UFC Mexico</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6APdAT0KNk&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>"I think Joe what's most incredable is that when Brandon Moreno beat Jussier Formiga, Brandon Morenowas was not even in the UFC. You fast forward 7 months - he's got 2 submission wins"</p><p><br /></p><p>"If he can win tonight, he legitimalty has a shot at a championship in less than 12 months" </p><p><br /></p><p>"This kid's wild" Joe Rogan</p><p><br /></p><p>Weigh-In Highlights | UFC Mexico</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCg8JG234oQ&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>Brian Ortega, Tarek El Moussa, UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 Picks | UFC Unfiltered</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGby85KMTDQ&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC Unfiltered w/ Jim Norton and Matt Serra</p><p><br /></p><p>Matt and Jim are joined by 4th-ranked UFC featherweight Brian Ortega and real-estate TV personality Tarek El Moussa on this episode of UFC Unfiltered. Today’s show is one marked by a series of brief cameos — beginning with Mrs. Serra briefly joining her husband in the show’s intro and shortly thereafter with Ortega hopping on the call alongside coach Rener Gracie. Looking to get back to his winning ways in his first fight since injuring his shoulder 19 months ago, Ortega reflects back on what went right for him in the cage against Yair Rodriguez in his last fight before the untimely injury put an unceremonious end to the contest. A proud Mexican American set to fight in his parents’ home country for the first time in his career, Ortega gets candid about what it means to be in the co-main slot of Saturday’s card in Mexico City against a Mexican-born fighter like Yair Rodriguez — especially now that there are added title implications with Ilia Topuria as the UFC’s newly-crowned featherweight champion. Then, Jim and Matt are joined by real-estate TV star Tarek El Moussa, who begins his interview with a stroll down memory lane of how he became a UFC superfan before explaining the details of his incredible life story captured eloquently in his newly-released book titled: “FLIP YOUR LIFE: How to Find Opportunity in Distress - in Real Estate, Business, and Life”. When Tarek hops off the call, the guys wrap up the show with some picks for the two rematches atop Saturday’s card, Ortega’s fight against Yair Rodriguez in the co-main event and Brandon Moreno’s rematch against Brandon Royval in the main event. (Credit: UFC)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Muhammad Naimov Post-Fight Interview | UFC Mexico</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2AbVE77eTk&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>ESPN MMA Official YouTube</p><p>Tracy Cortez's thoughts on the UFC Mexico fight card & her potential comeback | ESPN MMA</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=salzf4zm40s&ab_channel=ESPNMMA</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs Royval 2 Main Card </p><p><br /></p><p>Manuel Torres vs Chris Duncan</p><p><br /></p><p>Manuel Torres (14-2, fighting out of Tijuana, Mexico) takes on Chris Duncan (11-1, fighting out of Tullibody, Scotland) in a lightweight battle</p><p><br /></p><p>Yazmin Jauregui vs Sam Hughes</p><p><br /></p><p>Yazmin Jauregui (10-1, fighting out of Tijuana, Mexico) battles Sam Hughes (8-5, fighting out of Dallas, TX) at strawweight</p><p><br /></p><p>Raul Rosas Jr. vs Ricky Turcios</p><p><br /></p><p>Raul Rosas Jr. (8-1, fighting out of Las Vegas, NV) clashes with Ricky Turcios (13-3, fighting out of Houston, TX) at bantamweight</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Daniel Zellhuber vs Francisco Prado</p><p><br /></p><p>Danel Zellhuber (14-1, fighting out of Mexico City, Mexico) battles Francisco Prado (12-1, fighting out ofSan Lorenzo, Santa Fe, Argentina) in an exciting lightweight bout</p><p><br /></p><p>Co-Main Event: Yair Rodriguez vs Brian Ortega</p><p><br /></p><p>A five-round co-main event sees No. 2 featherweight Yair Rodriguez (16-4, 1NC, fighting out of Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico) face No. 3 Brian Ortega (15-3, 1NC, fighting out of Los Angeles, CA)</p><p><br /></p><p>Main Event: Brandon Moreno vs Brandon Royval</p><p><br /></p><p>Flyweights collide in the main event as No. 1 flyweight contender Brandon Moreno (21-7-2, fighting out of Tijuana, Mexico) takes on No. 3 contender Brandon Royval (15-7, fighting out of Englewood, CO)</p><p><br /></p><p>Credit and special thanks: UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC 2024 (Media Man Int) *in progress</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/ufc_2024.html</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC: News (Media Man Int) *in progress</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/ufc_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#UFC #UFCMexico #UFCMexicoCity #UFCFightNight #FightNight237 #FightNight #Moreno #Royval #BrandonMoreno #BrandonRoyval #AssassinBaby #YairRodriguez #BrianOrtega #MMA #mixedmartialarts #comabtsports #ArenaCDMX #sportsnews #sportsmedia #Video #Videos #YouTube #ESPN #highlights #moments #preview #interviews #bio #entertainment #LiveSports #popculture #broadcast #broadcasting #trends #trending #buzz #media </p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: UFC</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>All Elite Wrestling @AEW </p><p><br /></p><p>Supergroup, The Bang Bang Scissor Gang, fire on all cylinders! | 2/24/24, AEW Collision</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WamkDRvii48&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>Thunder Rosa continues her return momentum! | 2/24/24, AEW Collision</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK2hhg6zlS0&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>FTR returns to AEW Collision to face STP’s Taylor & Moriarty! | 2/24/24 AEW Collision</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc8xkMb5BvQ&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>"You are looking live at the Great Southern Bank Arena in Springfield, Missouri when Collision in live here on TNT" .. Tony Schiavone</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sammy Guevara takes on Don Callis Family’s Powerhouse Hobbs in a NO DQ match!| 2/24/24 AEW Collision</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNkenCv_GgA&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>Bryan Danielson v Jun Akiyama + FTR v Taylor & Moriarty | AEW Control Center: Springfield, 2/23/24</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3VWcr7JD1Q&t=4s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>The EVPs, Matthew & Nicholas Jackson, are coming for the AEW World Tag Champs! | 2/23/24 AEW Rampage</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9yQ0itSiXw&t=3s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>AEW World Champ Joe, Strickland, & Cage vs Hangman, RVD, & FTW Champ Hook! | 2/21/24, AEW Dynamite</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkbintHOOdc&t=4s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>Sammy Guevara comes face-to-face with The Don Callis Family! | 2/23/24 AEW Rampage</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CABuVbJQZ1U&t=3s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>Undisputed Kingdom’s Roderick Strong faces Jake Hager! | 2/23/24 AEW Rampage</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbVuONbqud4&t=102s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>Could Mariah May continue her momentum against Anna Jay? | 2/23/24 AEW Rampage</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD70iPD07Lg&t=4s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>Episode 2: Dog Shark Party | Johnny Loves Taya</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmE8eWiObXE&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>And more great action and drama via the official AEW YouTube channel</p><p><br /></p><p>www.youtube.com/AEW</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: AEW maintains its more gritty and edgy genre. Having points of difference is freqently a reason for success of challanger brands in many forms of business including sports and showbiz. Strong emotion and heat in the fued with Sammy Guevara vs Don Callis and Will Hobbs. FTR going up the ratings. Plenty of teams gunning for them! Risk management required for AEW powers that be with so much action in and out of the ring!</p><p><br /></p><p>#AEWCollision #AEWRampage #AEWRevolution #prowrestling #wrestling #FTR #Supergroup #BBSG #ThunderRosa #SammyGuevara #DonCallis #DonCallisFamily #YoungBucks #EVPS #SwerveStrickland #SamoaJoe #Hook #RVD #TNT #entertainment #popculture #YouTube #Video #Videos #highlights #broadcast #broadcasting #trends #trending #buzz #TV #media #mediaman </p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: AEW</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Web Tips</p><p><br /></p><p>Hyperlink (backlink/s)</p><p><br /></p><p>Computing: noun: hyperlink; plural noun: hyperlinks</p><p>a link from a hypertext document to another location, activated by clicking on a highlighted word or image.</p><p><br /></p><p>Create a hyperlink between (doc or parts of a document)."thumbnail images which are hyperlinked</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p>Text Links (Media Man Int)</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/text_links.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Business brands using affiliate programs open to and embracing flat fee campaigns by online publishers under the right terms and conditions says Media Man agency</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/business_brands.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Web Publishers Battle For Success</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/web_publishers.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Web Tips (Media Man Int)</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/web_tips.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Creative Advertising Directory</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/creative_advertising.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#hyperlink #hyperlinks #textlink #textlinks #linking #backlink #backlinks #webtips #SEO #searchengineoptimization #SEM #SERP #SERPS #algorithm #Algorithms #onlinenews #onlinemarketing #onlinebiz #keyword #keywords #metatag #metatags #brand #branding #webbiz #webpubishing #onlinepublishing #onlinepublisher #trend #trends #AI #buzz #media #mediaman #mediamanint </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Will the Bitcoin Halving Create Overnight Millionaires?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now that the initial euphoria around the new spot Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has started to fade, it's time to move on to the next major catalyst for Bitcoin: the halving event in April. According to a growing number of analysts, this could really send its price soaring.</p><p><br /></p><p>In fact, according to Bitcoin ETF issuer Grayscale (NYSEMKT: GBTC), the impact of this halving could exceed any of the three previous Bitcoin halvings. But is that really the case? There are three key reasons this event might end up disappointing crypto investors.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Buy the rumor, sell the news</p><p>As we've seen with the spot Bitcoin ETFs, the market is getting a lot smarter about pricing in the impact of each new Bitcoin event. If you subscribe to the efficient markets hypothesis, which says that the market efficiently prices in new information about any asset, then this is exactly what you would expect.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the case of the Bitcoin ETFs, the market had a good grip on when they should come along, as well as which firms were likely to win approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). So it didn't come as much of a surprise when the SEC finally approved the spot Bitcoin ETFs on Jan. 10.</p><p><br /></p><p>The market had already priced in the effect of this move. In the six months from June 2023 to January 2024, the price of Bitcoin soared in anticipation. Thus, when the news finally came, Bitcoins prices actually headed lower -- not higher, as many people had thought. As it turned out, the preliminary gains were a bit too optimistic in the short term.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, could the same thing happen again, this time with the halving? At the end of last year, some analysts were already starting to predict that some of the halving impact had already been priced in. This makes sense, given how much attention Bitcoin now has from Wall Street and big institutional investors.</p><p><br /></p><p>The halving is no longer a surprise event for them, as it might have been back in 2012, 2016, or even 2020. It's a highly predictable thing with several cycles of historical precedent. And the crypto market is no longer as inefficient as it was just a few years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Correlation does not imply causation</p><p>Within the Grayscale report on the Bitcoin halving, one of the most interesting sections was an analysis of the overall macroeconomic situation during the time of each halving.</p><p><br /></p><p>The halving events of 2012, 2016, and 2020 lined up with important macroeconomic events that might have had much more to do with the price of Bitcoin soaring than the halving itself.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Take the May 2020 halving, for example. The market was coping with the shock of the pandemic, and a new wave of government stimulus money helped to prop up investment markets. Some people took their stimulus checks and put them all into crypto. So when Bitcoin eventually surged to an all-time high in November 2021, was it due to the halving, or to the broader macroeconomic situation?</p><p><br /></p><p>All of which is to say that investors might be falling into the correlation/causation trap. They see three distinct periods when Bitcoin rallied, and the natural assumption is that there must be some sort of causation going on. Maybe there's not.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Past performance is no guarantee of future results</p><p>Lastly, just because Bitcoin has rallied three times after three halving events does not mean that it is going to happen again, just like clockwork. It's like flipping a coin three times, getting heads each time, and assuming that there is a greater than 50% chance of it being heads on the fourth flip.</p><p><br /></p><p>And remember: Bitcoin is scheduled to undergo halving cycles every four years from now until 2140. Does anyone really think that Bitcoin will hit a new all-time high in each of the next 30 or so halving cycles? At some point, the effect will likely vanish.</p><p><br /></p><p>Granted, Grayscale makes several noteworthy points in its report on the Bitcoin halving. For example, it says that the new spot Bitcoin ETFs are a factor that has never existed in previous halving cycles. This matters because the demand for Bitcoin from these ETFs should soak up any selling pressure that might occur from Bitcoin miners as a result of the halving.</p><p><br /></p><p>Don't expect the price of Bitcoin to skyrocket overnight</p><p>Even if you think that the halving will have a significant impact on the price of Bitcoin, just remember that the price gains after a halving usually take 12 to 18 months. Consider the past halving: It took place in May 2020, but Bitcoin didn't reach its all-time high of $69,000 until November 2021 -- a full 18 months later. As a result, don't expect a sudden jump in the price of Bitcoin from its current level of around $50,000.</p><p><br /></p><p>Should you invest $1,000 in Bitcoin right now?</p><p><br /></p><p>Before you buy stock in Bitcoin, consider this:</p><p><br /></p><p>The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now… and Bitcoin wasn’t one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Stock Advisor provides investors with an easy-to-follow blueprint for success, including guidance on building a portfolio, regular updates from analysts, and two new stock picks each month. The Stock Advisor service has more than tripled the return of S&P 500 since 2002*.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Yahoo!)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Satoshi Anticipated Bitcoin Energy Debate in Email Thread With Early Collaborators</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Satoshi Nakamoto warned that Bitcoin could become a significant consumer of energy in 2009 emails.</p><p><br /></p><p>Proof of Work is central to Bitcoin's security but debated for high energy consumption.</p><p><br /></p><p>Satoshi foresaw non-financial uses for blockchain and expressed concerns about legal scrutiny.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a recently released batch of emails posted by Martii 'Sirius' Malmi, an early collaborator on Bitcoin's code, Satoshi Nakamoto warned that the cryptocurrency – now the world's largest digital asset – could become an energy guzzler.</p><p><br /></p><p>The email release comes as Craig Wright is on trial in a case brought by the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA) to determine whether he is indeed Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous creator of Bitcoin.</p><p><br /></p><p>"Proof of Work is the only solution I've found to make p2p e-cash work without a trusted third party," Satoshi wrote in May 2009, calling Proof of Work (PoW) "fundamental to coordinating the network and preventing double-spending."</p><p><br /></p><p>PoW is a consensus algorithm used in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin to secure the network and prevent double-spending by requiring miners to solve complex computational puzzles, which in turn validates transactions and adds new blocks to the blockchain.</p><p><br /></p><p>PoW is at the center of a debate around Bitcoin's energy consumption. While the cryptocurrency industry points to miners' use of clean or orphaned power, which would otherwise go to waste, critics are laser-focused on the raw numbers of energy consumption it generates.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a result, some jurisdictions like New York State or British Columbia have placed moratoriums on Bitcoin mining, citing the high energy consumption.</p><p><br /></p><p>"If it did grow to consume significant energy, I think it would still be less wasteful than the labour and resource intensive conventional banking activity it would replace," Satoshi wrote. "The cost would be an order of magnitude less than the billions in banking fees that pay for all those brick-and-mortar buildings, skyscrapers, and junk mail credit card offers."</p><p><br /></p><p>2021 research from Galaxy Digital showed that Bitcoin uses half the energy of the banking or gold mining industries.</p><p><br /></p><p>"Ironic if we end up having to choose between economic liberty and conservation," Satoshi continued.</p><p><br /></p><p>Non-financial uses of Blockchain</p><p>Blockchain serving as a sort of open-source notary was one non-financial use of Bitcoin that Satoshi saw in the technology, which would allow users to securely timestamp documents to prove their existence at a specific point in time.</p><p><br /></p><p>"Bitcoin is a distributed secure timestamp server for transactions," Satoshi wrote. "A few lines of code could create a transaction with an extra hash in it of anything that needs to be timestamped."</p><p><br /></p><p>Legal concerns</p><p>Satoshi was also concerned that labelling Bitcoin as a sort of investment might bring legal scrutiny from authorities.</p><p><br /></p><p>"There are a lot of things you can say on the sourceforge site that I can't say on my own site," he wrote. "Even so, I'm uncomfortable with explicitly saying, 'consider it an investment' ... That's a dangerous thing to say and you should delete that bullet point. It's OK if they come to that conclusion on their own, but we can't pitch it as that."</p><p><br /></p><p>Indeed, in the time since, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has engaged in a long campaign of legal warfare around the use of this word and might classify a cryptocurrency as a security and crypto exchanges as dealing with unregistered securities.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Craig Wright Admits to Editing Bitcoin White Paper Presented in COPA Trial</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The bitcoin developers' lawyer, Alexander Gunning, presented evidence that Craig Wright had made new edits to his whitepaper, which Wright acknowledged.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Crypto Open Patent Alliance wants to prove that Wright's claim to be the founder of bitcoin is a lie backed by forgeries.</p><p><br /></p><p>Craig Wright admitted to making changes to the version of the bitcoin whitepaper he presented in the Crypto Open Patent Alliance's (COPA) trial while testifying Friday.</p><p><br /></p><p>The trial to prove whether or not Wright is the anonymous creator of the bitcoin white paper completed its third week. COPA wants to prove that Wright's claim to be Satoshi Nakamoto is a lie afforded by "industrial style forgeries," and the bitcoin developers lawyer Alexander Gunning is helping them.</p><p><br /></p><p>On Friday, Gunning showed that Wright made edits to the bitcoin whitepaper in his "LaTeX files," which Wright agreed was accurate. Wright said the edits were simply a demonstration for his representatives at Shoosmiths (his law firm).</p><p><br /></p><p>"You were not showing this to anyone, we know the times you were showing this to Shoosmiths, you were doing it for yourself," Gunning said.</p><p><br /></p><p>"What you are doing is tweaking parameters.. to get them to fit " the layout of the bitcoin whitepaper, Gunning added. The file was uploaded as recently as November 2023, Gunning said.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gunning ended his questioning by asking: "Your claim to be Satoshi Nakomoto is a fraudulent claim isn't it?" which Wright disputed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Week three</p><p>Wright's testimony capped off the third week of the trial, which saw some of COPA's witnesses take to the stand to face questioning from Wright's lawyers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn, a computer scientist and the founder of Zcash, testified on Thursday where he was questioned on how well he knew Nakamoto. Wilcox said he wouldn't call himself "pals" with the pseudonymous Bitcoin creator. In court documents, he said that he was not sure if he had any private conversations with Nakamoto.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other witnesses were more confident about their interactions with Nakamoto.</p><p><br /></p><p>Computer scientist Marti Malmi spoke on Wednesday, disputing the dates that Wright put forward about Malmi's interaction with Nakamoto. Malmi later released his emails with Nakamoto on X (formerly Twitter).</p><p><br /></p><p>Wright said in his witness statement that Malmi approached Nakamoto in Feb. 2009 but Malmi said in his statement this was "incorrect," and that the date was actually May 1, 2009.</p><p><br /></p><p>Adam Back, the CEO of bitcoin technology company Blockstream, said in his first statement he corresponded with someone purporting to be Nakamoto via email.</p><p><br /></p><p>In his statement he showed an email he received from Nakamoto on Aug. 20, 2008, where he said he planned to cite Back's paper about a proof-of-work system and Back responded by sending more resources.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wright described Back's interactions with Nakamoto as "dismissive," which Back said was inaccurate.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next week expert witnesses will be questioned.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Screen Actors Guild Awards</p><p><br /></p><p>'Oppenheimer,' 'Succession,' 'Bear,' 'Beef,' Lily Gladstone score SAG Awards</p><p><br /></p><p>Stunt and publicitiy stunts? Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning</p><p><br /></p><p>Stars from Oppenheimer, Succession, The Bear, Beef, Killers of the Flower Moon and The Holdovers were the big winners at the Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles Saturday night.</p><p><br /></p><p>The event honoring excellence in film and TV acting streamed live for the first time on Netflix.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jennifer Aniston presented the SAG Life Achievement Award to Barbra Streisand.</p><p><br /></p><p>Presenters included Jessica Chastain, Robert Downey Jr., Billie Eilish, America Ferrera, Brendan Fraser, Taraji P. Henson, Cillian Murphy, Issa Rae and Margot Robbie.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oppenheimer won for Best Cast, Best Lead Actor for Murphy and Best Supporting Actor for Downey Jr.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gladstone won for Best Lead Actress for Killers of the Flower Moon and Da'Vine Joy Randolph earned the honor for Best Supporting Actress for The Holdovers.</p><p><br /></p><p>The stars of Succession won for Best Cast in a Drama Series, while Pedro Pascal won for Best Actor in a Drama Series for The Last of Us and Elizabeth Debicki won for Best Actress in a Drama Series for The Crown.</p><p><br /></p><p>The ensemble of The Bear was named Best Cast in a Comedy Series, with its leads Ayo Edebiri and Jeremy Allen White picking up the Best Lead Actress and Actor in a Comedy Series Awards.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ali Wong and Steven Yeun went home with the prizes for Best Actress and Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries for their work in Beef.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning won for Best Stunt Ensemble of a Movie and The Last of Us won for Best Stunt Ensemble in a TV Series.</p><p><br /></p><p>#SAG #SAGAwards #SAGAwards2024 #Netflix #showbiz #movienews #streaming #streamingentertainment #streamingindustry #entertainment #EntertainmentNews #KillersOfTheFlowerMoon #Oppenheimer #Succession #TheCrown #MissionImpossible #MI #MissionImpossibleDeadReckoning #TheLastOfUs #Bear #Beef #LilyGladstone #TheHoldovers #boxoffice #popculture #trend #trends #buzz #TV #LA #LANews #media #mediaman </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Crypto and more via Media Man and FX Pro</p><p><br /></p><p>In Case You Blinked And Missed It</p><p><br /></p><p>Crypto’s catch-up - Feb 23, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Market picture</p><p><br /></p><p>The crypto market rebounded in the overnight session, supported by a return of optimism in stocks after a cheering Nvidia report. The crypto capitalisation was up over 1% in 24 hours.</p><p><br /></p><p>The impressive gains were much stronger than the market, with BNB up 5% in one day and 10.5% in seven days, compared to BTC's +0.6% and -0.9% over the same periods. Still, BNB is playing catch-up over a broader time frame.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin managed to hold above $50K on Wednesday, where it found buyers and is once again trading at its preferred level of $52K, near which we see daily opens and closes for the eighth consecutive day.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ethereum proved earlier in the day that it is in rapid growth mode, characterised by lightning-fast corrections. On Thursday morning, the price was back above $3000, close to the highest since April 2022.</p><p><br /></p><p>News background</p><p><br /></p><p>Ophelia Snyder, president of 21Shares, said the launch of the Bitcoin ETF was a great success, but the financial gap between the largest issuers could leave three to five funds in the market.</p><p><br /></p><p>The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control said it had de-anonymised several cryptocurrency wallets belonging to the hacker group LockBit and imposed sanctions on those associated with them.</p><p><br /></p><p>The unidentified Ethereum whale transferred 1,732 ETH (~$5.15 million) to the Kraken crypto exchange after 8.5 years of inactivity. According to on-chain data, the address received 3,465 ETH (~$10.3 million) in an initial coin offering on Ethereum Genesis at $0.31.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said he welcomed the launch of ETFs tied to XRP and expressed optimism about spot ETFs on other cryptocurrencies.</p><p><br /></p><p>The US Department of Justice has sought a court order to limit the disclosure of confidential information about the case between US authorities and former Binance exchange chief Changpeng Zhao.</p><p><br /></p><p>US-based Circle, the company behind the second most popular stablecoin USDC, unexpectedly announced the end of support for the Tron blockchain.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Altcoins’ reverse traction</p><p><br /></p><p>Market picture</p><p><br /></p><p>The crypto market hit multi-month highs on Tuesday but started Wednesday with a frightening decline. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ethereum lost around 2%, pulling back to $2929, which is the scale of the fall in Solana. Cardano is down 5%, and XRP is down 3%. Bitcoin has managed to avoid a sell-off without replicating the upward momentum observed in recent days.</p><p><br /></p><p>Technically, Ethereum's pullback to $2700 is a correction of this month's rally and should not cause much alarm. However, a break below this level could be a cause for concern.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to AllianceBernstein, Ethereum is virtually the only alternative to Bitcoin that can get ETF approval from the SEC. The likelihood of ETH ETF approval is almost 50% for launch by May and almost 100% in the next 12 months.</p><p><br /></p><p>News background</p><p><br /></p><p>According to Bloomberg, the growth of the crypto market is once again attracting retail investors with small deposits - they are starting to use apps like Robinhood to buy and sell digital assets.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many market participants are predicting the start of the alt season, but some remain cautious. For example, Markus Thielen, head of 10x Research, points to the continued dominance of Bitcoin with a 51 per cent market share. In his view, the first cryptocurrency's dominance "needs to fall below 45%" for the altcoin season to begin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The launch of spot ETFs in the US has had a positive impact on Bitcoin's order book liquidity and ability to trade at stable prices. This is the conclusion reached by Kaiko. BTC liquidity rose to its highest level since October 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>AI tokens saw a surge in activity last week on the back of the launch of OpenAI's Sora, with their total capitalisation exceeding $15 billion and the Worldcoin token (WLD) hitting an all-time high.