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Search Engine Giant: Mixed Reaction About Paying For News
Google bins California sites for some
Online Publishers Not 'California Dreaming'!; CA on the nose?!
The Big G pushing back against a proposed California law requiring payment for news links
Gonzo News, Mainstream, Lamedream, News Ain't News Anymore; Big Tech Legal Eagles At The Ready
Perfect Story, Digital World War III Looming
Battle For News, Hearts, Minds, Ad Dollars
Beancounters Eyes On The Prize
G Not Keen For Further Big Government Fines in USA, EUR, Aussie Or Parts Unknown via Island Connection
Google argues the law favors big publishers over small outlets
Google has begun removing California news websites from some search results, a test that acts as a threat should the state legislature pass a law requiring the search giant to pay media companies for linking to their content.
Google announced the move in a blog post on Friday, calling it a “short-term test for a small percentage of users ... to measure the impact of the legislation on our product experience”. The company said it also would pause new investments in the California news industry, including the partnership initiative with news organisations and its product licensing program.
“By helping people find news stories, we help publishers of all sizes grow their audiences at no cost to them. (This bill) would up-end that model,” Jaffer Zaidi, Google’s vice president for global news partnerships, wrote in the blog post.
News publishers would suffer and could lay off more journalists if Google completely blocks content from its search, but experts say Google also would take a financial hit without news content.
“Google would be damaging itself enormously if it decided to stop using newspaper content,” Brandon Kressin, an antitrust lawyer representing News Media Alliance and other news publishers, told the December hearing. “They would be cutting off their nose to spite their own face.”
The Late Mail...
Jaffer Zaidi, Google’s Vice Prez of Global News Partnerships, stated via their blog:
“It would favor media conglomerates and hedge funds—who’ve been lobbying for this bill—and could use funds from CJPA to continue to buy up local California newspapers, strip them of journalists, and create more ghost papers that operate with a skeleton crew to produce only low-cost, and often low-quality, content.”
The Media Man watercooler chit chat was running hot the past few days and the situation is unlikely to change anytime soon. What side will you take - or is it an even money bet?
Insiders also keen to see how the likes of Yahoo! play their cards with the developing situation.
Spread your risks and always have a plan A, B and C. the Big G continues to eye off the entire Alphabet!
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Movie Box Office (North America)
1. Civil War - $25.7 million
2. Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire -$15.5 million
3. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire - $5.8 million
4. Kung Fu Panda - $5.5 million
5. Dune: Part Two - $4.3 million
6. Monkey Man - $4.1 million
7. The First Omen - $3.8 million
8. The Long Game - $1.39 million
9. Shrek 2 - $1.35 million
10. Suga - $991,000
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BlackRock dominates Down Under
Crypto ETFs
Investors have placed more than $US12 billion ($18 billion) into cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds listed in the United States in the last month alone, with local buyers favouring vehicles run by asset management giant BlackRock.
With no spot bitcoin ETF yet approved to list on the ASX, investors are accessing the newly minted funds through brokers such as CommSec, Stake and SuperHero. They advised news media there had been strong demand for the products since they were approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission in January.
Australian investors are also accessing the cryptocurrency via Global X’s 21Shares Bitcoin ETF, a physical-hold bitcoin fund which has operated on Australia’s alternative Cboe market since 2022.
Data provided by SuperHero shows that of the 11 bitcoin ETFs available on the platform, the Nasdaq-listed iShares Bitcoin Trust is the most popular among investors.
The BlackRock-owned fund accounted for almost two-thirds of the bitcoin ETF activity on the platform, well ahead of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF, which came in a distant second at just 7 per cent of trades.
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Megan Stals, an analyst at Stake, said iShares’ offering was also the most popular bitcoin ETF for Australian investors on the that platform.
“That said, tech stocks including Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon and AMD are substantially more popular for investors,” she said.
“To compare, [the iShares bitcoin ETF] has attracted just one-fifth the number of individual buyers when compared to Nvidia,” she said, adding that bitcoin ETFs were less popular with younger investors, who may already have direct exposure to bitcoin through cryptocurrency exchanges.
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Netflix Profits Up; Combat Sports additions and WWE @WWE Addition Next Year Will Further Lift And Slam Some Competion; Media Vets
Netflix @netflix as boasted a $2.3 billion profit since introducing their one household policy.
The on-demand streaming service introduced the policy last year to prevent users stretching account access across a number of households, and from sharing with friends and family not paying for their own accounts.
“March 2023, they had 233 million subscribers around the world,” Mr Greenwood of Sky News Australia said.
“Now they have a whole bunch more.
“The profit of Netflix has jumped by 89 per cent to 2.3 billion dollars off the back of this.
“The suggestion that Netflix was never, ever going to make a dollar off of this; well that has gone in the shade, they are right now making plenty of money.”
Media Man: At present Netflix looks pretty unstoppable. The combat sports and pro wrestling additions we've been requesting from Netflix powers that be for a few years now are coming up. Netflix management and supporters are feeling pretty bullish at present and rightly so. Netflix is punching and suplexing their own ticket to the bank and top of hot stocks. Netflix 10, naysayers Nill. Winning.
Media Man 'Netflix Pick Of The Month' (via Netflix YouTube channel): One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude | Official Teaser | Netflix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG45GfgD2JU&t=14s&ab_channel=Netflix
The literary masterpiece by Nobel Prize winning author Gabriel García Márquez comes to Netflix. ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ is the story of the Buendía family, tormented by madness, impossible love, war, and the fear of a curse that condemns them to solitude for a hundred years in the mythical town of Macondo. Coming soon to Netflix. (Credit: Netflix)
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New York, Atlantic City, Meadowlands...
Atlantic City casinos are facing threats on multiple fronts from new competitors not just in New York, but from within their own state.
That’s not great news for a seaside resort in which the amount of money won from in-person gamblers continues to lag, with seven of the nine casinos winning less from on-premises customers than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
At the East Coast Gaming Congress Thursday at the Hard Rock casino, numerous executives from some of the major casino companies in America acknowledged the opportunity of three downstate New York casino licenses — and the risk they will present to Atlantic City.
And the operator of a racetrack in northern New Jersey, just outside New York City, told media he believes New Jersey voters will authorize construction of a casino in the Meadowlands shortly after New York casinos open and New Jersey gamblers tire of paying bridge tolls and sitting in traffic to get to gambling halls in New York.
“Now more than ever we know there’s a threat coming with New York City gaming coming,” Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small said at the conference. “We understand the threat. We want to continue to work together to do things right to put Atlantic City into a prime position, no matter where these casinos are, that we diversify our options.”
Jim Allen, chairman of Hard Rock International, is straddling both markets.
His company operates a casino in Atlantic City that is the second-most successful in the market. And Hard Rock is partnering with New York Mets owner Steve Cohen on a proposed $8 billion casino complex at Citi Field in the city’s Queens section.
If as many as three casino open in or close to New York City, Allen said, Atlantic City’s in-person gambling revenues could fall by 20% to 30%.
“We have to be prepared for that,” he told attendees at the conference.
Allen said Atlantic City’s Hard Rock will weather the storm of New York competition. But he said he does not want to see any competitors in the city close, throwing 2,000 to 3,000 people out of work in a repetition of a wave of casino closings in Atlantic City from 2014 to 2016 that saw five casinos close. Two have since reopened under new ownership.
Tom Reeg. CEO of Caesars Entertainment, which owns three of Atlantic City’s nine casinos, also said New York casinos will be a challenge. His company, too, is seeking a New York casino license with SL Green, and Roc Nation in Times Square.
“We’re pursuing that license with fervor,” Reeg said. “I share Jim’s concern about where the (Atlantic City) market is headed as we head into New York.”
Soo Kim, chairman of Bally’s Corporation, which has a casino in Atlantic City, said table games revenue from New York gamblers “will be harder to attract” once casinos open in New York City. “With casinos in New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware, there’s casinos everywhere.”
He said New Jersey can rely on its robust internet gambling market to offset some expected losses.
Concerns don’t end with New York.
Jeff Gural runs the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, New Jersey, just outside New York City, along with the Tioga Downs and Vernon Downs racetrack casinos in upstate New York.
He also has a deal with Hard Rock to build a casino at the Meadowlands Racetrack — a proposal that was put on the back burner when New Jersey voters overwhelmingly rejected a referendum on expanding casino gambling beyond Atlantic City in 2016.
“I’m just waiting for New York to open,” Gural said in an interview. “People will say, ‘Why am I driving over the George Washington Bridge and paying an $18 toll and sitting in traffic to go gamble?’”
Gural said the 2016 referendum failed largely because it was written to permit more than one casino in northern New Jersey without specifying where.
“People don’t want a casino in the neighborhood,” Gural said. “If we make it clear it’s only at the Meadowlands, common sense tells you there will be a casino in the Meadowlands.”
Gural said that will happen in “a lot sooner than 10 years.”
Mark Giannantonio, president of Atlantic City’s Resorts casino and of the Casino Association of New Jersey, said during Wednesday’s opening day session of the convention that Atlantic City views New York casinos as a threat.
“New Jersey has to be prepared for this, to make Atlantic City more attractive for people to visit, and there’s a lot of work to do,” he said. “Table games clearly will be impacted.”
He said Atlantic City has a “two-year window” to prepare for New York competition by cleaning itself up, improving its infrastructure, and assigning more police to the Boardwalk and other areas so visitors see a visible law enforcement presence. He also said Atlantic City needs to solve its problem with homelessness.
But Giannantonio said Atlantic City can survive the advent of new competition in an already cutthroat northeastern casino market.
“I’m always going to rely on hotel, entertainment, retail and the experience on the casino floor,” he said. “I believe in my heart that Atlantic City, with some hard work, will be an opportunity. We’re excited about the future.”
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Entertainment and Pop Culture: Dates and Details
The Fall Guy: May 3
Kingdom Of Planet Of The Apes: May 10
The Crow: August 24
Global citizen defending social media to combat government censorship; Strong coverage in Australia, United States, Canada
NXT Spring Breakin' gets solid thumbs up; Highlights included Lol a Vice def Natalya in Undergrad Match and The Final Chapter match and promo
WWE Draft gets mixed review: Logan Paul and his entourage including Patrick Maomes steal the show on WWE RAW
UFC Vegas 91 gets luke warm thumbs up
AEW Collision - April 27 main event, Swerve Strickland vs Claudio Castagnoli impresses pro wrestling fans
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese upsets and raises ire on women's groups; People power and camera footage proves PM is a liar and bully. Behavior may cost him the next election
Trust in business of politics and mainstream media continues at level close to "Covid Era"; Where did that virus go anyway?!
Australian beach safety: Strong rips remain on East Coast. Strong swimming skills not enough to beat Mother Nature
Netflix News: Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson on July 20 out of Arlington, Texas may break some streaming and broadcast records
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship: Conor McGregor announced his part ownership at KnuckleMania 4; Still fighting Michael Chandler at UFC 303 on June 29 in Las Vegas
Ring Of Fire. Boxing. Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk. May 18, 2024.. Kingdom Arena. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Rumours persist that one competitor may attempt to pull out of the scheduled fight
UFC 301: Alexandre Pantoja vs Steve Erce - Flyweight Title. Farmael Arena, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
WWE Backlash. France. May 14, 2024. Cody Rhodes vs AJ Styles - Undisputed WWE Title; Damian Priest vs Jey Uso - World Heavyweight Title. Bayley vs Naomi vs Tiffany Stratton - WWE Women's Title. Kabuki Warriors vs Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill - WWE Women's Title. Randy Orton and Kevin Owens vs Solo Sikoa and Tama Tonga
Triller/TrillerTV tipped to become more like TikTok. Developing news story
TNA Wrestling getting mixed results via TNA + streaming platform
All Elite Wrestling tipped to be heading towards streaming service only or mainly streaming; No or much less mainstream TV deals
Market and Financial News: Snapshot via Media Man
April 29, 2024
ASX futures up 24 points or 0.3% t0 7620
AUD flat at 65.33 US cents
Bitcoin +0.8% to $US63,789
Dow +0.4% S&P +1.0% Nasdaq +2.0%
FTSE +0.8% DAX +1.4% CAC +0.9%
Gold +0.2% to $US2337.96 an ounce
Brent oil +0.6% to $US89.50 a barrel
Iron ore +0.1% to $US117.40 a tonne
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UFC, Fans, Fighters, MMA News Media Preparing for UFC 301
Date: May 4, 2024
Location: Farmasi Arena, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Main Event: Pantoja vs Erceg
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UFC 301 | Featherweight GOAT debate | Alex Volkanovski looks back on Jose Aldo's career highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bII-dDUfHGc&ab_channel=mainevent
Niko Pajarillo, Alexander Volkanovski and Josh Culibao discuss Jose Aldo Jnr's contribution to the UFC and preview his return from retirement against Jonathan Martinez. (Credit: Main Event)
Volk on record:
“Who’s the greatest featherweight? I can appreciate what Aldo’s done you know what I mean, that’s for other people to decide but you know for me, if you ask me, I’m going to say Aldo because he was a champion for a very long time. Obviously, people are going to look at competition and all that but to be champion that long, things go wrong, you fight injured, there’s so many things that can go wrong and to be champion that long, it’s saying something. He was very dominant as a champion, full respect to Aldo”
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Alexandre Pantoja "This is a BIG Challenge for Me!" | UFC 301
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRVm8uwuw9I&ab_channel=UFC
Alexandre Pantoja speaks with the media at the official UFC 301 Media Day ahead of his title fight against Steve Erceg on Saturday. (Credit: UFC)
UFC 301 Embedded: Vlog Series - Episode 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzUHt99BNdk&ab_channel=UFC
Steve Erceg hits a street party. Caio Borralho trains. Karolina Kowalkiewicz embraces the sun. Michel Pereira gets PT and game plans. Alessandro Costa dreams big with Diego Lopes. Champ Alexandre Pantoja faces off with Erceg. (Credit: UFC)
UFC 301 Embedded: Vlog Series - Episode 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hegvm7oaBG0&ab_channel=UFC
Steve Erceg and champ Alexandre Pantoja prep for their title fight. Jonathan Martinez and shop Salvadorian. Jose Aldo trains in Rio; Caio Borralho checks out the beach and greets friend Michel Pereira. Pantoja packs up and leaves his son in charge. (Credit: UFC)
UFC 301 Embedded: Vlog Series - Episode 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rouyhXQJ1mk&t=21s&ab_channel=UFC
The stars of UFC 301 prepare: champ Alexandre Pantoja, Steve Erceg, Jonathan Martinez, Jose Aldo, and Caio Borralho. Scotland’s Paul Craig lands in Rio. (Credit: UFC)
UFC 301 Countdown - Pantoja vs Erceg | Main Event Feature
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IluicQE9psw&ab_channel=UFC
UFC 301 Countdown previews the promotion’s return to Brazil, as flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja defends his title against Steve Erceg in his home country. UFC 301 main card action kicks off on Saturday, May 4th at 10pm ET / 7pm PT. (Credit: UFC)
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Islam or Khabib?
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Daniel Cormier CAN'T BELIEVE Ilia Topuria turned down Alexander Volkanovski rematch | DC Highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6lhQUPVxSk&ab_channel=DanielCormier
In Daniel Cormier's most recent episode, DC GOES IN ON Max Holloway and breaks down why Ilia Topuria NEEDS TO fight superstars like Holloway and Alexander Volkanovski. And Cormier CALLS OUT Holloway after Max called him "FAT" on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast! (Credit: Daniel Cormier)
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BISPING: UFC 301: Pantoja vs Erceg FINAL PICKS & PREDICTIONS | Is Jose Aldo STILL ELITE?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWu_n9QJvNM&ab_channel=MichaelBisping
Michael Bisping gives you his full main card picks and predictions for UFC 301: Pantoja vs Erceg including Alexandre Pantoja vs Steve Erceg, Jonathan Martinez vs Jose Aldo, Anthony Smith vs Vitor Petrino, Michel Pereira vs Ihor Potieria and Paul Craig vs Caio Borralho. (Credit: Michael Bisping)
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Dana announces Conor return, Dustin Title shot, Costa vs Strickland
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Business, Finance, Market and Resources News
April 25, 2024
Snapshot
AUD +0.1% to 64.94 US cents
Bitcoin -3.6% to $US64,152 at 5am AEST
On Wall St: Dow -0.2% S&P -0.1% Nasdaq -0.2%
In New York: BHP +0.5% Rio -0.1% Atlassian flat
Tesla +12.2% Microsoft +0.1% Apple +1% Nvidia -2.9%
Alphabet +0.3% Amazon -1.6% Meta -0.7%
VIX +2.2% QQQ +0.3% TLT -0.9%
Stoxx 50 -0.4% FTSE -0.1% DAX -0.3% CAC -0.2%
Spot gold flat to $US2,321.64 /oz at 3.14pm in New York
Brent crude -0.4% to $US88.06 a barrel
Iron ore +4.4% to $US117.80 a tonne
10-year yield: US 4.65% Australia 4.40% Germany 2.59%
US prices as of 3.16pm in New York
*ASX closed on ANZAC Day
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Business, Finance, Market and Resources News
April 24, 2024
ASX futures up 28 points or 0.4% t0 7726
AUD +0.6% to 64.87 US cents
Bitcoin -0.1% to $US66,478
Dow +0.7% S&P +1.2% Nasdaq +1.6%
FTSE +0.3% DAX +1.6% CAC +0.8%
Gold -0.2% to $US2322.83 an ounce
Brent oil +1.6% to $US88.42 a barrel
Iron ore -3.2% to $US112.35 a tonne
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Bitcoin awaits a signal from equity indices
April 22, 2024
Market picture
The capitalisation of the crypto market over the past 24 hours has added only 0.15% to $2.44 trillion. Crypto sentiment indices remain in the ‘greed’ territory, scoring 71 points, compared to 73 points the day before.
Bitcoin added about a quarter of a percent during the day, reaching $66.5K. Early on Tuesday morning, the price briefly exceeded $67.1K, touching the 50-day MA, but then retreated. It seems that this time, the crypto market is waiting for a signal from stock indices rather than giving such a signal about risk appetite. The calm may be illusory and quickly come to an end. We reiterate that consolidation above $67.1K could open the way to the $72-74K area. A reversal to the downside could end with a quick rollback to the $60K area.
According to CoinShares, investments in crypto funds over the past week have decreased by $206 million after an outflow of $126 million the previous week. Investments in Bitcoin decreased by $192 million, in Ethereum - by $34 million, in Solana - by $0.3 million.
News background
There was a further outflow of capital from the Grayscale fund totalling $450 million, which could not be compensated by the inflow into the two largest ETFs totalling $259 million. Investors’ appetite for ETFs is declining, probably due to overall pressure on stock markets due to changing expectations for Fed policy and a strengthening dollar.
The average transaction fee in the Bitcoin network has dropped to $34.86 after reaching a record $128.45 on the day of the halving on April 20. The growth of transaction fees began on the eve of the halving. Experts linked the trend with user activity in anticipation of the launch of the Runes protocol, which was timed to coincide with the event.
The Bitcoin Initiative group of Bitcoin supporters has initiated a referendum to amend the Swiss constitution. The group intends to oblige the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to include BTC along with gold in its reserves.
FTX management will get rid of a new batch of the bankrupt exchange Solana (SOL) in the form of an auction after criticism from creditors, said Figure Markets CEO Mike Cagney.
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Isaiah Rodgers reinstated by NFL after yearlong gambling suspension
Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Isaiah Rodgers, who was suspended last season for violating the NFL’s gambling policy, was reinstated Tuesday. The league said Rodgers, 26, is cleared to participate in team activities, effective immediately. The Eagles signed Rodgers in August 2023, two months after the Indianapolis Colts waived him.
Saracen Casino requests change in Arkansas law to allow online gambling
An Arkansas casino is looking to double down on its gaming options through a request to state regulators. Saracen Casino Resort marketing manager Carlton Saffa has written to state Racing Commission chairman Alex Lieblong asking for a rule change. Currently, an Arkansas casino is allowed to offer online sports betting, but games such as slots, blackjack and craps must be played in the casino. If the racing commission approves Saffa’s request, all three existing Arkansas casinos would be able to offer this expanded online gaming
Arkansas on track to surpass $500 million in betting handle this year
Arkansas is on track to see $500 million in betting handle this year, breaking its record for the amount wagered on sports in a year, predicts Scott Hardin, director of communications at the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration. After three months of sports betting this year, Arkansas’ handle has reached $141.6 million. Its best year was 2023 with $404 million total.
Iowa: Q Casino in Dubuque breaks ground on $47M hotel project
Project leaders have begun construction on a key portion of an $83 million renovation project at a Dubuque casino. Casino leaders, elected officials and area residents alike gathered this afternoon at the Q Casino + Resort for a ceremonial groundbreaking on what will become a seven-story boutique hotel tower adjacent to the casino.
No change to ad blackout expected as Gambling Regulation Bill comes before Ireland’s government
The chief executive of Horse Racing Ireland does not expect any amendments to the controversial section of the Gambling Regulation Bill that creates a betting advertising watershed when it goes before the Irish government on Wednesday.
Sweden: Casino closures hit Svenska Spel as net profit falls in Q1
Sweden’s Svenska Spel reported a 24.6% year-on-year decline in net profit to SEK294.0m ($27.0m) in Q1 as spending increased and revenue slipped 1.0%. Net gaming revenue for the three months to 31 March amounted to SEK1.96bn, down from SEK1.98bn in Q1 of 2023. This came as Svenska Spel only reported revenue growth within one of its three core business areas.
Tropicana demolition permit approved; fall implosion expected
Clark County has approved a commercial demolition permit for Tropicana owner Bally’s Corp. that values the hotel’s implosion at $15 million. The permit application was filed April 11 and approved April 20. Bally’s has until Oct. 20 to carry out the demolition, according to county records. The permit is ready to be issued, pending Bally’s paying over $48,000 in fees associated with the application. Plans call for the Rat Pack-era hotel to be brought down to make way for future development on the site, including the Oakland Athletics’ planned $1.5 billion, 33,000-seat ballpark.
New study shines spotlight on potential economic benefits of regulatory online gaming for Quebec
The debate around the next Canadian province to follow Ontario’s lead and put in place a regulatory competitive model for online gaming isn’t dying down, with Alberta seemingly the best bet. But Quebec is very much in the conversation as well. With Quebec’s budget challenges, the government has asked crown corporations like Loto-Québec, which runs igaming in the province, to optimize their operations and find cash savings totaling $1 billion.
Arizona: Tohono O’odham Gaming Enterprise updates progress on new casino
Tohono O’odham Gaming Enterprise this week hosted a media tour showcasing the ongoing construction of a new $450 million facility, Desert Diamond Casino White Tanks, at San Lucy. Located near Glendale, Arizona, the new casino is scheduled to be completed at the end of 2024. When it debuts, Desert Diamond Casino White Tanks at San Lucy will feature 900 Class III slot machines, a poker room, a sportsbook, and table games including blackjack, craps, roulette, and baccarat. Multiple restaurants, including a Morton’s Steakhouse, will be available.
Penn Entertainment’s 2023 CSR report showcases $8 million+ charitable donations, diversity programs
Penn Entertainment this week published its 2023 Corporate Social Responsibility report highlighting the company’s Environmental, Social, and Governance efforts. According to a release, the report provides “support for the company’s team members and their families, giving back to local communities and advancing sustainability practices to reduce its impact on the environment.” “I want to thank our board’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, as well as our internal ESG and Diversity Committees, for continuing to raise the bar in terms of supporting our team members, investing in our local communities and growing our sustainability practices across our company,” said Penn Entertainment President and CEO Jay Snowden in a statement.
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Australians flattened by biggest tax increase in world
Data from the OECD shows that the amount of income tax paid by the average wage-earner in Australia rose by 7.6 per cent in 2023. New Zealand ranked second among developed nations with an average tax increase of 4.5 per cent. The OECD says the decision to phase out the low- and middle-income tax offset contributed to the sharp rise in Australians' personal income tax bills in 2023-24. The temporary measure was part of the former Coalition government's stage-three tax cuts package.
Tax changes turn investors off Australia
The US-based National Foreign Trade Council has warned that proposed country-by-country tax reporting rules could discourage new investment in Australia. The proposed CbCR rules would require around 2,500 multinationals to disclose their tax compliance methods, their effective tax rate in each country where they conduct business, and a list of their intangible assets. Concern about the new rules comes after a revamp of rules around thin capitalisation and offshore intangible assets that has sparked frustration among business groups, while Andrew Leigh, Labor's assistant minister for Treasury, says that multinational tax compliance is an issue that is being taken seriously around the world.
Peter Dutton backs Elon Musk and contradicts Sussan Ley on 'silly' demand for global removal of stabbing footage
Opposition leader Peter Dutton says Australia cannot be "the internet police of the world", with Dutton backing X owner Elon Musk in his dispute with the eSafety commissioner, who has called for the global removal by X of video footage of the Wakeley church stabbing. Dutton has described such demands as "silly", with his stance seeming to be at odds with that of his deputy, Sussan Ley. Ley says that she backs eSafety commissioner Julie Inman Grant 100 per cent, and that she is "disappointed" in Musk.
Let's learn from Gallipoli
The strategists behind the landing at Gallipoli in 1915 made a fundamental mistake in failing to determine the strength of their opponents. Today's strategists have access to far more information, yet they still make the same mistakes. Australia's nuclear submarine policy looks to be a duplication of the purchase strategies behind the F35 Joint Strike Fighter, where again we did not study the future aircraft plans of other countries. Australia must not make the same mistakes with nuclear submarines. However, the nation's defence strategists may not have taken into account the anti-submarine weapons that are being developed, which will make Australia's nuclear-powered submarines highly vulnerable when they are eventually delivered.
CEOs get to work on India investment push
The Australia-India CEO Forum has been given the job of bringing the free-trade agreement between the two nations to life, with Macquarie CEO Shemara Wikramanayake its co-chair. Some of the recommendations it is developing for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, include encouraging more Australian superannuation funds to invest in Indian infrastructure, creating new pathways for skilled migration into Australia, and co-ordinating approaches to regulating artificial intelligence.
Morrison on meds: toll of top office laid bare
Former prime minister Scott Morrison has revealed that he experienced "debilitating and agonising" anxiety during much of his tenure in the nation's top job. Morrison says his anxiety became increasingly acute as he steered the nation through challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic and strained relations with China, and his doctor eventually prescribed medication to help him to cope with the medical condition. Morrison says the "unrelenting and callous" brutality of politics and media attacks contributed to his anxiety, but he acknowledges that this is the reality of politics.
$4m-plus 'wasted' on Olympic consultants
A question on notice from the Liberal-National Party's treasury spokesman David Janetzki has revealed that over $4 million has spent by the Queensland government on external advice for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games since the state was awarded the games in 2021. Janetzki claims the state government is "obsessed" with outsourcing public service work to consultants, and that the money it has spent on external advice on the Olympics was wasted, as it ignored the advice anyway. Janetzki noted that a review by former Queensland University of Technology vice-chancellor Peter Coaldrake was scathing in regard to the Palaszczuk-Miles government's use of consultants, but that it has ignored his findings.
Investors pile into miners as rally heats up
The benchmark MSCI World Mining Index gained 9.5 per cent surge in March, although it shed three per cent in the first quarter of 2024. The rebound in commodity prices in March has prompted forecasts for both the index and mining stocks. Citigroup is among the firms that expect the price of commodities such as gold, silver and copper to rise further in the June quarter, and potentially over the next year. Meanwhile, Morgan Stanley has recommended that investors increase their holdings of mining stocks such as BHP and Rio Tinto, and reduce their exposure to banks.
Wharfie strikes hit DP World profit
Stevedoring company DP World Australia has posted a $62.9 million net profit for the 12 months to 31 December, 34 per cent down on the $95.8 million net profit it posted for the previous year. The fall in profit was attributed to falling container volumes and a lengthy industrial dispute with its wharfies, which resulted in it losing market share to rival stevedore Patrick, which saw its revenue rise 14 per cent to $464 million in the six months to December 31 when compared to the previous corresponding period, despite a four per cent decline in overall stevedore container volumes; the revenue of both companies will be boosted in 2024 by higher infrastructure fees at ports around Australia.
Why Foxtel faces its streaming apocalypse
Foxtel boasted annual earnings of nearly $1bn a decade ago, when nearly one in every three households had a pay-TV subscription. However, Foxtel has been hard hit by competition from subscription video-on-demand services. Analysts expect Foxtel's earnings to fall to about $390m in the 2026 financial year, while its own streaming platforms will lose key HBO content if Warner Bros Discovery proceeds with plans to launch its own SVOD service in Australia. Foxtel CEO Patrick Delany says the company is now essentially two separate businesses, focused on streaming and its legacy pay-TV operations. Foxtel's 3.1 million SVOD users account for 66 per cent of its customer base, but just 23 per cent of group revenue; in contrast, its 1.5 million pay-TV customers contribute 63 per cent of revenue.
Foxtel chief talks to recruiters for Tabcorp CEO
Executive search firm Maritana Partners is heading the process of finding a successor to Tabcorp CEO Adam Rytenskild, following his resignation in March over the alleged use of inappropriate and offensive language. Sources have indicated that Sportsbet's former CEO Cormac Barry is the leading contender to take the helm at Tabcorp. Foxtel CEO Patrick Delany and Entain's deputy CEO Lachlan Fitt are among the other executives who have held talks with Maritana Partners regarding the role. Tabcorp chairman Bruce Akhurst has previously indicated that the wagering group favours hiring an external candidate.
Shares flat on inflation rebound
April 25, 2024
The Australian sharemarket edged lower on Wednesday, after the latest quarterly inflation data dampened expectations of an interest rate cut in 2024. The S&P/ASX 200 eased 0.5 per cent to close at 7,683 points ahead of the ANZAC Day break. BHP was down 0.6 per cent at $45.23, Perpetual fell 3.5 per cent to $23.83 and Kogan ended the session 27.5 per cent lower at $5.10. However, Fortescue rose 0.7 per cent to $24.76 and Woodside Energy was up 0.5 per cent at $28.57.
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April 19, 2024
Australian Dollar: $0.6420 USD (down 0.0020 USD)
Iron Ore May Spot Price (SGX): $116.55 USD (up $0.70 USD)
Oil Price (WTI): $82.53 USD (down $0.33 USD)
Gold Price: $2,378.14 USD (up $17.05 USD)
Copper Price (CME): $4.4310 USD (up $0.0900 USD)
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Broken Hill's union-run newspaper the Barrier Truth announces closure after nearly 130 years
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Barrier Industrial Council president and Barrier Truth board chair Roslyn Ferry has confirmed that the union-run newspaper is to cease publication after nearly 130 years, saying it breaks her heart to close down its operations. Formerly known as the Barrier Daily Truth, the closure of the paper comes after Broken Hill, a mining town located on the edge of the desert in NSW, lost its commercial news bulletin a year ago. Regional and rural independent newspapers are closing in increasing numbers, and media experts say Meta's recent decision to remove the News tab on Facebook is unlikely to help the situation.
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April 14, 2024
Crude Oil’s tactical retreat, unlikely turn around
Oil is losing more than 1% on Monday, below $84 a barrel for WTI and below $89 for Brent after Friday's rollercoaster, when prices peaked above $87 and $91.6, respectively. The drivers were geopolitics, where fears of an escalation of the conflict between Israel and Palestine fueled the growth. The decline was helped by the relatively conciliatory rhetoric of the US and the strengthening of the dollar.
A double top - a reversal technical pattern - was recorded on the oil charts. The RSI exit from the overbought zone on daily timeframes also supports the idea of further price decrease. In addition, a short-term downward trend can be identified from the fifth of April.
The strengthening of the dollar due to the shift in expectations for the key Fed rate has been visibly eating away at risk appetite since the beginning of April, leaving oil no escape from this trend.
Nevertheless, there are still doubts that we are seeing the start of a downtrend rather than short-term profit-taking.
Firstly, we saw an acceleration in oil growth at the end of March, and the current pullback so far fits into the uptrend. It is worth watching closely the price dynamics near the previous peak ($82.50-83.0) and the previous local bottom ($80.50). A rebound from one of these support levels will reinforce the idea that this is still a bull market for oil.
Secondly, the supply and demand balance is on the bulls' side. Economic growth in Europe is still gaining momentum, America is not slowing down, and China is in the stimulus phase. Oil supply is in no hurry to expand despite the recent price increase. The US has been producing at a rate of 13.1M B/D for the past five weeks, and the number of oil rigs is just over 500, de facto stagnating so far this year.
Simply put, we're sticking with the idea for now that WTI crude won't easily fall below $80 in the coming days. The chances are much higher that it will find buyer support somewhere between $80.50 and $82.5 on a combination of geopolitics, strong demand and stagnant production.
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Meta, which owns Facebook, said in March it would not be renewing three-year news deals struck with Australian outlets in 2021. Meta’s 13 deals with local publishers, including Nine – owner of the Financial Review – were worth about $70 million a year.
Meta and Google struck the deals – worth $250 million to the local industry – to avoid being designated under the government’s News Media Bargaining Code.
Google has signalled it will likely sign new deals, although it is expected they will not be for more money.
Meta has staunchly refused to negotiate with Canadian publishers over a similar law, the Online News Act. While Google came to a $C100 million-a-year ($113 million) agreement with the Canadian government, Meta has disabled news links from its platforms.
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Getting ready for a decline in gold
April 16, 2024
Gold has been behaving erratically, having had a positive and negative correlation with global risk appetite in recent days.
On Friday, the price set an all-time high above $2430, losing $100 before the end of that day, nullifying the most furious final part of the rally within four hours. The final sell-off was in unison with the markets' fall. But on Monday, the pressure in the stock markets intensified again, and gold moved higher.
Neither geopolitics nor fear of interest rate moves explain these shifts. Gold seems to be living its own world, in which geopolitics is used as a convenient explanation for the rise, and the rise of the dollar is used as an ex post facto explanation for the decline.
In our view, the price run-up on Thursday and Friday morning was so significant because it occurred in thin air territory after many days of making new highs and caught a wave of stop orders above $2400.
The impressive profit-taking at the end of the day on Friday had every chance of reversing the uptrend, which most often happens. However, the growth at the end of Monday raises doubts about such a straightforward development of events.
On the daily timeframes, the RSI index rolled back to 73, which is on the border with the overbought area, and recorded two peaks near 85 in March and April. A further pullback to the area below 70 would be a harbinger of a broad correction.
On the other hand, on weekly timeframes, the RSI is above 79, an overbought area that gold has touched only five times since 1980, and each time, it has been followed by a correction or the start of a bear market within 1-4 weeks. The exception to this was 1979-1980, when the value of the ounce increased, and relatively short-lived consolidations followed growth impulses.
Market tensions in recent days have also worked in favour of the bears in gold. Contrary to popular logic, gold rises against general risk demand only in the first days of the sell-off. If the pressure on equities becomes a trend, gold quickly catches up and overtakes the markets in its decline, only to be stopped by a monetary policy reversal.
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Gold temporarily ignores negative news
April 8, 2024
Gold has been hitting all-time highs almost daily for the past two weeks, reaching $2365 in the spot market on Tuesday before the start of US trading. The ability to rise above $2070 per ounce, which gold found in late February, has signalled a break of resistance that has kept gold above since August 2020.
Gold is now rising more actively than it did in the previous long-term bull cycle. In 2011, years of gains were followed by a two-year consolidation, which was replaced by a three-year bear market.
Gold has been increasing, reacting to positive news and mostly ignoring the negative. The price reversed sharply to the upside in the final quarter of last year on signals from the Fed that the next step would be a rate cut, not a rate hike. At the same time, the revision of expectations from six or seven to two rate cuts in 2024 did not hinder the rise at all.
It seems that any news on the US is a reason to buy. Signals of a strong economy and inflation - highlight gold's property of retaining value. Weakness in inflation - fuels expectations that the Fed will be cutting rates soon, which favours demand for risk assets.
There are risks that bulls are now ignoring the commodity mix looming over them in the form of US bond yields. 10-year treasuries have seen yields rise from 3.8% at the end of January to 4.45% on Monday. The reversal came from the lower boundary of the long-term rising channel, indicating that the smart money is wagering on a high rate scenario for the long haul.
Other markets can't ignore what's going on in the government debt market for long. Stock indices are already starting to notice it, forming a smooth downtrend in early April and repeatedly testing previous trading channels.
Meanwhile, gold has been overbought, according to RSI, in daily and weekly timeframes to the maximum since early August 2020. Back then, an eight-week rise was followed by a multi-month pullback.
The US inflation report scheduled for Wednesday has a chance to hurt gold soon. If the outcome for the markets is a further rise in government bond yields, global markets could become more synchronised, triggering a more active sell-off in equity markets and affecting gold and other commodities. In this case, it could take months before we see further price retracement of historical highs.
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Artist Gian Galang walks through the creation of the UFC 300 mural as part of UFC's artist series. (Credit: UFC)
Jamahal Hill, Jiří Procházka, Picking UFC 300 Main Card & Prelims | UFC Unfiltered
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In honor of Saturday’s absolutely-stacked UFC 300 card being just three days away, today’s UFC Unfiltered episode is stacked in its own right with a pair of former light heavyweight champions calling in by the names of Jamahal Hill and Jiří Procházka. Jim Norton and Matt Serra waste no time by bringing on Jamahal Hill at the very beginning of the show. Eager to show the world how well he has recovered from his ruptured Achilles tendon, Hill confidently explains why he thinks he has what it takes to dethrone Alex Pereira and reclaim his spot on the 205-pound throne in Saturday’s main event. After a fun chat with Hill that also includes a surprise cameo appearance by Jamahal’s father, Jim and Matt find themselves in the presence of another former champion when Jiří Procházka calls in to the show shortly thereafter to share his mindset going into his highly-anticipated fight against Aleksandar Rakić on Saturday’s prelims. (Yes, you read that right… PRELIMS!) (Credit: UFC)
UFC 300 Betting Breakdown, Predictions, & Props with Jon Anik, Henry Cejudo & Nick Kalikas
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UFC 300: Pre-Fight Press Conference
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UFC 300: Pre-Fight Press Conference Highlights
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Every athlete competing at UFC 300 took the stage in Las Vegas to answer questions from the press ahead of the history event set to take place on Saturday! (Credit: UFC)
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UFC 300 FIGHT WEEK WITH JUSTIN GAETHJE || P4P With Kamaru Usman & Henry Cejudo Ep 9
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Kamaru Usman & Henry Cejudo sit down with BMF Champion Justin Gaethje just 2 days before his title fight with Max Holloway. The guys talk preparation for fight week and the pressure of the moment, how tactics change over time, and training methods from the Usman and Gaethje fight camps.
UFC 300 Press Conference
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"Ever since the begining, UFC has been all about putting on the biggest events" Dana White
"We put togther these major fight cards - the whole world is watching" Dana White
"Ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the historic UFC 300 press conference. From the MGM Grand Garden Arena, but the action Saturday moves across the street to the T-Mobile Arena" narrator
"What's up Las Vegas. How are you guys"... Dana White
UFC 300 Embedded: Vlog Series - Episode 4
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UFC 300 Embedded: Vlog Series - Episode 3
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UFC 300 Embedded: Vlog Series - Episode 2
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UFC 300 Embedded: Vlog Series - Episode 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uREFaFUnFkc&ab_channel=UFC
Alex Pereira hangs with Chuck Liddell and Glover Teixeira. Cody Garbrandt, Weili Zhang, Aljamain Sterling and Jamahal Hill bring big belt energy to the UFC PI. Max Holloway arrives in Vegas. Bo Nickal does game night; Justin Gaethje gets in leg day. Presented by the Official Coffee of UFC: Black Rifle Coffee Company. (Credit: UFC)
The History of the UFC in 3 Minutes! 🏆 | UFC 300
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Dive into the thrilling saga of the Ultimate Fighting Championship as we condense its epic history into just 3 minutes. From underground beginnings to global domination, witness the evolution of this iconic sports organization in a whirlwind journey of adrenaline and glory. (Credit: UFC)
UFC 300: Morning Weigh-In Show
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Dana White explains why UFC 300 is the greatest card in combat sports history | ESPN MMA
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"There was obviously a level of expectation for this card" Dana White
Dana White bumps up the bonuses to 300K 💰 How will it impact UFC 300? | ESPN MMA
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ESPN MMA’s Marc Raimondi and Andreas Hale react to what went down at the pre-fight press conference in Las Vegas including Dana White bumping up performance bonuses from $50K to $300K. They also give their thoughts on the biggest fights on the card. (Credit: ESPN MMA)
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Jamahal Hill asked Alex Pereira for an Autograph | UFC 300
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Michael Bisping Official YouTube
BISPING reacts to UFC 300 PRESS CONFERENCE | $2MILLION in Fight Bonuses ANNOUNCED | Pereira vs Hill
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Alex Pereira ADAMANT: "I'LL THRIVE" in a striking battle with Jamahal Hill | Daniel Cormier Check-In
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Fight Card
Alex Pereira vs. Jamahal Hill - Light Heavyweight Title
Zhang Weili (c) vs. Yan Xiaonan - Women's Strawweight Title
Justin Gaethje vs. Max Holloway - BMF Title
Charles Oliveira vs. Arman Tsarukyan
Bo Nickal vs. Cody Brundage
Jiří Procházka vs. Aleksandar Rakić
Calvin Kattar vs. Aljamain Sterling
Holly Holm vs. Kayla Harrison
Sodiq Yussuf vs. Diego Lopes
Jalin Turner vs. Renato Moicano
Jéssica Andrade vs. Marina Rodriguez
Jim Miller vs. Bobby Green
Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Cody Garbrandt
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Rock & Reigns steal a win from Rhodes & Rollins to force Bloodline Rules on WrestleMania Sunday
On WrestleMania Saturday, The Rock & Roman Reigns scored a controversial victory over Cody Rhodes & Seth “Freakin” Rollins to make Bloodline Rules official in The American Nightmare’s Undisputed WWE Championship Match against The Tribal Chief on WrestleMania Sunday. (WWE.com)
Media Man SEO in today’s digital landscape
SEO for News Media, Pop Culture, Online Business and Traditional Business Models
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.
Keyword Research Strategies for Media Man SEO
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:
1. Identifying high-volume news media keywords
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.
2. Long-Tail Keyword Opportunities for National Optimization
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.
3. Competitor Analysis and Keyword Gap Identification
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.
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.
On-page optimization techniques
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.
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.
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.
Off-Page SEO Tactics for Media, Online Media and News Media Visibility
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.
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.
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.
Content Strategy for Media Man SEO Success
A strong content strategy is important for achieving success innational SEO. Here are some key points you need to consider:
1. Audience Research: Understand your national audience’s demographics, interests, and pain points. It helps to craft content that resonates with your audience.
2. Keyword Optimization: Conduct thorough keyword research to find the most relevant national keywords. Then, incorporate them naturally into your content.
3. Content Planning: Develop a content calendar outlining topics, formats, and publication schedules to maintain consistency and relevance.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Conclusion
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.
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Nine and News Corp bosses reveal impact of Meta’s withdrawal from content agreements in new documentary ‘Tech Tyrants: Facebook’s War on Australia’
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.
The devastating impact from Facebook’s bombshell move to stop paying for news content in Australia is revealed in an exclusive Sky News investigation.
‘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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
‘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.
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Social Media Giant Meta Getting A Bashing From Aussie News Media and Politics
Meta facing hefty fines over walking away from news media deal
Facebook’s parent company Meta could soon face major fines for breaching the news media bargaining code.
This comes after the tech giant walked away from commercial deals with Australian news outlets last week.
The deals – worth around $250 million a year for Australian news publishers – were due to expire later this year.
A fine for Meta would depend on which sections of the code it breaks.
However, the company could face fines of more than a billion dollars if it is found to break all sections of the code.
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.
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"
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Play hardball and make Meta pay fair share for news
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.
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.
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.
Meta’s $70 million or so share has been an important boost for Australia’s professional newsrooms and serious public journalism.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Australian Financial Review benefits from this code, too, even if our business model is based more on premium subscriptions.
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”.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
Traditional, professionally reported news helps fund democracy. The Albanese government ought to insist that mega social media platforms pay their share.
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Cryptocurrency News via Media Man and FxPro
Bitcoin recovers, altcoins humbly follow
April 22, 2024
Market picture
The crypto market is moving upwards, encouraged by Bitcoin's positive momentum. Total cryptocurrency capitalisation reached $2.44 trillion, up 1.6% in 24 hours and 0.8% in seven days.
Bitcoin added 1.9% in 24 hours to $66.4K, gradually adding since last Thursday. The price hasn't moved much in recent days, balancing the positivity from the halving and the negativity from the Nasdaq index's decline.
Bitcoin is sticking to a classic upside pattern with a 61.8% Fibonacci retracement from the last rally. However, it's worth remaining cautious until the price breaks above the 50-day moving average, which is now at $67.4K.
Altcoins are repeating the positive dynamics of the first cryptocurrency, adding since the end of last week. Still, they fell harder a fortnight ago and are recovering very sluggishly so far. As a result, the share of Bitcoin in total cap reached a three-year high near 55%.
News background
On 20 April at 0:10 GMT, the fourth halving in history took place on the Bitcoin network on block #840,000. The ViaBTC mining pool mined the block, and it saw the miners' reward drop from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC. Commissions in the first block of the BTC network rose sharply to $2.4 million after the halving. The record commission is attributed to user activity in the Runes Protocol.
The first cryptocurrency may enter a "re-accumulation phase" after halving. Then, a "parabolic uptrend" will begin, according to an analyst at Rekt Capital. In his opinion, the movement of BTC now follows the same pattern as in previous post-halving cycles.
In a clarified lawsuit against Tron founder Justin Sun, the SEC said his frequent visits to the United States entitled him to legal action. According to the SEC, San spent more than 380 days in the US between 2017 and 2019.
Ethereum blockchain made a net profit of $365.46 million in the first quarter, up nearly 200% from the previous period's $123 million, according to The DeFi Report. Total transaction fees reached $1.17bn.
Tether, the issuer of USDT stablecoin, added support for The Open Network (TON) blockchain. Via Telegram, Crypto Bot users can now deposit USDT on the TON blockchain. Withdrawals will appear in the near future. There will be no fees for USDT transactions within Telegram, and users can instantly send the asset to their contacts in the messenger without a wallet address.
Telegram will start rewarding content creators and allow the purchase of goods for cryptocurrency, said Pavel Durov, the messenger's founder. According to him, Telegram has integrated blockchain at a deep level.
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Bitcoin and Ethereum in the eye of the storm?
April 18, 2024
Market picture
The crypto market avoided sharp moves on Tuesday, showing low volatility over the 24 hours and remaining near $2.3 trillion. The Crypto Fear and Greed Index added 2 points to 67 (greed) by Wednesday.
Bitcoin's share of the entire crypto market capitalisation exceeded 54%, maintaining its upward trend since December 2022. This is the clear impact of the Bitcoin-ETF, but we also note the diminishing enthusiasm for altcoins.
The technical picture for Bitcoin is rather worrying, as we saw no rebound after the price drop on Friday and Saturday. On the contrary, the market seems to be getting used to current prices in anticipation of a halving.
Similarly, Ethereum sold off powerfully at the end of last week from the 50-day MA. Now, the second largest cryptocurrency holds near the psychologically significant $3000 level.
The pattern of cryptocurrency behaviour this week indicates that we are more likely to be in the eye of the storm, i.e. a temporary lull between violent gusts of wind. If this prediction is correct, Bitcoin could fall towards $52-55K, and Ethereum - to $2500.
News background
The crypto market is "halfway to bitcoin euphoria," according to CryptoQuant. New bitcoin miners, who have held their assets for less than 155 days, hold up to 9% of the circulating BTC volume and continue to build up inventories in anticipation of rising prices. The imbalance between BTC supply and demand will increase over the next six months, potentially driving prices higher.
Hong Kong-listed cryptocurrency ETFs will be "lucky" if they manage to raise $500 million in aggregate, Bloomberg said. The agency called Matrixport's projected $25bn "insane".
According to CoinGecko, there are more than 2.52 million crypto assets in existence today, which is 5.7 times the number at the end of 2021. The pace of new coins accelerated in 2024 when 0.54 million tokens have already been created, which means an average of 5,300 pieces launched per day.
Blockchain team The Open Network (TON) has announced the launch of the Memelandia hub for meme coin developers. The project is part of The Open League's programme, which was created to support new meme coins and raise awareness of them.
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March 6, 2024
Bitcoin spooked by highs, Ethereum still climbing
Market picture
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.
Bitcoin briefly topped $69K on Tuesday, setting a new all-time high, but has since corrected by more than 15%.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Gold and Commodities News via Media Man and FXPro
March 5, 2024
Gold is primed for a substantial move, second only to cryptocurrencies in amplitude but lacking their enduring strength.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Elon Musk discusses X fees for new users
Elon Musk recently discussed X fees for new users to help combat bots on the popular social media platform.
On April 15, 2024, X Daily News speculated that the social media platform has been expanding its policies and charging new users for specific actions. It stated that new accounts would be charged a small fee to post, reply, bookmark, and like on X.
The new policy affects new users in New Zealand and the Philippines. In October 2023, the platform’s Support account announced that it would test a new “Not a Bot” program in New Zealand and the Philippines. It required new, unverified accounts to sign up for an annual subscription fee of $1 to post and interact with other posts.
“Unfortunately, a small fee for new user write access is the only way to curb the relentless onslaught of bots. Current AI (and troll farms) can pass ‘are you a bot’ with ease,” disclosed Musk.
Musk advised that fake X accounts also use up namespace, so many good handles are taken. New X account holders can still scroll and read through posts for free. They will only be charged for the specific actions mentioned above.
Elon Musk has high hopes for X. Last year, a few analysts estimated that the social media platform could grow 20X from the $44 billion Musk paid for it. The billionaire believes a trillion-dollar market cap for X is possible.
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Kansas City, Missouri
April 29, 2024
Cross-over now to WWE Now!
2024 WWE Draft Night Two Preview for Raw: WWE Now, April 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apY6bHolEMI&ab_channel=WWE
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WWE Draft continues! CM Punk to attend and heading for a live microphone!?
Our "Prime Heel" Logan Paul will speak his mind. Cheers, with our without caffeine! LP, the U.S champ keepin it real. The heel you love to hate.
Big Time Becky Lynch. The hunter has become the hunted once again. Book her strong booker man. One scribe for the insiders Jax and others hot on her tail. Next chapter in progress.
The Judgement Day vs Jey Uso, Andrade and Ricochet! Broadcast announcers Michael Cole and Pat McAfee have got their work cut out for them, not to mention Raw GM Adam Pearce! Prepare for mayhem on the way via the official WWE YouTube channel http://youtube.com/wwe
Media Man: Pumped for this. What's Karrion Kross and his goons up to, and how about NXT @WWENXT stand out Lexis King? Logan Paul is going to have a field day with this crowd and a captive audience.
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April 19, 2024
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Home of the wrestling legend Bruno Sammartino)
Paint It Black! Heels Mania!
WWE Superstars Hype Up And Agitate Babyface Inclinded Fans To Prepare For Tonight's SmackDown; Hello Boys!
Videos via the official WWE YouTube channel
Pretty Deadly mock tonight’s Fatal 4-Way Match tag teams: SmackDown exclusive, April 19, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn3Kjbd7vFQ&ab_channel=WWE
After being excluded from tonight’s high-stakes Fatal 4-Way Match, Elton Prince and Kit Wilson take out their frustrations by making fun of The Street Profits, New Catch Republic, Legado del Fantasma and The Authors of Pain. (Credit: WWE)
Santos Escobar will prove he was right all along: SmackDown exclusive, April 19, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxohWbv1eeE&ab_channel=WWE
When Kayla Braxton interrupts Legado del Fantasma as they arrive on SmackDown, Santos Escobar once again makes it clear that his faction had nothing to do with the pre-WrestleMania attack on Dragon Lee and that he is out to prove he was right all along. (Credit: WWE)
LA Knight faces AJ Styles in No. 1 Contenders’ battle: WWE Now, April 19, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eaqr2uP5iY8&ab_channel=WWE
Bayley defends the WWE Women's Title against Naomi. A little birdie told us there may be one or two Wrestling Foxes present, and just maybe Jade Cargill, who is known to bring one hell of a wrestling storm.
LA Knight and AJ Styles compete for a chance at Cody Rhodes at Backlash in France.
Fatal 4-Way Match: The Street Profits, New Catch Republic, Legado del Fantasma, and Authors of Pain.
Gonzo Scribes:
We are picking Authors Of Pain for the win and snatch the Tag Team Title opportunity. Got to love Karrion's cult-ish heel clan! A-Town Down Under may have something to say (or even do) with this match!!! Pretty Deadly may be temped to stick their noses in based upon some of their unsavory commentary on the teams! Yes boys? No boys! Oh, beware of A Town Down Under as if the risks and staks are not high enough already. A Dingo Driver or two perhaps in store, or another tag team - double team type maneuver from the dastardly duo (to some). Heels rule WWE OK! Not quit Roddy Piper vs Bruno Sammartino, but let's see how close we can push things under The Triple H - Paul Levesque Era.
Media Man: Pumped as always for the Triple H Era! Go Aussie Go. A Town Down Under is on have Aussie, and don't you forget it cobbers!
Prepare to go ringside. Corey Graves @WWEGraves and Wade Barrett @StuBennett will set you babyface loving fans straight! Just maybe GM Nick Aldis and Raw co commentor Pat McAfee is having a laugh at the gonzo scribes from fans and sports commentators across the globe. WWE wanted and edge, and fans and announcers delivered in spades.
just about ready with the call of the action. Heels rule ok!
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WWE @WWE Confirms NXT @WWENXT Battleground 2024 For UFC Apex
WWE has issued a press release to officially confirm NXT Battleground 2024 for Sunday, June 9 at the UFC @UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Commenting via Elon Musk founded X were WWE and NXT executives Paul “Triple H” Levesque and Shawn Michaels.
“Another new frontier for WWE NXT,” wrote Michaels. “Excited to join forces with UFC & Dana White to bring NXT Battleground to the UFC Apex in Las Vegas for its first-ever WWE event on Sunday, June 9.”
Levesque sribbed, “The state-of-the-art UFC Apex has been home to so many incredible events… and for the first time ever, on June 9, WWE becomes part of that. Huge thanks to UFC and Dana White for their partnership in bringing NXT Battleground to Vegas.”
Press Release
WWE® & UFC® JOIN FORCES TO BRING NXT BATTLEGROUND TO UFC APEX ON SUNDAY, JUNE 9
Limited Premium VIP Seating Available Through Exclusive Partner On Location
STAMFORD, Conn., April 22, 2024 – WWE®, part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), in partnership with UFC® today announced that NXT Battleground will emanate from UFC APEX in Las Vegas on Sunday, June 9. This marks the first-ever WWE event to be hosted at the state-of-the-art, 130,000-square foot event and production facility, which is home to UFC Fight Night events, Dana White’s Contender Series and more.
“We are always exploring new frontiers to showcase NXT and we are excited to bring Battleground to this world-class event and production facility in partnership with UFC,” said WWE Senior Vice President of Talent Development Creative Shawn Michaels.
Limited NXT Battleground Priority Passes will soon be available through exclusive partner On Location, giving fans the chance to be ringside for every exhilarating moment, including premium seating, all-inclusive pre-show hospitality with WWE Superstar appearances, ringside photo opportunities, and much more. Starting today, fans can place a deposit to secure access ahead of the general public, as well as register for exclusive pre-sale opportunities. To learn more or to place a deposit, please visit https://onlocationexp.com/battleground
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WWE® 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 households worldwide in 25 languages through world-class distribution partners including NBCUniversal, FOX Sports, TNT Sports, 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. WWE is part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO). Additional information on WWE can be found at wwe.com and corporate.wwe.com
About UFC
UFC® is the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization (MMA), with more than 700 million fans and 259 million social media followers. The organization produces more than 40 live events annually in some of the most prestigious arenas around the world while broadcasting to over 975 million households across more than 170 countries. UFC’s athlete roster features the world’s best MMA athletes representing more than 80 countries. The organization’s digital offerings include UFC FIGHT PASS®, one of the world’s leading streaming services for combat sports. UFC is part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO) and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. For more information, visit UFC.com and follow UFC at Facebook.com/UFC and @UFC on X, Snapchat, Instagram, and TikTok: @UFC
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Strong profit-taking in gold or the beginning of a reversal?
April 23, 2024
Gold is under pressure this week, having pulled back to the $2300 per troy ounce level. The decline since Friday's close is over 3.7%. The formal trigger is a more moderate escalation in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict than expected at the beginning of the month. However, we view the current pullback as a welcome technical correction that could develop into a bear market.
Last Friday, the price of a troy ounce of gold on the spot market broke the $2400 mark for the second time in history. And once again, there was strong resistance at this round level. Since the beginning of the week, we have seen systematic intraday selling of gold and silver, not related to the stock market or currencies. That is, traders focus on this idea, ignoring global fluctuations in risk demand.
In a correction, the price has already now pulled back below the 76.4% intermediate retracement level of the rally from the February lows to the April peak. This is an important signal of a more global shakeout, as we recently saw such a shallow correction in March in a more obvious bull market.
The downside amplitude over these two days, which is the largest in the last two years, cannot be ignored.
On the daily timeframes, the RSI has pulled back sharply from the overbought area, also indicating an active downward move. Earlier, we noted a divergence between this indicator and the price, where two RSI touches of the 85 level were at $2100 and $2350. This was an important precursor to the decline, the development of which we are now seeing.
Nevertheless, the positive scenario remains valid as long as the price is above $2360, where the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level lies. We assume that gold is capable of returning to the upside after a technical shakeout.
A sell-off in gold over the next couple of days could quickly take the price to $2360. A dip below would be an important first signal of a true reversal. The ability to go below $2185-2200 within a couple of weeks would raise the question of a long-term trend reversal with a potential downside target before the end of the year at $1900.
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Bitcoin awaits a signal from equity indices
April 22, 2024
Market picture
The capitalisation of the crypto market over the past 24 hours has added only 0.15% to $2.44 trillion. Crypto sentiment indices remain in the ‘greed’ territory, scoring 71 points, compared to 73 points the day before.
Bitcoin added about a quarter of a percent during the day, reaching $66.5K. Early on Tuesday morning, the price briefly exceeded $67.1K, touching the 50-day MA, but then retreated. It seems that this time, the crypto market is waiting for a signal from stock indices rather than giving such a signal about risk appetite. The calm may be illusory and quickly come to an end. We reiterate that consolidation above $67.1K could open the way to the $72-74K area. A reversal to the downside could end with a quick rollback to the $60K area.
According to CoinShares, investments in crypto funds over the past week have decreased by $206 million after an outflow of $126 million the previous week. Investments in Bitcoin decreased by $192 million, in Ethereum - by $34 million, in Solana - by $0.3 million.
News background
There was a further outflow of capital from the Grayscale fund totalling $450 million, which could not be compensated by the inflow into the two largest ETFs totalling $259 million. Investors’ appetite for ETFs is declining, probably due to overall pressure on stock markets due to changing expectations for Fed policy and a strengthening dollar.
The average transaction fee in the Bitcoin network has dropped to $34.86 after reaching a record $128.45 on the day of the halving on April 20. The growth of transaction fees began on the eve of the halving. Experts linked the trend with user activity in anticipation of the launch of the Runes protocol, which was timed to coincide with the event.