</p><p><br /></p><p>E-commerce giant eBay has changed its stance on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and is likely to exit the space in the near future. The company has laid off more than 30% of the staff at its NFT marketplace, KnownOrigin. According to CoinGecko, NFT turnover across the top 10 blockchains fell 55.1% to $11.8 billion in 2023, with 72% of this value related to NFTs on Ethereum.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Source: FxPro) </p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int </p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin News (Media Man Int)</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/bitcoin_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Business News (Media Man Int)</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/business_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#Bitcoin #BitcoinNews #BTC #BitcoinETF #BitcoinETFs #cryptocurrency #cryptonews #Nvidia #CryptocurrencyNews #Solana #CoinMarketPro #Coinbase #Celcius #ETF #Tether #USDT #Grayscale #Stablecoins #fintech #NFT #NFTS #market #trading #tradingnews #bitcoinbiz #bitcoincafe #bitcoingames #bitcoingaming #bitcoinpr #bitcoinewsmedia #FxPro #AlexKuptsikevich #GregTingle #affiliate #affiliates #AffiliateMarketing #aff #trends #trending #buzz #PR #newsbiz #X #media #mediaman #mediamanint</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wrestling News</p><p><br /></p><p>Australia and The Wrestling World Still Buzzing About WWE @WWE Elimination Chamber in Perth, Western Australia</p><p><br /></p><p>Heels To Babyfaces; Land Down Under Bizzaro Land Aka Canada In Bret 'Hitman" Hart prime era; Not Quite Parts Unknown any more; Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Eat Your Heart Out</p><p><br /></p><p>Stunning Reaction And Super Pop For Cody Rhodes</p><p><br /></p><p>Sure, there were winners and losers, but the fans won, the WWE and the pro wrestling industry won.</p><p><br /></p><p>Greatest Tourism Promo Ever For Western Australia? Dream Exposure Won</p><p><br /></p><p>Usual heels went to babyfaces such as Tiffany Stratton who the Aussie's just loved, then there was the 'Aussie Icon' Grayson Waller who had almost 100 percent fan support (apart from a few hardcore "Cody Cry Babies"), which his on screen mate Austin Theory went along with - and it cost the hitman! (who got hit and then some). </p><p><br /></p><p>"The Maverick" Logal Paul aka "Prime Heel" in some circles also drew plenty of cheers and wows, despite trying to be hated so much at the WWE media event the day prior.</p><p><br /></p><p>Heel (bad gun) or not, Stratton's Tiffy Time, Swanton off the pod, Paul's flying cross body off the pod, and Waller's shoey with Aussie UFC living legend "Bam Bam" Tai Tuivasa won over the crowd. Mr GW Effect enjoyed a shoey with South Australia's own Rhea "Bloody" aka "Mummi" Ripley the day before at the presser - just in case there was any confussion. </p><p><br /></p><p>The man you love to hate, Logan Paul, made sure to bring his markers into the pod and drew some mean devil horns and other graffiti aimed at rival Kevin Owens. These two fought tooth, nail and brass knux, until it was time for Randy Orton to put Paul out of his Aussie heatwave-like misery with the RKO.</p><p><br /></p><p>Aussie Indi Hartwell was pumped just to be competing in her native Australia (just as well as her team came away with the official W). Big Bronson Reed from Adelaide, South Australia didn't attend as he was busy being new and proud father. Great to see more pro wrestlers with their work/life balance more in tune than what was the case many decades ago where wrestlers burnt the candle at both ends - sometimes costing them the ultimate price.</p><p><br /></p><p>Australia's world champ, Rhea Ripley defended her title against Nia Jax in a hard fought and exciting match that featured a superplex, Samoan drop, tables and plenty of brutality.</p><p><br /></p><p>This new and current era under Triple H, Nick Khan, Shawn Michaels (WWE NXT) and a select number of folks in the brains trust (recalling the late Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, is absolutely thriving.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you didn't get the meme, Logan Paul won Media Man's MVP Of The Card (men), neck and neck with Tiffiny Stratton who has converted thousand of Aussie's to Tiffy Time in and around the international date line. Hot heels, hot action and hot big business all round.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's an open secret the pro wrestling is both theatre/showbiz as well as an extremly dangerous combat sports hybrid.</p><p><br /></p><p>The pro wrestlers who get and stay at the top usally are great wrestlers with both strong technical ability, charismatic, tough as nails (mentally and physical), an who actually love the game and business of wrestling. Countless wrestlers and would be wrestlers have found out just how difficult the business is, and very few enjoy sustainable careers. These pros make it look easy (sort of), when it is anything but.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fans, make no mistake - you are looking at the best of the best.</p><p><br /></p><p>Aussie's, both the wrestlers and fans, did the Land Down Under proud.</p><p><br /></p><p>Future Champ Picks: Waller, Statton and Paul.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wrestler Booker Of The Year: Triple H</p><p><br /></p><p>Heel Of The Year fav (thus far): Logan Paul</p><p><br /></p><p>Get your official winners and results via the WWE website.</p><p><br /></p><p>Videos via the award winning WWE YouTube channel</p><p><br /></p><p>Randy Orton, Logan Paul and the Chamber Superstars brawl: SmackDown highlights, Feb. 23, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK56nLGAhtY&t=6s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Full WWE Elimination Chamber 2024 highlights</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPipUwYWgXw&t=4s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Full Elimination Chamber Results and Highlights: WWE Now, Feb. 24, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grKZ_Cn22PY&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Rhea Ripley celebrates her emotional homecoming: WWE Elimination Chamber 2024 exclusive</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDboENIH8_U&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Indi Hartwell is happy to be home in Australia: WWE Elimination Chamber 2024 exclusive</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDKTVQahCtk&t=4s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Top 10 moments from WWE Elimination Chamber 2024: WWE Top 10, Feb. 24, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khhpxkcu410&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Women’s Elimination Chamber Match: WWE Elimination Chamber 2024 highlights</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rJDiNzSE_s&t=25s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>WWE impacts the community in Perth, Western Australia</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEBhY2QBRX0&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Elimination Chamber Press Event: Feb. 22, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7752CMfFEU&t=24s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Elimination Chamber (Media Man Int)</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/wwe_elimination.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#WWEChamber #EliminationChamber #EliminationChamber #LoganPaul #TheMaverick #Prime #GraysonWaller #GWEffect #RheaRipley #NiaJax #TiffanyStratton #TiffyTime #IndiHartwell #TripleH #KevinOwens #KO #TKO #TKOGroup #RKO #CodyRhodes #SethRollins #OptusStadium #prowrestling #wrestling #wrestlingnews #Entertainment #entertainmentnews #popculture #showbiz #combatsports #legends #YouTube #Video #Videos #PLE #sportsbiz #sportstourism #trends #trending #Aussie #AussieAussieAussie #WesternAustralia #OptusStadium #buzz #media #mediaman </p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: WWE</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Screen Actors Guild Awards</p><p><br /></p><p>'Oppenheimer,' 'Succession,' 'Bear,' 'Beef,' Lily Gladstone score SAG Awards</p><p><br /></p><p>Stunt and publicitiy stunts? Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning</p><p><br /></p><p>Stars from Oppenheimer, Succession, The Bear, Beef, Killers of the Flower Moon and The Holdovers were the big winners at the Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles Saturday night.</p><p><br /></p><p>The event honoring excellence in film and TV acting streamed live for the first time on Netflix.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jennifer Aniston presented the SAG Life Achievement Award to Barbra Streisand.</p><p><br /></p><p>Presenters included Jessica Chastain, Robert Downey Jr., Billie Eilish, America Ferrera, Brendan Fraser, Taraji P. Henson, Cillian Murphy, Issa Rae and Margot Robbie.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oppenheimer won for Best Cast, Best Lead Actor for Murphy and Best Supporting Actor for Downey Jr.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gladstone won for Best Lead Actress for Killers of the Flower Moon and Da'Vine Joy Randolph earned the honor for Best Supporting Actress for The Holdovers.</p><p><br /></p><p>The stars of Succession won for Best Cast in a Drama Series, while Pedro Pascal won for Best Actor in a Drama Series for The Last of Us and Elizabeth Debicki won for Best Actress in a Drama Series for The Crown.</p><p><br /></p><p>The ensemble of The Bear was named Best Cast in a Comedy Series, with its leads Ayo Edebiri and Jeremy Allen White picking up the Best Lead Actress and Actor in a Comedy Series Awards.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ali Wong and Steven Yeun went home with the prizes for Best Actress and Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries for their work in Beef.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning won for Best Stunt Ensemble of a Movie and The Last of Us won for Best Stunt Ensemble in a TV Series.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wrestling News</p><p><br /></p><p>Australia and The Wrestling World Still Buzzing About WWE Elimination Chamber in Perth, Western Australia </p><p><br /></p><p>(Amended version with some corrections) - Media Man crew somewhat fatigued after so much wrestling and combat sports news and happenings over past few weeks!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Heels To Babyfaces; Land Down Under Bizzaro Land Aka Canada In Bret 'Hitman" Hart prime era; Not Quite Parts Unknown any more; Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome - Eat Your Heart Out </p><p><br /></p><p>Stunning Reaction And Super Pop For Cody Rhodes Sure, there were winners and losers, but the fans won, the WWE and the pro wrestling industry won. </p><p><br /></p><p>Greatest Tourism Promo Ever For Western Australia?</p><p> </p><p>Dream Exposure Won </p><p><br /></p><p>Usual heels went to babyfaces such as Tiffany Stratton who the Aussie's just loved, then there was the 'Aussie Icon' Grayson Waller who had almost 100 percent fan support (apart from a few hardcore "Cody Cry Babies"), which his on screen mate Austin Theory went along with - and it cost the hitman! (who got hit and then some). </p><p><br /></p><p>"The Maverick" Logan Paul aka "Prime Heel" in some circles also drew plenty of cheers and wows, despite trying to be hated so much at the WWE media event the day prior. Heel (bad guy) or not, Stratton's Tiffy Time, Swanton off the pod, Paul's flying cross body off the pod, and Waller's shoey with Aussie UFC living legend "Bam Bam" Tai Tuivasa won over the crowd. Mr GW Effect enjoyed a shoey with South Australia's own Rhea "Bloody" aka "Mami" Ripley the day before at the presser - just in case there was any confusion. </p><p><br /></p><p>The man you love to hate, Logan Paul, made sure to bring his markers into the pod and drew some mean devil horns and other graffiti aimed at rival Kevin Owens. These two fought tooth, nail and brass knux, until it was time for Randy Orton to put Paul out of his Aussie heatwave-like misery with the RKO. Aussie Indi Hartwell was pumped just to be competing in her native Australia (just as well as her team came away with the official L for loss). Big Bronson Reed from Adelaide, South Australia didn't attend as he was busy being new and proud father. Great to see more pro wrestlers with their work/life balance more in tune than what was the case many decades ago where wrestlers burnt the candle at both ends - sometimes costing them the ultimate price. </p><p><br /></p><p>Australia's world champ, Rhea Ripley defended her title against Nia Jax in a hard fought and exciting match that featured a superplex, Samoan drop, tables and plenty of brutality. This new and current era under Triple H, Nick Khan, Shawn Michaels (WWE NXT) and a select number of folks in the brains trust (recalling the late Bobby "The Brain" Heenan), is absolutely thriving. If you didn't get the memo, Logan Paul won Media Man's MVP Of The Card (men), neck and neck with Tiffany Stratton who has converted thousand of Aussie's to Tiffy Time in and around the international date line. Hot heels, hot action and hot big business all round. </p><p><br /></p><p>It's an open secret the pro wrestling is both theatre/showbiz as well as an extremely dangerous combat sports hybrid. The pro wrestlers who get and stay at the top are usually great wrestlers with both strong technical ability, charisma, tough as nails (mentally and physically), and who actually love the game and business of wrestling. Countless wrestlers and would be wrestlers have found out just how difficult the business is, and very few enjoy sustainable careers. These pros make it look easy (sort of), when it is anything but. Fans, make no mistake - you are looking at the best of the best. </p><p><br /></p><p>Aussie's, both the wrestlers and fans, did the Land Down Under proud. </p><p><br /></p><p>Future Champ Picks: Waller, Stratton and Paul. </p><p><br /></p><p>Wrestling Booker Of The Year: Triple H </p><p> </p><p>Heel Of The Year fav (thus far): Logan Paul </p><p><br /></p><p>Get your official winners and results via the WWE website. </p><p><br /></p><p>Videos via the award winning WWE YouTube channel </p><p><br /></p><p>Randy Orton, Logan Paul and the Chamber Superstars brawl: SmackDown highlights, Feb. 23, 2024 https://youtube.com/watch?v=YK56nLGAhtY&t=6s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Full WWE Elimination Chamber 2024 highlights https://youtube.com/watch?v=MPipUwYWgXw&t=4s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Full Elimination Chamber Results and Highlights: WWE Now, Feb. 24, 2024 https://youtube.com/watch?v=grKZ_Cn22PY&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Rhea Ripley celebrates her emotional homecoming: WWE Elimination Chamber 2024 exclusive https://youtube.com/watch?v=cDboENIH8_U&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Indi Hartwell is happy to be home in Australia: WWE Elimination Chamber 2024 exclusive https://youtube.com/watch?v=tDKTVQahCtk&t=4s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p> </p><p>Top 10 moments from WWE Elimination Chamber 2024: WWE Top 10, Feb. 24, 2024 https://youtube.com/watch?v=Khhpxkcu410&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Women’s Elimination Chamber Match: WWE Elimination Chamber 2024 highlights </p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=1rJDiNzSE_s&t=25s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE impacts the community in Perth, Western Australia https://youtube.com/watch?v=LEBhY2QBRX0&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Elimination Chamber Press Event: Feb. 22, 2024 https://youtube.com/watch?v=T7752CMfFEU&t=24s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int </p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Elimination Chamber (Media Man Int) </p><p>http://mediamanint.com/articles/wwe_elimination.html</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>National Wrestling Alliance </p><p>@nwa</p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>Billy Corgan and National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) Announce Deal With The CW Network</p><p><br /></p><p>"The CW has made a big commitment to sports, and they have an incredible top-tier streaming platform. The network’s audience represents a very wide swath of American culture—which wrestling has always been a key part of. This partnership gives us the opportunity to reach that audience more readily. We’re excited to get the chance to show there are other voices in professional wrestling. With NWA, there’s honesty, integrity, and a different level of swagger, because it’s coming from the underground. It’s similar to rock ‘n’ roll in this respect. With The CW behind us, we’re pulling NWA into the light where fans can appreciate its authenticity" Billy Corgan</p><p><br /></p><p>BILLY CORGAN & NATIONAL WRESTLING ALLIANCE (NWA) ANNOUNCE DEAL WITH THE CW NETWORK</p><p><br /></p><p>STREAMING FLAGSHIP PROGRAM NWA POWERRR & MARQUEE EVENTS SUCH AS PARANOIA NOW</p><p><br /></p><p>MUCH ANTICIPATED NWA SIGNATURE LIVE EVENT HARD TIMES 2024 ON MARCH 2 FROM DOTHAN, AL SLATED TO BE MONUMENTAL PROGRAMMING ON NWA POWERRR</p><p><br /></p><p>MUCH ANTICIPATED NWA SIGNATURE LIVE EVENT HARD TIMES 2024 ON MARCH 2 FROM DOTHAN, AL SLATED TO BE MONUMENTAL PROGRAMMING ON NWA POWERRR</p><p><br /></p><p>SET TO PREMIERE UNTITLED UNSCRIPTED SERIES STARRING BILLY CORGAN IN 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Billy Corgan and National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) Announce Deal With The CW Network</p><p><br /></p><p>Feb 21, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>LOS ANGELES, C.A. (News Release) — GRAMMY® Award-winning founder of The Smashing Pumpkins and National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) President Billy Corgan proudly announces an exclusive streaming deal for NWA with The CW. Under this newly minted all-encompassing partnership, multiple NWA programs will be streaming and on-demand via The CW platform and portal in the United States.</p><p><br /></p><p>Democratizing access to action-packed wrestling from some of the sport’s biggest, boldest, and brightest personalities, all programming is notably available free of charge and without a subscription via The CW app. It represents a monumental power move for NWA. The partnership not only amplifies the brand’s presence throughout popular culture and the zeitgeist, but it also sets a precedent for wrestling, at large.</p><p><br /></p><p>Flagship program NWA Powerrr is live on the platform now and features ‘Return to Robarts’ programming emanating from the historic Robarts Arena in Sarasota Florida. New episodes air weekly on Tuesdays with past seasons also available to stream. Additionally, the much-anticipated Paranoia Live Event on Powerrr is also now available on The CW. Shot on January 13, 2024 at Revolution Live in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, the signature live event Paranoia features some of the league’s top stars and a myriad of thrilling high-octane matches. Next up, the massive signature live event Hard Times 2024 will premiere on the platform as part of future episodes of NWA Powerrr, streaming on both http://CWTV.com and the CW app.</p><p><br /></p><p>Additionally, a brand new unscripted untitled series about Corgan’s life, family, role as President of NWA, and his “day job” will also debut on The CW later this year. Co-produced by Corgan’s own production company Lightning One Inc. and Nacelle Company, it offers an unprecedented vignette into every dimension of his world with unparalleled candor.</p><p><br /></p><p>Corgan continues to deepen the storied mythos and legacy of NWA—one of the oldest and most prestigious professional wrestling brands in the world. He has carefully curated matches and sought-out exciting new talent, building a haven for future superstars to shine with attitude, integrity, power, and panache.</p><p><br /></p><p>As such, NWA currently serves as a home to the likes of EC3, Matt Cardona, “Thrillbilly” Silas Mason, Trevor Murdoch, Thom Latimer, The Immortals (Odinson and Kratos), Blunt Force Trauma (Damage and Carnage), Aron Stevens, Austin Idol, The Insane Clown Posse’s Violent J, The Brothers of Funstruction Yabo and Ruffo, Colby Corino, Mims, Max the Impaler, “The Sinister Minister” Father James Mitchell, Burchill, Bryan Idol, Natalia Markova, Kerry Morton, Alex Taylor, May Valentine, among others.</p><p><br /></p><p>With more heavyweights, more drama, and the most bravado, Billy Corgan, The CW, and NWA will enthral and thrill inside and outside of the ring throughout 2024 and beyond. Stay tuned.</p><p><br /></p><p>NWA Official YouTube Channel</p><p>http://youtube.com/nwa</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Crypto and more via Media Man and FX Pro</p><p><br /></p><p>In Case You Blinked And Missed It</p><p><br /></p><p>Crypto’s catch-up - Feb 23, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Market picture</p><p><br /></p><p>The crypto market rebounded in the overnight session, supported by a return of optimism in stocks after a cheering Nvidia report. The crypto capitalisation was up over 1% in 24 hours.</p><p><br /></p><p>The impressive gains were much stronger than the market, with BNB up 5% in one day and 10.5% in seven days, compared to BTC's +0.6% and -0.9% over the same periods. Still, BNB is playing catch-up over a broader time frame.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin managed to hold above $50K on Wednesday, where it found buyers and is once again trading at its preferred level of $52K, near which we see daily opens and closes for the eighth consecutive day.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ethereum proved earlier in the day that it is in rapid growth mode, characterised by lightning-fast corrections. On Thursday morning, the price was back above $3000, close to the highest since April 2022.</p><p><br /></p><p>News background</p><p><br /></p><p>Ophelia Snyder, president of 21Shares, said the launch of the Bitcoin ETF was a great success, but the financial gap between the largest issuers could leave three to five funds in the market.</p><p><br /></p><p>The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control said it had de-anonymised several cryptocurrency wallets belonging to the hacker group LockBit and imposed sanctions on those associated with them.</p><p><br /></p><p>The unidentified Ethereum whale transferred 1,732 ETH (~$5.15 million) to the Kraken crypto exchange after 8.5 years of inactivity. According to on-chain data, the address received 3,465 ETH (~$10.3 million) in an initial coin offering on Ethereum Genesis at $0.31.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said he welcomed the launch of ETFs tied to XRP and expressed optimism about spot ETFs on other cryptocurrencies.</p><p><br /></p><p>The US Department of Justice has sought a court order to limit the disclosure of confidential information about the case between US authorities and former Binance exchange chief Changpeng Zhao.</p><p><br /></p><p>US-based Circle, the company behind the second most popular stablecoin USDC, unexpectedly announced the end of support for the Tron blockchain.</p><p><br /></p><p>Altcoins’ reverse traction</p><p><br /></p><p>Market picture</p><p><br /></p><p>The crypto market hit multi-month highs on Tuesday but started Wednesday with a frightening decline. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ethereum lost around 2%, pulling back to $2929, which is the scale of the fall in Solana. Cardano is down 5%, and XRP is down 3%. Bitcoin has managed to avoid a sell-off without replicating the upward momentum observed in recent days.</p><p><br /></p><p>Technically, Ethereum's pullback to $2700 is a correction of this month's rally and should not cause much alarm. However, a break below this level could be a cause for concern.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to AllianceBernstein, Ethereum is virtually the only alternative to Bitcoin that can get ETF approval from the SEC. The likelihood of ETH ETF approval is almost 50% for launch by May and almost 100% in the next 12 months.</p><p><br /></p><p>News background</p><p><br /></p><p>According to Bloomberg, the growth of the crypto market is once again attracting retail investors with small deposits - they are starting to use apps like Robinhood to buy and sell digital assets.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many market participants are predicting the start of the alt season, but some remain cautious. For example, Markus Thielen, head of 10x Research, points to the continued dominance of Bitcoin with a 51 per cent market share. In his view, the first cryptocurrency's dominance "needs to fall below 45%" for the altcoin season to begin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The launch of spot ETFs in the US has had a positive impact on Bitcoin's order book liquidity and ability to trade at stable prices. This is the conclusion reached by Kaiko. BTC liquidity rose to its highest level since October 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>AI tokens saw a surge in activity last week on the back of the launch of OpenAI's Sora, with their total capitalisation exceeding $15 billion and the Worldcoin token (WLD) hitting an all-time high.</p><p><br /></p><p>E-commerce giant eBay has changed its stance on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and is likely to exit the space in the near future. The company has laid off more than 30% of the staff at its NFT marketplace, KnownOrigin. According to CoinGecko, NFT turnover across the top 10 blockchains fell 55.1% to $11.8 billion in 2023, with 72% of this value related to NFTs on Ethereum.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Source: FxPro) </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Combat Sports</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC </p><p>@ufc</p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 aka UFC Fight Night 237 and UFC on ESPN+ 95)</p><p><br /></p><p>"The Assassin Baby" vs Royval - Re-Match</p><p><br /></p><p>February 24, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Arena CDMX. Mexico City, Mexico</p><p><br /></p><p>Video and hype via the offcial and award winning UFC YouTube Channel</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC Mexico: Fighter Faceoffs</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=lVShCnHI7jc&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>Moreno vs Royval 2 - Risk It All | UFC Mexico</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=F6APdAT0KNk&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>"I think Joe what's most incredable is that when Brandon Moreno beat Jussier Formiga, Brandon Morenowas was not even in the UFC. You fast forward 7 months - he's got 2 submission wins"</p><p><br /></p><p>"If he can win tonight, he legitimalty has a shot at a championship in less than 12 months" </p><p><br /></p><p>"This kid's wild" Joe Rogan</p><p><br /></p><p>Weigh-In Highlights | UFC Mexico</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=sCg8JG234oQ&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>Brian Ortega, Tarek El Moussa, UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 Picks | UFC Unfiltered</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=yGby85KMTDQ&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC Unfiltered w/ Jim Norton and Matt Serra</p><p><br /></p><p>Matt and Jim are joined by 4th-ranked UFC featherweight Brian Ortega and real-estate TV personality Tarek El Moussa on this episode of UFC Unfiltered. Today’s show is one marked by a series of brief cameos — beginning with Mrs. Serra briefly joining her husband in the show’s intro and shortly thereafter with Ortega hopping on the call alongside coach Rener Gracie. Looking to get back to his winning ways in his first fight since injuring his shoulder 19 months ago, Ortega reflects back on what went right for him in the cage against Yair Rodriguez in his last fight before the untimely injury put an unceremonious end to the contest. A proud Mexican American set to fight in his parents’ home country for the first time in his career, Ortega gets candid about what it means to be in the co-main slot of Saturday’s card in Mexico City against a Mexican-born fighter like Yair Rodriguez — especially now that there are added title implications with Ilia Topuria as the UFC’s newly-crowned featherweight champion. Then, Jim and Matt are joined by real-estate TV star Tarek El Moussa, who begins his interview with a stroll down memory lane of how he became a UFC superfan before explaining the details of his incredible life story captured eloquently in his newly-released book titled: “FLIP YOUR LIFE: How to Find Opportunity in Distress - in Real Estate, Business, and Life”. When Tarek hops off the call, the guys wrap up the show with some picks for the two rematches atop Saturday’s card, Ortega’s fight against Yair Rodriguez in the co-main event and Brandon Moreno’s rematch against Brandon Royval in the main event. (Credit: UFC)</p><p><br /></p><p>Muhammad Naimov Post-Fight Interview | UFC Mexico</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=x2AbVE77eTk&ab_channel=UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>ESPN MMA Official YouTube</p><p>Tracy Cortez's thoughts on the UFC Mexico fight card & her potential comeback | ESPN MMA</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=salzf4zm40s&ab_channel=ESPNMMA</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs Royval 2 Main Card </p><p><br /></p><p>Manuel Torres vs Chris Duncan</p><p><br /></p><p>Manuel Torres (14-2, fighting out of Tijuana, Mexico) takes on Chris Duncan (11-1, fighting out of Tullibody, Scotland) in a lightweight battle</p><p><br /></p><p>Yazmin Jauregui vs Sam Hughes</p><p><br /></p><p>Yazmin Jauregui (10-1, fighting out of Tijuana, Mexico) battles Sam Hughes (8-5, fighting out of Dallas, TX) at strawweight</p><p><br /></p><p>Raul Rosas Jr. vs Ricky Turcios</p><p><br /></p><p>Raul Rosas Jr. (8-1, fighting out of Las Vegas, NV) clashes with Ricky Turcios (13-3, fighting out of Houston, TX) at bantamweight</p><p><br /></p><p>Daniel Zellhuber vs Francisco Prado</p><p><br /></p><p>Danel Zellhuber (14-1, fighting out of Mexico City, Mexico) battles Francisco Prado (12-1, fighting out ofSan Lorenzo, Santa Fe, Argentina) in an exciting lightweight bout</p><p><br /></p><p>Co-Main Event: Yair Rodriguez vs Brian Ortega</p><p><br /></p><p>A five-round co-main event sees No. 2 featherweight Yair Rodriguez (16-4, 1NC, fighting out of Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico) face No. 3 Brian Ortega (15-3, 1NC, fighting out of Los Angeles, CA)</p><p><br /></p><p>Main Event: Brandon Moreno vs Brandon Royval</p><p><br /></p><p>Flyweights collide in the main event as No. 1 flyweight contender Brandon Moreno (21-7-2, fighting out of Tijuana, Mexico) takes on No. 3 contender Brandon Royval (15-7, fighting out of Englewood, CO)</p><p><br /></p><p>Credit and special thanks: UFC</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC 2024 (Media Man Int) *in progress</p><p>http://mediamanint.com/articles/ufc_2024.html</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC: News (Media Man Int) *in progress</p><p>http://mediamanint.com/articles/ufc_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Combat Sports</p><p><br /></p><p>PFL Champs vs Bellator Champs</p><p><br /></p><p>24 February, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Kingdom Arena. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia</p><p><br /></p><p>Bellator Heavyweight Champion, Ryan Bader vs Renan Ferreira. Bader wins with quick 20 second KO!</p><p><br /></p><p>Eblem vs Kasanganay</p><p><br /></p><p>Johnny Eblen aka The Human Cheat Code was the strong fav</p><p>Eblen 500 fav</p><p>Kasanganay was +360 underdog</p><p><br /></p><p>PFL CHAMPS VS BELLATOR CHAMPS: Live Stream</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=zjp3fw8WgwQ&ab_channel=PFLMMA</p><p><br /></p><p>PFL CHAMPS vs BELLATOR CHAMPS: COLD OPEN!</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=s2k-J0_ZehA&ab_channel=PFLMMA</p><p><br /></p><p>Mike Tyson Open for PFL Champs vs Bellator Champs!</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=EWUoxKmPhw4&ab_channel=PFLMMA</p><p><br /></p><p>Francis Ngannou Makes A Big Announcement | PFL vs Bellator Fight Week - VLOG Series Ep. 5</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=9w58U2qVLLo&ab_channel=PFLMMA</p><p><br /></p><p>Betting The PFL: Episode 1 - PFL Champs vs Bellator Champs</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=r-iWDltO2WI&ab_channel=PFLMMA</p><p><br /></p><p>Preview</p><p><br /></p><p>More great highlights and moments being added to the official PFL YouTube channel</p><p><br /></p><p>PFL Official YouTube</p><p>http://youtube.com/@PFLMMA</p><p><br /></p><p>More Videos</p><p><br /></p><p>Chael Sonnen Official YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Chael Sonnen talks Bellator vs PFL in Saudi Arabia on this episode of Beyond the Fight</p><p>https://youtube.com/watch?v=JTS-zqqi9mA&ab_channel=ChaelSonnen</p><p><br /></p><p>Quotes</p><p><br /></p><p>Impa Kasanganay:</p><p><br /></p><p>"I don't even consider weight classes," Kasanganay told ESPN. "I'm not trying to be the best middleweight or light heavyweight in the world. I'm focused on being the best fighter possible. Whether it's at 170 pounds or 265 pounds, it's just a different form of discipline."</p><p><br /></p><p>Media</p><p><br /></p><p>IYADH, SAUDI ARABIA (FEBRUARY 11, 2024) – The Professional Fighters League (PFL) and Riyadh Season have announced tickets for the first-ever mega MMA event of the year, PFL Champions vs. Bellator Champions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Background</p><p><br /></p><p>The PFL Champions vs. Bellator Champions weigh-ins will take place at The Kingdom Arena on the 23 February at 6 pm KSA time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Emanating live from Saudi Arabia, an emerging hotspot for global sporting events, PFL Champions vs. Bellator Champions is an unprecedented fight card that will feature World Champions and the biggest names in combat sports going head to head in the PFL SmartCage. The event will take place at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh.</p><p><br /></p><p>Headlining the card will be a battle between Heavyweight titleholders, as PFL Heavyweight Champion, Renan Ferreira meets Bellator Heavyweight Champion, Ryan Bader. PFL Light Heavyweight Champion, Impa Kasanganay, who will fight at 185-pounds takes on Bellator Middleweight Champion, Johnny Eblen. Two-time PFL Champion Ray Cooper III faces Bellator Welterweight Champion, Jason Jackson, and in the featherweight action, PFL Champion Jesus Pinedo meets Bellator Champion Patricio Pitbull.</p><p><br /></p><p>The card will also feature the first-ever female MMA fight in Riyadh in which two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and women’s boxing champion Claressa Shields takes on Kelsey DeSantis in a Women’s Lightweight bout. PFL Champions vs Bellator Champions will also see Muhammad Ali’s grandson, Biaggio Ali Walsh, make his professional MMA debut. Other notable fighters on the card are Saudi Arabia's own Abdullah Al-Qahtani, Thiago Santos, Yoel Romero, Clay Collard, AJ McKee, Aaron Pico, and many more.</p><p><br /></p><p>The inaugural PFL PPV Super Fight event will be available on ESPN+ PPV and DAZN beginning at 3 pm ET. In addition, three major showcase bouts will take place during the preliminary card airing in the U.S. on ESPNEWS and ESPN+ in the U.S. beginning at 12 pm ET.</p><p><br /></p><p>PFL is the only organization in MMA with a sports-season format, where individual fighters compete in a regular season, playoffs, and championship each year. The combined roster of PFL and Bellator boasts 30% of its fighters independently world-ranked in the top 25 of their respective weight class, the same percentage as UFC. PFL has an expansive global vision for the sport and is building the “Champions League of MMA” with PFL Europe, PFL MENA, and more international leagues in development. PFL leads in technology and innovation, with its proprietary PFL SmartCage, powering fight analytics, real-time betting, AI scoring, and a next-generation viewing experience. PFL is primetime on ESPN/ESPN+ in the U.S. and is broadcast and streamed in 150 countries with 20 premium media distribution partners.</p><p><br /></p><p>Riyadh Season attracts people from all over the world to experience a wide range of international martial arts and boxing events. It also offers various entertainment options and international experiences. During the winter months, visitors can enjoy thousands of concerts, exhibitions, and other events in Riyadh. This unique entertainment includes participation from celebrities and well-known brands.</p><p><br /></p><p>ABOUT RIYADH SEASON</p><p>Saudi Arabia's capital embraces one of the world's biggest entertainment events every year during winter. Since the launch of the Riyadh Season in 2019, the festival has welcomed visitors from all over the world to experience thousands of concerts, sporting activities, and other unique cultural events. For more information, please contact Riyadh Season Media Center via email: media@riyadhseason.sa</p><p><br /></p><p>ABOUT PROFESSIONAL FIGHTERS LEAGUE</p><p>Professional Fighters League (PFL) is a global powerhouse in MMA and the fastest-growing sports league worldwide. PFL has five live fight franchises, offering year-round content: PFL League Season, PFL PPV Super Fights, PFL Challenger Series, PFL International Leagues, and Bellator. Founded in 2018, PFL is backed by major blue-chip investors including SRJ, Ares, Knighthead, Luxor Capital, Waverley Capital, Elysian Park Ventures, and numerous NBA, MLB, NHL, and MLS team owners. MMA is the growth sports business of this decade, with 650 million fans worldwide, the youngest audience demographic, and true global revenue streams.</p><p><br /></p><p>ABOUT SRJ SPORTS INVESTMENTS</p><p>SRJ (/Surge/) Sports Investments is a leading sports investor, wholly owned by PIF, and established to develop a world-class sports sector in Saudi Arabia and beyond. SRJ Sports Investments focuses on driving sustainable investment across technology, media, programming, IP rights, and commercialization of venues – serving the sports sector in Saudi Arabia and across the MENA region.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Credit: PLF)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Aussies respond to Logan Paul’s Perth trash talk</p><p><br /></p><p>Aussies have slammed Logan Paul’s Perth comments while politicians get involved in the “trash talk” and “beef”.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wrestling-mania has hit a fever pitch in Australia as politicians respond to industry beef in the lead up to WWEs massive Elimination Chamber match in Perth on Saturday night.</p><p><br /></p><p>Western Australian’s have been hitting back at Logan Paul after he slated Perth and said the city “sucks”.</p><p><br /></p><p>Deputy Premier of Western Australia Rita Saffioti MLA took to Facebook to share a picture with the social media star turned wrestler with the caption: “Heard what Logan Paul said about Perth, so we had a few words backstage.”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The YouTuber turned exhibition boxer and now wrestler is the current WWE United States champion and will fight Drew McIntyre, Randy Orton, Bobby Lashley, LA Knight and Kevin Owens in the main event Elimination Chamber match on Saturday night in Perth in a World Heavyweight Championship match.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fans fear Paul may have lost some local support in the lead-up to the match after he trashed Perth on stage at a media event this week.</p><p><br /></p><p>Paul took to the stage with his US championship belt and received a “tepid” response from the crowd.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Oh, y’all going to yell at me huh?” Paul said. “You gonna boo me?</p><p><br /></p><p>“I flew 30 hours to get booed?</p><p><br /></p><p>“OK, if that’s the direction you want to go, we can go there.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>“So it’s WWE’s first time coming to Perth and I’m going to personally make sure it’s the last.</p><p><br /></p><p>“This place sucks guys. I said when they said we were coming to Perth, I said we gotta be going to Sydney instead.</p><p><br /></p><p>“I mean even Taylor Swift went to Sydney instead of this dump.</p><p><br /></p><p>“I’m serious, you Google the top 10 things to do as a tourist in Perth and No. 1 is go visit an island full of rats. Not so different from you people, huh? Yikes.</p><p><br /></p><p>“We legit in the middle of nowhere. In the middle of the ocean. I swear, I’d rather be stranded in the middle of the ocean.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Don’t be mad at me, this place sucks guys. Imma give you some fun facts. Gonna bring a bit of fun to your boring Australia lives. In tomorrow’s Elimination Chamber, I am the only champion competing. In tomorrow’s Elimination Chamber, I am the youngest opponent by a decade — no offence old men. It’s a new era and y’all about to be washed out.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So Perth, make no mistake — I’m only here because I have to be. I will win the Elimination Chamber. I will rematch Seth Rollins at WrestleMania. And I will become double champ”</p><p><br /></p><p>“So Perth, consider yourselves Logan Paul’s stepping stone,” he told the crowd on Friday.</p><p><br /></p><p>The comments on Ms Saffioti’s Facebook highlighted Western Australia’s civic pride.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Well Done, He should have not said what he said on stage about our Beautiful city (of) Perth and WA at large, Shame on Him. He should apologise to WA Fraternity,” a concerned commenter wrote.</p><p><br /></p><p>Trash talking is a key part of WWE entertainment.</p><p><br /></p><p>On Thursday the official WWE X account posted a video of The Rock following sustained rumours he would be attending the Perth event.</p><p><br /></p><p>“The Rock wishes he could be there in Perth,” he said in the video.</p><p><br /></p><p>“He’s going to be there in spirit and that’s all that matters.”</p><p><br /></p><p>He talked about the “bull-s-t” he believed was about to go down in Perth.</p><p><br /></p><p>He said wrestlers Cody Rhodes and “his little girlfriend” Seth Rollins would be going on Australian wrestler Grayson Waller’s show The Waller Effect.</p><p><br /></p><p>“If they start talking trash let The Rock know.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>“Tell The Rock because here’s what’s going to happen- The Rock is going to slap the p*** out of both of them just like that.</p><p><br /></p><p>“If they talk trash The Rock will fly down there to Perth before that interview is over and he’ll do it.”</p><p><br /></p><p>In response, Western Australian Premier Roger Cook posted a letter addressed to “Mr Rock” from the Western Australian government.</p><p><br /></p><p>“As Premier of Western Australia I feel compelled to inform The Rock there has been a lot of out-of-towners talking trash in the lead up to the Elimination Chamber,” the letter read in a possible reference to Paul’s comments.</p><p><br /></p><p>“The state of Western Australia stands ready to assist The Rock in making ‘magic’ happen and provide logistical support so you can respond to this outrageous trash talk.</p><p><br /></p><p>“The people of Western Australia would love to smell what The Rock is cooking.”</p><p><br /></p><p>(News)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Desert gold: Newmont in bid to convert mines to cash - Feb 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>The multinational US gold giant that swallowed Australia’s biggest goldminer Newcrest in a $26.2 billion merger is moving to sell half a dozen mines, including Telfer in the Pilbara and an adjoining gold and copper prospect called Havieron, in a bid to raise $3.05 billion in cash.</p><p><br /></p><p>Telfer, a fly-in fly-out gold, copper and silver mine in West Australia’s Great Sandy Desert, was part of Newcrest’s portfolio along with the Cadia mine in NSW and Lihir mine in Papua New Guinea, when it was absorbed by Colorado-based Newmont last November.</p><p><br /></p><p>Newmont, which also owns the Boddington gold mine 100 kilometres south-east of Perth, wants to sell Cripple Creek & Victor in the US, Akyem in Ghana and three Canadian gold mines – Porcupine, Musselwhite and Eleonore – along with Telfer. Two “non-core” projects, Havieron in Australia and Coffee Gold in Canada, are also on the seller’s list.</p><p><br /></p><p>It first flagged plans to offload some of its newly acquired mines soon after closing its billion-dollar buyout of Newcrest, which left it with about 20 assets. That deal cemented its position as the world’s biggest gold producer by far.</p><p><br /></p><p>Newmont said on Thursday it intended to divest assets it did not consider to be “tier 1”. It will hang on to three of its Australian mines – Boddington, Cadia and Tanami – and divest Telfer.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The company has already received interest from potential buyers, chief executive officer Tom Palmer told The Washington Post. “We have a number of tier 2 assets that are very good assets, run by very good people, but that don’t make our tier 1 category,” Palmer said.</p><p><br /></p><p>Australia’s remaining large gold diggers, Northern Star Resources, whose shares climbed 22 per cent in the past year, and Evolution mining, up 6 per cent, have fared better than Newmont since the takeover. Its share price on the US exchange has slumped from a 2022 peak of $US84.77 to $US30.89 now.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Newmont is not in a position to disclose projected valuations of any of our assets,” the company said when asked what Telfer might fetch.</p><p><br /></p><p>About a year-and-a-half before the Newmont merger, Newcrest’s board approved a $214 million investment in Telfer’s West Dome Stage 8 to extend the mine’s operations into 2025, forecasting the 2022-23 financial year’s output at between 355 and 405 thousand ounces.</p><p><br /></p><p>The mine’s gold-copper concentrates are trucked to Port Hedland and exported to various smelters, primarily in Asia. Spot prices for gold pushed up above $US2000 an ounce in late November, before hitting an all-time high in late December, a recent market analysis from NAB’s economics team says.</p><p><br /></p><p>Prices have largely trended sideways since that time.</p><p><br /></p><p>“At face value, this appears somewhat counter to the improving economic data – with inflation in the advanced economies tracking closer to target in late 2023, which spurred a rally in both equity and bond markets,” the bank’s economists said.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reports suggest that central bank purchases of gold have been ramping up in recent times – most notably by China and Russia – which is underpinning global demand, NAB said. “We forecast gold prices to average $US2025/oz in 2024, up from around $US1942/oz in 2023.”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Newmont’s decision to sell its share of the Havieron gold and copper prospect, currently under exploration and development, may be complicated by its joint venture status with Greatland Gold, a UK registered company which owns about 30 per cent. Greatland was contacted for comment.</p><p><br /></p><p>Newmont said it expected to produce 6.7 million ounces of gold annually by 2028 from 20 mines in 11 countries. The company reported adjusted earnings on Thursday of US50¢ a share over the fourth quarter, beating analyst expectations compiled by Bloomberg, and produced 5.5 million gold ounces in 2023, more than the consensus estimate.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>More Evidence Comes to Light That Craig Wright is 'Probably Satoshi' - Feb 20, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>On Monday, during the COPA vs. Dr. Craig Wright trial in London, a witness testified that Wright is "probably the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto", creator of bitcoin. Qudos Bank’s Chief Investment Officer (CIO) David Bridges, testified that Wright worked with the Qudos Bank as an IT expert during the year 2005. He told the Court Wright had given him several documents and papers, which he said "annoyed the hell of me" at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Most of the documents pertained to the forensic and IT services Wright performed for the Australian mutual fund bank, Bridges said.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bridges had previously stated that Wright proposed a system that could replace the traditional SWIFT network.</p><p><br /></p><p>The trial, which is expected to continue through March, represents a pivotal moment in the ongoing debate over the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto and the foundational elements of bitcoin. The case will continue for the next 5 weeks.</p><p><br /></p><p>"COPA's strategy aimed to dismantle Wright's claims through meticulous questioning and the presentation of evidence that questioned the authenticity of documents Wright had produced to support his claim to the Satoshi identity," writes Susie Violet Ford of Forbes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Following Bridges testimony, Wright’s cousin, Max Lyman, was called to the stand next. Lyman confirmed that Wright had asked him to ‘run some code’ on his computer, which was not up to the task at the time. Lyman claimed Wright was running an eCommerce business at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lyman also revealed that he got the Bitcoin whitepaper but was curious about it coming from Wright.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the court transcipt:</p><p><br /></p><p>Q. You do not recall Craig sending you the Bitcoin whitepaper?</p><p><br /></p><p>W. Craig sent many documents to me, that could have been one of them</p><p><br /></p><p>Q. You do not recall that particular document?</p><p><br /></p><p>W. No. They were all the same type of thing</p><p><br /></p><p>Q. Do you have a detailed understanding of cryptocurrencies?</p><p><br /></p><p>W. Detailed no. But fundamental from an IT systems perspectives.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another key witness, Stefan Matthews, Chairman and CEO of nChain Group, also supported the notion that Wright is Satoshi.</p><p><br /></p><p>Calvin Ayre, a billionaire investor in the nChain platform and leading proponent of the BSV blockchain, offered his take on Matthews witness testimony.</p><p><br /></p><p>"If the judge did not know COPA was a fraud after they turned down Craig's generous offer to settle…he does now. I am even more convinced that Craig has already won this case. This is going to change things...but COPA will continue to attack Craig even when they lose this as this is about killing competition not about who is Satoshi and that fight will go on."</p><p><br /></p><p>The trial continues on Wednesday.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Beyond the Blockchain: Elevating Your Entertainment with the Best Bitcoin Casinos</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Welcome to the thrilling world where entertainment meets innovation – the realm of the best Bitcoin casinos.</p><p><br /></p><p>Beyond the blockchain, a new era of gaming awaits, promising excitement, rewards, and an experience like no other. Let's dive into the heart of this digital playground and discover how it can elevate your entertainment.</p><p><br /></p><p>Roll the Dice, Not the Coins: The Seamless Experience of Bitcoin Transactions</p><p>In the best Bitcoin casinos, the game isn't just about the cards; it's about the seamless dance of Bitcoin transactions. Picture this: swift deposits, lightning-fast withdrawals, and a digital wallet that feels as light as a feather. No more grappling with traditional banking processes or waiting for the stars to align for your funds to land.</p><p><br /></p><p>The beauty of it all? The blockchain ensures a transparent and secure process. Your transactions become as smooth as a well-played hand of cards, allowing you to focus on the thrill of the game. So, roll the dice, not the coins, and let the best Bitcoin casinos show you how effortless gaming can be.</p><p><br /></p><p>- B.E. Delmer, Gambling911.com</p><p><br /></p><p>Digital Diversity: A Feast of Games Awaits in Bitcoin Casinos</p><p>Gone are the days when a casino was just about a deck of cards and a roulette wheel. In the best Bitcoin casinos, the digital landscape unfolds into a feast of games that cater to every taste. Whether you're a card shark, a slot enthusiast, or someone who enjoys the strategic dance of poker, there's a game with your name on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The variety is not just in the games but also in their themes and experiences. From the glitz of Vegas to the mystical realms of ancient civilizations, the best Bitcoin casinos transport you to different worlds with each click. So, why settle for the same old routine? Dive into the digital diversity, explore the vast array of games, and let the entertainment buffet begin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Exclusive Perks and Rewards: Your Ticket to the VIP Section</p><p>In the best Bitcoin casinos, loyalty is not just appreciated; it's celebrated. As you embark on your digital gaming journey, loyalty programs and exclusive perks await. Consider it your golden ticket to the VIP section of the casino – a place where the rewards are as plentiful as a jackpot win.</p><p><br /></p><p>Earn loyalty points with every spin, every deal, and watch as the doors to exclusive benefits swing open. Faster withdrawals, personalized support, and invitations to special events are just a few of the perks of being a valued player. The best Bitcoin casinos ensure that your loyalty is recognized and richly rewarded.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Digital Showdown: Strategies for Dominating Bitcoin Casino Games</p><p>In the digital showdown of Bitcoin casino games, it's not just about luck; it's about mastering the art of strategic play. Whether you're a seasoned card shark or a beginner testing the waters, having a game plan can make all the difference. Consider it as entering a poker game with a winning hand – preparation is key.</p><p><br /></p><p>First and foremost, understand the rules of the games you're diving into. Knowing the ins and outs gives you a competitive edge, whether it's blackjack, poker, or the spinning reels of a slot machine. Next, consider employing a betting strategy that aligns with your risk tolerance. Are you the daring high roller or prefer a more cautious approach?</p><p><br /></p><p>Furthermore, embrace the power of pacing. In the fast-paced world of Bitcoin casino games, it's easy to get caught up in the excitement and make impulsive decisions. Take a breath, pace yourself, and remember that each game is a marathon, not a sprint. The digital showdown awaits, and with a strategic mindset, you'll be ready to dominate the Bitcoin casino arena.</p><p><br /></p><p>Crypto Trends: Navigating the Evolving Landscape of Bitcoin Casino Innovations</p><p>Just like the ever-changing currents of the digital ocean, the landscape of Bitcoin casino innovations is in constant flux. To stay ahead of the game, you must ride the waves of crypto trends and navigate the evolving sea of possibilities. Think of it as being on the cutting edge of a digital revolution – the early adopter who reaps the rewards.</p><p><br /></p><p>One significant trend is the integration of new cryptocurrencies beyond Bitcoin. While Bitcoin remains a stalwart in the crypto world, other digital currencies like Ethereum and Litecoin are making their mark in the best Bitcoin casinos. Keeping an eye on these emerging trends can open up new opportunities for diversifying your gaming experience.</p><p><br /></p><p>Additionally, watch out for the rise of blockchain-based games. These innovative creations leverage the power of blockchain technology to offer transparent, secure, and provably fair gaming experiences. It's not just about spinning reels or dealing cards; it's about immersing yourself in the next generation of digital entertainment. So, set your sights on the horizon, navigate the crypto trends, and be at the forefront of the evolving landscape of Bitcoin casino innovations.</p><p><br /></p><p>Social Gaming Revolution: Connecting and Competing in Bitcoin Casinos</p><p>Gone are the days of solitary gaming – the social gaming revolution has arrived in Bitcoin casinos. Imagine sitting at a virtual poker table, interacting with players from around the globe, and sharing the thrill of victory in real time. It's not just about competing; it's about connecting with like-minded individuals who share your passion for digital entertainment.</p><p><br /></p><p>Joining tournaments, engaging in live chats, and participating in community forums are all part of the social gaming experience. It's like being in a bustling casino where the energy is contagious, except you can enjoy it from the comfort of your own space. The best Bitcoin casinos foster community, turning each game into a social event.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, embrace the social gaming revolution, connect with fellow players, and experience the camaraderie of competing in the dynamic world of Bitcoin casinos.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's not just about winning; it's about sharing the excitement with a global community of digital adventurers. The tables are set, the virtual cards are in the air, and the social gaming revolution is waiting for you to join the party.</p><p><br /></p><p>WishTV Concludes: Your Adventure Awaits in the Best Bitcoin Casinos</p><p>As WishTV concludes, your adventure in the best Bitcoin casinos is about to unfold. Beyond the blockchain lies seamless transactions, diverse games, and exclusive perks.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's time to elevate your entertainment, roll the dice in style, and let the best Bitcoin casinos show you a gaming experience like never before. The tables are set, the cards are dealt, and your seat is waiting. WishTV concludes, but your journey in the world of the best Bitcoin casinos is just beginning. Are you ready to play?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>International visitation to Las Vegas jumps 39% in 2023</p><p><br /></p><p>International visitation to Las Vegas jumped by 39% last year, led by a boost from Canadians and travel from the UK, Germany, and Australia. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority released preliminary estimates that showed the city attracted 4.74 million foreign visitors in 2023, 11.6% of the city’s 40.8 million visitors last year. By comparison, the 3.4 million foreign visitors in 2022 comprised 8.7% of the 38.8 million international visitors, up from 4% in 2021. The most recent high was 13.3% of the total in 2019.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New York judge deals another blow to Las Vegas Sands’ plans for Long Island casino</p><p><br /></p><p>In a significant setback for the Las Vegas Sands’ ambitious plans to develop a multi-billion dollar resort and casino around the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, a state judge has declared that the company lacks a valid lease for the Coliseum and its surrounding land. State Supreme Court Justice Sarika Kapoor, the same judge who previously invalidated Sands’ lease with Nassau County in November, ruled that an additional agreement Sands had with the Coliseum’s previous leaseholder is also invalid.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mohegan to stop managing Atlantic City casino at end of the year</p><p><br /></p><p>Mohegan, the tribal gaming and entertainment company that owns Mohegan Sun, announced Friday it will stop managing Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, N.J., at the end of the year. Mohegan will retain its 10% ownership interest in Resorts, the company said in a news release. “We’re extremely proud of our relationship with Resorts Casino Hotel and what we have helped accomplish,” Ray Pineault, Mohegan’s president and chief executive officer, said in the release.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Acres unveils method to calculate a slot player’s gambling bankroll</p><p><br /></p><p>Acres Manufacturing has developed a new benchmark of player value that uses slot machine data to gauge the size of a player’s gambling bankroll. The company’s Player Budget feature aims to replace average daily theoretical loss (ADT) and actual loss, the long-established formulas for ranking and marketing to players. “Theoretical (loss) is simply not accurate and actual loss is often misleading or manipulated,” the company’s Noah Acres said. With the data collected by Player Budget, “you can’t disguise your play, you can’t lie about it, you can’t trick the casino.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Shoshone-Bannock Tribes submit application for possible Idaho casino resort</p><p><br /></p><p>In the newest update on a proposed casino resort in Mountain Home, the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes have submitted two applications for placing the 157 acres of land the tribes purchased into trust status and to allow gaming on the property. This is the next step in turning the parcel of land into a casino/resort complex that would have a hotel, gaming, an event center, restaurants, an amphitheater, video arcade, bowling alley and movie theater.