The Bitcoin Initiative group of Bitcoin supporters has initiated a referendum to amend the Swiss constitution. The group intends to oblige the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to include BTC along with gold in its reserves.
FTX management will get rid of a new batch of the bankrupt exchange Solana (SOL) in the form of an auction after criticism from creditors, said Figure Markets CEO Mike Cagney.
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Flash Eurozone PMIs revitalised interest in the Euro
Boosted interest in the Euro emerged after preliminary PMI estimates showed a surprising acceleration in the services sector, which was able to offset the negativity from industrial weakness significantly.
Both France (46.2 to 44.9) and Germany (41.9 to 42.2) saw their manufacturing PMIs fall short of expectations (46.9 and 42.8, respectively). This reinforces the notion that the Eurozone industry, in contraction territory since June 2022, has seen its decline intensify since the beginning of the year. This data could bring the start of the ECB's rate-cut cycle closer.
The services sector, however, paints a contrasting picture. It has been accelerating since the beginning of the year and entered growth territory in March. While France's services sector edged into expansion territory (index at 50.5), Germany marked a significant rise from 50.1 to 53.3. The eurozone-wide services PMI rose from 51.5 to 52.9, its highest level since May 2023.
In our view, the weakness in the Eurozone industries should not be ignored, as it could again be an early signal of a weakening economy, increasing speculation of an imminent rate cut. Short-term, however, the positive surprise from the services sector gives EURUSD a potential rebound towards 1.07 after a 2.5% pullback from 1.0880 to 1.06 earlier this month.
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April 26, 2024
Cincinnati, Ohio
FULL MATCH: Cody Rhodes vs. Carmelo Hayes: SmackDown highlights, April 26, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8dRoLySzUE&ab_channel=WWE
Cody Rhodes vs Carmelo Hayes - Non Title Match
"And Wade we began the night with the contract signing" Corey Graves
"Cody's got a lot on his plate. Hayes two hours ago wasn't part of the roster"... Wade Barrett
"Carmelo Hayes First night as a Friday Night SmackDown superstar" CG
"I'm ready for the top spot".."not small fry" WB
"Cody's been competing at events across the globe"
"Hayes doing his best to push The American Nightmare to the limit"
"Right now the NXT Performance Center losing their minds" WB
"Cody crafty-er than most" WB
"Running powerslam by Rhodes".CG
"Still in this match. Hat's off to Carmelo" WB
"We could be moments away from the biggest upset in SmackDown history"
"Can Cody finish the job" CG
"No need to hang your head Carmelo" CG
"Iron sharpens iron" CG
"A wounded champion and a hell of an effort by both competitors" CG
"Styles and Rhodes staring daggers" CG
Cody Rhodes calls his Backlash Title Match a “must-win”: SmackDown highlights, April 26, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejoxX8qxpz8&t=8s&ab_channel=WWE
Trick Williams wishes Carmelo Hayes well on SmackDown: SmackDown exclusive, April 26, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYNugSAHET0&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE
Every pick on Night One of the 2024 WWE Draft: SmackDown highlights, April 26, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivO80jTbmtw&ab_channel=WWE
Randy Orton joins Kevin Owens in fight against The Bloodline: SmackDown highlights, April 26, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Uwt2lPfnZM&ab_channel=WWE
Rey Mysterio & Dragon Lee vs. Legado del Fantasma: SmackDown highlights, April 26, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2enrrfthrg&ab_channel=WWE
Santos Escobar reveals Carlito as Dragon Lee’s attacker: SmackDown highlights, April 26, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWDxZBsVvn4&ab_channel=WWE
Naomi vs. Tiffany Stratton – No. 1 Contender’s Match: SmackDown highlights, April 26, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DprlsDjeC4&ab_channel=WWE
Belair & Cargill set their sights on Women’s Tag Team Titles: SmackDown highlights, April 26, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuO-OTI6pLA&ab_channel=WWE
Bianca Belair picked first overall in 2024 WWE Draft: SmackDown highlights, April 26, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHbS36VAWkM&ab_channel=WWE
No. 1 pick Bianca Belair is coming for the Tag Team Titles: SmackDown exclusive, April 26, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IfuMUPRiQE&ab_channel=WWE
Torrie Wilson and Michelle McCool return for round 2: SmackDown highlights, April 26, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aELrsn4qDak&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE
"The stars are indeed out in full force".. Corey Graves
The Dudley Boyz return for round three of WWE Draft: SmackDown highlights, April 26, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yhFgYAR3gc&ab_channel=WWE
JBL and Teddy Long announce the fourth round of the WWE Draft: SmackDown highlights, April 26, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn_aRGiv_Ss&ab_channel=WWE
Bron Breakker destroys Cedric Alexander: SmackDown highlights, April 26, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekpIJhWP09s&t=2s&ab_channel=WWE
Nia Jax welcomes any retaliation from her brutal attack: SmackDown Exclusive, April 26, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l54lVMHb44&ab_channel=WWE
The 2024 WWE Draft continues: Raw sneak peek
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2024 WWE Draft gets underway tonight on SmackDown: WWE Now, April 26, 2024
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WWE Draft predictions from McIntyre, Jey Uso & more: WWE Pop Question
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Media Man: SmackDown was hot. Both expected and unexpected signings and carnage. Cody Rhodes may have copped a stinger vs Carmelo Hayes, based on body language favoring the shoulder/arm. A matter of time until Karrion and his goons era Authors, have gold. WWE starts getting banged up in war or attrition and KK and AOP will pick the carcases and collect some championships in the aftermath. So Sayith! Paul Heyman may be stuck between a rock and a hard place.
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Anthony Joshua vs Francis "The Predator" Ngannou
Boxing Promoters Borrow Pages Out Of Pro Wrestling Playbook: World class production, animated storylines and FN's Great promos and insider look etc
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
Francis Ngannou 20lbs heavier (272.6lbs) than Anthony Joshua at weigh-in for hyped Saudi fight
Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou will take place on Friday, March 8 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Ngannou Quotes
“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.”
“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.
“My official prediction is me leaving the ring with the victory.”
“I deliver, I’m the postman!”
“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”
“This is just my second boxing match, even though I am taking on the two best guys in the world in boxing.
“I am the underdog, I am going out there to prove that you can be an underdog and stand your ground”
Back Story
"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.
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.
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.
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.
Anthony Joshua quotes
“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.”
Francis Ngannou quotes
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.”
Eddie Hearn (promoter) quotes
“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.
“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.
“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.”
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Knockout Chaos
INCREDIBLE 👾 Anthony Joshua Vs Francis Ngannou: Knockout Chaos Promo 🎥
https://youtube.com/watch?v=y8KO_5pldbM&ab_channel=MatchroomBoxing
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Anthony Joshua Vs Francis Ngannou: Knockout Chaos Weigh In Live
https://youtube.com/watch?v=UCxVqaUZWfE&t=8s&ab_channel=MatchroomBoxing
Inside Look - Knockout Chaos: Joshua Vs Ngannou & Zhang Vs Parker
https://youtube.com/watch?v=JsxN5ae0Qz0&t=11s&ab_channel=MatchroomBoxing
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.
“Ngannou Worries Me Vs Anthony Joshua!"- Eddie Hearn On Knockout Chaos
https://youtube.com/watch?v=r9M5TvUimx8&t=151s&ab_channel=MatchroomBoxing
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.
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"Anything Can Happen": Joshua vs. Ngannou Preview
https://youtube.com/watch?v=-BJuJqsIXYc&t=40s&ab_channel=DAZNBoxing
Tyson Fury: I'd like to back Anthony Joshua against Francis Ngannou, but..
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ab6FINoPmBs&t=12s&ab_channel=DAZNBoxing
"As Far Back As I Can Remember I Wanted To Be A Fighter" - Off The Cuff With Francis Ngannou
https://youtube.com/watch?v=wO8hjmaxPDA&ab_channel=DAZNBoxing
DAZN Boxing YouTube Ngannou Trolls Tyson Fury https://youtube.com/watch?v=zAqKpMU7-hg
Sky Sports Boxing YouTube
JOSHUA VS NGANNOU! ⚖ | FULL WEIGH-IN
https://youtube.com/watch?v=FFx55fdyY8I&t=3s&ab_channel=SkySportsBoxing
BISPING reacts: Francis Ngannou THREATENS Tyson Fury! | Joshua vs Ngannou Press Conference
https://youtube.com/watch?v=jtkmut6YIT8&ab_channel=MichaelBisping
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Joshua vs. Ngannou fight card, odds
Anthony Joshua -345 vs. Francis Ngannou +270, heavyweights
Nick Ball -190 vs. Rey Vargas (c) +158, WBC featherweight title
Israil Madrimov -400 vs. Magomed Kurbanov +310, vacant WBA super welterweight title
Zhilei Zhang (c) -240 vs. Joseph Parker +195, WBO interim heavyweight title
Mark Chamberlain -278 vs. Gavin Gwynne +222, lightweights
Andrii Novytskyi vs. Juan Torres, heavyweights. TBA
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Apex Centre
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March 2, 2024
Rozenstruik vs Gaziev Results
Jairzinho Rozenstruik defeats Shamil Gaziev by TKO (referee stoppage) at 5:00 of Round 4
Vitor Petrino defeats Tyson Pedro by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Muhammad Mokaev defeats Alex Perez by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Umar Nurmagomedov defeats Bekzat Almakhan by unanimous decision (30-25, 30-26, 30-26)
Steve Erceg defeats Matt Schnell by KO (left hook) at 0:26 of Round 2
Eryk Anders defeats Jamie Pickett by unanimous decision (29-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Vinicius Oliveira defeats Benardo Sopaj by KO (flying knee) at 4:41 of Round 3
Aiemann Zahabi defeats Javid Basharat by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Christian Leroy Duncan defeats Claudio Ribeiro by TKO (elbows) at 1:57 of Round 2
Ludovit Klein defeats AJ Cunningham by TKO (strikes) at 4:36 of Round 1
Loik Radzhabov defeats Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady by KO (strikes) at 0:49 of Round 3
Videos via official UFC YouTube
Jairzinho Rozenstruik Post-Fight Interview | UFC Vegas 87
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Vitor Petrino Post-Fight Interview | UFC Vegas 87
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QCNFnm20tQ&ab_channel=UFC
Tyson Pedro Post-Fight Interview | UFC Vegas 87
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QCNFnm20tQ&ab_channel=UFC
UFC Vegas 87: Post-Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XZt44out4o&ab_channel=UFC
Tyson Pedro quotes:
"I didn't want to take away from his win - I had a bit of a different plan"
"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"
"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"
"I don't think it's goodbye - just see you later. Until then, thanks, everyone"
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!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QCNFnm20tQ&ab_channel=UFC
UFC Vegas 87: Post-Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XZt44out4o&ab_channel=UFC
Tyson Pedro quotes:
"I didn't want to take away from his win - I had a bit of a different plan"
"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"
"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"
"I don't think it's goodbye - just see you later. Until then, thanks, everyone"
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!
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Cryptocurrency and Gold News via Media Man and FXPro
March 1, 2024
Is it time to take a closer look at altcoins?
Market picture
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.
Bitcoin rose 44.7% in February, the strongest monthly gain since December 2020. This coming March is not considered favourable from a seasonal perspective.
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%.
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.
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.
News background
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.
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.
The Coinbase exchange suffered a technical failure due to the frenzy of demand for cryptocurrencies. The problem occurred amid a "huge" influx of users.
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.
Two top Binance executives were arrested in Nigeria as the country cracks down on cryptocurrency exchanges.
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.
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Gold tries to break through historical resistance
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.
Since peaking at the very end of last year, gold has been in a downtrend, forming a series of declining local highs and lows.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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March 2, 2024
AEW Collision Highlights and Moments
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Could Chris Jericho talk sense into Undisputed Kingdom’s Wardlow? | 2/2/24, AEW Collision
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltpMUc0QDnQ&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
"Looks like I finally got someone's attention around here, huh" Wardlow
"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
"Well wait a second"
"Somebody has other ideas" Tony Schiavone
"Tony, I'm glad your back here with us because there seems to be a difference of opinion" Kevin Kelly
"I want to ask you a question. What exactly is it that your talking about?"... Chris Jericho
"I'm not an All Star. I'm one of the greatest ever to do this"! ... Chris Jericho
"Maybe the reason people stopped chanting your name - you just wearn't good enough" CJ
"You just wearn't as good as you think you are, Mike" CJ
"Wo" commentators
"I'm done eating your scraps".. Wardlow
After weeks of provocation, Mark Briscoe becomes UNHINGED vs HOB! | 2/2/24, AEW Collision
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsxRDWHT__g&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
MASSIVE 8-Man ACTION on the eve of AEW Revolution! | 2/2/24, AEW Collision
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NesJ552J8sw&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
EXCLUSIVE! Post match words from Dante Martin, Daniel Garcia, & Roderick Strong! | 2/2/24, Collision
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUbhRU-dwgs&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
Former AEW Women’s Champ Thunder Rosa is on FIRE! | 2/2/24, AEW Collision
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOwRJSvE-q8&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
Were the Bang Bang Scissor Gang able to coexist vs Dark Order? | 2/2/24, AEW Collision
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOWvsu8q6zE&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
Penta El Zero Miedo vs Bryan Keith vs Dante Martin for a spot at Revolution! | 2/2/24 AEW Collision
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-8icHlAeWA&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
A Farewell to The Icon Sting | AEW Revolution, LIVE on Pay-Per-View
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1Ry-wpS4Fg&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
"This is the legend. This is the icon. This is Sting" Narrator
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.
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Mining and Resources News
MinRes in row over lithium processing hub
May 2, 2024
Poseidon Nickel has accused the much larger Mineral Resources of reneging on a deal to acquire a nickel concentrator at Lake Johnston in the Goldfields region of Western Australia. Poseidon says Mineral Resources is seeking to renegotiate the terms of the deal that the parties agreed upon in March; Mineral Resources was to have paid $15m and a royalty stream in return for the concentrator, which it proposed to convert into a lithium processing hub. Poseidon CEO Brendan Shalders says the company is considering its legal options.
News
Anglo American won't rule out a merger
BHP's unsolicited $60bn takeover approach has come under scrutiny at Anglo American's AGM, although the UK's takeover rules mean that there are restrictions on what the target's directors can say about the deal. However, chairman Stuart Chambers told shareholders that the proposed offer price was "way too low" for Anglo American's board to consider. He advised that he will meet with shareholders in coming weeks to canvass their views on the BHP bid. Chambers also signalled that the board may be open to selling Anglo American to a rival miner if an appropriate offer is made in the future.
News
Lithium miners shine as market waits on Fed
May 1, 2024
The Australian sharemarket posted a modest gain on Tuesday, with the S&P/ASX 200 adding 0.4 per cent to close at 7,664.1 points. Fortescue was up 1.5 per cent at $26.05, Arcadium Lithium rose 8.4 per cent to $6.72 and Westpac finished 0.8 per cent higher at $25.96. However, Ampol was down 3.3 per cent at $36.81 and Worley fell 7.5 per cent to $15.09. The benchmark index shed three per cent in April.
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BHP Anglo deal could create ASX headache
May 1, 2024
BHP's dominance of Australian sharemarket weightings is likely to increase if its takeover play for Anglo American succeeds. BHP's sharemarket weighting is currently 9.5 per cent, and Plato Investment Management estimates that this would rise to about 11.2 per cent if the bid proceeds at the current offer price. Jun Bei Liu of Tribeca Investment Partners in turn notes that BHP's future ASX weighting would depend on how its stock performed after a deal with Anglo American was completed. Meanwhile, Arian Neiron from VanEck says the ASX needs to boost its IPO pipeline to reduce the sharemarket's weighting towards banking and resources stocks.
News
Copper hits $US10,000 as BHP’s bid releases the bulls
April 26, 2024
Copper prices surged to $US10,000 a tonne for the first time in two years after BHP’s blockbuster bid on resources heavyweight Anglo American sparked renewed confidence in the metal, adding fresh thrust to the wave of M&A sweeping across commodity markets.
BHP’s £31.1 billion ($59.6 billion) bid, which Anglo American knocked back on Friday, followed a more than 15 per cent surge in copper prices this year. Futures rose as much as 1.4 per cent to $US10,000 a tonne on the London Metal Exchange on Friday, the highest level since April 2022.
The metal’s resurgence has been fuelled by optimism about a recovery in global manufacturing and booming demand for clean energy technologies including wind turbines and electric vehicle batteries. That has coincided with a string of supply disruptions at major mines which has tightened the physical market.
That has prompted a growing chorus of analysts to upgrade their copper forecasts, with some tipping prices will rocket as high as $US15,000 a tonne over the coming years.
“BHP’s not making a $60 billion bid purely for copper if they don’t think the returns in copper will be as good, if not better, than iron ore for the next 10 years,” said Ben Cleary, portfolio manager of Tribeca’s Global Natural Resources fund.
(Sources: Roy Morgan, Australian Financial Review, Wires)
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CMLL @CMLL_OFICIAL Martes De Glamou
February 27, 2024
6 Man Tag Team Match
Calavera Jr I, Calavera Jr II & Temerario defeated Astro Oriental, Gallo Jr & Rafaga Jr
Tag Team Match
Dulce Kitty & Natucia defeated Sexy Sol & Valkiria
6 Man Tag Team Match
Dark Magic, Elemental & Yutani defeated Arlequin, Bestia Negra & Furia Roja by DQ
6 Woman Tag Team Match
Adira, La Catalina & Mystique defeated Japan Women’s Champion Dark Silueta, La Maligna & Persephone
6 Man Tag Team Match
Occidente Tag Team Champions Dulce Gardenia & La Fashion & Brillante Jr defeated Los Amos De Las Tormentas (Mr Trueno & Rey Trueno) & Infierno
6 Man Tag Team Match
World Historic Light Heavyweight Champion Atlantis Jr, World Historic Middleweight Champion Mistico & Flip Gordon defeated Los Infernales (Averno & Euforia) & Soberano Jr
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CMLL - EUFORIA - MEPHISTO - AVERNO VS DRAGON ROJO JR.-TERRIBLE-B. CAVERNARIO /ARENA MÉXICO/01-03-24
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CMLL - MANO A MANO / TIGER MASK VS ÚLTIMO GUERRERO / ARENA MÉXICO/01-03-24
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CMLL-GRAN GUERRERO-SOBERANO JR.-TEMPLARIO VS MÁSCARA DORADA-ATLANTIS JR.-MÍSTICO/A. MÉXICO/01-03-24
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CMLL INFORMA DEL 28 DE FEBRERO DE 2024 LA VOZ OFICIAL DEL CONSEJO MUNDIAL DE LUCHA LIBRE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqskuNWu5_k&ab_channel=VideosOficialesCMLL
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.
About CMLL
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.
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.
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Movie Box Office (North America)
1. Dune: Part Two - $81.5 million
2. Bob Marley: One Love - $7.4 million
3. Ordinary Angels - $3.9 million
4. Madame Web - $3.2 million
5. The Chosen at No. 5 - $3.2 million
6. Migration - $2.5 million
7. Demon Slayer - $2.1 million
8. Wonka - $1.7 million
9. Argylle - $1.4 million
10. The Beekeeper - $1.1 million
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Pro Wrestling
AEW @AEW Revolution
Zero Hour now broadcasting!
Zero Hour: AEW Revolution Pre Show | Sunday March 3 - 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT
https://youtube.com/watch?v=5IYp_3_yHS0
"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
TAG TEAM GRUDGE MATCH
TBS Champion Julia Hart & Skye Blue vs Kris Statlander & Willow Nightingale (w/ Stokely Hathway)
12-Man TAG TEAM MATCH
The Bang Bang Scissor Gang will take on Jeff Jarrett, Satnam Singh, Jay Lethal, Willie Mack, and Private Party
and then following will be the full card available on Pay-Per-View
Sting's Last Match! March 3, 2024
Greensboro Coliseum. Greensboro, North Carolina
Sting & Darby Allin (c) vs The EVPs aka The Young Bucks – AEW World Tag Team Titles
and much more. See the official AEW website.
Full card available worldwide via Pay-Per-View. Media Man: We're booked in via TrillerTV @FiteTV
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.
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The Star half-year net profit falls to $9.1 million
Casino operator The Star has posted a $9.1 million half-year net profit amid an ongoing legal inquiry.
The New South Wales Casino Commission ordered an investigation into the group to determine if it is fit to retain a license to operate.
The company have said higher levels of risk and compliance resourcing, higher remediation costs, increased competition, and weaker discretionary spending have smashed its profits.
Revenue is reported as being down 14 per cent to $865 million.
Net profit before significant items is down 42 per cent to $25 million.
And their $9.1 million profit proves small in comparison to its loss of $.1264 billion.
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Aussie Social Media Bytes
Meta vs Gvt; Spy vs Spy
Who do you trust?
Aussie trend to publish own websites; X up, Meta down states Elon Musk creative media contacts DogeDesign
'The Matrix-like Fun And Games'; Agent Smith, The Oracle, The Frenchmen - Truedi and Zuc The Trainman
Citizen Journalists; You Be The Neo's and Trinity's
Crack The Code Of Boring Big Tech News; Gonzo Last Edition
News That Hits You Right Between The X And Eye Balls; No FB/Meta Goggles Required
Bring Our Your Own Inner Hunter S. Thompson
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.
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.
“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.
“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.”
Scribed at The Speed Of Thought.
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Dune: Part Two | Official Trailer 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2Qp5pL3ovA&ab_channel=WarnerBros.Pictures
You are not prepared for what is to come.
Dune: Part Two - Only in theaters March 1.
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.
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Dune: Part Two Soundtrack | Travel South - Hans Zimmer | WaterTower
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGbCv544BDU&ab_channel=WaterTowerMusic
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.
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Aussie Social Media Bytes
Meta vs Gvt; Spy vs Spy
Who do you trust?
Aussie trend to publish own websites; X up, Meta down states Elon Musk creative media contacts DogeDesign
'The Matrix-like Fun And Games'; Agent Smith, The Oracle, The Frenchmen - Truedi and Zuc The Trainman
Citizen Journalists; You Be The Neo's and Trinity's
Crack The Code Of Boring Big Tech News; Gonzo Last Edition
News That Hits You Right Between The X And Eye Balls; No FB/Meta Goggles Required
Bring Our Your Own Inner Hunter S. Thompson
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.
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.
“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.
“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.”
Scribed at The Speed Of Thought.
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Wrestling News
WWE @WWE Women's Legend Natalya Neidhart Comments On The Promotion, Locker Room etc
Natalya Assesses WWE's Women's Division In Fallout Of Mr. McMahon Allegations
The allegations against Vince McMahon (former on screen character, Mr McMahon) have turned a spotlight, if not blowtorch, on the professional wrestling industry.
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.
In a recent interview with the "Gorilla Position," Natalya commented on the toll the allegations have taken on the women in WWE.
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.
"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."
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."
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."
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.
What exactly is in McMahon's future is unclear, but there are plenty of legal dealings going on behind the scenes.
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.
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
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.
Videos
FULL MATCH - Charlotte Flair vs. Natalya - WWE Women's Title Match: WWE Payback 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTWdIMVOk88&ab_channel=WWE
FULL MATCH - Ronda Rousey vs. Natalya – Raw Women’s Title Match: Raw, December 24, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-94cAPchwds&ab_channel=WWE
Natalya vs. Shayna Baszler: SmackDown, Feb. 24, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEaOU8vBIhE&t=2s&ab_channel=WWE
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Bitcoin ‘halving’ cuts supply of new tokens
April 20, 2024
A highly anticipated Bitcoin software update called the “halving” has been completed, dealing a potential blow to the companies that make money by ensuring that the digital currency functions smoothly and securely.
The once-every-four-years event cut in half the so-called mining reward, which is the amount of bitcoin released from the network to compensate companies known as miners for validating transactions.
The modification went into effect as of Friday evening New York time (Saturday AEST), according to data from analytics website mempool.space and Blockchain.com. The price of bitcoin was little changed near the $US64,000 level following the halving.
This change to the rewards was all by design and preordained by the code that runs Bitcoin’s blockchain. The supposed anonymous creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, sought to use the halving mechanism to maintain an eventual hard cap of 21 million Bitcoin in order to keep the original cryptocurrency from being inflationary.
As a result of this halving, the fourth since 2012, the daily reward paid to miners will drop to 450 Bitcoin from 900.
Bitcoin advocates expect the halving to be a positive catalyst for the latest bull market since it further reduces the supply of new tokens at a time when demand for them has risen from new exchange-traded funds that directly hold the digital asset.
Proponents of the original cryptocurrency such as MicroStrategy chairman Michael Saylor have touted it is a better store of value than traditional fiat currencies, which they say are more vulnerable to inflation.
Still, while bitcoin has rallied to records following past halvings, market watchers including analysts from JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Deutsche Bank AG had predicted that the event was pretty much priced into the market.
“As expected, the halving was fully priced in so price movement was limited,” said Kok Kee Chong, chief executive officer of Singapore-based AsiaNext, a digital-asset exchange for institutional investors.
“Now the industry will have to wait and see whether a rally will occur in the coming weeks amid sustained institutional interest.”
Notably, the dilutive effect of Bitcoin mining decreases with each halving. While the number of tokens mined in the cycle that followed the first halving amounted to 50 per cent of Bitcoin outstanding at the time the halving took effect, new supply in the upcoming cycle will only amount to 3.3 per cent, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Bullishness toward Bitcoin in the near term may be dampened by macroeconomic influences, such as signals from the Federal Reserve that interest-rate cuts are on hold and conflict in the Middle East, according to Edward Chin, co-founder of Parataxis Capital.
“We are likely to chop a bit over the coming quarter until there is clarity on the macro front,” Chin said. “During that time, the primary driver of price will likely continue to be ETF fund flows.”
The main impact from the halving is expected to be on Bitcoin mining companies rather than the actual price of the cryptocurrency.
The blockchain update is poised to wipe out billions of dollars in annual revenue for miners, though the effect will be mitigated if the cryptocurrency’s price continues to rise.
Bitcoin mining is an energy-intensive process, in which miners use specialised computers to validate transactions on the blockchain. Large-scale miners such as Marathon Digital Holdings and Riot Platforms have spent billions of dollars on acquiring energy, purchasing mining equipment and building out data centres.
JPMorgan expects the sector to consolidate, with publicly-traded firms gaining market share.
“Publicly-listed Bitcoin miners are well positioned to take advantage of the new environment, mainly due to greater access to funding and in particular equity financing,” JPMorgan analysts wrote in a note this week. “This helps them to scale their operations and invest into more efficient equipment.”
Past halvings have been completed with no discernible disruption to the functioning of the Bitcoin blockchain.
The next halving is set to take place in 2028 and the reward will be reduced to 1.5625 from 3.125 for a miner that successfully processes a block of transaction data.
The average time to finish a block is around 10 minutes. There are expected to be 64 Bitcoin halvings before the 21 million cap is reached sometime around 2140, at which point halvings will cease and the blockchain will stop issuing new tokens.
When that happens, Bitcoin miners will have to rely on transaction fees, their other revenue source besides mining rewards. Rising transaction fees may help some miners stay afloat as the rewards continue to dwindle, yet those fees are currently only a small portion of total revenue for miners.
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Cryptocurrency and Gold News via Media Man and FXPro
March 4, 2024
Two drivers of crypto growth
Market picture
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.
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.
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.
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.
News background
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Oil and Commodities News via Media Man and FXPro
March 4, 2024
Did oil find its way up?
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.
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.
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.
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”.
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.
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.
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March 4, 2024
San Antonio, Texas
Cody Rhodes & Seth Rollins to confront The Rock & Roman Reigns on SmackDown: Raw, March 4, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAv9cQGbwFk&t=2s&ab_channel=WWE
"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
Seth “Freakin” Rollins suggests a new nickname for The Rock: Raw highlights, March 4, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjMeVUTn2pI&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE
Gunther vs. “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio: Raw highlights, March 4, 2024
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Katana Chance & Kayden Carter vs. Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark: Raw highlights, March 4, 2024
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Play hardball and make Meta pay fair share for news
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.
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.
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.
Meta’s $70 million or so share has been an important boost for Australia’s professional newsrooms and serious public journalism.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Australian Financial Review benefits from this code, too, even if our business model is based more on premium subscriptions.
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”.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
Traditional, professionally reported news helps fund democracy. The Albanese government ought to insist that mega social media platforms pay their share.
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Social Media Giant Meta Getting A Bashing From Aussie News Media and Politics
Meta facing hefty fines over walking away from news media deal
Facebook’s parent company Meta could soon face major fines for breaching the news media bargaining code.
This comes after the tech giant walked away from commercial deals with Australian news outlets last week.
The deals – worth around $250 million a year for Australian news publishers – were due to expire later this year.
A fine for Meta would depend on which sections of the code it breaks.
However, the company could face fines of more than a billion dollars if it is found to break all sections of the code.
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.
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"
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May 1, 2024
A new stage of Bitcoin's decline
Market picture
Bitcoin's closing price on Tuesday became the lowest since late February, confirming the downward trend and falling under March and April support and the psychologically important round level.
Bitcoin ended April down 15.5% to $59.9K, after six months of gains out of the last seven (January BTC ended virtually unchanged).
Technical downside targets now look to be $55.7K (61.8% Fibonacci retracement of the rise since October) and the $51-52K area (late January consolidation area). However, both FOMC announcements later today and monthly jobs data on Friday have enough potential to accelerate or reverse the downtrend.
In terms of seasonality, May is not a good month for BTC. Over the past 13 years, bitcoin has ended a given month up on seven occasions and down six times. The average rise was 31.3%, and the average decline was 14.5%. Meanwhile, over the last three years, during May, BTC has slid 20% on average.
News background
FTX Administrators has completed its second round of Solana (SOL) token sales at a price in the neighbourhood of $100. The company sold 1.8 million SOLs in an auction format over the past few weeks.
CryptoQuant has seen no signs of Bitcoin miners capitulating despite the halving of the block reward. Mining has become dangerously centralised. One unnamed organisation holds the coins mined by nine large pools, controlling around 47% of the network's hashrate, according to a BitMEX report.
According to SoSoValue, outflows from spot bitcoin ETFs have continued for five consecutive days. Since the products were approved on 11 January, investors have cumulatively invested $11.94 billion in these instruments. During April, there was a multidirectional flow pattern.
The passage of the US payment-stablecoin bill could surpass the approval of spot bitcoin-ETFs, according to Bitwise. The law would allow banks like JPMorgan to enter the "stablecoin" market.
Ex-Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao was sentenced to four months in prison. The US Department of Justice had demanded a three-year prison sentence.
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Altcoins upbeat, Bitcoin hesitant to breakout
Market picture
April 24, 2024
The crypto market added 0.5% in 24 hours to $2.46 trillion as a rebound in risk appetite in stocks helped altcoins attract buying interest. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index added 1 point to 72 (Greed).
Bitcoin is avoiding sharp swings and is trading at $66.75K on Wednesday morning, adding 0.3% in 24 hours but remaining inside the previous day's range. It looks like a very cautious testing of the 50-day moving average (now at $67.3K), but just shy of surpassing it for the third day in a row.
Ethereum appears more upbeat, adding 2.3% in 24 hours to $3250, once again near the highs since 13 April. However, Ethereum's decline has been deeper, pulling the price back below the support area of March and the first few days of April. Right now, the price is 6% below the 50-day MA that Bitcoin is nearing.
News background
Thanks to Bitcoin's halving, crypto assets are recovering from losses caused by geopolitical tensions, ETC Group noted. The positive effects of the halving are not expected to begin to manifest themselves until about 100 days after the event - in August.
The US SEC has extended the review period for Franklin Templeton's application to launch an Ethereum-based spot ETF. The next deadline is 11 June. After that date, the SEC will have to either give the green light or reject the application to launch the new product.
Bitcoin is entering a "DeFi summer" similar to Ethereum in 2020 thanks to record fees, Bernstein noted. Activity on the network is largely due to the launch of the Runes protocol.
According to The Block Data Dashboard, the combined market value of USD-linked stablecoins has risen to $165.2bn, the highest since June 2022, with 70% of this market share in USDT.
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Binance in Canada. A group of investors claim that the exchange violated local securities laws. Binance announced that it would cease operations in Canada back in May 2023.
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Dollar Pullback from Overbought Territory Boosts Appeal
April 24, 2024
The US dollar's gains stalled last week, and on Tuesday, it lost a third of a cent against a basket of major currencies to 105.4 from a peak of 106.3 the week before.
Yesterday's pullback more closely resembles the start of broader profit-taking than a reversal of the dollar's upward trend since early March.
The dollar was somewhat overheated after the 10-12 April spike. In addition, earlier this month, the DXY entered the turning area of last October. As it often happens, the ascent to the previous extremums is fast, but their overcoming indicates a change of the market regime, which happens only after a significant shakeout.
The formal reason for the weakening of the dollar on Tuesday was the positive dynamics of stock indices and the strengthening of the pound, with less certainty for a soon rate cut from BoE.
Now, there are higher chances for deepening the DXY correction with the potential to go down to 105.3 or even to the area of 104.8-105.0, where many turning points are concentrated. Such a plunge would increase the appeal of buying the dollar against major currencies, removing the technical overheating.
The ability to rise from current levels opens a fast road to the April highs near 106.3, with the finale of this journey near 108.0.
The bearish scenario for the dollar, in our view, will be activated in the event of a failure under 104.8, forcing a search for support in the 103.80-104.0 area.
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Strong profit-taking in gold or the beginning of a reversal?
April 22, 2024
Gold is under pressure this week, having pulled back to the $2300 per troy ounce level. The decline since Friday's close is over 3.7%. The formal trigger is a more moderate escalation in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict than expected at the beginning of the month. However, we view the current pullback as a welcome technical correction that could develop into a bear market.
Last Friday, the price of a troy ounce of gold on the spot market broke the $2400 mark for the second time in history. And once again, there was strong resistance at this round level. Since the beginning of the week, we have seen systematic intraday selling of gold and silver, not related to the stock market or currencies. That is, traders focus on this idea, ignoring global fluctuations in risk demand.
In a correction, the price has already now pulled back below the 76.4% intermediate retracement level of the rally from the February lows to the April peak. This is an important signal of a more global shakeout, as we recently saw such a shallow correction in March in a more obvious bull market.
The downside amplitude over these two days, which is the largest in the last two years, cannot be ignored.
On the daily timeframes, the RSI has pulled back sharply from the overbought area, also indicating an active downward move. Earlier, we noted a divergence between this indicator and the price, where two RSI touches of the 85 level were at $2100 and $2350. This was an important precursor to the decline, the development of which we are now seeing.
Nevertheless, the positive scenario remains valid as long as the price is above $2360, where the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level lies. We assume that gold is capable of returning to the upside after a technical shakeout.
A sell-off in gold over the next couple of days could quickly take the price to $2360. A dip below would be an important first signal of a true reversal. The ability to go below $2185-2200 within a couple of weeks would raise the question of a long-term trend reversal with a potential downside target before the end of the year at $1900.
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April 26, 2024
Snapshot
ASX futures down 44 points or 0.6% to 7598
AUD +0.3% to 65.17 US cents
Bitcoin +1.1% to $US64,659
Dow -1.1% S&P -0.3% Nasdaq -0.7%
FTSE +0.5% DAX -1.0% CAC -0.9%
Gold +0.8% to $US2334.05 an ounce
Brent oil +1.4% to $US89.22 a barrel
Iron ore +0.3% to $US118.30 a tonne
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April 24, 2024
Crypto: Bears are plotting a new attack
Market picture
Over the past 24 hours, the cryptocurrency market has lost more than 3.5%, falling to a capitalisation of $2.37 trillion. Bitcoin shows a decline with a similar amplitude; Ethereum lost less than 3%, while BNB added 0.1%, and Solana fell by 6.5%.
On Wednesday, Bitcoin retreated significantly from its 50-day moving average, which we see as an important manifestation of bearish strength. Most crypto traders clearly took this signal.
For example, on the daily charts of Solana and Cardano, the rebound over the past ten days now looks like a tactical retreat by the bears, who decided to sell the market again on Wednesday. It is worth keeping a close eye on whether selling can bring the price below the previous local lows, around $125 for Solana and $0.4 for Cardano.
News background
The possibility of creditors of bankrupt platform Mt.Gox selling 142,000 BTC (over $9bn) in the coming weeks could "spook the market" and put pressure on bitcoin, according to K33 Research. Mt.Gox is expected to distribute its assets of 142,000 BTC, 143,000 BCH and 69 billion yen to customers by 31 October 2024. Lenders will start receiving bitcoins as early as next month.
After the halving, demand for Bitcoin will be five times the supply due to the reduction in daily issuance volume, Bitfinex expects.
After the fourth halving, Bitcoin has finally displaced gold as the most deficit asset in the context of rising supply, Glassnode noted. Capital continues to flow into BTC despite "volatility, negative headlines and cyclical drawdowns".
Standard Chartered, an investment bank, retreated its positive outlook on the spot Ethereum-ETF and now doubts the SEC will approve the instrument in May. The bank reiterated its previous forecast of $150K for Bitcoin at the end of 2024 and $8K for ETH. Cryptocurrencies may resume growth after the market's congestion of longs is lifted.
Coinbase is launching a $15 million television advertising campaign to promote the benefits of crypto payments. The exchange will air three spots on four TV channels during the NBA playoffs broadcasts.
According to Bloomberg, trading of a spot bitcoin-ETF from Bosera Capital and HashKey Capital on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange will start on 30 April. The spot bitcoin-ETF was approved by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission on 15 April.
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Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou
Cross-Over Trend Continues As Elite Fighters Aim To Cash In; Public Demand Remains Solid says Media Man
Fight Details
Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou will take place on Friday, March 8
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Turning pro in 2013, Ngannou joined the UFC in 2015. He went 12-2 with the promotion and had 10 wins via knockout.
“We were doing the promo and he was very chilled, very relaxed,” Predator Ngannou told news media at a workout on Tuesday.
“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.
“I think we are both professional enough to know what we have to do to get to where we want to go.”
AJ vs Francis Ngannou in do or die fight for the British superstar.
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.
Joshua bested a cunning southpaw Otto Wallin on another blockbuster bill in the Middle East at the end of last year.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
And the winner between Joshua and Ngannou are then set to challenge for the unified belts.
We are on the Road To The Riyadh Rumble with reps and title shots on the line.
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!
Full Card
Anthony Joshua vs. Francis Ngannou — heavyweights
Zhilei Zhang vs Joseph Parker — WBO interim heavyweight title
Rey Vargas vs Nick Ball — WBC featherweight title
Israil Madrimov vs. Magomed Kurbanov — vacant WBA super welterweight title
Gavin Gwynne vs. Mark Chamberlain — WBA international lightweight title
Justis Huni vs. Kevin Lerena — heavyweight
Roman Fury vs. Martin Svarc — heavyweight
Prelims: 4pm UK
Jack McGann vs. Louis Green — super welterweight
Ziyad Almaayouf vs. Christian Lopez Flores — super lightweight
Andrii Novytski vs. Juan Torres — heavyweight
Videos
The Mac Life YouTube
Francis Ngannou and Tyson Fury argue: “Without boxing rules, you are NOTHING in front of me”
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"I had to tell him OFF! He should be thanking me" 😡 | Tyson Fury on Ngannou exchange
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JOSHUA VS NGANNOU! 🔥 | PRESS CONFERENCE
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The FIRST face-off of fight week! 🥶 | Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou
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"I hope Joshua is not your friend" 😂 | Francis Ngannou has a message for Thierry Henry
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Caesars CEO: “Everything that could go wrong” did in “butt-kicking” at Vegas tables
The CEO of Caesars, Tom Reeg, said the company “isn’t in the habit of delivering quarters like this” when the gaming giant announced Q1 revenue and earnings that fell below 2023 levels. Reeg told Wall Street analysts Tuesday that he would want answers, too, if he were in their chairs. The company reported net revenue of $2.74 billion, down from $2.83 billion in 2023, a decline of 1.2%. Adjusted earnings were $853 million compared to $958 a year ago, a decline of 9.9%.
Analyst: Las Vegas Strip’s lucky streak ending soon
Las Vegas casinos have seen three consecutive years of revenue growth, following their emergence from the COVID lockdown. But those good times are about to end, according to Deutsche Bank analyst Carlo Santarelli. In a report published Tuesday morning, Santarelli depicts a “highly bifurcated” Las Vegas Strip, one in which the lower end is lagging even as events like Formula One and the Super Bowl drive high-end results. At the same time, “The lower- to mid-tier properties have largely peaked and begun to decline.”
California: $325M Chicken Ranch Casino Resort sets soft opening July 15
The new, nearly complete $325 million Chicken Ranch Casino, Resort and Conference Center will begin welcoming guests in July, the Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California announced at 10 a.m. Wednesday. The new casino resort, about 2 miles southwest of downtown Jamestown, will be nine stories tall with a larger casino, new restaurants and bars, a 197-room hotel, fitness center and rooftop pool, plus a conference center, gift shop and a tribal cultural center. Chicken Ranch tribal leaders and casino managers say the resort will start welcoming guests on July 15.
Report: North Carolina bill would ban college props in newest U.S. market
Just months after launching NC sports betting, legislators in the Tar Heel State could change up the law. As NCAA President Charlie Baker pushes for states to ban college prop betting, Rep. Marcia Morey plans to introduce an NC sports betting bill prohibiting the wagers this session, which started Wednesday and runs until July 31, WRAL-TV reported. Online NC sports betting began March 11. During initial sports betting legalization debates, Morey voted against it and suggested various amendments like college prop prohibitions.
Betsson reports 12 percent revenue increase in first quarter
Swedish online gambling company Betsson AB reported growth in revenue, net profit and operating profit in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the same period last year. “I’m very pleased with the start of the year. First quarter 2024 was another strong quarter for Betsson with high customer activity across the board, solid revenue growth and a record operating profit,” said President and CEO Pontus Lindwall. “Our ambition is to generate stable earnings growth in the long run.
MGM’s Osaka IR secures $3.4 billion in funding via loan agreement with banks
The joint venture entity developing Japan’s first integrated resort in Osaka has secured a loan agreement with a group of banks reported to be worth $3.4 billion.
According to the Nikkei, Osaka IR Corporation – the joint venture between US casino giant MGM Resorts International and local partner ORIX – will work with MUFG Bank Ltd and Mitsui Banking Corporation on what has been described as the largest co-financing arrangement in Japan from a group of banks.
Nikkei said another two companies linked to Hankyu Hanshin Holdings have also decided to invest. Hankyu Hanshin is a Japanese multinational holding company whose interests include private railway companies Hankyu Corp and Hanshin Electric Railway Co Ltd.
Pro Wrestling In Las Vegas!
Las Vegas to host WrestleMania 41 on Saturday, April 19 and Sunday, April 20
STAMFORD, Conn., May 4, 2024 – WWE®, part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), in conjunction with the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, today announced that Las Vegas will host WrestleMania 41 at Allegiant Stadium on Saturday, April 19 and Sunday, April 20, 2025.
“Las Vegas is the Sports and Entertainment Capital of the World. Allegiant Stadium has proven to be even greater than the A+ venue Las Vegas guaranteed it would be,” said Nick Khan, WWE President. “We look forward to bringing WWE’s biggest event, WrestleMania, to Las Vegas and Allegiant Stadium so we can collectively make WrestleMania 41 on April 19 & 20, 2025, the most successful WWE event of all time.”
“Bringing the iconic global brands of WWE and Las Vegas together will create what is sure to be an unforgettable event and weekend,” said Steve Hill, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority President & CEO. “As the Sports and Entertainment Capital of the World, hosting WrestleMania 41 is the perfect addition to our events calendar, and we can’t wait to welcome the WWE Universe to Las Vegas in 2025.”
Over the last four decades, WrestleMania has evolved from a made-for-television spectacle to a cultural phenomenon complete with stadium and arena events, fan festivities and premium experiences. In addition to the two-night stadium event, WWE will bring Raw, SmackDown, NXT Stand & Deliver, WWE World and the 2025 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony to Las Vegas, as well as a variety of community outreach events designed to give back to the local region.
This past April, WrestleMania XL became the most-successful and highest-grossing event in company history, breaking the previous gate record set by WrestleMania 39 by 78 percent, with 145,298 in attendance over two nights at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. WrestleMania delivers more than $200 million in economic impact for host cities.
Additionally, official WrestleMania 41 Priority Passes will soon be available through exclusive partner On Location, offering fans premium seating, hospitality events with Superstar appearances, exclusive photo opportunities, and more. Starting today, fans can place a deposit to secure access ahead of the general public. To learn more about WrestleMania 41 Priority Passes or to place a deposit, please visit https://onlocationexp.com/wm41
Additional ticket details and event information will be announced in the coming months. To learn more about registering for pre-sale opportunities, please visit: https://www.wwe.com/wm41-presale-registration
ABOUT WWE
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ABOUT THE LVCVA
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) is charged with positioning Southern Nevada as the undisputed global destination for leisure and business travel and operates the 4.6 million square-foot Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC). With nearly 155,000 hotel rooms and more than 15 million square feet of meeting and exhibit space in Las Vegas, the LVCVA's mission centers on attracting visitors to the area. The LVCVA also owns the Vegas Loop at Las Vegas Convention Center, designed, and operated by The Boring Company, and also owns the Las Vegas Monorail, an elevated 3.9-mile system with seven stops throughout the resort corridor. For more information, go to www.lvcva.com, www.visitlasvegas.com or www.vegasmeansbusiness.com
ABOUT ALLEGIANT STADIUM
Located adjacent to the world-famous Las Vegas Strip and home to the Las Vegas Raiders, Allegiant Stadium is an award-winning global events destination. A state-of-the-art, multipurpose venue with a capacity of 65,000, Allegiant Stadium has hosted world-class music artists such as Garth Brooks, The Rolling Stones, Guns N’ Roses, Taylor Swift, and BTS with more legendary concerts to come. The fully enclosed stadium is also home to the UNLV Rebels football team and has hosted premier sporting events such as the CONCACAF Gold Cup Final, Pac-12 Championship Game, Las Vegas Bowl, and WWE SummerSlam. The venue also hosted Super Bowl LVIII in 2024, along with the NFL Pro Bowl in 2022 and 2023. Allegiant Stadium is committed to giving back to the community through numerous diversity, inclusion, and community outreach initiatives. In addition, Allegiant Stadium is proud to be both LEED Gold certified and powered by 100% Nevada-sourced renewable energy and is dedicated to implementing sustainable practices and programs. For more information on Allegiant Stadium, visit www.allegiantstadium.com or follow us at @allegiantstadm on X and @allegiantstadium on Instagram. (Credit: WWE)
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Pro Wrestling
All Elite Wrestling @AEW
Full 2024 pay-per-view schedule:
Sunday, April 21 – AEW: Dynasty at Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis
Sunday, May 26 – AEW: Double or Nothing at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas
Sunday, June 30 – AEW: Forbidden Door at UBS Arena in Elmont, N.Y.
Sunday, August 25 – AEW: All In London at Wembley Stadium in London, UK
Sunday, September 1 – AEW: All Out at NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill.
Saturday, October 12 – AEW: WrestleDream at Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Wash.
Saturday, November 23 – AEW: Full Gear at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.
Saturday, December 28 – AEW: World’s End at Addition Financial Arena in Orlando, Fla.
“Last month’s AEW: Revolution was the best pay-per-view event in company history, further cementing AEW’s dominance as the leader in cutting-edge professional wrestling pay-per-view events worldwide,” said Khan. “With AEW: Dynasty on the horizon next Sunday, we are solidifying our remaining 2024 pay-per-view schedule by returning to familiar places and debuting in iconic locations, giving fans around the world the opportunity to make plans in advance to be part of the excitement live in-person."
Tickets for AEW: Dynasty in St. Louis, AEW: Double Or Nothing in Las Vegas and AEW: All In London in the UK are currently on sale via AEWTix.com. Additional information on the remaining events, including on sale dates, will be announced in the coming weeks. Fans interested in exclusive presale opportunities can register to become an AEW Insider by visiting allelitewrestling.com/aew-insider
About AEW
Founded by CEO, GM and Head of Creative Tony Khan in 2019, AEW is a red-hot professional wrestling promotion featuring a world-class roster that is injecting new spirit, freshness and energy into the industry. “AEW: Dynamite” airs every Wednesday from 8-10 p.m. ET on TBS, “AEW: Rampage” airs every Friday from 10-11 p.m. ET on TNT, and “AEW: Collision” airs every Saturday from 8-10 p.m. ET on TNT. AEW’s multi-platform content also includes “AEW Unrestricted,” a weekly podcast series.
News
AEW Dynasty
Videos via the official AEW YouTube channel
Samoa Joe v Swerve & Ospreay v Danielson Dream Match | AEW Countdown to Dynasty, LIVE on PPV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_eqELVz0ks&t=12s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
"AEW in 2024 is only going to continue to grow and build"... Tony Khan
"The entire wrestling world was waiting for Business Business"...Renee Paquette
Before their match at Dynasty, Strickland & AEW Champ Samoa Joe CLASH! | 4/17/24, AEW Dynamite
https://youtu.be/YYkKxVi4UH0?si=Yd_neg2jYmIn2iaR
"Yeah, he's a man of his word. There's no doubt about that" Tony Schiavone AEW Dynasty will be broadcast worldwide by numerous providers including the award winning TrillerTV @FiteTV
FTW! From Brian Cage to HOOK! The History of the FTW Title in AEW. | AEW Timelines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSU5rc6kwfs&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
AEW Dynasty Card Line-Up. Available via numerous providers including TrillerTV @FiteTV
Pre-Show Six-Man Tag for the AEW World Trios Championships and ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championships: The Acclaimed (Max Caster & Anthony Bowens) and Billy Gunn (c) vs. Bullet Club Gold (Jay White, Austin Gunn & Colten Gunn) (c)
Pre-Show Match: Trent Beretta vs. Matt Sydal
Pre-Show Tag Match: Orange Cassidy and Katsuyori Shibata vs. Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor and Lee Moriarty)
AEW International Championship: Roderick Strong (c) vs. Kyle O'Reilly
FTW Rules Match for the FTW Championship: Hook (c) vs. Chris Jericho
Adam Copeland, Eddie Kingston and Mark Briscoe vs. The House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King & Buddy Matthews)
House Rules Match for the TBS Championship: Julia Hart (c) vs. Willow Nightingale
Continental Championship: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Pac
Ladder Match for vacant AEW World Tag Team Championships: Young Bucks vs. FTR
AEW Women's World Championship: "Timeless" Toni Storm (c) vs. Thunder Rosa
Will Ospreay vs. Bryan Danielson
AEW World Championship: Samoa Joe (c) vs. Swerve Strickland
Media Man: Swerve Strickland and Samoa Joe are strong personalities in a strong storyline. Exceptional in-ring workers. Ospreay vs Danielson can be expected to be off the charts. AEW puts their money where there mouth is and delivers must see and dream matches, primarily on PPV every month without exception.
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Pro Wrestling
All Elite Wrestling @AEW Dynamite
March 6, 2024
Gas South Arena. Duluth, Georgia
Swerve addresses AEW Revolution & AEW Champ Samoa Joe answers! | 3/6/24 AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV2Ai4AC8ao&t=7s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
"Swere. Listen to the fans brother. They live this man. There is no question about it" Tony Schiavone
"You know. I don't know if I deserve that Tony. You know, what's Swerves house without the keys"... Swerve Strickland
Will Ospreay takes on ROH TV Champion & Callis Family member Kyle Fletcher! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O3_HGxj3n8&t=10s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
The Rainmaker OKADA is ALL ELITE?! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gp22yN_8xU&t=7s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
"One of my profound pleasures is to call him a co-worker these past few years"
FTW Championship Match! Mogul Embassy’s Brian Cage faces champion Hook! | 3/6/24 AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNPyMhmzzHY&t=8s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
"Get out of the way" Taz
"The chair driven into the spine of the FTW champion" Excalibur
After their confrontation at AEW Revolution, Daddy Magic takes on Killswitch! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkk1J55LSeQ&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
"Killswitch. He's biting Killswitches hand"
"I think we sould congratulate Christian Cage. Still being the TNT champion"
"Long overdue"
Former AEW Women’s Champ Riho vs Former TBS Champ Kris Statlander! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufdCZTGOgSc&t=9s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
"The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada in AEW! AEW Timelines
https://youtu.be/78xj6IQ9lFo?si=Dr8ZQUUO2bGwHuOa
"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.
And more great pro wrestling via the official AEW YouTube channel
www.youtube.com/AEW
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Pro Wrestling
All Elite Wrestling @AEW Dynamite
March 6, 2024
Gas South Arena. Duluth, Georgia
Swerve addresses AEW Revolution & AEW Champ Samoa Joe answers! | 3/6/24 AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV2Ai4AC8ao&t=7s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
"Swere. Listen to the fans brother. They live this man. There is no question about it" Tony Schiavone
"You know. I don't know if I deserve that Tony. You know, what's Swerves house without the keys"... Swerve Strickland
Will Ospreay takes on ROH TV Champion & Callis Family member Kyle Fletcher! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O3_HGxj3n8&t=10s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
The Rainmaker OKADA is ALL ELITE?! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gp22yN_8xU&t=7s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
"One of my profound pleasures is to call him a co-worker these past few years"
FTW Championship Match! Mogul Embassy’s Brian Cage faces champion Hook! | 3/6/24 AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNPyMhmzzHY&t=8s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
"Get out of the way" Taz
"The chair driven into the spine of the FTW champion" Excalibur
After their confrontation at AEW Revolution, Daddy Magic takes on Killswitch! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkk1J55LSeQ&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
"Killswitch. He's biting Killswitches hand"
"I think we sould congratulate Christian Cage. Still being the TNT champion"
"Long overdue"
Former AEW Women’s Champ Riho vs Former TBS Champ Kris Statlander! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufdCZTGOgSc&t=9s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
"The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada in AEW! AEW Timelines
https://youtu.be/78xj6IQ9lFo?si=Dr8ZQUUO2bGwHuOa
"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.
And more great pro wrestling via the official AEW YouTube channel
www.youtube.com/AEW
#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
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Combat Sports: Boxing
Anthony Joshua vs Francis "The Predator" Ngannou
Boxing Promoters Borrow Pages Out Of Pro Wrestling Playbook: World class production, animated storylines and FN's Great promos and insider look etc
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
Francis Ngannou 20lbs heavier (272.6lbs) than Anthony Joshua at weigh-in for hyped Saudi fight
Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou will take place on Friday, March 8 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
PPV: Main Event and Kayo Sports in Australia DAZN in many parts of the world
Ngannou Quotees
“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.”
“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.
“My official prediction is me leaving the ring with the victory.”
“I deliver, I’m the postman!”
“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”
“This is just my second boxing match, even though I am taking on the two best guys in the world in boxing.
“I am the underdog, I am going out there to prove that you can be an underdog and stand your ground”
Back Story
"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.
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.
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.
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.
Anthony Joshua quotes
“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.”
Francis Ngannou quotes
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.”
Eddie Hearn (promoter) quotes
“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.
“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.
“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.”
If your the slightest big confussed, we're got two words for you - That's Boxing!
Videos
Matchroom Boxing YouTube
Knockout Chaos
INCREDIBLE 👾 Anthony Joshua Vs Francis Ngannou: Knockout Chaos Promo 🎥
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8KO_5pldbM&ab_channel=MatchroomBoxing
About Matchroom Boxing
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.
Anthony Joshua Vs Francis Ngannou: Knockout Chaos Weigh In Live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCxVqaUZWfE&t=8s&ab_channel=MatchroomBoxing
Inside Look - Knockout Chaos: Joshua Vs Ngannou & Zhang Vs Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsxN5ae0Qz0&t=11s&ab_channel=MatchroomBoxing
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.
“Ngannou Worries Me Vs Anthony Joshua!"- Eddie Hearn On Knockout Chaos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9M5TvUimx8&t=151s&ab_channel=MatchroomBoxing
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.
DAZN Boxing YouTube
"Anything Can Happen": Joshua vs. Ngannou Preview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BJuJqsIXYc&t=40s&ab_channel=DAZNBoxing
Tyson Fury: I'd like to back Anthony Joshua against Francis Ngannou, but..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab6FINoPmBs&t=12s&ab_channel=DAZNBoxing
"As Far Back As I Can Remember I Wanted To Be A Fighter" - Off The Cuff With Francis Ngannou
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO8hjmaxPDA&ab_channel=DAZNBoxing
DAZN Boxing YouTube Ngannou Trolls Tyson Fury https://youtube.com/watch?v=zAqKpMU7-hg
Sky Sports Boxing YouTube
JOSHUA VS NGANNOU! ⚖ | FULL WEIGH-IN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFx55fdyY8I&t=3s&ab_channel=SkySportsBoxing
BISPING reacts: Francis Ngannou THREATENS Tyson Fury! | Joshua vs Ngannou Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtkmut6YIT8&ab_channel=MichaelBisping
Betting? You Bet Punter!
Joshua vs. Ngannou fight card, odds
Anthony Joshua -345 vs. Francis Ngannou +270, heavyweights
Nick Ball -190 vs. Rey Vargas (c) +158, WBC featherweight title
Israil Madrimov -400 vs. Magomed Kurbanov +310, vacant WBA super welterweight title
Zhilei Zhang (c) -240 vs. Joseph Parker +195, WBO interim heavyweight title
Mark Chamberlain -278 vs. Gavin Gwynne +222, lightweights
Andrii Novytskyi vs. Juan Torres, heavyweights. TBA
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Nine and News Corp bosses reveal impact of Meta’s withdrawal from content agreements in new documentary ‘Tech Tyrants: Facebook’s War on Australia’
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.
The devastating impact from Facebook’s bombshell move to stop paying for news content in Australia is revealed in an exclusive Sky News investigation.
‘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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
‘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.
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Combat Sports: Boxing
Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson
Date: July 20, 2024
AT&T Stadium. Arlington, Texas
Broadcast via Netflix @netflix
Paul via X
“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.”
“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.”
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
Media Release
The Live Professional Sports Event Will Take Place at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
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.
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.
“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.”
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.
“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.”
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.
“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.”
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.
"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."
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/
About Jake Paul
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.
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.
About Mike Tyson
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.
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.
About Netflix
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.
About Most Valuable Promotions (MVP)
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.