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>California, Oklahoma, and compacting: not an easy process</p><p><br /></p><p>When you walk into an Indian-owned casino in California, you won’t hear balls dropping onto roulette wheels or fast-paced whoops and groans at the craps tables. Rather, you’ll see a roulette-style wheel filled with cards and a far slower-paced crowd at the craps table. Ball and dice games are not currently legal in California’s Indian casinos, so the tribes have found workarounds to offer games similar to those found in neighboring Nevada. In order to offer gambling at all, tribes in many states, including California and Oklahoma, are required to compact with their state governments.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What Florida sports betting looks like with Hard Rock Bet at the Daytona 500</p><p><br /></p><p>Chuck Floyd had never bet on a sporting event in his life until he walked under a white canopy tent Monday, pulled out his phone and put $10 on fellow Virginian Denny Hamlin to win the Daytona 500. Floyd’s play would have seemed unthinkable a decade ago but represents another step in the ongoing evolution of Florida sports betting: He was placing a legal wager inside Daytona International Speedway, where Hamlin and his NASCAR colleagues would soon be competing in one of the state’s biggest sporting events.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>ABC & SBS Claim Big Tech “Threatened” To Remove Their Apps Unless They Stumped Up Huge Placement Fees</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone is a fan of drama then we recommend you head over to the Parliament of Australia website where a heated battle is ensuing between FTA television and streaming platforms. </p><p><br /></p><p>FTA television networks including ABC, SBS, Seven, Nine, and Network 10 are appearing before the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee today, to argue that anti-siphoning laws should be strengthened to protect local content makers. </p><p><br /></p><p>FTA networks SBS and ABC both say that big tech platforms (which we can assume to be Samsung and Amazon) “threatened” them with huge fees or removal from the app. </p><p><br /></p><p>“In June 2018, the manufacturer of the best-selling connected TV in Australia wrote to SBS and advised that unless we agreed to a 15 per cent revenue share arrangement and a placement fee, SBS would be removed from the ‘app launcher’ on the TV homepage for that brand,” said James Taylor, managing director at SBS. </p><p><br /></p><p>“In August 2023 we received notification from another platform operator that unless SBS agreed to pay them 30 per cent of the revenue we derived from being on their platform, they would exclude us entirely,” Taylor went on. </p><p><br /></p><p>The second company had a market capitalisation of over USD$1.7 trillion he said, meaning we can assume this company to be Amazon. </p><p><br /></p><p>Taylor then went on to say that it was “scandalous” that the large tech companies could get in the way of Aussies getting local content. </p><p><br /></p><p>“It is frankly scandalous that these massive global tech firms can unilaterally insert themselves as gatekeepers between Australians and their free Australian content, trusted news and information – services that have been intentionally developed and underpinned by decades of public policy”. </p><p><br /></p><p>ABC’s managing director David Anderson concurred that they too had received requests for large payments. </p><p><br /></p><p>“On principle, we haven’t paid,” he said. </p><p><br /></p><p>Talking about the importance of app prominence, Anderson said “If they can’t see us then aren’t there”. </p><p><br /></p><p>“We want Australians to enjoy Australian content”.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Network bosses argue against TV manufacturers ‘clipping their ticket’</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The bosses of Australia’s major free-to-air networks and public broadcasters say laws ensuring free-to-air apps are easily available on smart televisions are essential to push back against the unfair influence of international TV manufacturers.</p><p><br /></p><p>At a Senate hearing on Friday, SBS boss James Taylor and ABC managing director David Anderson accused international TV manufacturing giants of effectively holding the broadcasters to ransom. Taylor said SBS was warned by one company it would remove or hide the SBS On Demand app if it did not agree to a 15 per cent revenue share and placement fee.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>“When SBS refused to pay, the manufacturer carried through on their threat, making it much harder for audiences to find the SBS On Demand app,” Taylor told the hearing in Canberra.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anderson said the ABC had also been asked to pay for access, and the bosses of Australia’s free-to-air networks backed up this claim.</p><p><br /></p><p>He said television manufacturers such as Samsung and Sony were the gatekeepers of access to content for Australians, with the ability to remove and restore access on their devices.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Media executives appeared in front of the hearing into legislation that would mandate app placement on new internet-connected televisions. Executives from the public broadcasters, alongside Nine (owner of this masthead), Seven and Ten support the legislation, and argued they could not compete with the financial power of the likes of Netflix and Disney+, and needed to have their apps placed prominently on smart TVs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Outgoing Seven chief executive James Warburton said the changes were necessary as viewing habits changed, with about 50 per cent of TV viewing expected to be digital by 2027, up from 20 per cent currently.</p><p><br /></p><p>“We can’t compete with the global players … You get blown out of the water,” he said.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Everyone wants a clip of the ticket, a clip of the revenue between 10 and 20 per cent to actually be on the service. We’re just asking for a fair crack,” Warburton said.</p><p><br /></p><p>Beverley McGarvey, the local executive of Paramount, which owns Network 10, said it took her “45 minutes to find the 10Play app” on a new LG television, saying Australians should not have to search to find free services.</p><p><br /></p><p>“If you don’t want us, fine. Flick us to the back. But the consumer should know that we are available and free,” McGarvey said.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nine Entertainment boss Mike Sneesby said: “These deals being done offshore between big tech companies and big streaming companies are effectively just taking away those spots. Not even if we wanted to pay a price could we get them, and we’ve seen that as competition has grown … those global deals have just pushed Australian content off the front screen and we have no control.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Representatives from Netflix, appearing for the first time in Canberra, said the company supported most of the new scheme but argued preference should not be extended to the networks in search. It also said the legislation should not mandate the positioning of tiles or apps on television home screens.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ben Cox, director of business development in the region for Netflix, said the company had invested more than $1 billion on new Australian and Australian-related titles in the past four years – including more than $500 million on new programming for children and young adults – leading to the employment of “thousands of local cast and crew”.</p><p><br /></p><p>The proposed legislation – which also includes updates to anti-siphoning rules that protect Australians’ access to view major sporting events for free – is part of a Labor government election pledge to protect local content.</p><p><br /></p><p>Its opponents, which include Foxtel and major television manufacturers such as Samsung, argue discoverability isn’t an issue for Australians, and that the government should not be interfering with viewers’ freedom of choice.</p><p><br /></p><p>Australian networks are pursuing digital-first strategies as audiences switch from traditional television to viewing through apps such as ABC iview, 9Now and SBS on Demand, alongside paid apps such as Netflix, Stan and Binge. In 2022, BBC boss Tim Davie went so far as to say the British broadcaster would switch off traditional television and radio transmissions within a decade.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>But the online shift means the networks must compete in an increasingly crowded environment – not only against each other, but also against global companies with more capacity to pay for preferential app placement.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the same time, commercial free-to-air advertising is in freefall, with revenue down 10 per cent in 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>Streamers are also facing problems of their own. After years of growth, subscriber figures have plateaued, prompting sustained price rises and advertising tiers to ensure long-term viability.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Why Google, Bing and other search engines’ embrace of generative AI threatens $68 billion SEO industry</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Google, Microsoft and others boast that generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT will make searching the internet better than ever for users. For example, rather than having to wade through a sea of URLs, users will be able to just get an answer combed from the entire internet.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are also some concerns with the rise of AI-fueled search engines, such as the opacity over where information comes from, the potential for “hallucinated” answers and copyright issues.</p><p><br /></p><p>But one other consequence is that I believe it may destroy the US$68 billion search engine optimization industry that companies like Google helped create.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the past 25 years or so, websites, news outlets, blogs and many others with a URL that wanted to get attention have used search engine optimization, or SEO, to “convince” search engines to share their content as high as possible in the results they provide to readers. This has helped drive traffic to their sites and has also spawned an industry of consultants and marketers who advise on how best to do that.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an associate professor of information and operations management, I study the economics of e-commerce. I believe the growing use of generative AI will likely make all of that obsolete.</p><p><br /></p><p>How online search works</p><p><br /></p><p>Someone seeking information online opens her browser, goes to a search engine and types in the relevant keywords. The search engine displays the results, and the user browses through the links displayed in the result listings until she finds the relevant information.</p><p><br /></p><p>To attract the user’s attentions, online content providers use various search engine marketing strategies, such as search engine optimization, paid placements and banner displays.</p><p><br /></p><p>For instance, a news website might hire a consultant to help it highlight key words in headlines and in metadata so that Google and Bing elevate its content when a user searches for the latest information on a flood or political crisis.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>How generative AI changes search process</p><p><br /></p><p>But this all depends on search engines luring tens of millions of users to their websites. And so to earn users’ loyalty and web traffic, search engines must continuously work on their algorithms to improve the quality of their search results.</p><p><br /></p><p>That’s why, even if it could hurt a part of their revenue stream, search engines have been quick to experiment with generative AI to improve search results. And this could fundamentally change the online search ecosystem.</p><p><br /></p><p>All the biggest search engines have already adopted or are experimenting with this approach. Examples include Google’s Bard, Microsoft’s Bing AI, Baidu’s ERNIE and DuckDuckGo’s DuckAssist.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rather than getting a list of links, both organic and paid, based on whatever keywords or questions a user types in, generative AI will instead simply give you a text result in the form of an answer. Say you’re planning a trip to Destin, Florida, and type the prompt “Create a three-day itinerary for a visitor” there. Instead of a bunch of links to Yelp and blog postings that require lots of clicking and reading, typing that into Bing AI will result in a detailed three-day itinerary.</p><p><br /></p><p>Over time, as the quality of AI-generated answers improve, users will have less incentive to browse through search result listings. They can save time and effort by reading the AI-generated response to their query.</p><p><br /></p><p>In other words, it would allow you to bypass all those paid links and costly efforts by websites to improve their SEO scores, rendering them useless.</p><p><br /></p><p>When users start ignoring the sponsored and editorial result listings, this will have an adverse impact on the revenues of SEO consultants, search engine marketers consultants and, ultimately, the bottom line of search engines themselves.</p><p><br /></p><p>The financial impact</p><p>This financial impact cannot be ignored.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, the SEO industry generated $68.1 billion globally in 2022. It had been expected to reach $129.6 billion by 2030, but these projections were made before the emergence of generative AI put the industry at risk of obsolescence.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for search engines, monetizing online search services is a major source of their revenue. They get a cut of the money that websites spend on improving their online visibility through paid placements, ads, affiliate marketing and the like, collectively known as search engine marketing. For example, approximately 58% of Google’s 2022 revenues – or almost $162.5 billion – came from Google Ads, which provides some of these services.</p><p><br /></p><p>Search engines run by massive companies with many revenue streams, like Google and Microsoft, will likely find ways to offset the losses by coming up with strategies to make money off generative AI answers. But the SEO marketers and consultants who depend on search engines – mostly small- and medium-sized companies – will no longer be needed as they are today, and so the industry is unlikely to survive much longer.</p><p><br /></p><p>A not-too-distant future</p><p>But don’t expect the SEO industry to fade away immediately. Generative AI search engines are still in their infancy and must address certain challenges before they’ll dominate search.</p><p><br /></p><p>For one thing, most of these initiatives are still experimental and often available only to certain users. And for another, generative AI has been notorious for providing incorrect, plagiarized or simply made-up answers.</p><p><br /></p><p>That means it’s unlikely at the moment to gain the trust or loyalty of many users.</p><p><br /></p><p>Given these challenges, it is not surprising that generative AI has yet to transform online search. However, given the resources available to researchers working on generative AI models, it is safe to assume that eventually these models will become better at their task, leading to the death of the SEO industry.</p><p><br /></p><p>(AI)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Truth About Black Hat Links And SEO: Understanding the Importance of Natural Backlinks</p><p><br /></p><p>Black Hat Links - Blackhat Link Building. Anytime you pay someone to place, build a link, otherwise known as a dofollow HTML hyperlink, exchange a link or to outreach a link via a paid link building service it will always be regared as a blackhat link. There is no such thing as a paid do-follow whitehat backlink. It's all regarded as blackhat SEO</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In the ever-evolving world of search engine optimisation (SEO), backlinks play a crucial role in determining a website’s visibility and ranking in search engine results. However, not all backlinks are created equal. Blackhat link building won’t achieve your long-term SEO or digital advertising goals.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is an ongoing debate surrounding the legitimacy of different types of backlinks, particularly when it comes to dofollow links acquired through monetary transactions.</p><p><br /></p><p>In this article, we aim to shed light on the subject and clearly explain why any form of buying, exchanging, or paying for a dofollow hyperlink is regarded as a blackhat link, while emphasizing the importance of naturally created, editorial backlinks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Understanding Backlinks:</p><p>Before diving into the distinction between blackhat and whitehat backlinks, it is essential to understand what backlinks are and why they matter. Backlinks, also known as inbound links, are hyperlinks on external websites that direct users to your website.</p><p><br /></p><p>Search engines view backlinks as indicators of a website’s credibility, popularity, and authority. The more quality backlinks a website has, the higher its chances of ranking well in search engine results pages (SERPs).</p><p><br /></p><p>Black Hat Backlinks:</p><p>Black hat SEO techniques aim to manipulate search engine algorithms to artificially boost website rankings, often through unethical means. One common black hat practice involves purchasing or paying for dofollow backlinks.</p><p><br /></p><p>These blackhat links are placed on other websites with the intention of artificially inflating a website’s authority and improving its ranking. By engaging in such practices, website owners and marketers attempt to bypass the natural process of earning backlinks, which is where the problem lies.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Dangers of Blackhat Backlinks:</p><p>While black hat links may offer temporary gains in terms of search engine visibility, they come with severe consequences. Search engines, such as Google, have sophisticated algorithms that continually evolve to detect and penalise websites that engage in manipulative SEO practices.</p><p><br /></p><p>If identified, a website employing blackhat techniques risks being penalized or even completely removed from search engine results, leading to a significant loss in organic traffic and potential customers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whitehat Backlinks:</p><p>In contrast to blackhat techniques, whitehat SEO focuses on ethical practices that align with search engine guidelines. When it comes to backlinks, the only type considered whitehat is an editorially and naturally created link.</p><p><br /></p><p>This means that the link must be earned based on the quality and relevance of a website’s content, without any monetary transactions or explicit requests for backlinks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Editorial backlinks typically result from other website owners, bloggers, or journalists voluntarily linking to a website because they genuinely find its content valuable and trustworthy.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Importance of Natural Backlinks:</p><p>Natural backlinks are the backbone of a healthy and sustainable SEO strategy. By creating high-quality content, engaging with your target audience, and building relationships with influencers and industry experts, you increase the likelihood of earning organic backlinks.</p><p><br /></p><p>These backlinks are a testament to the authority and value your website provides, and search engines recognize them as genuine endorsements from other trusted sources.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unveiling the Path to Natural & Organic Backlinks</p><p>These virtual endorsements serve as crucial markers of a website’s credibility and authority, playing a vital role in its search engine rankings. However, the pursuit of these coveted backlinks has often been tainted by shady practices and blackhat strategies that breach search engine guidelines.</p><p><br /></p><p>But fear not! In this groundbreaking exposé, we reveal the hidden pathway to acquiring natural and editorial backlinks that will skyrocket your website’s visibility without compromising your integrity.</p><p><br /></p><p>Act I: Crafting Stellar Content</p><p>The foundation of any successful link-building campaign lies in the creation of extraordinary content that captivates audiences. Exceptional content possesses the power to inspire, educate, and entertain, prompting others to naturally reference and link back to it.</p><p><br /></p><p>By investing time and effort into producing high-quality articles, blog posts, videos, or infographics, you cultivate a magnetic allure that attracts organic backlinks from enthusiastic content consumers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Act II: Engaging with Influencers and Thought Leaders</p><p>Building relationships with influencers and thought leaders within your industry is a crucial step in the pursuit of authentic backlinks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Engage with them by participating in meaningful discussions on social media platforms, attending industry conferences, or even collaborating on mutually beneficial projects.</p><p><br /></p><p>When these influential figures recognise your expertise and value, they are more likely to cite and link to your content, providing a stamp of authority and credibility that search engines adore.</p><p><br /></p><p>Act III: Leveraging Guest Blogging</p><p>Guest blogging has emerged as a valuable technique for obtaining natural backlinks. Seek out authoritative websites and blogs that align with your niche and offer to contribute insightful and valuable guest articles.</p><p><br /></p><p>By providing well-crafted, original content that genuinely enriches the readers’ experience, you not only establish your expertise but also earn editorial backlinks within the content or author bio.</p><p><br /></p><p>Remember, guest blogging should focus on building relationships and sharing knowledge rather than solely aiming for link acquisition. Pitch a great blog post, story or report instead of asking website owners to buy a placement.</p><p><br /></p><p>Act IV: Infusing Your Content with Visual Appeal</p><p>Visual content has become increasingly popular, capturing attention and enhancing engagement. Create eye-catching infographics, videos, or images that convey information in a visually appealing manner.</p><p><br /></p><p>These compelling assets can be easily shared and embedded on other websites, granting you organic backlinks that augment your website’s reach while adding aesthetic value to the linking sites.</p><p><br /></p><p>Act V: Engaging in Online Communities and Forums</p><p>Communities and forums centered around your industry or niche offer immense potential for natural link acquisition. Actively participate in these platforms, providing thoughtful insights, solutions, and valuable information.</p><p><br /></p><p>As you become a respected and trusted member, other community members are likely to reference your expertise by linking to your content. However, always ensure your contributions are genuine and add value rather than using forums solely as a link-building tool.</p><p><br /></p><p>Professional Content Creation: Building a Network of Trust</p><p>The true beauty of investing in professional content creation lies in the building of a network of trust. By consistently delivering high-quality content that adds value to your target audience, you earn the loyalty and admiration of readers, influencers, and industry experts alike.</p><p><br /></p><p>This network becomes a self-sustaining ecosystem, where recommendations and referrals abound, leading to a steady stream of organic backlinks from reputable websites.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unlike the fleeting impact of a single blackhat link placement, this network fuels perpetual growth, establishing your website as a trusted authority and ensuring a constant influx of editorial backlinks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not everyone possesses the artistry of the written word, and that is perfectly acceptable. Recognizing your limitations and investing in a professional content writer can be a game-changer for your website’s success.</p><p><br /></p><p>These skilled wordsmiths are adept at transforming your ideas and expertise into compelling narratives that engage and resonate with your target audience. By harnessing their talents, you can unlock the full potential of your content, elevating it to new heights and attracting perfectly natual hyperlinks endorsing your website in the search engines.</p><p><br /></p><p>Embracing the Power of PR:</p><p>An avenue worth exploring is the world of public relations (PR). Accepting PR on your website opens doors to collaborations, partnerships, and opportunities for exposure.</p><p><br /></p><p>By featuring guest articles, interviews, or expert opinions, you not only diversify your content but also forge valuable connections within your industry. These partnerships can lead to natural backlinks as fellow professionals and influencers link back to your website, recognizing the value you bring to the table.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Ethical Triumph:</p><p>One must never underestimate the power of ethical practices in the realm of SEO. Engaging in natural backlink acquisition through powerful content and PR is not only effective but also aligns with the moral compass of search engine guidelines.</p><p><br /></p><p>By focusing on providing valuable information, nurturing relationships, and creating a positive user experience, you build a foundation of trust and authenticity. This not only attracts organic backlinks but also fosters a loyal audience that will continuously seek out and share your exceptional content.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not all backlinks are created equal</p><p>Not all backlinks are created equal, and this disparity lies in their quality. Quality backlinks possess several distinguishing features, including relevance, authority, and natural acquisition.</p><p><br /></p><p>These links originate from reputable and trusted sources within the same industry or niche, aligning closely with the content and focus of the target website.</p><p><br /></p><p>They are earned organically through the merit of the website’s content, as other webmasters and influencers voluntarily link to it due to its exceptional value.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other end of the spectrum, low-quality backlinks, often referred to as spammy or manipulative, can do more harm than good.</p><p><br /></p><p>These links originate from dubious sources, irrelevant websites, or private blog networks (PBNs) created solely for the purpose of artificial link building. Such backlinks are acquired through unethical means, including link farms, paid link schemes, and other blackhat SEO practices that attempt to deceive search engine algorithms.</p><p><br /></p><p>Engaging in these practices can lead to severe penalties, including decreased rankings, loss of organic traffic, or even being deindexed from search engine results.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Impact on Search Engine Rankings</p><p>Backlinks, acting as digital endorsements, play a pivotal role in determining a website’s search engine rankings. Search engines analyse the quantity, quality, and relevance of backlinks when evaluating a website’s authority and popularity.</p><p><br /></p><p>Websites with a diverse and substantial portfolio of high-quality backlinks from reputable sources are more likely to rank higher in search engine results, thus attracting increased organic traffic.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nofollow vs. Dofollow: The Epic Saga Unveiled</p><p>In the ever-evolving world of search engine optimisation (SEO), the utilisation of link attributes has become a fundamental practice for website owners and marketers alike.</p><p><br /></p><p>Two of the most prominent link attributes are nofollow and dofollow, each serving distinct purposes and playing vital roles in the vast realm of online linking strategies.</p><p><br /></p><p>To understand the disparity between nofollow and dofollow, we must first grasp their underlying definitions. Nofollow is an HTML attribute added to a hyperlink, signaling search engine crawlers not to pass any authority or “link juice” to the linked page.</p><p><br /></p><p>Essentially, these two attributes informs search engines that the linked website is unendorsed or untrusted. On the other hand, dofollow (also referred to as simply “follow”) is the default state for links, implying that search engines should follow the link and consider it as a signal for ranking purposes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nofollow links were originally introduced by search engines as a method to combat spam and prevent manipulation of search rankings. By implementing nofollow attributes, website owners could ensure that user-generated content, such as blog comments or forum posts, wouldn’t impact their site’s authority.</p><p><br /></p><p>The nofollow attribute has proved to be instrumental in maintaining the integrity of search results, as it discouraged the proliferation of irrelevant or low-quality links.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nofollow links for SEO purposes- The Shift</p><p>Search engines began to acknowledge that even though nofollow links didn’t pass authority, they still provided value in terms of referral traffic and brand exposure. Consequently, some SEO professionals started advocating for a more comprehensive approach that recognised the importance of nofollow links in a holistic SEO strategy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Link Exchanges – The Grey Area</p><p>Link exchanges, also known as reciprocal linking, involve two websites agreeing to link to each other’s sites. This practice used to be a popular method for building backlinks and improving search engine rankings</p><p><br /></p><p>While link exchanges were once considered a legitimate strategy, they are now generally viewed as a gray-hat or outdated technique. This is because the primary intent behind link exchanges is to manipulate search engine rankings rather than provide value to users.