About AT&T Stadium
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
(Credit: Netflix)
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Odds
Paul as the -360 betting fav
Tyson is +300 as the underdog
Videos
Jake Paul Official YouTube
www.youtube.com/@jakepaul
I'm Fighting Mike Tyson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKx1LebwBLs&ab_channel=JakePaul
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)
Netflix Neherland and Belgie
https://www.youtube.com/@Netflixbenelux
Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson | Live Event
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VLCOThWl2g&ab_channel=NetflixNederland%26Belgi%C3%AB
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)
Valuetainment Official YouTube
"Elderly Abuse" - Chael Sonnen Reacts to the Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson Fight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyqjAkMHsc0&t=505s&ab_channel=Valuetainment
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)
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Pro Wrestling
WWE @WWE Raw
Kansas City, Missouri
April 29, 2024
Loaded, stacked and drama filled red hot raw says Media Man
CM Punk to Drew McIntyre: “I’ll make your life a living hell”: Raw highlights, April 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnPHwQkS8WQ&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE
Logan Paul recognizes Patrick Mahomes during the second round: Raw, April 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmo4H0MdMXE&ab_channel=WWE
Logan Paul uses Patrick Mahomes’ Super Bowl rings as a weapon: Raw highlights, April 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBe4IhjUft4&t=16s&ab_channel=WWE
Kansas City Chiefs, guests of honor and first responders open Raw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkO09d_sgGs&t=4s&ab_channel=WWE
Adam Pearce and Nick Aldis announce round six of the WWE Draft: Raw highlights, April 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXnuRG7Ag1w&t=7s&ab_channel=WWE
Stephanie McMahon returns as Imperium are picked first: Raw highlights, April 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzcsBfwQ7yY&t=6s&ab_channel=WWE
Alundra Blayze and Teddy Long return for the WWE Draft: Raw highlights, April 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xwom-Fxyys&t=5s&ab_channel=WWE
APA return for the third round of the WWE Draft: Raw highlights, April 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id6u3v7NUNI&t=2s&ab_channel=WWE
Braun Strowman stops Logan Paul and Finn Bálor’s attack on Jey Uso: Raw highlights, April 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ0Ie_4mC_s&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE
Gunther brutally injures Xavier Woods’ leg: Raw highlights, April 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebNNk8rizrM&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE
Chad Gable attacks Sami Zayn during “Big” Bronson Reed’s match: Raw highlights, April 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfJ7iSmjDUA&t=10s&ab_channel=WWE
Nia Jax wants a match against Becky Lynch or Liv Morgan: Raw highlights, April 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEFwf_9nMp0&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE
Awesome Truth vs. Alpha Academy – World Tag Team Title Match: Raw highlights, April 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHEUxC5sX0I&ab_channel=WWE
R-Truth interviews The Miz about Awesome Truth’s huge win: WWE Raw Talk, April 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAwlrswttZU&ab_channel=WWE
Lyra Valkyria is shocked after being drafted to Raw: Raw exclusive, April 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWqOdtLT2VM&t=8s&ab_channel=WWE
Dijak is prepared to become part of Raw once again: Raw exclusive, April 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8xjMgIHbpw&t=5s&ab_channel=WWE
Blair Davenport vows to conquer SmackDown like she did NXT: Raw exclusive, April 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=926zG4dX2QA&t=6s&ab_channel=WWE
It’s destiny that Ilja Dragunov is now on Raw with Gunther: Raw exclusive, April 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr0Lmp-3fmI&t=6s&ab_channel=WWE
Ava and Karmen Petrovic says the WWE Draft proves NXT’s greatness: Raw exclusive, April 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEXmX1CQUls&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE
Cross-over now to WWE Now!
2024 WWE Draft Night Two Preview for Raw: WWE Now, April 29, 2024 https://youtube.com/watch?v=apY6bHolEMI&ab_channel=WWE
Media Man WWE Draft continues! CM Punk attended and got a live microphone! as a well as a prime seat in a VIP box. Our "Prime Heel" Logan Paul speaks his mind. Cheers, with our without caffeine! LP, the U.S champ keepin it real. The heel you love to hate. Big Time Becky Lynch. The hunter has become the hunted once again. Book her strong booker man. One scribe for the insiders Jax and others hot on her tail. Next chapter in progress. The Judgement Day vs Jey Uso, Andrade and Ricochet!
Broadcast announcers Michael Cole and Pat McAfee have got their work cut out for them, not to mention Raw GM Adam Pearce!
Mayhem for all via the official WWE YouTube channel
http://youtube.com/wwe
Media Man: Red hot show in our view. Star power, action and tons of drama. Karrion Kross and his goons are going to change up the timeline. "Times are a changing", as Michael Cole so brilliantly said. So sayeth!
NXT @WWENXT roster pumped to make a difference on RAW and beyond. Logan Paul, Patrick M and I Show Speed had a field day with this crowd and a captive audience.
and more...
Every pick of the 2024 WWE Draft: Raw highlights, April 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubVboDCFNqQ&t=6s&ab_channel=WWE
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Combat Sports
UFC @ufc 299
Kaseya Center, Miami, Florida, USA
March 10, 2024
Sean O'Malley vs Marlon 'Chito' Vera
Videos, Media and Card
UFC Official YouTube channel
UFC 299: Pre-Fight Press Conference Highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKo7pjMOqXA&ab_channel=UFC
"Yeah, I'm very calm going into this fight" Sean O’Malley
Athletes competing in the main card at UFC 299 took the stage in Miami to answer questions from the press
Main Event YouTube
Sean O'Malley & Rob Whittaker praise each other ahead of Chito Vera fight | UFC 299
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgSxy3CUoXQ&ab_channel=mainevent
Niko Pajarillo and Robert Whittaker interview 'Suga' Sean O'Malley ahead of the bantamweight champion's title fight against Marlon Vera.
UFC YouTube
Sean O'Malley - Journey to UFC Champion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZYRSkr8nnU&ab_channel=UFC
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.
UFC 299 Embedded: Vlog Series - Episode 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK_Sda7D77E&ab_channel=UFC
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.
More great background and newsworth videos to be added to the official UFC YouTube channel
www.youtube.com/ufc
Full Card
UFC 299 Main Event On ESPN+ PPV:
135 lbs.: UFC Bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley vs. Marlon Vera
UFC 299 Main Card On ESPN+ PPV (10 p.m. ET):
155 lbs.: Dustin Poirier vs. Benoit Saint-Denis
170 lbs.: Kevin Holland vs. Michael Page
170 lbs.: Gilbert Burns vs. Jack Della Maddalena
135 lbs.: Petr Yan vs. Yadong Song
UFC 299 Late ‘Prelims’ Card On ESPN/ESPN+ (8 p.m. ET):
265 lbs.: Curtis Blaydes vs. Jailton Almeida
125 lbs.: Katlyn Cerminara vs. Maycee Barber
155 lbs.: Mateusz Gamrot vs. Rafael dos Anjos
135 lbs.: Pedro Munhoz vs. Kyler Phillips
UFC 299 Early ‘Prelims’ Card On Fight Pass/ESPN+ (6 p.m. ET)
205 lbs.: Ion Cutelaba vs. Philipe Lins
185 lbs.: Michel Pereira vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk
265 lbs.: Robelis Despaigne vs. Josh Parisian
125 lbs.: C.J. Vergara vs. Asu Almabaev
125 lbs.: Joanne Wood vs. Maryna Moroz
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.
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Wrestling - Gaming News
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.
There is also a WWE 2K24 40 Years of WrestleMania Edition.
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.
It should be noted that not all of the scenes feature him blurred out.
McMahon was also dropped from the WWE 2K24 roster.
Media
WWE Official YouTube
Relive 40 Years of WrestleMania in WWE 2K24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6lI2FztyDw&ab_channel=WWE
Finish your story and recreate some of the biggest moments in WrestleMania history in WWE 2K24, available starting March 5.
WWE Games YouTube
Step Into The Story | WWE 2K24 Official Launch Trailer | 2K
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8SiQKottLo&ab_channel=WWE2K
Legacy | WWE 2K24 Official Gameplay Trailer | 2K
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIK0-cBlilM&ab_channel=WWE2K
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)
“FINISH YOUR STORY” IN WWE® 2K24 DELUXE EDITION AND FORTY YEARS OF WRESTLEMANIA EDITION NOW AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE
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
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.
“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.”
WWE 2K24 boasts an array of new features and improvements on existing fan-favorites:
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;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbiy2I5jt90&ab_channel=WWE2K
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;
https://wwe.2k.com/2k24/roster-list/
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;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIK0-cBlilM&ab_channel=WWE2K
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;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEvXZ7YJofo&ab_channel=WWE2K
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**;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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.
https://wwe.2k.com/2k24/season-pass/
WWE 2K24 Editions
WWE 2K24 features four editions of the game: Standard Edition, Standard Cross-Gen Digital Edition, Deluxe Edition, and Forty Years of WrestleMania Edition:
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);
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*****;
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;
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!;
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!;
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***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.
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Combat Sports: Boxing
Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson
Date: July 20, 2024
AT&T Stadium. Arlington, Texas
Broadcast via Netflix
@netflix
Paul via X
“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.”
“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.”
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
Media Release
The Live Professional Sports Event Will Take Place at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
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.
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.
“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.”
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.
“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.”
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.
“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.”
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.
"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."
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
About Jake Paul
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.
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.
About Mike Tyson
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.
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.
About Netflix
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.
About Most Valuable Promotions (MVP)
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.
About AT&T Stadium
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
(Credit: Netflix)
Media Man
Odds
Paul as the -360 betting fav
Tyson is +300 as the underdog
Videos
Jake Paul Official YouTube
http://youtube.com/@jakepaul
I'm Fighting Mike Tyson.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=WKx1LebwBLs&ab_channel=JakePaul
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)
Netflix Neherland and Belgie
https://youtube.com/@Netflixbenelux
Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson | Live Event
https://youtube.com/watch?v=-VLCOThWl2g&ab_channel=NetflixNederland%26Belgi%C3%AB
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)
Pro Wrestling
WWE
@WWE
SmackDown
March 8, 2024
American Airlines Center
Dallas, Texas
The Bloodline Continues To Evolve
Are tensions getting tested between champion and Tribal Chief Roman Reigns and Dwayne Johnson (DJ on the TKO Group board of directors)?
"Wiseman" Paul Heyman is getting indicted into the WWE Hall of Fame 2024. But, who will induct him?
Uso Brothers Jimmy and Jey are still separated but secretly do they wish to mend the fence?
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!
SmackDown GM Nick Aldis has a lot on this plate as usual.
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!
Wrestlers have frequently been getting slammed into the announcers table frequently as of late. Don't be surprised if it happens again.
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?
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!
SmackDown is going to be a madhouse as the Road To WrestleMania continues.
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.
The Bloodline complete story: 2 HOUR WWE Playlist
https://youtube.com/watch?v=z19Cad44Jdo&t=9s
The Bloodline story in 2023: WWE Playlist
https://youtube.com/watch?v=2yvsrNv1fRU&t=138s
Best of The Rock full matches marathon
https://youtube.com/watch?v=7ITD7hJ20ZU&t=141s
Rikishi, Jimmy Uso, Afa and Sika comment on Roman Reigns and Jey Uso: SmackDown, Sept. 25, 2020
https://youtube.com/watch?v=FhuBng_tM_E&t=3s
Anoa’i family debuts: WWE Top 10, May 1, 2022
https://youtube.com/watch?v=qW7kQTIambc
Roman Reigns puts Tribal Chief status on the line against Jey Uso: SummerSlam 2023 Highlights
https://youtube.com/watch?v=CMx393qtkjY
FULL-LENGTH MATCH - Championship Wrestling - The Wild Samoans vs. Tony Garea & Rene Goulet
https://youtube.com/watch?v=vxv8VlaI-Mg&t=6s
Pro Wrestling
All Elite Wrestling
New Pay-Per-View Announced
Numerous Dream Matches Possible And Likely: Media Man
AEW
@AEW
Dynasty
April 21, 2024
St. Louis, Missouri
Broadcasting worldwide via TrillerTV
@FiteTV
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:
Samoa Joe
Wardlow
Swerve Strickland
Adam Page
Kazuchika Okada
Will Ospreay
Bryan Danielson
Young Bucks aka The MVP aka The Elite
Eddie Kingston
Blackpool Combat Club
Darby Allin
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.
AEW YouTube highlights and moments to give a glimpse into the future
EXCLUSIVE! We hear from AEW World Champion Samoa Joe, EVPs & Okada, and more! | 3/7/24, AEW Dynamite
https://youtube.com/watch?v=LNpKoavlPZ0&t=14s
"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
Will Ospreay takes on ROH TV Champion & Callis Family member Kyle Fletcher! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite
https://youtube.com/watch?v=3O3_HGxj3n8&t=17s
"Blow for blow. Will Ospreay, heavy hitter" Taz
"Not a lot on that one. I think Kyle's hurt guys" Don Callis
"Yeah, that's a good call Don. Getting up slowly" Tony Schiavone
"Ospreay sacrificing himself for that"... Excalibur
Cryptocurrency and Business News via FxPro and Media Man
March 7, 2024
Crypto: Bulls cautious steps after pause
Market picture
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.
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.
News background
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.
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.
Analysts interviewed by Bloomberg expressed confidence in bitcoin's long-term upside, in part due to the excitement surrounding the ETF.
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.
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.
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Wrestling - Gaming News
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.
There is also a WWE 2K24 40 Years of WrestleMania Edition.
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.
It should be noted that not all of the scenes feature him blurred out.
McMahon was also dropped from the WWE 2K24 roster.
Media
WWE Official YouTube
Relive 40 Years of WrestleMania in WWE 2K24
https://youtube.com/watch?v=l6lI2FztyDw&ab_channel=WWE
Finish your story and recreate some of the biggest moments in WrestleMania history in WWE 2K24, available starting March 5.
WWE Games YouTube
Step Into The Story | WWE 2K24 Official Launch Trailer | 2K
https://youtube.com/watch?v=W8SiQKottLo&ab_channel=WWE2K
Legacy | WWE 2K24 Official Gameplay Trailer | 2K
https://youtube.com/watch?v=pIK0-cBlilM&ab_channel=WWE2K
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)
“FINISH YOUR STORY” IN WWE® 2K24 DELUXE EDITION AND FORTY YEARS OF WRESTLEMANIA EDITION NOW AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE
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
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.
“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.”
WWE 2K24 boasts an array of new features and improvements on existing fan-favorites:
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;
https://youtube.com/watch?v=vbiy2I5jt90&ab_channel=WWE2K
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;
https://wwe.2k.com/2k24/roster-list/
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;
https://youtube.com/watch?v=pIK0-cBlilM&ab_channel=WWE2K
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;
https://youtube.com/watch?v=BEvXZ7YJofo&ab_channel=WWE2K
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**;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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.
https://wwe.2k.com/2k24/season-pass/
WWE 2K24 Editions
WWE 2K24 features four editions of the game: Standard Edition, Standard Cross-Gen Digital Edition, Deluxe Edition, and Forty Years of WrestleMania Edition:
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);
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*****;
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;
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!;
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!;
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.
Visual Concepts is a 2K studio. 2K is a wholly owned publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).
"PlayStation", "PS5", and "PS4" are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Interactive Entertainment.
*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.
**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.
***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.
****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.
*****Based on WWE 2K23's Metacritic scores on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC as of March 3, 2024.
******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.
About 2K
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.
2K is a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).
About Take-Two Interactive Software
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.
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WWE 2K24 Website
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Combat Sports
UFC
@ufc
299
Kaseya Center, Miami, Florida, USA
March 10, 2024
Sean O'Malley vs Marlon 'Chito' Vera
Videos, Media and Card
UFC Official YouTube channel
UFC 299: Pre-Fight Press Conference Highlights
https://youtube.com/watch?v=nKo7pjMOqXA&ab_channel=UFC
"Yeah, I'm very calm going into this fight" Sean O’Malley
Athletes competing in the main card at UFC 299 took the stage in Miami to answer questions from the press
Main Event YouTube
Sean O'Malley & Rob Whittaker praise each other ahead of Chito Vera fight | UFC 299
https://youtube.com/watch?v=lgSxy3CUoXQ&ab_channel=mainevent
Niko Pajarillo and Robert Whittaker interview 'Suga' Sean O'Malley ahead of the bantamweight champion's title fight against Marlon Vera.
UFC YouTube
Sean O'Malley - Journey to UFC Champion
https://youtube.com/watch?v=XZYRSkr8nnU&ab_channel=UFC
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.
UFC 299 Embedded: Vlog Series - Episode 4
https://youtube.com/watch?v=PK_Sda7D77E&ab_channel=UFC
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.
More great background and newsworth videos to be added to the official UFC YouTube channel
http://youtube.com/ufc
Full Card
UFC 299 Main Event On ESPN+ PPV:
135 lbs.: UFC Bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley vs. Marlon Vera
UFC 299 Main Card On ESPN+ PPV (10 p.m. ET):
155 lbs.: Dustin Poirier vs. Benoit Saint-Denis
170 lbs.: Kevin Holland vs. Michael Page
170 lbs.: Gilbert Burns vs. Jack Della Maddalena
135 lbs.: Petr Yan vs. Yadong Song
UFC 299 Late ‘Prelims’ Card On ESPN/ESPN+ (8 p.m. ET):
265 lbs.: Curtis Blaydes vs. Jailton Almeida
125 lbs.: Katlyn Cerminara vs. Maycee Barber
155 lbs.: Mateusz Gamrot vs. Rafael dos Anjos
135 lbs.: Pedro Munhoz vs. Kyler Phillips
UFC 299 Early ‘Prelims’ Card On Fight Pass/ESPN+ (6 p.m. ET)
205 lbs.: Ion Cutelaba vs. Philipe Lins
185 lbs.: Michel Pereira vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk
265 lbs.: Robelis Despaigne vs. Josh Parisian
125 lbs.: C.J. Vergara vs. Asu Almabaev
125 lbs.: Joanne Wood vs. Maryna Moroz
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.
Media Man Int
UFC: 2024 (Media Man Int) *in progress
Combat Sports: Boxing
Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson
Date: July 20, 2024
AT&T Stadium. Arlington, Texas
Broadcast via Netflix
@netflix
Paul via X
“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.”
“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.”
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
Media Release
The Live Professional Sports Event Will Take Place at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
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.
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.
“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.”
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.
“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.”
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.
“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.”
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.
"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."
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
About Jake Paul
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.
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.
About Mike Tyson
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.
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.
About Netflix
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.
About Most Valuable Promotions (MVP)
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.
About AT&T Stadium
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
(Credit: Netflix)
Media Man
Odds
Paul as the -360 betting fav
Tyson is +300 as the underdog
Pro Wrestling
All Elite Wrestling
@AEW
Dynamite
March 6, 2024
Gas South Arena. Duluth, Georgia
Swerve addresses AEW Revolution & AEW Champ Samoa Joe answers! | 3/6/24 AEW Dynamite
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZV2Ai4AC8ao&t=7s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
"Swere. Listen to the fans brother. They live this man. There is no question about it" Tony Schiavone
"You know. I don't know if I deserve that Tony. You know, what's Swerves house without the keys"... Swerve Strickland
Will Ospreay takes on ROH TV Champion & Callis Family member Kyle Fletcher! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite
https://youtube.com/watch?v=3O3_HGxj3n8&t=10s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
The Rainmaker OKADA is ALL ELITE?! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite
https://youtube.com/watch?v=3gp22yN_8xU&t=7s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
"One of my profound pleasures is to call him a co-worker these past few years"
FTW Championship Match! Mogul Embassy’s Brian Cage faces champion Hook! | 3/6/24 AEW Dynamite
https://youtube.com/watch?v=eNPyMhmzzHY&t=8s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
"Get out of the way" Taz
"The chair driven into the spine of the FTW champion" Excalibur
After their confrontation at AEW Revolution, Daddy Magic takes on Killswitch! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Fkk1J55LSeQ&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
"Killswitch. He's biting Killswitches hand"
"I think we sould congratulate Christian Cage. Still being the TNT champion"
"Long overdue"
Former AEW Women’s Champ Riho vs Former TBS Champ Kris Statlander! | 3/6/24, AEW Dynamite
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ufdCZTGOgSc&t=9s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
"The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada in AEW! AEW Timelines
https://youtu.be/78xj6IQ9lFo?si=Dr8ZQUUO2bGwHuOa
"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.
And more great pro wrestling via the official AEW YouTube channel
http://youtube.com/AEW
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"The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada in AEW! AEW Timelines
https://youtu.be/78xj6IQ9lFo?si=Dr8ZQUUO2bGwHuOa
"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.
And more great pro wrestling via the official AEW YouTube channel
http://youtube.com/AEW
Combat Sports
Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou
Cross-Over Trend Continues As Elite Fighters Aim To Cash In; Public Demand Remains Solid says Media Man
Fight Details
Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou will take place on Friday, March 8
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
PPV:
Main Event and Kayo Sports in Australia
DAZN in many parts of the world
Turning pro in 2013, Ngannou joined the UFC in 2015. He went 12-2 with the promotion and had 10 wins via knockout.
“We were doing the promo and he was very chilled, very relaxed,” Predator Ngannou told news media at a workout on Tuesday.
“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.
“I think we are both professional enough to know what we have to do to get to where we want to go.”
AJ vs Francis Ngannou in do or die fight for the British superstar.
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.
Joshua bested a cunning southpaw Otto Wallin on another blockbuster bill in the Middle East at the end of last year.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
And the winner between Joshua and Ngannou are then set to challenge for the unified belts.
We are on the Road To The Riyadh Rumble with reps and title shots on the line.
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!
Full Card
Anthony Joshua vs. Francis Ngannou — heavyweights
Zhilei Zhang vs Joseph Parker — WBO interim heavyweight title
Rey Vargas vs Nick Ball — WBC featherweight title
Israil Madrimov vs. Magomed Kurbanov — vacant WBA super welterweight title
Gavin Gwynne vs. Mark Chamberlain — WBA international lightweight title
Justis Huni vs. Kevin Lerena — heavyweight
Roman Fury vs. Martin Svarc — heavyweight
Prelims: 4pm UK
Jack McGann vs. Louis Green — super welterweight
Ziyad Almaayouf vs. Christian Lopez Flores — super lightweight
Andrii Novytski vs. Juan Torres — heavyweight
Videos
The Mac Life YouTube
Francis Ngannou and Tyson Fury argue: “Without boxing rules, you are NOTHING in front of me”
https://youtube.com/watch?v=QfsSwhi0x9Y
Sky Sports YouTube
"I had to tell him OFF! He should be thanking me" 😡 | Tyson Fury on Ngannou exchange
https://youtube.com/watch?v=folQY88mee8
Sky Sports Boxing YouTube
JOSHUA VS NGANNOU! 🔥 | PRESS CONFERENCE
https://youtube.com/watch?v=cm0cnP2rAa8
The FIRST face-off of fight week! 🥶 | Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou
https://youtube.com/watch?v=5nkSwGZLih0
"I hope Joshua is not your friend" 😂 | Francis Ngannou has a message for Thierry Henry
https://youtube.com/watch?v=-6quSaZ2Xak
DAZN Boxing YouTube
Ngannou Trolls Tyson Fury
https://youtube.com/watch?v=zAqKpMU7-hg
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Special thanks: DAZN, Main Event an Kayo Sports
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Will Seth “Freakin” Rollins and Cody Rhodes confront The Bloodline?: WWE Now, March 8, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH4luVSUQwk&t=212s&ab_channel=WWE
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)
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.
Randy Orton and Kevin Owens vs Austin Theory and Grayson Waller
Logan Paul returns to SmackDown for the first time since WWE Elimination Chamber. Did LP bring the brass knucks?!
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?
The LWO's Rey Mysterio is set to spring into action tonight.
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.
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!
#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
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March 8, 2024
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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNRJDEkZ4sQ&ab_channel=WWE
#SmackDown #wwesmackdown #TheRock #RomanReigns #TheBloodline #CodyRhodes #SethRollins #FOX #prowrestling #wrestling #entertainment #popculture #broadcast #broadcasting #trends #trending #buzz #TV #media #mediaman
Media Man: Great stuff WWE. Hot crown and blue hot SmackDown with something for everyone.
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SmackDown's most electrifying moments: SmackDown highlights, March 8, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_UQUBX-pO8&t=365s&ab_channel=WWE
"Oh wait a minute. From behind. Look out Logan"! Corey Graves @WWEGraves
"Viper got KO'ed in the Elimination Chamber by a brass knux clan" Wade Barrett @StuBennett
"Logan Paul may have forgotten about it, but Randy Orton sure didn't" CG
How's that for product placement Bad News" CG
"Tiffiny Stratton can simply do it call" Wade Barrett
"I dare say, the more confident she becomes,the more dangerous she becomes" Corey Graves
"After getting steamrolled for 75 percent of this match"
"The wounds of war" WB
"Oh no, The Street Profits are here" CG
"Michin came out of the gate strong but was unable to solve the center of the universe" CG
"Newcomers like Tiffany Stratton are quite simply not supposed to be this good, this quickly. She's already looking like a dominant force".. WB
FULL SEGMENT – Cody Rhodes and Seth “Freakin” Rollins accept: SmackDown, March 8, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNRJDEkZ4sQ&t=5s&ab_channel=WWE
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
Tiffany Stratton remains undefeated: SmackDown highlights, March 8, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5Md2K0RCLQ&ab_channel=WWE
Randy Orton RKOs KSI onto the PRIME logo: SmackDown highlights, March 8, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLkrEqu1Np8&ab_channel=WWE
"Drumroll please" Logan Paul
Alternate angles of Randy Orton's RKO onto KSI: SmackDown exclusive, March 8, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZlGVsKBZbU&t=4s&ab_channel=WWE
Legado del Fantasma beatdown Dragon Lee: SmackDown highlights, March 8, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvUaLLEONqE&ab_channel=WWE
Bobby Lashley and Karrion Kross tear each other apart: SmackDown highlights, March 8, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIUZ4OeBEEE&t=37s&ab_channel=WWE
"The Almighting talking Cross" CG
"Scarlett got caught red handed" CG
Karrion Kross suggests Montez Ford be the leader of The Pride: SmackDown exclusive, March 8, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV_tVRmSc0A&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE
"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
Randy Orton steals Logan Paul's brass knuckles: SmackDown highlights, March 8, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfwtiLlCVJg&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE
"Always ready to strike" WB
"Logan Paul from behind" CG
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!
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#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
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March 8, 2024
Dallas, Texas
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
Karrion Kross suggests Montez Ford be the leader of The Pride: SmackDown exclusive, March 8, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV_tVRmSc0A&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE
"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
WWE Official YouTube Channel
www.youtube.com/wwe
#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
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March 8, 2024
Dallas, Texas
“I am the secret sauce, and the WWE business has boomed" Logan Paul @LoganPaul
“You could say WWE is in its’ PRIME" @PrimeHydrate LP
"Smile back there. Maybe I'll tag you, probably not" LP
"Drumroll please" LP
"I am the secret sauce, and the WWE business has boomed" Logan Paul
"You could say WWE is in its PRIME" LP
"Boy, Dallas, do I have a surprise for you'all" LP
"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
#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
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The new Elite, EVPs & Okada, make their in-ring AEW Debut! PAC returns! | 3/9/24, AEW Collision
https://youtube.com/watch?v=9GYxUuhNhcw&t=6s
"Okada, The Rainmaker is All Elite. What an absolute blockbuster announcement that was made on Wednesday night".. Tony Schiavone
CMLL’s Titan makes his AEW debut vs the Lionheart Chris Jericho! | 3/9/24 AEW Collision
https://youtube.com/watch?v=s_qmxbdjnho&t=3s
"Tita with a parlay kick to the floor. How about that" Tony Schiavone
"Tita, wants to follow up" Nigel McGuiness
"Here he goes. What great body control that was" TS
CMLL Megastar, Mistico, returns to AEW to face Angelico! | 3/9/24 AEW Collision
https://youtube.com/watch?v=e-QExjtfCBE&t=3s
"Using the top rope as his springboard" TS
"Mistico back in his wheelhouse" NM
Bryan Danielson faces STP’s heavy hitter, Shane Taylor! ENTER WILL Ospreay! | 3/9/24, AEW Collision
https://youtube.com/watch?v=VshQRgU-AEA&t=3s
"Now working on the hamstrings but still working on the left leg" TS
"Swing and a miss by Taylor" TS
"He's trying to get more punishment, more revenge" NM
Adam Copeland interrupts The Patriarchy’s Nick Wayne’s moment! | 3/9/24, AEW Collision
https://youtube.com/watch?v=4nNZN0oqdmU&t=4s
"Trained by his late father, Buddy Wayne. Now he's got a better father whose never late" NG
"So agile. So incredibly athletic is Nick Wayne" TS
"There's mum and hm dad watching on" TS
"Security, get some security out here" NM
"Is this a luchador? Is this somebody from CMLL?".. TS
ATLANTA STREET FIGHT! House of Black vs Briscoe, Lethal, & Jarrett! | 3/9/24, AEW Collision
https://youtube.com/watch?v=iweidRmLn4U&t=4s
"They're going to use a table here on Jeff Jarrett" TS
"You are looking at House Of Black. Right now dominating this street fight" TS
"Oh, look at that, That's nitro fluid" NM
"No, no, no" TS
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.
AEW Official YouTube channel offers highlights and moments to give a glimpse into the future
Box Office News
Kung Fu Panda 4 vs Dune 2 and the rest
Semi Gonzo Journalism With Numbers
Franchise Movies Reduce Risk; Proven Formula
Panda Spirited Fans Will Walk Up In Droves; Call Of The Wild
Dune's Space Cadets Will Gladly Beam Into Cinema Regardless of reviews, trends or buzz etc
Bulls, Bears and Pandas - Horror Remains Tough Sell Not Nor For Hardcore Obsessed Fans; Goth's Must Exercise Their Inner Demon
A Hunting We Will Go - The Hero's Journey Formula Remains Tried, True and Tested
Cinema Remains A Form Of Escapism From Often Crazy World
Panda-Mania
Jack Black Po is back baby.
The audience missed you, they really, really missed you.
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.
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).
The only other Kung Fu installment to open higher was the virgin one in 2008 with $62 million.
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.
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.
Dune In Search Of Numbers
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.
Step In Right Or Wrong Direction With 'Imaginary'
Got To Watch Those Stepfamily Dynamics
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.
Numbers Mania
More solid numbers in 12 to 24 hour folks. Research and preparation helps offer accuracy
IMDb and Box Office Pro preparing solid numbers for release, media and those on a need to know basis!
Movie Trailers
KUNG FU PANDA 4 | Official Trailer
https://youtube.com/watch?v=_inKs4eeHiI
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.
(Credit: Universal Pictures)
Dune: Part Two | Official Trailer 3
https://youtube.com/watch?v=U2Qp5pL3ovA&t=1s
You are not prepared for what is to come. #DunePartTwo - Only in theaters March 1. Tickets are on sale NOW.
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)
Boxing/Sports Streaming News
Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson announced match for July 20, 2024, in Texas for streaming on Netflix
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draws mixed reaction from boxing purists, insiders, casual and non-fans
"A Live Global Sports Event" (Netflix Marque)
"Problem Child" vs "Iron" Mike Tyson
Generous Remuneration Package aka Purse For Competitors
Depends who you ask: Media Man
Continuation of big live event deals for Netflix after fans and niche media pitches for years
Netflix - WWE Raw Deal Set To Commence January 2025
Paul Brother Logan May Be Double WWE Pro Wrestling Champ Within 15 Months
This Is The Influencer Boxer Era (on steroids)
Demonstrates Power Of Streaming Sports Over Traditional PPV (Pay-Per-View)
Combat Sports Participants and Promoters Watching This Space With Eagle Eye
Jake Paul Still Enjoys Strong Relationship with PFL (Professional Fighters League) As Far As Everyone Knows
Will A.I and/or Special Effects and Hollywood Type Staging Play Role In Bout?
Will Tyson's CBD Products Get An On Screen Plug?
Contest/Exhibition Will Make History (Hopefully Positive Beyond Payday)
Podcast Purists Having Field Day!
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
What's Next For Netflix! ; The Mind Boggles!
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“I am the secret sauce, and the WWE business has boomed" Logan Paul
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“You could say WWE is in its’ PRIME"
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"Smile back there. Maybe I'll tag you, probably not" LP
"Drumroll please" LP
"I am the secret sauce, and the WWE business has boomed" Logan Paul
"You could say WWE is in its PRIME" LP
"Boy, Dallas, do I have a surprise for you'all" LP
"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
Logan Paul's 'Prime' becomes WWE's largest sponsor in company history, will be first in-ring ad
Paul is currently the WWE's United States champion
The Paul brothers are continuing to build on their empires, both in business and combat sports.
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.
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.
Both drinks boomed in 2023, and for Logan, he's about to get a lot more ad time.
Paul and the WWE came to an agreement for Prime to become the official hydration drink partner of the wrestling company.
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.
"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."
"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.
"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.
"One can say, the WWE is in its prime."
Paul said the ads in the ring will start at WrestleMania XL in Philadelphia next month.
Prime launched in 2022 and brought in over $1 billion in sales last year. Other partners include Patrick Mahomes, Auston Matthews, and Israel Adesanya.
Boxing legend Mike Tyson to face off against Jake Paul in July bout: 'I plan to finish him'
The July 20 fight will be streamed on Netflix
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.
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.
"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).
"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."
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.
"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.
"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."
According to ESPN, it has not been determined if the fight will be classified as an exhibition or pro match.
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.
His lone loss is to Tommy Fury, the brother of Tyson Fury.
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.
UFC Boss Dana White On Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou - March 9, 2024
“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.”
WWE ® & PRIME HYDRATION STRIKE RECORD-SETTING GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FEATURING FIRST-EVER RING MAT BRANDING
Logan Paul and KSI-Founded PRIME Hydration Becomes First Official Partner to Activate Across TKO Group Holdings Companies
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.
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.
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.
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.
“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.”
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.
About PRIME
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
About WWE
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.
WWE,® SURPASSES 100 MILLION SUBSCRIBER MARK ON YOUTUBE
Return of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Accelerates WWE’s Growth On Platform
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.
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.
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.
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.
About WWE
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.
MAIN CARD RESULTS | UFC 299: O'MALLEY VS VERA 2 - March 10, 2024
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
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.
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.
UFC Fight Night: O'Malley vs Vera 2 Results
Sean O’Malley defeats Marlon Vera by unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-44)
Dustin Poirier defeats Benoit Saint Denis by KO (strikes) at 2:32 of Round 2
Michael Page defeats Kevin Holland by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28. 29-28)
Jack Della Maddalena defeats Gilbert Burns by KO (knee and elbows) at 3:43 of Round 3
Petr Yan defeats Song Yadong by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Curtis Blaydes defeats Jailton Almeida by TKO (strikes) at 0:36 of Round 2
Maycee Barber defeats Katlyn Cerminara by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Mateusz Gamrot defeats Rafael Dos Anjos by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Kyler Phillips defeats Pedro Munoz by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Philipe Lins defeats Ion Cutelaba by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Michel Pereira defeats Michal Oleksiejczuk by submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:01 of Round 1
Robelis Despaigne defeats Josh Parisian by TKO (strikes) at 0:18 of Round 1
Asu Almabayev defeats CJ Vergara by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Joanne Wood defeats Maryna Moroz by split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
Google fires employee who interrupted tech conference with anti-Israel rant: 'Not okay'
The pro-Palestinian employee interrupted an Israeli speaker affiliated with Google
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.
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.
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.
"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.
"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."
Audience members were heard mocking the employee, who was quickly escorted out of the room by security.
"See ya later!" one woman yelled back.
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.
Regev handled the interruption coolly and commended Google for being a "democratic" institution that allowed different opinions before he continued with his speech.
Google confirmed the termination of the employee to FOX Business.
"Earlier this week, an employee disrupted a coworker who was giving a presentation – interfering with an official company-sponsored event," the Google spokesperson explained.
"This behavior is not okay, regardless of the issue, and the employee was terminated for violating our policies."
Paul Heyman to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024
As first reported by the Associated Press, Paul Heyman will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Congratulations to Paul Heyman on becoming a WWE Hall of Famer!
Bull Nakano to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024
As first reported by ESPN, Bull Nakano will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024.
Nakano was a warrior, plain and simple, and the women who survived their run-ins with her have the scars to prove it.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The U.S. Express to be inducted into WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024
As reported first by The Ringer, The U.S. Express will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
'One Of The Greatest Of All Time' - MMA Fighters & Fans React After Joanna Jędrzejczyk Joins 2024 UFC Hall Of Fame Class
Jędrzejczyk is to be honored at this year's HOF ceremony.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
MMA Community Reacts To Joanna Jędrzejczyk's UFC Hall Of Fame Induction
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.
Bloody Elbow News
No more Google business for us, no more Bloody Elbow for me
I’ve have sold BloodyElbow.com, the social media accounts, trademarks and content.
The press release from our acquirer is below.
The buyer did not acquire this Substack newsletter, the podcast and our YouTube channel.
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.
More on that after this press release from GRV Media:
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.
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.
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'.
'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'.
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'.
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'.
Logan Abner of WeBrokr.com advised GRV Media on this deal.
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.
My initial inclination had been to run Bloody Elbow as a subscription-based collective modeled on The Defector.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
If things had held steady for a few more months we might have had a chance but…
That’s when Google updated its algorithm. It wasn’t their best work.
The new algorithm killed us. Traffic fell by 50% or more and revenue fell even further.
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:
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.
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.
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."
It's about to get worse, too - they just laid off a huge swathe of them.
We tried multiple fixes including a change in ad partner, new web servers, an emphasis on direct sales rather than programmatic advertising…nothing worked.
By the end of January, we were hemorrhaging money and I had to tap out.
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.
We’ll be offering paid subscribers a chance to choose our new name from four finalists. But that’s for a future email.
The dream of independent combat sports media is not dead, it just won’t be dependent on Google anymore.
Stay tuned.
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Alphabet to Present at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference
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.
About Alphabet Inc.
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.
Alphabet Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2023 Results
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – January 30, 2024 – Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced
financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.
Sundar Pichai, CEO, said: “We are pleased with the ongoing strength in Search and the growing contribution from
YouTube and Cloud. Each of these is already benefiting from our AI investments and innovation. As we enter the
Gemini era, the best is yet to come.”
Ruth Porat, President and Chief Investment Officer; CFO said: “We ended 2023 with very strong fourth quarter
financial results, with Q4 consolidated revenues of $86 billion, up 13% year over year. We remain committed to our
work to durably re-engineer our cost base as we invest to support our growth opportunities.”
Q4 2023 Financial Highlights
The following table summarizes our consolidated financial results for the quarters and years ended December 31,
2022 and 2023 (in millions, except for per share information and percentages).
News start-up will lose half a million readers if Meta goes nuclear - March 10, 2024
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
“It would hurt [if Meta blocked news], but it wouldn’t be the end,” Ms Seidler said.
“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.
“We had to find where else we could create the relationships.”
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.
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.
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.
“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.
“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.”
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.
“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.
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.
“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.
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Why James Packer is the luckiest billionaire in Australia - Feb 29, 2024
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.
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.
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.
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.
What explains the difference?
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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”.
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.
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Not even 100,000 Americans watched the NRL’s Las Vegas matches - March 6, 2024
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.
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.
“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.”
Nielsen’s rating figures, released to Fox on Tuesday, show the NRL struggled to find that audience.
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.
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.
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.
Andrew Abdo, chief executive of the NRL, said the sport was proud of what it had achieved in the first year.
“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.
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.
When the USFL – a professional American football minor league – was trying to get off the ground, it was averaging more than 300,000 viewers.
Mr Abdo said the first match’s audience compared to some US Major League Soccer games, which run on Fox Sports 1.
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.”
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.”
Still popular at home
The US figures were considerably smaller than the Australian audiences that watched the Las Vegas matches.
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).
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.
”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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mr Abdo said he remained focused on the long-term opportunity for the game.
“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.
TikTok facing ban or forced sale in US - March 8, 2024
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.
The measure, introduced by another House of Representatives committee and backed by the White House, cites national security concerns.
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.
The bill is set to go to a full House floor vote in the coming days.
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.
“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.
A previous attempt by former US President Donald Trump hit several legal obstacles and never came into force.
Forecast: LatAm to add 55m SVoD subs - March 7, 2024
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.
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.
“All of the major US platforms are very active in Latin America,” notes Simon Murray, Principal Analyst at Digital TV
‘Back soon’: Alan Jones’ return to streaming channel on the cards - March 1, 2024
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.
“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.
Responding to several comments, the ADH admin cleared up the confusion, insisting Jones would be returning shortly.
“Alan will be back soon. Thank you!” they wrote.
The company’s chief executive, Jack Bulfin, did not respond to a series of questions put to him about Jones’ return.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
Jones denies the allegations, and although he threatened to sue for defamation, he is yet to commence legal action.
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.
An article on realestate.com.au reported that Jones sold his Brisbane investment property for just over $1.3 million this month.
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.
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.
He was expected to again fill in for Jones in his continued absence.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Bitcoin on the ‘most incredible run’: Ross Greenwood - March 8, 2024
Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood says Bitcoin has had “the most incredible run” in the last little while.
Mr Greenwood revealed Bitcoin has risen 205 per cent over the past year.
“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.
“And secondly, in April they are going to halve Bitcoin.
"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."
The billionaire with a cult following you have probably never heard of
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.
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.
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.
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.
“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.”
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.
“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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
Larvotto delivers high-grade gold assays in NSW
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.
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.
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.
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.
“These samples will be subject to a detailed metallurgical study and TIMA mineralogy to determine the potential extraction rate.”
Larvotto Resources managing director Ron Heeks
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In addition, more than 2000 tonnes of scheelite concentrate, the principal ore mineral of tungsten, have been produced from the area.
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.
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.
Elon Musk deletes X post blasting Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife MacKenzie Scott over her charitable giving - March 8, 2024
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.
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.
“‘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.
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.”
“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.
Musk deleted the post hours later. The Post has sought comment from the X owner, Scott and Bezos.
The root of Musk’s animus toward Scott appears to be her charitable giving to political action committees aligned with the Democratic Party.
In May 2022, Musk wrote on social media that Scott was giving money to “PACs posing as charities.”
“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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
In late January, Bloomberg News reported that Scott sold 65.3 million shares of Amazon — or around 25% of her stake in the company.
At the time she sold her shares, they were worth $10.4 billion.
Scott, who pledged in 2019 to donate half her fortune to charity, has given millions of dollars to various causes.
Since divorcing Bezos, Scott has donated more than $16.5 billion to several charities.
In the last year alone, she has published a list of more than 360 organizations that have received a total of $2.15 billion.
Scott is a signatory to the Giving Pledge, a non-binding promise in which billionaires commit to donating the bulk of their wealth.
“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.
“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.”
Musk has also donated some of his wealth to philanthropy.
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.
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.
Scott married teacher Dan Jewett in March 2021. They finalized their divorce in January 2023.
Last year, Bezos became engaged to Lauren Sanchez, his girlfriend of four years.
Elon Musk says he will not donate to Joe Biden or Donald Trump despite tearing into US immigration policies - March 7, 2024
Elon Musk has revealed he will not support Donald Trump or Joe Biden in the lead up to November's presidential showdown.
Billionaire Elon Musk on Wednesday said that he will not donate money to the campaigns of President Biden or former President Trump in 2024.
"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.
"Politics is tribal, rather than logical," he wrote in a separate post.
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.
The former president is seeking a financial boost for his White House bid, according to the Times.
With a net worth of $196.5 billion, Musk is the second-richest person in the world, according to Forbes.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Musk reiterated that view on Wednesday in a post on X:
"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."
Fox News' Michael Dorgan and Clare O'Connor contributed to this report.
WWE on A&E is Back with New Seasons of 'WWE Rivals' and 'Biography: WWE Legends' Premiering Sunday, February 25
WWE ON A&E IS BACK WITH KNOCK-OUT NEW SEASONS OF “WWE RIVALS” AND “BIOGRAPHY: WWE LEGENDS” PREMIERING SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25
THE SERIES CONTINUE TO DELVE INTO THE ICONIC RIVALRIES AND LEGENDARY CAREERS OF SOME OF THE MOST REVERED WWE SUPERSTARS
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.
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.
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.
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NRL
‘It’s the old problem’: One dirty word threatens NRL’s American takeover - March 2, 2024
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.
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.
Manly will take on South Sydney in the first game of the NRL season on Sunday afternoon before the Roosters play the Broncos.
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.
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.
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.
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.
“The ones I spoke to, it’s the old problem of distinguishing between rugby and rugby league,” Fletcher said.
“I suppose the first year, I was hoping we would just advertise it as NRL.
“At least most of Americans know what rugby is. It’s no pads.
“It’ll take time. And once they can compare the two, it’s two totally different sports.”
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.
“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.
“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.
“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.”
It makes sense Americans know rugby union better than league, given the United States has fielded a team at eight Rugby World Cups.
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.
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”.
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.
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.
“There are Americans out there who know rugby league,” Fletcher said.
“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’.
“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.”
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.
“I think the tackling is the biggest attraction for the NFL fans,” he said.
“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).
“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.”
As for the vibe in Vegas, Fletcher said there were Australians and English fans galore with a sprinkling of Americans.
“It’s unbelievable,” he said.
“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.
“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.
“It’s actually quite remarkable. We’ve spoken about coming to America but now it’s happening, it’s quite surreal.”
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Mining star Fortescue turns biggest loser, thanks to China slump - March 4, 2024
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.
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.
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.
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.
“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.”
The metal comprises about 91 per cent of Fortescue’s revenue, compared to about half each for BHP and Rio Tinto.
‘While we believe management has done an excellent job operationally, Fortescue’s share price will be highly dependent on the iron ore price.’
Jefferies research analysts
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.
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.
“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.
“While we believe management has done an excellent job operationally, Fortescue’s share price will be highly dependent on the iron ore price.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
“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.
“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.”
Media Man SEO in today’s digital landscape
SEO for News Media, Pop Culture, Online Business and Traditional Business Models
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.
Keyword Research Strategies for Media Man SEO
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:
1. Identifying high-volume news media keywords
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.
2. Long-Tail Keyword Opportunities for National Optimization
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.
3. Competitor Analysis and Keyword Gap Identification
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.
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.
On-page optimization techniques
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.
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.
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.
Off-Page SEO Tactics for Media, Online Media and News Media Visibility
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.
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.
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.
Content Strategy for Media Man SEO Success
A strong content strategy is important for achieving success innational SEO. Here are some key points you need to consider:
1. Audience Research: Understand your national audience’s demographics, interests, and pain points. It helps to craft content that resonates with your audience.
2. Keyword Optimization: Conduct thorough keyword research to find the most relevant national keywords. Then, incorporate them naturally into your content.
3. Content Planning: Develop a content calendar outlining topics, formats, and publication schedules to maintain consistency and relevance.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Conclusion
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.
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Panda-Mania and Panda - Pandemonium
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Kung Fu Panda 4 virtue roars in Pole Position
1. Kung Fu Panda - $58.3 million
2. Dune: Part Two - $46 million
3. Imaginary - $10 million
4. Cabrini - $7.6 million
5. Bob Marley: One Love -$4 million
6. Ordinary Angels - $2 million
7. Madame Web - $1.12 million
8. Migration - $1.1 million
9. Yolo - $840,000
10. Wonka - $600,000
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KUNG FU PANDA 4 | Official Trailer
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Dune: Part Two | Official Trailer 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2Qp5pL3ovA&t=1s&ab_channel=WarnerBros.Pictures
Imaginary (2024) New Trailer – DeWanda Wise, Tom Payne, Taegen Burns, Pyper Braun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj0HODMVSnA&ab_channel=LionsgateMovies
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March 10, 2024
Bitcoin's new highs and BNB's revival
Market picture
Bitcoin's record highs support the accelerated recovery of the crypto market. Its capitalisation reached $2.69 trillion (+1.6% in 24 hours), 10% below the record high of $2.97 trillion in November 2021. Extreme greed remains the driver of the crypto market, but major coins are getting the main influx of money.
Bitcoin hit an all-time high of $71.5K early Monday afternoon, adding 2.5% in 24 hours. Ethereum is rising with the market, adding 1.4% in the same time frame and breaking the $4000 price.
The surge in trading activity has helped to revitalise BNB, which is adding over 4% for the day. It has gained 25% in 7 days, twice that of Ethereum and three times ahead of Bitcoin during this interval. However, like Ether, it is about 15% away from the record highs of late 2021.
News background
BlackRock's spot BTC-ETF iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) managed to accumulate almost 200,000 bitcoins in two months, becoming one of the largest holders of BTC in the world and surpassing MicroStrategy, which has 193,000 BTC on its balance sheet.
According to The Block, investors have built up a substantial volume of open positions with an expiry price of $70K on Bitcoin call options redeemable on 29 March. Bets on BTC rising to $80K over the next three weeks have also increased.
According to Bloomberg data, bitcoin miners set a monthly record for energy consumption. They consumed a record 19.6 GW of electricity in February, up from 12.1 GW in the same period a year earlier. The rise in BTC has prompted mining companies to spend more than $1bn on new equipment over the year.
A US federal appeals court has resumed hearings on a lawsuit filed by a group of investors against Binance. The investors accuse the trading platform of violating US securities laws by selling unregistered tokens.
Billionaire Mark Cuban said he has always invested in Bitcoin because of its limited supply, which could be the driver of the first cryptocurrency's bull rally. He believes demand for BTC will outstrip supply as more and more people buy bitcoin and fewer sell.
News
March 9, 2014
Ethereum reaches for the stars
Market picture
The cryptocurrency market is hitting new highs, bringing its capitalisation to $2.58 trillion (+2.4% in 24 hours). But today, bitcoin is one of the market's laggards, up 1.2%, as growth is concentrated in the largest altcoins.
Ethereum is up 5% in 24 hours, and BNB went up as much as 9%, about the same as Dogecoin. Cardano is up a modest 0.45%. Sentiment remains in extreme greed territory.
Ethereum is approaching the $4000 level, confidently making the second-largest contribution to market cap gains after Bitcoin. A similar overbought condition in Ethereum on a weekly timeframe was not seen until 2021. Given that this is the first such overbought condition after a prolonged bear market, be prepared for the move to continue. It's hard to see any significant resistance until $4100. However, like BTC, ETH is well positioned to test the highs of $4700 without significant corrections.
News background
BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF set a record for daily inflows of $788.3 million, while trading volume also reached a record $3.76 billion.
According to SoSovalue, the total trading volume of spot bitcoin ETFs in the US exceeded $10.4 billion, surpassing that of Microsoft shares ($8.9 billion). Total assets under management reached $53.11 billion, with BlackRock's IBIT and Fidelity's FBTC among the top 20 most actively traded ETFs.
The Arizona Senate is considering a proposal to allow cash bitcoin ETF shares to be added to state pension funds.
Bitcoin (BTC) volatility has reached its highest level since the collapse of the FTX exchange in November 2022, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
BlockFi, a lending platform undergoing bankruptcy proceedings, has reached an agreement in principle to settle claims against FTX and Alameda for $874.5 million. The funds will be used to repay customers of the service.
Meme coins of celebrities with misspellings, such as Jeo Boden, Danold Tromp and Olen Mosk, caused a buying frenzy among Solana users. Interest in the segment came after improving market sentiment, which, in general, contributed to triple-digit price increases in a week for DOGE, SHIB, BONK, PEPE, and WIF.
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March 11, 2024
Houston, Texas
Toyota Center Houston
Cody Rhodes @CodyRhodes set for in depth interview by Michael Cole @MichaelCole
Gauntlet Match: Nakamura vs Ricochet, Zayn, McDonagh, Reed and Gable. The winner will face Gunther for the Intercontinental title at WrestleMania 40. Is a certain Beast and/or Breakker machine lurking around the corner!
Liv Mogan vs Becky Lynch. Will the likes of Tiffany Stratton and/or Nia Jax look to get involved? Tiffy Time or Jax Squash Time?
Kabuki Warriors vs Shayna Baszler and Zoe Stark - WWE Women's Tag Team Championship
Maxine Dupri and Ivy Nile vs Indi Hartwell and Candice LeRae. Pettit powerhouses. Good things are known to come from small packages!
Media Man: Pumped as always whenever Cody Rhodes is in da house! Let's here more backstory Mr Nightmare.
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Muhammad Ali to be inducted into WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024 (WWE.com and Variety)
www.wwe.com/article/muhammad-ali-to-be-inducted-into-wwe-hall-of-fame-class-of-2024
The U.S. Express to be inducted into WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024
www.wwe.com/article/the-us-express-to-be-inducted-into-wwe-hall-of-fame-class-of-2024
Bull Nakano to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024
www.wwe.com/shows/wwe-hall-of-fame/article/bull-nakano-to-be-inducted-into-the-wwe-hall-of-fame-class-of-2024
Paul Heyman to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024
www.wwe.com/shows/wwe-hall-of-fame/article/paul-heyman-to-be-inducted-into-the-wwe-hall-of-fame-class-of-2024
Videos
TMZ Sports Official YouTube channel
Paul Heyman Treating WWE Hall of Fame Induction Like 'Rookie of the Year' Award | TMZ Sports
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOOLX4W58mM&t=2s&ab_channel=TMZSports
More Hall of Fame video features will be added to the official WWE YouTube channel in the near future.
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Seth Rollins to Drew McIntyre: “I'm worried about you the least!”: Raw highlights, March 11, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=694e2MVkCNU&t=8s&ab_channel=WWE
"..When you get serious, but you were right - I had to go over The Bloodline, and it kills me"...Drew McIntyre
"Drew, your starting to remind me of somebody... ah, I can't quite remember his name. I know you don't like him very much"... Seth Rollins
"Take a shot" SR
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Cryptocurrency and Business News via FxPro and Media Man
March 10, 2024
Bitcoin's new highs and BNB's revival
Market picture
Bitcoin's record highs support the accelerated recovery of the crypto market. Its capitalisation reached $2.69 trillion (+1.6% in 24 hours), 10% below the record high of $2.97 trillion in November 2021. Extreme greed remains the driver of the crypto market, but major coins are getting the main influx of money.
Bitcoin hit an all-time high of $71.5K early Monday afternoon, adding 2.5% in 24 hours. Ethereum is rising with the market, adding 1.4% in the same time frame and breaking the $4000 price.
The surge in trading activity has helped to revitalise BNB, which is adding over 4% for the day. It has gained 25% in 7 days, twice that of Ethereum and three times ahead of Bitcoin during this interval. However, like Ether, it is about 15% away from the record highs of late 2021.
News background
BlackRock's spot BTC-ETF iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) managed to accumulate almost 200,000 bitcoins in two months, becoming one of the largest holders of BTC in the world and surpassing MicroStrategy, which has 193,000 BTC on its balance sheet.
According to The Block, investors have built up a substantial volume of open positions with an expiry price of $70K on Bitcoin call options redeemable on 29 March. Bets on BTC rising to $80K over the next three weeks have also increased.
According to Bloomberg data, bitcoin miners set a monthly record for energy consumption. They consumed a record 19.6 GW of electricity in February, up from 12.1 GW in the same period a year earlier. The rise in BTC has prompted mining companies to spend more than $1bn on new equipment over the year.
A US federal appeals court has resumed hearings on a lawsuit filed by a group of investors against Binance. The investors accuse the trading platform of violating US securities laws by selling unregistered tokens.
Billionaire Mark Cuban said he has always invested in Bitcoin because of its limited supply, which could be the driver of the first cryptocurrency's bull rally. He believes demand for BTC will outstrip supply as more and more people buy bitcoin and fewer sell.
News
March 9, 2014
Ethereum reaches for the stars
Market picture
The cryptocurrency market is hitting new highs, bringing its capitalisation to $2.58 trillion (+2.4% in 24 hours). But today, bitcoin is one of the market's laggards, up 1.2%, as growth is concentrated in the largest altcoins.
Ethereum is up 5% in 24 hours, and BNB went up as much as 9%, about the same as Dogecoin. Cardano is up a modest 0.45%. Sentiment remains in extreme greed territory.
Ethereum is approaching the $4000 level, confidently making the second-largest contribution to market cap gains after Bitcoin. A similar overbought condition in Ethereum on a weekly timeframe was not seen until 2021. Given that this is the first such overbought condition after a prolonged bear market, be prepared for the move to continue. It's hard to see any significant resistance until $4100. However, like BTC, ETH is well positioned to test the highs of $4700 without significant corrections.
News background
BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF set a record for daily inflows of $788.3 million, while trading volume also reached a record $3.76 billion.
According to SoSovalue, the total trading volume of spot bitcoin ETFs in the US exceeded $10.4 billion, surpassing that of Microsoft shares ($8.9 billion). Total assets under management reached $53.11 billion, with BlackRock's IBIT and Fidelity's FBTC among the top 20 most actively traded ETFs.
The Arizona Senate is considering a proposal to allow cash bitcoin ETF shares to be added to state pension funds.
Bitcoin (BTC) volatility has reached its highest level since the collapse of the FTX exchange in November 2022, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
BlockFi, a lending platform undergoing bankruptcy proceedings, has reached an agreement in principle to settle claims against FTX and Alameda for $874.5 million. The funds will be used to repay customers of the service.
Meme coins of celebrities with misspellings, such as Jeo Boden, Danold Tromp and Olen Mosk, caused a buying frenzy among Solana users. Interest in the segment came after improving market sentiment, which, in general, contributed to triple-digit price increases in a week for DOGE, SHIB, BONK, PEPE, and WIF.
(Source: FxPro) with Media Man and Bitcoin News Media
PPV (Pay-Per-View)
PPV means Pay-Per-View.
A one-off charge to view what is typically a combat sports live event. WWE's
@WWE
legendary promoter Vince McMahon is an innovator in this realm. One time rival Ted Turner also was an early adopter with World Championship Wrestling's 'Starrcade' some four decades back in history from today.
The then World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) went to considerable lengths to cap the success of Starrcade and propel its own wrestling superstars forward to broadcasting operations and the public at large.
WrestleMania
@WrestleMania
rose to household name status and so did eventually Survivor Series, Royal Rumble and SummerSlam.
Many of today's WWE major events are entitled Premium Live Events aka PLE. WWE's Triple H frequently appears at press conferences and such events and the vast majority of the media events are broadcast live on platforms such as YouTube. In the United States the WWE moved its PPV and streaming service from the WWE Network to Peacock. In Australia the WWE is broadcast via Binge. It's tipped and fully expected that WWE Raw will migrate over to Netflix in early 2025 in a historic streaming business development.
Broadcasts are sometimes called OTT - over the top, which is industry jargon. The UFC
@UFC
, the world's leading MMA (mixed martial arts) promotion is understood to have borrowed a few WWE type promotional tactics to help promote some of its fights, be it via media events, storyline development and more.
Only a few pro wrestlers have truly enjoyed strong careers in MMA and professional wrestling and the most prominent are Brock Lesnar, Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler.
Former UFC champion Josh Barnett could be added to this conversion, however "The War Master" has never competed in a WWE ring.
Barnett (Game Changer Wrestling) is an innovator in the cross-over field however only hardcore fans and industry insiders are familiar with his contributions.
The late Judo Gene LeBell was a legendary figure in martial arts/wrestling cross-over and famously fought boxer Milo Savage. Pro wrestling and MMA enjoy a rich history and wrestling also enjoys its roots going back to "smoke filled arenas", as Vince McMahon and Triple H sometimes remind the wrestling world - as well as some partly hidden history to the "Carney's" - carnival and circus. Special attractions were a key draw and eventually pro wrestling of the catch as catch can style became more mainstream.
We hope you enjoy this journey down the wrestling and MMA memory lane. Now, get ready for WWE WrestleMania in a few short weeks and well done to boxing's Jake Paul and wrestling's Logan Paul who continue to make sporting history in and out of the ring.
Combat sports and fans for the win!
PPV (Pay-Per-View)
PPV means Pay-Per-View.
A one-off charge to view what is typically a combat sports live event. WWE's
@WWE
legendary promoter Vince McMahon is an innovator in this realm. One time rival Ted Turner also was an early adopter with World Championship Wrestling's 'Starrcade' some four decades back in history from today.