</p><p><br /></p><p>When websites engage in excessive link exchanges solely for the purpose of link building, it can be seen as a manipulative practice, and search engines may penalise or devalue the links</p><p><br /></p><p>Search engines have become more sophisticated</p><p>Search engines have become more sophisticated in assessing the quality and relevance of links. They now place greater emphasis on natural and organic link building, where websites earn links based on the merit of their content.</p><p><br /></p><p>This includes attracting links through:</p><p><br /></p><p>High-quality content</p><p>Outreach efforts</p><p>Social sharing</p><p>Building relationships with other authoritative websites.</p><p>Search engines serve as gatekeepers, guiding users to the most relevant and authoritative information. To accomplish this, search engines have evolved significantly, employing sophisticated algorithms that analyse over 200 factors to determine the value of hyperlinks.</p><p><br /></p><p>As search engines have become more sophisticated, they have also developed mechanisms to detect manipulative practices that attempt to game the system. Techniques like buying links, link farms, and excessive reciprocal linking are frowned upon and can result in penalties or a loss of search engine visibility.</p><p><br /></p><p>Detecting Manipulative Practices:</p><p>Search engines employ complex algorithms and machine learning models to identify unnatural link patterns, low-quality websites, and other indicators of manipulative practices. Regular algorithm updates, such as Google’s Penguin algorithm which launched in 2012, specifically target link spam and aim to reward genuine, high-quality links.</p><p><br /></p><p>What is blackhat SEO?</p><p>Blackhat SEO techniques typically focus on exploiting vulnerabilities in search engine algorithms. Some common blackhat techniques include:</p><p><br /></p><p>Keyword stuffing: Stuffing a webpage with excessive and irrelevant keywords to manipulate search engine rankings.</p><p>Hidden text and links: Adding text or links that are invisible to users but can be detected by search engines.</p><p>Cloaking: Presenting different content to search engines and users, effectively deceiving search engines about the actual content of a webpage.</p><p>Private blog networks (PBNs): Creating a network of interconnected blogs solely for the purpose of linking to a target website, artificially boosting its authority.</p><p>Link farming: Creating or participating in schemes to generate a large number of low-quality backlinks to a website, disregarding the relevance or quality of the links.</p><p>Content scraping: Copying content from other websites and republishing it without permission or proper attribution.</p><p>Negative SEO: Engaging in tactics that aim to harm competitors’ search engine rankings, such as building spammy backlinks to their websites.</p><p>It’s important to note that search engines, such as Google, actively penalise websites that engage in blackhat SEO practices. Penalties can range from a decrease in rankings to complete removal from search engine results.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is buying social signals regarded as blackhat?</p><p>The practice of buying social signals, such as likes, shares, followers, or comments on social media platforms, is generally considered a gray area in the realm of SEO. It does not strictly fall into the category of blackhat SEO techniques, but it is also not considered a legitimate or ethical approach.</p><p><br /></p><p>Buying social signals is primarily aimed at creating the appearance of popularity and engagement on social media platforms. The idea behind it is that a high number of likes, shares, or followers can make a social media account or website appear more reputable or influential to users and potentially attract organic engagement.</p><p><br /></p><p>While it may seem tempting to purchase social signals to boost visibility or credibility, it is important to consider the potential risks and downsides.</p><p><br /></p><p>Social media platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, have algorithms in place to detect and combat artificial or fraudulent activity, including the purchase of fake likes or followers. If discovered, these platforms may penalise accounts by reducing visibility, suspending or banning them altogether.</p><p><br /></p><p>Quality over Quantity:</p><p>Search engines have progressed from a simplistic view of link building, where the sheer quantity of hyperlinks held significant weight, to a more nuanced approach that prioritises link quality. Instead of focusing solely on the number of links, search engines now emphasise the relevance, authority, and natural acquisition of those links.</p><p><br /></p><p>Relevance: Search engines evaluate the relevance of a hyperlink by examining the context of the linking and linked-to pages. A link from a website in the same industry or niche carries more weight than an unrelated one. The content surrounding the hyperlink, anchor text, and the keywords used provide valuable clues to search engines regarding its relevance.</p><p>Authority: The authority of a webpage is determined by its overall trustworthiness and reputation. Search engines assess the authority of a webpage based on the quality and quantity of its inbound links. A link from a reputable and authoritative website is considered more valuable than one from a low-quality or spammy source.</p><p>Natural Acquisition: Search engines aim to reward organic link building practices. They scrutinise the patterns and growth rate of a website’s link profile. A sudden influx of links or excessive reciprocal linking can raise red flags and potentially lead to penalties or devaluation. Instead, search engines favor links acquired naturally through the merit of a website’s content, earning recognition from other trustworthy sources.</p><p>Link Diversity: In addition to evaluating individual links, search engines also consider the diversity of a website’s link profile. A diverse link profile consists of links from various domains, including different types of websites, such as industry-specific directories, social media platforms, news sites, and blogs. This diversity signals that a website is being referenced and recommended by a wide range of sources, enhancing its credibility in the eyes of search engines.</p><p>The grey area of digital markting and hyperlinks</p><p>In digital marketing, there are certain practices and strategies related to links that fall into a gray area. These practices may not be explicitly considered blackhat SEO techniques but can still be seen as questionable or ethically ambiguous.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some examples include:</p><p><br /></p><p>Guest blogging for the sole purpose of link building: Guest blogging can be a legitimate strategy when done with the intention of providing valuable content to an audience. However, if the primary goal is solely to acquire backlinks, without focusing on the quality and relevance of the content, it can be seen as a gray area tactic.</p><p>Link exchanges and reciprocal linking: Exchanging links with other websites or participating in reciprocal linking schemes for the purpose of manipulating search engine rankings can be viewed as a questionable practice. Search engines prefer natural and organic linking patterns based on the merit of the content, rather than artificial link exchanges.</p><p>Sponsored or paid links without proper disclosure: Including links in sponsored content or paid partnerships without clear disclosure to users can raise ethical concerns. Transparency is crucial in digital marketing, and users should be aware of any paid or sponsored relationships that may influence the content they encounter.</p><p>Link schemes disguised as directories: Creating directories or listing websites primarily as a means to generate backlinks rather than providing valuable resources to users can be seen as a gray area tactic. Low-quality directories that exist solely for link building purposes can be frowned upon by search engines.</p><p>Backhat Backlinks Conclusion – Summary</p><p>In the realm of SEO, it’s essential to understand the difference between blackhat and whitehat techniques. Buying, exchanging, or paying for dofollow backlinks is considered a blackhat practice, as it aims to manipulate search engine algorithms and artificially inflate a website’s authority.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, whitehat backlinks are editorially and naturally created, earned through the production of high-quality content and fostering genuine relationships with other website owners and influencers. It is crucial to prioritise ethical SEO practices, as search engines continue to prioritize authentic and user-centric experiences.</p><p><br /></p><p>By focusing on creating valuable content and fostering organic connections, you can build a strong foundation of natural backlinks that will benefit your website’s visibility, authority, and long-term success.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE @WWE RAW</p><p><br /></p><p>February 26, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>SAP Center. San Jose, California</p><p><br /></p><p>Grayson Waller has just called out Cody Rhodes. Fortunately a production camera out the back of the arena got the footage! You can bet the likes of Drew McIntyre will keeping an eye on the situation at The Road To WrestleMania @WrestleMania continues. The GW Effect is in full swing and could strike again! Roman Reigns had a quite and private word with GW last week on SmackDown and the grand plan may still be getting executed. Prime Target - Rhodes! What's the status of "Hitman" Austin Theory - fresh off a Cody Cutter from Perth. Watch out for that Thunder From Down Under.</p><p><br /></p><p>Shinsuke Nakamura vs Sami Zayn. Can Zayn find his own warrior within, or will the mysterious and deadly Nakamura put one more bullet in the career of SZ? Is SZ considering changing up his identity and going back to the roots of El Generico? Ole!</p><p><br /></p><p>Imperium vs The New Day. It's a street fight. No "fruity pebbles" here. Not a neon spandex or Booty O cereal box in sight. Europe vs the USA.</p><p><br /></p><p>Watch out for uninvited guests and tactics south of the border.</p><p><br /></p><p>Raw GM Adam Pearce will once again be earning his danger money, as will the announers Michael Cole @MichaelCole and Pat McAfee @PatMcAfeeShow at ringside. The announce table better be double strong. Can MC's voice hold out after a massive few weeks? Will PM be stiring up the heels, babyfaces or both?</p><p><br /></p><p>California Dreamin or California Nightmare?!</p><p><br /></p><p>Video</p><p><br /></p><p>Full Elimination Chamber Results and Highlights: WWE Now, Feb. 24, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grKZ_Cn22PY&t=4s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Catch up with the past, present and future via the official WWE YouTube channel</p><p><br /></p><p>www.youtube.com/wwe</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE News (Media Man Int)</p><p><br /></p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/wwe_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#WWERaw #WrestleMania #WrestlemaniaXL #WWEChamber #GWEffect #GraysonWaller #CodyRhodes #AmericanNightmare #FinishTheStory #WeWantCody #AustinTheory #ATown #DingoDriver #Nakamura #SamiZayn #DrewMcIntyre #Imperium #NewDay #Hitman #AdamPearce #MichaelCole #PatMcAfee #USANetwork #prowrestling #wrestling #wrestlingnews #entertainment #popculture #broadcast #broadcasting #trends #trending #buzz #TV #USA #California #SAP #SAPCenter #media </p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: WWE</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Business News and Crypto News via Media Man and FX Pro</p><p><br /></p><p>Feb 26, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Ethereum as crypto growth driver</p><p><br /></p><p>Market picture</p><p><br /></p><p>The crypto market settles at a $2 trillion cap level, up 0.8% on the day. Altcoins are once again driving growth, while the first coin is flat, losing 0.5% in 24 hours, and Ethereum is up 2.5%. BNB adds just under 2%, enjoying a resurgence of interest in cryptocurrency trading. XRP and Cardano both lose 1%, dragging the market back down.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin and Ethereum are the cryptocurrencies of choice for institutional speculators. Their obvious trade right now is betting on the approval of spot ETFs on ETH. Speculators are cautiously locking in profits in BTC, which has previously rallied on the same theme.</p><p><br /></p><p>Remember that Ethereum's market capacity is smaller than Bitcoin's, which has a three times bigger market cap. This means that the price is more sensitive to changes in sentiment. Ethereum has gained 40% in 30 days, the best performance among the top 10 cryptos.</p><p>News background</p><p><br /></p><p>About 90% of the bitcoins purchased by spot ETFs have gone to Coinbase's custodial platform, its CEO Brian Armstrong said. He stated that the exchange's custody service has accumulated more than $36 billion in BTC. The growing ETF market suggests that institutional capital is seriously considering bitcoin as one of the most reliable assets.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the US SEC does not approve a spot Ethereum ETF in May 2024, it will do so by mid-2025, said attorney Scott Jonsson. Bloomberg analyst James Seyffarth believes the SEC won't take as long to process Ethereum ETF applications as it did with BTC, as a significant portion of the applications could be based on Bitcoin ETFs. S&P Ratings expects the SEC to approve applications to launch the ETF in May.</p><p><br /></p><p>The court approves a $4.3 billion payment by Binance exchange to the US Department of Justice as part of a plea deal. According to the signed agreement, the platform agreed to take significant steps to ensure continued compliance with US laws.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to CryptoSlam, total sales of non-replaceable tokens (NFTs) on the Solana network have surpassed $5 billion, with 43 million NFT transactions. The Solana blockchain has more than 2.2 million buyers and 1.6 million sellers of NFTs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Internet forum Reddit invests surplus funds in Bitcoin and Ethereum. The cryptocurrency investment strategy started back in 2022.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Time for the dollar to choose a trend</p><p><br /></p><p>Feb 26, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>The Dollar Index is giving up positions painfully slowly. It is under pressure for the ninth session in a row, but at the same time, the market is unable to accelerate or break this downtrend. Individual currency pairs are now testing critical local levels. The ability to finally break through them could set the trend for the coming weeks.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Dollar Index has fallen from a high of 104.85 on February 14th to 103.7. This level was strong resistance from late November to early February. It could now act as support. This is also a historically important level for the Dollar Index as it was the peak in March 2020, which took 26 months to overcome.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is logical to expect increased volatility in this area as this is where global trend selection takes place. A decisive move lower will open a quick path to last year's lows around 100.0. Approaching these levels will make the main scenario a further multi-month decline in the US currency, with a final target in the 90.0-92.5 range.</p><p><br /></p><p>The ability to develop an offensive from these levels would demonstrate the strength of the dollar bulls after the pause. In this case, the DXY could quickly return to last year's October-November highs near106.8. This, in turn, should be followed by a recovery of the dollar to multi-year highs towards 114.5-115.0.</p><p><br /></p><p>Keeping the dollar in balance this week rests on the shoulders of the 10 FOMC members who are scheduled to speak this week. On the macro data front, the market will be watching Thursday's Personal Income and Expenditure and PCE price indices.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the technical front, the EURUSD, AUDUSD, and USDCHF are all trading around their 200-day moving averages, the GBPUSD is trading around its 50-day MA, and the USDJPY is approaching 151 level, where the pair made a brutal multi-week bearish reversal in October 2022 and November 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Slowing inflation puts the franc on a downward path</p><p><br /></p><p>Consumer inflation in Switzerland slowed to an annual rate of 1.3% in January, the lowest since October 2021. This is significantly lower than the 1.7% recorded in the previous month and was expected on average by analysts.</p><p><br /></p><p>The current level is slightly above the local peaks seen in 2018 and 2010. However, throughout the period from 2009 to 2021, Switzerland has been actively easing policy to boost rather than dampen inflation.</p><p><br /></p><p>An important driver of lower inflation has been the appreciation of the franc through the systematic sale of foreign exchange reserves by the Swiss National Bank. Now, there is clearly no need for such active measures. Moreover, the impending monetary policy reversal by the Fed, the ECB and the Bank of England sets the stage for a similar reversal by Switzerland, with consequences for the currency market.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Swiss franc hit multi-year or all-time highs against many of its peers in the final days of last year, and since then, a reversal has been imminent. The USDCHF, for example, has risen 5.7% since the beginning of the year on the back of a simultaneous dovish shift in expectations from Switzerland and a hawkish shift from the US.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Source: FxPro) with Media Man and Bitcoin News Media</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int </p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin News (Media Man Int) www.mediamanint.com/articles/bitcoin_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Business News (Media Man Int) </p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/business_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#Bitcoin #BitcoinNews #BTC #BitcoinETF #BitcoinETFs #cryptocurrency #cryptonews #Nvidia #CryptocurrencyNews #Solana #CoinMarketPro #Coinbase #Celcius #ETF #Tether #USDT #Grayscale #Stablecoins #fintech #NFT #NFTS #market #trading #tradingnews #bitcoinbiz #bitcoincafe #bitcoingames #bitcoingaming #bitcoinpr #bitcoinewsmedia #FxPro #AlexKuptsikevich #GregTingle #affiliate #affiliates #AffiliateMarketing #aff #trends #trending #buzz #PR #newsbiz #X #media #mediaman #mediamanint</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE @WWE RAW</p><p><br /></p><p>Feb 26, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>The New Day vs Imperium – Street Fight: Hype Video</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi6dlv8QPUY&t=22s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Nia Jax hits a sneak attack on Becky Lynch: Raw highlights, Feb. 26, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR0nlYVx6Rw&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"Im sure Mami think's it's just another night to be on top" Pat McAfee @PatMcAfeeShow</p><p><br /></p><p>"From behind, Nia Jax asalting Becky Lynch" Michael Cole @MichaelCole</p><p><br /></p><p>And more highlights and moment being added to the official WWE YouTube channel </p><p><br /></p><p>www.youtube.com/wwe</p><p><br /></p><p>#WWERaw #WrestleMania #WrestlemaniaXL #WWEChamber #BeckyLynch #NiaJax #RheaRipley #squash #GWEffect #GraysonWaller #DingoDriver #broadcast #broadcasting #YouTube #Video #Videos #Aussie #Aussies #CodyRhodes #wrestling #prowrestling #entertainment #popculture #USANetwork #broadcast #broadcasting #LiveEntertainment #LiveSports #trends #trending #buzz #media</p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: WWE</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>@WWE Raw</p><p><br /></p><p>Sami Zayn vs. Shinsuke Nakamura: Raw highlights, Feb. 26, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0qkU_wat6Y&t=5s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"Went for the helluva kick. Ran into a knee by Nakamura" - Michael Cole</p><p><br /></p><p>"Second rope. Kinshasa from behind" Michael Cole</p><p><br /></p><p>"Two perfectlh placed knees to the back of Sami Zayn's head. I thought that was it. I thought that this Road To WrestleMania was already over " Pat McAfee</p><p><br /></p><p>The Judgment Day target Gunther’s title at WrestleMania: Raw highlights, Feb. 26, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLLF3wq_dMM&t=4s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Raquel Rodriguez vs. Chelsea Green: Raw highlights, Feb. 26, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE8WTnRUCqc&t=5s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Nia Jax hits a sneak attack on Becky Lynch: Raw highlights, Feb. 26, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR0nlYVx6Rw&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>The Rock returns to SmackDown in Arizona – SmackDown sneak peek</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw9-59aeXks&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>and more via the award winning official WWE YouTube channel</p><p><br /></p><p>www.youtube.com/wwe</p><p><br /></p><p>#WWERaw #CodyRhodes #AmericanNightmare #GraysonWaller #GWEffect #DingoDriver #Nakamura #SamiZayn #Raquel #Green #Gunther #RingGeneral #TheRock #PatMcAfee #MichaelCole #CathyKelley #prowrestling #wrestling #Entertainment #popculture #broadcast #broadcasting #USA #USANetwork #broadcast #broadcasting #YouTube #Video #Videos #highlights #moments #promo #trends #trending #Aussie #buzz #TV #media </p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: WWE</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE @WWE Raw</p><p><br /></p><p>Feb 26, 2023</p><p><br /></p><p>Seth “Freakin” Rollins to Drew McIntyre: “May the best man win at WrestleMania": Raw, Feb. 26, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srOfl5Sm-Fg&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"You might be right. My knew, it may not be ready. My back may give out. The Bloodline may leave me broken in their wake, just like they have everybody else",, - Seth Rollins</p><p><br /></p><p>"It's only a matter of time before they come for the World Heavyweight Championship" SR</p><p><br /></p><p>The New Day go to war with Imperium in a Street Fight: Raw highlights, Feb. 26, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t_ilXFK9FQ&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Becky Lynch launches a counterassault on Nia Jax: Raw highlights, Feb. 26, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubNaarNGGAI&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>The Judgment Day target Gunther’s title at WrestleMania: Raw highlights, Feb. 26, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLLF3wq_dMM&t=6s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: Great emotion from Rollins and McIntyre. Helps give it the big fight feel on the lead up to WrestleMania @WrestleMania . Michael Cole and Pat McAfee have been top notch on the broadcasting call tonight. Great team effort by the WWE.</p><p><br /></p><p>and more via the award winning official WWE YouTube channel </p><p><br /></p><p>www.youtube.com/wwe </p><p><br /></p><p>#WWERaw #WrestleMania #WWEChamber #SethRollins #DrewMcIntyre #CodyRhodes #AmericanNightmare #GraysonWaller #GWEffect #DingoDriver #Nakamura #SamiZayn #Raquel #Green #Gunther #RingGeneral #JudgementDay #RheaRipley #NiaJax #TheRock #PatMcAfee #MichaelCole #CathyKelley #prowrestling #wrestling #Entertainment #popculture #broadcast #broadcasting #USA #USANetwork #broadcast #broadcasting #YouTube #Video #Videos #highlights #moments #promo #legend #legends #Goat #Goats #trends #trending #Aussie #USA #California #buzz #TV #media </p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: WWE</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE @WWE Raw</p><p><br /></p><p>Feb 26, 2023</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: Highspots, high drama, hot action. Emotional charged pro wrestling as we continue The Road To WrestleMania!</p><p><br /></p><p>Seth “Freakin” Rollins to Drew McIntyre: “May the best man win at WrestleMania": Raw, Feb. 26, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srOfl5Sm-Fg&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"You might be right. My knew, it may not be ready. My back may give out. The Bloodline may leave me broken in their wake, just like they have everybody else",, - Seth Rollins</p><p><br /></p><p>"It's only a matter of time before they come for the World Heavyweight Championship" SR</p><p><br /></p><p>The New Day go to war with Imperium in a Street Fight: Raw highlights, Feb. 26, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t_ilXFK9FQ&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Becky Lynch launches a counterassault on Nia Jax: Raw highlights, Feb. 26, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubNaarNGGAI&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>The Judgment Day target Gunther’s title at WrestleMania: Raw highlights, Feb. 26, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLLF3wq_dMM&t=6s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: Great emotion from Rollins and McIntyre. Helps give it the big fight feel on the lead up to WrestleMania @WrestleMania . Michael Cole and Pat McAfee have been top notch on the broadcasting call tonight. Great team effort by the WWE.</p><p><br /></p><p>and more via the award winning official WWE YouTube channel</p><p><br /></p><p>www.youtube.com/wwe</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE News (Media Man Int) </p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/wwe_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#WWERaw #WrestleMania #WWEChamber #SethRollins #DrewMcIntyre #CodyRhodes #AmericanNightmare #GraysonWaller #GWEffect #DingoDriver #WeWantCody #AussieAussieAussie #Shoey #Nakamura #SamiZayn #Raquel #Green #Gunther #RingGeneral #JudgementDay #RheaRipley #NiaJax #TheRock #PatMcAfee #MichaelCole #CathyKelley #prowrestling #wrestling #Entertainment #popculture #broadcast #broadcasting #USA #USANetwork #broadcast #broadcasting #YouTube #Video #Videos #highlights #moments #promo #legend #legends #Goat #Goats #trends #trending #Aussie #USA #California #buzz #TV #media #mediaman #mediamanint </p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: WWE</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE @WWE Raw Moments And Highlights</p><p><br /></p><p>February 26, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>SAP Center at San Jose, California</p><p><br /></p><p>Hot and emotionally charged show says Media Man. Paul Heyman, wiseman of The Bloodline, lines up situation for Roman Reigns and The Rock to return to SmackDown this Friday. WWE locker room and leading start uniting against The Bloodline.</p><p><br /></p><p>Top 10 Monday Night Raw moments: WWE Top 10, Feb. 26, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNUAFQlmqco&t=89s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"When Dirty Dom and The Judgement Day say we're doing to do something, we mean it. That title belongs us to" Dirty Dom Mysterio</p><p><br /></p><p>"Let them fight" Fans</p><p><br /></p><p>Explosive Raw moments: Raw highlights, Feb. 26, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3K3xR_XT90&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"I'm sure Mami thinks it's just another night to be on top" Pat McAfee</p><p><br /></p><p>Drew McIntyre to Seth “Freakin” Rollins: “Back off The Bloodline”: Raw highlights, Feb. 26, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDi9ect0ipw&t=34s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"You did it Drew. I'm proud of you. You clawed your way back into a title match with me. I'm proud of you".. Seth Rollins</p><p><br /></p><p>FULL MATCH – Cody Rhodes brings chaos after Heyman warns him of Rock challenge: Raw, Feb. 26, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4IDOjxoRnc&t=8s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Cody Rhodes does a gender reveal after Raw goes off the air: Raw exclusive, Feb. 23, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddm5TIdsd20&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>and more via the award winning official WWE YouTube channel </p><p><br /></p><p>www.youtube.com/wwe </p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int </p><p><br /></p><p>WWE News (Media Man Int) </p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/wwe_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#WWERaw #WrestleMania #WWEChamber #RoadToWrestleMania #SethRollins #DrewMcIntyre #CodyRhodes #AmericanNightmare #GraysonWaller #GWEffect #DingoDriver #WeWantCody #PaulHeyman #AussieAussieAussie #Shoey #Nakamura #SamiZayn #Raquel #Green #Gunther #RingGeneral #JudgementDay #RheaRipley #NiaJax #TheRock #prowrestling #wrestling #Entertainment #popculture #USA #USANetwork #broadcast #broadcasting #YouTube #Video #Videos #highlights #moments #promo #legend #trends #trending #Aussie #USA #California #buzz #TV #media #mediaman #mediamanint</p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: WWE</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sports Pop Culture</p><p><br /></p><p>Sports Art And Animation Art KO By </p><p>Mojahed Fudailat</p><p><br /></p><p>Brings Out The Beast In Promoters, Fighters and Fans says Media</p><p><br /></p><p>Wins Sports Artist Of The Month; Animation Artist Of The Month</p><p><br /></p><p>Dana's mad at Jon for promoting PFL vs Bellator</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJkIHp8VcTg&ab_channel=MojahedFudailat</p><p><br /></p><p>Ortega submits Yair after surviving a scary R1</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hc-9EreEqQ&t=3s&ab_channel=MojahedFudailat</p><p><br /></p><p>Keep Paddy away from Ilia Topuria</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yQ1BUQb7no&t=2s&ab_channel=MojahedFudailat</p><p><br /></p><p>and more great animation art via the official YouTube channel</p><p><br /></p><p>www.youtube.com/@MojahedFudailat</p><p><br /></p><p>#MojahedFudailat #animationart #animationartist #mmaart #ufcart #Video #Videos #YouTube #YT #sportsart #entertainment #comedy #satire #gonzo #story #storytelling #storylines #artistofthemonth #mixedmartialarts #combatsports #trend #trends #buzz #socialmedia #socialmedianews #media #mediaman </p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: Mojahed Fudailat</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Business News and Crypto News via Media Man and FX Pro</p><p><br /></p><p>Feb 27, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin tears the bears apart again</p><p><br /></p><p>Market picture</p><p><br /></p><p>The price of the leading cryptocurrency rose decisively during active trading in the US, and in the illiquid Asian session, we saw a wave of stop orders triggered, which at times took the price to $57.8K. Such high levels were last seen in December 2021.