The then World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) went to considerable lengths to cap the success of Starrcade and propel its own wrestling superstars forward to broadcasting operations and the public at large.
WrestleMania
@WrestleMania
rose to household name status and so did eventually Survivor Series, Royal Rumble and SummerSlam.
Many of today's WWE major events are entitled Premium Live Events aka PLE. WWE's Triple H frequently appears at press conferences and such events and the vast majority of the media events are broadcast live on platforms such as YouTube. In the United States the WWE moved its PPV and streaming service from the WWE Network to Peacock. In Australia the WWE is broadcast via Binge. It's tipped and fully expected that WWE Raw will migrate over to Netflix in early 2025 in a historic streaming business development.
Broadcasts are sometimes called OTT - over the top, which is industry jargon. The UFC
@UFC
, the world's leading MMA (mixed martial arts) promotion is understood to have borrowed a few WWE type promotional tactics to help promote some of its fights, be it via media events, storyline development and more.
Only a few pro wrestlers have truly enjoyed strong careers in MMA and professional wrestling and the most prominent are Brock Lesnar, Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler.
Former UFC champion Josh Barnett could be added to this conversion, however "The War Master" has never competed in a WWE ring.
Barnett (Game Changer Wrestling) is an innovator in the cross-over field however only hardcore fans and industry insiders are familiar with his contributions.
The late Judo Gene LeBell was a legendary figure in martial arts/wrestling cross-over and famously fought boxer Milo Savage. Pro wrestling and MMA enjoy a rich history and wrestling also enjoys its roots going back to "smoke filled arenas", as Vince McMahon and Triple H sometimes remind the wrestling world - as well as some partly hidden history to the "Carney's" - carnival and circus. Special attractions were a key draw and eventually pro wrestling of the catch as catch can style became more mainstream.
We hope you enjoy this journey down the wrestling and MMA memory lane. Now, get ready for WWE WrestleMania in a few short weeks and well done to boxing's Jake Paul and wrestling's Logan Paul who continue to make sporting history in and out of the ring.
Combat sports and fans for the win!
MMA
UFC @UFC 300: Dana White Shuts Down Critics with Epic Event Success
April 13, 2024
T-Mobile Arena
Paradise, Nevada
UFC 300, a milestone event in the organization's history, drew mixed reactions from fans and critics alike. Despite some criticism for lacking a 'wow' fight and Dana White's response, the event was praised for its stacked prelims and exciting main card. Dana White responded to critics with a video highlighting the event's success, which included memorable moments and an impressive lineup of fights. The event left a lasting impact on fans and the MMA community, marking a significant moment in UFC history.
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Video via UFC Official YouTube channel
UFC 300 Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG9dx1NrL3Y&t=212s&ab_channel=UFC
Max Holloway KOs Justin Gaethje to Win the BMF Belt at UFC 300!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9KBcib8pHc&t=23s&ab_channel=UFC
News
April 17, 2024
UFC 300: PEREIRA VS. HILL: THE NUMBERS BEHIND THE RECORD-BREAKING SUCCESS
Taking A Look At The Numbers Behind One Of The Most Successful Events In UFC History
UFC, part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), today announced that UFC 300: PEREIRA vs. HILL, held on Saturday, April 13, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, was one of the most successful and highest-grossing events in UFC history.
Among the highlights:
GATE
$16.5 million, the third highest-grossing UFC event ever
ATTENDANCE
20,067, a new record for a UFC event at T-Mobile Arena
UFC’s sixth consecutive sellout in 2024 and the eleventh straight sellout dating back to October 2023
VIEWERSHIP
Most-watched UFC Pay Per View Prelims ever across ESPN platforms (ESPN+, Hulu SVOD, ESPN & ESPN Deportes combined)
Most-watched UFC Pay Per View Prelims ever on ESPN, with 1.86 million total viewers
Viewership on ESPN grew every 30 minutes from 8:00p – 10:00p ET, peaking with 2.49 million total viewers at 9:48p ET leading into the main card Pay-Per-View on ESPN+ at 10:00p ET
Most-viewed sports event of Saturday during primetime (8:00p – 10:00p ET) on cable and network television among total viewers and key demographics, including P18-34, P18-49, P25-54, M18-34, M18-49, M25-54, F18-34, F18-49, and F25-54
MERCHANDISE
#1 all-time merchandise sales ever for a UFC arena event (*not including stadium shows)
#2 all-time merchandise sales for any UFC event (*behind only UFC 193: ROUSEY vs. HOLM at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne in 2015)
GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS
Highest-grossing sponsorship sales for an event in UFC history
All available inventory sold out
COMMERCIAL PAY PER VIEW IN US, CANADA, AND AUSTRALIA
U.S.: Highest result since July 2021 (UFC 264)
Canada: Highest result since March 2020 (UFC 248)
Australia: Highest result since January 2021 (UFC 257)
Movie theaters in the U.S. set a record for a UFC event with the highest number of participating locations
SOCIAL:
Best performing event on social media in UFC history, breaking records for cross platform video views, impressions, and interactions. Throughout fight week (April 8 – 13), UFC social media amassed more than 1.1 billion video views, with 213 millionviews coming from Max Holloway’s knockout of Justin Gaethje, which was posted across several platforms. (CreditL UFC)
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March 10, 2024
Bitcoin's new highs and BNB's revival
Market picture
Bitcoin's record highs support the accelerated recovery of the crypto market. Its capitalisation reached $2.69 trillion (+1.6% in 24 hours), 10% below the record high of $2.97 trillion in November 2021. Extreme greed remains the driver of the crypto market, but major coins are getting the main influx of money.
Bitcoin hit an all-time high of $71.5K early Monday afternoon, adding 2.5% in 24 hours. Ethereum is rising with the market, adding 1.4% in the same time frame and breaking the $4000 price.
The surge in trading activity has helped to revitalise BNB, which is adding over 4% for the day. It has gained 25% in 7 days, twice that of Ethereum and three times ahead of Bitcoin during this interval. However, like Ether, it is about 15% away from the record highs of late 2021.
News background
BlackRock's spot BTC-ETF iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) managed to accumulate almost 200,000 bitcoins in two months, becoming one of the largest holders of BTC in the world and surpassing MicroStrategy, which has 193,000 BTC on its balance sheet.
According to The Block, investors have built up a substantial volume of open positions with an expiry price of $70K on Bitcoin call options redeemable on 29 March. Bets on BTC rising to $80K over the next three weeks have also increased.
According to Bloomberg data, bitcoin miners set a monthly record for energy consumption. They consumed a record 19.6 GW of electricity in February, up from 12.1 GW in the same period a year earlier. The rise in BTC has prompted mining companies to spend more than $1bn on new equipment over the year.
A US federal appeals court has resumed hearings on a lawsuit filed by a group of investors against Binance. The investors accuse the trading platform of violating US securities laws by selling unregistered tokens.
Billionaire Mark Cuban said he has always invested in Bitcoin because of its limited supply, which could be the driver of the first cryptocurrency's bull rally. He believes demand for BTC will outstrip supply as more and more people buy bitcoin and fewer sell.
March 11, 2024
US inflation is in no hurry to slow, but markets don't care
US consumer inflation beat expectations for the fourth month in a row. The CPI rose 0.4% m/m. The monthly growth rate has been rising since October. The year-over-year rate climbed to 3.2%, a bit above forecasted 3.1%.
Core CPI rose 0.4% m/m for the second month. The annual growth rate slowed to 3.8%, which formally left the index on a downward trajectory.
However, both the Headline and Core indices have risen over the past three months at a pace that would keep inflation well above 2% for months to come.
This is potentially good news for the dollar, which has been given a chance to rally after selling off since mid-February. However, we will be watching the reaction of markets, where hopes of a rate cut have not moved. The consensus still points to a cut in June with a 68% probability, down from 72% a day ago and 73% a week ago. These are not significant changes.
Clearly, the inflation surprised economists but barely market traders, and they still expect the Fed to ease policy in the middle of the year as prices have not yet risen dramatically.
News
US labour market has already turned a corner
Friday's employment report caused a mixed reaction in the markets, with an initial surge of optimism followed by a deterioration in sentiment as we delved into the details of the release.
The headline number in the report beat forecasts, something that everyone has pretty much become accustomed to over the past few years. The US economy created 275K jobs in February, much better than the 200K expected.
But most of the other numbers were not so rosy. First, last month's gain was revised down from 317k to 229k. This changes the perception of the labour market in January from "dangerously overheating" to "within trend".
Wages rose 0.1% m/m and 4.3% y/y, 0.1 pp weaker than expected for both measures. The pace has been around this level for the past 12 months. While this is above the 2.0-2.5% pace we saw from 2009 to 2017, it does not increase the risk of accelerating inflation.
The BLS gave an even softer reading in another report based on a survey of households. The official unemployment rate rose from 3.7% to 3.9% in February (no change was expected). The labour force participation rate was unchanged at 62.5%.
According to the survey, the number of people in employment has fallen for three consecutive months, dropping by 898K to 160.97 million. This is the lowest level since April 2023. The expanded U-6 unemployment rate, which takes into account those wanting to work full-time, etc., is 7.3%, the highest since December 2021 and on an upward trend for the past 10 months.
The gap between the NFP and the household survey employment figures has fallen to an all-time low of 3.16 million (April 2020 only).
Thus, the US labour market report was relatively weak, suggesting that some metrics are already turning for the worse. On the one hand, this brings the date for a Fed rate cut closer. But let us be realistic: rate cuts follow volatility and a sharp sell-off in the markets. At least that's been the case for the past half a century.
News
UK’s slowing wage growth drop crumbs to BoE’s doves
The British Pound is losing ground against the US Dollar for the second day in a row as pressure mounts on fresh UK employment data.
Data for February showed a rise in Claimant Count by 16.8K - the biggest since April last year. Overall, a moderate growth trend has now been in charge for a year, after almost a year of stagnation.
The pace of wage growth has continued to slow. Earnings growth, including bonuses, slowed to 5.6% in the three months to January from 5.8% previously. This is the lowest rate in a year and a half and below the forecast of 5.7% but well above the historical average of 3.3%.
At 3.9%, unemployment remains close to lows not seen since the mid-1970s.
On balance, the labour market indicators allow the Bank of England to ease monetary policy at a much earlier date while not fuelling speculation of an imminent or imminent economic contraction. Despite high interest rates, full employment is supporting domestic final demand, which accounts for over 80% of the UK GDP.
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Cole reveals who he believes will be his WWE replacement
It was] "a matter of giving him the opportunity to sit side by side for many years, to watch, learn, study, and see how I do things. And at the end of the day, when we gave him the shot? He’s been killing it. I believe he’s the heir apparent" (Credit: WrestleZone)
"Corey now has a Corey Graves Voice. A lot of the issues we had were that we tried to develop commentators to be Michael Cole," he admitted. "Now we have a chance to develop Corey Graves. I truly, honestly believe he’s going to be the one to replace me. He’s an incredible human being. He has a great opportunity." (Credit: WrestleZone)
Media Man
*Pat McAfee was recently awarded 'Wrestling Broadcaster Of The Month' via Media Man.
*Michael Cole, Wade Barrett, Corey Graves, Booker T, Jack Reynolds, Bobby Heenan, Jesse Ventura, Gene Okerlund and Tony Schiavone are all former recipiecents of the award, of which the nominations are from Media Man management and readership.
How good or great an announcer is - is certainly subjective in nature, and some people prefer different styles over others. Jesse "The Body" Ventura and "Mean" Gene Okerlund are a few of Media Man's favourite wrestling broadcasters of all time. Ventura was more of a colour man, while Okerlund rather bridged the gap between colour/comedy, serious, and with plenty of insider references (if you knew pro wrestling well enough to pick up on the insider terms and backstage yarns and such). The Madison Square Garden calls of mid 1980s were much different to the Saturday Night's Main Event calls circa 1986 - 1990. WWE management powers that be are key in the style of announcers they engage to call the action.
In recent years WWE have opted for a more sporting and edgy style of announcing under the Triple H era, and Cole has adapted exxtremely well, and Graves and McAfee have grabbed the ball and ran with it. Graves also has a vast pop culture/entertainment industry network, while McAfee has a massive sports business and sports podcasting network and following, including hosting and running one of the most popular shows on ESPN. Cole, Graves and McAfee have all wrestled, with Cole having a perfect 1 for 1 record! Look it up fans.
Videos primarily via WWE
Michael Cole’s WrestleMania XXVII match was a nightmare: WWE After the Bell, Jan. 2, 2020 (After The Bell Podcast)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDrjgMcSOlE&ab_channel=WWE
Michael Cole reveals the special referee for his WrestleMania match: Raw, March 7, 2011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUkCzjLUd_0&ab_channel=WWE
Jerry Lawler vs. Michael Cole: Raw, July 9, 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3bLKBc3qM0&ab_channel=WWE
Pat McAfee delivers a stupendous Superplex: WrestleMania 38 (WWE Network Exclusive)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC9-amLxgyA&ab_channel=WWE
FULL SEGMENT — Pat McAfee vs. The Miz: WrestleMania 39 Saturday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sICc_F3C-w&ab_channel=WWE
Sami Zayn vs. Corey Graves: WWE NXT, April 3, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swkdGpCkhGE&ab_channel=WWE
Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura kick off SummerSlam 1989
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDxQVmjq3QA&ab_channel=WWE
Jesse Ventura interviews Donald Trump: WrestleMania XX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTLGkQeUjTs&ab_channel=WWE
Raw guest host Jesse Ventura addresses the WWE Universe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3uyN_Vr6_o&ab_channel=WWE
Jesse Ventura gave a young Chris Jericho this advice: Broken Skull Sessions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5OpSgoiaKw&ab_channel=WWE
JIM ROSS: Jesse Ventura Answers Who Was The Toughest Wrestler He Ever Faced!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2ooUluU9Mo&ab_channel=GrillingJRwithJimRoss
AWA Turkey Day Turmoil Part 2 of 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69xznKR0mnk&ab_channel=WWE
Jesse Ventura | 63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want You to Read | Talks at Google
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pS1edpeGqI&t=2s&ab_channel=TalksatGoogle
A special look at "Mean" Gene Okerlund's WWE Hall of Fame career
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHQ5Z4PKZeY&ab_channel=WWE
Gorilla Monsoon goes toe-to-toe with Muhammad Ali: Championship Wrestling, June 1, 1976
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSJf8v-EFhk&ab_channel=WWE
Check out some moments and highlights via the official WWE YouTube channel
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March 12, 2024
Media Man: The Family is ruling NXT with an iron fist again. The fear of god instilled from the top down. Nobody wants to wake up with the fish or next to a horses head! That dive would be a long way down! Philly gold possibilities. Huge thumbs up. Cheers to The Family business.
Tony D’Angelo abducts NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov: WWE NXT highlights, March 12, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goGmfKLNL8A&ab_channel=WWE
"I told you it was good" Tony D
"Don, What a night Road Block was. We welcomed a new member of The Family"...
"Kid's value".. Stacks
"Luca, you get that thing done? TD
"Taking care of business" TC
"On this way to an NXT Title match and Stand And Deliver'...
The LWO is coming for tag team gold: WWE NXT exclusive, March 12, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkR4oiZ2NaI&t=10s&ab_channel=WWE
Ridge Holland vs. Shawn Spears: WWE NXT highlights, March 12, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7wT9Qmx0LE&t=11s&ab_channel=WWE
"Shawn Spears will take to take... to get the job done. To complete mission mission" Booker T @BookerT5x
"Spears promised to help Ridge Holland embrace the rage" Vic Joseph @VicJosephWWE
"C4, iInvertedly into the chair..." "And Spears picks up the win" VJ
Roxanne Perez demands to be named the NXT Women’s Champion: WWE NXT highlights, March 12, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsTMbJsoSJk&ab_channel=WWE
FULL SEGMENT – Trick Williams plants a kiss on Lash Legend: WWE NXT, March 12, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVxtceSt6HE&t=5s&ab_channel=WWE
More great NXT highlights and moments being added to the official WWE YouTube channel
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"Tesla is one of the greatest contributions to climate change anyone's ever made"... "underestimating Elon is not a good idea." Bill Gates
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March 12, 2024
Bitcoin fluctuates but keeps its direction
Market picture
The crypto market rose another 0.5% over the past 24 hours to $2.75 trillion. The Cryptocurrency Fear and Greed Index remained at 81 (extreme greed). But the past day was not a quiet one.
Bitcoin briefly broke above $73K in a sharp move, triggering an avalanche of stop orders that drove the price down 6.5% over the next three hours to $68.6K - precisely the level from which the last rally began on Monday.
This pullback was considered an opportunity for those looking to get in at the rally, and there appear to be quite a few. The intraday nature of the move is reminiscent of the behaviour of large institutional traders, with trading algorithms intercepting the move and retail traders often joining in. Either way, the overall trend remains bullish, and Bitcoin is climbing back towards its highs as we head into early European trading.
News background
The depth of liquidity in the bitcoin market, as measured by the value of exposures in order books within 2%, reached a record $600 million, Kaiko noted. The number of bids significantly exceeded the number of asks, suggesting profit-taking by traders as historical highs were updated. The persistence of refinancing rates near the highs suggests that demand for the asset is resilient.
BTC trading volume on spot platforms reached $51 billion, surpassing the values of the 2021 bull market. At the same time, Tether's capitalisation reached an all-time high ($100bn).
Just two months after the launch of the first spot bitcoin ETFs in the US, the assets under management at BlackRock's IBIT fund surpassed 200,000 BTC ($14.6 billion).
Given the pace of capital inflows into spot bitcoin ETFs, there will be a shortage of BTC supply in six months, CryptoQuant estimates. Currently, there are only 1.4 million BTC available in the market for bitcoin ETFs.
Bloomberg lowered the chances of spot Ethereum ETFs launching in May to 35% from 70%. The reduced optimism is due to the SEC's low level of involvement in negotiations with issuers. Other challenges to a favourable verdict are the PoS mechanism, the risk of price manipulation and the recognition of the asset as a security.
The non-custodial cryptocurrency wallet MetaMask has begun testing Mastercard's payment onchain. The joint product will be "the first truly decentralised web3 payment solution". Users will be able to spend cryptocurrency "on everyday purchases wherever cards are accepted".
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Gold: Correction is fuel for growth
Gold lost over 1% on Tuesday, its first daily decline after nine days of gains, six of which were all-time highs.
Signs of consolidation were already evident on Monday and Tuesday, which began with a moderate decline, accelerated by the release of US inflation data. While the rush out of risk assets on this news was very short-lived, the sell-off in gold was more sustained but did not go beyond a short-term fixation.
A number of factors suggest that this is a corrective pullback rather than a reversal.
Firstly, the sell-off has come to an end near $2150, where there was a consolidation at the end of last week before the latest upside momentum. This level also coincides with the 76.4% Fibonacci retracement of the $175 rally of the last fortnight, when gold broke out of a bearish trading range. Such shallow corrective pullbacks are a sign of a strong bull market.
Second, gold's weakness is not supported by a general decline in risk appetite. Bitcoin briefly lost 6.5% during Tuesday's sell-off, but by Wednesday morning, it was already at all-time highs. As I write this, the Dollar Index has given back all the gains from the CPI release. The S&P500 closed at a new high on Tuesday, and the European indices are moving further into their all-time high territory on Wednesday. The correlation between European indices and gold has become very high since the second half of December.
Separately, we note the break of multi-month resistance in copper and the rise in oil, pointing to increased risk appetite, which is also favourable for gold.
All of this suggests that we may have seen a quick recharge of the bulls yesterday, allowing them to build up liquidity - fuel for further buying and renewal of all-time highs.
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AEW @AEW Big Business
BO$$TON, Massachusetts
March 13, 2024
Media: AEW Presents Loaded and Hot Show in Boston
Videos
FTW Champ, Hook, teams with Chris Jericho to face the Gates of Agony! | 3/13/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqAIEv_igyI&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
Undisputed Kingdom’s Wardlow gets his shot at the AEW Champion Samoa Joe! | 3/13/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYKseKBV7E8&t=7s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
BRUV! Will Ospreay looks toward his opponent at AEW Dynasty: Bryan Danielson! | 3/13/24 AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HEX6eZoTLM&t=4s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
The Elite, Okada & EVPs, vs Penta, PAC, & Continental Champ Eddie Kingston! | 3/13/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fxRuwgjok0&t=5s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
Darby Allin vs “Switchblade” Jay White for the FIRST TIME EVER! | 3/13/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJV1teoOyV8&t=4s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
"The CEO" Mercedes Moné has ARRIVED in AEW! | 3/13/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UttbtQQPcVs&t=4s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
AEW Set to Conduct 'Big Business’ in Bo$$ton | AEW Control Center: Boston, 3/13/24
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Pro Wrestling and Combat Sports Streaming and PLE News
TKO (WWE and UFC etc) Represented at Morgan Stanley Technology Media & Telecom Conference
Summary From Last Week
TKO's Mark Shapiro goes on record on the business of WWE, streaming and PLE business model, future direction
PLE potential bidders include Netflix, Apple and more
WWE Raw will be on Netflix in many parts of the world next year but that's just part of the picture.
TKO top brass has U.S and beyond broadcast rights revamp on the agenda for WWE's monthly PLE's.
TKO Group COO Mark Shapiro advised that the current 5 year deal with NBCUniversal to air the PLEs on Peacock is "underpriced."
"The market catches up"
"Massively performing" re NBCU
"Insatiable demand" for rights
"Hotly-contested property"
Flashback In Time
In April 2023, WWE CEO Nick Khan said the timing of the rights coming up was "interesting" to them.
In January 2021, WWE advised that WWE Network would be heading to the Peacock streaming service in the U.S., later revealed as a 5-year deal in the region of $1 billion figure.
When quizzed about whether Netflix would have interest in securing domestic rights given they will have the international rights starting in January 2025, Shapiro said that with Netflix, Apple and other providers, the conversations always started with the question of when the PLE deal was up.
Want to walk before they run with Netflix, get out of the gate strong with Raw, and see how things progress before talking about the domestic PLE rights in the event of NBCUniversal not renewing the deal.
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Pay-Per-View Biz Under The Water Cooler
PPV (Pay-Per-View) PPV means Pay-Per-View. A one-off charge to view what is typically a combat sports live event.
WWE's @WWE legendary promoter Vince McMahon is an innovator in this realm. One time rival Ted Turner also was an early adopter with World Championship Wrestling's 'Starrcade' some four decades back in history from today. The then World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) went to considerable lengths to cap the success of Starrcade and propel its own wrestling superstars forward to broadcasting operations and the public at large.
WrestleMania @WrestleMania rose to household name status and so did eventually Survivor Series, Royal Rumble and SummerSlam. Many of today's WWE major events are entitled Premium Live Events aka PLE. WWE's Triple H frequently appears at press conferences and such events and the vast majority of the media events are broadcast live on platforms such as YouTube.
In the United States the WWE moved its PPV and streaming service from the WWE Network to Peacock. In Australia the WWE is broadcast via Binge. It's tipped and fully expected that WWE Raw will migrate over to Netflix in early 2025 in a historic streaming business development. Broadcasts are sometimes called OTT - over the top, which is industry jargon.
The UFC @UFC , the world's leading MMA (mixed martial arts) promotion is understood to have borrowed a few WWE type promotional tactics to help promote some of its fights, be it via media events, storyline development and more.
Only a few pro wrestlers have truly enjoyed strong careers in MMA and professional wrestling and the most prominent are Brock Lesnar, Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler. Former UFC champion Josh Barnett could be added to this conversion, however "The War Master" has never competed in a WWE ring. Barnett (Game Changer Wrestling) is an innovator in the cross-over field however only hardcore fans and industry insiders are familiar with his contributions.
The late Judo Gene LeBell was a legendary figure in martial arts/wrestling cross-over and famously fought boxer Milo Savage. Pro wrestling and MMA enjoy a rich history and wrestling also enjoys its roots going back to "smoke filled arenas", as Vince McMahon and Triple H sometimes remind the wrestling world - as well as some partly hidden history to the "Carney's" - carnival and circus. Special attractions were a key draw and eventually pro wrestling of the catch as catch can style became more mainstream.
We hope you enjoy this journey down the wrestling and MMA memory lane.
Now, get ready for WWE WrestleMania in a few short weeks and well done to boxing's Jake Paul (vs Iron Mike Tyson on Netflix!) and wrestling's Logan Paul (WWE - Prime @PrimeHydrate logo in-ring sponsorship for PLE's) who continue to make sporting history in and out of the ring.
Combat sports and fans for the win!
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The Rock returns! Hello Elvis!
Randy Orton vs "Arrogant Aussie" Grayson Waller. RKO vs Dingo Driver!
Rey Mysterio returns! Will Mr 619 get involved in the drama between the LWO and Legado del Fantasma
Dragon Lee vs Santos Escobar. Who will unleash the warrior within and get the big W. Faction members likely to get involved in this pro wrestling meets lucha libre masterclass.
New Catch Republic vs Pretty Deadly. European style on U.S soil with technical and brawling. This is wrestling! Watch those fingers boys! Spin to win!
Catch As Catch Can, shooter, stretchers + + + vs Hello Boys masterful pro wrestlers and sports entertainers!
Media Man: As WrestleMania nears closer in a few short weeks wrestlers, managment and fans are on edge. Pity GM Nick Aldis, and how about annoucers Corey Graves @WWEGraves Wade Barrett @StuBennett who are going to be in the think of the action. The broadcasting team's prior careers are pro wrestlers are likley to serve them very well tonight and often verbal jabs can go physical, especially in and around ringside.
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UFC Fight Night 239
March 16, 2024
Tai "Bam Bam" Tuivasa vs Marchin Tybura
UFC APEX - Las Vegas, Nevada
via ESPN+
Main Card
Tai "Bam Bam" Tuivasa vs Marchin Tybura
Bryan Battle vs Ange Loosa
Ovince Saint Preux vs Kennedy Nzechukwu
Christian Rodriguez vs Isaac Dulgarian
Pannie Kianzad vs Macy Chiasson
Gerald Meerschaert vs Bryan Barberena
Prelims
Natan Levy vs Mike Davis
Josiane Nunes vs Chelsea Chandler
Thiago Moises vs Mitch Ramirez
Jafel Filho vs Ode’ Osbourne
Josh Culibao vs Danny Silva
Jaqueline Amorim vs Cory McKenna
Charalampos Grigoriou vs Chad Anheliger
Videos via the official UFC YouTube channel
UFC Vegas 88: Fighter Faceoffs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iE07Kk9DIc&ab_channel=UFC
"And our 5 rounds main event is in the heavyweight division between the number 10 ranked Marchin Tybura and number 9 Tai Tuivasa"...
Tuivasa vs Tybura Fighter Weigh-Ins | UFC Vegas 88
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n4aW9aornI&ab_channel=UFC
Tuivasa vs. Tybura Predictions ft. Bryan Battle & Comedian Jesus Trejo | UFC Unfiltered
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLWwECbMCiA&ab_channel=UFC
"Back to back victories in 2023 for Bryan Battle"
"I'm going to be the new king of this division. I'm coming up. You know what I'm sayin'. They can call me out. You feel me!'".. Bryan Battle
Tuivasa vs Tybura - Bam Bam Style | UFC Vegas 88
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fcBB3RcAPY&ab_channel=UFC
"Wo, he's knocked him out" Michael Bisping
Tai Tuivasa ‘I’m Not Going to Be Able to Bring Anything He Hasn't Seen Before’ | UFC Vegas 88
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6_MfAIdayo&ab_channel=UFC
UFC Heavyweight, Tai Tuivasa takes questions from the media ahead of his main event fight against Marcin Tybura on Saturday at UFC Vegas 88.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6_MfAIdayo&ab_channel=UFC
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Movie News: Remake To Scratch And Claw At Box Office For Hardcores
The Crow (2024) Official Trailer - Bill Skarsgård, FKA twigs, Danny Huston
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djSKp_pwmOA&ab_channel=LionsgateMovies
The Crow – coming soon to theaters! Starring Bill Skarsgård, FKA twigs, and Danny Huston.
Bill Skarsgård takes on the iconic role of THE CROW in this modern reimagining of the original graphic novel by James O’Barr. Soulmates Eric Draven (Skarsgård) and Shelly Webster (FKA twigs) are brutally murdered when the demons of her dark past catch up with them. Given the chance to save his true love by sacrificing himself, Eric sets out to seek merciless revenge on their killers, traversing the worlds of the living and the dead to put the wrong things right. (Credit: Lionsgate Movies)
Media Man: Scratching and scribes from afar. Not quite the original classic, nor 'The Birds', 'Birds Of Prey', let alone 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull' or 'Halloween'. How could it ever be?!
If fright night is your thing fly into your nearest cinema, perhaps 666 metres of less from your nest, as the crow flys. No spoilers. Scratching head as to see this. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Hardcore goths and/or Crow cult fans may eat this up, one way or another. Why? Franchise flicks are good business, but hardcores likely knew that already. There's a flock of them heading to the theatre now. Birds of a feather. RIP Brandon Lee.
Flashback
The Crow | 'Warning Explosives Ahead' (HD) | Brandon Lee | 1994
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PouAPBQ5qnc&ab_channel=Miramax
Eric's confrontation with T-Bird produces fiery results. In this scene: Skank (Angel David), Eric (Brandon Lee), T-Bird (David Patrick Kelly) About The Crow: The Crow is the tale of a young musician Eric Draven who, along with his fiancé, is murdered on the eve of their Halloween wedding. Exactly one year after their deaths, Eric is risen from the grave by a mysterious crow to seek out his killers and force them to answer for their crimes. (Credit: Miramax)
The Crow. 1994. (Full Movie)
via YouTube Movies and TV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rpo_wP7ej-4&ab_channel=YouTubeMovies
Catch the explosive hit that thrilled movie-goers and critics everywhere! Brandon Lee (Rapid Fire) plays Eric Draven, a young rock guitarist who, along with his fiancee, is brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals. Exactly one year after his death, Eric returns- watched over by a hypnotic crow, to seek revenge, battling the evil crime lord and his band of thugs, who must answer for their crimes. (Miramax)
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Movie Box Office (North America)
1. Kung Fu Panda 4 - $30.0M
2. Dune: Part Two - $29.1M
3. Arthur the King - $7.5M
4. Imaginary $5.6M
5. Cabrini - $2.8M
News (International) via Deadline with assistance from Hollywood Reporter and IMDb
Dune: Part Two
With a solid offshore hold, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two is closing in on $500M globally. The overseas weekend brought in $51.2M across 73 markets, a 40% drop versus last session (-37% excluding China). The international box office cume through Sunday is $289.4M, and worldwide the running total is $494.7M. The latter figure means the film has already surpassed Villeneuve’s 2021 Dune worldwide.
Internationally in like-for-like markets and at today’s exchange rates, the Warner Bros/Legendary Entertainment sequel is tracking 67% ahead of 2021’s Dune, 47% bigger than Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, 20% over Godzilla Vs Kong, 7% above Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One and 3% ahead of both Ready Player One and The Batman.
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SEO Terms
Keywords: Keywords are the words that users plug into a search engine whenever they seek out information over the web.
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SERP: Search engine results page.
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.
User intent: The intent of the keyword search (e.g., is the user asking a question or looking to buy a product).
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.
Ranking factors: Any algorithmic factor designed to influence a page’s ranking in a search engine for a particular keyword search.
Crawling: The ability of search engines to find web pages on your site.
Indexation: The ability of search engines to include your web pages in its web index.
Technical SEO: The backend details of a website, including a web page’s speed and mobile rendering, which impacts its search rankings.
On-page SEO: A list of ranking factors, including meta tags and header tags, designed to help a page rank higher in search results.
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Link building: The manual process of building backlinks or hyperlinks to a website, which is a vital ranking factor for most search engines.
Algorithm updates: Any update to Google’s core algorithm (e.g., Penguin, Panda) that influences a broad range of search rankings.
Core Web Vitals: Technical SEO factors that Google finds important in determining a page’s potential user experience.
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UX: User experience.
Casino News
Casino was my last good role, says Sharon Stone
haron Stone has said she never got a good part again after 1995's Casino and described herself as "the invisible actress".
The Basic Instinct star, 66, has since appeared in films such as Catwoman, Lovelace and Basic Instinct 2.
Stone lost out on winning an Oscar for Martin Scorsese's crime thriller Casino to Susan Sarandon in Dead Man Walking.
Speaking on The Louis Theroux Podcast, Stone said The Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola warned her in advance that this would be the case.
She said: "Francis put his hand on my shoulder and he said: 'I need to talk to you.'
"He said: 'You're not going to win the Oscar.'
'I want you to feel like you're going to cry now. I don't want you to cry in the room, and that's why I'm doing this, and it feels so mean right now.
"'But I didn't win for The Godfather and Marty didn't win for Raging Bull, and you're not going to win for Casino."
Coppola said none of them won because the Academy couldn't "hear opera", she remembered.
"'This is not the level of films they want," she remembers him saying.
Discussing attending the Oscars when she knew she was going to lose, she said: "You have to pretend it's fantastic and it's not fantastic.
"And then I didn't get any good parts ever again for the rest of my entire life."
When Theroux replied: "That can't be true. I'm sure there were other movies you did that were good," she replied: "No, and guess what? I hate it."
She continued: "It's easier to say: 'She's cold', or: 'I don't like her', or: 'She's difficult', or: 'She must be sick', or: 'She's too old', or that 'she's hard to cast', or: 'We don't know what to do with her.'
Stone also described her experiences with disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein, who is in prison for sex offences and with whom she she crossed paths at events for the Aids charity Amfar.
She said: "I had a long time of dealing with Harvey and I'm really glad that he's in prison and I think he should stay there with the rest of the people who are like him. Harvey's a pig. He's an octopus and you're just always getting one of his tentacles off you."
Asked if she was too powerful for him to try to coerce into sex, she said: "He would say things to me like: 'You know, you think you're such a princess, Sharon,' as I would unwind him off me.
"And I'd say: 'Yeah, I think I'm the queen of France. F*** off.'
"But he was certainly comfortable with throwing me across the room. He was physically violent to me on more than one occasion because he was so angry at me because I wouldn't do what he wanted me to do."
Bruno Mars' shocking $50 million gambling debt report sparks wild fan jokes: 'He is high on…'
Bruno Mars owes millions to MGM casino for hefty poker debts, risking long-term partnership: Report
Bruno Mars is renowned for lighting up the stage, but recent reports alleging a staggering $50 million gambling debt at the MGM Grand have fans buzzing for a different reason. In 2016, the singer-songwriter announced a 'multi-year residency deal' with MGM Grand in Las Vegas. However, the recent report suggests that the collaboration between Mars and the hospitality brand has soured due to mounting debt.
Bruno Mars reportedly in $50 million debt to MGM Grand
On March 16th, it was reported that Bruno Mars now owes millions of dollars to the MGM casino after reportedly accumulating hefty poker debts. The Talking to the Moon singer had a multi-year residency agreement with Park MGM in Las Vegas, where he performed on a regular basis.
Citing that MGM “basically owns him,” they continued, “He earns $90 million a year from the casino deal, but then he has to pay back his debt... after taxes (Mars earns $1.5 million per night).”
What’s going on between Bruno Mars and MGM Grand
In 2016, it was announced that the hospitality industry had entered into a long-term partnership with Mars, which will feature his exclusive performances across an extensive portfolio of world-class entertainment venues. The president of MGM Grand delivered a statement claiming, “Bruno is among the most talented performers in the world and we are excited to start a long-term relationship with him.” Now, the once mutual relationship appears to have evolved into a feud due to piled-up casino debts.
Bruno Mars’ casino debt sparks meme frenzy
While the 24K Magic singer has never shied away from admitting that he supported himself by playing poker before pursuing music, fans are shocked that news of his casino debt has made its way onto the top of headlines. “Bruno Mars having $50 million gambling debt lets me know his next album gonna be a classic, real degenerate.” A user wrote on X (formerly Twitter). Others chimed in too, “Bruno Mars needs a movie about his life cause ik my mans be wylin… 50 MILLION DOLLARS in GAMBLING DEBT ?”, “Bruno Mars walking through MGM casino undercover trying to avoid that $50m gambling debt”, “He is high on debt”, “Bruno mars when the dealer gets blackjack.”
WWE surpasses 100 million subscriber mark on YouTube - March 8, 2024
WWE surpasses 100 million subscriber mark on YouTube - March 8, 2024
WWE, part of TKO Group Holdings, today surpassed 100 million subscribers on its official YouTube channel, becoming one of only 10 channels worldwide to achieve the milestone.
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. Every segment featuring “The Rock” since his surprise SmackDown return on Sept. 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.
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 Raw, SmackDown, NXT and premium live events, archival premium live event footage, exclusive interviews and content featuring Superstars, weekly episodes of WWE's The Bump, post-event press conferences and more.
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.
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Pro Wrestling
WWE @WWE SmackDown
Theory & Waller steal a qualifying win with WrestleMania implications: SmackDown, March 22, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiP_FwCYmCA&ab_channel=WWE
"The muscle The OC...You can get an opportunity, a window on Luke Gallows, you better take it and not talk trash"... "WrestleMania implications"... Wade Barrett
@StuBennett
"Gallows and Anderson recently on NXT @WWENXT asserting their dominance. Looking to bring that sort of success back to Friday Night SmackDown.." Cory Graves @WWEGraves
And more great WWE highlights and moment to his the official WWE YouTube channel
www.youtube.com/wwe
#SmackDown #WrestleManiaXL #WrestleMania #GraysonWaller #GWEffect #AustinTheorty #Hitman #LukeGallows #KarlAnderson #MachineGun #TheOC #MagicKiller #ATown #ATownDownUnder #Aussie #CoreyGraves #WadeBarrett #prowrestling #wrestling #broadcast #broadcasting #FOX #Fox #hightlights #popculture #trends #trending #buzz #TV #media
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Motorsport
Australian Grand Prix @ausgrandprix
Formula 1 @F1
Australian Grand Prix YouTube
Aussie Fans Grill Oscar Piastri
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sItT5n7VBM4&ab_channel=F1AustralianGrandPrix
Home town hero Oscar Piastri took the stage at the Quad Lock Box where the team passed the microphone over to the crowd to let Aussie fans ask the questions they wanted answers to. From Oscar's Mum on Twitter, plans to overcome Max Verstappen's dominance and Oscar's fandom in South Korea (yes, that's a thing), Piastri was honest in his responses and was quick to point out that how much he loves Melbourne and Australia. (Credit: Australian F1 Grand Prix)
Formula 1 Official YouTube channel
Drivers' Post-Qualifying Reaction | 2024 Australian Grand Prix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2hMX6F0VHo&ab_channel=FORMULA1
All the drivers gave their verdict after FP3 and qualifying as Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz finished on the front row in Melbourne whilst we saw progress for Alpine as Esteban Ocon made Q2 for the first time this season. (Credit: F1)
Max Verstappen's Pole Lap | 2024 Australian Grand Prix | Pirelli
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsdTCkQBDMA&ab_channel=FORMULA1
More great footage to continue via F1 Official YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/@Formula1
AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX QUALIFYING RESULTS
Top 10
1. Max Verstappen, Red Bull, 1:15.915
2. Carlos Sainz, Ferrari, +0.270
3. Sergio Perez, Red Bull, +0.359
4. Lando Norris, McLaren, +0.400
5. Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, +0.520
6. Oscar Piastri, McLaren, +0.657
7. George Russell, Mercedes, +0.809
8. Yuki Tsunoda, RB, +0.873
9. Lance Stroll, Aston Martin, +1.157
10. Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin, +1.637
Out in Q2
11) Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
12) Alex Albon, Williams
13) Valtteri Bottas, Sauber
14) Kevin Magnussen, Haas
15) Esteban Ocon, Alpine
Out in Q1
16) Nico Hulkenberg, Haas
17) Pierre Gasly, Alpine
18) Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull
19) Zhou Guanyu, Sauber
Image credit: Formula One
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MMA
UFC @ufc
UFC Vegas 89 aka UFC on ESPN 53
March 23, 2024
UFC Apex. Enterprise, Nevada
Main Card
Amanda Ribas (125.5) vs. Rose Namajunas (125.5)
Karl Williams (246.5) vs. Justin Tafa (264.5)
Edmen Shahbazyan (186) vs. A.J. Dobson (185.5)
Payton Talbott (135.5) vs. Cameron Saaiman (135)
Billy Quarantillo (145.5) vs. Youssef Zalal (146)
Fernando Padilla (145) vs. Luis Pajuelo (145)
UFC Vegas 89 Preliminary
Kurt Holobaugh (155.5) vs. Trey Ogden (155.5) –
Ricardo Ramos (145.5) vs. Julian Erosa (146) –
Miles Johns (136) vs. Cody Gibson (135.5) –
Jarno Errens (144.5) vs.Steven Nguyen (145) –
Montserrat Rendon (135) vs. Darya Zheleznyakova (135.5) –
Igor Severino (125) vs. André Lima (126) –
Mohammed Usman (237) vs. Mick Parkin (262.5) –
Videos
The Top Octagon Finishes From UFC Vegas 89 Fighters!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzB7rUbOklo&ab_channel=UFC
"Namajunas has landed several of those inside low-kicks" Joe Rogan
UFC Vegas 89: Fighter Faceoffs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG496VHhwDQ&ab_channel=UFC
Namajunas vs Ribas Fighter Weigh-Ins | UFC Vegas 89
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAMyx5aphek&ab_channel=UFC
Amanda Ribas and Michael Ray discuss UFC Fight Night: Ribas vs. Namajunas picks | UFC Unfiltered
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuPfiyNNLn8&ab_channel=UFC
Matt Serra and Jim Norton reunite for a Wednesday episode of UFC Unfiltered that sees the two chop it up with 8th-ranked UFC women’s flyweight Amanda Ribas and country musician Michael Ray ahead of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night: Ribas vs. Namajunas card at the APEX in Las Vegas. (Credit: UFC)
#UFCVegas89 #AmandaRibas #RoseNamajunas #KarlWilliams #JustinTafa #EdmenShahbazyan #AJDobson #UFC #ESPN #MMA #mixedmartialarts #ufcnews #ufcmedia #mmanews #mmamedia #YouTube #Video #Videos #broadcast #sportsnews #sportsmedia #trends #trending #buzz #Vegas #VegasNews #media
Image credit: UFC
BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE | Official Teaser Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6yDanmWI1E&t=13s&ab_channel=WarnerBros.Pictures
The juice is loose! #BeetlejuiceBeetlejuice - Only in theaters September 6. Beetlejuice is back!
Oscar-nominated, singular creative visionary Tim Burton and Oscar nominee and star Michael Keaton reunite for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the long-awaited sequel to Burton’s award-winning Beetlejuice.
Keaton returns to his iconic role alongside Oscar nominee Winona Ryder (Stranger Things, Little Women) as Lydia Deetz and two-time Emmy winner Catherine O’Hara (Schitt$ Creek, The Nightmare Before Christmas) as Delia Deetz, with new cast members Justin Theroux (Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi, The Leftovers), Monica Bellucci (Spectre, The Matrix films), Arthur Conti (House of the Dragon) in his feature film debut, with Emmy nominee Jenna Ortega (Wednesday, Scream VI) as Lydia’s daughter, Astrid, and Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe (Poor Things, At Eternity’s Gate).
Beetlejuice is back! After an unexpected family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter, Astrid, discovers the mysterious model of the town in the attic and the portal to the Afterlife is accidentally opened. With trouble brewing in both realms, it's only a matter of time until someone says Beetlejuice's name three times and the mischievous demon returns to unleash his very own brand of mayhem.
Burton, a genre unto himself, directs from a screenplay by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar (Wednesday), story by Gough & Millar and Seth Grahame-Smith (The LEGO® Batman Movie), based on characters created by Michael McDowell & Larry Wilson. The film’s producers are Marc Toberoff, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Tommy Harper and Burton, with Sara Desmond, Katterli Frauenfelder, Gough, Millar, Brad Pitt, Larry Wilson, Laurence Senelick, Pete Chiappetta, Andrew Lary, Anthony Tittanegro, Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg executive producing.
Burton’s creatives behind the scenes includes director of photography Haris Zambarloukos (Meg 2: The Trench, Murder on the Orient Express); such previous and frequent collaborators as production designer Mark Scruton (Wednesday), editor Jay Prychidny (Wednesday), Oscar-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood (Alice in Wonderland, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Sleepy Hollow), Oscar-winning creature effects and special makeup FX creative supervisor Neal Scanlan (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) and Oscar-nominated composer Danny Elfman (Big Fish, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Batman); and Oscar-winning hair and makeup designer Christine Blundell (Topsy-Turvy).
A Warner Bros. Pictures presentation, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice will be released only in theaters and IMAX on September 6, 2024 nationwide, and internationally beginning 4 September 2024. It will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures. (Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures)
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(Image credit: Warner Bros. Pictures)
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WWE @WWE SmackDown
Top 10 Friday Night SmackDown moments: WWE Top 10, March 22, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UazW9s7hoI&ab_channel=WWE
"The tables have turned" Corey Graves
"Theory and Waller shifted their focus to the surgically repaired leg of Gallows with a great deal of success thus far, but Wade, Gallows, not staying down" CG
"Yeah.. Gallows not opting to go for the pin there. That could have finished things perhaps"... Wade Barrett
"And Michin with armdrag to Waller" CG
"Referee didn't see that one" WB
#SmackDown #Top10 #moments #RomanReigns #HeadOfTheTable #CodyRhodes #AmericanNightmare #FinishTheStory #TheBloodline #PaulHeyman #WrestleManiaXL #WrestleMania #ReyMysterio #LWO #SantosEscobar #LDF #LegadoDelFantasma #TheOC #ATownDownUnder #AOP #KarrionKross #StreetProfits #DirtyDom #GraysonWaller #AustinTheory #IyoSky #JadeCargill #AJStyles #LAKnight #FOX #prowrestling #wrestling #YouTube #Video #broadcast #broadcasting #popculture #trends #trending #buzz #TV #media #mediaman #mediamanint
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UFC @ufc UFC Vegas 89 aka UFC on ESPN 53
March 23, 2024 UFC Apex. Enterprise, Nevada
Videos
Rose Namajunas Post-Fight Interview | UFC Vegas 89
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dnxl_Aoomq8&ab_channel=UFC
"I'm here with the winer. Rose Namajunas. Rose congratulations. This is the second attempt in this division and a much better outcome. How are you feeling after this fight"...
"Man, it's good to get your hand raised. I know we don't ah, we try not to think about the result. We just control what we can control, but I got to thank god for blessing me with this cause you know, he gives me breath every day" RN
Amanda Ribas Post-Fight Interview | UFC Vegas 89
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdeJ2NZ_kzs&ab_channel=UFC
"Amanda, an incredible fight. Very close. How did you think the fight was going thoughout the night tonight"?
"I was sure it was a war, and Rosie is a warrior. I am true and I just want to say thanks for all the opportunity"... AR
ESPN MMA YouTube
Rose Namajunas breaks down win vs. Amanda Ribas at #UFCVegas89 | ESPN MMA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op9aCmOWmIo&t=54s&ab_channel=ESPNMMA
"Did it go as you anticipated"? Media
"Yeah, for the most part"... RN
Igor Severino DQ’d for biting Andre Lima on #UFCVegas89 prelims | ESPN MMA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCQQ1boBtrM&ab_channel=ESPNMMA
Referee Chris Tognoni calls the end to the fight between Igor Severino and Andre Lima after Severino bit Lima on the arm. Lima would win the fight via disqualification.
UFC Fight Night: Ribas vs Namajunas Results
Rose Namajunas defeats Amanda Ribas by unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 48-47)
Karl Williams defeats Justin Tafa by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Edmen Shahbazyan defeats AJ Dobson by KO (strikes) at 4:33 of Round 1
Payton Talbott defeats Cameron Saaiman by TKO (strikes) at 0:21 of Round 2
Youssef Zalal defeats Billy Quarantillo by submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:50 of Round 2
Fernando Padilla defeats Luis Pajuelo by submission (D’arce choke) at 2:45 of Round 1
Trey Ogden defeats Kurt Holobaugh by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Julian Erosa defeats Ricardo Ramos by submission (guillotine choke) at 2:15 of Round 1
Miles Johns defeats Cody Gibson by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Jarno Errens defeats Steven Nguyen by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Daria Zhelezniakova defeats Montserrat Rendon by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Andre Lima defeats Igor Severino by DQ (biting) at 2:52 of Round 2
Mick Parkin defeats Mohammed Usman by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) (Credit: UFC)
Main Card
Amanda Ribas (125.5) vs. Rose Namajunas (125.5)
Karl Williams (246.5) vs. Justin Tafa (264.5)
Edmen Shahbazyan (186) vs. A.J. Dobson (185.5) Payton Talbott (135.5) vs. Cameron Saaiman (135)
Billy Quarantillo (145.5) vs. Youssef Zalal (146) Fernando Padilla (145) vs. Luis Pajuelo (145)
UFC Vegas 89 Preliminary
Kurt Holobaugh (155.5) vs. Trey Ogden (155.5) –
Ricardo Ramos (145.5) vs. Julian Erosa (146) –
Miles Johns (136) vs. Cody Gibson (135.5) –
Jarno Errens (144.5) vs.Steven Nguyen (145) – Montserrat Rendon (135) vs. Darya Zheleznyakova (135.5) –
Igor Severino (125) vs. André Lima (126) –
Mohammed Usman (237) vs. Mick Parkin (262.5) –
Videos
The Top Octagon Finishes From UFC Vegas 89 Fighters! https://youtube.com/watch?v=zzB7rUbOklo&ab_channel=UFC
Namajunas has landed several of those inside low-kicks" Joe Rogan UFC Vegas 89: Fighter Faceoffs https://youtube.com/watch?v=nG496VHhwDQ&ab_channel=UFC
Namajunas vs Ribas Fighter Weigh-Ins | UFC Vegas 89 https://youtube.com/watch?v=hAMyx5aphek&ab_channel=UFC
Amanda Ribas and Michael Ray discuss UFC Fight Night: Ribas vs. Namajunas picks | UFC Unfiltered https://youtube.com/watch?v=JuPfiyNNLn8&ab_channel=UFC
Matt Serra and Jim Norton reunite for a Wednesday episode of UFC Unfiltered that sees the two chop it up with 8th-ranked UFC women’s flyweight Amanda Ribas and country musician Michael Ray ahead of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night: Ribas vs. Namajunas card at the APEX in Las Vegas. (Credit: UFC)
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www.mediamanint.com/articles/ufc_2024.html
#UFCVegas89 #AmandaRibas #RoseNamajunas #KarlWilliams #JustinTafa #EdmenShahbazyan #AJDobson #UFC #ESPN #MMA #mixedmartialarts #ufcnews #ufcmedia #mmanews #mmamedia #YouTube #Video #Videos #broadcast #sportsnews #sportsmedia #trends #trending #buzz #Vegas #VegasNews #media
Image credit: UFC
UFC at Brookvale? Shock partnership emerges as Manly’s spiritual home set for facelift
UFC events at Brookvale Oval? It’s a bold plan, but it could become a reality.
The Daily Telegraph is reporting UFC officials are set to sit down with Sea Eagles powerbrokers to negotiate a potential revamp for the suburban home of the Manly club.
The potential merger could see Brookvale reportedly turned into a state of the start stadium that can seat 25,000 to 30,000 with a roof.
The ground would then be used to hose NRL, rugby and soccer games as well as UFC fight cards.
The UFC have previously undertaken similar ventures in Mexico and China, having set up locations as a training base for fighters.
UFC’s Vice President, Australia & New Zealand Peter Kloczko has reportedly already spoken to Scott Penn and chief executive Tony Mestrov.
“We are building a solid partnership with the NRL in terms of all the things we did in Vegas,” Kloczko said to News Corp.
“This could be one of them. The UFC has a mandate at the moment to look at opportunities for establishing and developing UFC performance institutes around the world.
“Currently there are three – one in Vegas, one in China and one in Mexico City.
“I think it is important for us to develop as a business here and we have a local physical presence and that could be having a UFC performance institute here in Australia.”
Kloczko also revealed the UFC could “bring blockbuster fights to Sydney” in a stadium that has a roof, bringing “more certainty” regarding weather conditions.
The Sea Eagles trained at the UFC’s facilities ahead of the Las Vegas season-opening games.
Manly bosses are also reportedly tired of waiting for funding from the NSW Government to upgrade their spiritual home and are exploring options.
(FOX Sports)
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UFC @ufc Top Brass Dana White: “Absolute Best In Sports”; "Focusing on the future, What we're doing 5 years from now"
“I’m at a point in my life where I do all the *hit I like to do and I only want to be aligned with people that I want to do *ucking business with, from sponsorships to fighters to everything. [But] if you ask me what I think I’m really good at, it’s building great teams. That’s what I’m good at.”
White advised his team as “second to none” when it comes to delivering high-quality production, even over more prominent and established sports: “I don’t give a *uck if you’re with the NFL or anybody, we smoke everybody in the sports business – this team here is the best in the world.”
White also stated high quality production is one of the four aspects of his day-to-day job that are key to keeping the ‘creative juices’ flowing and remain on top:
“The only things I focus on a daily basis are finding new up-and-coming talent, matchmaking the best fights that we can make, putting them in the places they need to go, meaning is this fight in London or is this fight here, and production.”
“There’s a s**** room across the hall that was supposed to be a file cabinet closet and I turned it into the War Room.”
“Every Tuesday we meet in there, every day me, Sean [Shelby] and Hunter [Campbell] will go in there and just stare at the walls…It’s the most important room in the entire company.”
And more
"Me and the Fertitta's own a company called Throw One too, that I've been very involved in" ("We own ridiculousness on MTV, we own SLS Skate League, Nitro Circus and Travis Pastrana Nitrocross"...)
"I surround myself with a very small circle of people that I've been with 30 years" ... "I believe in life that you pick a team of people that you like, care about and feel care about you, and like you, and you roll with that team through the good and the bad, and it is what it is. Cause' I don't let a lot of new people into my life".
"I'm busier than I've even been in my life."
Video
Pound 4 Pound with Kamaru & Henry Podcast
Kamaru Usman & Henry Cejudo interview Dana White
DANA WHITE: Building UFC, Favorite Fighters, Conor McGregor || P4P Kamaru Usman & Henry Cejudo Ep. 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfFMJUWwVxE
Kamaru Usman and Henry Cejudo go to UFC Headquarters in Las Vegas to sit down with Dana White to discuss the history of the sport, who is the greatest Welterweight fighter of all time, and what makes a championship fighter.
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FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH x Porsche – Driven by Dreams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVc5bgfk-nM
The dream lives on, it's still driving forwards. Dive deep into the creative minds behind FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH in this short film created as part of the exciting new collab between sports car manufacturer Porsche AG and SQUARE ENIX.
Creative Director Tetsuya Nomura, Producer Yoshinori Kitase and Director Naoki Hamaguchi hit the streets of Tokyo in two iconic Porsche 911s - a classic model from 1997, launched the same year as the original FINAL FANTASY VII, and the latest model from 2024 - to reflect on the legacy of FINAL FANTASY VII and what it was like to dream this groundbreaking RPG into existence with no existing roads to follow.
Play the FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH Demo on PS5.
Download from PlayStation® Store. FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH launches February 29, 2024. 911 Carrera GTS (WLTP): Fuel consumption combined in l/100 km: 11,4 - 10,4 (WLTP); CO2 emissions combined in g/km: 258 – 236; CO₂ class: G; status: 03/2024
What is FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH?
The Unknown Journey Continues... After escaping from the dystopian city of Midgar, Cloud and his friends set out on a journey across the planet. New adventures await – prepare to sprint across grassy plains on a Chocobo and explore expansive environments.
If you are eager to dive fully into the FINAL FANTASY remake trilogy, a Twin Pack that contains both FFVII REBIRTH and FFVII REMAKE INTERGRADE, the expanded and graphically enhanced version of the first game in the series, is now available for pre-order.
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DRIVEN BY DREAMS – PORSCHE x FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH COLLAB ON NEW SHORT FILM ABOUT THE CREATIVE MINDS BEHIND THE GROUNDBREAKING GAME
Hear From Some of Gaming’s Most Iconic Dreamers—Tetsuya Nomura, Yoshinori Kitase and Naoki Hamaguchi—in Visionary Short Film Powered by Porsche
LOS ANGELES (Mar. 1, 2024) – Today, SQUARE ENIX® and sports car manufacturer Porsche AG announced a collaboration to celebrate those who are Driven by Dreams. In celebration of the release of the critically acclaimed, FINAL FANTASY™ VII REBIRTH, fans can hear from creators of the original FINAL FANTASY VII and the FINAL FANTASY VII remake project in a visionary short film. In the film, FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH Creative Director Tetsuya Nomura, Producer Yoshinori Kitase and Director Naoki Hamaguchi hit the streets of Tokyo in two iconic Porsche 911 – a classic car from 1997 and the most recent 2024 model year - to reflect on the legacy of FINAL FANTASY VII (released in 1997) and what it was like to dream the groundbreaking RPG into existence with no existing road to follow. To celebrate the collaboration, Porsche Experience Center Los Angeles added a specially themed Porsche 911 featuring a FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH livery to their fleet. Voice actors from the game, Briana White (Aerith), Caleb Pierce (Zack), Suzie Yeung (Yuffie) and Max Mittlemen (Red XIII), were able to take the customized 911 out on the driver development course for a thrilling, hands-on driving experience.
“At Porsche, we’re inspired by dreamers around the world—those who are driven by a desire to create change. Few people embody that pioneering spirit quite like the creators of FINAL FANTASY VII, who redefined the role-playing game genre and raised the bar for the video game art form to astonishing new heights. On the eve of their latest highly anticipated release, we at Porsche salute the entire development team at SQUARE ENIX and continue to feel inspired by dreamers like them.” -Deniz Keskin, Director Brand Management & Partnerships at Porsche AG. “With FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH, just like with the original FINAL FANTASY VII, we began development with a dream to create something that would become the standard for storytelling in the next generation of games. Dreaming means overcoming many challenges, but it’s also a chance to create new possibilities. We share that willingness to reinvent and challenge established norms with our friends at Porsche.” -Yoshinori Kitase, Producer (FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH) Voted “Most Anticipated” Game of 2024 at The Game Awards, FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH is the new story in the critically acclaimed FINAL FANTASY VII remake project, which seeks to reimagine the legendary FINAL FANTASY VII in three standalone parts. FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH follows the first game in the trilogy, FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE, released in 2020 to universal acclaim from players and critics around the globe. After earning more than 20 perfect scores from media and being selected as a PlayStation® “Editor’s Choice” pick, FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE became the highest-selling digital release on the PlayStation® platform in SQUARE ENIX’s history, exceeding more than 7 million shipments and digital sales worldwide since its release. A free, two-part demo for FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH, available now, lets players experience both the game’s opening chapter and a special preview of the massive in-game world set several hours into the main storyline. Players can carry over their saved progress from the demo’s opening chapter to the full game, allowing them to resume their adventure and claim unique, gameplay-boosting incentives. FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH is now available for the PlayStation®5 (PS5™) console. This title has been rated T (Teen) by the ESRB.
Special thanks: Square Enix @SquareEnix and Porsche @Porsche
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UFC @ufc Top Brass Dana White: “Absolute Best In Sports”; "Focusing on the future, What we're doing 5 years from now"
“I’m at a point in my life where I do all the *hit I like to do and I only want to be aligned with people that I want to do *ucking business with, from sponsorships to fighters to everything. [But] if you ask me what I think I’m really good at, it’s building great teams. That’s what I’m good at.”
White advised his team as “second to none” when it comes to delivering high-quality production, even over more prominent and established sports: “I don’t give a *uck if you’re with the NFL or anybody, we smoke everybody in the sports business – this team here is the best in the world.”
White also stated high quality production is one of the four aspects of his day-to-day job that are key to keeping the ‘creative juices’ flowing and remain on top:
“The only things I focus on a daily basis are finding new up-and-coming talent, matchmaking the best fights that we can make, putting them in the places they need to go, meaning is this fight in London or is this fight here, and production.”
“There’s a s**** room across the hall that was supposed to be a file cabinet closet and I turned it into the War Room.”
“Every Tuesday we meet in there, every day me, Sean [Shelby] and Hunter [Campbell] will go in there and just stare at the walls…It’s the most important room in the entire company.”
And more
"Me and the Fertitta's own a company called Throw One too, that I've been very involved in" ("We own ridiculousness on MTV, we own SLS Skate League, Nitro Circus and Travis Pastrana Nitrocross"...)
"I surround myself with a very small circle of people that I've been with 30 years" ... "I believe in life that you pick a team of people that you like, care about and feel care about you, and like you, and you roll with that team through the good and the bad, and it is what it is. Cause' I don't let a lot of new people into my life".
"I'm busier than I've even been in my life."
Video
Pound 4 Pound with Kamaru & Henry Podcast
Kamaru Usman & Henry Cejudo interview Dana White
DANA WHITE: Building UFC, Favorite Fighters, Conor McGregor || P4P Kamaru Usman & Henry Cejudo Ep. 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfFMJUWwVxE
Kamaru Usman and Henry Cejudo go to UFC Headquarters in Las Vegas to sit down with Dana White to discuss the history of the sport, who is the greatest Welterweight fighter of all time, and what makes a championship fighter.
Media Man Web Tips
Link Building For SEO
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10. Focus on building relationships, providing value, and earning links naturally over time.
Mixed Martial Arts
UFC
@ufc
Top Brass Dana White: “Absolute Best In Sports”; "Focusing on the future, What we're doing 5 years from now"
“I’m at a point in my life where I do all the *hit I like to do and I only want to be aligned with people that I want to do *ucking business with, from sponsorships to fighters to everything. [But] if you ask me what I think I’m really good at, it’s building great teams. That’s what I’m good at.”
White advised his team as “second to none” when it comes to delivering high-quality production, even over more prominent and established sports: “I don’t give a *uck if you’re with the NFL or anybody, we smoke everybody in the sports business – this team here is the best in the world.”
White also stated high quality production is one of the four aspects of his day-to-day job that are key to keeping the ‘creative juices’ flowing and remain on top:
“The only things I focus on a daily basis are finding new up-and-coming talent, matchmaking the best fights that we can make, putting them in the places they need to go, meaning is this fight in London or is this fight here, and production.”
“There’s a s**** room across the hall that was supposed to be a file cabinet closet and I turned it into the War Room.”
“Every Tuesday we meet in there, every day me, Sean [Shelby] and Hunter [Campbell] will go in there and just stare at the walls…It’s the most important room in the entire company.”
And more
"Me and the Fertitta's own a company called Throw One too, that I've been very involved in" ("We own ridiculousness on MTV, we own SLS Skate League, Nitro Circus and Travis Pastrana Nitrocross"...)
"I surround myself with a very small circle of people that I've been with 30 years" ... "I believe in life that you pick a team of people that you like, care about and feel care about you, and like you, and you roll with that team through the good and the bad, and it is what it is. Cause' I don't let a lot of new people into my life".
"I'm busier than I've even been in my life."
Video
Pound 4 Pound with Kamaru & Henry Podcast
Kamaru Usman & Henry Cejudo interview Dana White
DANA WHITE: Building UFC, Favorite Fighters, Conor McGregor || P4P Kamaru Usman & Henry Cejudo Ep. 5
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZfFMJUWwVxE
Kamaru Usman and Henry Cejudo go to UFC Headquarters in Las Vegas to sit down with Dana White to discuss the history of the sport, who is the greatest Welterweight fighter of all time, and what makes a championship fighter.
FURIOSA : A MAD MAX SAGA | OFFICIAL TRAILER #2
https://youtube.com/watch?v=FVswuip0-co&ab_channel=WarnerBros.Pictures
She will return with a vengeance. Furiosa : A Mad Max Saga - Only in theaters May 24. Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth star in Academy Award-winning mastermind George Miller’s “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” the much-anticipated return to the iconic dystopian world he created more than 30 years ago with the seminal “Mad Max” films.
Miller now turns the page again with an all-new original, standalone action adventure that will reveal the origins of the powerhouse character from the multiple Oscar-winning global smash “Mad Max: Fury Road.”
The new feature from Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures is produced by Miller and his longtime partner, Oscar-nominated producer Doug Mitchell (“Mad Max: Fury Road,” “Babe”), under their Australian-based Kennedy Miller Mitchell banner. As the world fell, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falls into the hands of a great Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus.
Sweeping through the Wasteland, they come across the Citadel presided over by The Immortan Joe. While the two Tyrants war for dominance, Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home. Taylor-Joy stars in the title role, and along with Hemsworth, the film also stars Alyla Browne and Tom Burke. Miller penned the script with “Mad Max: Fury Road” co-writer Nico Lathouris. Miller’s behind-the-scenes creative team includes first assistant director PJ Voeten and second unit director and stunt coordinator Guy Norris, director of photography Simon Duggan (“Hacksaw Ridge,” “The Great Gatsby”), composer Tom Holkenborg, sound designer Robert Mackenzie, editor Eliot Knapman, visual effects supervisor Andrew Jackson and colorist Eric Whipp. The team also includes other longtime collaborators: production designer Colin Gibson, editor Margaret Sixel, sound mixer Ben Osmo, costume designer Jenny Beavan and makeup designer Lesley Vanderwalt, each of whom won an Oscar for their work on “Mad Max: Fury Road.”
Warner Bros. Pictures Presents, in Association with Village Roadshow Pictures, A Kennedy Miller Mitchell Production, A George Miller Film, “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.” The film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, in theaters only nationwide on May 24, 2024 and internationally beginning on 22 May, 2024.
Media Man: So pumped for this. Anything with the Mad Max name in it is going to get a good look from us. Ready, steady, go!
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Pro Wrestling
WWE
@WWE
SmackDown
Top 10 Friday Night SmackDown moments: WWE Top 10, March 22, 2024
https://youtube.com/watch?v=7UazW9s7hoI&ab_channel=WWE
"The tables have turned" Corey Graves
"Theory and Waller shifted their focus to the surgically repaired leg of Gallows with a great deal of success thus far, but Wade, Gallows, not staying down" CG
"Yeah.. Gallows not opting to go for the pin there. That could have finished things perhaps"... Wade Barrett
"And Michin with armdrag to Waller" CG
"Referee didn't see that one" WB
More great action via the official WWE YouTube channel
BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE | Official Teaser Trailer
https://youtube.com/watch?v=e6yDanmWI1E&t=13s&ab_channel=WarnerBros.Pictures
The juice is loose! #BeetlejuiceBeetlejuice - Only in theaters September 6. Beetlejuice is back!
Oscar-nominated, singular creative visionary Tim Burton and Oscar nominee and star Michael Keaton reunite for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the long-awaited sequel to Burton’s award-winning Beetlejuice.
Keaton returns to his iconic role alongside Oscar nominee Winona Ryder (Stranger Things, Little Women) as Lydia Deetz and two-time Emmy winner Catherine O’Hara (Schitt$ Creek, The Nightmare Before Christmas) as Delia Deetz, with new cast members Justin Theroux (Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi, The Leftovers), Monica Bellucci (Spectre, The Matrix films), Arthur Conti (House of the Dragon) in his feature film debut, with Emmy nominee Jenna Ortega (Wednesday, Scream VI) as Lydia’s daughter, Astrid, and Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe (Poor Things, At Eternity’s Gate).
Beetlejuice is back! After an unexpected family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter, Astrid, discovers the mysterious model of the town in the attic and the portal to the Afterlife is accidentally opened. With trouble brewing in both realms, it's only a matter of time until someone says Beetlejuice's name three times and the mischievous demon returns to unleash his very own brand of mayhem.
Burton, a genre unto himself, directs from a screenplay by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar (Wednesday), story by Gough & Millar and Seth Grahame-Smith (The LEGO® Batman Movie), based on characters created by Michael McDowell & Larry Wilson. The film’s producers are Marc Toberoff, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Tommy Harper and Burton, with Sara Desmond, Katterli Frauenfelder, Gough, Millar, Brad Pitt, Larry Wilson, Laurence Senelick, Pete Chiappetta, Andrew Lary, Anthony Tittanegro, Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg executive producing.
Burton’s creatives behind the scenes includes director of photography Haris Zambarloukos (Meg 2: The Trench, Murder on the Orient Express); such previous and frequent collaborators as production designer Mark Scruton (Wednesday), editor Jay Prychidny (Wednesday), Oscar-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood (Alice in Wonderland, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Sleepy Hollow), Oscar-winning creature effects and special makeup FX creative supervisor Neal Scanlan (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) and Oscar-nominated composer Danny Elfman (Big Fish, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Batman); and Oscar-winning hair and makeup designer Christine Blundell (Topsy-Turvy).
A Warner Bros. Pictures presentation, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice will be released only in theaters and IMAX on September 6, 2024 nationwide, and internationally beginning 4 September 2024. It will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures. (Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures)
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MMA
UFC
@ufc
UFC Vegas 89 aka UFC on ESPN 53
March 23, 2024
UFC Apex. Enterprise, Nevada
Main Card
Amanda Ribas (125.5) vs. Rose Namajunas (125.5)
Karl Williams (246.5) vs. Justin Tafa (264.5)
Edmen Shahbazyan (186) vs. A.J. Dobson (185.5)
Payton Talbott (135.5) vs. Cameron Saaiman (135)
Billy Quarantillo (145.5) vs. Youssef Zalal (146)
Fernando Padilla (145) vs. Luis Pajuelo (145)
UFC Vegas 89 Preliminary
Kurt Holobaugh (155.5) vs. Trey Ogden (155.5) –
Ricardo Ramos (145.5) vs. Julian Erosa (146) –
Miles Johns (136) vs. Cody Gibson (135.5) –
Jarno Errens (144.5) vs.Steven Nguyen (145) –
Montserrat Rendon (135) vs. Darya Zheleznyakova (135.5) –
Igor Severino (125) vs. André Lima (126) –
Mohammed Usman (237) vs. Mick Parkin (262.5) –
Videos
The Top Octagon Finishes From UFC Vegas 89 Fighters!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=zzB7rUbOklo&ab_channel=UFC
"Namajunas has landed several of those inside low-kicks" Joe Rogan
UFC Vegas 89: Fighter Faceoffs
https://youtube.com/watch?v=nG496VHhwDQ&ab_channel=UFC
Namajunas vs Ribas Fighter Weigh-Ins | UFC Vegas 89
https://youtube.com/watch?v=hAMyx5aphek&ab_channel=UFC
Amanda Ribas and Michael Ray discuss UFC Fight Night: Ribas vs. Namajunas picks | UFC Unfiltered
https://youtube.com/watch?v=JuPfiyNNLn8&ab_channel=UFC
Matt Serra and Jim Norton reunite for a Wednesday episode of UFC Unfiltered that sees the two chop it up with 8th-ranked UFC women’s flyweight Amanda Ribas and country musician Michael Ray ahead of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night: Ribas vs. Namajunas card at the APEX in Las Vegas. (Credit: UFC)
Motorsport
Australian Grand Prix
@ausgrandprix
Formula 1
@F1
Australian Grand Prix YouTube
Aussie Fans Grill Oscar Piastri
https://youtube.com/watch?v=sItT5n7VBM4&ab_channel=F1AustralianGrandPrix
Home town hero Oscar Piastri took the stage at the Quad Lock Box where the team passed the microphone over to the crowd to let Aussie fans ask the questions they wanted answers to. From Oscar's Mum on Twitter, plans to overcome Max Verstappen's dominance and Oscar's fandom in South Korea (yes, that's a thing), Piastri was honest in his responses and was quick to point out that how much he loves Melbourne and Australia. (Credit: Australian F1 Grand Prix)
Formula 1 Official YouTube channel
Drivers' Post-Qualifying Reaction | 2024 Australian Grand Prix
https://youtube.com/watch?v=p2hMX6F0VHo&ab_channel=FORMULA1
All the drivers gave their verdict after FP3 and qualifying as Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz finished on the front row in Melbourne whilst we saw progress for Alpine as Esteban Ocon made Q2 for the first time this season. (Credit: F1)
Max Verstappen's Pole Lap | 2024 Australian Grand Prix | Pirelli
https://youtube.com/watch?v=VsdTCkQBDMA&ab_channel=FORMULA1
More great footage to continue via F1 Official YouTube channel
https://youtube.com/@Formula1
AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX QUALIFYING RESULTS
Top 10
1. Max Verstappen, Red Bull, 1:15.915
2. Carlos Sainz, Ferrari, +0.270
3. Sergio Perez, Red Bull, +0.359
4. Lando Norris, McLaren, +0.400
5. Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, +0.520
6. Oscar Piastri, McLaren, +0.657
7. George Russell, Mercedes, +0.809
8. Yuki Tsunoda, RB, +0.873
9. Lance Stroll, Aston Martin, +1.157
10. Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin, +1.637
Out in Q2
11) Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
12) Alex Albon, Williams
13) Valtteri Bottas, Sauber
14) Kevin Magnussen, Haas
15) Esteban Ocon, Alpine
Out in Q1
16) Nico Hulkenberg, Haas
17) Pierre Gasly, Alpine
18) Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull
19) Zhou Guanyu, Sauber
Image credit: Formula One
Wrestling News
WWE
@WWE
Slammys: Vote Early & Vote Often. Just kidding! Ala Dominion! (Media Man insider joke/satire)
Our names for consideration are (but not ever single one is on the official WWE list), just to be clear.
Roman Reigns
Logan Paul
The Rock
Cody Rhodes
Karrion Kross
Kevin Owens
Miz
Grayson Waller
LWO
Usos
Rhea Ripley
Asuka
Tiffany Stratton
Triple H
Corey Graves
Pat McAfee
Michael Cole
Wade Barrett
Nick Aldis and more!
Vote now for The 2024 Slammys: The Fans Choice Awards (WWE)
https://wwe.com/article/2024-slammy-awards-voting
Pro Wrestling
WWE
@WWE
SmackDown
March 22, 2024
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Scarlett has an idea that calms an irate Karrion Kross: SmackDown exclusive, March 22, 2024
https://youtube.com/watch?v=-aprcuHkimw
"Now what do you and Bobby have in common"?. Scarlett
"What do you need to do to make Bobby get what you want" Scarlett
"Oh. Arh..What I want is what Bobby wants. It's what Bobby wants". Karrion Kross
@realKILLERkross
"What do you do to get them to do what you want" Scarlett
"Tick Tock. That's why I love you. I love you..I love you. A plan is formulating" Karrion Kross
Media Man: One of our favorites Karrion Kross promos ever and one of the greatest behind the scenes pro wrestling promos ever in our view. Compelling, unique and dramatic. Full stop.
Media Man: Shades of Pulp Fiction, Natural Born Killers and Bonnie and Clyde. *Our interpretation only. This is cinema.
Newsflash: WWE Slammy Awards are back. Karrion and Scarlett: "Best Couple" and can we say, "Most Heelish" or "Most Cunning"... these two have to be in line for an award or two. Even if not everything about pro wrestling is about "winning" as KK has touched on previously. AOP may like to have a say on this also. Winning conversation captured on film!!!
Pro Wrestling
WWE
@WWE
SmackDown
March 22, 2024
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Media Man: Roman Reigns is the biggest star in WWE history, at least of the modern era. Reigns, Cena, Sammartino, Hogan... Cody Rhodes on the rise. Absolutely stacked and loaded show. Karrion Kross and Scarlett get dark. AJ Styles attacked outside home by LA Knight. Cops called!!! WWE broadcast team on fire. Catch the WrestleMania Season fever!
SmackDown’s explosive moments: SmackDown highlights, March 22, 2024
https://youtube.com/watch?v=VasFOAaq-KM
"Santos back inside the squared circle" Corey Graves
"All of that resentment bottled up over the past several months finally".. Wade Barrett
"Rey Mysterio" WB
"Wade, you know better" CG
FULL SEGMENT – Reigns and Rhodes come face-to-face before WrestleMania: SmackDown, March 22, 2024
https://youtube.com/watch?v=SvOE-Qcwbw4&t=1086s
"Cody Rhodes refusing Roman Reigns over of handshake"
"This may have backfired"... Wade Barrett
"This may have backfired"... Wade Barrett Wade" Corey Graves
"Cody Rhodes was not born yesterday" WB
"The Tables have turned" CG
"Cody Rhodes standing his ground. Both superstars on a collision course for Philadelphia. WrestleMania Saturday, WrestleMania Sunday. Let's go Philly" CG
Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes bring backup in a major SmackDown standoff: SmackDown, March 22, 2024
https://youtube.com/watch?v=OfWVZhWjnOI
"Good luck at WrestleMania" Cody Rhodes
Scarlett has an idea that calms an irate Karrion Kross: SmackDown exclusive, March 22, 2024
https://youtube.com/watch?v=-aprcuHkimw&t=8s
"I set that up.. day by day, week by week...I... I sacrificed" Karrion Kross
"Stop. I know what your thinking and I know what you want to do. But you have to think what happens if you get fired. We have to be smart about this, ok" Scarlett
"Dirty" Dom Mysterio helps Santos Escobar defeat Rey Mysterio: SmackDown highlights, March 22, 2024
https://youtube.com/watch?v=MyKIXMA4418&t=7s
"Rey, making the climb to the top turnbuckle again" CG
“Dirty” Dom had every right to help Escobar beat Rey Mysterio: SmackDown exclusive, March 22, 2024
https://youtube.com/watch?v=bSwn695fUds
The Street Profits move one step closer to WrestleMania title opportunity: SmackDown, March 22, 2024
https://youtube.com/watch?v=WBLNjCuwKEc&t=3s
"AOP, trained killers here in WWE" CG
LA Knight incites a brawl at AJ Styles’ home and gets arrested: SmackDown highlights, March 22, 2024
https://youtube.com/watch?v=JN0t67T2jKg&t=2s
Theory & Waller steal a qualifying win with WrestleMania implications: SmackDown, March 22, 2024
https://youtube.com/watch?v=FiP_FwCYmCA
Damage CTRL takes out Naomi and Bianca Belair: SmackDown highlights, March 22, 2024
https://youtube.com/watch?v=MC876hDFDLs&t=6s
Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns to engage in epic showdown: WWE Now, March 22, 2024 https://youtube.com/watch?v=CH9lBzmj8cs
Media Man Tip Off:
The Pat McAfee Show! (since Pat is part of the WWE family)
Roman Reigns Says His Era Is About Quality Not Quantity, Still In His Prime | Pat McAfee Show
https://youtube.com/watch?v=GFEueJYiqvU&t=1696s
WWE
@WWE
SmackDown
LA Knight incites a brawl at AJ Styles' home and gets arrested
https://youtu.be/JN0t67T2jKg?si=fZ6g02lnA1pLVS1h
"Well, I missed WrestleMania last year...what the".. AJ Styles
Car beeps!
"Who is honking the horn" Styles
"Yeah. I told you you got to show up.. right here" LA Knight
"Well that's where our cameras stopped rolling. We were able to get the following footage from the local police department" Corey Graves
@WWEGraves
"Police. Stop fighting. Get off him. Put your hands behind your back" Police officer
Woman screams!
"Get him on that car" Police officer
"I told you, wherever you are".. Knight
"Back up" officer
"This is what you get coming to my place" Styles
"Show up next week".. Knight
"I'll be back, I said it, Yeah" Knight
"WrestleMania's comin" Knight
"Get him outta here" Styles
"I hope you guys are getting paid very well 'cause I might be back" Knight
"AJ Styles would eventually decline to press charges and LA Knight would be released from custody" Corey Graves
@WWEGraves
"Love LA Knight but not to break the law. Thank goodness"... Wade Barrett
@StuBennett
The Pat McAfree Show
"This is the thing. Our society is a bunch of sheep right. You tell 'em. You can Jedi them, and then they're like, oh Cody's the good guy. Look, he signs autographs. That guys a politician" Roman Reigns
"Wo" Pat McAfee
"Comon'" Roman Reigns
"A Joe Biden" - media panel
"That's what I'm saying. He's been up here in a three peice suit. We're on the Pat McAfee Live Show" Roman Reigns
"Yeah"! PM
"We've coming all black"... RR
Cryptocurrency and Business News via FxPro and Media Man
March 21, 2024
Rising dollar spooked bitcoin, but not the entire crypto market
Crypto finished its pullback thanks to the Fed
Market picture
The cryptocurrency market closed lower on Thursday, but little changed from the $2.53 trillion market cap over 24 hours. However, the internal dynamics are mixed. Bitcoin loses 1.5% and retreats to $66K, while Ethereum hovers around $3500 (-0.25%), BNB and DOGE are up over 5%, and XRP is up around 4%.
It's as if the cryptocurrencies haven't chosen their shepherd: should they follow negative from the strengthening dollar or positive after new heights of US indices? We lean towards the latter, believing that the dollar strengthens against even weaker peers whose central banks are more dovish.
Overall, G10 central banks’ dovishness eases a liquidity drain, which is positive for cryptocurrencies that are sensitive to it.
News background
Bitcoin's current pullback is a temporary correction, according to CryptoQuant. Judging by the low level of inflows from new investors, BTC's bull cycle is far from over.
BTC could fall to $52K in the coming weeks, warned 10xResearch. However, there will be a further rise to at least $106K due to the upcoming halving in April.
The SEC has no good reason to reject applications to launch an Ethereum ETF, said Coinbase General Counsel Paul Grewal. For years, the commission has treated the world's second-largest cryptocurrency as an exchange-traded commodity rather than a security, he said.
Former US CFTC commissioner Brian Quintenz criticised the SEC's stance on Ethereum, saying the agency was creating confusion in the law.
Solana is attracting the most investor interest. Solana accounts for 49.3% of global investor interest in blockchain ecosystems in 2024, CoinGecko calculated based on internet search data. The leadership is fuelled by SOL's rise to highs from 2021, the development of ecosystem projects such as Pyth and the popularity of meme tokens such as dogwifhat.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said the main challenge for the network's PoS mechanism was the centralisation involved in staking services. Lido, Coinbase and Binance have gained "excessive market share", he said.
News
Fed dovishness does not hurt the dollar
The Fed left its key interest rate unchanged, and the forecast for its reduction this year was unchanged, but it supported risk appetite in the global markets. After the announcement, the US dollar accelerated its decline, losing around 1% from peak to trough. All three major US stock indexes hit all-time highs, and gold rallied to new highs.
Markets were encouraged by Powell's words that his view of the inflation outlook had not changed in recent weeks. Remember that during this period, inflation reports have come in above expectations and questioned the downward trajectory.
Another positive was the removal of risks that the FOMC would reduce the number of projected rate cuts.
Also positive was the confirmation of the previously announced plans to reduce the pace of securities sales from the balance sheet. This will add some liquidity to the financial system, which is supportive of risk demand, although the overall impact is relatively small.
The dollar's reaction is in line with our earlier expectations. The Fed's dovish tone triggered an impulsive sell-off in the dollar, with the DXY falling sharply below its 200- and 50-day moving averages.
As expected, and as we wrote before the release, the dollar's downward momentum does not look sustainable, given the strong technical picture that has been building over the past few weeks.
From a fundamental perspective, it isn't easy to sell the dollar when other central banks are set to follow suit. At the end of last year, there was speculation that the Fed would be the first to ease, which weakened the dollar. However, a strong economy and labour market have levelled the playing field. In addition, the SNB unexpectedly cut rates by 25 basis points on Thursday, highlighting Europe's willingness to ease.
The expected synchronised easing by the world's major central banks is feeding buyer interest in equity markets.
(Source: FxPro) with Media Man and Bitcoin News Media
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Mining Directory (Media Man Int) *in progress http://mediamanint.com/articles/mining_directory.html
Commodities Directory (Media Man Int) *in progress http://mediamanint.com/articles/commodities_directory.html
Pro Wrestling Fantasy Booking
Gonzo Journalism And Sports Satire Edition
*Satire Creative/Creative Scribe
*Anything in the name of comedy
Black Label Edition For MAD Magazine (potentially)
Jack Foley, Lynch and Mr X vs Taker, Flair and Ms X - Ethics and Critical Thinking Skills On a Pole Match
Special Ref: Dutch
Special Enforcer: Tucker
International Comms: Vlad
Incoming Prez: Don
Wrestling and Political Mash Up..since some wrestlers want to rub shoulders ...
Stipulations
Winners Get Silks Lifetime Membership
Loosers Undergo lie detector test
Loosers Get Pharma Sponsorship and Six Boosters Per Year mandatory
Loosers Get Wokeness Training In Oval Room Prior To Space Travel Launch
Loosers get Space Travel One Way Ticket for Chip Prototype;.X Marks The Spot
Stop Over at Truth Or Consequences and Parts Unknown
Filmed For Claymation Adaption re classic MTV 'Celebrity Death Match' theme and spirit
Winners and Loosers Get Summoned by Wrestler's Court
Loosers Get DVD Feature in "Warrior" style with behind the scenes feature
Politics Is Very Dirty Business
Fun Fact: Politics and sports, athletes,do not mix (the late, great, Mean Gene Okerlund). Madison Square Garden, New York. 1984
Pro Wrestling
All Elite Wrestling
@AEW
AEW Dynamite
"Excuse me Chris. That was quite the upset to Hook tonight"... Renee Paqette
"I was hoping that he would do what he did tonight. Hook, you showed me something I haven't seen in a long time. You are a future world champion. You are every bit as a bad, bad, man as everyone says you are. And after tonight Hook you got my respect and next week, Hook, on Dynamite I've got a proposition for you. Thanks Renee" Chris Jericho
And more great pro wrestling via the official AEW YouTube channel
http://youtube.com/AEW
Pro Wrestling
AEW
@AEW
Dynamite
FOR RESPECT! The FTW Champ Hook faces Lionheart Chris Jericho! 3/20/24
https://youtu.be/qoFofSI2LJg?si=jURi7K2ns3mlnwAe
"We are live and sold out here in Toronto and we are witnessing to put it frankly a lopsided affair. Hook dominating Chris Jericho Tony" Excalibur
"Well here's a look at the latest of the German suplexes" Tony Schivone
"There's been many of them Tony. Ha" Taz
"In his 55th match compared to 2,769 matches. How 'bout that".. TS
"Hook just pinned the first ever AEW champion" Taz
Media Man: Huge thumbs up. Current legend helping create a future legend. Giving back to the business.
And more great pro wrestling via the official AEW YouTube channel
http://youtube.com/AEW
Pro Wrestling
AEW
@AEW
Dynamite
FOR RESPECT! The FTW Champ Hook faces Lionheart Chris Jericho! 3/20/24
https://youtu.be/qoFofSI2LJg?si=jURi7K2ns3mlnwAe
"We are live and sold out here in Toronto and we are witnessing to put it frankly a lopsided affair. Hook dominating Chris Jericho Tony" Excalibur
"Well here's a look at the latest of the German suplexes" Tony Schivone
"There's been many of them Tony. Ha" Taz
"In his 55th match compared to 2,769 matches. How 'bout that".. TS
"Hook just pinned the first ever AEW champion" Taz
Media Man: Huge thumbs up. Current legend helping create a future legend. Giving back to the business.
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FOR RESPECT! The FTW Champ Hook faces Lionheart Chris Jericho! 3/20/24
https://youtu.be/qoFofSI2LJg?si=jURi7K2ns3mlnwAe
"We are live and sold out here in Toronto and we are witnessing to put it frankly a lopsided affair. Hook dominating Chris Jericho Tony" Excalibur
"Well here's a look at the latest of the German suplexes" Tony Schivone
"There's been many of them Tony. Ha" Taz
"In his 55th match compared to 2,769 matches. How 'bout that".. TS
"Hook just pinned the first ever AEW champion" Taz
Media Man: Huge thumbs up. Current legend helping create a future legend. Giving back to the business.
And more great pro wrestling via the official AEW YouTube channel
http://youtube.com/AEW
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Dynamite
Okada vs Kingston with Eddie’s Continental Championship on the line! | 3/20/24, AEW Dynamite
https://youtube.com/watch?v=fvEOnikOco4&t=319s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
"We are sold out live in Toronto. The AEW Continental Championship in on the line"... Excalibur
Media Man: Strong thumbs up to this great match. And New! The Continental Championship has even more meaning now! Canada, USA, Japan and The World!
"I think we have a guest"
"Pac wasting no time"
More great AEW moment and highlights via the official AEW YouTube channel
http://youtube.com/AEW
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TNT Champ Christian Cage vs Adam Copeland III! Who said “I QUIT”? | 3/20/24, AEW Dynamite
https://youtube.com/watch?v=X6vFPn8Dygg&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
"Oh, Adam Copeland just launched Christian Cage off the stage here in Toronto. The main event. The I quit match continues live"... Excalibur
Media Man: Ultra strong thumbs up to this feud and production.
More great AEW moment and highlights via the official AEW YouTube channel
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SEO short for search engine optimization.
"digital is now the company's main marketing channel with the majority of investment going on SEO"
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Marketing and Sponsorship: As bitcoin and crypto soar again, expect another sponsorship run
Spring is almost here, but is the Crypto Winter over? With bitcoin trading at an all-time high last week, across an industry ever hungry for new sponsorship categories, many were asking if everything old is new again. Will the exchanges on which bitcoin are traded start spending as they did just a few years ago, before some flamed out spectacularly, like FTX, which had its brand on MLB umpires for several seasons, along with a nameplate on the Miami Heat’s home arena? Binance filed for bankruptcy, as did Voyager, which had a large Dallas Mavericks sponsorship. There was also turbulence among some of the NFT and associated blockchain brands, like Socios, which exited the U.S. market last fall.
Bitcoin’s ascension to record heights hasn’t gone completely unnoticed across sports. Naturally, there’s still some wariness.
“We were just discussing that,” said Keith Wachtel, NHL chief business officer and executive vice president, global partnerships. “There are still some regulatory issues and concerns. Of course, we’ll continue to do our due diligence. We don’t see anything yet at the league level we are imminently or proactively pursuing. And it’s not just regulation — it’s how comfortable anyone is with those companies now, even if and when there is further regulation.”
SponsorUnited counts 118 crypto brands currently executing some form of sports marketing in the U.S. and Europe. “Still a wide-open category for most properties,” said SU Founder Bob Lynch.
Jason Miller, Excel head of properties, who assisted the Sixers with their Crypto.com uniform patch deal, said he’s expecting a comeback. “A lot of those are funded or at least supported by their bitcoin wallets, and so with bitcoin way up, they’ve got full packets again. Certainly, there will be caution from larger properties, but I still expect a fair number of new deals in the space from brands seeking visibility.”
There’s some evidence that’s already happening. UFC has had a Crypto.com sponsorship since 2021, which includes prominent kit branding, that remains one of the MMA circuit’s biggest deals. With the recent run-up in digital currencies, “now, we are both looking at ways to expand that partnership actively and aggressively,” said Grant Norris-Jones, who sells sponsorship assets for both UFC and WWE as executive vice president/head of global partnerships for Endeavor’s TKO Group. “And if they’re doing that with us, I am sure there’s that kind of opportunity across the marketplace.”
Just last week, UEFA issued an RFP, soliciting bids from crypto exchanges for the Champions League.
So, is the digital exchange category back fully? There are those reminding us some brands never left.
CAA Sports Co-Head Mike Levine said he’s expecting a relatively active market, especially in the second half of this year.
“The story never told was that a lot of these companies with big sponsorships actually made it through multiple crypto winters before this latest run-up,” said Levine, whose agency assisted OKX with a series of deals, including presenting sponsorship for the Tribeca Film Festival. OKX also has a sleeve sponsorship with the Premier League’s Manchester City, and is primary sponsor for Formula 1’s McLaren team. “The market should come back relatively quickly, but the 2.0 version of blockchain and sponsorship will be one in which functionality is more central to those brand’s successes; for NFTs, it’ll be utility over collectability.”
There are lawsuits still pending and Sam Bankman-Fried is still in jail. So, can the category ever be fully rehabilitated as far as sponsorships? Or will it forever be typecast as the Spongetech of this decade?
“Additional regulatory comfort certainly would help a lot,” said the NHL’s Wachtel, “but the bigger concern with things like this is always going to be reputational risk.”
“People are getting more comfortable with crypto again,” said industry veteran David Paro, head of global sponsorships for MoneyGram. “It appears like there’s always going to be some degree of volatility in this category as a given. So, deal structure is going to be fascinating.”
After much club pressure during the last spending spree by digital exchanges, the NFL in 2022 permitted its clubs to do crypto sponsorships. Only two did: the Cowboys with Blockchain.com and the Giants with Grayscale. Socios had more than a dozen NFL team deals. “We haven’t had anyone knocking on our door yet,” said Ravens sales chief Kevin Rochlitz, “but I’d expect more caution on both the sell and the buy sides as it moves forward. And you know with categories like this, the NFL is never in first.”
Chris Voigt, Seattle Mariners SVP of corporate partnerships, said his team received a recent inquiry about a sponsorship. “I would call that unexpected and still very early and exploratory,” he said from spring training in Arizona. “Obviously, there’s some funding on that side now. On our side, of course, you’d look to protect yourself as much as possible in any deal.”
With sponsorships like its naming rights at L.A.’s downtown arena, Crypto.com appears to have built the most brand awareness in the U.S., which leaves a slot open for a No. 2. Count on one of the exchanges jumping on that opening.
“Anyone selling will ask for as much up front as possible and I am sure the [crypto] acceptance piece won’t be as important this time,” said Adam Davis, Two Circles managing director, North America, who negotiated the Sixers/Crypto.com jersey patch deal as chief commercial officer of Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment. “This is an industry that generally follows the money. Some years ago, cigarette signs were common at venues and now you have spirits and betting brands in great numbers. In 10 years, we night be talking about THC or hallucinogenics as categories. In sport, money always wins.”
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The Fall Guy | Everything
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hpi2JXq1XY&ab_channel=UniversalPictures
He’s a stuntman, and like everyone in the stunt community, he gets blown up, shot, crashed, thrown through windows and dropped from the highest of heights, all for our entertainment. And now, fresh off an almost career-ending accident, this working-class hero has to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy and try to win back the love of his life while still doing his day job. What could possibly go right?
From real life stunt man and director David Leitch, the blockbuster director of Bullet Train, Deadpool 2, Atomic Blonde and Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw and the producer of John Wick, Nobody and Violent Night, comes his most personal film yet. A new hilarious, hard-driving, all-star apex-action thriller and love letter to action movies and the hard-working and under-appreciated crew of people who make them: The Fall Guy.
Oscar® nominee Ryan Gosling (Barbie, La La Land, Drive) stars as Colt Seavers, a battle-scarred stuntman who, having left the business a year earlier to focus on both his physical and mental health, is drafted back into service when the star of a mega-budget studio movie—being directed by his ex, Jody Moreno, played by Golden Globe winner Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer, A Quiet Place films, Sicario)—goes missing.
While the film’s ruthless producer (Emmy winner Hannah Waddingham; Ted Lasso), maneuvers to keep the disappearance of star Tom Ryder (Golden Globe winner Aaron Taylor-Johnson; Bullet Train) a secret from the studio and the media, Colt performs the film’s most outrageous stunts while trying (with limited success) to charm his way back into Jody’s good graces. But as the mystery around the missing star deepens, Colt will find himself ensnared in a sinister, criminal plot that will push him to the edge of a fall more dangerous than any stunt.
Inspired by the hit 1980s TV series, The Fall Guy also stars Winston Duke (Black Panther franchise) and Academy Award® nominee Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once).
From a screenplay by Hobbs & Shaw screenwriter Drew Pearce, The Fall Guy is produced by Kelly McCormick (Bullet Train, Nobody, Atomic Blonde) and David Leitch for their company 87North, and by Ryan Gosling and by Guymon Casady (Game of Thrones, Steve Jobs and executive producer of the upcoming series Ripley) for Entertainment 360. The film is executive produced by Drew Pearce, Entertainment 360’s Geoff Shaevitz and the creator of the original Fall Guy television series, Glen A. Larson.
Website: http://www.TheFallGuyMovie.com
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Media Man SEO in today’s digital landscape
SEO for News Media, Pop Culture, Online Business and Traditional Business Models
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.
Keyword Research Strategies for Media Man SEO
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:
1. Identifying high-volume news media keywords
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.
2. Long-Tail Keyword Opportunities for National Optimization
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.
3. Competitor Analysis and Keyword Gap Identification
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.
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.
On-page optimization techniques
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.
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.
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.
Off-Page SEO Tactics for Media, Online Media and News Media Visibility
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.
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.
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.
Content Strategy for Media Man SEO Success
A strong content strategy is important for achieving success innational SEO. Here are some key points you need to consider:
1. Audience Research: Understand your national audience’s demographics, interests, and pain points. It helps to craft content that resonates with your audience.
2. Keyword Optimization: Conduct thorough keyword research to find the most relevant national keywords. Then, incorporate them naturally into your content.
3. Content Planning: Develop a content calendar outlining topics, formats, and publication schedules to maintain consistency and relevance.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Conclusion
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.
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Media Man SEO in today’s digital landscape
SEO for News Media, Pop Culture, Online Business and Traditional Business Models
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.
Keyword Research Strategies for Media Man SEO
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:
1. Identifying high-volume news media keywords
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.
2. Long-Tail Keyword Opportunities for National Optimization
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.
3. Competitor Analysis and Keyword Gap Identification
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.
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CM Punk is BACK in Chicago!: WWE Now, March 25, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eetSDUuzDAA&t=4s&ab_channel=WWE
The Rock interrupts Cody Rhodes with a surprise Raw appearance: Raw highlights, March 25, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJoGSHAb3tk&ab_channel=WWE
What did The Rock say to Cody Rhodes?: Raw highlights, March 25, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw6XLIYm07g&ab_channel=WWE
Media Man: Red hot RAW
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Ricochet vs. JD McDonagh: Raw highlights, March 25, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k09P5ILFxRs&t=4s&ab_channel=WWE
"And Ricochet, an incredible athlete" Michael Cole @MichaelCole
"And this is why you come to a show to watch Ricochet do his thing" Pat McAfee @PatMcAfeeShow
"And what does the innovative Ricochet have in mind" Michael Cole
"Quick as a..." MC
"Puma" PM
"Spanish fly, almost ended this for JD McDonagh"
"What the hell was that?!
"Holy pee" PM
"Richochet's gunna fly" MC
"I hate him Cole, I hate him" PM
"He had no business being on the apron"
"See you later you bum"
"Down goes McDonagh. Off the shooting star press for the win"
Media Man: Off the charts. Oh My God. Gold!
#WWERaw #CMPunk #DrewMcintyre #BestInTheWorld #ScottishWarrior #ChosenOne #CodyRhodes #WrestleMania #PaulHeyman #TheFinalBoss #Ricochet #JDMcDonagh #SamiZayn #BronsonReed #Tsumani #JeyUso #JimmyUso #Uce #Yeet #CandiceLeRae #TiffyTime #IvyNile #DirtyDom #RheaRipley #AwesomeTruth #Hartwell #MichaelCole #PatMcAfee #USANetwork #highlights #moments #prowrestling #wrestling #Video #popculture #broadcast #LetsGo #trends #trending #buzz #Chicago #USA #TV #media
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Pro Wrestling
WWE @WWE RAW
Chicago, IL
Ricochet vs. JD McDonagh: Raw highlights, March 25, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k09P5ILFxRs&t=4s&ab_channel=WWE
"And Ricochet, an incredible athlete" Michael Cole @MichaelCole
"And this is why you come to a show to watch Ricochet do his thing" Pat McAfee @PatMcAfeeShow
"And what does the innovative Ricochet have in mind" Michael Cole
"Quick as a..." MC
"Puma" PM
"Spanish fly, almost ended this for JD McDonagh"
"What the hell was that?!
"Holy pee" PM
"Richochet's gunna fly" MC
"I hate him Cole, I hate him" PM
"He had no business being on the apron"
"See you later you bum"
"Down goes McDonagh. Off the shooting star press for the win"
Media Man: Off the charts. Oh My God. Gold!
#WWERaw #CMPunk #DrewMcintyre #BestInTheWorld #ScottishWarrior #ChosenOne #CodyRhodes #WrestleMania #PaulHeyman #TheFinalBoss #Ricochet #JDMcDonagh #SamiZayn #BronsonReed #Tsumani #JeyUso #JimmyUso #Uce #Yeet #CandiceLeRae #TiffyTime #IvyNile #DirtyDom #RheaRipley #AwesomeTruth #Hartwell #MichaelCole #PatMcAfee #USANetwork #highlights #moments #prowrestling #wrestling #Video #popculture #broadcast #LetsGo #trends #trending #buzz #Chicago #USA #TV #media
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Pro Wrestling
WWE @WWE RAW
Chicago, IL
Raw’s explosive moments: Raw highlights, March 25, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBtX2zblS0w&t=117s&ab_channel=WWE
The Rock interrupts Cody Rhodes with a surprise Raw appearance: Raw highlights, March 25, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJoGSHAb3tk&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE
"You can sense Chicago finally realizes The Final Boss is here" Pat McAfee
"Cody obviously taken aback by whatever The Rock whisphered to him" Michael Cole
What did The Rock say to Cody Rhodes?: Raw highlights, March 25, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw6XLIYm07g&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE
The Rock leaves Cody Rhodes bloody in parking lot attack: Raw highlights, March 25, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXFGFWsFsLg&t=7s&ab_channel=WWE
"Look at you now" The Rock
FULL SEGMENT – CM Punk roasts The Rock, Rollins and McIntyre: Raw, March 25, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVtTq9SAhr0&t=9s&ab_channel=WWE
"Is it good to be alive in Chicago on a Monday night or what" CM Punk
The Judgment Day attack The New Day, #DIY, Miz and R-Truth: Raw highlights, March 25, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzs7Wo1KUro&t=9s&ab_channel=WWE
Andrade vs. Giovanni Vinci: Raw highlights, March 25, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb7he-yq_7I&t=4s&ab_channel=WWE
Candice LeRae feigns an injury to defeat Ivy Nile: Raw highlights, March 25, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq9YRIaIKqU&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE
Ricochet vs. JD McDonagh: Raw highlights, March 25, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k09P5ILFxRs&t=4s&ab_channel=WWE
"And Ricochet, an incredible athlete" Michael Cole @MichaelCole
"And this is why you come to a show to watch Ricochet do his thing" Pat McAfee @PatMcAfeeShow
Sami Zayn vs. “Big” Bronson Reed: Raw highlights, March 25, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ex4ZgukrZ4&ab_channel=WWE
Media Man: Off the charts. Oh My God. The Rock has turned into a mad man. Rhodes blood on his hands and belt. Mama Rhodes will not be pleased! Red turns to green! Red river flowing like a rapid. Over the falls at WrestleMania baby. Gold! This is cinema!
#WWERaw #CMPunk #DrewMcIntyre #BestInTheWorld #ScottishWarrior #ChosenOne #CodyRhodes #WrestleMania #PaulHeyman #TheFinalBoss #Ricochet #JDMcDonagh #SamiZayn #BronsonReed #Tsumani #JeyUso #JimmyUso #Uce #Yeet #CandiceLeRae #IvyNile #DirtyDom #RheaRipley #AwesomeTruth #Hartwell #MichaelCole #PatMcAfee #USANetwork #highlights #moments #prowrestling #wrestling #Video #YouTube #Top10 #popculture #broadcast #LetsGo #trends #trending #buzz #Chicago #USA #TV #media
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Pro Wrestling
WWE @WWE RAW
Chicago, IL
Top 10 Monday Night Raw moments: WWE Top 10, March 25, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcqGmQ0GWM8&t=7s&ab_channel=WWE
CM Punk delivers mic drop moment in Chicago: Raw, March 25, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHIJ2UprD5k&t=115s&ab_channel=WWE
Raw’s explosive moments: Raw highlights, March 25, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBtX2zblS0w&t=117s&ab_channel=WWE
The Rock interrupts Cody Rhodes with a surprise Raw appearance: Raw highlights, March 25, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJoGSHAb3tk&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE
"You can sense Chicago finally realizes The Final Boss is here" Pat McAfee
"Cody obviously taken aback by whatever The Rock whisphered to him" Michael Cole
What did The Rock say to Cody Rhodes?: Raw highlights, March 25, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw6XLIYm07g&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE
The Rock leaves Cody Rhodes bloody in parking lot attack: Raw highlights, March 25, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXFGFWsFsLg&t=7s&ab_channel=WWE
"Look at you now" The Rock
FULL SEGMENT – CM Punk roasts The Rock, Rollins and McIntyre: Raw, March 25, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVtTq9SAhr0&t=9s&ab_channel=WWE
"Is it good to be alive in Chicago on a Monday night or what" CM Punk
Media Man: Off the charts. Oh My God. The Rock has turned into a mad man. Rhodes blood on his hands and belt. Mama Rhodes will not be pleased! Red turns to green! Red river flowing like a rapid. Over the falls at WrestleMania baby. Gold! This is cinema!
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James Bond News: Aaron Taylor-Johnson gains strong support and endorsements
007
@007
is on everyones lips again. From the MGM, Amazon, Monte Carlo, Vegas and Media Man water coolers, bars and beyond.
Former James Bond actor George Lazenby is giving nod to Aaron Taylor-Johnson - now ATJ to the fan base!
The British actor is strongly rumored to be taking over the role from Daniel Craig, who portrayed the spy for 15 years.
Lazenby, 84 told TMZ that Taylor-Johnson, 33, “can handle the stunts, and all the ladies who love a man in a tux.”
Down Under Aussie actor Lazenby, who starred as the famed spy in the 1969 film “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service,” revealed that while the “Avengers: Age of Ultron” star had not been formally offered the role, he would be happy to support him provided he could “do the character justice.”
Last week, the Sun reported that Taylor-Johnson was offered the role of the international secret agent and was expected to sign the contract very soon.
“Bond is Aaron’s job, should he wish to accept it,” an insider told the outlet. “The formal offer is on the table, and they are waiting to hear back.”
According to Eon Productions, the British company associated with all of the Bond films, they fully expect to start shooting the movie later this year.
“As far as Eon is concerned, Aaron is going to ink his contract in the coming days - if it hasn't already happened by the time we go to print/web, and they can start preparing for the big announcement,” the source added.
It was reported in 2022 that the “Tenet” star had undergone a screen test for the Bond franchise.
“I find it charming and wonderful that people see me in that role. I take it as a great compliment,” Taylor-Johnson told reporters last week.
A source noted that Taylor-Johnson “may not be the best-known in his field, but he is an incredibly talented actor,” and “his role in ‘Nocturnal Animals’ showed his depth as an actor.”
“He is the perfect person to play Bond and will pick up well from where Daniel left off,” the insider added.
Taylor-Johnson is best known for “Kick-Ass,” “Anna Karenina,” “Bullet Train” and “Godzilla.”
Up next, he will appear with Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt in “The Fall Guy.”
Others who’ve been rumored to be in the Bond running include Idris Elba, Tom Hardy and Henry Cavill. Aw well, you can't win 'em all. At least the others are staying in the news - and hopefully out of trouble..leave the trouble to Bond.
The franchise, created by the late British author Ian Fleming, met its first 007 in 1962 when Sean Connery donned the tuxedo in “Dr. No” and continued portraying the agent until 1967’s “You Only Live Twice.”
Connery, who passed away in 2020 at the grand age of 90, later passed the keys to Lazenby for his only Bond film, “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.”
The “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” star later returned to the spy role in 1971’s “Diamonds Are Forever” before handing the keys to Roger Moore, who portrayed Bond from 1973 to 1985.
Taking up the tux for a brief stint following Moore was Timothy Dalton, who saved the day in 1987’s “The Living Daylights” and 1989’s “Licence To Kill.”
Pierce Brosnan stepped into the role in 1995’s “GoldenEye” through 2002’s “Die Another Day.”
A few years later, Craig, 56, took over the rebooted franchise and starred in five films: “Casino Royale,” “Quantum of Solace,” “Skyfall,” “Spectre” and “No Time To Die.”
The franchise appears to have plenty of life left in it and ATJ's new blood appears most welcome. Fans and media alike are very pleased and impressed with the casting announcement and can't wait to cheat death escaping in the spy character and story continuation.
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Extra TV Official YouTube channel
Aaron Taylor-Johnson Offered JAMES BOND Role: Report
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ihkRVJXIr5k&ab_channel=extratv
Sky News Australia YouTube
‘Past peak wokeness’: Aaron Taylor-Johnson reportedly set to play James Bond
https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIF1_9UKP5I&ab_channel=SkyNewsAustralia
Sky News host Andrew Bolt has weighed in on reports that English actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson could play James Bond in the next movie instalment. “Good news, I think we're now past peak woke,” Mr Bolt said. “Common sense is becoming more common at last. “I am a huge James Bond fan, the books and the films, and couldn’t believe that the next James Bond after Pierce Brosnan and then after him Daniel Craig should be a woman, or a black man, or even a black woman – in fact Craig's last film as Bond did briefly have a black woman take over as 007. “But we're now told by The Sun that the next Bond looks like being British actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson.”
‘Great choice’: Aaron Taylor-Johnson rumoured to be the next James Bond
https://youtube.com/watch?v=c8wJPC7-ojw&ab_channel=SkyNewsAustralia
Entertainment commentator Shane A Bassett says the news that Aaron Taylor-Johnson could be playing the next James Bond may have been the result of a leak. “I think he’s a great choice,” Mr Bassett told Sky News Australia. “But whether he actually is the next James Bond – I’m not sure it’s been confirmed. “A lot of people don’t know who Aaron Taylor-Johnson is but he’s an accomplished actor. “I like him, I think he’s a great choice, and they’re going for a younger James Bond, different to what they’ve had in the past.” (Credit: Sky News Australia)
A Current Affair Official YouTube
The actors rumoured to be contenders for the next James Bond | A Current Affair
https://youtube.com/watch?v=7EiwWh3f2UA&ab_channel=ACurrentAffair
Rotten Tomato's Classic Trailers YouTube
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) - Official Trailer - George Lazenby Bond Movie HD
https://youtube.com/watch?v=dOLq5Rg9N-c&ab_channel=RottenTomatoesClassicTrailers
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March 26, 2024
Wolf Dogs (Bron Breaker and Baron Corbin) vs Alpha Academy! Champs vs A grade students of the game!
Shawn Spears vs Djaak. Expect a killer and viscous performance!
Josh Briggs vs Duke Hudson. Former bar room brawler vs embattled frat house lecturer. Pro wrestling with scandals on the side!
Iija Dragunov vs Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo. Russian native "Mad Dragon" vs "The Family underboss. Perhaps shades of a Russian spy thriller vs action from the Florida and Miami waterfront and beyond. The five families may be watching this one closely and this may potentially impact international trade routes, supply and demand. A victory always impresses the backers, investors and VC types lurking in the shadows. One stock up, another to undergo a correction. Lead up to Tony D's quest for gold at Stand & Deliver! Bring out your inner gangsta fans!
And the likes of NXT GM Ava and William Regal will try to control these pro wrestling savages. The creative and pencil behind the muscle!
Let's join commentators Vic Joseph @VicJosephWWE and Booker T @BookerT5x at ringside. "Oh yes" and Booker is known to say when things get hectic. The time for talk is over for now. And Action!
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March 26, 2024
Wolf Dogs (Bron Breaker and Baron Corbin) vs Alpha Academy! Champs vs A grade students of the game!
Shawn Spears vs Djaak. Expect a killer and viscous performance!
Josh Briggs vs Duke Hudson. Former bar room brawler vs embattled frat house lecturer. Pro wrestling with scandals on the side!
Iija Dragunov vs Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo. Russian native "Mad Dragon" vs "The Family underboss. Perhaps shades of a Russian spy thriller vs action from the Florida and Miami waterfront and beyond. The five families may be watching this one closely and this may potentially impact international trade routes, supply and demand. A victory always impresses the backers, investors and VC types lurking in the shadows. One stock up, another to undergo a correction. Lead up to Tony D's quest for gold at Stand & Deliver! Bring out your inner gangsta fans!
And the likes of NXT GM Ava and William Regal will try to control these pro wrestling savages. The creative and pencil behind the muscle!
Let's join commentators Vic Joseph @VicJosephWWE and Booker T @BookerT5x at ringside. "Oh yes" and Booker is known to say when things get hectic. The time for talk is over for now. And Action!
Broadcasting live now and moment and highlights to be added soon to the award winning official WWE YouTube channel.
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Financial and Business News via FxPro and Media Man
March 26, 2024
Japan Feature
USDJPY Eyes 1990 Highs: Intervention or Reversal?
The reversal of the Bank of Japan's monetary policy tightening at the beginning of March not only failed to reverse, but also added to the Yen's weakening trend. The systematic pressure on the Japanese currency raises even more questions, given that the Fed and ECB are less than three months away from widely expected rate cuts.
The USDJPY rose to 151.97 on Wednesday morning, seven pips above the November 2022 high and four pips above the October 2022 high, when intervention reversed the rate sharply. Wednesday's high was the highest since 1990.
The 152 level looks like a tried and tested intervention zone to prevent the Yen from weakening. In recent days, we have heard repeated statements from government and central bank officials that there is no fundamental reason for the Yen to weaken. Such signs sound like the threat of intervention, which is dangerous for short-term speculators.
Moreover, this is the third time in two years that the Yen has approached this level. On the previous two occasions, we saw a strong and sustained reversal, and the market is close to forming a reflex against this level.
However, the bulls also have a strong argument on their side.
Corrections are becoming increasingly shallow. USDJPY lost 16% in three months after approaching 152 in 2022. In 2023, however, the decline was around 7.5%. At the end of February, the pair rose gently towards 151 and turned sharply lower but rallied again after a 3.5% decline.
The initial USDJPY spike in 2022 made an impressive contribution to inflation, as, at its peak, the pair was over 33% higher than a year earlier. Long-term yen volatility is falling, and inflation is on track to stabilise around the target of 2%. Therefore, it makes no sense for the Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Japan to continue making 152 a red line. We are likely to see more rhetoric and possibly more policy rate hikes in the coming months, but not as dramatic FX interventions as in 2022 or late 2023.
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March 26. 2024
Blackstone-owned Crown Resorts found fit to hold Melbourne casino license
Blackstone-owned Crown Resorts can keep its licence to operate its Melbourne casino, Victoria state's gaming regulator said on Tuesday, after years of regulatory challenges around money-laundering charges.
The Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission said Crown Resorts will be allowed to keep its casino licence and that the decision was in the public interest.
"Today, the commission is satisfied the systemic failings at Crown Melbourne are a thing of the past," Chair Fran Thorn said during a media briefing.
As they say, spread the risk, apply risk management and bet with your head - not over it.
More often than not the house always wins, but the exception can prove the rule. Crown gets its mojo back after a testing few years.
Media Man Watercooler: "That was a painful lesson in the past. Another throw of the dice to getting the winning edge back in biz again. Good guys and gals welcome - bad actors stay clear. The legend of Aussie's Crown lives on. A new era is here. Cheers"
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Shares in Casino suspended as new leadership team takes the helm
PARIS, March 27 - Shares in Casino (CASP . PA), will be suspended on Wednesday as a new leadership team formed around Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky takes control and its board meets to review the completion of the new company structure.
Casino has requested that its shares be suspended from 0800 GMT until further notice and pending the release of a statement, stock market operator Euronext said.
France's seventh-largest supermarket group by market share was brought to the verge of default last year after years of debt-fuelled acquisitions and losses in market share to rivals.
The restructuring of Casino by a consortium led by Kretinsky massively dilutes current shareholders, most notably 75-year old Jean-Charles Naouri, who has led Casino for 30 years controlling it through his holding company Rallye (GENC .PA).
According to a March 12 prospectus, Kretinsky's consortium is expected to own 52.1% of Casino under a bailout deal that entailed a 1.2 billion euro capital injection and a 6.1 billion euro reduction of Casino's debt.
Naouri is due to resign on Wednesday as are all other members of the Casino board with the exception of independent member Nathalie Andrieux.
Former French secretary of state for pensions and Auchan executive Laurent Pietraszewski will become chairman while former Metro and Lactalis executive Philippe Palazzi will become Casino's chief executive.
Casino stock closed at 0.1069 euros on Tuesday, having lost 86% so far this year.
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Marketing and Sponsorship: As bitcoin and crypto soar again, expect another sponsorship run
Spring is almost here, but is the Crypto Winter over? With bitcoin trading at an all-time high last week, across an industry ever hungry for new sponsorship categories, many were asking if everything old is new again. Will the exchanges on which bitcoin are traded start spending as they did just a few years ago, before some flamed out spectacularly, like FTX, which had its brand on MLB umpires for several seasons, along with a nameplate on the Miami Heat’s home arena? Binance filed for bankruptcy, as did Voyager, which had a large Dallas Mavericks sponsorship. There was also turbulence among some of the NFT and associated blockchain brands, like Socios, which exited the U.S. market last fall.
Bitcoin’s ascension to record heights hasn’t gone completely unnoticed across sports. Naturally, there’s still some wariness.
“We were just discussing that,” said Keith Wachtel, NHL chief business officer and executive vice president, global partnerships.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIe4ne8TQCk&t=3s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
Bryan Danielson continues on his "EPIC" last year! | 3/27/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkj2jXKXpF0&t=3s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
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Two surging stars face off! Swerve Strickland vs Takeshita is MUST SEE! | 3/27/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6zMgtIMOFs&t=304s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
"To determine a number one contender for the AEW world championship. The Alpha
"It was the brainbuster Taz that put Swerve fighting off his back... right before we went picture in picture"... Excalibur
"Absolutely right"..Taz
"Big stakes here" Taz
"Unbeelievable" ... Tony Schiavone
"Counter with the Swerve Stomp"
AEW World Tag Tourney Quarterfinals! Best Friends vs Undisputed Kingdom! | 3/27/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFbes9JnLN0&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
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EVPs vs Private Party as the AEW World Tag Championship Tourney continues! | 3/27/24, AEW Dynamite
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TBS Title 4 Way Eliminator! Statlander vs Nightingale vs Blue vs Jay! | 3/27/24, AEW Dynamite
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MMA Living Legend Ronda Rousey Releases Book: 'Ronda Rousey: Our Fight'
Excerpt:
After the show was over, I stood outside the door marked Paul Levesque. The hallways bustled with people packing our little traveling circus up to move onto the next town. I watched the parade of hard-sided black road boxes and wooden crates roll by, seething. I wasn’t going anywhere until I talked to Triple H. I clenched and unclenched my fists. My lips were twitching. Finally, Triple H waved me in.