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nevertheless, bitcoin sees no significant barriers to growth to levels just above $60K. Bitcoin can quickly go there or around the historical highs at $69K, but the subsequent growth may require a few months of consolidation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Growth breeds optimism, and now there is a proliferation of predictions that the price will soon reach six figures. In our view, the chances of a price rise above $100K exceed 50% in the 9–12-month horizon. And if markets come under pressure from an economic slowdown, it could take more than a year to reach a new level.</p><p><br /></p><p>News background</p><p><br /></p><p>According to CoinShares, investment in crypto funds rose by $598 million last week, following a record $2.452 billion inflow the week before, the fourth consecutive week of growth. Investments in bitcoin rose by $570 million, Ethereum by $17 million, and Solana fell by $3 million. Investments in funds that allow shorting bitcoin increased by $4 million.</p><p><br /></p><p>Inflows into crypto funds have exceeded $5.7 billion since the beginning of the year, with total assets under management (AuM) rising to $68.3 billion, although still far from the record high of $87 billion reached in November 2021.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin is gaining popularity as a haven asset in countries with persistently high inflation, Bitfinex noted. Macroeconomic risks this year make it relevant to buy the first cryptocurrency, gold, and silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to BitMEX Research, trading volume in the spot bitcoin ETF market exceeded $50 billion. Mike Novogratz, CEO of Galaxy Digital, commented on the growing interest of institutional investors in the cryptocurrency market.</p><p><br /></p><p>LookIntoBitcoin notes that the value of bitcoin is being affected by the upcoming halving in April, as well as the imbalance between demand for the asset and its availability in the cryptocurrency market.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to The Block, the cumulative amount raised by crypto and blockchain companies from venture capitalists since 2017 has exceeded $90 billion, with DeFi, infrastructure, NFT/gaming and Web3 attracting the most interest.</p><p><br /></p><p>MicroStrategy acquired an additional 3,000 BTC, said founder Michael Saylor. MicroStrategy owns 193000 BTCs worth approximately $6.09 billion (average price $31,544).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>News</p><p><br /></p><p>Japanese yen benefits from hopes of change in the BoJ approach</p><p><br /></p><p>Japanese consumer inflation slowed from 2.6% y/y to 2.2% y/y in January. The data was slightly higher than the expected 2.1%, providing temporary support for the Yen, which rose 0.4% after the release, pushing USDJPY back to 150.10.</p><p><br /></p><p>Prices excluding food slowed to 2.0% year-on-year, the lowest since March 2022 and back to the BoJ's target. However, an even less volatile measure excluding food and energy slowed to 3.5% from 3.7% in January. These are still the highest levels since the early 1980s, so they warrant the regulator's attention.</p><p><br /></p><p>The inflation data also helped push Japanese 2-year government bond yields to their highest levels since 2011.</p><p><br /></p><p>The latest inflation figures have raised expectations of imminent changes in monetary policy. Observers are predicting that the zero-interest-rate policy will be abandoned as early as April this year. The strengthening of these expectations supports the yen by narrowing the yield spread between yen-denominated debt and other reserve currencies.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the same time, Japan has repeatedly surprised with its passivity in recent years, so it is worth remaining sceptical about its ability to make real changes. This is doubly true when the Fed, the ECB and the Bank of England pick their moment to start cutting interest rates. Fears that the yield spread will narrow too quickly could lead the Bank of Japan to opt for inaction once again.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Source: FxPro) with Media Man and Bitcoin News Media </p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin News (Media Man Int) </p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/bitcoin_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Business News (Media Man Int) www.mediamanint.com/articles/business_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#Bitcoin #BitcoinNews #BTC #BitcoinETF #BitcoinETFs #cryptocurrency #cryptonews #Gold #Silver #Nvidia #CryptocurrencyNews #Solana #CoinMarketPro #Coinbase #Celcius #ETF #Tether #USDT #Grayscale #Stablecoins #fintech #NFT #NFTS #market #trading #tradingnews #bitcoinbiz #bitcoincafe #bitcoingames #bitcoingaming #bitcoinpr #bitcoinewsmedia #FxPro #AlexKuptsikevich #GregTingle #affiliate #affiliates #AffiliateMarketing #aff #trends #trending #buzz #PR #newsbiz #X #media #mediaman #mediamanint</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE NXT @WWENXT </p><p><br /></p><p>Feb 27, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson confront Bron Breakker & Baron Corbin: NXT highlights, Feb. 27, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVzDHV3YOlw&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"I have an airbrush guy. Can we do something with this. It's plain Jane"? BB</p><p><br /></p><p>"No. it's not Spring Break '99. I'm not spraypainting my jacket" BC</p><p><br /></p><p>"Ok, can you put some tanner on. You're pale"? BB</p><p><br /></p><p>"Rough night boys" Gallows</p><p><br /></p><p>"Tag divisions got a little depth huh" BC</p><p><br /></p><p>"Look big LG. Comedian Corbin actiting like he loves this place" Anderson</p><p><br /></p><p>"Yeah, he's so funny" Gallos</p><p><br /></p><p>"They got jokes. Look, NXT reinvigorated my career" BC</p><p><br /></p><p>"Reinvigorated his career"! BB..</p><p><br /></p><p>"If you can, Good Brothers be waiting" Gallows</p><p><br /></p><p>FULL SEGMENT – Ilja Dragunov and Carmelo Hayes discuss the NXT Championship: Feb. 27, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMK_3uuc93U&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Von Wagner vs. Lexis King: NXT highlights, Feb. 27, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAD7M7QoxM4&t=2s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"Oh, and Von got caught again"</p><p><br /></p><p>"Lexis King right not is focussing on chopping down Von Vagner. We're seen him go low a few times. And right here with that knee breaker"</p><p><br /></p><p>Lexis King wants to destroy Mr. Stone’s life: WWE NXT exclusive, Feb. 27, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85TnY5Qr8AQ&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>Charlie Dempsey wins the NXT Heritage Cup: NXT highlights, Feb. 27, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnFUF0ws7Fo&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"If he catch up at the right place, at the right time, he can catch you out... but he still young Vic. He's still working on his craft" Booker T</p><p><br /></p><p>Charlie Dempsey is proud to be the Heritage Cup Champion: WWE NXT exclusive, Feb. 27, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EulcxQ-_X8&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"This cup right here. It means more than any title here" .."There years in the making and I've got it" Charlie Dempsey</p><p><br /></p><p>"So, Charlie, I've known you about eight years now" .. "even before I started working at WWE".. "I've seen you go from behind the scenes, to not having a foot in the door, to becoming one of the most dominant professional wrestlers I've ever expierenced in my career".. "we'll show no mercy, we'll show no mercy. We'll show no quarter" Drew Gulak</p><p><br /></p><p>Dijak vs. Luca Crusifino: NXT highlights, Feb. 27, 2024</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4u5wEFJU-M&t=2s&ab_channel=WWE</p><p><br /></p><p>"He's stepping in the ring tonight wiht the diabolical Dijak" Vic Joseph</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: Solid thumbs up today. As is usually the case in quality pro wrestling, the storylines add so much to the overall entertainment and fan investment element. Wolf Dogs 4 Life... until Breakker goes after the WWE World Title! SS has found himself back home! These NXT ladies are real femme fatals. Who will rise up and fill the void left by "Tiffy Time"? Time to barge thru Roadblock and purpose a Road To WrestleMania if at all possible. And "The Don" Tony D'Angelo crashes Carmelo Hayes and Ilja Dragunov's face-to-face, forces a No. 1 Contender's Match at Roadblock. Tony D apparently still in the king of the wise guys. Nothing quite like family business. And Dempsey the shooter and stretcher the cup. And you ain't seen the best and worse of Mr King yet. King ain't finished till he's the king of this kingdom. Massive upside to Lexis. This is pro wrestling.</p><p><br /></p><p>#WWENXT #NXTRoadblock #prowrestling #wrestling #Catch #CatchCrew #LexisKing #King #KingMaker #TrickWilliams #TheFamily #TonyG #TheDon #FamilyBusiness #WolfDogs #GoodBrothers #MadDragon #CarmeloHayes #FallonHenley #Dijak #LucaCrusifino #Hitman #contract #CharlieDempsey #BookerT #VicJoseph #USANetwork #Entertainment #EntertainmentNews #PopCulture #broadcast #broadcasting #YouTube #Video #trends #trending #buzz #TV #media #mediaman</p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: WWE NXT</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling News</p><p><br /></p><p>Tama Tonga (son of King Haku) to join WWE @WWE ; Just in time for WrestleMania @WrestleMania Season; Triple H secured from New Japan Pro-Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>Shawn Spears returns to WWE NXT @WWENXT </p><p><br /></p><p>Good Brothers (Gallows and Anderson) return to WWE NXT; Confrontation with Breakker and Corbin. NXT Roadblock?!</p><p><br /></p><p>Charlie Dempsey returns from All Japan Pro Wrestling @alljapan_pw to win the NTX Heritage Cup; Drew Gulak quicky reminds CD he's known him over eight years!</p><p><br /></p><p>WrestleMania Appearanace Wish List includes Tama Tonga, Jade Cargill, Tiffany Stratton, Bron Breakker, Hulk Hogan, Sylvester Stallone, Steve Austin and Lexis King.</p><p><br /></p><p>Related: TKO Group - WWE/UFC @UFC cross-over well received by fans, media, industry. Could we get Conor McGregor vs Michael Chandler at WrestleMania in some capacity? Seth Rollins says McGregor would need a "Roman Reigns-like schedule" (per Submission Radio).</p><p><br /></p><p>"Maybe. Never say never, but he would have to be on a Roman Reigns-like schedule," Rollins said, referring to Reigns' ongoing part-time contract with WWE. "He'd be showing up every 6 months to have a match. He'd be on that Logan Paul contract. I don't know that doing what I do would be for Conor McGregor. It's tough dude. It is a difficult transition to make. So if he would want to give it a shot, we'd love to have him, but I don't know, man. I couldn't jump into their world and do what they do, so I would not expect them to be able to do the same with us." Seth Rollins</p><p><br /></p><p>Former Wrestling Executive Eric Bischoff of 83 Weeks @83Weeks covering potential appearance of Sylvester Stallone appearance at WrestleMania. EB also covers the news of exeecutive/writer, Jennifer Pepperman joining AEW as Vice President of Content Development.</p><p><br /></p><p>Were the excellent WWE press conferences inspired or influenced by the bloody 'Hulk-A-Mania: Let The Battle Begin' (Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair) press conference of Sydney, Australia in 2009? Media Man taped and sold the footage to Channel Seven for approx $700AUD. Now you know! </p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Elimination Chamber fallout:</p><p><br /></p><p>“That’s all I wanted, Drew. A little recognition for helping you win. Coz let’s not forget who knocked out Randy Orton that allowed you to win.” Logan Paul</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>WWE SmackDown: The Rock and Roman Reigns understood to be locked in for a red hot show.</p><p><br /></p><p>Potential Dream Matches for WrestleMania or other PLEs: </p><p><br /></p><p>Logan Paul vs Randy Orton</p><p><br /></p><p>Cody Rhodes vs Tama Tonga </p><p><br /></p><p>#SmackDown #WrestleMania #WrestleMania40 #TamaTonga #BronBreakker #ConorMcGregor #Roadhouse #MichaelChandler #SethRollins #RomanReigns #TheRock #CharlieDempsey #Sly #SlyvestorStallone #WWENXT #WWEUFC #NXTRoadblock #JadeCargill #TiffanyStratton #TiffyTime #SteveAustin #CMPunk #DrewMcIntyre #wrestlingnews #UFC #TKOGroup #MMA #dreamatch #dreammatches #entertainmentnews #sportsnews #popculture #promoter #promoters #creative #creativity #storylines #storytelling #trends #trending #buzz #TV #X #media #mediaman </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pro Wrestling News</p><p><br /></p><p>Tama Tonga (son of King Haku) to join WWE @WWE ; Just in time for WrestleMania @WrestleMania Season; Triple H secured from New Japan Pro-Wrestling</p><p><br /></p><p>Shawn Spears returns to WWE NXT @WWENXT </p><p><br /></p><p>Good Brothers (Gallows and Anderson) return to WWE NXT; Confrontation with Breakker and Corbin. NXT Roadblock?!</p><p><br /></p><p>Charlie Dempsey returns from All Japan Pro Wrestling @alljapan_pw to win the NTX Heritage Cup; Drew Gulak quicky reminds CD he's known him over eight years!</p><p><br /></p><p>WrestleMania Appearanace Wish List includes Tama Tonga, Jade Cargill, Tiffany Stratton, Bron Breakker, Hulk Hogan, Sylvester Stallone, Steve Austin and Lexis King.</p><p><br /></p><p>Related: TKO Group - WWE/UFC @UFC cross-over well received by fans, media, industry. Could we get Conor McGregor vs Michael Chandler at WrestleMania in some capacity? Seth Rollins says McGregor would need a "Roman Reigns-like schedule" (per Submission Radio).</p><p><br /></p><p>"Maybe. Never say never, but he would have to be on a Roman Reigns-like schedule," Rollins said, referring to Reigns' ongoing part-time contract with WWE. "He'd be showing up every 6 months to have a match. He'd be on that Logan Paul contract. I don't know that doing what I do would be for Conor McGregor. It's tough dude. It is a difficult transition to make. So if he would want to give it a shot, we'd love to have him, but I don't know, man. I couldn't jump into their world and do what they do, so I would not expect them to be able to do the same with us." Seth Rollins</p><p><br /></p><p>Former Wrestling Executive Eric Bischoff of 83 Weeks @83Weeks covering potential appearance of Sylvester Stallone appearance at WrestleMania. EB also covers the news of exeecutive/writer, Jennifer Pepperman joining AEW as Vice President of Content Development.</p><p><br /></p><p>Were the excellent WWE press conferences inspired or influenced by the bloody 'Hulk-A-Mania: Let The Battle Begin' (Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair) press conference of Sydney, Australia in 2009? Media Man taped and sold the footage to Channel Seven for approx $700AUD. Now you know! </p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Elimination Chamber fallout:</p><p><br /></p><p>“That’s all I wanted, Drew. A little recognition for helping you win. Coz let’s not forget who knocked out Randy Orton that allowed you to win.” Logan Paul</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>WWE SmackDown: The Rock and Roman Reigns understood to be locked in for a red hot show.</p><p><br /></p><p>Potential Dream Matches for WrestleMania or other PLEs: </p><p><br /></p><p>Logan Paul vs Randy Orton</p><p><br /></p><p>Cody Rhodes vs Tama Tonga </p><p><br /></p><p>#SmackDown #WrestleMania #WrestleMania40 #TamaTonga #BronBreakker #ConorMcGregor #Roadhouse #MichaelChandler #SethRollins #RomanReigns #TheRock #CharlieDempsey #Sly #SlyvestorStallone #WWENXT #WWEUFC #NXTRoadblock #JadeCargill #TiffanyStratton #TiffyTime #SteveAustin #CMPunk #DrewMcIntyre #wrestlingnews #UFC #TKOGroup #MMA #dreamatch #dreammatches #entertainmentnews #sportsnews #popculture #promoter #promoters #creative #creativity #storylines #storytelling #trends #trending #buzz #TV #X #media #mediaman </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wrestling/Streaming/Live Entertainment Business</p><p><br /></p><p>TKO Group (WWE and UFC) Investor Call Highlights Massive Success</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE's Nick Khan and Ariel Emanuel, Chief Executive Officer of TKO Group</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE @WWE President Nick Khan recently contributed in the TKO Earnings call.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mr Khan covered the WWE RAW shifting to Netflix @netflix in 2025.</p><p><br /></p><p>“For us, a global localized product has always been a priority. We think Netflix helps us with that. If you look at the premium live event schedule for this calendar year; Perth, Australia this past weekend. Berlin, France, Riyadh, Canada, all over the world. Look for, down the road, more local stars from those markets as we expand our tryouts to international markets so we feel confident over time that will be covered and be part of the Netflix deal.” Nick Khan</p><p><br /></p><p>"TKO's strong results reflect robost demand for our premium content and live events. Throughout 2023 we achieved multiple viewership and attendence records including 10 highest grossing event records for UFC @ufc , as well as viewership records for each WWE premium live event during the year".. Ari Emanuel</p><p><br /></p><p>Overview Intel and quote by Ari Emanuel, CEO of TKO</p><p><br /></p><p>The company also released guidance for 2024, advising investors that it is targeting revenue of $2.575 billion to $2.650 billion; adjusted EBITDA of $1.150 billion to $1.170 billion; and free cash flow conversion in excess of 50 percent, doubling down on the company’s strategic rationale as a cash-generating machine.</p><p><br /></p><p>“TKO is off to a strong start following record financial performance in 2023 at both UFC and WWE,” said Ari Emanuel, CEO of TKO, in a statement. “We secured Anheuser-Busch as the official beer partner of UFC, delivered a transformative deal to bring WWE’s Raw to Netflix beginning in 2025, and expanded our international footprint in important growth markets. We have more conviction than ever in the combination of these businesses and TKO’s ability to drive topline growth and margin expansion, generate meaningful free cash flow, and deliver sustainable long-term value for shareholders.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Video/Audio Stream</p><p><br /></p><p>Fightful Wrestling With Sean Ross Sapp Official YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>Where Will WWE Raw Be In Q4? Vince McMahon Selling Shares ? WWE/TKO Earnings Call</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EoAdnPW3g4&ab_channel=FightfulWrestlingWithSeanRossSapp</p><p><br /></p><p>News</p><p><br /></p><p>WWE Corporate Website</p><p><br /></p><p>NETFLIX TO BECOME NEW HOME OF WWE RAW BEGINNING 2025</p><p>https://corporate.wwe.com/news/company-news/2024/01-23-2024</p><p><br /></p><p>NETFLIX TO BECOME NEW HOME OF WWE RAW BEGINNING 2025</p><p>https://tkogrp.com/press/netflix-to-become-new-home-of-wwe-raw-beginning-2025/</p><p><br /></p><p>via TKO Investor Website</p><p><br /></p><p>TKO Reports Full Year 2023 Results</p><p>https://investor.tkogrp.com/files/doc_financials/2023/q4/TKO_4Q23-Earnings-Release_2-27-24_FINAL.pdf</p><p><br /></p><p>#TKOGroup #WWE #UFC #Netflix #NickKhan #WWERaw #quote #quotes #earningscall #PLE #WWEChamber #WrestleMania #pressrelease #mediarelease #liveevents #mediarights #sportsstreaming #liveentertainment #popculture #streamingbusiness #streamingbiz #biznews #financialnews #sportsbiz #sportsbusiness #sportsnews #newsmedia #trend #trends #media </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Crypto News via Media Man and FX Pro</p><p><br /></p><p>Crypto: Extreme greed is not a sell signal</p><p><br /></p><p>27th Feb, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Market picture</p><p><br /></p><p>The cryptocurrency market is developing gains, rising 2.2% on the day to $2.17 trillion. These levels replicate the April 2022 peak.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin is now only 15% below its all-time high, while total capitalisation is 38% below its peak.</p><p><br /></p><p>A further move higher would be a repeat of the early 2022 highs. The Cryptocurrency Fear and Greed Index rose to 82 by Wednesday - the highest since November 2021 - extreme greed. This time, the active rally came at the start of the European session, as Bitcoin moved to update the November 2021 highs, so it would not be surprising to see the index rise further.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to the indicator's design, this state makes it look for a turning point for a correction. However, we believe that short-term corrections only fuel the greed of buyers. Looking at Bitcoin's chart alone, the dynamics are like what we saw in the second half of 2020. The index was above 90 then, and getting out now, just since greed levels are at 82, could be a painful mistake.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fundamentally, it is more logical to expect weak performance before a halving, but that is not the case, and investors must accept this reality with a false start to the market due to the influx of institutionalisation via comfortable spot ETFs. Demand is also being helped by strong risk appetite thanks to all-time highs in the major indices.</p><p><br /></p><p>News background</p><p><br /></p><p>The main reason for BTC's growth is the trading volume of spot bitcoin ETFs (excluding GBTC), according to Metalpha. The index reached a record $2.4 billion at the beginning of the week, almost doubling the previous daily average.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bloomberg does not rule out that bitcoin ETFs will overtake gold ETFs in terms of accumulated capital within the next two years.</p><p><br /></p><p>BitMEX Research notes that outflows from GBTC slowed to $44 million, the lowest since 11 January. The structure has lost $7.5 billion in AUM since becoming an ETF.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ethereum has taken the most significant share among cryptocurrencies in financial institutions' investment portfolios due to the upcoming Dencun upgrade, Bybit noted. According to The Block, open interest in Ethereum options on the top 5 exchanges (excluding CME) reached an all-time high.</p><p><br /></p><p>Despite the growing competition between blockchains, Grayscale Research believes the launch of the Dencun update will help Ethereum "mature" by reducing transaction fees and increasing the network's scalability.</p><p><br /></p><p>The value of assets locked in the Lido liquid-stacking protocol has reached $30.56 billion, according to The Block. Lido dominates the segment, controlling 32% of Ethereum's total stakes.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Source: FxPro) with Media Man and Bitcoin News Media</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int </p><p><br /></p><p>Bitcoin News (Media Man Int)</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/bitcoin_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Business News (Media Man Int)</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/business_news.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#Bitcoin #BitcoinNews #BTC #CFGI #BitcoinETF #Metalpha #BitcoinETFs #cryptocurrency #cryptonews #Gold #Nvidia #CryptocurrencyNews #Solana #CoinMarketPro #Coinbase #Celcius #ETF #Tether #USDT #Grayscale #Stablecoins #fintech #NFT #NFTS #market #trading #tradingnews #bitcoinbiz #bitcoincafe #bitcoingames #bitcoingaming #bitcoinpr #bitcoinewsmedia #FxPro #AlexKuptsikevich #GregTingle #affiliate #affiliates #AffiliateMarketing #aff #trends #trending #buzz #PR #newsbiz #X #media #mediaman #mediamanint</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Fox Corporation Executive Chair and Chief Executive Officer Lachlan Murdoch to Participate in Upcoming Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference</p><p><br /></p><p>NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Fox Corporation (Nasdaq: FOXA, FOX) today announced that Executive Chair and Chief Executive Officer Lachlan Murdoch will participate in the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference on Monday, March 4, at approximately 9:30am (Pacific), 12:30pm (Eastern).</p><p><br /></p><p>A live and archived webcast of the presentation will be available at investor.foxcorporation.com</p><p><br /></p><p>About Fox Corporation</p><p>Fox Corporation produces and distributes compelling news, sports, and entertainment content through its primary iconic domestic brands, including FOX News Media, FOX Sports, FOX Entertainment, FOX Television Stations and Tubi Media Group. These brands hold cultural significance with consumers and commercial importance for distributors and advertisers. The breadth and depth of our footprint allows us to deliver content that engages and informs audiences, develop deeper consumer relationships, and create more compelling product offerings. FOX maintains an impressive track record of news, sports, and entertainment industry success that shapes our strategy to capitalize on existing strengths and invest in new initiatives. </p><p><br /></p><p>For more information about Fox Corporation, please visit www.FoxCorporation.com</p><p><br /></p><p>SOURCE: Fox Corporation</p><p><br /></p><p>#FoxCorporation #FOXCorp #FoxNews #FoxNewsMedia #FoxSports #FOXTV #FoxEntertainment #Tubi #TubiTV #MorganStanley #MSTMC #MorganStanleyTechnologyMediaTelecomConference</p><p>#LachlanMurdoch #mediarelease #pressrelease #newsmedia #newsbusiness #newsbiz #newsmedia #businessnews #biznews #media </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Streaming Movie News</p><p><br /></p><p>Roadhouse Hits Amazon Prime March 21, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex-UFC fighter Dalton (Jake Gyllenhaal) takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys roadhouse, only to discover that this paradise is not all it seems.</p><p><br /></p><p>Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Conor McGregor and Daniela Melchior)</p><p><br /></p><p>Road House is open for business March 21 on Prime.</p><p><br /></p><p>Road House - Official Trailer | Prime Video</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0ZsLudtfjI&ab_channel=PrimeVideo</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p>Entertainment News</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/news4.html</p><p><br /></p><p>#Roadhouse #RoadhouseMovie #Prime #PrimeVideo #AmazonPrime #movienews #movietrailer #trailer #Video #showbiz #popculture #streamingmovies #moviesstreaming #streamingnews #streamingentertainment #Dalton #JakeGyllenhaal #ConorMcGregor #DanielaMelchior #UFC #UFC300 #UFC303 #UFC306 #MMA #trends #trending #buzz #media </p><p><br /></p><p>(Image credit: Amazon Prime)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>NRL (National Rugby League)</p><p><br /></p><p>Australia’s most exciting sport unleashed on the sports and entertainment capital, Las Vegas.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the first time ever, the NRL @NRL Telstra Premiership season will kick off on American soil. Be there to witness the 2024 season opening double-header on Saturday 2 March 2024 (local time) at the world’s greatest arena, Allegiant Stadium.</p><p><br /></p><p>With the Sea Eagles taking on the Rabbitohs, and the Roosters going head-to-head with the Broncos, you’d hate to miss this chance to be there live and witness history in the making.</p><p><br /></p><p>Videos</p><p><br /></p><p>NRL Official YouTube</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/@NRL</p><p><br /></p><p>Rugby League in Las Vegas. Football but not as you know it.</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcXpjvrAQbI&ab_channel=NRL-NationalRugbyLeague</p><p><br /></p><p>Russell Crowe explains the rules and laws of rugby league | NRL</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JPPzTnUZz4&ab_channel=NRL-NationalRugbyLeague</p><p><br /></p><p>NRL 2024 | Spencer Leniu | Props to watch | The Game Plan</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bo7jKXQz5U&ab_channel=NRL-NationalRugbyLeague</p><p><br /></p><p>KAYO Sports Official YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>"No Chance, Put That Back!" | Brisbane Broncos | NRL Las Vegas | Kayo Sports</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o__j0XWcnp4&t=36s&ab_channel=KayoSports</p><p><br /></p><p>USA Readying the Rabbitohs | American Boot Camp | Kayo Sports</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXt4t_uR7nE&ab_channel=KayoSports</p><p><br /></p><p>The Trbojevic brothers WALK OUT in stunt gone wrong | NRL Las Vegas | Kayo Sports</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usFFirR43Z0&ab_channel=KayoSports</p><p><br /></p><p>FOX Sports Australia YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>What does a 'win' look like for the NRL in Vegas? | The Back Page | Fox Sports</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw2Z2lB4jyc&t=6s&ab_channel=FOXSPORTSAUSTRALIA</p><p><br /></p><p>FOX League</p><p><br /></p><p>'I don't think I would ever do this without pads!' 💥 I Gronk gets introduced to the NRL I Fox League</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZO8SGZYa_0&ab_channel=FoxLeague</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>ABC News (Australia)Official YouTube</p><p><br /></p><p>The NRL launches a new assualt on the US sports market with help from its media mates | Media Bites</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rTMHNRjsLg&ab_channel=ABCNews%28Australia%29</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man: Excellent coverage, and an even better sport. Missing the days when we played the game at school level. Ex Newport Beach fella grew up with Manly Sea Eagles, now Eastern Beaches of Sydney so we have to back the Rabbitohs with the Maroubra Beach connection and all. We got to Newport Breakers and "First 15 (Rugby Union premierships) - 1987, so don't hold it against us ok. Both great games. The U.S is going to love this maties. PS: No pads is right. Any takers from the other leagues?!