I didn’t even wait for the standard pleasantries. “I feel like I was sold a false bill of goods,” I said. He nodded, indicating that he knew exactly what I was talking about. I wasn’t sure if that made it worse or better. “I thought it was going to be a certain way when I came here,” I said. “And it hasn’t. And I’ve been trying to have this conversation all year about Mania, and no one will f*cking talk to me. Not only that, but now I’m hearing that it is a completely different plan that you have in mind.”
I was waiting for him to cut me off. He didn’t. “I don’t care so much about the change of plans. It’s the fact that I’m not even allowed to be part of the conversation. No one said anything to me about it until now.” I was trying to be professional, but a year’s worth of being brushed off and disregarded was boiling over.
“The thing with Becky at WrestleMania,” he said, “is we can’t get there in time. We don’t have time to build to it.” For the second time in as many days, I was not so much at a loss for words but a loss for words that wouldn’t get me arrested. I took a deep breath instead. “We’ve had a whole year to build it,” I said, coldly. “I’m sorry,” Triple H said.
I wanted to believe him, then he kept talking. “Anyway, Piper’s Hollywood backlot brawl is a classic, but it was booed out of the building. Long cinematic backstages just don’t work for a live audience,” he added, like he wasn’t in charge of the whole goddamn thing. “Then why not say so instead of nodding emphatically when I came to pitch you guys years ago?” I asked.
“And what I pitched wasn’t a long backstage match like theirs but segments spread throughout the show—and anyway, it doesn’t matter, it didn’t have to be exactly that. I just wanted to be part of developing something with you guys. Remember when I first got here? I had that perfect match with you, Steph, and Kurt.
“That’s how I thought it was going to be here, being part of this organization. Instead, I feel like I was given a false representation of what it would be like to work here. It was all an act to get me in the door and to fall in love with this industry. Ever since then, I feel like my love for wrestling has been weaponized against me. But I can’t be associated with mediocre sh*t.”
In that moment, I made a decision. I was done. I was done fighting. I was done trying to fix a system that didn’t want to be fixed. I was done putting so much time and energy where it wasn’t appreciated. “Listen, I told you I’d be here until SummerSlam,” I said. “And I’m a woman of my word, but I’m done after this. All I wanted when I got into this business was to tag with Shayna, have her turn on me, then put her over before I leave. We have until SummerSlam to make that happen. After that, I’m done being associated with this minimum effort lazy-ass sh*tshow.”
I could feel my lip quivering, I was so worked up it took everything I had to hold back tears. He shook his head like someone who silently shared my frustration. “OK, I get,” he said. “I get it.”
Current WWE Superstar Becky Lynch Inks and Speaks Her Thoughts On Ronda Rousey and her time in the WWE
Lynch Released A Book: Becky Lynch: The Man: Not Your Average Average Girl
Appears On The MMA Hour Podcast
I don’t think anybody was trying to make anybody fail. Nobody’s trying to make anybody fail. I think when you love this, you look to try and make it better. How can I make this better? She was coming from a different industry. She was a star. She should have been handled differently in terms of I think she had such a great first outing that everybody thought she can wrestle. I mean this with respect but she couldn’t wrestle.
What we do isn’t something that you can have one good match and then okay yeah I’m off to the races. It’s a craft and you have to learn your craft and you have to be diligent about learning your craft. Everybody treated Ronda like she already knew it because when she first came in she was good in that first bout but she was also working with Kurt Angle. She was working with Triple H, Stephanie McMahon, It was a well-rehearsed match because everybody wanted her to succeed.
It was like okay she can do this, off to the races. That was mishandling her because she was a star in her own right and she did so much for MMA. In terms of that in booking, that wasn’t done well.
Videos
The MMA Hour Official YouTube Channel
Becky Lynch Talks Vince McMahon, Ronda Rousey, Rhea Ripley Comments, More | The MMA Hour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFCdO8pn-eo&ab_channel=MMAFightingonSBN
Ronda Rousey Official YouTube
Flashback
Ronda On The Road Ep 28: SummerSlam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYONPO8KEko&ab_channel=RondaRousey
FULL MATCH - Ronda Rousey & Kurt Angle vs. Triple H & Stephanie: WrestleMania 34
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8WLXyX-jn4&ab_channel=WWE
FULL MATCH - Ronda Rousey vs. Natalya – Raw Women’s Title Match: Raw, December 24, 2018
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Ronda Rousey vs. Shayna Baszler - MMA Rules Match: SummerSlam 2023 Highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoHSFhWqeEU&ab_channel=WWE
UFC Official YouTube
UFC Hall of Fame: Ronda Rousey
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Free Fight: Ronda Rousey vs Miesha Tate 2 | UFC 168, 2013
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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire | Official Trailer 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqrpMRDuPfc&ab_channel=WarnerBros.Pictures
The guardians of nature. The protectors of humanity. The rise of a new empire. #GodzillaXKong - Only in Theaters March 29.
The epic battle continues! Legendary Pictures’ cinematic Monsterverse follows up the explosive showdown of “Godzilla vs. Kong” with an all-new adventure that pits the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence—and our own.
“Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” delves further into the histories of these Titans and their origins, as well as the mysteries of Skull Island and beyond, while uncovering the mythic battle that helped forge these extraordinary beings and tied them to humankind forever.
Once again at the helm is director Adam Wingard. The film stars Rebecca Hall (“Godzilla vs. Kong,” “The Night House”), Brian Tyree Henry (“Godzilla vs. Kong,” “Bullet Train”), Dan Stevens (“Gaslit,” “Legion,” “Beauty and the Beast”), Kaylee Hottle (“Godzilla vs. Kong”), Alex Ferns (“The Batman,” “Wrath of Man,” “Chernobyl”) and Fala Chen (“Irma Vep,” “Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”). The screenplay is by Terry Rossio (“Godzilla vs. Kong” the “Pirates of the Caribbean” series) and Simon Barrett (“You’re Next”) and Jeremy Slater (“Moon Knight”), from a story by Rossio & Wingard & Barrett, based on the character “Godzilla” owned and created by TOHO Co., Ltd. The film is produced by Mary Parent, Alex Garcia, Eric Mcleod, Thomas Tull and Brian Rogers. The executive producers are Wingard, Jen Conroy, Jay Ashenfelter, Yoshimitsu Banno, Kenji Okuhira.
Once again, Wingard is collaborating with director of photography Ben Seresin (“Godzilla vs. Kong,” “World War Z”), production designer Tom Hammock (“Godzilla vs. Kong,” “X,” “The Guest”), editor Josh Schaeffer (“Godzilla vs. Kong,” “Molly’s Game”), costume designer Emily Seresin (“The Invisible Man,” “Top of the Lake”). The composers are Tom Holkenborg (“Godzilla vs. Kong,” “Mad Max: Fury Road”) and Antonio Di Iorio (additional music on “Godzilla vs. Kong,” the “Sonic the Hedgehog” films).
Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures Present a Legendary Pictures Production, A Film By Adam Wingard, “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.” It is slated for release nationwide only in theaters and IMAX on March 29, 2024 and beginning 27 March 2024 internationally, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures except in Japan, where the film will be distributed by Toho Co., Ltd and in mainland China, where it will be distributed by Legendary East. (Credit: Warner Bros.)
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The Fall Guy | Official Trailer 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EySdVK0NK1Y&ab_channel=UniversalPictures
He’s a stuntman, and like everyone in the stunt community, he gets blown up, shot, crashed, thrown through windows and dropped from the highest of heights, all for our entertainment. And now, fresh off an almost career-ending accident, this working-class hero has to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy and try to win back the love of his life while still doing his day job. What could possibly go right?
From real life stunt man and director David Leitch, the blockbuster director of Bullet Train, Deadpool 2, Atomic Blonde and Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw and the producer of John Wick, Nobody and Violent Night, comes his most personal film yet. A new hilarious, hard-driving, all-star apex-action thriller and love letter to action movies and the hard-working and under-appreciated crew of people who make them: The Fall Guy.
Oscar® nominee Ryan Gosling (Barbie, La La Land, Drive) stars as Colt Seavers, a battle-scarred stuntman who, having left the business a year earlier to focus on both his physical and mental health, is drafted back into service when the star of a mega-budget studio movie—being directed by his ex, Jody Moreno, played by Golden Globe winner Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer, A Quiet Place films, Sicario)—goes missing.
While the film’s ruthless producer (Emmy winner Hannah Waddingham; Ted Lasso), maneuvers to keep the disappearance of star Tom Ryder (Golden Globe winner Aaron Taylor-Johnson; Bullet Train) a secret from the studio and the media, Colt performs the film’s most outrageous stunts while trying (with limited success) to charm his way back into Jody’s good graces. But as the mystery around the missing star deepens, Colt will find himself ensnared in a sinister, criminal plot that will push him to the edge of a fall more dangerous than any stunt.
Inspired by the hit 1980s TV series, The Fall Guy also stars Winston Duke (Black Panther franchise) and Academy Award® nominee Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once).
From a screenplay by Hobbs & Shaw screenwriter Drew Pearce, The Fall Guy is produced by Kelly McCormick (Bullet Train, Nobody, Atomic Blonde) and David Leitch for their company 87North, and by Ryan Gosling and by Guymon Casady (Game of Thrones, Steve Jobs and executive producer of the upcoming series Ripley) for Entertainment 360. The film is executive produced by Drew Pearce, Entertainment 360’s Geoff Shaevitz and the creator of the original Fall Guy television series, Glen A. Larson. (Credit: Universal Pictures)
Media Man: Pumped for this! Watch out 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' and stunt actors everywhere. Had to say that. Publicity and publicity stunt of sorts for us.. and them? Will the substance match the hype? You know what to so - see it and steal the moment.
He’s only the stuntman, but he’s stealing the show. #TheFallGuyMovie Only in Theaters May 3.
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WWE @WWE SmackDown
Karrion Kross @realKILLERkross and The Final Testament clan give the currrent WWE an edge, grittiness and beautiful violence reminiscent of the glory days of ECW says Media Man. Fingerprints on the crime scenes of AOP, Paul Ellering and even "The Taskmaster" Kevin Sullivan and Paul Heyman suggests creative agency head.
The Final Testament own SmackDown: SmackDown exclusive, March 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLNyqmYXtx0&ab_channel=WWE
"It worked. They fell for it. You, your sick, Your sick. that's why I like you" .. "Former world champion turned valet, are you kidding me"... "Nobody's got nothing" .."We own this place". Killer promo by Karrion Kross and his clan. This is cinema says Media .
Karrion Kross, his clan and broadcasters shoot straight
"Says the good stuff. Bobby, very, very unprofessional. Caught you drinking on the job. Street Profits, I know you're real busy. WrestleMania and all that. Really important match. Casino. You're missing a really good party right now" Karrion Kross
"Bobby, Bobby. Hey. Open your eyes. Open your eyes. Are you okay" Medic
"Dawkins understandably distracted by what's occurring backstage." Corey Graves
"Don't forget what's important, and that's booking your ticket to WrestleMania and that beat too long" Wade Barrett
""Knees up, shoulders down. Theory, Theory and Waller are going to WrestleMania" Corey Graves
"Well,.had a very, very large assist to The Final Testament" Wade Barrett
Grayson Waller and Austin Theory book tickets to WrestleMania: SmackDown highlights, March 29, 2024 https://youtube.com/watch?v=BeKZ-gjD7FE&t=29s&ab_channel=WW
Karrion Kross and Scarlett’s attack on Bobby Lashley leaves The Street Profits rattled..
Bobby Lashley vows to show Karrion Kross who he is: SmackDown exclusive, March 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_hwkDs3M10&t=4s&ab_channel=WWE
"The All-Mighty" Bobby Lashley states that the repeated attacks from Karrion Kross and The Final Testament has awakened something within him and now he will show Kross exactly who he is." (Credit: WWE)
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WWE @WWE Smackdown
March 29, 2024
Uncasville, Connecticut
Mohegan Sun Arena @MoheganSun
Media Man: Red Hot and Blue Hot show. Lights, action, drama and excellent creative and stories and behind the scenes elements to stick your teeth into. Cheers with wine and Prime @PrimeHydrate to an extreme-like WrestleMania @WrestleMania Season. Lead up shows are brillant. Orton, Owens and Kross clan makes their own luck in footprint of Mohegan's casino stomping ground.
SmackDown’s most raucous moments: SmackDown highlights, March 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JA07r3g68A&ab_channel=WWE
"Kevin Owens doing his best to instruct Randy" Corey Graves
"Unless Logan Paul has a tunnel under this ring he might be in big trouble" Wade Barrett
Fans chant "RKO"
"The Viper has his hands on the United States champion and Orton is t-ing off on Logan Paul" Corey Graves
"Well there was a fault in that game plan by Logan Paul all along and now he is desperately trying to scouper away and who can blame him" Wade Barrett
"Randy Orton, wearing out his right hand on the forehead of The Maverick" Corey Graves
"An enraged Viper seeking vengeance on The Maverick" Wade Barrett
Pretty Deadly celebrate their "WrestleMania" moment: SmackDown exclusive, March 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaSriAyzEoo&t=9s&ab_channel=WWE
Jade Cargill helps Naomi & Bianca Belair take on Damage CTRL: SmackDown highlights, March 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZHx6sSxS0Q&ab_channel=WWE
Jade Cargill signs her SmackDown contract: SmackDown highlights, March 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnbrzWdOZqY&t=10s&ab_channel=WWE
LA Knight disguises himself to launch an attack on AJ Styles: SmackDown highlights, March 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td7q13tMt8I&t=9s&ab_channel=WWE
Logan Paul helps Pretty Deadly defeat Randy Orton & KO: SmackDown highlights, March 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7arxaiOvEG0&t=6s&ab_channel=WWE
Logan Paul runs away from Randy Orton: SmackDown highlights, March 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StXj-sLrzpM&t=25s&ab_channel=WWE
Bayley beats down IYO SKY in surprise attack: SmackDown highlights, March 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DRRjIUrB9g&ab_channel=WWE
Mysterio and Lee challenge Escobar and “Dirty” Dom: SmackDown highlights, March 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYkrqWKdPIM&t=1s&ab_channel=WWE
The Bloodline reveal Roman Reigns ordered The Rock’s hit: SmackDown highlights, March 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzGSOXlwlVg&t=6s&ab_channel=WWE
New Catch Republic earn their way to WrestleMania: SmackDown highlights, March 29, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzqcxT70uto&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE
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Keywords: Keywords are the words that users plug into a search engine whenever they seek out information over the web.
Organic traffic: Organic traffic is any traffic that comes to your site over a search engine search, excluding those who click on PPC links.
SERP: Search engine results page.
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.
User intent: The intent of the keyword search (e.g., is the user asking a question or looking to buy a product).
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.
Ranking factors: Any algorithmic factor designed to influence a page’s ranking in a search engine for a particular keyword search.
Crawling: The ability of search engines to find web pages on your site.
Indexation: The ability of search engines to include your web pages in its web index.
Technical SEO: The backend details of a website, including a web page’s speed and mobile rendering, which impacts its search rankings.
On-page SEO: A list of ranking factors, including meta tags and header tags, designed to help a page rank higher in search results.
Off-page SEO: A list of ranking factors, including link building and acquisition, designed to improve your website’s visibility and authority.
Link building: The manual process of building backlinks or hyperlinks to a website, which is a vital ranking factor for most search engines.
Algorithm updates: Any update to Google’s core algorithm (e.g., Penguin, Panda) that influences a broad range of search rankings.
Core Web Vitals: Technical SEO factors that Google finds important in determining a page’s potential user experience.
E-A-T: Expertise, Authority, Trust. A set of guidelines Google suggests to marketers to evaluate whether their content meets these criteria.
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Legendary Wrestling Promoter, Manager, Advocate + + + + Paul Heyman notes some similarities between AEW and his own ECW and the style of RVD
Heyman @HeymanHustle surprises some media and fans by public positive based compliments of another pro wrestling promotion competing for eyeballs, hearts, minds and wallets says Media Man; WWE has legacy, emotional, media, marketing machine, production advantages and much more. Not a real "wrestling war", but fun to compare - Media Man management and staff under the watercooler
“AEW @AEW is in and of itself RVD @TherealRVD , because anyone who watches AEW can quickly conclude the AEW style is based on Rob Van Dam versus Jerry Lynn from 1998, 1999. And then you throw in all the different things that were obviously influenced by Taz, Sabu, the Sandman’s entrance, playing music while the action still goes on—let alone the fact that they continue to use the ‘lights out, lights on’ gimmick, which we debuted at the November to Remember 1995 when I brought back Sabu. The first financially viable opposition to WWE in many years employs styles that we either innovated or popularized during our run.”
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Roman Reigns to induct Paul Heyman into WWE Hall of Fame this WrestleMania @WrestleMania Weekend
via WWE Official website
Paul Heyman to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024
www.wwe.com/shows/wwe-hall-of-fame/article/paul-heyman-to-be-inducted-into-the-wwe-hall-of-fame-class-of-2024
Videos
Paul Heyman awards RVD with the ECW World Heavyweight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QN8AwFnGxg&ab_channel=WWE
Paul Heyman delivers an extremely harsh message to ECW's own network on WWE Beyond the Ring
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKGMTBj4o7k&ab_channel=WWE
Where were ECW Headquarters?: The Authentic Untold Story of ECW Bonus Clip, Nov. 20, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBnLcsIvNs0&ab_channel=WWE
Paul Heyman, Shane McMahon and the relaunch of ECW: WWE Untold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB5RwQw5njM&ab_channel=WWE
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Paul Heyman still top pick for greatest pro wrestling manager of all time says Media Man agency
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RVD wins Media Man 'Legend Of The Month' award
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Wrestling Promoters Down Under
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Steve Austin On The Chemistry Between Paul Heyman And Roman Reigns - 11th January 2020
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ASX tumbles 1.3pc as property sinks; WiseTech drops
April 3, 2024
A sharp sell-off in interest rate sensitive technology and real estate stocks dragged the Australian sharemarket lower at midday, as traders continue to taper their rate cut expectations.Investors took direction from Wall Street where equities declined for a second session and bond yields climbed after robust US job openings and factory goods order data added to doubt about the pace of monetary easing from the Federal Reserve.The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index dropped 1.3 per cent, or 98.6 points, to 7789.3 at noon, weighed down by nine out of the 11 sectors.
Full report and trading history via The Australian Financial Review @FinancialReview subscription
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WWE NXT @WWENXT
Ilja Dragunov and Tony D’Angelo sit down for a meal together: NXT highlights, April 2, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvhIRsAszY8&ab_channel=WWE
"Does it make me nervous? Nah. Does it put me on high alert? What is that" Ilja Dragunov
Chaos erupts during faceoff between Trick Williams & Carmelo Hayes: NXT highlights, April 2, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4KM-CjtNiE&t=17&ab_channel=WWE
"It doesn't matter if I have a championship or if I don't. At the end of the day you always gunna take a back seat to me"... Carmelo Hayes
Dijak is prepared for his first WrestleMania weekend: WWE NXT exclusive, April 2, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1sjYFptVb8&ab_channel=WWE
Joe Gacy vs. Oba Femi: NXT highlights, April 2, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qg5DzjjMNA&ab_channel=WWE
Von Wagner vs. Lexis King: NXT highlights, April 2, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IehdER9VSpc&ab_channel=WWE
Fallon Henley vs. Jacy Jayne: NXT highlights, April 2, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPXbYXXJ8F4&ab_channel=WWE
FULL MATCH — The LWO vs. Frazer & Axiom vs. Gallows & Anderson: NXT highlights, April 2, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSefCxqy5Pg&ab_channel=WWE
"And again, the winner of this is going to head to the biggest Stand & Deliver ever"... Vic Joseph
Media Man: Strong storytelling, emotion and action. Pumped for NXT Stand & Deliver. Tony, get the gold for the family to prove who is really running things around here. Kapish. Oceania Chapter.
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Cryptocurrency/Business/Finance News via FxPro and Media Man
April 3, 2024
The start of a correction, or is support already in play?
Market picture
Crypto market capitalisation is down 1% in 24 hours but has seen a cautious rise from a low of $2.43 trillion to $2.51 trillion since the start of the day on Wednesday. The Cryptocurrency Fear and Greed Index has rolled back to 71 ("Greed") after over a month of "Extreme Greed". Technically, this sink looks like an invitation for a deeper dive.
Cryptocurrencies have sold off along with other risk assets. US Treasury yields have risen to their highest levels in months. Markets are scaling back expectations for Fed easing this year after strong economic data. However, a key confirmation or denial is yet to come in the form of Friday's jobs report.
Bitcoin fell below $65K on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, where buyers supported it.
There's a combination of the psychologically important round level for retail traders and the 76.4% retracement of the rise from the January lows. This support has not yet translated into a strong rebound, with the price hovering around $66.3K as active trading begins in Europe. Should the sell-off deepen, our focus will be on the ability to hold above $63K.
News background
According to Coinglass, liquidation in the futures market reached $456 million in the last 24 hours (the highest over the last 14 days). The bulk of this - $355 million - came from longs.
The speed of the decline was driven by large liquidations on exchanges such as Binance with many retail traders, causing the funding percentage of open-ended futures to fall from 77% to a low, according to QCP Asia.
According to The Block, bitcoin miners generated a record $2 billion in revenue in March, an all-time high. The volume of commissions in the revenue was $85.81 million. Galaxy Digital estimates that around 15-20% of the total computing power of the Bitcoin network will be unprofitable after being cut in half.
The Wall Street Journal described the Tether stablecoin as an "indispensable" tool for circumventing sanctions. According to the publication, the US Treasury Department is pushing Congress to pass legislation that would allow US regulators to monitor and block transactions involving dollar-linked cryptocurrencies.
News
US indices are testing the uptrend’s strength
The US markets start the new quarter with a decline and are already testing the support of the uptrend.
The S&P500 index is moving in a rather narrow uptrend from the January lows. The index tested the lower boundary of the channel on Tuesday, and index futures are hovering around that line on Wednesday morning, not far from the 5200 level. In such patterns, there is a higher probability of renewed growth and new momentum towards the upper boundary (now at 5330).
The index needs to pull back under the previous local lows at 5130 to cancel the bull scenario. A deeper dive is also possible – to 5075, where the 50–day moving average passes and where the market consolidation was in early March. A dip into the 5050– 5075 area would be a classic Fibonacci retracement of the rise from the January lows, allowing the market to run out of steam.
The Nasdaq100 index temporarily looks heavier, pulling back from the highs of the last week and a half. Here, the approach to the 50-day MA has attracted buying interest more than once since the beginning of the year. The 18000 area is in the spotlight now. The ability to turn to growth from here will be another demonstration of the strength of the bull market.
A failure below 18000 in the Nasdaq100 within a week could start a deeper correction like the one we saw last July-October. The sell-off in March and October 2023 was stopped after touching the 200-day MA. It is now passing through 16150 but will reach 16500 by the end of the month.
It is easy to understand the wariness of investors and traders after the impressive rise in stocks and other risk assets following the first quarter results and ahead of Friday’s labour market report, as counter-trend moves are part and parcel of the trend. However, it will be premature to draw any conclusions about the recovery of growth or deepening of the correction until we see the market reaction to the NFP.
News
EURUSD gets set to go
April 2, 2024
The slowdown in German inflation is fuelling hopes that the ECB will ease policy in the coming months. German CPI rose 0.4% m/m, weaker than the 0.5% expected. Annual inflation slowed from 2.5% in February to 2.2% in March, the lowest since May 2021.
Germany's reading is a useful guide to what to expect in the eurozone on Wednesday, which is likely to come in weaker than average market expectations for headline inflation to slow from 2.6% to 2.5% and core inflation to slow from 3.1% to 3.0%. At the same time, it would take a significant deviation from the forecasts to have a material impact on prices.
EURUSD slipped to 1.075, the lower boundary of the range since November. This is a good starting position for new momentum on a breakout or bounce. US data released on Monday was supportive of a strong dollar, while German inflation data was in favour of a weaker euro. If the balance of power remains the same, EURUSD may decide to move towards 1.05.
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Disney wins proxy fight, turning back activists
April 4, 2024
Disney's leadership prevailed Wednesday in a high-profile and costly proxy contest against activist investors who had sought to shake up the company's board over concerns about successorship planning.
The entertainment giant said its full slate of 12 company nominees had been reelected by a "substantial margin," turning back efforts by Trian Fund Management and Blackwells Capital.
"I want to thank our shareholders for their trust and confidence in our Board and management," longtime Chief Executive Bob Iger said in a press release.
"With the distracting proxy contest now behind us, we're eager to focus 100 percent of our attention on our most important priorities: growth and value creation for our shareholders and creative excellence for our consumers."
Led by billionaire investor Nelson Peltz, Trian had blasted the Disney board over botched leadership planning after Iger, who stepped down as CEO in 2020, was reinstated following his successor's firing in November 2022.
Peltz has nominated himself and former Disney chief financial officer Jay Rasulo to the board -- provoking a big fight with Iger and other Disney brass.
Trian, which had urged shareholders to withhold votes from two other board members -- Michael Froman and Maria Elena Lagomasino -- took the high road after they were reelected with Disney's other hand-picked board.
While "disappointed" with the vote, Trian said it was "proud" of its impact.
"Since we re-engaged with the Company in late 2023, Disney has announced a host of new operating initiatives and capital improvement plans. The Board has been refreshed with two new directors," Trian said.
"We will be watching the Company's performance and be focusing on its continued success."
Costly battle
Peltz launched the campaign late last year, pointing to Disney's sub-par profit margins in its streaming and overall media businesses and poor corporate governance.
"The root cause of Disney's underperformance... is a board that is too closely connected to a long-tenured CEO and too disconnected from shareholder interests," Trian said in December.
In more recent communications, Trian, which holds 32.4 million shares, or almost two percent of Disney, softened its criticism of Iger personally, while spotlighting Disney's clumsy efforts to identify a new chief.
In November 2022, Disney fired Iger's hand-picked successor Bob Chapek and reinstated Iger in a move that shocked Hollywood.
Last July, the company extended Iger's contract through the end of 2026, giving him two more years for an assignment that had originally been envisioned as a two-year gig.
In a separate but parallel effort, another hedge fund, Blackwells Capital, had nominated three board members, saying the current board is too close to Iger.
The Wall Street Journal has estimated that the overall battle could cost more than $70 million, which would make it the priciest shareholder fight ever.
Heading into Wednesday, US media, citing unnamed sources, had reported that Disney was poised for a win.
Iger's position was boosted by strong quarterly earnings in February and the announcement of a hefty dividend hike and lofty share repurchases.
Charles Elson, a founding director of the Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware, noted Disney has struggled with successorship "for years," pointing to a bumpy transition that eventually led to Iger taking over from Eisner.
"The board did a poor job in the succession," said Eisner, who said prior to the vote announcement, Disney would be "under a microscope" to show improvement even with a win.
Shares of Disney fell 1.8 percent in afternoon trading.
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Cryptocurrencies correct amid profit taking and investor jitters, bluestone mining investors surge
U.K., April 3, 2024
BluestoneMining, a front-end force in the digital asset and cloud mining industry, announced the launch of a comprehensive cloud mining platform. This historic service offers a variety of tailor-made contracts and investment plans, setting a new benchmark in the field of cryptocurrency cloud mining.
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UFC To Return To Perth, Western Australia
UFC @UFC 305 Down Under, RAC Arena - August 18, 2024
The drawing power is a proven commodity
UFC 284 generated est $42.8 million into the economy
Card still being put together
UFC boss Dana White: "Never been busier"
Dricus Du Plessis and Israel "Izzy" Adesanya - UFC Middleweight champ almost certain to appear
Robert "The Reaper" Whittaker keen to appear
Whittaker booked for UFC Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (UFC on ABC) - Kingdom Arena vs Khamzat Chimaev - June 22, 2024
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Sean Strickland enjoys somewhat a love/hate relationship with Australia; Fans love him, some politicians not so much, as per Canada
WA local fighters Steve Erceg and Jack Della Maddalena strong chances to appear on card
WA premier Roger Cook praised the UFC’s return to his State as “a major coup” following the “roaring success” of UFC 284, which injected an estimated $42.8 million into the economy.
“UFC has proven to be a huge drawcard with a dedicated fan base, and we expect to see thousands of out-of-state visitors travel to Perth to attend this blockbuster,” he said.
Peter Kloczko, UFC Vice President Australia and New Zealand added: “We are absolutely thrilled to be heading back to Perth for two exciting UFC events over the next few years.
“UFC in this region goes from strength to strength; from our amazing roster of talent to record-breaking events across the country, it’s only getting better.”
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Matrix 5
“Drew came to Warner Bros. with a new idea that we all believe would be an incredible way to continue the Matrix world, by both honoring what Lana and Lilly began over 25 years ago and offering a unique perspective based on his own love of the series and characters,” said Warner Bros. Motion Pictures president of production Jesse Ehrman in a statement.
“The entire team at Warner Bros. Discovery is thrilled for Drew to be making his new Matrix film, adding his vision to the cinematic canon the Wachowskis spent a quarter of a century building here at the studio.” - Drew Goddard
“It is not hyperbole to say The Matrix films changed both cinema and my life” - Drew Goddard
“Lana and Lilly’s exquisite artistry inspires me on a daily basis, and I am beyond grateful for the chance to tell stories in their world.” DG
The first of The Matrix was released on March 31, 1999.
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The Matrix - Original Theatrical Trailer
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'The Matrix' New Movie to be Directed, Written by Drew Goddard | THR News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGH2gQmicRE&ab_channel=TheHollywoodReporter
Warner Bros. is heading back into 'The Matrix' with a new movie in the works! This will be the first 'Matrix' film to not directly involve the Wachowskis, and instead Drew Goddard is leading the charge. Warner announced that the fan-favorite writer-director whose credits include 'The Martian,' 'The Cabin in the Woods' and 'World War Z,' has been tapped to write and direct a new 'Matrix' feature for the studio. (Credit: The Hollywood Reporter)
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Matrix 5
“Drew came to Warner Bros. with a new idea that we all believe would be an incredible way to continue the Matrix world, by both honoring what Lana and Lilly began over 25 years ago and offering a unique perspective based on his own love of the series and characters,” said Warner Bros. Motion Pictures president of production Jesse Ehrman in a statement.
“The entire team at Warner Bros. Discovery is thrilled for Drew to be making his new Matrix film, adding his vision to the cinematic canon the Wachowskis spent a quarter of a century building here at the studio.” - Drew Goddard
“It is not hyperbole to say The Matrix films changed both cinema and my life” - Drew Goddard
“Lana and Lilly’s exquisite artistry inspires me on a daily basis, and I am beyond grateful for the chance to tell stories in their world.” DG
The first of The Matrix was released on March 31, 1999.
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The Matrix - Original Theatrical Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4eJx-0g3Do&ab_channel=WarnerBros.
The Hollywood Reporter YouTube channel
'The Matrix' New Movie to be Directed, Written by Drew Goddard | THR News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGH2gQmicRE&ab_channel=TheHollywoodReporter
Warner Bros. is heading back into 'The Matrix' with a new movie in the works! This will be the first 'Matrix' film to not directly involve the Wachowskis, and instead Drew Goddard is leading the charge. Warner announced that the fan-favorite writer-director whose credits include 'The Martian,' 'The Cabin in the Woods' and 'World War Z,' has been tapped to write and direct a new 'Matrix' feature for the studio. (Credit: The Hollywood Reporter)
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Relatively calm Bitcoin
April 4, 2024
Market picture
The crypto market rolled back another 0.9% in 24 hours to a capitalisation of $2.48 trillion - the lowest in a week and a half. Bitcoin reversed by the same amplitude, while there was no uniformity in dynamics among the top coins. Ethereum was unchanged for the day, remaining at $3300, Solana lost 3.1%, Dogecoin fell another 4%, BNB rose 4.2%, and Toncoin strengthened 0.3%. The Cryptocurrency Fear and Greed Index rolled back to 70, its lowest since 14 February.
Bitcoin ended Wednesday where it started the day, trading at $65.5K. Enthusiasts continue to buy back the first cryptocurrency on dips closer to $65K. On the other hand, Bitcoin's inability to rise is alarming, although the day before, we saw a weaker dollar and stronger stock indices, which is fuelling risk appetite.
The cryptocurrency market's lagging performance can easily be attributed to accumulated overbought conditions and wariness ahead of the monthly labour market report. At the same time, we regard the current weakness as consolidation within the bull market, almost excluding the risks of a long-term reversal.
News background
Spot trading volume on cryptocurrency exchanges reached $2.5 trillion in March, The Block calculated. That's the highest since November 2021. The record of $4.1 trillion was set in May 2021. The total trading volume of BTC futures contracts in March rose 86% to $2.5 trillion.
According to data compiled by Bloomberg, March was a record-breaking month in terms of spot bitcoin-ETF trading volume. The figure nearly tripled from the previous month, from $42bn to $111bn. According to SoSoValue, three exchange-traded funds from Grayscale (GBTC), BlackRock (IBIT) and Fidelity (FBTC) continue to dominate trading volume. Meanwhile, total outflows from GBTC have reached $15bn since launch.
The crypto market can expect an outflow of liquidity due to the renewed appeal of gold with speculative investors, suggested Eric Balchunas, an ETF expert at Bloomberg.
A US government-controlled wallet with 30,174 BTC initiated a transfer of about 2000 BTC to the Coinbase Prime platform address. Experts have allowed the sale of assets. Presumably, this is part of the assets seized from the Silk Road darknet marketplace.
MN Trading founder Michael van de Poppe said that "at the peak of bullish momentum", bearish narratives like the sale of bitcoins by US authorities have a "huge impact" on investor sentiment.
Regulatory questions directed to the SEC often need to be answered, suggesting a decline in the Commission's genuine engagement with the public, said Hester Pearce, the agency's commissioner.
April 4, 2024
Gold Too Hot
Overnight, the gold price briefly exceeded $2300, recording another round level, not counting an update of the all-time high. This is an occasion to assess gold's prospects, which are becoming a little less unambiguous.
Touching the level of $2300 marked the achievement of the 161.8% Fibonacci retracement of the growth impulse from 29 February to 8 March. Then gold proved bullish as it continued to gain strength above the 50-day moving average. The subsequent long consolidation with a shallow correction confirmed the strong bullish sentiment of the metal. Gold has added every trading session since 25 March but has so far been subdued since the start of the day on Thursday morning. The next step in this pattern is profit-taking, allowing the price to cool somewhat.
On the daily timeframes, the RSI on Wednesday was close to the early March peaks, after which the past consolidation began. The bears took control in March 2022 at similar overbought levels. However, in July 2020, the price continued to grow after reaching similar RSI parameters. In similar conditions in 2019 and 2020, there was a growth stop but not a reversal. The balance of power is in favour of the bears.
Friday's NFPs have repeatedly served as a turning point for gold, and they could be again this time. The March release halted gold's rally: the November, December and February releases triggered a sell-off, and the October release was the final point of a five-month downtrend.
Now is the time for bulls to be wary of the importance of labour market data for gold. They have a lot to lose as the price flew into space, partly ignoring the latest economic data coming out on the dollar's side, from strong manufacturing PMIs to the acceleration in wage growth that ADP talked about on Wednesday.
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Watch GCW’s The Collective 2024 Live – and Only on TrillerTV+ @FiteTV
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Over a dozen events from Pro Wrestling’s biggest weekend will stream live exclusively on TrillerTV, including 11 from Game Changer Wrestling and featuring stars like WWE’s Shayna Baszler, Alex Kane, Blake Christian, Gringo Loco and Rina Yamashita
Philadelphia, PA (April 2, 2024) TrillerTV and Game Changer Wrestling announced today that 13 of The Collective events synched to Wrestlemania’s Philadelphia takeover will be available exclusively as part of the TrillerTV+ subscription, with two offered as standalone PPV events. Indie-wrestling's most prolific promotion is always over-the-top, and this year is no exception – with epic matches like WWE's Shayna Baszler facing Masha Slamovich in a colossal must-see battle at Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport X; the GCW debut of Stardom’s Syuri; an Ultraviolence Championship title match with Rina Yamashita vs. Billy Dixon; and an 88-man tag team match. Completing TrillerTV’s coverage of Pro Wrestling’s big weekend are the PPVs Stardom: American Dream 2024and Spark Joshi Trailblaze as well as House of Glory X Wrestling Revolveron TrillerTV+.
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“This is the biggest wrestling weekend of the year and The Collective is a gathering of the very best in independent wrestling,” said Brett Lauderdale, Founder and CEO of Game Changer Wrestling. “The top indie promotions and wrestlers in the world come together to provide fans with three full days of non stop, top tier action and it gets no better than this. And for those who can't attend in person, you can watch all of The Collective live on TrillerTV! See ya in Philly!”
The Collective 2024 starts with DEFY: Can’t Deny It on Thursday at 11 AM ET featuring Kenta vs. Gringo Locofor the World Championship and continues that day with Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport X which in addition to the Baszler vs. Slamovich match will include Nic Nemeth, Mike “Speedball” Bailey, and more starting at 4PM ET. The day continues with DDT goes Philadelphia which features MAOdefending his DDT Universal Title against Billie Starkz, and Kazuki Hira vs. Yoshihiko. Wrap it up with GCW JCW vs. The World at 11:59 PM, where Stardom's Syuri will make her GCW debut when she challenges Slamovich for the JCW World Championship.
Day 2 starts with Tokyo-Joshi Pro at 11 AM ET and continues at 3 PM when Progress Wrestling makes its first appearance in the U.S. since 2019 with Freedom Walks Again and Kid Lykos defends his title against Man Like DeReiss. Next is Joey Janela’s Spring Break 8 where among the highlights, Blake Christian, accompanied by Shane Mercer, defends his GCW World TItle against Janela, accompanied by Missy Hyatt.
Day 2 ends with GCW For the Culture which includes DeReiss vs. Sonny Kiss, and the Pan-Afrikan World Diaspora Wrestling Championship Match: Suge D (c) vs. Alex Kane.
The last day of The Collective starts with the ninth edition of EFFY’s Big Gay Brunch where tag team BUSSY (Allie Katch & EFFY) will take on Dirty Breeze (Former WWE stars Dirty Dango FKA Fandango & Breeze FKA Tyler Breeze) and the GCW Ultraviolent Championship Match. The action continues with GCW vs TJPW where a highlight will be Rina Yamashita, Masha Slamovich & Maki Itoh vs. Miyu Yamashita, Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Aino. The weekend wraps up with JJSB: Clusterf*ck Forever starting at 11:59 PM ET, featuring – get this – a 88-man tag team match!
TrillerTV’s PPV events over the weekend include Stardom: American Dream 2024, and Spark Joshi Trailblaze and another TrillerTV+ presentation House of Glory X Wrestling Revolver.
Check out the complete schedule. “Brett Lauderdale never disappoints,” said Michael Weber, COO of TrillerTV. “And this year’s Collective is no exception. Top talent from all corners of the wrestling world, and a creative approach that just keeps ratcheting up the excitement, even when you think there’s no way to take it further. We’re always proud to work with GCW, as well as great promotions like Stardom, Spark Joshi, House of Glory and Wrestling Revolver.”
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Josh Barnett's Bloodsport X @JBBloodsport
April 4, 2024
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Viktor Benjamin def Akira Way via TKO (ref stoppage, kick)
Nic Nemeth (NJPW and TNA) def “Speedball” Mike Bailey via TKO (rear naked choke)
Women’s Tournament
Lindsay Snow def Lady Frost via submission (heel hook)
Marina Shaffir def Janai Kai via submission (Mother's Milk)
Charlie Dempsey (WWE NXT/AJPW) def Matt Makowski via submission (double wrist-lock)
Takuya Nomura def Fuminori Abe via TKO (rear naked choke)
Erik Hammer def Lou Nixon via submission (armlock)
Minoru Suzuki def Royce Isaacs via TKO (Gotch-Style Piledriver)
Timothy Thatcher def Axel Tischer via submission (Fujiwara armbar)
Shayna Baszler (WWE) def Masha Slamovich (TNA) via TKO (stomps)
Women's Tournament
Marina Shaffir def Lindsay Snow via TKO (kick)
Josh Barnett def Johnny Bloodsport via TKO (gutwrench slam)
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Sydney, Australia
Brookvale Oval, Home Of Sea Eagles On Northern Beaches Explore UFC @UFC Deal +
Potential Stadium Build For Up To Approx 30,000 capacity
Sports Covered Would Be NRL @NRL , Rugby, Soccer games and the plan is... UFC (Mixed Martial Arts)
UFC’s Vice President, Australia & New Zealand Peter Kloczko has reportedly already had talks with Scott Penn and chief executive Tony Mestrov.
“We are building a solid partnership with the NRL in terms of all the things we did in Vegas,” Kloczko said to News Corp.
“This could be one of them. The UFC has a mandate at the moment to look at opportunities for establishing and developing UFC performance institutes around the world.
“Currently there are three – one in Vegas, one in China and one in Mexico City."
“I think it is important for us to develop as a business here and we have a local physical presence and that could be having a UFC performance institute here in Australia.”
Kloczko also revealed the UFC could “bring blockbuster fights to Sydney” in a stadium that has a roof, bringing “more certainty” regarding weather conditions.
That's multitude of Aussie sports fans and sports media that are hopeful that the concept grows wings, comes reality and grows to its massive potential.
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Crown Melboure, Australia; "Probably been the most closely scrutinised casino in the world"
Crown Melbourne was put on notice that it is not “too big to fail” by Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission chairwoman Fran Thorn on Tuesday, who said she was satisfied that the gaming giant’s “systemic failings” were in the past.
She denied that it was impossible to strip Crown Melbourne, Victoria’s largest single-site private employer with more than 11,500 staff, of its licence to operate, saying this was “always a possibility”.
US private equity giant Blackstone acquired Crown for $8.9 billion in June 2022, ending billionaire James Packer’s ties to the company and shifting it into private hands.
“We are determined to ensure Crown is not and never will be too big to fail. This will be an enduring legacy of the commission,” Ms Thorn said after revealing a string of heightened enforcement powers available should Crown commit further breaches.
“In return for the privilege of an exclusive licence, Victorians have a right to expect that Crown Melbourne will never again prioritise profit ahead of the safety and wellbeing of its patrons and staff or over compliance with its legal and social obligations. For the past two years, Crown has probably been the most closely scrutinised casino in the world.”
A Victorian royal commission, headed by former Federal Court judge Ray Finkelstein QC, in 2021 found Crown’s conduct was “illegal, dishonest, unethical and exploitative” but stopped short of suggesting the government strip its casino licence.
Crown was instead given two years to reform under the oversight of a special monitor.
The commission chairwoman was adamant the loss of the special monitor from June would not leave a void in oversight, with its 30-strong audit team to remain fixated on the business.
“My message to new management is: you didn’t get away with it, you demonstrated to our satisfaction that you were suitable to hold the licence. That is a test you will have to live up to every day,” Ms Thorn said.
“If there is any regression to the old Crown which lied, obfuscated, (and) used legal power to bully the commission, then Crown can be assured that the full extent of the law will be used against them.”
The commission “will never be comfortable, we will always be sceptical”.
Following separate inquiries in Victoria, NSW and Western Australia, Crown has been fined $700 million for breaches including wrongly claiming tax deductions and flouting responsible gambling laws.
The biggest came when Crown agreed to pay the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre $450 million for failing to comply with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws.
Crown Melbourne chief executive Mike Volkert said the outcome was one of the most significant milestones in the property’s 30-year history.
“We have worked diligently over the past two years to implement meaningful change that has truly transformed our business,” he said.
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan said the government would consider whether there was “further work to do” based on the commission’s report.
“We will look at that work to ensure that the illegal behaviour that we saw in the past is never allowed to happen again,” she said.
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(Sources: Crown, Wires, News Corp, X)
Pro Wrestling
WWE @WWE WrestleMania Saturday
April 6, 2024
Match to determine Bloodline banned or Bloodline Rules
Cody Rhodes & Seth "Freakin" Rollins vs. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson & Roman Reigns
Women's World Championship Match
Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Becky Lynch
Intercontinental Championship Match
Gunther (c) vs. Sami Zayn
Jey Uso vs. Jimmy Uso
Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship Six-Pack Tag Team Ladder Match
The Judgment Day (c) vs. The Awesome Truth vs. The New Day vs. DIY vs. New Catch Republic vs. A-Town Down Under
Rey Mysterio & Dragon Lee vs. Santos Escobar & "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio
Six-Woman Tag Team Match
Bianca Belair, Jade Cargill & Naomi vs. Damage CTRL
WrestleMania Sunday
April 7, 2024
Undisputed WWE Universal Championship Match
Roman Reigns (c) vs. Cody Rhodes
World Heavyweight Championship Match
Seth “Freakin” Rollins (c) vs. Drew McIntyre
WWE Women’s Championship Match
IYO SKY (c) vs. Bayley
United States Championship Triple Threat Match
Logan Paul (c) vs. Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens
LA Knight vs. AJ Styles
Six-Man Tag Team Philadelphia Street Fight
Bobby Lashley & The Street Profits vs. Final Testament
Videos via WWE official YouTube channel
WrestleMania XL set reveal at Lincoln Financial Field
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udx4INl2g0o&t=8s&ab_channel=WWE
WrestleMania XL preview marathon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngm1bu6FNCc&ab_channel=WWE
Seth Rollins vs. Drew McIntyre – Road to WrestleMania XL: WWE Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_cPZVa-x8I&ab_channel=WWE
Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes – Road to WrestleMania XL: WWE Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ3MVLpw1PA&ab_channel=WWE
Media Man: Totally pumped for this years WrestleMania.
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Monkey Man
Revenge is served. #MonkeyManMovie
Only In theaters Friday.
Oscar® nominee Dev Patel (Lion, Slumdog Millionaire) achieves an astonishing, tour-de-force feature directing debut with an action thriller about one man’s quest for vengeance against the corrupt leaders who murdered his mother and continue to systemically victimize the poor and powerless.
Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, an icon embodying strength and courage, Monkey Man stars Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash.
After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.
Packed with thrilling and spectacular fight and chase scenes, Monkey Man is directed by Dev Patel from his original story and his screenplay with Paul Angunawela and John Collee (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World).
The film’s international cast includes Sharlto Copley (District 9), Sobhita Dhulipala (Made in Heaven), Pitobash (Million Dollar Arm), Vipin Sharma (Hotel Mumbai), Ashwini Kalsekar (Ek Tha Hero), Adithi Kalkunte (Hotel Mumbai), Sikandar Kher (Aarya) and Makarand Deshpande (RRR).
Monkey Man is produced by Dev Patel, Jomon Thomas (Hotel Mumbai, The Man Who Knew Infinity), Oscar® winner Jordan Peele (Nope, Get Out), Win Rosenfeld (Candyman, Hunters series), Ian Cooper (Nope, Us), Basil Iwanyk (John Wick franchise, Sicario films), Erica Lee (John Wick franchise, Silent Night), Christine Haebler (Shut In, Bones of Crows) and Anjay Nagpal (executive producer of Bombshell, Greyhound).
Serving as executive producers are Jonathan Fuhrman, Natalya Pavchinskya, Aaron L. Gilbert, Andria Spring, Alison-Jane Roney and Steven Thibault.
Universal Pictures presents a Bron Studios production, a Thunder Road film, a Monkeypaw production, a Minor Realm/S’Ya Concept production, in association with WME Independent and Creative Wealth Media. (Credit: Universal Pictures)
Video
Monkey Man | Bar Fight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=konQCBcs9u4&ab_channel=UniversalPictures
Special thanks: Universal Pictures
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Image credit: Universal Pictures @UniversalPics
Pro Wrestling
WrestleMania XL Kickoff: April 5, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewNnyLV5IEs&ab_channel=WWE
"For the first time in a quarter of a century, Philadelphia is hosting WrestleMania. The City Of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia, is hosting WrestleMania, here tomorrow night here at Lincoln Financial Field. Now last night you got your first glimpse of the set for WrestleMania"... Michael Cole
Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley, World Heavyweight Champion Seth "Freakin" Rollins, Becky Lynch, Paul "Triple H" Levesque and more kick off WrestleMania XL weekend live from Philadelphia, hosted by Michael Cole & Pat McAfee!
#WrestleMania #WrestleMania40 #WrestleManiaXL #WrestleManiaKickoff #WrestleManiaSeason #WrestleManiaWeek #WWE #SmackDown #prowrestling #wrestling #TheBloodline #RomanReigns #TheRock #SethRollins #DrewMcIntyre #CMPunk #NickAldis #MichaelCole #TripleH #PatMcAfee #CMPunk #LoganPaul #RandyOrton #KevinOwens #Gunther #RheaRipley #BeckyLynch #JadeCargill #SamiZayn #Gunther #IyoSky #KarrionKross #AOP #TheFinalTestament #Uso #TKO #AndNew #AndStill #entertainment #popculture #legends #broadcast #trend #trends #trending #buzz #Philadelphia #Philly #media
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Pro Wrestling
WWE @WWE Media Blitz With Media Giants and Key Influencers In And Out Of WWE as WrestleMania @WrestleMania XL approaches
Videos
“The Pat McAfee Show” runs down WrestleMania milestones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2msoyug8qTw&ab_channel=WWE
"Right Now The WWE Is Up Against Ourselves In Competition" - Triple H | Pat McAfee Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbIo-iDmlwc&t=57s&ab_channel=ThePatMcAfeeShow
"I Say We Start A New Story On Monday After WrestleMania XL..." - Cody Rhodes | Pat McAfee Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLwVtExEvRI&t=208s&ab_channel=ThePatMcAfeeShow
The Pat McAfee Show Live From WrestleMania XL | Friday April 5th, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAbCNwfw2tA&t=1991s&ab_channel=ThePatMcAfeeShow
The Rock Brings The Final Boss to WrestleMania 40 | Will Cain Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWCv32e2BrU&ab_channel=FOXNewsPodcasts
Triple H on The Rock’s Return to WWE, Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson, $5B Netflix Deal - IMPAULSIVE 413
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDbhQ9BZ4IA&t=404s&ab_channel=IMPAULSIVE
Rock’s Road To WrestleMania (Part 3). (The Rock YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl9W_muj_xg&ab_channel=TheRock
Rock’s Road To WrestleMania (Part 2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07H7Ef6BqPw&ab_channel=TheRock
Rock’s Road To WrestleMania (Part 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnZhkeM1Ox8&t=5s&ab_channel=TheRock
CM Punk fires up the Philadelphia crowd: WrestleMania XL Kickoff, April 5, 2024 (WWE YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkKYVPQIAK8&t=14s&ab_channel=WWE
Seth “Freakin” Rollins and Drew McIntyre hold a war of words: WrestleMania XL Kickoff, April 5, 2024 (WWE YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJy7TQ8T-sQ&ab_channel=WWE
Paul Heyman gets emotional talking his family, Hall of Fame & creating a TRIBE | WWE on ESPN (ESPN MMA YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4jna7LID4A&ab_channel=ESPNMMA
WWE Superstar Paul Heyman Talks HOF, The Rock, Roman Reigns & More with Rich Eisen | Full Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PxVtsIumxo&ab_channel=TheRichEisenShow
Media Man: So pumped and hyped for WrestleMania and the WWE Hall of Fame. Caught WrestleMania fever in a big way!
#WrestleMania #WrestleMania40 #WrestleManiaXL #WrestleManiaKickoff #WrestleManiaSeason #WrestleManiaWeek #WWE #SmackDown #WWEHOF #prowrestling #wrestling #TheBloodline #RomanReigns #TheRock #SethRollins #DrewMcIntyre #CMPunk #NickAldis #MichaelCole #TripleH #PatMcAfee #CMPunk #LoganPaul #PaulHeyman #RandyOrton #KevinOwens #Gunther #RheaRipley #BeckyLynch #JadeCargill #SamiZayn #Gunther #IyoSky #KarrionKross #AOP #TheFinalTestament #Uso #TKO #AndNew #AndStill #entertainment #popculture #legends #broadcast #trend #trends #trending #buzz #Philadelphia #Philly #media #mediaman
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News, Politics and Wrestling: The Rock
'The Rock' @TheRock explains why he's not endorsing Biden this time, how he feels about 'woke culture': 'I started to realize like, oh man, that caused an incredible amount of division in our country,' Johnson said about endorsing Biden in 2020. via FOX @FoxNews
'The Rock' explains why he's not endorsing Biden this time, how he feels about 'woke culture'
https://www.foxnews.com/media/the-rock-explains-why-not-endorsing-biden-time-feels-woke-culture
The Rock Brings The Final Boss to WrestleMania 40 @WrestleMania | Will Cain Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWCv32e2BrU&ab_channel=FOXNewsPodcasts
#TheRock #DwayneJohnson #FOXNews #WWE #WrestleMania #Politics #PopCulture #news #newsmedia #trends #trending #buzz #TV #media
Pro Wrestling
WWE @WWE SmackDown
April 5, 2024
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Wells Fargo Arena
Kevin Owens Show. Guests: Randy Orton and Kevin Owens
Owens and Orton chase Paul to Lincoln Financial Field: SmackDown highlights, April 5, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNElDi2PGCU&t=6s&ab_channel=WWE
"Oh oh, looks like Orton and Owens are going to make the journey next door to the site of WrestleMania this weekend" Corey Graves @WWEGraves
"Logal Paul thought he was at a safe distance" Wade Barrett @StuBennett
Kevin Owens and Randy Orton hit Logan Paul with a sneak attack: SmackDown highlights, April 5, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWXmVPWAXhs&ab_channel=WWE
Bronson Reed wins the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal: SmackDown highlights, April 5, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyNNhap74ao&ab_channel=WWE
Andrade spurns Santos Escobar and “Dirty” Dom to help Rey Mysterio: SmackDown, April 5, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NoLaL7Pyc8&ab_channel=WWE
Michin fears what AJ Styles is becoming: SmackDown exclusive, April 5, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3Z5XrgZ02U&ab_channel=WWE
Jey Uso vs Solo Sikoa
"Solo Sikoa has been the ultimate soldier for The Bloodline" Wade Barrett
"But first Jeys Uso..anothre sibling.. the savage Solo Sikoa and it's coming up next here on SmackDown" Wade Barrett
Jade Cargill: “Damage CTRL is in the eye of the storm”: SmackDown highlights, April 5, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EXspc8mi90&ab_channel=WWE
"And lucky for us that comes in the form of the new est SmackDown superstar, and our WrestleMania tag team partner, Jade Cargill" Bianca Belair
Zelina Vega (LWO) vs Elektra Lopez (Legado Del Fantasma)
A Town Down Under up to their usual tricks
Watch the broadcast via FOX.
Media Man: A red hot and blue hot show. WrestleMania Season at fever pitch!
Catch up with history, feuds and storylines via the official WWE YouTube channel
www.youtube.com/wwe
#SmackDown #WrestleMania #WrestleMania40 #KevinOwensShow #KevinOwens #KO #RandyOrton #LoganPaul #Prime #JeyUso #SoloSikoa #ZelinaVega #ElektraLopez #ATownDownUnder #BattleRoyal #BattleRoyalForWrestleMania #AndreTheGiant #NickAldis #CoreyGraves #WadeBarrett #trends #trending #buzz #TV #media
Image credit: WWE
Pro Wrestling
WWE @WWE Hall of Fame 2024
One For The Ages; Paul Heyman Steals The Show In Extreme Fashion: Media
"For the rest of my life I will be a Paul Levesque Guy": Paul Heyman
Video highlights via WWE Official YouTube
Paul Heyman receives raucous ovation from Philly crowd: WWE Hall of Fame 2024 highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSiYrLgpZzE&ab_channel=WWE
Fans: "ECW, ECW, ECW" ..."Paul E, Paul E, Paul H"... "You deserve it"
"Your darn *ucking right I deserve it" Paul Heyman
Paul Heyman pays homage to the history of ECW: WWE Hall of Fame 2024 highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w6w2hBH9Yw&ab_channel=WWE
Paul Heyman is a Paul Levesque guy: 2024 WWE Hall of Fame highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x02Nbphu2x8&ab_channel=WWE
Paul Heyman - WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f60eVFuGUF8&t=6s&ab_channel=WWE
Roman Reigns acknowledges Paul Heyman in induction speech: WWE Hall of Fame 2024 highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A13_TCLt73c&ab_channel=WWE
"Now I'll admit this is a ridiculous spot to be in".. Roman Reigns
U.S. Express - WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ama5g0T_Uc&ab_channel=WWE
Taylor and Mika Rotunda pay respects to Bray Wyatt: 2024 WWE Hall of Fame highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97kKpx59Mho&ab_channel=WWE
The U.S. Express honor Bray Wyatt with firefly tribute: 2024 WWE Hall of Fame highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdTSVj4Cbcc&ab_channel=WWE
Bull Nakano - WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev7Ldqx3OL8&ab_channel=WWE
Bull Nakano describes her tough transition to WWE: 2024 WWE Hall of Fame highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFfMvsJ_muk&ab_channel=WWE
Alundra Blayze looks back on battles with Bull Nakano: 2024 WWE Hall of Fame highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7A7F0N2zbU&ab_channel=WWE
Thunderbolt Patterson - WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRWFizc25Is&ab_channel=WWE
Lia Maivia - WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OCFsm6js84&ab_channel=WWE
The Rock receives the People's Championship from Lonnie Ali: 2024 WWE Hall of Fame highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ewy4jDf_Tr8&ab_channel=WWE
"You the fans are the reason Muhammad Ali was called The People's Champ"... Lonnie Ali
Muhammad Ali - WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwfEf6sNgRs&ab_channel=WWE
The Undertaker inducts Muhammad Ali into the WWE Hall of Fame: 2024 WWE Hall of Fame highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKK2UGSxmSM&ab_channel=WWE
The New Day stand united to induct Thunderbolt Patterson: 2024 WWE Hall of Fame highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoRxrLcP0Bk&ab_channel=WWE
Countdown to WWE Hall of Fame 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzxS1lurXH8&ab_channel=WWE
News
WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024 enshrined in greatness (WWE)
https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwe-hall-of-fame/class-of-2024
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Image credit: WWE
MMA
UFC @UFC 300
April 13, 2024
T-Mobile Arena
Paradise, Nevada
Videos
UFC 300 Main Event Breakdown and Analysis | UFC 300 Breakdown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spG4E_YyltQ&t=7s&ab_channel=UFC
Brendan Fitzgerald and Sayif Saud preview the UFC 300 main event between Light Heavyweight Champion Alex Pereira and former Champ Jamahal Hill. Main card action kicks off next Saturday, April 13th at 10pm ET / 7pm PT. (Credit: UFC)
Chael Sonnen Official YouTube
UFC 300, Good as it Needs to be…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjbnzF6KhKs&t=4s&ab_channel=ChaelSonnen
Daniel Cormier Official YouTube
JUSTIN GAETHJE FIGHTER BREAKDOWN for UFC 300 fight vs. Max Holloway | Daniel Cormier Film Session
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kZ8AmgfhDM&ab_channel=DanielCormier
Michael Bisping Official YouTube
BISPING interviews Demetrious 'Mighty Mouse' Johnson: Predicts UFC 300, BJJ vs Heavyweights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMMeVFmXLQ8&ab_channel=MichaelBisping
Fight Card
Alex Pereira vs. Jamahal Hill - Light Heavyweight Title
Zhang Weili (c) vs. Yan Xiaonan - Women's Strawweight Title
Justin Gaethje vs. Max Holloway - BMF Title
Charles Oliveira vs. Arman Tsarukyan
Bo Nickal vs. Cody Brundage
Jiří Procházka vs. Aleksandar Rakić
Calvin Kattar vs. Aljamain Sterling
Holly Holm vs. Kayla Harrison
Sodiq Yussuf vs. Diego Lopes
Jalin Turner vs. Renato Moicano
Jéssica Andrade vs. Marina Rodriguez
Jim Miller vs. Bobby Green
Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Cody Garbrandt
*card subject to change. More card details to be added
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Pro Wrestling - MMA Connection
WWE @WWE CCO Triple H Appears On Logan Paul Podcast
Video
IMPAULSIVE YouTube channel
Triple H on The Rock’s Return to WWE, Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson, $5B Netflix Deal - IMPAULSIVE 413
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDbhQ9BZ4IA&ab_channel=IMPAULSIVE
"Do you have a finishing move"?
"Kinda, not really, no, kind of" LP
"The brass knux I think is his finishing movie" Triple H
Wrestling - MMA News
"Is there going to be any cross-over for the athletes to do" LP
"I think that's all on the table to do"... Triple H
“Send me, send me.” Logan Paul @LoganPaul
“What do you mean [maybe]? I wrestled, and I wrestle now. I would totally do it, for the right dance partner. Yeah, I would love to do a UFC fight. Now, that you two are partners, at the right time it could make a lot of sense.” LP
“I’m your guy. Seriously, I’m your guy.” LP
Media Man: Please send him. Nothing to loose, plenty to gain. Imagine the worldwide sports news and pop culture news buzz. This would be groundbreaking. Potentially you could have a WWE US champ who also becomes the BMF champ, or even another UFC title. No brass knucks in the Octagon. All gains!? LP for the win by KO or triangle choke.
#LoganPaul #Impaulsive #TheMaverick #Prime #TripleH #PaulLeVesqueGuy #PaulLeVesque #UFC #prowrestling #wrestling #wrestlingnews #podcast #podcaster #WWEUFC #WWEMMA #MMA #mmanews #combatsports #sportsnews #sportsmedia #sportsmarketing #legend #legends #socialmedia #socialmedianews #socialmediabuzz #trend #trends #trending #buzz #media #mediaman
Pro Wrestling
WWE @WWE Continues To Shine; Industry And Fans Countdown For WrestleMania @WrestleMania XL
WWE NXT @WWENXT Continues To Be Breeding Ground Of Champions And Future Legends; Stand & Deliver!
WWE SmackDown sees feuds escalate and odds of WrestleMania victory get disrupted
WWE Hall of Fame: Paul Heyman steals the show!
Pat McAfee gives extra sporty edge to pro wrestling
CM Punk Maintains Philly Fever; World awaits Punk with live mic at WrestleMania
Logan Paul keeps pro wrestling and UFC @UFC / MMA fans on edge
Full WrestleMania XL Preview: WWE Now, April 6, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EdgUL47-_M&ab_channel=WWE
Countdown to WrestleMania XL Saturday: April 6, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUsuJ2VbpSw&ab_channel=WWE
Top 10 moments from NXT Stand & Deliver 2024: WWE Top 10, April 6, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO5MA14CrqE&ab_channel=WWE
Explosive SmackDown moments: SmackDown highlights, April 5, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPue5RTM594&t=5s&ab_channel=WWE
Paul Heyman pays homage to the history of ECW: WWE Hall of Fame 2024 highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w6w2hBH9Yw&t=1s&ab_channel=WWE
“The Pat McAfee Show” runs down WrestleMania milestones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2msoyug8qTw&t=2s&ab_channel=WWE
CM Punk fires up the Philadelphia crowd: WrestleMania XL Kickoff, April 5, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkKYVPQIAK8&ab_channel=WWE
#WrestleMania #WrestleMania40 #WrestleManiaXL #WrestleManiaKickoff #WrestleManiaSeason #WrestleManiaWeek #WWE #SmackDown #prowrestling #wrestling #TheBloodline #RomanReigns #TheRock #SethRollins #DrewMcIntyre #CMPunk #NickAldis #MichaelCole #TripleH #PatMcAfee #CMPunk #LoganPaul #RandyOrton #KevinOwens #Gunther #PaulHeyman #RheaRipley #BeckyLynch #JadeCargill #SamiZayn #Gunther #IyoSky #KarrionKross #AOP #TheFinalTestament #Uso #TKO #AndNew #AndStill #entertainment #popculture #legends #broadcast #trend #trends #trending #buzz #Philadelphia #Philly #media
Image credit: WWE
MMA
UFC @UFC Vegas 90 aka UFC Fight Night 240: Allen vs Curtis 2
Apex Arena. Enterprise, Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
April 6, 2024
Broadcast via ESPN
Main Events:
Brendan Allen vs Chris Curtis
Alexander Hernandez vs Damon Jackson
Morgan Charriere vs Chepe Mariscal
Ignacio Bahamondes vs Christos Giagos
UFC Official YouTube channel
First round head kick KO! #ufcvegas90
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9LykNZ4CRY&ab_channel=UFC
Allen vs Curtis 2 - Make It Worth It | UFC Vegas 90
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmLvVmjmiHo&ab_channel=UFC
Allen vs Curtis Fighter Weigh-Ins | UFC Vegas 90
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHdDlFr2FCQ&ab_channel=UFC
UFC Vegas 90: Fighter Faceoffs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jugYI8GcpNg&ab_channel=UFC
Brendan Allen ‘He's As Game As They Come’ | UFC Vegas 90
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtBZw_NHd6I&ab_channel=UFC
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WrestleMania XL @WrestleMania Saturday Press Conference
FULL SEGMENT: The Rock breaks down new era of WWE: WrestleMania XL Saturday Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eziHAo90vdU&ab_channel=WWE
"Was there a specific moment that you said now is the time? Was there a promo. Was there a match? With The Bloodline in general, that inspired you to say WrestleMania 40 - this time right now is when I'm actually going to do it"? Media
"Yes, there was. When Ariel Emanuel called and said Hey, I'm going to buy the company. Hahaha. I said, ok. What does that strategy look like? And we had discussed that. There was talks almost two years ago about me returning to WrestleMania 39 in Los Angeles, and again, it felt like everything was going to dovetail nicely into that - great story. That didn't shake out in the way that we had anticipated and that's ok. I had said back then to the people that we were negotiating with that maybe it's time to put the pencils down and we'll revisit when it feels right"... Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson aka "The Final Boss"
News
Triple H elaborates on The Rock's performance: WrestleMania XL Saturday Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REJ9So72hUI&ab_channel=WWE
"He loves this and he's going to throw caution to the the wind and he's going to do it, and its going to be amazing. He's going to go all out. When you've done it a long time and your around it every day like that, you see composure"... Triple H
Roman Reigns demands reporter leave the room: WrestleMania XL Saturday Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTgWuZDBv20&t=51s&ab_channel=WWE
Rhea Ripley's taking over the Four Horsewomen: WrestleMania XL Saturday Press Conference highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZGk8kO3lsk&t=5s&ab_channel=WWE
Belair, Cargill and Naomi discuss representation: WrestleMania XL Saturday Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buDvVEYSwqw&t=4s&ab_channel=WWE
WWE's out-of-this-world signature: WrestleMania XL Saturday highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_0ubdxMhEM&ab_channel=WWE
Full WrestleMania XL Saturday highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM39htoM4sA&t=8s&ab_channel=WWE
Digital Exclusives
Jey Uso still loves his brother: WrestleMania XL Saturday exclusive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivXEKebAEPY&ab_channel=WWE
Sami Zayn needed this victory: WrestleMania XL Saturday exclusive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4SEzgvs6qk&ab_channel=WWE
Grayson Waller and Austin Theory celebrate with a shoey: WrestleMania XL Saturday exclusive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9Ww-GIOxH4&ab_channel=WWE
Awesome Truth are moment makers: WrestleMania XL Saturday exclusive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9OQkAAhPkI&ab_channel=WWE
Jason Kelce and Lane Johnson look back on WrestleMania surprise: WrestleMania XL Saturday exclusive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhuRCG16xoI&ab_channel=WWE
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News, Politics and Wrestling: The Rock
'The Rock'
@TheRock
explains why he's not endorsing Biden this time, how he feels about 'woke culture': 'I started to realize like, oh man, that caused an incredible amount of division in our country,' Johnson said about endorsing Biden in 2020. via FOX
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'The Rock' explains why he's not endorsing Biden this time, how he feels about 'woke culture'
https://foxnews.com/media/the-rock-explains-why-not-endorsing-biden-time-feels-woke-culture
The Rock Brings The Final Boss to WrestleMania 40
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WWE
@WWE
CCO Triple H Appears On Logan Paul Podcast
Video
IMPAULSIVE YouTube channel
Triple H on The Rock’s Return to WWE, Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson, $5B Netflix Deal - IMPAULSIVE 413
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZDbhQ9BZ4IA&ab_channel=IMPAULSIVE
"Do you have a finishing move"?
"Kinda, not really, no, kind of" LP
"The brass knux I think is his finishing movie" Triple H
Wrestling - MMA News
"Is there going to be any cross-over for the athletes to do" LP
"I think that's all on the table to do"... Triple H
“Send me, send me.” Logan Paul
@LoganPaul
“What do you mean [maybe]? I wrestled, and I wrestle now. I would totally do it, for the right dance partner. Yeah, I would love to do a UFC fight. Now, that you two are partners, at the right time it could make a lot of sense.” LP
“I’m your guy. Seriously, I’m your guy.” LP
Media Man: Please send him. Nothing to loose, plenty to gain. Imagine the worldwide sports news and pop culture news buzz. This would be groundbreaking. Potentially you could have a WWE US champ who also becomes the BMF champ, or even another UFC title. No brass knucks in the Octagon. All gains!? LP for the win by KO or triangle choke.
MMA
UFC
@UFC
300
April 13, 2024
T-Mobile Arena
Paradise, Nevada
Videos
UFC 300 Main Event Breakdown and Analysis | UFC 300 Breakdown
https://youtube.com/watch?v=spG4E_YyltQ&t=7s&ab_channel=UFC
Brendan Fitzgerald and Sayif Saud preview the UFC 300 main event between Light Heavyweight Champion Alex Pereira and former Champ Jamahal Hill. Main card action kicks off next Saturday, April 13th at 10pm ET / 7pm PT. (Credit: UFC)
Chael Sonnen Official YouTube
UFC 300, Good as it Needs to be…
https://youtube.com/watch?v=JjbnzF6KhKs&t=4s&ab_channel=ChaelSonnen
Daniel Cormier Official YouTube
JUSTIN GAETHJE FIGHTER BREAKDOWN for UFC 300 fight vs. Max Holloway | Daniel Cormier Film Session
https://youtube.com/watch?v=7kZ8AmgfhDM&ab_channel=DanielCormier
Michael Bisping Official YouTube
BISPING interviews Demetrious 'Mighty Mouse' Johnson: Predicts UFC 300, BJJ vs Heavyweights
https://youtube.com/watch?v=jMMeVFmXLQ8&ab_channel=MichaelBisping
Fight Card
Alex Pereira vs. Jamahal Hill - Light Heavyweight Title
Zhang Weili (c) vs. Yan Xiaonan - Women's Strawweight Title
Justin Gaethje vs. Max Holloway - BMF Title
Charles Oliveira vs. Arman Tsarukyan
Bo Nickal vs. Cody Brundage
Jiří Procházka vs. Aleksandar Rakić
Calvin Kattar vs. Aljamain Sterling
Holly Holm vs. Kayla Harrison
Sodiq Yussuf vs. Diego Lopes
Jalin Turner vs. Renato Moicano
Jéssica Andrade vs. Marina Rodriguez
Jim Miller vs. Bobby Green
Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Cody Garbrandt
*card subject to change. More card details to be added
Monkey Man
Revenge is served. #MonkeyManMovie
Only In theaters Friday.
Oscar® nominee Dev Patel (Lion, Slumdog Millionaire) achieves an astonishing, tour-de-force feature directing debut with an action thriller about one man’s quest for vengeance against the corrupt leaders who murdered his mother and continue to systemically victimize the poor and powerless.
Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, an icon embodying strength and courage, Monkey Man stars Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash.
After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.
Packed with thrilling and spectacular fight and chase scenes, Monkey Man is directed by Dev Patel from his original story and his screenplay with Paul Angunawela and John Collee (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World).
The film’s international cast includes Sharlto Copley (District 9), Sobhita Dhulipala (Made in Heaven), Pitobash (Million Dollar Arm), Vipin Sharma (Hotel Mumbai), Ashwini Kalsekar (Ek Tha Hero), Adithi Kalkunte (Hotel Mumbai), Sikandar Kher (Aarya) and Makarand Deshpande (RRR).
Monkey Man is produced by Dev Patel, Jomon Thomas (Hotel Mumbai, The Man Who Knew Infinity), Oscar® winner Jordan Peele (Nope, Get Out), Win Rosenfeld (Candyman, Hunters series), Ian Cooper (Nope, Us), Basil Iwanyk (John Wick franchise, Sicario films), Erica Lee (John Wick franchise, Silent Night), Christine Haebler (Shut In, Bones of Crows) and Anjay Nagpal (executive producer of Bombshell, Greyhound).
Serving as executive producers are Jonathan Fuhrman, Natalya Pavchinskya, Aaron L. Gilbert, Andria Spring, Alison-Jane Roney and Steven Thibault.
Universal Pictures presents a Bron Studios production, a Thunder Road film, a Monkeypaw production, a Minor Realm/S’Ya Concept production, in association with WME Independent and Creative Wealth Media. (Credit: Universal Pictures)
Video
Monkey Man | Bar Fight
https://youtube.com/watch?v=konQCBcs9u4&ab_channel=UniversalPictures
Special thanks: Universal Pictures
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Google Local Guides
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Greg, your contributions had 12,230 new views in March.
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Pro Wrestling
WWE @WWE WrestleMania XL: Sunday
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
April 7, 2024
Great action, drama, surprises; And New!!
Gonzo Media Man Pipe Bombs
LA "Slim Jim" Knight; Knight Rider-ish
Stephanie McMahon "This is the first WrestleMania of The Paul Levesque era"!
Special Ref" Bubba Ray Dudley. "The Old Nutcracker". "Return to Dudleyville"
Philly Gets Extreme!
"Get The Tables"
"Oh Lord"
"I'm cashing in right now" Damian Priest
And New: Drew McIntyre
And New: Damian Priest
Announcers Table: CM with leg sweap. 'Get selfie"!
"The Money In The Bank briefcase is always going to be connected to CM Punk" - CM Punk
Cody Rhodes on holed up on bus
LP Prime Heel Keeps On Trucking!
King (and Queen) Of The Ring - Saudi
Rhodes 2 ?!
The Bloodline: Hidden members/membership?!
Cheers to the Paul Levesque era!
Broadcasting now!
Highlights and moments via the official WWE YouTube channel
www.youtube.com/wwe
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Pro Wrestling
WWE @WWE
WrestleMania XL
Digital Exclusive
"Well, that didn't exactly go according to plan. But then again, I'm not a very big fan of have a plan. I kinda just like to dive into things recklessly, so maybe it was most appropriate that this happened. I also think everybody got what they deserved tonight. I got what I deserved because once upon a time, this guy Tommy Dreamer, he broke me into Philadelphia. The 2300 Arena, the famous ECW Arena. You know what I did to thank him? I beat the hell out of all his friends. Haha. Franchise Shane Douglas, Little Guido, he got it too, and then I did Tommy. Suplexed him right on his head, through a chair. So I guess Bobby was pretty mad about that, and he decided to show up tonight. You know, I got what I deserved. And Bobby, Oh, Bobby Lashley - he got what he deserved to. You know what he got? He took a back seat to Montez Ford on the biggest event of the year, and reminded everybody why they left them off last year. Haha. Oh, Hahahaha" Karrion Kross @realKILLERkross
Video via official WWE YouTube channel
Karrion Kross got what he wanted at WrestleMania: WrestleMania XL Sunday exclusive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IOgjppuvFU&t=35s&ab_channel=WWE
Cross to Bobby and what's left of his clan...
The Pride celebrate their huge win with Eagles cheerleaders: WrestleMania XL Sunday exclusive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-Kql6NCP5Y&t=5s&ab_channel=WWE
Bobby Lashley & The Street Profits vs. Final Testament: WrestleMania XL Sunday highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j-m4n0bJlA&t=5s&ab_channel=WWE
"The wanted to go to the dark side, and we went with them"... Bobby Lashley
Media Man: Kross dead set contender for backstage 'Wrestling Promo Of The Year' (or whatever form of communication into a videocamera you wish to call it). WWE, 'Pulp Fiction' traces and akin to a Shakespearean tragedy. Bobby and his clan will learn that there's always next week etc. This ain't over till KK and his clan says so! Kross in his for the long game. Killer communicator.
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Pro Wrestling - MMA Dream Matches
Fantasy Booking
In a WWE @WWE ring, UFC @UFC Octagon or even Josh Barnett's Bloodsport environment
Logan Paul @LoganPaul vs Conor McGregor
Bobby Lashley vs Israel Adesanya
Karrion Cross vs Sean Strickland
Brock Lesnar vs Dricus Du Plessis
Shinsuke Nakamura vs Yan Xiaonan
Kevin Owens vs Robert Whittaker
Brutus Creed vs Tai Tuivasa
Julius Creed vs Jack Della Maddalena
Wade Barrett vs Michael Chandler
Josh Barnett vs Alexander Volkanovski
Baron Corbin vs Suga Sean O'Malley
Shayna Baszler vs Amanda Nunes
Ivy Nile vs Holly Holm
*again, fantasy booking.
This is not what was once known as WWF 'Brawl For All'.
Matches would have to be set up in a fashion that would be a true win-win.
Logan Paul has already publicly declared that he would like to represent WWE in a mixed martial arts match via the UFC promotion. "I'm your guy" to Triple H via Paul's podcast.
Tai Tuivasa has publicly expressed his interest in the professional wrestling artform to Media Man management at the UFC 293 media/fan event.
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Movie Box Office (North America)
1. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Weekend Gross: $32M
Total Gross: $135M
Weeks Released: 2
2. Monkey Man
Weekend Gross: $10M
Total Gross: $10M
Weeks Released: 1
3. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Weekend Gross: $9M
Total Gross: $89M
Weeks Released: 3
4. The First Omen
Weekend Gross: $8.4M
Total Gross: $8.4M
Weeks Released: 1
5. Kung Fu Panda 4
Weekend Gross: $7.9M
Total Gross: $166M
Weeks Released: 5
*further updates and details to follow
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Movie Box Office (North America)
1. Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire - $31.7 million
2. Monkey Man - $10.1 million
3. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire - $9 million
4. The First Omen - $8.4 million
5. Kung Fu Panda - $7.9 million
6. Dune: Part 2 - $7.2 million
7. Someone Like You - $3 million
8. Wicked Little Letters - $1.6 million
9. Arthur the King - $1.5 million
10. Immaculate - $1.4 million
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Gold, Resources and Commodities News
April 8, 2024
Gold prices set a new record high today, topping $2,300 per ounce amid a broad commodities rally, international tensions and moves by global central banks.
The big picture: Central bank purchases have been key in driving up the precious metal, which normally operates as a safe haven in times of turmoil.
Conflict in the Middle East, as well as speculation that the Fed may loosen monetary policy later this year, is also giving bullion a lift.
The U.S. leads the world's official bullion holdings, making up 69.7% of its reserves.
China, the world's second-largest economy, led central banks in gold purchases in 2023, ahead of Poland and Singapore, according to Bank of America data.
Zoom in: China added 225 metric tons of gold to its reserves last year and has stockpiled the metal for 17 straight months. Its increases last year were the most for the country since 1977.
Between the lines: The EU and U.S. move to freeze the central bank of Russia's foreign reserves during sanctions made many central banks rethink the kind of reserve assets they should be holding, Francisco Blanch, head of global commodity and derivatives research at BofA Securities, tells Axios.
China's gold-buying strategy also fits well with its goal to diversify its assets alongside other BRICS countries, which are aiming to lessen dependence on the U.S dollar, or de-dollarize.
Source: Axios @axios
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Pro Wrestling
WWE @WWE Raw
April 8, 2024
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Wells Fargo Arena
Commentary: Michael Cole and Pat McAfee
Cody Rhodes kicks off Raw as Undisputed WWE Universal Champion: Raw highlights, April 8, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYgRUf5LxNk&ab_channel=WWE
"The brand new WWE Undisputed champion, The American Nightmare, Cody Rhodes" - Triple H
Cody Rhodes relives his journey to the Undisputed WWE Universal Title: Raw highlights, April 8, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P26oXzm4SU&ab_channel=WWE
Fans: "Cody, Cody, Cody"
"Last night at WrestleMania 40 that dream became a reality" Cody Rhodes
WWE Now via official WWE YouTube channel
Full WrestleMania XL Sunday Results: WWE Now, April 7, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_eAlocmmQQ&t=8s&ab_channel=WWE
Cody Rhodes finished his story against Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns under Bloodline Rules, Drew McIntyre defeated Seth “Freakin” Rollins to become World Heavyweight Champion in front of fans only for Damian Priest to cash-in and ruin his moment, Bayley took down IYO SKY to win the WWE Women's Title and so much more. (Credit: WWE)
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Pro Wrestling
WWE @WWE Raw
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
RAW after Mania
Media Man: Raw emotion. Raw and polished talent, world class storytelling, management keeps promise to fans and talent. Staples, newbies and legends. The never ending story!
Drew McIntyre to CM Punk: “I’m coming for you!”: Raw highlight, April 8, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3BSWatGXGQ&ab_channel=WWE
"Cut the music" Drew McIntyre
"That's a former world champion" Pat McAfee @PatMcAfeeShow
"What happended last night was complete and utter B.S" DM
CM Punk costs Drew McIntyre big as Jey becomes No. 1 Contender to Damian Priest: Raw, April 8, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqoIa0GYt2I&ab_channel=WWE
"Tackle off the apron. Big Bronson Reed" Pat McAfee
"...Spainish folks tonight... something like this was going to happen to their table" Michael Cole @MichaelCole
Jade Cargill lays waste to Chelsea Green: Raw highlights, April 8, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d6MGh4Um8M&ab_channel=WWE
"With a surprise opponent. Can't wait to hear, see who it is" PM
John Cena makes a surprise return to partner with Awesome Truth: Raw highlights, April 8, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo5uekha4qI&ab_channel=WWE
"These snakes The Judgement Day" PM
"Dominik's just made that he lost at WrestleMania. Finn's mad that he's no longer tagteam champion at JD's mad because he's JD McDonagh" Michael Cole
"That would be a tough mirror ever morning" PM
"And a triple Attitude Adjustment" MC
CM Punk costs Drew McIntyre big as Jey becomes No. 1 Contender to Damian Priest: Raw, April 8, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqoIa0GYt2I&t=33s&ab_channel=WWE
"Right to the jaw on Bronson Reed who now finds himself on the table" MC
"Meanwhile, Jey Uso drives McIntyre out. Everybody's down" MC
Sami Zayn & Chad Gable vs. Imperium: Raw highlight, April 8, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eWoS8u5r7A&t=6s&ab_channel=WWE
"I thought that was the gratzi"... PM
"Uh, their posing - too much" PM
FULL SEGMENT: Cody Rhodes and The Rock's story has just begun: Raw highlights April 8, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOqwZwh4wPo&t=135s&ab_channel=WWE
"The Final Boss, The Rock, carrying The People's Championship"... Michael Cole
Cody Rhodes is gifted a touching tribute after finishing his story: Raw highlights, April 8, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA0xO1sCpTA&ab_channel=WWE
WWE Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque shares a special tribute with Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Cody Rhodes and the WWE Universe, set to the beautiful song “Rise Up” by Andra Day. (Credit: WWE)
Broadcasting now!
The WWE Draft is returning to Raw and SmackDown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lHJDobSdEI&ab_channel=WWE
The career-altering 2024 WWE Draft will return in a special two-night event, Friday April 26 at 8/7 C on SmackDown on FOX and Monday April 29 at 8/7 C on Raw on USA. (Credit: WWE)
More great action and storytelling via the official WWE YouTube channel
www.youtube.com/wwe
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Pro Wrestling
WWE NXT @WWENXT
Results: April 9, 2024
Kiana James & Izzi Dame def. Fallon Henley & Kelani Jordan
Je'Von Evans def. SCRYPTS
NXT Women's Champion Roxanne Perez def. Natalya
The Family def. No Quarter Catch Crew
Jaida Parker def. Brinley Reece
Axiom & Nathan Frazer def. Bron Breakker & Baron Corbin to win the NXT Tag Team Titles
Videos via the official WWE YouTube channel
The Final Testament attack Axiom & Nathan Frazer: NXT highlights, April 9, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=411MeBe9mPk&ab_channel=WWE
"Holly Hell" Vic Joseph @VicJosephWWE
"Oh My God" Booker T @BookerT5x
Fans: "Welcome Back"
"Oh, welcome to the party" Booker T
"Now certainly a dark cloud has arrived" VJ
Trick Williams agrees to leave NXT if he doesn’t win the NXT Title: NXT highlights, April 9, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQGKlubR5yU&ab_channel=WWE
Fallon Henley & Kelani Jordan vs. Kiana James & Izzi Dame: NXT highlights, April 9, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p6QTc7JN_g&ab_channel=WWE
Tatum Paxley snaps on Lyra Valkyria as Roxanne Perez watches: NXT highlights, April 9, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8ZbsW7JEBI&ab_channel=WWE
Ivar wants to go to war with Oba Femi: NXT highlights, April 9, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPhlO_3nVtk&ab_channel=WWE
Media Man: Kross Kult aka The Final Testament destorying NXT. They have brough the Killer Instinct. It's time to make NXT extreme!
More moments and highlights to hit the official WWE YouTube channel
www.youtube.com/wwe
#WWENXT #TheFinalTestament #KarrionKross #AOP #AuthorsOfPain #KrossKult #KrossCult #harbinger #FallAndPray #TickTock #Extreme #ExtremeWrestling #prowrestling #wrestling #PaulLevesqueEra #ShawnMichaels #BookerT #VicJoseph #TrickWilliams #MadDragon #popculture #entertainment #trend #trends #trending #buzz #TV #media #mediaman
Image credit: WWE NXT
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Video Features
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | Tickets On Sale Now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UznFrBNvwu0&ab_channel=20thCenturyStudios
See it on the biggest screen possible. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes arrives in theaters May 10.
Director Wes Ball breathes new life into the global, epic franchise set several generations in the future following Caesar’s reign. Apes are the dominant species living harmoniously with one another and humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape will undertake a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all that he has known about the past and to make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike. Starring Freya Allan, William H. Macy, Dichen Lachman, Kevin Durand, Owen Teague, Peter Macon, and Travis Jeffery. (Credit: 20th Century Studios)
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | Inside The Kingdom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHPBW2Fz-to&ab_channel=20thCenturyStudios
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | Raka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBlTMBY19-0&ab_channel=20thCenturyStudios
A kingdom rises. Tickets are now on sale for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. Experience it in theaters May 10. www.fandango.com/PlanetoftheApes
Director Wes Ball breathes new life into the global, epic franchise set several generations in the future following Caesar’s reign. Apes are the dominant species living harmoniously with one another and humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape will undertake a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all that he has known about the past and to make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike. Starring Freya Allan, William H. Macy, Dichen Lachman, Kevin Durand, Owen Teague, Peter Macon, and Travis Jeffery. (Credit: 20th Century Studios)
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes I "Campfire" Official Clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz8osYe-iT4&t=3s&ab_channel=20thCenturyStudios
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | Exclusive IMAX® Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er3h_STlp-k&ab_channel=20thCenturyStudios
Media Man: We're so pumped for this. Is Apes the greatest film franchise of all time? We think so, and we're seen and even sold plenty in the course of business and career going back two decades plus. We're already going Ape over the great news. Can we can ideally apes and humans can once again get along. We live in hope.
Media Man Int
Movies (Media Man Int)
www.mediamanint.com/movies.html
#KingdomOfThePlanetOfTheApes #PlanetOfTheApes #movietrailer #movietrailers #trailers #Video #YouTube #entertainmentnews #boxoffice #popculture #trend #trends #trending #buzz #media #mediaman
(Image credit: 20th Century Studios)
Joker: Folie à Deux
Joker: Folie à Deux | Official Teaser Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy8aJw1vYHo&ab_channel=WarnerBros.Pictures
He's not alone anymore. Joker: Folie à Deux – only in theaters and @IMAX, October 4
Director: Todd Phillips
Writers: Scott Silver, Todd Phillips, Bob Kane
Stars: Zazie Beetz, Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga
Joker: Folie à Deux is an upcoming American musical psychological thriller film and the direct sequel to the 2019 film Joker. Joaquin Phoenix reprises his role as the DC Comics character, the Joker, and Lady Gaga plays Harley Quinn. Zazie Beetz also reprises her role from the first film, while Brendan Gleeson and Catherine Keener join the cast in undisclosed roles. The film is directed by Todd Phillips, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Scott Silver. It is produced by Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Studios in association with Joint Effort.
Media Man: It appears that the latest Joker installment is also going to over deliver. I want to see the real you. Music to our ears. Haha!
Media Man Int
Movies (Media Man Int)
www.mediamanint.com/movies.html
Special thanks: Warner Bros
#Joker #JokerMovie #JokerFolie #JoaquinPhoenix #LadyGaga #ZazieBeetz #WarnerBros #IMAX #DC #movietrailer #trailer #movienews #Video #YouTube #entertainment #entertainmentnews #showbiz #popculture #trend #trends #trending #media #mediaman
(Image credit: Warner Bros. Pictures @warnerbros )
Pro Wrestling
WWE NXT @WWENXT
April 9, 2024
Top 10 WWE NXT moments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksPjmlZG6P0&ab_channel=WWE
Media Man: The apperance of The Final Testament was the highlight for us, and we suspect quite a few others. Can anyone stop the present and future?!
#TheFinalTestament #KarrionKross #AOP #AuthorsOfPain #KrossKult #KrossCult #harbinger #Extreme #ExtremeWrestling #prowrestling #wrestling #PaulLevesqueEra #ShawnMichaels #BookerT #VicJoseph #TrickWilliams #MadDragon #TrickWilliams #CarmeloHayes #BronBreakker #BaronCorbin #WolfDogs #Video #YouTube #popculture #entertainment #trend #trends #trending #buzz #TV #media
Media Man Biz Tips
There are risks of playing "follow the leader" be it in sports, wrestling, SEO, business strategies. Adopt risk management and have your own style and unique selling points (and unique niche content) etc etc
#risk #risks #business #popculture #sportsbiz #MMA #wrestling #SEO #strategy #riskmanagement #management #usps #AI #agency #creative #creativity #disrupt #distuptor #disruptors #niche #nichenews #nichecontent #nichepublishing #contentcreator #contentcreators #ContentCreation #adnews #PR #prnews #ideas #publishing #publishers #AI #PPV #PPVS #socialmedia #X #mediabiz #mediabusiness #trend #trends #biz #buzz #newsmedia #media #mediaman
Best Quotes Of The Day
“Advertising is to a genuine article what manure is to land, - it largely increases the product.” - P. T. Barnum
Media Man Int
Best Quotes Of The Day (Media Man Int)
www.mediamanint.com/articles/best_quotes.html
#PTBarnum #advertising #ads #quote #bestquotes #bestquotesoftheday #promoter #promotions #promo #showman #legend #popculture #trend #buzz #media #mediaman
Pro Wrestling
AEW @AEW Dynamite
AEW World Champion Samoa Joe vs Dustin Rhodes in a title eliminator! | 4/10/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbtnoOvUIK8&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
"Can The Natural, Dustin Rhodes, earn a shot at the AEW world championship in he picks up a victory over Samoa Joe" Tony Schiavone
AEW Continental Champion, Kazuchicka Okada, in ACTION before AEW Dynasty! | 4/10/24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz4pLVtYulA&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
"Samoa Joe on social media. He said there is a blood price to be paid and it will be paid tonight" Excaliber
"Taz, I know you would agree Dustin sounds ready".. Tony Schiavone
The EVPs (Young Bucks) try to provoke their AEW Dynasty opponents, FTR! | 4/10/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7n91D7X7w4&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
Swerve Strickland & AEW World Champion Samoa Joe BRAWL before AEW Dynasty! | 4/10/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkvhbRrmkZw&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
"It's Wednesday. Do you know what that means? AEW Dynamite is live on TBS"... Excalibur
The Cope Open CONTINUES! TNT Champ Adam Copeland vs Penta El Zero Miedo! | 4/10/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eAIt6jAOy0&t=3s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
Aerial Assassin Will Ospreay is NOT afraid of the grind! | 4/10/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eAIt6jAOy0&t=3s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
Jericho & FTW Champ HOOK team with Shibata vs Shane Taylor Promotions! | 4/10/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kWHeGG_QC8&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
Mariah May faces Anna Jay in a hard-hitting rematch! | 4/10/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfP0wMHiWG4&t=2s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
Alex Marvez sits down with the CEO, Mercedes Moné! | 4/10/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxIyLv1VcyA&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
and more great footage being added to the official AEW YouTube channel
www.youtube.com/AEW
Media Man: A very edgy episode of Dynamite. Action and drama. We will leave it at that. Watch to join the dots.
#AEWDynamite #AEWDynasty #SamoaJoe #DustinRhodes #Rhodes #Okada #WillOspreay #EVP #EVPS #YoungBucks #Swerve #SwerveStrickland #ChrisJericho #Lionheart #Hook #FTW #FTWChampion #Cope #CopeOpen #AdamCopeland #Penta #prowrestling #wrestling #TBS #broadcast #broadcasting #YouTube #Video #Videos #entertainment #popculture #trend #trends #trending #buzz #TV #media #mediaman
Image credit: AEW
Pro Wrestling - Boxing News
WWE @WWE Signed Wrestler/Disruptor Logan Paul Appears On Pat McAfee Podcast; Rhodes wrestling, merch and news media machine
"I can't believe I'm about to say this...fighting Kevin Owens was harder than fighting Floyd Mayweather," Paul said. "Let me tell you something; wrestling is the hardest thing I have ever done in my life. There is no industry that requires the amount of skillsets all in one like the WWE. It is crazy. You know the amount of things you have to think about when you're in that ring.
"I liken it, and I've said it a thousand times, but when you're boxing, I'm worried about one person. I'm worried about the guy across from me. When I'm wrestling, I'm worried about 60K people in the arena. And it's my job to make sure they got their money's worth. I take that very, very seriously. I'm in the lab man. I want to make sure you guys got your money's worth on Sunday."
Videos
Logan Paul: Fighting Kevin Owens was harder than fighting Floyd Mayweather | The Pat McAfee Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71H5uPgHPek&ab_channel=ESPN
Cody Rhodes reacts to winning Undisputed WWE Universal Title 🏆 | The Pat McAfee Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S84657sA1Oc&ab_channel=ESPN
WWE superstar Cody Rhodes joins The Pat McAfee Show after conquering The Bloodline to win WWE Universal Title at WrestleMania XL. (Credit: ESPN/Pat McAfee Show)
WWE Official YouTube channel
Logan Paul retains the United States Title in incredible fashion: WrestleMania XL Sunday highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynx8y-1o9_E&ab_channel=WWE
Logan Paul vs. Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens — US Championship: WrestleMania XL Sunday highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENAiLXNwjFM&t=141s&ab_channel=WWE
Randy Orton RKOs IShowSpeed on the announce table: WrestleMania XL Sunday highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za4pLoqlpxE&ab_channel=WWE
more via the official WWE YouTube channel
www.youtube.com/wwe
IMPAULSIVE Clips YouTube
"You're A Genius" - Triple H Praises Logan Paul's WWE Intelligence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DqofSVCj3Q&t=92s&ab_channel=IMPAULSIVEClips
Video from Ep. 413 - Triple H on The Rock’s Return to WWE, Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson, $5B Netflix Deal (Credit: IMPAULSIVE)
"The Day Cable Died" - Triple H Discusses WWE's $5 BILLION Netflix Deal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-AJB6RcJtY&t=92s&ab_channel=IMPAULSIVEClips
The *Shocking* TRUTH Behind Cody Rhodes' Torn Pec Injury VS Seth Rollins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnQSs9TWfBE&ab_channel=IMPAULSIVEClips
"Truth is you find Mr Ed on a streaming service.. watch it whenever you wannna watch it... just too lazy to look it up"... Triple H
Media Man: The WWE is so *ucking entertaining at present, both in and out of the ring. World class storytelling, business deals, entertainers, sports action and so much more. Wrestling Is Cool Again!
#LoganPaul #TheMaverick #Prime #PrimeEnergy #DrinkPrime #Impaulsive #PatMcAfee #CodyRhodes #WorldChampion #USTitle #TripleH #ESPN #WWE #WrestleMania #WWERaw #SmackDown #PLE #prowrestling #wrestling #interview #interviews #broadcast #broadcasting #podcast #podcasting #podcaster #MikeTyson #JakePaul #Netflix #audience #WWEDraft #WWEKOTH #KingOfTheRing #energy #energydrink #cafenews #watercooler #sportsbiz #entertainmentnews #popculture #disrupt #disruptor #trend #trends #trending #buzz #media #mediaman #mediamanint
Pro Wrestling - Streaming Connection
WWE @WWE Raw update on Netflix @netflix Streaming Deal
In an interview with "The Town," WWE President Nick Khan advised the b2b deal came down to great timing, as WWE was looking for a new home for "Raw" just as Netflix was looking to get into live programming.
"We felt it was a robust marketplace," Khan said, noting that Netflix was wary of entering the live broadcasting market, but the simplicity of WWE's broadcasting operations made Endeavor management optimistic about the company's chances with Netflix. "Once you're in the room, you have a chance to get people to do things they might not always do."
Khan advised that an internal dissension at Netflix that was caused by the negotiations was kept far away from WWE, leading to a united front from Netflix by the time meetings happened!
"Once we went in for that initial pitch meeting, it was clear there was a path here," Khan said. The executive feels that Netflix will help the company enter many more marketplaces without having to navigate each individual media market for foreign countries. Khan also doesn't feel WWE has left any money on the table with the deal.
"We didn't give up that much money...I thought Netflix did not play around in the best ways," Khan explained, feeling that Netflix made a "robust offer" and was willing to work out any issues between the two companies.
(Source: The Town)
Multimedia
The Town
A WWE Business Smackdown With Nick Khan
The Town with Matthew Belloni
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-wwe-business-smackdown-with-nick-khan/id1612131897?i=1000651346732
Matt is joined by WWE president Nick Khan to discuss the WWE’s $5 billion deal with Netflix, making the streaming giant the exclusive new home to WWE’s 'Raw' starting in January 2025. Nick talks about how the deal came together, the creative vision in a post–Vince McMahon world, the Rock’s return to the ring, what this deal means for the future of sports media, where he expects the brand to be in three to five years, the looming NBA rights deal, and much more. (Credit: The Town)
Media Man: Behind the scenes of one of the biggest, maybe the biggest, streaming giant - entertainment deals over all time! Well done Nick Khan and team.
#WWERaw #NickKhan #WWE #Netflix #interview #TheTown #prowrestling #wrestling #wrestlingnews #streaming #streamingbiz #streamingbusiness #streamingindustry #sportsstreaming #streamingmedia #sportsbiz #sportsmarketing #sportsmedia #sportsnews #podcast #entertainment #entertainmentnews #biznews #businessnews #OTP #WrestleMania #liveentertainment #livesports #trend #trends #trending #buzz #media #mediaman
Best Quotes Of The Day
"It's the unbridled passion and the fearlessness to just go into something with reckless abandon that allows you to create something from nothing. That allows you to innovate. That allows you to take things to the extreme." - Paul Heyman
Media Man Int
Best Quotes Of The Day (Media Man Int)
www.mediamanint.com/articles/best_quotes.html
Paul Heyman still top pick for greatest pro wrestling manager of all time says Media Man agency
www.mediamanint.com/articles/paul_heyman20.html
Wrestling News (Media Man Int)
www.mediamanint.com/wrestling_news.html
Videos via the official WWE YouTube channel
Paul Heyman’s 2024 WWE Hall of Fame Vlog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd7szOqzWbI&t=116s&ab_channel=WWE
Paul Heyman pays homage to the history of ECW: WWE Hall of Fame 2024 highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w6w2hBH9Yw&t=13s&ab_channel=WWE
#PaulHeyman #quote #wrestlingpromoter #wrestlingpromotion #ECW #innovation #innovate #ExtremeChampionshipWrestling #WWE #prowrestling #wrestling #wrestlingindustry #disruptor #disruptor #entertainment #entertainmentindustry #entertainmentbusiness #showbiz #Philly #WWEHallOfFame #WWEHOF #trend #trends #trending #buzz #media #mediaman
MMA
UFC @ufc 300
UFC 300: Pre-Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezlJzCNrXZ0&ab_channel=UFC
Paradise, Nevada
"Ever since the begining, UFC has been all about putting on the biggest events" Dana White
"We put togther these major fight cards - the whole world is watching" Dana White
"Ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the historic UFC 300 press conference. From the MGM Grand Garden Arena, but the action Saturday moves across the street to the T-Mobile Arena" narrator
"What's up Las Vegas. How are you guys"... Dana White
Media Man Int
UFC 300 (Media Man Int)
www.mediamanint.com/articles/ufc_300.html
Fight Card
Alex Pereira vs. Jamahal Hill - Light Heavyweight Title
Zhang Weili (c) vs. Yan Xiaonan - Women's Strawweight Title
Justin Gaethje vs. Max Holloway - BMF Title
Charles Oliveira vs. Arman Tsarukyan
Bo Nickal vs. Cody Brundage
Jiří Procházka vs. Aleksandar Rakić
Calvin Kattar vs. Aljamain Sterling
Holly Holm vs. Kayla Harrison
Sodiq Yussuf vs. Diego Lopes
Jalin Turner vs. Renato Moicano
Jéssica Andrade vs. Marina Rodriguez
Jim Miller vs. Bobby Green
Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Cody Garbrandt
*card subject to change. More details to be added
#UFC300 #AlexPereira #JamahalHill #ZhangWeili #YanXiaonan #JustinGaethje #MaxHolloway #CharlesOliveira #ArmanTsarukyan #BoNickal #CodyBrundage #JiříProcházka #AleksandarRakic #CalvinKattar #AljamainSterling #HollyHolm #KaylaHarrison #MMA #mixedmartialarts #combatsports #mmanews #ufcnews #broadcast #YouTube #Video #Videos #sportnews #sportsmedia #livesports #liveentertainment #trend #trends #trending #buzz #MGM #MGMGrandGarden #TMobileArena #LasVegas #VegasNews #media
Image credit: UFC
Pro Wrestling
WWE @WWE SmackDown
April 12, 2024
Detroit, Michigan. The Motor City!
Cody Rhodes makes first appearance since winning the WWE Title at WrestleMania 40.
Bailey to make first appearance since winning the WWE Women's Title at WrestleMania.
Knight vs Escobar vs Lashley - Triple Threat Match.
Owens vs Rey Mysterio vs AJ Styles - Triple Threat Match.
and more.
Get ready to join Corey Graves and Wade Barrett at ringside.
Media Man: As Wade Barrett sometimes says, the champions "better sleep with one eye open" as a host of challengers are on the prowl!
Videos via the official WWE YouTube channel
Cody Rhodes announces his next challenger: SmackDown highlights, April 12, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm2kwCPzJq4&ab_channel=WWE
"Three weeks from now I'm going to hop on a plan and I am going to fly to the first of our international premium live events, Backlash in Lyon, France"... Cody Rhodes
and more. Broadcasting live and moments and highlights to be added to the official WWE YouTube channel.
www.youtube.com/wwe
#SmackDown #WWESmackDown #WWEBacklash #Backlash #WWEDraft #prowrestling #wrestling #CodyRhodes #AmericanNightmare #WWEChampion #Bayley #Fox #TripleHEra #TripleH #NickAldis #legends #broadcast #broadcasting #popculture #media #mediamanbroadcasting #Detroit #media #mediaman
(Image credit: WWE)
Pro Wrestling
WWE @WWE SmackDown
April 12, 2024
Detroit, Michigan
Jade Cargill & Bianca Belair beat Chelsea Green & Piper Niven: SmackDown highlights, April 12, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be5izu0ULAs&ab_channel=WWE
Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill are on the hunt for gold: SmackDown exclusive, April 12, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crcmkUgduOw&ab_channel=WWE
"Here are your winners. The team of Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill" Ring Announcer
"These two women just may change the tag team landscape here in WWE. The momentum continues" Corey Graves @WWEGraves
Media Man: The WWE women's wrestling headliners are here! Stock on the rise!
#SmackDown #JadeCargill #Storm #TheStorm #WrestlingFox #WrestlingFoxes #HeadlineGrabber #Headlines #WrestlingHeadlines #WrestlingStorm #BiancaBelair #Superteam #Green #Piper #Niven #prowrestling #wrestling #Fox #WomensWrestling #Gold #broadcast #PopCulture #trend #trending #trendingnow #TV #wrestlingnews #newsmedia #media
(Image credit: WWE)
Pro Wrestling
WWE @WWE SmackDown
April 12, 2024
Detroit, Michigan
SmackDown’s wildest moments: SmackDown highlights, April 12, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcuIWPYhGi4&ab_channel=WWE
Cody Rhodes announces his next challenger: SmackDown highlights, April 12, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm2kwCPzJq4&t=5s&ab_channel=WWE
Tiffany Stratton tries to challenge Bayley: SmackDown highlights, April 12, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPRKBhsfEs8&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE
Naomi battles Tiffany Stratton for future title match: SmackDown highlights, April 12, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkkbm7m3cTM&t=4s&ab_channel=WWE
FULL SEGMENT: Solo Sikoa and Tama Tonga unite to kick Jimmy Uso out: SmackDown, April 12, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C19cKdD0hs&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE
Bron Breakker obliterates Cameron Grimes: SmackDown highlights, April 12, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xLLHjzDj1Q&t=11s&ab_channel=WWE
Logan Paul states it's the "Logan Paul Levesque Era": SmackDown highlights, April 12, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIVCVgNowCs&ab_channel=WWE
Santos Escobar denies taking out Dragon Lee: SmackDown exclusive, April 12, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DksMxW5fsOs&t=6s&ab_channel=WWE
AJ Styles moves closer to the WWE Title: SmackDown highlights, April 12, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Plh_bv8BKq4&ab_channel=WWE
Jade Cargill & Bianca Belair beat Chelsea Green & Piper Niven: SmackDown highlights, April 12, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be5izu0ULAs&ab_channel=WWE
Nick Aldis makes a match for Chelsea Green and Piper Niven: SmackDown exclusive, April 12, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LozVCkhX3qw&ab_channel=WWE
Media Man: Red/Blue Hot SmackDown. Just the right mix of action and drama.
#SmackDown #CodyRhodes #AmericanNightmare #WWEBacklash #TamaTonga #RomanReigns #TribalChief #PaulHeyman #LoganPaul #PaulLeVesqueEra #LoganPaulLevesqueEra #Prime #Bayley #TiffanyStratton #TiffyTime #Storm #TheStorm #WrestlingFox #WrestlingFoxes #HeadlineGrabber #WrestlingStorm #BiancaBelair #Superteam #Green #Piper #Niven #SantosEscobar #BronBreakker #NickAldis #AJStyles #KevinOwens #prowrestling #wrestling #Fox #YouTube #Video #WomensWrestling #Gold #broadcast #PopCulture #trend #trends #trending #trendingnow #TV #wrestlingnews #newsmedia #media #mediaman
(Image credit: WWE)
Pro Wrestling
WWE @WWE SmackDown
Top 10 Friday Night SmackDown moments: WWE Top 10, April 12, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCmS-Wa4uvY&ab_channel=WWE
Media Man: Red/Blue Hot SmackDown. Just the right mix of action and drama.
#SmackDown #CodyRhodes #AmericanNightmare #WWEBacklash #TamaTonga #RomanReigns #TribalChief #PaulHeyman #LoganPaul #PaulLeVesqueEra #TripleHEra #Prime #Bayley #TiffanyStratton #TiffyTime #JadeCargill #Storm #TheStorm #WrestlingFox #WrestlingFoxes #HeadlineGrabber #WrestlingStorm #BiancaBelair #Superteam #Green #Piper #Niven #SantosEscobar #BronBreakker #NickAldis #AJStyles #KevinOwens #prowrestling #wrestling #Fox #YouTube #Video #WomensWrestling #Gold #broadcast #PopCulture #trend #trends #trending #trendingnow #TV #wrestlingnews #newsmedia #media #mediaman
(Image credit: WWE)
SpaceX launch of Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral
April 13, 2024
SpaceX @SpaceX Achieves Successful Launch of 23 Starlink Satellites
In a groundbreaking mission on Friday night, SpaceX successfully launched 23 Starlink satellites into orbit from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The Falcon 9 rocket used in the mission marked its 20th flight for the first stage booster, showcasing the company’s commitment to reusability.
The launch, which took place at 9:40 p.m., was a sight to behold as it lit up the night sky. Viewers were able to witness the event through a live video feed, capturing the awe-inspiring moment of the rocket blasting off into space.
This latest launch adds to SpaceX’s ever-growing constellation of Starlink satellites, which are designed to provide global high-speed internet coverage. With this advanced technology, SpaceX aims to bridge the digital divide by offering internet services to underserved and remote areas around the world.
The success of this mission is a testament to SpaceX’s continued innovation and advancement in space exploration. As the company moves forward with its ambitious goals, such as establishing a human presence on Mars, each successful launch brings them one step closer to achieving their ultimate vision.
With each satellite launched into orbit, SpaceX is bringing the future of internet connectivity closer to reality. As they continue to push the boundaries of space technology, the possibilities for what can be achieved are truly limitless. Stay tuned for more exciting developments from SpaceX as they pave the way for a new era of space exploration and connectivity.
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Starship | Third Flight Test
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To Make Life Multiplanetary
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Cryptocurrency News
BlackRock dominates in Australia as billions flood into crypto ETFs
Investors have placed more than $US12 billion ($18 billion) into cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds listed in the United States in the last month alone, with local buyers favouring vehicles run by asset management giant BlackRock.
With no spot bitcoin ETF yet approved to list on the ASX, investors are accessing the newly minted funds through brokers such as CommSec, Stake and SuperHero.
Media advised there had been strong demand for the products since they were approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission in January.
Australian investors are also accessing the cryptocurrency via Global X’s 21Shares Bitcoin ETF, a physical-hold bitcoin fund which has operated on Australia’s alternative Cboe market since 2022.
Data provided by SuperHero shows that of the 11 bitcoin ETFs available on the platform, the Nasdaq-listed iShares Bitcoin Trust is the most popular among investors.
The BlackRock-owned fund accounted for almost two-thirds of the bitcoin ETF activity on the platform, well ahead of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF, which came in a distant second at just 7 per cent of trades.
Investors were taking a “wait and see” approach ahead of the scheduled halving of bitcoin – when the amount of currency issued is cut – this month, which would further constrain supply of the digital currency.
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Las Vegas Casino News
This mob-era Las Vegas casino is officially closed. Here are some big moments in its 67 years
From its lavish opening in 1957 on a Las Vegas Boulevard surrounded by wide-open desert, to its sleepier years amid a boom in megaresorts, the Tropicana Las Vegas has been a familiar landmark home to colorful events in a city known for constant reinvention.
Now it's a jewel of Sin City's past. After 67 years, the Strip’s third-oldest casino shut its doors for good on Tuesday. Demolition is slated for October to make room for a $1.5 billion Major League Baseball stadium for the relocating Oakland Athletics — part of Las Vegas’ latest rebrand as a hub for sports entertainment.
Take a look back on some key moments in the Tropicana's vibrant history.
THE ‘TIFFANY OF THE STRIP’ DEBUTS
Before it opened on April 4, 1957, a sign erected at the Tropicana's construction site on a dusty Las Vegas Boulevard teased that a “desert oasis” was coming.
When the Tropicana finally arrived, it was the most expensive and lavish casino on the Strip. Local newspaper reports from the time say more than 12,500 people attended the grand opening.
Nicknamed the “Tiffany of the Strip” for its opulence, the Tropicana cost $15 million to build. It was three stories with 300 rooms split into two wings, creating a footprint shaped like the letter “Y."
Each room had a balcony. Between the resort’s wings was a half-moon pool surrounded by lush landscaping and towering palm trees.
A 60-foot (18-meter) tulip fountain greeted guests at the front when they arrived. Flags from different countries lined the casino's entrance. There were mosaic tiles and mahogany-paneled walls throughout.
Later, the Tropicana underwent two major hotel expansions: The Tiffany Tower opened in 1979 with 600 rooms. It was renamed the Paradise Tower. In 1986, the Island Tower opened with 800 rooms.
THE MOB
Behind the scenes of the casino’s opening, the Tropicana had ties to the mob, largely through reputed mobster Frank Costello, according to Sin City historian Michael Green, who also serves on the board of The Mob Museum in downtown Las Vegas.
Weeks after the Tropicana debuted, Costello was shot in the head in New York. He survived, but police found in his coat pocket a piece of paper with the Tropicana’s exact earnings figure. The note also mentioned “money to be skimmed” for Costello’s associates, according to a post on The Mob Museum’s website looking back on the Tropicana’s storied past.
By the 1970s, federal authorities investigating mobsters in Kansas City would charge more than a dozen mob operatives with conspiring to skim nearly $2 million in gambling revenue from Las Vegas casinos, including the Tropicana. Charges connected to the Tropicana alone resulted in five convictions.
THE FEATHERED SHOWGIRL
On Christmas Eve in 1959, the Tropicana debuted “Folies Bergere," a topless revue imported from Paris and featuring what is now one of the most recognizable Las Vegas icons: the feathered showgirl.
During its nearly 50-year run, “Folies Bergere” featured elaborate costumes and stage sets, original music that at one time was played by a live orchestra, line dancers, magic shows, acrobats and comedy.
The cabaret was featured in the 1964 Elvis Presley film “Viva Las Vegas.” Magicians Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn got their start in the show, as did Lance Burton.
The final curtain fell in March 2009 amid the Great Recession.
VEGAS LORE
The Tropicana is a Las Vegas landmark not just because of its location but because of its lore. It's long been a pop culture reference in movies and TV shows, while conjuring up memories of vintage Vegas.
A portion of “The Godfather” was filmed at the Tropicana and in the 1971 film “Diamonds Are Forever,” James Bond stays there.
“I hear that the Hotel Tropicana is quite comfortable," Bond says in the movie.
Black and white photographs still floating around on the internet today memorialize the casino's heyday hosting A-list stars like Elizabeth Taylor, Debbie Reynolds and such members of the Rat Pack as Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. Davis purchased an 8% interest in the casino and became the first Black person to own a share in a major Las Vegas Strip hotel.
Mel Tormé and Eddie Fisher performed at the Tropicana. Gladys Knight and Wayne Newton have held residencies there.
In 1998, the casino became the backdrop to daredevil showman Robbie Knievel’s record-breaking motorcycle jump, soaring to 231 feet (70 meters) over a row of 30 limousines. His daredevil father Evel Knievel was in tow that day to wish his son luck.
THE LAS VEGAS MASS SHOOTING
When a gunman opened fire into a crowded country music festival from a high-rise suite at the Mandalay Bay in October 2017, the nearby Tropicana sheltered thousands of people fleeing gunfire.
“The Tropicana welcomed them all in. They provided some first aid as needed and a safe place for them until the danger passed," said Tennille Pereira, director of the Resiliency & Justice Center — formerly the Vegas Strong Resiliency Center — which was created in the aftermath of the shooting to provide assistance to survivors and families of the victims.
During a recent media tour of the casino’s sprawling property ahead of its scheduled closure, a security officer took The Associated Press into the Tropicana’s “Trinidad” conference room, a massive red-and-orange carpeted hall where concertgoers received aid and took shelter for hours.
Sixty people were killed in the shooting, including two who initially survived but later died of complications from their gunshot wounds.
“The Tropicana embodied the spirit of Las Vegas that night by jumping in and doing everything that they could, and not thinking of what that would necessarily mean for them in that moment," Pereira said.
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UFC @ufc 300
T-Mobile Arena
April 13, 2024
Background on today's BMF!
Mark Coleman accepts Dana White’s offer to present the BMF title.
“Thank you, Max Holloway!” Coleman said. “He started it by just asking about it, the fan response was amazing. The UFC just went with it. I found out yesterday, just like everybody else…just to be here is a blessing, but it’s icing on the cake, it’s gonna be special.” (recorded April 12, 2024)
Coleman tipped for massive ovation at UFC 300.
MMA world aware he saved his parents in a house fire last month
Gaethje and Holloway will fight for the somewhat controversal BMF title UFC 300.
MMA Junkie Coleman backstory
“The only correct answer is Mark Coleman” Holloway to MMA Junkie when asked who should present the BMF title at UFC 300. “Especially with what he went through recently with his dog and his dog waking him to go save his stuff and he goes in there and runs for his dog? The guy’s a G. That’s a real life BMF. That would be sick if he did it. It would be an honor to get him to do it.”
“The belt is the belt – the belt is cool – it’s whatever,” Holloway said. “The things that can come with the belt can be life-changing, so we’ll see what happens. But I’m more excited that I get to share the octagon with Gaethje. It’s amazing. It’s amazing to share the octagon with a future Hall of Famer in him. Title or no title, being able to fight him is one of the best things I’m looking forward to.”
Today's moments and highlights to be added to the official UFC YouTube channel, as well as support from ESPN MMA etc
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Sweet Dreams! | Best Finishes From UFC 300 Fighters | UFC 300
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Jon Anik says he’s never seen Justin Gaethje this focused before UFC 300 | ESPN MMA
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FOX And The Hound
Substance, Hype, Sports Marketing, Passion and more
Real Life BMF Mark Coleman Adds To Rich History With His Street and Industry Cred; Real life hero
Australia's FOX Sports Is In Vegas For The Action And The Quotes...
Justin Gaethje describes Sunday’s chance to make BMF history as “a conundrum” — but admits he now appreciates that many fight fans consider the quirky strap first presented by a Hollywood megastar as the equal of a genuine championship crown.
“And sometimes,” he says, “almost more than the real championship I think”.
Gaethue defends BMF title vs Hawaiian living legend Max "Blessed" Holloway, has predicted “violence” for their UFC 300 blockbuster in Las Vegas.
For many fight fans the BMF match up is the most anticipated on the mega card.
“And the BMF belt, it really is a conundrum for me” Gaethje to FOX
Title previusly presented by Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, now in and around WWE for WrestleMania Season, and stepping back into Hollywood "for a while".
Gaethje Opens Up To Aussie FOX @FOXSports
“As a fighter, it’s not a real championship.
“But then you look at it from the fans’ perspective — they love it.
“Sometimes, almost more than the real championship I think.
“That’s what I’ve really noticed, what I do appreciate now and think will appreciate even more once my career is over.
“The fans really love that BMF title.
“So even though my only goal, right now, is the (lightweight) title, to be the second guy to have won the BMF title and now a chance to defend it … that’s great.”
“From a fighter’s perspective, our only goal is winning championship gold
“So, no, I can’t put it on the same level.
“But the fans love it and I can appreciate that.
“When people come up to me and talk about being BMF champion, I’m embracing it.” (Quotes credit to FOX Sports Australia).