</p><p><br /></p><p>Media Man Int</p><p><br /></p><p>News</p><p><br /></p><p>UFC Announces Strategic Partnership With NRL As The Aussie Football Code Launches Vegas Mission</p><p>www.mediamanint.com/articles/ufc_announces2.html</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Image credit: NRL</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>'Grand final feel': Stars overawed by fan turnout at Vegas launch, By Brad Walter - March 1, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>“It’s Round 1 but it feels like a grand final”.</p><p><br /></p><p>That was Latrell Mitchell’s reaction after surveying the sea of supporters at the NRL Fan Fest in Las Vegas ahead of this weekend’s historic season-opening double-header at Allegiant Stadium.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a massive show of support for the NRL’s decision to kick off the 2024 season in Las Vegas, 5,000 fans packed the Fremont Street Experience to see the four teams kicking off the season at the venue which hosted the Super Bowl just three weeks ago.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It's exciting, a great feeling,” Mitchell said. “It's a great turnout, we appreciate it. This is why we love the game.”</p><p><br /></p><p>The South Sydney superstar was the first player to note the special atmosphere sparked by the NRL’s bid to break into the world’s biggest sporting market – but he wasn’t the only one.</p><p><br /></p><p>"That's what the NRL are trying to do, right? Bring this game to America,” said Manly captain Daly Cherry-Evans, whose side will take on the Rabbitohs in the first match of the March 2 double-header [US time].</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>“I was pretty hopeful this was going to be the turnout. It's definitely a unique experience.</p><p><br /></p><p>"It's great to see all of the Australians here. They're obviously promoting it just as much as we are as players. If we can spark the interest of the Americans, that's the job done.”</p><p><br /></p><p>There was strong support for all four clubs, but particularly the Brisbane Broncos, who play Sydney Roosters in the second match of the double-header.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Broncos captain Adam Reynolds, who has played in two of the last three grand finals, said: “It's unbelievable, it’s got a bit of the grand final feel about it with all the build-up.</p><p><br /></p><p>“There's a lot of Broncos fans here, you could definitely feel the atmosphere when they mentioned our names. It's exciting to just get out there and start playing.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Rabbitohs halfback Lachlan Illias, who took over from Reynolds after he left the club in 2022 to join the Broncos, added: “I've never seen anything like it. It’s a massive build up and I just can't wait to go out on Saturday’.</p><p><br /></p><p>After months of planning, preparing and promoting the first premiership matches to be played outside of Australia and New Zealand, there is a feeling of anticipation that most can’t recall for the start of an NRL season.</p><p><br /></p><p>Allegiant Stadium has been reconfigured into a rugby league field, about 40,000 tickets have been sold and you can’t walk more than a few metres in Las Vegas without running into fans wearing NRL jerseys.</p><p><br /></p><p>The players on stage were played a message from the representatives of the other 13 clubs at the NRL season launch in Sydney and most spoke about their ambition to play in Las Vegas in coming years.</p><p><br /></p><p>“It's definitely different,” Roosters captain James Tedesco said. “We're in a different country, playing rugby league. We're in Vegas, so we are not really used to preparing for a game over here. But it's cool. The excitement and the vibe is right up there.”</p><p><br /></p><p>(NRL)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The actor handpicked to play Miss Moneypenny in ‘rogue’ Bond picture - February 29, 2024 </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>PAMELA SALEM: 1944 - 2024</p><p><br /></p><p>Pamela Salem, who died at her home in Florida aged 80, was a British actress who worked busily on both sides of the Atlantic; in 1983, she played Miss Moneypenny opposite Sean Connery’s ageing James Bond in the “rogue” Bond picture Never Say Never Again.</p><p><br /></p><p>Connery engineered her casting after they worked well together in Michael Crichton’s period crime caper The First Great Train Robbery (1979). Salem found Connery ever genial and thoroughly unvain: she recalled that he would immediately remove his toupee when filming ended.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Never Say Never Again caused a stir as an “unofficial” Bond film, exploiting a copyright loophole to make use of characters owned by Eon Productions and luring Connery into reprising the role he retired from a dozen years earlier.</p><p><br /></p><p>There were reports in the press that Lois Maxwell, who flirted primly with 007 throughout two decades as Eon’s Moneypenny, had not taken kindly to another actress usurping her billet outside M’s office in a synthetic Bond picture. Salem rebutted the claims: “It was all absolute nonsense, and Lois Maxwell wrote a very nice letter to me.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Like other Moneypennys, she found the role frustratingly deskbound: “It seemed everyone else went out to the Bahamas, but I was stuck in London.” But The Sunday Telegraph judged her “a decorous new Moneypenny” and the film received much better reviews than the Eon pictures of the period starring Roger Moore.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In 1988, Salem went on to a memorable six-month run in EastEnders. She played Joanne Francis, the well-heeled manager of a Walford wine bar that doubled as an illegal gambling den, and was responsible for inducting the popular character “Dirty Den” Watts (Leslie Grantham) into the world of organised crime, thereby precipitating his famous encounter with a lethal bunch of daffodils and departure from the series.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was a welcome reunion for Salem, who did much voluntary work in prisons and had met Grantham some years earlier while he was serving time for murder; she had helped him to apply for drama school on his release.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pamela Fortunee Salem was born on January 22, 1944 in Bombay, where her father, who was Jewish, worked as a civil engineer. Her mother’s family came from Sri Lanka. Recalling that “India encourages everything creative”, she “wanted to be an actress from the year dot”.</p><p><br /></p><p>After schooling in England, she studied at Heidelberg University in Germany before going to the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, where her clipped colonial vowels were softened. Her career began in York and Chesterfield.</p><p><br /></p><p>In addition to touring stage work, she appeared in numerous television series in the 1970s, including The Onedin Line, Van der Valk, Blake’s 7 – “I played a High Priestess who met rather an unpleasant end with a spear sticking through her” – and The Professionals.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1977, she played Toos, an ally of Tom Baker’s Doctor, in the Doctor Who serial The Robots of Death – “I had to wear a hat like half a bicycle wheel and a dress that was a definite disadvantage when trying to escape from those robots”. She returned in 1988 as a scientist opposite Sylvester McCoy’s Doctor in Remembrance of the Daleks, notable as the first serial in which a Dalek manages to ascend a staircase.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the 1980s, Salem was established as a villainess for a generation of youngsters in three series of the children’s fantasy Into the Labyrinth, in which she was the evil Belor, antagonist of Ron Moody’s noble sorcerer Rothgo. She was the French neighbour of expats Anton Rodgers and Julia McKenzie in the sitcom French Fields, and made appearances in All Creatures Great and Small as Zoë Bennett, the wife of James Grout’s hard-drinking vet.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1983, Salem married the actor Michael O’Hagan, and they moved to Los Angeles in the 1990s before settling in Florida, where she proved a doughty friend of stray dogs. She appeared in US series such as The West Wing (as the British prime minister), Magnum PI and ER.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the cinema, she romped in the salacious Joan Collins vehicle The Bitch (1979), and also appeared in Thirteen at Dinner (1985), Gods and Monsters (1998) and Down’s Revenge (2019).</p><p><br /></p><p>Finding fewer roles in later life, Salem moved into stage and radio-drama production, and also produced documentary films with her husband. Latterly she reprised her Doctor Who roles in several audio spin-offs made by Big Finish. A great sci-fi enthusiast, in the 1990s she asked to be put on Pan Am’s waiting list for the first commercial flight to the moon, and was sent two tickets.</p><p><br /></p><p>Salem’s husband died in 2017.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>What Paramount’s Earnings Report Could Tell Us About the State of Streaming - Feb 25, 2024</b></p><p><br /></p><p>This week, we’re looking ahead to Paramount Global’s earnings report. The company that includes TV, movies, and streaming, has been taking it on the chin from investors. Its stock has lost more than 50% of its value in the past year, so Wednesday’s report could be pivotal. Recently much of the talk about Paramount has been as an acquisition target — for media executive Byron Allen to Skydance Media CEO David Ellison. Michael Morris, senior managing director at Guggenheim Securities, joins us to share what this week’s earnings report from Paramount could tell us about what’s coming next — for streaming, for entertainment and for media conglomerates on Wall Street. Then, we turn our attention to the upcoming personal consumption expenditures report, or PCE. The report is slated to be released on Thursday and with stocks looking priced for perfection these days, we’ll unpack what investors need to know to be ready. WSJ market reporters Gunjan Banerji and Sam Goldfarb join for a roundtable discussion on what the report means for the markets. Lastly, we’re celebrating the extra day this month with Mark Maurer, reporter for WSJ’s CFO Journal publication. Mark shares how chief financial officers at some of the largest companies, like Chipotle, Walmart, and Delta Airlines, are getting investors ready for leap day.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Paramount posts surprise profit as streaming gains offset weak ad market - Feb 29, 2024</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Paramount Global (PARA.O), opens new tab fell short of Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue on Wednesday but posted a surprise profit as streaming gains helped overshadow a weak advertising market, sending its shares up nearly 2% after the bell.</p><p>The media industry has been grappling with a changing landscape of streaming gaining dominance over traditional television and the impact from Hollywood's strikes last year, with a soft advertising market adding to the pressure.</p><p><br /></p><p>Companies have been benefiting from raising prices on their services and pushing ad-supported offerings, while also keeping content spend low.</p><p>The media conglomerate reported overall fourth-quarter revenue of $7.64 billion, missing analysts' estimate of $7.85 billion, according to LSEG data. It also posted a surprise profit of 4 cents per share, while analysts were expecting a loss of 1 cent.</p><p><br /></p><p>"We now expect to reach domestic Paramount+ profitability in 2025," CEO Bob Bakish said.</p><p><br /></p><p>Paramount+, the company's flagship streaming platform, added 4.1 million subscribers during the quarter, compared with 2.7 million in the previous quarter. The figure was slightly above the estimate of 4.03 million new subscribers, according to data from Visible Alpha.</p><p>The company has been pumping money into its fast-growing but unprofitable streaming unit Paramount+, saying in November the investments had peaked a year ahead of the target.</p><p><br /></p><p>The results come when the U.S. entertainment industry is abuzz with fresh consolidation moves. Reuters reported in January, citing a source, that Skydance Media CEO David Ellison was exploring an all-cash bid to acquire entertainment company Paramount Global's parent, National Amusements.</p><p><br /></p><p>Revenue at its TV media segment declined by 12% from a year earlier and advertising revenue fell by 15%, impacted by lower political advertising and the twin Hollywood strikes.</p><p><br /></p><p>"We're seeing some signs of stabilization in the ad market," finance chief Naveen Chopra said, adding that the company expects to report "low to mid-teens advertising growth" in the first quarter.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>It’s war - Meta pulls out of news deal - March 1, 2024</b></p><p>The Albanese government and local media companies will go to war with Facebook owner Meta, after the digital giant said it would stop paying news publishers about $70 million a year for content when existing deals expire this year.</p><p><br /></p><p>After months of speculation the $1.9 trillion social platform would back out, Meta’s local boss Will Easton and Asia-Pacific public policy lead Simon Milner told publishers and the government it would not negotiate new deals. The Albanese government says it will move within weeks to force Meta to the negotiating table.</p><p><br /></p><p>The decision deals another damaging blow to media companies like Seven West Media, Nine Entertainment and News Corp that have been grappling with a deepening advertising crunch as businesses tighten their belts in a cost of living crisis. Those three companies alone will lose up to 9 per cent of their annual net profit after Meta withdraws, Macquarie estimated on Friday.</p><p><br /></p><p>Meta refusing to comply with the Australian code, which prompted nations like Canada and the UK to enact similar laws, adds to structural shifts in media that have prompted thousands of job losses around the world in the past few months. Just this week, New Zealand’s only private commercial free-to-air broadcast shuttered its newsroom, putting 200-plus people out of work. There have been local layoffs recently at Ten, Nine, Seven and News Corp, and more than 2800 in 2023 in the US at the likes of the LA Times, The Athletic and Condé Nast.</p><p><br /></p><p>After lucrative classifieds businesses were carved off the media as standalone enterprises like REA Group, Seek and Carsales, media organisations grabbed what little advertising they could. A fracturing ad market means publishers now compete with the likes of Netflix, Uber, Amazon and even Woolworths to sell ads to targeted audiences.</p><p><br /></p><p>Meta’s decision has prompted an immediate and fierce reaction from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, his ministers, the opposition and media publishers. Mr Albanese blasted Meta’s actions on Friday as “not the Australian way”.</p><p><br /></p><p>“We will always stand up for Australian media interests and media diversity,” he said. “It is absolutely critical that media is able to function and be properly funded. The idea that research and work done by others can be taken for free is simply untenable.”</p><p><br /></p><p>In a blog post, Meta said it would remove the little-used Facebook News tab it created in 2019, but that users will still be able to share links to news stories.</p><p><br /></p><p>That means it will not remove news pages as it did in a poorly received attempt to pressure the federal government in 2021. It then confirmed it would not negotiate new deals to compensate media companies.</p><p><br /></p><p>“To ensure that we continue to invest in products and services that drive user engagement, we will not enter into new commercial deals for traditional news content in these countries and will not offer new Facebook products specifically for news publishers in the future,” the company said.</p><p><br /></p><p>Meta previously agreed to pay upwards of $70 million a year in total to companies including News Corp, Nine – the publisher of The Australian Financial Review – Seven, Network Ten, the ABC and Guardian Australia. That funding is set to expire alongside those deals this year.</p><p><br /></p><p>‘Dereliction of commitment’</p><p>Facebook and Google signed dozens of deals with media companies worth about $250 million a year combined under the Coalition-legislated News Media Bargaining Code, which was introduced in 2021. The code gives the Treasurer the power to designate major tech platforms and force them to negotiate compensation for publishers. The code has not yet been used.</p><p><br /></p><p>Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones and Communications Minister Michelle Rowland released a joint statement describing Meta’s decision as “a dereliction of its commitment to the sustainability of Australian news media”.</p><p><br /></p><p>“The decision removes a significant source of revenue for Australian news media businesses. Australian news publishers deserve fair compensation for the content they provide,” they said.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Albanese government had sought advice from Treasury and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, and had started the steps to designate Meta. “I’m not going to pre-empt anything,” Mr Jones told reporters. “But we will ensure that we follow the letter of the law... we don’t intend to take months.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Treasurer Jim Chalmers has recused himself from code discussions that was negotiated by his Liberal predecessor Josh Frydenberg, to avoid potential conflicts of interest. His wife, Laura Chalmers, works as an editor for News Corp.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mr Frydenberg, who personally negotiated the deal with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in 2021, said last week it was “vital for Australian journalism these deals are kept in place.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Former competition watchdog Rod Sims, an architect of the code, said Meta’s decision was “selfish behaviour”.</p><p><br /></p><p>“They benefit from content that they don’t want to pay for, so that all the profits go to them. And not in any way shared with the people whose content they’re using,” he said.</p><p><br /></p><p>No surprise</p><p>The U-turn by Meta comes as no surprise to publishers, which have been attempting to restart negotiations. Meta refused to pay Canadian publishers last year under a similar law, and pulled links to news from its platforms.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nine CEO Mike Sneesby released a statement on Friday saying the decision “does not recognise the significant and increasing value of Nine’s journalism, unique content and brands to its platforms”.</p><p><br /></p><p>“We strongly believe Meta should negotiate in good faith around the fair compensation for that value exchange,” he said. “We will continue to robustly advocate that these deals are in the national interest and the arguments that led to the code in the first place remains as strong as ever.”</p><p><br /></p><p>News Corp Australasia boss Michael Miller said Meta had conditioned people to use its platform for news and profited from that behaviour.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Meta is using its immense market power to refuse to negotiate,” he said.</p><p><br /></p><p>“That points out the imbalance in bargaining power. When one party says they don’t need to come to the table, a month out, it shows how much they think of us the local industry.”</p><p><br /></p><p>ABC managing director David Anderson emailed staff late on Friday afternoon saying the loss of revenue from Meta would “create a financial challenge for the ABC” given funds had been used to add 60 journalists to its regional roster.</p><p><br /></p><p>Seven’s CEO James Warburton said: “Meta needs to be designated. The case has not only been made but proven.” Network Ten said it was disappointed and urged the government to designate Meta.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the Treasury minister designates Meta, an independent arbitrator will determine remuneration payable by the digital platform.</p><p><br /></p><p>Before officially announcing it will designate Meta, Mr Jones has to strictly follow administrative law steps to ensure there is due process and to limit legal challenges by the digital platform.</p><p><br /></p><p>News ‘a small part of the Facebook experience’</p><p>Meta has argued people don’t come to its platforms for news, and that its Facebook News tab was not a driver of user engagement.</p><p><br /></p><p>“The number of people using Facebook News in Australia and the US has declined by over 80 per cent last year. We know that people don’t come to Facebook for news and political content,” Meta wrote.</p><p><br /></p><p>“News makes up less than 3 per cent of what people around the world see in their Facebook feed, and is a small part of the Facebook experience for the vast majority of people.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Mr Jones said it was clear Facebook had deprioritised the Facebook News tab in its app that it launched in 2019. “If you run a restaurant and then close the front door, it really doesn’t make a lot of sense that a few months later you complain that you’re not getting any visitors into your restaurant,” he told reporters. “As things stand at the moment, I’m not that persuaded by that argument.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Shadow treasurer Angus Taylor and shadow minister for communications David Coleman said Labor had been caught on the back foot after the Coalition legislated the code.</p><p><br /></p><p>“This is important to support Australian jobs, small businesses, and a competitive media market that delivers good outcomes to consumers,” they said in a joint statement.</p><p><br /></p><p>“This is a critical test about whose side the government is on: Australian jobs, media, and publishers – or large multinational tech giants.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Greens media and communications spokeswoman Sarah Hanson-Young said it was a “huge blow to public interest journalism” and Meta was choosing which laws it wanted to follow.</p><p><br /></p><p>(AFR)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Pro Wrestling - TKO Group - Feb 27, 2024</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>TKO Group Holdings released its final 2023 earnings report and held its quarterly investors call on Tuesday afternoon. </b></p><p><br /></p><p>The company listed the following key highlights for 2023:</p><p><br /></p><p>The UFC segment delivered record financial results. Revenue increased 13% to $1.3 billion and Adjusted EBITDA1 increased 11% to $756 million</p><p>UFC live events revenue increased 34% to a record $168 million, driven by growth in ticket revenues and site fees. UFC held 43 events that generated significant viewership gains and set several all-time records for gross revenue at respective arenas</p><p>UFC sponsorship revenue increased 18% to a record $196 million, driven by new brand partners and renewal increases</p><p>UFC celebrated its 30th anniversary with a series of events commemorating its history and current standing as the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization</p><p>Each WWE premium live event set a viewership record; total WWE domestic viewership and hours viewed on Peacock increased 25% and 22%, respectively, as compared to the prior year</p><p>WWE live event average attendance increased 34%</p><p>In January 2024, WWE entered into a long-term media rights agreement with Netflix beginning in January 2025 for Raw in the United States and all WWE shows and specials outside the United States</p><p>UFC revenue for 2023 increased 13 percent to $1.3 billion. The growth was driven by a $76.2 million increase in media rights and content fees and a $42.6 million increase in live events revenue. Additionally, there was $29.5 million in growth from sponsorship revenue. </p><p><br /></p><p>UFC's EBITDA increased just 11 percent despite a 13 percent growth in revenue due to an increase in operating costs. </p><p><br /></p><p>The report also lists $34.2 million in legal costs, $20 million of which is related to the settlement of an antitrust lawsuit, likely referring to the one WWE settled with MLW in December. </p><p><br /></p><p>For the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2023, the Company’s consolidated pre-tax results included $34.2 million in costs related to certain litigation matters at UFC and WWE, including the impact of a $20.0 million charge related to the settlement of an antitrust lawsuit at WWE. </p><p><br /></p><p>WWE revenue for 2023 was $1.326 billion, up from $1.292 billion in 2022. The growth was due to an increase in live event revenue, media rights, and sponsorship revenue. This number was partially offset by a decrease in consumer product licensing, however. </p><p><br /></p><p>WWE's EBITDA increased 4 percent from 2022 to $533.1 million due to the increase in revenue but offset by an increase in expenses, particularly the "transition of our digital retail platform and venue merchandise business to Fanatics."</p><p><br /></p><p>The overall corporate adjusted EBITDA was listed at a loss of $196.3 million compared to a loss of $179.9 million the year prior. </p><p><br /></p><p>From today's report:</p><p><br /></p><p>The decrease of $16.5 million was primarily due to an increase in personnel costs, including TKO executive compensation, and other general and administrative expenses, including public company expenses, following the formation of TKO in September 2023. The decrease also reflected an increase in service fees paid to Endeavor under the Company’s Services Agreement. These increases more than offset savings associated with restructuring activities following the formation of TKO.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Notes from the TKO Group Holdings Earnings call on February 27, 2024 --</b></p><p><br /></p><p>TKO Group CFO Andrew Schleimer noted that site fees are a key growth area for the company, citing Saturday's Elimination Chamber in Perth, Australia</p><p>Schleimer stated they are still working on securing a home for WWE Raw after the USA Network deal ends on September 30 and before the deal with Netflix begins in January 2025. </p><p>Mark Shapiro made a point of mentioning that no one should assume any dollar amounts regarding rights fees for Raw in late 2024, but he is confident the show will air during the window of time between the USA and Netflix deals. </p><p>A question is asked regarding if the company would be willing to purchase a large amount of stock from a shareholder. Shapiro quickly noted that he's assuming the question pertains to Vince McMahon and that they simply don't know what he plans to do. </p><p>Regarding the UFC antitrust lawsuit set for April, they believe they have the facts on their side but would not comment further. </p><p>When asked about the PFL and Bellator merger, Emanuel said they enjoy competition, and noted that forms of entertainment other than MMA are also their competition. </p><p>There was a question on whether Netflix having international rights to WWE content would prevent WWE from developing brands such as NXT Europe. Nick Khan said the deal does not prevent them from creating brands in international markets, although Netflix would get first-look rights for any content produced. </p><p>“TKO is off to a strong start following record financial performance in 2023 at both UFC and WWE,” said Ariel Emanuel, CEO of TKO in a statement. “We secured Anheuser-Busch as the official beer partner of UFC, delivered a transformative deal to bring WWE’s Raw to Netflix beginning in 2025, and expanded our international footprint in important growth markets. We have more conviction than ever in the combination of these businesses and TKO’s ability to drive topline growth and margin expansion, generate meaningful free cash flow, and deliver sustainable long-term value for shareholders.”</p><p><br /></p><p><b>TKO Group Holdings released its final 2023 earnings report and held its quarterly investors call on Tuesday afternoon. </b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>The company listed the following key highlights for 2023:</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The UFC segment delivered record financial results. Revenue increased 13% to $1.3 billion and Adjusted EBITDA1 increased 11% to $756 million</p><p>UFC live events revenue increased 34% to a record $168 million, driven by growth in ticket revenues and site fees. UFC held 43 events that generated significant viewership gains and set several all-time records for gross revenue at respective arenas</p><p>UFC sponsorship revenue increased 18% to a record $196 million, driven by new brand partners and renewal increases</p><p>UFC celebrated its 30th anniversary with a series of events commemorating its history and current standing as the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization</p><p>Each WWE premium live event set a viewership record; total WWE domestic viewership and hours viewed on Peacock increased 25% and 22%, respectively, as compared to the prior year</p><p>WWE live event average attendance increased 34%</p><p>In January 2024, WWE entered into a long-term media rights agreement with Netflix beginning in January 2025 for Raw in the United States and all WWE shows and specials outside the United States</p><p>UFC revenue for 2023 increased 13 percent to $1.3 billion. The growth was driven by a $76.2 million increase in media rights and content fees and a $42.6 million increase in live events revenue. Additionally, there was $29.5 million in growth from sponsorship revenue. </p><p><br /></p><p>UFC's EBITDA increased just 11 percent despite a 13 percent growth in revenue due to an increase in operating costs. </p><p><br /></p><p>The report also lists $34.2 million in legal costs, $20 million of which is related to the settlement of an antitrust lawsuit, likely referring to the one WWE settled with MLW in December. </p><p><br /></p><p>For the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2023, the Company’s consolidated pre-tax results included $34.2 million in costs related to certain litigation matters at UFC and WWE, including the impact of a $20.0 million charge related to the settlement of an antitrust lawsuit at WWE. </p><p><br /></p><p>WWE revenue for 2023 was $1.326 billion, up from $1.292 billion in 2022. The growth was due to an increase in live event revenue, media rights, and sponsorship revenue. This number was partially offset by a decrease in consumer product licensing, however. </p><p><br /></p><p>WWE's EBITDA increased 4 percent from 2022 to $533.1 million due to the increase in revenue but offset by an increase in expenses, particularly the "transition of our digital retail platform and venue merchandise business to Fanatics."</p><p><br /></p><p>The overall corporate adjusted EBITDA was listed at a loss of $196.3 million compared to a loss of $179.9 million the year prior. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>From today's report:</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The decrease of $16.5 million was primarily due to an increase in personnel costs, including TKO executive compensation, and other general and administrative expenses, including public company expenses, following the formation of TKO in September 2023. The decrease also reflected an increase in service fees paid to Endeavor under the Company’s Services Agreement. These increases more than offset savings associated with restructuring activities following the formation of TKO.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Notes from the TKO Group Holdings Earnings call on February 27, 2024 --</b></p><p><br /></p><p>TKO Group CFO Andrew Schleimer noted that site fees are a key growth area for the company, citing Saturday's Elimination Chamber in Perth, Australia</p><p>Schleimer stated they are still working on securing a home for WWE Raw after the USA Network deal ends on September 30 and before the deal with Netflix begins in January 2025. </p><p>Mark Shapiro made a point of mentioning that no one should assume any dollar amounts regarding rights fees for Raw in late 2024, but he is confident the show will air during the window of time between the USA and Netflix deals. </p><p>A question is asked regarding if the company would be willing to purchase a large amount of stock from a shareholder. Shapiro quickly noted that he's assuming the question pertains to Vince McMahon and that they simply don't know what he plans to do. </p><p>Regarding the UFC antitrust lawsuit set for April, they believe they have the facts on their side but would not comment further. </p><p>When asked about the PFL and Bellator merger, Emanuel said they enjoy competition, and noted that forms of entertainment other than MMA are also their competition. </p><p>There was a question on whether Netflix having international rights to WWE content would prevent WWE from developing brands such as NXT Europe. Nick Khan said the deal does not prevent them from creating brands in international markets, although Netflix would get first-look rights for any content produced. </p><p>“TKO is off to a strong start following record financial performance in 2023 at both UFC and WWE,” said Ariel Emanuel, CEO of TKO in a statement. “We secured Anheuser-Busch as the official beer partner of UFC, delivered a transformative deal to bring WWE’s Raw to Netflix beginning in 2025, and expanded our international footprint in important growth markets. We have more conviction than ever in the combination of these businesses and TKO’s ability to drive topline growth and margin expansion, generate meaningful free cash flow, and deliver sustainable long-term value for shareholders.”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>It’s war - Meta pulls out of news deal - March 1, 2024</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The Albanese government and local media companies will go to war with Facebook owner Meta, after the digital giant said it would stop paying news publishers about $70 million a year for content when existing deals expire this year.</p><p><br /></p><p>After months of speculation the $1.9 trillion social platform would back out, Meta’s local boss Will Easton and Asia-Pacific public policy lead Simon Milner told publishers and the government it would not negotiate new deals. The Albanese government says it will move within weeks to force Meta to the negotiating table.</p><p><br /></p><p>The decision deals another damaging blow to media companies like Seven West Media, Nine Entertainment and News Corp that have been grappling with a deepening advertising crunch as businesses tighten their belts in a cost of living crisis. Those three companies alone will lose up to 9 per cent of their annual net profit after Meta withdraws, Macquarie estimated on Friday.</p><p><br /></p><p>Meta refusing to comply with the Australian code, which prompted nations like Canada and the UK to enact similar laws, adds to structural shifts in media that have prompted thousands of job losses around the world in the past few months. Just this week, New Zealand’s only private commercial free-to-air broadcast shuttered its newsroom, putting 200-plus people out of work. There have been local layoffs recently at Ten, Nine, Seven and News Corp, and more than 2800 in 2023 in the US at the likes of the LA Times, The Athletic and Condé Nast.</p><p><br /></p><p>After lucrative classifieds businesses were carved off the media as standalone enterprises like REA Group, Seek and Carsales, media organisations grabbed what little advertising they could. A fracturing ad market means publishers now compete with the likes of Netflix, Uber, Amazon and even Woolworths to sell ads to targeted audiences.</p><p><br /></p><p>Meta’s decision has prompted an immediate and fierce reaction from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, his ministers, the opposition and media publishers. Mr Albanese blasted Meta’s actions on Friday as “not the Australian way”.</p><p><br /></p><p>“We will always stand up for Australian media interests and media diversity,” he said. “It is absolutely critical that media is able to function and be properly funded. The idea that research and work done by others can be taken for free is simply untenable.”</p><p><br /></p><p>In a blog post, Meta said it would remove the little-used Facebook News tab it created in 2019, but that users will still be able to share links to news stories.</p><p><br /></p><p>That means it will not remove news pages as it did in a poorly received attempt to pressure the federal government in 2021. It then confirmed it would not negotiate new deals to compensate media companies.</p><p><br /></p><p>“To ensure that we continue to invest in products and services that drive user engagement, we will not enter into new commercial deals for traditional news content in these countries and will not offer new Facebook products specifically for news publishers in the future,” the company said.</p><p><br /></p><p>Meta previously agreed to pay upwards of $70 million a year in total to companies including News Corp, Nine – the publisher of The Australian Financial Review – Seven, Network Ten, the ABC and Guardian Australia. That funding is set to expire alongside those deals this year.</p><p><br /></p><p>‘Dereliction of commitment’</p><p>Facebook and Google signed dozens of deals with media companies worth about $250 million a year combined under the Coalition-legislated News Media Bargaining Code, which was introduced in 2021. The code gives the Treasurer the power to designate major tech platforms and force them to negotiate compensation for publishers. The code has not yet been used.</p><p><br /></p><p>Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones and Communications Minister Michelle Rowland released a joint statement describing Meta’s decision as “a dereliction of its commitment to the sustainability of Australian news media”.</p><p><br /></p><p>“The decision removes a significant source of revenue for Australian news media businesses. Australian news publishers deserve fair compensation for the content they provide,” they said.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Albanese government had sought advice from Treasury and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, and had started the steps to designate Meta. “I’m not going to pre-empt anything,” Mr Jones told reporters. “But we will ensure that we follow the letter of the law... we don’t intend to take months.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Treasurer Jim Chalmers has recused himself from code discussions that was negotiated by his Liberal predecessor Josh Frydenberg, to avoid potential conflicts of interest. His wife, Laura Chalmers, works as an editor for News Corp.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mr Frydenberg, who personally negotiated the deal with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in 2021, said last week it was “vital for Australian journalism these deals are kept in place.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Former competition watchdog Rod Sims, an architect of the code, said Meta’s decision was “selfish behaviour”.</p><p><br /></p><p>“They benefit from content that they don’t want to pay for, so that all the profits go to them. And not in any way shared with the people whose content they’re using,” he said.</p><p><br /></p><p>No surprise</p><p>The U-turn by Meta comes as no surprise to publishers, which have been attempting to restart negotiations. Meta refused to pay Canadian publishers last year under a similar law, and pulled links to news from its platforms.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nine CEO Mike Sneesby released a statement on Friday saying the decision “does not recognise the significant and increasing value of Nine’s journalism, unique content and brands to its platforms”.</p><p><br /></p><p>“We strongly believe Meta should negotiate in good faith around the fair compensation for that value exchange,” he said. “We will continue to robustly advocate that these deals are in the national interest and the arguments that led to the code in the first place remains as strong as ever.”</p><p><br /></p><p>News Corp Australasia boss Michael Miller said Meta had conditioned people to use its platform for news and profited from that behaviour.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Meta is using its immense market power to refuse to negotiate,” he said.</p><p><br /></p><p>“That points out the imbalance in bargaining power. When one party says they don’t need to come to the table, a month out, it shows how much they think of us the local industry.”</p><p><br /></p><p>ABC managing director David Anderson emailed staff late on Friday afternoon saying the loss of revenue from Meta would “create a financial challenge for the ABC” given funds had been used to add 60 journalists to its regional roster.</p><p><br /></p><p>Seven’s CEO James Warburton said: “Meta needs to be designated. The case has not only been made but proven.” Network Ten said it was disappointed and urged the government to designate Meta.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the Treasury minister designates Meta, an independent arbitrator will determine remuneration payable by the digital platform.</p><p><br /></p><p>Before officially announcing it will designate Meta, Mr Jones has to strictly follow administrative law steps to ensure there is due process and to limit legal challenges by the digital platform.</p><p><br /></p><p>News ‘a small part of the Facebook experience’</p><p>Meta has argued people don’t come to its platforms for news, and that its Facebook News tab was not a driver of user engagement.</p><p><br /></p><p>“The number of people using Facebook News in Australia and the US has declined by over 80 per cent last year. We know that people don’t come to Facebook for news and political content,” Meta wrote.</p><p><br /></p><p>“News makes up less than 3 per cent of what people around the world see in their Facebook feed, and is a small part of the Facebook experience for the vast majority of people.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Mr Jones said it was clear Facebook had deprioritised the Facebook News tab in its app that it launched in 2019. “If you run a restaurant and then close the front door, it really doesn’t make a lot of sense that a few months later you complain that you’re not getting any visitors into your restaurant,” he told reporters. “As things stand at the moment, I’m not that persuaded by that argument.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Shadow treasurer Angus Taylor and shadow minister for communications David Coleman said Labor had been caught on the back foot after the Coalition legislated the code.</p><p><br /></p><p>“This is important to support Australian jobs, small businesses, and a competitive media market that delivers good outcomes to consumers,” they said in a joint statement.</p><p><br /></p><p>“This is a critical test about whose side the government is on: Australian jobs, media, and publishers – or large multinational tech giants.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Greens media and communications spokeswoman Sarah Hanson-Young said it was a “huge blow to public interest journalism” and Meta was choosing which laws it wanted to follow.</p><p><br /></p><p>(AFR)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>‘Back soon’: Alan Jones’ return to streaming channel on the cards - March 1, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>For the small but dedicated audience of streaming news channel ADH TV, the big question is: where is Alan Jones? Jones, who remains in London, was removed from ADH’s banners on YouTube and Facebook for the fringe channel’s relaunch for the year to the dismay of the outlet’s online fans.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>“Where is Alan Jones??” said one user on the channel’s Facebook page. “Alan Jones needs to be there, he is the man,” said another individual.</p><p><br /></p><p>Responding to several comments, the ADH admin cleared up the confusion, insisting Jones would be returning shortly.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Alan will be back soon. Thank you!” they wrote.</p><p><br /></p><p>The company’s chief executive, Jack Bulfin, did not respond to a series of questions put to him about Jones’ return.</p><p><br /></p><p>Taking centre stage in promotions is former Australian Broadcasting Authority head and conservative figure David Flint, who hosts a twice-weekly program Save the Nation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Flint insists he is not the network’s star, and says Jones’ on-air return is imminent. “Alan is returning,” Flint says. “I know Alan is coming back.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Jones has been in London since before Christmas, however was due to return in February to take up his role on ADH, before later cancelling his plans, as reported by this masthead.</p><p><br /></p><p>In December, this masthead revealed allegations that Jones used his position of power as Sydney’s most high-profile broadcaster to prey on a number of young men, allegedly indecently assaulting them, groping or inappropriately touching them without their consent.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jones denies the allegations, and although he threatened to sue for defamation, he is yet to commence legal action.</p><p><br /></p><p>He joined ADH in late 2021 after departing Sky News Australia and has been its highest-profile star since pulling back from four nights a week to two. Despite several of the social channels being listed under Jones’ name, he has no financial involvement in the operations of the business, another source with knowledge of the relationship told this masthead, speaking on condition of anonymity.</p><p><br /></p><p>An article on realestate.com.au reported that Jones sold his Brisbane investment property for just over $1.3 million this month.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another absent figure has been former Seven Network Sydney news director Jason Morrison, previously reported as having been offered the role of chief executive at ADH.</p><p><br /></p><p>Morrison continued to deny the links to the digital startup, telling this masthead he remains unable to take part in any discussions while on gardening leave. He says he has not spoken with Jones for “six to nine months” despite filling in for him on ADH in late 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p>He was expected to again fill in for Jones in his continued absence.</p><p><br /></p><p>A senior source at Seven not authorised to speak publicly said Morrison was no longer contracted at the network. He left in June last year.</p><p><br /></p><p>ADH TV was launched by Bulfin and two friends in 2021, one of those being Jones’ protegee Jake Thrupp, who he is currently with in London. Former ABC chair Maurice Newman is the network’s chair.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since launching two years ago, its YouTube page has amassed 43,000 subscribers, and its videos are viewed an average of 2099 times, a far cry from Sky News Australia’s nearly four million subscriber base.</p><p><br /></p><p>Default advertising revenue per 1000 views means it would net around $4.39 to $10.94 per video on YouTube – but the platform can be lucrative.</p><p><br /></p><p>Piers Morgan recently quit his nightly program syndicated on Sky News Australia to focus on his YouTube channel. Sky News told this masthead the show had garnered close to 150 million views for the network across its channels during its run.</p><p><br /></p><p>Likewise, former Fox News personality Tucker Carlson has gone digital since being sacked by Fox News in 2023, with his show, Tucker Carlson Uncensored, regularly attracting millions of views on X.</p><p><br /></p><p>ADH only broadcasts several hours of content each weeknight, with partners including Spectator Australia, right-wing think tanks The Menzies Research Centre and the Institute of Public Affairs, the Conservative Political Action Conference and right-wing Falun Gong-operated American outlet The Epoch Times.</p><p><br /></p><p>Flint is also a columnist for Spectator Australia; Nick Cater, a senior fellow at the Menzies Research Centre and columnist for The Australian, also hosts a weekly show; and former federal Liberal Candidate James Mathias, now chief of staff at the think tank, hosted a run of shows in 2023.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Albanese government furious over Meta’s plan to pull out of Facebook news deal - March 1, 2024</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rebuked Facebook’s parent company Meta for its decision to pull millions in funding from Australian news organisations, labelling the move “untenable” and flagging action against the tech giant.</p><p><br /></p><p>Meta, which is the world’s largest social media company, announced on Friday it would not renegotiate new deals as part of the news media bargaining code, a move publishers said would cost them millions of dollars in annual funding and likely affect local jobs.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>“It is absolutely critical that the media is able to function and be properly funded,” Albanese said in Melbourne on Friday.</p><p><br /></p><p>“We will consider what options we have available and we will talk to the media companies as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>“The idea that one company can profit from others’ investment, not just investment in capital but investment in people, investment in journalism is unfair. That’s not the Australian way.”</p><p><br /></p><p>The prime minister’s comments are a clear sign the Labor government is furious with Meta’s decision and is preparing a decisive response.</p><p><br /></p><p>Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones and Communications Minister Michelle Rowland accused the tech giant of “a dereliction of its commitment to the sustainability of Australian news media.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Jones signalled the government is prepared to use the news media bargaining code, put in place by former treasurer Josh Frydenberg, to force Meta back to the table to negotiate with Australian media companies for the millions of dollars in content they provide.</p><p><br /></p><p>The company also announced its decision to scrap its news bookmark tab via a blog post, and said it will not strike new commercial deals with local publishers when they expire later this year.</p><p><br /></p><p>“To ensure that we continue to invest in products and services that drive user engagement, we will not enter into new commercial deals for traditional news content in these countries and will not offer new Facebook products specifically for news publishers in the future,” the statement said.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The ACCC’s estimate was that the total value of the media deals struck by Google and Meta were worth about $200 million a year to media companies, with two thirds of that coming from Google and one third, or about $66 million, from Meta. In January, Meta passed a market capitalisation of $US1 trillion ($1.5 trillion) and the company is worth about $US1.25 trillion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jones and Rowland damned the move in a joint statement, saying the government had made its expectations clear.</p><p><br /></p><p>“The decision removes a significant source of revenue for Australian news media businesses. Australian news publishers deserve fair compensation for the content they provide. The Australian government is committed to the news media bargaining code and is seeking advice from Treasury and the ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) on next steps,” they said.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>“We will now work through all available options under the news media bargaining code.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Meta’s announcement said the “deprecation” of the Facebook news tab did not impact the terms of its existing agreements with publishers in Australia, France or Germany.</p><p><br /></p><p>“This is part of an ongoing effort to better align our investments to our products and services people value the most,” the company said in a blog post, adding more users are shifting towards short-form video.</p><p><br /></p><p>The post said the number of people using the Facebook news tab in both countries had dropped by 80 per cent in the last year, and that its users did not use Facebook for news or political content.</p><p><br /></p><p>“As we previously shared in 2023, news makes up less than 3 per cent of what people around the world see in their Facebook feed, and is a small part of the Facebook experience for the vast majority of people.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Liberal shadow ministers David Coleman and Angus Taylor called on the government to “consider all options” to ensure local publishers would be fairly remunerated for their content.</p><p><br /></p><p>“When Meta made similar announcements in the UK, France and Germany in September last year, the government should have immediately taken measures to prevent this from happening in Australia,” they said in a statement.</p><p><br /></p><p>“If the government is serious about competition, they must not allow digital service providers to hold Australian jobs and publishers hostage to dominant market power.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Former ACCC boss Rod Sims, who helped architect the news media bargaining code, said Meta’s decision not to share any of its huge profits with Australian publishers was “extremely selfish”.</p><p><br /></p><p>“They don’t seem to have much concern for having trusted news on their platforms – which continues the trend of platforms wanting extreme views to keep people,” he said.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sims said the federal government should take its time consulting the ACCC, Treasury and media companies and then make a call on whether to “designate” Facebook, which would force the social media giant into arbitration with media companies to determine remuneration for news content.</p><p><br /></p><p>But he warned Meta could escalate the dispute as it had done in 2021, when it blocked Australian news from its platform, a move that was widely criticised.</p><p><br /></p><p>An industry source, who asked not to be named so they could speak freely, said big media companies in Australia were taking very seriously Meta’s threat to walk away from news entirely, pointing to their decision to do this in Canada.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Australian deal Meta had struck three years ago had created a precedent, the source said, and the company was determined not to let it spread around the world.</p><p><br /></p><p>The news media bargaining code was created three years ago as an effort to force the likes of Facebook and Google to compensate publishers for news, and to address a perceived power imbalance between Australian news businesses and the US-based tech giants.</p><p><br /></p><p>Under the legislation, the treasurer can designate digital platforms, including Facebook and Google, and require them to pay for their use of news content.</p><p><br /></p><p>Facebook and Google avoided designation by agreeing to a series of deals in 2021 with publishers including the ABC, Guardian Australia, News Corp Australia, Seven West Media and Nine Entertainment, the owner of this masthead.</p><p><br /></p><p>Several parties, including Seven West Media boss James Warburton, Network 10, Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young and commercial television lobby FreeTV have called on the government to designate the platform under the code.</p><p><br /></p><p>“The case has not only been made but proven, and we welcome ministers Jones and Rowland’s commitment to the news media bargaining code. We will work constructively with the ACCC and Treasury to ensure their designation,” said Warburton.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hanson-Young called for the platform’s immediate designation, saying the move was “a huge blow to public interest journalism”. FreeTV chief Bridget Fair said there has never been a more important time for news media businesses to be fairly remunerated for trusted news content.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nine chief executive Mike Sneesby said Meta’s decision failed to recognise the value its journalism offers the platforms, and that the deals remain in the national interest.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Regardless of the Meta announcement today, the value created on their platform from the use of Nine’s IP is both unquestionable and growing, and we strongly believe Meta should negotiate in good faith around the fair compensation for that value exchange,” Sneesby said.</p><p><br /></p><p>News Corp Australia executive chair Michael Miller said that Meta’s decision would likely cost local journalism jobs. He said regional and rural communities in particular would suffer from the loss of media funding.</p><p><br /></p><p>“With less revenue coming into the industry you would have to assume that the industry will have to suffer some losses, and the main area would be people,” he said. “That means less local stories.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Meta’s decision will directly impact the viability of Australia’s many small and regional publishers and this is a pressing issue for the government to confront.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Miller said Facebook had conditioned millions of Australians to use its platform as a source of news, and had profited from that behaviour.</p><p><br /></p><p>“This decision shows contempt for Australia and its own loyal customers,” he said. “I don’t think Australians will react well to today’s news. And I don’t put Google in the same bucket, Google have been very collaborative.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Earlier this week, Frydenberg said it was “vital for Australian journalism these deals are kept in place” and that the deal he had hammered out had pumped millions of dollars into public interest journalism in Australia.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any move by the government to designate Meta and force them back to the bargaining table could take months to put in place because of the volume of data the ACCC will have to collect.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is concern that a so-called poison pill in the legislation would allow Meta to walk immediately – and not pay out the money it is due to pay out until June 30, 2024 – if the government rapidly designated Meta.</p><p><br /></p><p>The government is also looking at other forms of pressure that can be brought to bear on Meta, such as the small amount of tax it pays in Australia and the platform’s at times harmful impact on young people.</p><p><br /></p><p>US-based media industry veteran Jason Kint said that Facebook’s decision to walk away from Australian news was the latest example of poor behaviour from the tech giant.</p><p><br /></p><p>“In the past six months, Facebook and Instagram have blocked all news in Canada, unblocked all ads lying about the 2020 elections in the US, been sued by governments and school districts for knowingly harming children and now appears set to withdraw all owed funding of news in Australia,” he told this masthead.</p><p><br /></p><p>“The company’s willingness to trade democracy for profits is on centre stage and the public, advertisers and governments need to hold them accountable.”</p><p><br /></p><p>The majority of Meta’s three-year deals are set to expire this year, alongside many brokered with Google. Some Google deals run for five years.</p><p><br /></p><p>A source close to Google not authorised to speak publicly said that the tech giant had begun renegotiating some of its deals with local publishers.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 2022, Facebook’s tax bill in Australia was $24 million but the company funnelled nearly $1 billion in local ad revenue to its parent company overseas.</p><p><br /></p><p>(SMH)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Pro Wrestling</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>WWE SmackDown - March 1, 2024</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>The Rock returns to SmackDown in Arizona</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Glendale, Arizona as The Rock returns to SmackDown.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Rock has seemingly joined The Bloodline and forged an almighty alliance with Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns, coming into direct opposition to Cody Rhodes and World Heavyweight Champion Seth "Freakin" Rollins.</p><p><br /></p><p>With The Rock back in the desert and on a crusade against the WWE Universe, what should we expect from The Great One?</p><p><br /></p><p>Don't miss SmackDown when The Rock makes his return, next week at 8/7 C on FOX!</p><p><br /></p><p>(WWE.com)</p>Media Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00973357845409014276noreply@blogger.com