Media Man: Fans and fighters asked for it and Dana White delivers: Mark Coleman to deliver BMF Title
Up to $300K bonues for fighters who perform strongly; Should we read the fine print?! Watch life and catch the post match press conference to see situation unfold
Videos via the official UFC YouTube channel
UFC 300 Countdown - Gaethje vs Holloway | BMF Title Feature
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvIE4i5AYvM&ab_channel=UFC
That's a BADDD Man! | Justin Gaethje BMF Resume | UFC 300
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBKBIRTUcGI&ab_channel=UFC
BLESSED KO's | Max Holloway BMF Resume | UFC 300
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuYgExc7hOY&ab_channel=UFC
UFC 300: Post-Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG9dx1NrL3Y&ab_channel=UFC
Daniel Cormier Official YouTube
Justin Gaethje "WILL PUT MAX HOLLOWAY DOWN" at UFC 300 + Masvidal BEEF | Daniel Cormier Check-In
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTFP9aiktHo&ab_channel=DanielCormier
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UFC @UFC 300
Paradise, Nevada
April 13, 2024
Dana White in "good mood" at press conference following historic fight card that delivered
Third Biggest Gate Ever
Biggest Fight Bonus Ever - 2 x $300,000 To Blessed Max
BMF: "I'm glad we did that belt. It's here to stay" Dana White
Dana White opens up on "holy *hit" BMF fight
Insiders say "Hall of Fame" BMF fight; Powers That Be Nod
“How many times have you seen a fight where a guy is winning, they click the 10-second thing, the guy puts his hands up, and they run around and move around?”
“He’s got the fight won, and he’s in there with one of the most dangerous guys in the *ucking business right, and he says, ‘Let’s do this.’ And they *ucking oblige and they go in and just start. One second left and then a knockout like that. That’s like movie *hit”
Media: "One of the greatest moments in UFC history"
“It's the fight of the year. If something beats that fight of the year, Holy "hit, I don't want to see the two guys at the end of the fight”
"I sell holy *hit moments for a living. That was like the ultimate holy *hit moment of all time” Dana White
“When we were sitting in that room, and we created the BMF, tonight totally embodied what that belt was built for”
“There should be a picture in the *ucking dictionary when you look up BMF. It was incredible. I don’t know if you guys noticed this, but that fight sucked the life out of everybody tonight. The next two fights, everybody was sitting there, like there was this adrenaline dump.
“People always ask me what I do, I sell holy *hit moments for a living. That was the ultimate holy sh*t moment of all time.”
Videos via the official UFC YouTube channel
UFC 300: Post-Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG9dx1NrL3Y&ab_channel=UFC
Max Holloway Post-Fight Press Conference | UFC 300
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_0rcPq05LM&t=3s&ab_channel=UFC
Max Holloway UFC 300 Backstage Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAjxkXLvF50&ab_channel=UFC
Max Holloway Octagon Interview | UFC 300
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvHPo_3kNCE&t=3s&ab_channel=UFC
The MAC is BACK! | Conor McGregor Career Marathon | UFC 303
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMjJNQrGz_Y&t=3s&ab_channel=UFC
UFC 300 Countdown - Gaethje vs Holloway | BMF Title Feature
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvIE4i5AYvM&ab_channel=UFC
That's a BADDD Man! | Justin Gaethje BMF Resume | UFC 300
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBKBIRTUcGI&ab_channel=UFC
BLESSED KO's | Max Holloway BMF Resume | UFC 300
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuYgExc7hOY&ab_channel=UFC
UFC 300: Post-Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG9dx1NrL3Y&ab_channel=UFC
FOX Sports Australia YouTube
Greatest KO ever?! 🥊 - Justin Gaethje v Max Holloway I UFC 300 I Main Event I Fox Sports
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjWTnQXrZ_E&ab_channel=FOXSPORTSAUSTRALIA
Chael Sonnen Official YouTube
The Greatest Finish in UFC History...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk2fwZrS18k&ab_channel=ChaelSonnen
Daniel Cormier Official YouTube
Daniel Cormier REACTS to Alex Pereira KNOCKING OUT Jamahal Hill, Max Holloway's CRAZY KO vs. Gaethje
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT0C6m-JxiQ&ab_channel=DanielCormier
Daniel Cormier Official YouTube
Justin Gaethje "WILL PUT MAX HOLLOWAY DOWN" at UFC 300 + Masvidal BEEF | Daniel Cormier Check-In
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTFP9aiktHo&ab_channel=DanielCormier
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Box Office: Alex Garland’s ‘Civil War’ Opens No. 1 With History-Making $25.7M for A24
The dystopian action pic shows America at war with itself just as Donald Trump battles to overtake Joe Biden and return to the White House. (Credit: The Hollywood Reporter @THR )
Civil War | Official Trailer HD | A24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDyQxtg0V2w&ab_channel=A24
From writer/director Alex Garland and starring Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Stephen McKinley Henderson, and Cailee Spaeny. CIVIL WAR – In Theaters April 12, 2024.
RELEASE DATE: April 12, 2024
DIRECTOR: Alex Garland CAST: Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Stephen McKinley Henderson, and Cailee Spaeny. (Credit: A24)
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Pro Wrestling
Karrion Kross clan: 'The Final Testament' set to dominate and destroy WWE NXT @WWENXT based upon most recent appearance.
WrestleMania 40 appearance well received with nod to Paul Heyman's prior wrestling promotion, Extreme Championship Wrestling.
Kross promos sees fans, media, drawing comparisons/parallels to greats such as Jake "The Snake" Roberts, William Shakespeare, George Orwel, Quentin Tarantino ('Pulp Fiction' etc), 'Book Of Eli' (Hughes brothers), H.G Wells, Ray Bradbury ('Fahrenheit 451'), Dr. George Miller's 'Max Max' franchise and a host of additional post-apocalyptic themed masterminds and edgy creative entities.
Killer run with tag team gold Nostradamus-like forecast in the foreseeable future for 'The Final Testament'.
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Energy/Sports Drink Friendly Wars
Logan Paul's Prime Hydrate takes considerable chunk out of Monster Energy and Red Bull, but exact numbers held strongly by bean counters and marketing heads.
Confidential in nature!
Prime's TKO Group (including UFC and WWE) massively boosted pop culture infiltration
Paul, KSI and Mams Taylor collaboration proves masterstroke despite naysayers and some mainstream/lamestream news attacks
Prime and partners, associates enjoy the last laugh - Media Man and Cafe News Media
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Sports/Animation Art
Mojahed Fudailat MMA themed sports art continues to impress hardcore and casual audiences alike
YouTube platform markets to the world
UFC 300 and Conor McGregor forecast UFC 303 return fight offers plenty of fodder for artists and commentators
Videos via official Mojahed Fudailat YouTube channel
Alex Pereira KOs Jamahal Hill in one round
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j4BQQWwcuk&ab_channel=MojahedFudailat
Pereira breaks Ngannou's punching power record
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf9Y8E9piuk&ab_channel=MojahedFudailat
Dana regrets raising Bonuses to $300K
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSoWt7TGTbg&ab_channel=MojahedFudailat
Jamahal runs into Pereira
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NAhEcjg6aU&ab_channel=MojahedFudailat
Jon is accused of rejecting PED test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW35-7yb3Qc&ab_channel=MojahedFudailat
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Pro Wrestling
Tama Tonga appearance on WWE @WWE SmackDown major eyeball/traffic generator for FOX (BINGE in Australia) and X; Tama Tonga trends for days
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Financial News via Media Man and FxPro
EURUSD Has Bucked the Trend, Threatening to Fall Below Parity
EURUSD is losing 1.9% from Wednesday's peak to a five-month low at 1.0650. US inflation data and ECB comments highlight the divergence of Fed and ECB monetary policy.
Wednesday's US inflation report appears to have set the trend for the dollar, taking it out of a more than four-month wander around its 200-day moving average. And the biggest contributor to this pullback is the EURUSD dynamics.
The pressure on the key currency market pair comes from several directions at once. On the US side, markets have continued to receive pro-inflationary data since the beginning of the month: acceleration in manufacturing activity, strong new job growth, and stronger CPI acceleration than expected. This data continued to push back the date of the expected Fed’s rate cut and the number of these moves.
On the European side, by contrast, data releases and comments from ECB officials are supporting the sentiment for the first cut in June. And this is a divergence that markets can no longer ignore.
The EURUSD dynamics during this week emphasise the serious bearish bias in the pair. The pair crossed the 50- and 200-day moving averages in a sharp move on Wednesday and closed well below them. Neither on Thursday nor on Friday did the Euro make any noticeable attempts to rebound.
Moreover, we don't even see the typical Friday thrust of short-term profit-taking with an ongoing sell-off. EURUSD slid to 1.0650, having fallen out of its trading range since late December.
EURUSD has been receiving support on dips towards 1.05 in 2023, spending only a few days below that level. The pair will likely test the strength of this support again very soon, and the accumulating difference in Fed and ECB policy reinforces the chances that the pair will not stop there this time.
If indeed EURUSD falls below 1.05 in April, the pair could fall to the next leg, finding support only near 0.95.
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Search Engine Giant: Mixed Reaction About Paying For News
Google bins California sites for some
Online Publishers Not 'California Dreaming'!; CA on the nose?!
The Big G pushing back against a proposed California law requiring payment for news links
Gonzo News, Mainstream, Lamedream, News Ain't News Anymore; Big Tech Legal Eagles At The Ready
Perfect Story, Digital World War III Looming
Battle For News, Hearts, Minds, Ad Dollars
Beancounters Eyes On The Prize
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Google argues the law favors big publishers over small outlets
Google has begun removing California news websites from some search results, a test that acts as a threat should the state legislature pass a law requiring the search giant to pay media companies for linking to their content.
Google announced the move in a blog post on Friday, calling it a “short-term test for a small percentage of users ... to measure the impact of the legislation on our product experience”. The company said it also would pause new investments in the California news industry, including the partnership initiative with news organisations and its product licensing program.
“By helping people find news stories, we help publishers of all sizes grow their audiences at no cost to them. (This bill) would up-end that model,” Jaffer Zaidi, Google’s vice president for global news partnerships, wrote in the blog post.
News publishers would suffer and could lay off more journalists if Google completely blocks content from its search, but experts say Google also would take a financial hit without news content.
“Google would be damaging itself enormously if it decided to stop using newspaper content,” Brandon Kressin, an antitrust lawyer representing News Media Alliance and other news publishers, told the December hearing. “They would be cutting off their nose to spite their own face.”
The Late Mail...
Jaffer Zaidi, Google’s Vice Prez of Global News Partnerships, stated via their blog:
“It would favor media conglomerates and hedge funds—who’ve been lobbying for this bill—and could use funds from CJPA to continue to buy up local California newspapers, strip them of journalists, and create more ghost papers that operate with a skeleton crew to produce only low-cost, and often low-quality, content.”
The Media Man watercooler chit chat was running hot the past few days and the situation is unlikely to change anytime soon. What side will you take - or is it an even money bet?
Insiders also keen to see how the likes of Yahoo! play their cards with the developing situation.
Spread your risks and always have a plan A, B and C. the Big G continues to eye off the entire Alphabet!
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Newsguard downgrades credibility scores for New York Times, GB News and Daily Star
News publisher rating company Newsguard has downgraded its credibility score for The New York Times, removing the perfect rating the title held since Newsguard first launched in 2018.
GB News and the Daily Star have also lost points and others – including Fox News, MSNBC and Mail Online – have had their previous drops reaffirmed.
GB News told Press Gazette that Newsguard is a “commercial outfit seeking to profit from self-created criteria and wholly untested methods”.
Following the New York Times ratings update, Press Gazette looked at a selection of 84 leading English language news websites and found nearly half have perfect scores and three-quarters had a score above 80 out of the maximum 100.
Seven websites had scores below 60, which Newsguard previously used as the minimum passing score to be considered a generally credible publisher.
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Dominick Mysterio vs Andrade
"Trashy ass Dom has some issues with even his own team mates. Did you see even some.of Tweets Finn Balor was sending out this week? Dominik Mysterio accidentally hit him in the head with a title. Hit him in the head with his fist. Finn was so upset he wanted to take him to court" Michael Cole @MichaelCole
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Ricochet saves Andrade from a Judgment Day beatdown: Raw highlights, April 15, 2024
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Raw’s most catastrophic moments: Raw highlights, April 15, 2024
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FULL MATCH: Sami Zayn vs. Chad Gable – Intercontinental Championship Match: Raw, April 15, 2024
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"Yeah, the infamous Montreal screw job. Many ghosts in this building for Sami Zayn"... Michael Cole
Chad Gable attacks Sami Zayn after the match!: Raw highlights, April 15, 2024
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Sami Zayn makes an electric hometown entrance: Raw highlights, April 15, 2024
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Rhea Ripley vacates the Women’s World Title: Raw highlights, April 15, 2024
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Liv Morgan says Rhea Ripley got karma: Raw highlights, April 15, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESIQrr-kIV8&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE
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Jey Uso vs. Finn Bálor: Raw highlights, April 15, 2024
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Ricochet saves Andrade from a Judgment Day beatdown: Raw highlights, April 15, 2024
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Dominick Mysterio vs Andrade
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"Yeah, as he should - wrestlers court I believe is where he wants to take him to, and I heard there's harsh penalties and there should be ... Pat McAfee
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Sheamus: "You don't want this": Raw exclusive, April 15, 2024
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Super Bowl Advertisers Poised to Play Things Safe, Fearing Social-Media Backlash - Feb 2024
Dozens of advertisers will flock to Super Bowl LVIII this Sunday, ready to pay out a small fortune to CBS in a bid to grab some attention. But they won’t crave as much of that valuable recognition as they might have just a few years ago.
The Super Bowl has long offered Madison Avenue an arena where risk taking is welcome. In 2015, for example, Nationwide ran a commercial during Super Bowl XLIX that told a story from the viewpoint of a child who was already dead, while the portable-power company Mophie offered a spot showing God letting the Earth tilt into apocalypse because his smartphone battery was dead. Neither ad won hearts and minds that night, but the marketers felt they had permission to try and spark conversation.
In 2024, chatter is exactly what Madison Avenue fears most.
While some commercials that run in CBS’ Feb. 11 broadcast of Super Bowl LVIII may shock or surprise, most will aim to comfort or amuse, as marketers pull back on pushing the envelope. The bulk of the 70-or-so Super Bowl commercials that run will rely heavily on celebrities such as Kate McKinnon, Tina Fey, Jason Momoa or LL Cool J. Few of them will expand beyond the usual 30-second or 60-second running time, according to two people familiar with the matter — a change from recent years when the Big Game featured commercials 90 seconds or even two minutes in length to encompass big concepts and cameos, such as Bruce Springsteen appearing in an ad for Jeep. And some may tap into consumers’ collective memories for such things as Budweiser’s famous Clydesdale horses or the Coors Light Chill Train.
“Life generally is more difficult for consumers. They are more constrained,” Michelle Deignan, vice president of U.S. Oreo operations, part of Mondelez International, tells Variety in an interview. Oreo is returning to the Big Game for the first time in years and will rely on a commercial that features a cameo appearance by Kris Jenner and a humorous look at how people used the twist of an Oreo cookie to make big history-making decisions. “I think you’ll see those brands that lean into nostalgia, humor, emotion at the Super Bowl … those brands will resonate with the consumer.”
It’s true, the average consumer has in recent years been beset by existential issues ranging from the fate of the planet to a global pandemic and a roiling global economy. The average viewer may simply want some relief. But the Super Bowl audience also has unprecedented access to react negatively to commercials in ways advertisers in the past never contemplated. Those remarks, tossed out on social media and amplified by others, can prove extremely harmful to big brands.
“Advertisers are very aware that things can go wrong at the Super Bowl,” says Tim Calkins, a professor of marketing at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, who has studied Super Bowl commercials with his students for years. Thanks to social media, he says, marketers realize that any ad can “manage to annoy people or cause backlash. Nobody wants to put their career on the line with a certain piece of Super Bowl footage. There is a huge incentive to be cautious.”
No one knows that better than the advertiser that has been the Super Bowl’s most stalwart sponsor.
Anheuser-Busch InBev has spent months grappling with the aftermath of a well-intentioned marketing boost for Bud Light that had unintended results. The company in the first quarter of last year sent personalized cans of Bud Light to various influencers, including Dylan Mulvaney, a TikTok star and transgender advocate. The move was part of a bid to bring new, young consumers to Bud Light and broaden the brew’s customer base. But it was seized upon by right-wing media, which spurred boycotts, diminished sales and a decision to put on leave two marketing executives who oversaw the effort.
This year’s Super Bowl ad from Bud Light’s sibling, Budweiser, depicts a scenario in which the Clydesdale horses help bring beer to a bar in a storm that has knocked out power — a return to how things worked in the past. The song that plays in the background? The rustic Band tune “The Weight.” Anheuser-Busch no doubt hopes the whole thing takes a load off.
“There is so much that is going on. We are stimulated all the time, and going back to basics and delivering things the old-school way is really something that consumers are looking for,” says Kristina Punwani, the executive who heads up marketing for Budweiser in the U.S.
There’s less interest in challenging the Super Bowl audience with a surprise or talk of politics because the cost of getting into the game has skyrocketed in recent years. Paramount Global has sought between $6.5 million and more than $7 million for a package that includes a 30-second ad on CBS, and ad time on simulcast via Nickelodeon and the Paramount+ streaming service.
“The investment is so high, and the attention is so great that you have to be a very brave marketer to take a big creative risk on the Super Bowl today,” says Calkins.
Wariness of outraged consumers with itchy, clicking fingers isn’t the only factor behind the tilt toward more tepid Super Bowl advertising. Several players who typically like to stir things up are missing from this year’s lineup.
Barring last-minute changes, automakers Stellantis and General Motors are not likely to show up in the Big Game — according to two people familiar with the matter — crimped, perhaps, by last year’s autoworkers strike. In recent years, GM has sparked attention for commercials that use Will Ferrell, the cast of “Austin Powers” or members of the HBO series “The Sopranos” to tout electric vehicles. Last year, General Motors even ran a commercial with Netflix that spotlighted both its EVs as well as Netflix series — an unusual maneuver. Stellantis, meanwhile, has captured notice with extra-long ads that have featured Bob Dylan and Clint Eastwood, among others.
Also diminished is the presence of first-time Super Bowl advertisers who might cause trouble. TV networks have in recent years seen an influx of upstart marketers and digital players buying an ad in a big TV property for the first time. The ranks of these inexperienced frosh have included 84 Lumber, which ran a spot in 2017 that played off the difficult lives of immigrants coming to the United States over its southern border.
But the rookies in this year’s Super Bowl ad game have lots of experience. They include Popeyes, the veteran chicken chain; the chocolatier Lindt; Nestle’s Drumstick ice cream treats; and Ferrara Candy Co., the makers of Nerds. Food and consumer-goods companies are known for their intense marketing discipline and desire to avoid upsetting audiences.
At least two advocacy organizations will appear in Sunday’s Super Bowl to discuss sensitive issues. He Gets Us, a religious organization that aims to spark new connections with Christianity, will run two ads. And The Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, an advocacy group backed by New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, will run a 30-second spot that urges people to stand up against prejudice and hate toward Jews. But no political campaigns have purchased national ad time, according to two people familiar with the situation.
Many of this year’s Super Bowl ads will get people talking or laughing. But that’s it. Some of the event’s dazzle may be gone, at least for now. “Overall, there will be good advertising,” says Calkins, but “I doubt we will be blown away.”
The Money Behind Super Bowl LVIII: 19 Numbers You Need To Know
The big game means huge dollars, from Patrick Mahomes’ million-dollar incentive to the team owners’ combined net worth of $30 billion.
hen the San Francisco 49ers take on the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium on February 11, the casinos on the Las Vegas Strip will be less than a mile away—some are even walking distance—which helps explain why this Sunday’s action is expected to demolish sports betting records.
The American Gaming Association forecasts that 68 million American adults will gamble on the matchup (even if that comes in the form of an informal Super Bowl squares pool with friends, rather than a wager at a sportsbook). That figure represents a rise of 35% from 2023, and the increase in the betting volume is even steeper, up an expected 44% year over year to an astounding $23.1 billion.
News Corp profits rise, Foxtel sheds customers - Feb 2024
Advertising revenues and economic pressures bit News Corp Australia and Foxtel Group in the second quarter despite a rise in global revenues and profits driven by its Dow Jones and Real Estate Australia businesses.
The company revealed on Thursday that revenues at the Murdoch family-controlled business rose by 3 per cent to $US2.59 billion ($3.97 billion).
Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rose by 16 per cent to $US473 million due to higher revenues, lower costs in its book publishing business and a 5 per cent reduction in the company’s headcount.
Foxtel’s total paying subscribers fell by 6 per cent across the quarter to 4.32 million ahead of the launch of its new streaming aggregation product Hubbl later this month. Compared to the same time last year, subscriber numbers were flat. Across a single quarter, it is Foxtel’s largest drop in paying customers since introducing its streaming services.
Almost 250,000 Kayo customers cancelled or paused subscriptions across the quarter, which it put down to a “more difficult summer sports season” alongside inflationary pressures, with traffic on its news titles also down, due to what company chief executive Robert Thomson called “algorithmic aberrations” across major platforms – a trend experienced by most news websites.
Total paying Kayo subscribers as of December 31 were 1.17 million, compared to 1.4 million in the September quarter. Paying Binge subscribers rose marginally to 1.47 million, alongside another dip in Foxtel broadcast customers, which follows previous trends.
Thomson said crucial content negotiations are under way with artificial intelligence providers, while renegotiations for content deals with digital platforms at “advanced stages”. “We are not naive on possible impacts of AI on journalism,” he said.
While Thomson was confident about the prospects of “wooing, not suing” companies such as OpenAI, which is facing litigation from The New York Times, he asserted that those repurposing News Corp content without approval are stealing and “undermining creativity”.
Revenues for the segment were up by 2 per cent, with Foxtel Group revenues of $US470 million for the quarter now representing 29 per cent of total circulation and subscription revenues for the company.
Segment EBITDA for the quarter decreased by $US13 million – or 14 per cent – compared with the year prior, which it said was due to higher sports broadcasting costs, particularly for the AFL and NRL, alongside $10 million in costs relating to the launch of Hubbl.
In an address to investors, Thomson said the company’s “e-revolution” was advancing in tough conditions, with digital subscriptions accounting for 52 per cent of total revenues.
He also paid tribute to News Corp’s “three core pillars” – Dow Jones, book publishing and digital real estate services for the quarter of growth.
Following a drop in the first quarter for the year, News Corp’s Australian mastheads, which include The Australian, The Daily Telegraph and the Herald Sun, added 3000 paying subscribers, growing to 940,000. Segment EBITDA was down 12 per cent compared to the year prior.
Revenues at News Corp Australia again decreased, by 6 per cent across the quarter due to lower advertising revenues. Revenues across the quarter for the news media division were down $US16 million, with total increases in subscription revenue not enough to offset total losses through advertising revenue.
Real Estate Australia helped the company’s digital real estate division grow profits by 15 per cent to $US147 million, with listings in Melbourne (24 per cent) and Sydney (22 per cent) both up significantly.
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Bankers, lawyers and tech workers most likely to be in AI firing line - Feb 2024
A new generation of artificial intelligence is poised to turn old assumptions about technology on their head.
For years, people working in warehouses or fast-food restaurants worried that automation could eliminate their jobs. But new research suggests that generative AI – the kind used in chatbots such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT – will have its biggest impact on white-collar workers with high-paying jobs in industries such as banking and tech.
A report published Thursday by the Burning Glass Institute, a nonprofit research centre, and SHRM (formerly the Society for Human Resource Management), stops short of saying the technology will do away with large numbers of jobs.
But it makes clear that workers need to better prepare for a future in which AI could play a significant role in many workplaces that until now have been largely untouched by technological disruption.
For people in tech, it means they may be building their AI replacements.
“There’s no question the workers who will be impacted most are those with college degrees, and those are the people who always thought they were safe,” said Matt Sigelman, president of the Burning Glass Institute.
Corporations and governments are going to have to seriously invest to get ahead of this.
SHRM chief executive Johnny C. Taylor Jr.
For hundreds of corporations, the researchers estimated the share of payroll spending that goes to workers employed in the 200 occupations most likely to be affected by generative AI. Many of those jobs are held by affluent college graduates, including business analysts, marketing managers, software developers, database administrators, project managers and lawyers.
Companies in finance, including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley, have some of the highest percentages of their payrolls likely to be disrupted by generative AI. Not far behind are tech giants like Google, Microsoft and Meta.
Getting AI to do human work could result in big savings for those companies. The research estimates that banks and some tech companies spend 60 to 80 per cent of their payrolls, or more, on workers in occupations most likely to be affected by the new technology.
The retail, restaurant and transportation industries are least likely to be affected by generative AI, the report found. Companies like Walmart, McDonald’s and Delta Air Lines mostly employ workers without college degrees who perform roles like helping customers, stocking shelves, cooking food and handling baggage. They spend less than 20 per cent of their payrolls on employees in occupations most likely to be affected by generative AI.
The report doesn’t predict potential job losses related to generative AI. That will be up to employers, the report said, and whether they want to bank the savings from AI automation or use that money to invest and grow, adding more workers. Most experts expect that AI will mostly change jobs for the next few years rather than eliminate them – though that could change if the technology improves sharply.
The report highlights the need for increased training to prepare workers to adapt to a fast-arriving technology, SHRM chief executive Johnny C. Taylor Jr. said.
“Corporations and governments are going to have to seriously invest to get ahead of this,” he said.
The report is the latest entry in a growing field of work trying to predict the effect of generative AI on the economy and the workplace. Other studies have forecast a surge in economic growth and productivity, automating activities that add up to the equivalent of millions of jobs, and time savings of up to 50 per cent for routine office and coding tasks.
In its research, the Burning Glass Institute started with the estimates of generative AI exposure by occupation in a widely cited academic paper that was published last year. It then added its own data sets – including job listings, payroll information, government statistics and corporate disclosures – for the company-by-company calculations.
The SHRM report includes a ranking of selected companies. The Burning Glass Institute did the percentage estimates of the payroll spending by company for The New York Times.
Manav Raj, a co-author of the academic paper that the Burning Glass Institute relied on, said the new research appeared to be a credible effort to parse company-level data. But at this stage, he said, all the studies are educated guesses.
“The many papers out there generally conclude that this wave of AI has the potential to have a very large effect,” said Raj, an assistant professor of management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. “But it’s going to take some time to find out what that effect really looks like.”
BlackRock ETF’s Bitcoin Holdings Exceed $3 Billion; Interest Swells for Pepe Challenger
The recent revelation that BlackRock’s spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) has surpassed $3 billion in Bitcoin holdings has stirred significant interest. As investors seek out the best cryptocurrency investments and explore top crypto coins, attention is increasingly turning to alternative options such as Rebel Satoshi, a rising challenger in the crypto space.
BlackRock’s Bitcoin Expansion Sets the Stage
BlackRock, a titan in the asset management industry, has made waves with its expansion into Bitcoin through its ETF, IBIT. In just two days, IBIT’s reserve holdings surged from 63,488.22 bitcoins to an impressive 70,005.56 bitcoins, now valued at over $3 billion. This development underscores the growing acceptance and integration of cryptocurrencies within traditional financial portfolios.
In the midst of BlackRock’s milestone, investors are actively seeking out what crypto to buy and uncovering promising altcoins to diversify their portfolios. Amid this quest, Rebel Satoshi has garnered attention as a potential game-changer in the crypto landscape.
Rebel Satoshi: A Rising Star
With rounds like Rebels Round 1, Warriors Round 2, and Citizens Round 3 selling out within days, the excitement around Rebel Satoshi is palpable. As the Monarchs Round 4 progresses, investors are eyeing the upcoming Recusants Round 5, which promises to be the final chance to secure a stake in this innovative project.
Seize the Moment with Rebel Satoshi
With only 25 million $RBLZ tokens remaining for this round, the Rebel Satoshi ($RBLZ) presale presents a compelling opportunity for investors. As discussions with tier 1 centralized exchanges (CEX) advance, the project aims to enhance accessibility and liquidity for investors, further increasing its appeal.
Why Rebel Satoshi Stands Out
Rebel Satoshi’s foundation on the Ethereum network ensures robust security and reliability, making it a standout option for investors seeking the best crypto investments. With the community actively involved in shaping the project’s future, Rebel Satoshi offers a unique opportunity to participate in the evolution of decentralized finance.
As the presale nears its conclusion, investors are encouraged to act swiftly to secure their stake in Rebel Satoshi ($RBLZ). With the claim process and vesting schedule set to be released, excitement continues to build around the project’s launch and its potential for growth and innovation.
Embrace the Future with Rebel Satoshi
In conclusion, as BlackRock’s Bitcoin holdings soar, and interest in cryptocurrency investments reaches new heights, Rebel Satoshi emerges as a promising contender in the crypto space. With its innovative approach and strong community support, Rebel Satoshi remains one of the best cryptocurrency investments to consider at this moment in time.
Google E-E-A-T: Should We Search For Other Articles With High Backlink Profiles?
When Google says human first, does that mean we should search for other articles with high backlink profiles rather than keyword research when trying to find a topic to discuss?
Google has told us we must provide content that exudes experience, expertise, authority, and trust – commonly referred to as E-E-A-T – if we want to rank well.
But how do you know if your content has E-E-A-T?
How do you even know what to write about?
Let’s dive in and answer these questions.
What Is E-E-A-T?
So, let’s talk about E-E-A-T – how can we make our content exude experience, expertise, authority, and trust?
These are the four things Google cares about regarding the content on your page and how it affects rankings.
Google wants to ensure that the sites it shows in its search results are legit and trustworthy.
So, it looks at things like the experience of the content creators.
Do they have a background in the field they’re writing about? Have they worked in the industry? This stuff matters to Google.
Google cares about expertise. It wants to see the people behind a site know their stuff. It wants to see evidence that the content is accurate and reliable.
Expertise can be anything from formal education to real-world experience.
Authority is a big deal for Google. It wants to see that a site is respected and trusted by others in the industry.
We can demonstrate authority through awards, citations, or positive reviews from other experts.
Finally, trust is a huge factor for Google.
Google wants to be sure that the information it is showing its users is legit and not shady. It looks at the transparency of the content, how accurate it is, and whether the site has a good reputation for being honest.
All this stuff might sound common sense, but Google takes it seriously. It has a whole set of guidelines for its raters to follow.
So if you’re trying to rank your site, check out these guidelines and make sure your site meets the E-E-A-T criteria.
Are Backlinks A Good Way To Measure A Site’s E-E-A-T?
SEO pros traditionally view links as an essential metric for determining a site’s relevance and rank-worthiness.
However, relying solely on backlinks to measure a site’s E-E-A-T is not necessarily a viable strategy.
It is crucial to understand that not all backlinks are created equal, and some can even be detrimental to a site’s ranking if they come from low-quality sources.
Search engines like Google have evolved to focus more on the quality and relevance of a website’s content and reputation than the number of backlinks it has.
A site that ranks well because of high-quality content and a positive reputation is more likely to provide value to its users than one that relies solely on backlinks.
Overemphasizing backlinks can lead to unethical practices such as link farming and purchasing backlinks. These practices can result in search engines penalizing a site, causing it to lose its ranking and reputation.
So when Google says “human first,” it doesn’t mean looking for the site with the most backlinks.
Read the latest Google Quality Raters Guide and understand what Google is looking for in your site’s content.
Look at the content on the sites that are ranking and ensure your content is clearer and exudes E-E-A-T better than your keyword competitors.
When we dive into the “Human First” ethos, it emerges as an encompassing vision of delivering exceptional user experiences through valuable, pertinent, and engaging content that conveys expertise, authority, trust, and transparency.
This shift in focus underscores an important reality: our messages are meant for humans, not algorithms. We must solve problems, answer queries, and engage in genuine dialogue.
Does this shift indicate we should focus on articles with high backlink profiles? Backlinks are, undeniably, a significant cog in the SEO machinery.
They signify the perceived authority of a website, suggesting that the content is worth its salt in the sea of information on the internet.
But should keyword research take a backseat in this scenario? Not in the slightest.
Keyword research is a compass that guides us toward our audience’s needs, queries, and search patterns. It’s a critical tool in our arsenal that helps us understand user intent and deliver content that aligns with it.
The reality is that these two strategies aren’t rivals. They are allies in our quest for an all-encompassing SEO strategy.
Consider this: you unearth an article with a high backlink profile, and you’re tempted to create a similar piece.
But without keyword research, how would you know if your audience is actively searching for this information?
Conversely, finding a golden keyword is only half the battle; If your content doesn’t provide value, you’re unlikely to garner the backlinks that signal quality to Google.
It’s also important to understand that your backlink analysis tool does not know what Google knows.
Sites that engage in large-scale link-buying schemes will seem to have a significant backlink profile on your tool.
Google may be discounting the majority of the purchased links.
You need to analyze the sites with large amounts of backlinks. They could just be doing a poor job of link-building.
Google’s “Human First” approach calls for a harmonious blend of both practices.
It’s about crafting content that satisfies user intent (highlighted by keyword research) and ensuring it’s valuable and worthy of being linked to (as indicated by a high backlink profile).
In the grand scheme, Google’s “Human First” philosophy isn’t asking us to abandon tried and tested SEO practices.
Instead, it nudges us to remember why we employ these strategies in the first place – to serve the human user.
In this light, the mastery of both backlink profile analysis and keyword research becomes an indispensable part of an effective, human-first SEO strategy.
In Conclusion
In summary, while backlinks remain essential to SEO, they should not be the sole metric for determining a site’s experience, expertise, and trustworthiness.
Instead, SEO pros should focus on building a solid brand reputation through high-quality content and ethical marketing practices.
By prioritizing these factors, businesses can achieve sustained success and build a loyal user base that trusts and values their offerings.
Boost your SEO with the magic of internal linking
Unlocking the secret power of your website might be easier than you think, and it all comes down to the art of internal linking. By cleverly linking one page of your site to another, you’re not just guiding visitors around, you’re also sending signals to search engines about the structure and importance of your content.
Many overlook the potency of internal links, focusing instead on the allure of external backlinks. However, internal linking is a crucial, if not more critical, aspect of SEO. It’s about creating a network within your website that boosts your pages in search engine rankings, making your site more visible and accessible. Let’s dive into how internal links can transform your website’s performance, making it a powerhouse in the digital realm.
Imagine you’re navigating a city with a complex network of roads. In this scenario, internal links are the signposts guiding you seamlessly from one destination to another within your website. They’re pathways enabling visitors and search engines alike to discover and understand the wealth of content that resides on your site.
By implementing strategic internal linking, you’re not just improving the user experience but also reinforcing your site’s SEO framework. This effective arrangement allows search engines to crawl and index pages more efficiently, directly impacting your site’s visibility and performance in search results.
How to build your internal linking strategy
Here’s a simplified breakdown of the benefits associated with optimized internal linking:
Navigation: Makes it easier for your audience to explore your site.
Page authority: Distributes link equity among your pages, strengthening their SEO potential.
User engagement: Increases the time spent on your site by encouraging visitors to access more content.
Interestingly, while external links to your site play a crucial role, the way you internally manage links can significantly enhance your internal link structure’s effectiveness. Your most popular pages, rich in external backlinks, can serve as powerhouses in boosting other important pages through careful distribution of internal links.
Consider this essential data showcasing the impact of internal links:
Why internal links are important for SEO
Embedding internal links within your content isn’t just a best practice; it’s vital for your site’s SEO performance. Let’s break down why internal linking should be a cornerstone of your SEO strategy.
Internal links help search engines like Google discover and map out your website. When you link Page A to Page B, you’re not just guiding your users but also search engine crawlers. This mapping allows search engines to understand the hierarchy and relationship between pages on your site. Essentially, you’re making it easier for Google to read, index, and rank your content.
Moreover, internal links distribute page authority across your website. Think of each link as a vote of confidence between pages. A well-placed internal link on a high-authority page can boost the linked page’s visibility and credibility in the eyes of search engines. This interconnected web of links ensures that authority flows throughout your site, lifting the SEO potential of each page.
Understanding the different types of internal links
When you’re sprucing up your site’s SEO, grasping the full spectrum of links is like unlocking a secret power. Here, we’ll dive into the nuances of navigational and contextual links, key players in enhancing your website’s user experience and search engine discovery.
Navigational links
Imagine your website as a vast library. Navigational links are essentially the signage pointing readers to the main sections: the fiction aisle, the reference desk, or the special collections room. These links, typically found in your site’s header, footer, or sidebar, are your roadmap, guiding visitors through your website’s landscape with ease.
Here’s why they’re indispensable:
Simplicity: They streamline site navigation, making it a breeze for visitors to find what they’re looking for.
Structure: They provide a structural backbone to your website, helping search engines index your content more efficiently.
Navigational links often include:
Home
About Us
Services/Product Categories
Contact Information
FAQs
Swift navigation ensures users and search engines can explore your site without getting lost in the weeds.
Contextual links
Stepping into the realm of contextual links, you delve deeper into the specificity of linking. Picture yourself in a conversation where you mention a famous landmark, then naturally segue into its history or significance. Contextual links operate on a similar principle, seamlessly integrating into your site’s content, offering readers further exploration or clarification on a topic.
Engagement: Keeping your audience hooked by providing relevant additional content.
Relevance: Assisting search engines in understanding the relationships between various pages on your site.
A closer look at their features:
Placement: Embedded within body text, offering a natural flow.
Purpose: Direct users to related content, enriching their site experience.
Imagine writing about the importance of website speed. Within that context, you could link to a deeper dive on optimizing images for faster loading times. Contextual links not only enrich the reader’s journey but also bolster the interconnected framework of your site, enhancing both user experience and SEO.
Crafting an efficient internal linking strategy can significantly enhance your site’s SEO. Let’s explore how to develop this vital component of your digital marketing efforts.
Identify your site’s pillar pages
First things first, pinpoint your site’s cornerstone content—these are your pillar pages. Think of these as the primary subjects you want your site to rank for. They’re broad, encompassing topics that offer immense value and insight. Your goal? Ensuring these pages gain prominence and act as a foundation for further detailed exploration.
Enhance Your SEO Strategy: Explore Our Article on Effective Techniques for Creating Backlinks.
Legal Sector SEO Opportunities in 2024: A Comprehensive Guide
The landscape of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is continually evolving, and the legal sector is no exception. As we move into 2024, law firms face unique challenges and opportunities in optimizing their online presence. This article, inspired by insights from SERP expert Mark Huntley, delves into actionable strategies and trends that legal professionals can leverage to stand out in a crowded digital marketplace.
Understanding Google’s Algorithm Changes
Google’s algorithm updates have a profound impact on how legal websites perform in search results. Staying abreast of these changes is crucial for maintaining visibility. In 2024, Google emphasizes user experience (UX), page speed, and mobile optimization more than ever, making them key areas of focus for law firms.
Keyword Strategy for Legal Firms
The right keyword strategy can significantly enhance a law firm’s SEO efforts. Incorporating a mix of long-tail keywords, local SEO phrases, and optimizing for voice search queries are essential strategies. These approaches not only improve rankings but also align with user intent, leading to higher conversion rates.
Content Marketing Trends for Legal Sector
Content is king in the world of SEO, and for legal firms, this means creating value-driven, informative content. Blogging, video content, infographics, and podcasts are powerful tools for engaging potential clients and establishing authority in your legal niche.
Website Optimization for Legal Firms
A law firm’s website must be fast, mobile-friendly, and easy to navigate. These factors not only contribute to a better user experience but also positively influence Google rankings. Incorporating clear call-to-action (CTA) buttons and ensuring ADA compliance are also key considerations.
Link Building Strategies
Building high-quality backlinks is vital for SEO success. For legal firms, this means focusing on earning links from reputable industry sites, guest blogging on legal platforms, and listing in respected legal directories.
Social Media and SEO
Social media platforms offer valuable opportunities for boosting SEO. For legal professionals, LinkedIn is particularly beneficial for networking and sharing expert content. Additionally, engaging with audiences through Instagram stories or Facebook ads can drive traffic and improve search rankings.
Local SEO for Legal Practices
Local SEO is critical for law firms targeting specific geographic areas. Optimizing your Google My Business listing, accumulating local citations, and garnering positive reviews are strategies that enhance local visibility and attract clients from your community.
Online Reputation Management
In the legal industry, reputation is everything. Actively managing your online reputation, including responding to negative reviews thoughtfully and encouraging satisfied clients to share their positive experiences, is vital for SEO and building trust with potential clients.
SEO Analytics and Reporting
Utilizing SEO analytics tools to track performance and gain insights is essential for refining strategies and achieving better outcomes. Tools like Google Analytics and SEMrush can provide valuable data on traffic, engagement, and conversion rates.
AI and SEO in the Legal Sector
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming SEO practices. For legal firms, leveraging AI for chatbots, content creation, and keyword research can streamline operations and offer personalized experiences to potential clients.
Voice Search Optimization
With the rise of voice-activated devices, optimizing for voice search is increasingly important. Creating content that answers common questions and adopts a conversational tone can help your firm capture voice search queries.
E-A-T Principle and Legal Websites
The E-A-T principle (Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness) is especially relevant for legal websites. Demonstrating these qualities through comprehensive about pages, showcasing credentials, and publishing well-researched content is crucial for SEO success.
Video Marketing and SEO
Video marketing is a powerful tool for engagement and can significantly impact SEO. Optimizing video content on platforms like YouTube and incorporating live streaming sessions can enhance visibility and drive traffic.
Case Studies: Successful Legal SEO Campaigns
Examining successful SEO campaigns in the legal sector provides valuable lessons and actionable insights. These case studies highlight the strategies employed and the results achieved, offering inspiration and guidance for law firms looking to improve their SEO efforts.
Challenges and Solutions in Legal SEO
The competitive nature of the legal sector presents challenges in SEO. However, by focusing on niche specializations, adhering to ethical SEO practices, and continuously adapting to algorithm changes, law firms can navigate these challenges effectively.
Future of SEO in the Legal Sector
As we look to the future, emerging technologies and ongoing algorithm updates will shape the SEO landscape. Law firms that stay informed and agile, embracing innovative strategies and technologies, will thrive in the evolving digital arena.
Conclusion: Maximizing SEO Opportunities
The legal sector’s SEO landscape in 2024 is both challenging and ripe with opportunities. By understanding Google’s algorithm changes, adopting a strategic approach to content and keywords, and leveraging the latest technologies, law firms can maximize their online visibility and attract more clients. Remember, in the fast-paced world of SEO, staying ahead requires constant learning and adaptation.
Frequently Asked Questions
How can law firms stay updated on Google’s algorithm changes?
Regularly follow SEO news sources and blogs, and consider partnering with SEO professionals who specialize in the legal sector.
What type of content should legal firms prioritize for SEO?
Focus on creating informative, client-focused content that addresses common legal questions and showcases your expertise.
How important is mobile optimization for legal websites in 2024?
With the majority of searches now conducted on mobile devices, mobile optimization is essential for SEO success.
Can social media activity impact a law firm’s SEO?
Yes, active engagement on social media can drive traffic to your website and improve your search rankings.
What is the best way to approach local SEO for law firms?
Optimize your Google My Business listing, ensure NAP (Name, Address, Phone number) consistency across online listings, and focus on local keyword optimization.
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Why Local SEO is Important for Small Businesses?
In the ever-evolving landscape of online marketing, one strategy stands out as a game-changer for small businesses: Local SEO. With the majority of consumers turning to search engines to find local businesses, optimizing your online presence for local searches has become essential for staying competitive in today’s market. In this article, we’ll explore why local SEO is crucial for small businesses and how it can propel them to success.
Enhanced Visibility in Local Searches
One of the primary benefits of local SEO is increased visibility in local search results. When potential customers search for products or services in their area, search engines prioritize businesses that are optimized for local SEO. By optimizing your website and online listings with relevant keywords, business information, and location-specific content, you can ensure that your business appears prominently in local search results.
Targeted Traffic and Qualified Leads
Local SEO helps small businesses attract highly targeted traffic and qualified leads. Unlike traditional advertising methods that cast a wide net, local SEO allows businesses to target customers who are actively searching for their products or services in their local area. This targeted approach not only increases the likelihood of converting leads into customers but also maximizes the return on investment for marketing efforts.
Competitive Advantage
In today’s competitive marketplace, small businesses need every advantage they can get to stand out from the crowd. Local SEO provides a level playing field for small businesses to compete with larger competitors. By focusing on optimizing their online presence for local searches, small businesses can outmaneuver larger competitors and capture a larger share of the local market.
Build Trust and Credibility
Local SEO helps small businesses build trust and credibility with potential customers. When a business appears prominently in local search results, it signals to consumers that the business is reputable and trustworthy. Additionally, positive reviews and ratings from satisfied customers can further enhance a business’s credibility and encourage others to choose their products or services.
Cost-Effectiveness
Compared to traditional advertising methods such as print ads or direct mail campaigns, local SEO offers a cost-effective way for small businesses to reach their target audience. With local SEO, businesses can target customers who are actively searching for their products or services, eliminating wasted advertising spend on uninterested or irrelevant audiences. Additionally, local SEO strategies such as optimizing Google My Business listings and local citations require minimal financial investment but can yield significant returns in terms of increased visibility and customer engagement.
Mobile Optimization
As the use of mobile devices continues to rise, optimizing your online presence for mobile users is more important than ever. Local SEO ensures that your business is easily discoverable and accessible to mobile users searching for products or services in their local area. By optimizing your website for mobile devices and ensuring that your business information is accurate and up-to-date across all online platforms, you can capitalize on the growing number of consumers who rely on their smartphones to find local businesses.
Community Engagement
Local SEO fosters community engagement and encourages customer interaction. By optimizing your online presence for local searches, you can connect with customers in your local area and build relationships with the community. This can include participating in local events, sponsoring community initiatives, and engaging with customers on social media platforms. By actively engaging with the local community, small businesses can strengthen their brand presence and foster customer loyalty.
Conclusion
Local SEO is a powerful tool for small businesses looking to increase their visibility, attract targeted traffic, and compete effectively in today’s digital marketplace. By optimizing their online presence for local searches, small businesses can enhance their visibility in local search results, target qualified leads, and build trust and credibility with potential customers. Additionally, local SEO offers a cost-effective way to reach target audiences, capitalize on the growing use of mobile devices, and engage with the local community. In essence, local SEO is not just a strategy; it’s a blueprint for success for small businesses looking to thrive in today’s competitive landscape. For Affordable SEO services please contact Media Man.
WWE Elimination Chamber
Perth, Western Australia
Saturday, Feb 24, 2024
WWE Women's World Champion Rhea Ripley vs. Nia Jax
hea Ripley will defend the WWE Women's World Championship against Nia Jax in The Eradicator's home country of Australia.
Ripley has been a dominant champion since winning the title at WrestleMania 39, but she is now facing what could be her greatest threat yet as The Irresistable Force has her sights set on gold once again.
Since returning to WWE in September, Jax has dominated her competition and in recent weeks has turned her attention to Ripley, including laying the titlrholder out on the Jan. 29 episode of Monday Night Raw. That attack infuriated the champion and the two Superstars engaged in a massive brawl the following week, setting the stage for what is sure to be an incredible title match.
Who will walk out of Elimination Chamber the Women's World Champion? Find out live at the Optus Stadium in Perth, Western Australia, at 5 AM ET/2 AM PT streaming LIVE on Peacock in the United States and WWE Network everywhere else.
Elimination Chamber to determine the No. 1 Contender to World Heavyweight Champion Seth "Freakin" Rollins at WrestleMania
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Rock and Roman Reigns to return to SmackDown - Feb 10, 2024
Next week, the fireworks will arrive as The Rock and Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns both return to SmackDown.
The two, alongside Cody Rhodes and World Heavyweight Champion Seth “Freakin” Rollins, combined for a jaw-dropping WrestleMania XL Kickoff this past Thursday, where The Rock slapped Rhodes.
With the main event now seemingly set after the 2024 Royal Rumble winner declared he would challenge Reigns, where does this leave The Rock, who had also wished to face The Head of the Table at The Grandest Stage of Them All?
What do The Rock and Reigns have in store when they both return to SmackDown? Find out next Friday at 8/7 C on FOX!
Rupert Murdoch’s secret hours on camera interviewed by Sky News chief - Feb 11, 2024
Paul Whittaker has been quietly interviewing the media magnate on camera around the world for months.
Paul “Boris” Whittaker, the (apparently) heir apparent to running News Corp Australia, has been quietly conducting a series of long, on-camera interviews with Rupert Murdoch.
Over the course of months, Whittaker interviewed Murdoch multiple times in the US and UK, sources with knowledge of the conversations said. The interviews were planned as a special televised series, and no topic was off limits. He apparently shares his thoughts on former US president Donald Trump, various politicians, and even the decision to hand the reins of his sprawling media empire to his eldest son, Lachlan.
Whittaker is known for being single-minded in certain stories and has three Walkley Awards, but has spent little time in front of the camera in a 35-year career as journalist, editor of The Daily Telegraph, editor-in-chief of The Australian and now Sky News Australia chief.
At 92 years old, Murdoch was, we’re told, in fine form. That could mean almost anything.
He does very few on-camera interviews. Among the last were a 12-minute discussion on Sky News UK about his sale of 21st Century Fox to Disney back in 2017 for $68.3 billion. Before that, he did a 30-minute interview with The Australian’s Paul Kelly for the paper’s 50th anniversary in 2014.
This could be part of the plans to celebrate The Australian’s 60th anniversary, postponed to mid-July to coincide with its first edition on July 15, 1964.
When Murdoch has free rein, it’s entirely unpredictable what he will say. Just look at his brief presence on X, formerly known as Twitter. He shared thoughts on world leaders, policy, and even the occasional Wall Street Journal trivia (“Can You Trump Donald Trump on Foreign Policy? I got 6 out of 6 on this quiz”).
“No more tweets for 10 days or ever! Feel like the luckiest AND happiest man in the world,” Murdoch wrote on March 5, 2016. That was his final tweet, except for a few nonsensical replies to random accounts over the following year.
Somewhere out there, in some form, exists the unedited, full-length footage of Murdoch being interviewed by Boris. It may be one of the last interviews the nonagenarian does (though, to be fair, he could be around for another 10 years. His mother died at 103).
The interviews demonstrate that Whittaker is close to Murdoch, which counts for a lot in News Corp succession planning. And now, we wait.
In other news …
Over the past two years, the members of powerful free-to-air lobby group Free TV have been carefully – clinically, even – arguing for legally enshrined prominent placement for their apps on internet-connected TVs. Seven, Nine, Ten, ABC and SBS apps, the government seems to agree, should be pre-downloaded and installed first on the home screen.
So there was some behind-the-scenes fury when Nine, the publisher of The Australian Financial Review, put in a separate submission to the government last week that basically said its streaming platform Stan should be chucked in that list, too. Other networks pointed out this undermines their argument free-to-air networks are different, unique, and special. Nine argues Stan is Australian, airs Aussie content, and is owned by an Aussie network.
Nine CEO Mike Sneesby, the former CEO of Stan, clearly has a soft spot for the platform. We hear Free TV chairman Greg Hywood called last week to express dismay about the change in approach. A parliamentary committee will call Sneesby, Seven’s James Warburton and Paramount’s Bev McGarvey together on February 23 to make their case. McGarvey and Warburton won’t back Stan’s inclusion, that’s for sure.
(AFR)
Piers Morgan cans nightly talk show in blow to Sky News Australia - Feb 9, 2024
Piers Morgan Uncensored will no longer be screened on Sky News Australia after the influential British figure announced he was leaving News Corp’s start-up TalkTV to focus on his own YouTube channel.
Morgan called the commitment of a nightly show on the newly established Murdoch channel an “unnecessary straitjacket”, saying the program’s rigid format and fixed schedule were out of step with global audience demands.
“It’s clear there’s a huge global demand for the content we’re making … but people are watching on YouTube rather than conventional television and I have no problem with that,” Morgan said.
The decision’s local implications mean the last episode of Piers Morgan Uncensored on Sky News Australia will air on Friday, a spokesperson confirmed to this masthead. The network is also set to lose his digital content, which it said had generated more than 150 million views across its online channels.
Morgan’s YouTube channel under the same name currently has 2.35 million subscribers, with his videos and interviews regularly attracting hundreds of thousands, if not millions of views.
In contrast, the Sky broadcast of the nightly program in Australia, which has aired at 11pm Tuesday to Friday, has failed to attract a significant audience.
TalkTV launched in April 2022, with Morgan signing on as the channel’s star talent in a reported three-year £50 million ($89 million) deal, and his show syndicated across Sky and other outlets.
The launch came shortly after the establishment of GB News, a fellow fringe cable news channel featuring prominent conservative figures, led by former Sky News Australia chief executive Angelo Frangopolous.
“Piers Morgan Uncensored has driven strong online audiences across [our] digital platforms ... and has consistently ranked within our top five programs for online viewership”, a Sky News Australia spokesperson told this masthead.
“New digital-only content from Piers Morgan will be available on the Piers Morgan Uncensored YouTube channel.”
Morgan is a high-profile media figure globally, making his name at News Corp’s tabloid The Sun before being appointed editor of the now-defunct News of the World at just 29 years old.
He later moved to the Daily Mirror, and led the paper during a period when it was caught up the phone hacking scandal, which later led to the Leveson inquiry. Morgan now writes columns for The Sun and The New York Post.
The move is a further shake up of Sky News’ weekly line up, with After Dark hosts Sharri Markson and Chris Kenny exchanging time slots earlier this year in a bid to attract more viewers in the primetime 8pm window.
International hosts including Morgan, Megyn Kelly, Nigel Farage and Douglas Murray have proved successful for Sky News digitally and a major contributor to the channel’s growing and influential online audience.
In similar fashion to Morgan’s aired concerns, Sky News’ digital audience far out-rates its traditional broadcast audience.
Outsized audiences on its YouTube and Facebook channels have led to a push away from broadcast content, instead focusing on lucrative digital audiences, particularly with an emphasis on American content, leading to fractures in its newsroom.
This masthead recently revealed that 38 per cent of the Australian channel’s digital audience is based in the United States, with audiences engaging with content on US President Joe Biden, culture wars issues and the royal family, a particular focus point for Morgan.
Morgan told online news provider Semafor that he co-owns the Piers Morgan Uncensored brand with News Corp.
Former Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson launched his own digital show exclusively on social media platform X in 2023 after being sacked by the Murdoch network.
The controversial media figure published an interview with Russian president Vladimir Putin on Friday morning, the first with a Western journalist since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
(SMH)
Flashback
Marcus Family History Feature via Media Man Int
LAST OF THE OLD-TIME PROMOTERS - AUGUST 1, 2004
(Credit: Mike Mooneyham)
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FINAL BELL By Mike Mooneyham (via Amazon)
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By Mike Mooneyham
Aug. 1, 2004
I can’t help but think about Henry Marcus whenever driving past the old County Hall on King Street.
Now an affordable housing complex known as the Palace Apartments, the building is long removed from the days when it was the place to be on Friday nights, wrestling was the ticket and Henry Marcus was the ring master.
To thousands of wrestling fans in these parts, he was as much the building as the mortar that held it together. He was a promoter extraordinaire who dabbled in everything from the Royal Canadian Ballet to the Ice Capades. But pro wrestling was his bread and butter. It’s what endeared him to mat fans throughout the state for half a century.
The news of his passing last Sunday at the age of 93 leaves a void not only in the wrestling business, but also in the rich cultural fabric of our town, which counted Marcus among its unique group of engaging and colorful personalities. A master storyteller who was gifted with razor-sharp wit and an amazing sense of recall, he was the last of the old-time promoters.
BORN TO PROMOTE
I first crossed paths with Henry Marcus in 1964. It marked my indoctrination into the soap opera gone mad known as professional wrestling. By that time he had been in the promoting business for more than 20 years. What I first noticed about him was that he stood in stark contrast to the burly behemoths who worked on his shows. With thinning hair swept straight back over his head, thick glasses and trousers hitched up to his belly button (which earned him the name “High Pockets”), the nattily attired promoter was not an imposing physical presence by any stretch of the imagination.
One thing, though, was for sure. This was his show. You’d see him handing out tickets at the box office. You’d see him taking tickets at the door, with his “Hold your own ticket!” refrain providing a familiar backdrop for the bustling County Hall throng. He’d occasionally do the ring announcing, giving the festivities just the slightest sense of decorum and an added dose of legitimacy. And, what the fans normally didn’t see, was the promoter working the backstage area, making sure the performers showed up on time and going over the intricate details that fill out a wrestling card.
Back in those days, County Hall was a mecca for wrestling in this area, and Marcus brought them all to his mat shrine. From Jim Londos to Gorgeous George to Lou Thesz to Ric Flair, they all graced the hallowed hall at 1000 King Street. Henry Marcus was the common thread that tied this unique form of entertainment to the Lowcountry, although the man was about much more than professional wrestling.
Like any promoter worth his salt, Marcus knew how to relate to people, which included the largely blue-collar wrestling audience. Whether holding a dinner in honor of Jack Dempsey at the old LaBrasca’s restaurant across from County Hall, or dining with Irving Berlin at the old Lindy’s on Broadway, Marcus always found a comfort zone.
“He was probably the smartest person that never graduated college you’d ever meet, anytime or anywhere,” Eric Marcus would say about his dad.
The son of a railroad man who died when the Hartsville native was only 3, Henry Marcus was a familiar figure in Columbia and Charleston, where the storyteller routinely held court with local businessmen, politicians, newshounds and practically anyone who appreciated his unique gift of gab. His scope of acquaintances, however, extended far beyond the Lowcountry and the state, as he rubbed shoulders with the likes of actor Tyrone Power and President Harry Truman, and was personal friends with such sports figures as boxing greats Jack Dempsey and Joe Louis, and basketball coach Frank McGuire.
LUCRATIVE LEFT TURN
Marcus got into the promotional field purely by accident. As he would tell the story, he was headed on his way to the post office when he made “a left turn instead of a right one,” and ended up bumping into a sports editor at The Record newspaper in Columbia who offered him a job writing publicity for the local wrestling shows for $3 a week. The relationships he forged with building managers led to Marcus’s entree into the promoting business, and he was doing it full-time by 1944, eventually expanding his entertainment repertoire to ice shows, stage shows, athletic events and everything in between.
Marcus promoted his first wrestling show in Charleston around 1950, a decade after he began in his home base of Columbia. His primary promotional lesson was simple: The customer is always No. 1.
While the wrestling business was Marcus’ forte, there wasn’t much he didn’t promote. “From the Royal Canadian Ballet to wrestling,” as he was wont to say, he dabbled in a little bit of everything. Boxing stars Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Jimmy Braddock, Jack Sharkey and Primo Carnera all worked for him. He brought in such big-band greats as Jimmy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington and Xavier Cugat. Dick Clark of “American Bandstand” fame emceed many of Marcus’s rock and roll revues.
He liked to tell the story about when he booked the late George Reeves as “Superman” at the Township Auditorium in Columbia, and nearly 3,000 children showed up for the matinee.
“Lois Lane came out singing torch songs with her dress split up the side,” he’d recall. “All the children wanted to see Superman fly, and they had to sit through nightclub entertainment beforehand. When Reeves finally appeared, the kids still only yelled, ‘Fly, Superman, fly’! Well, I knew Superman couldn’t fly, and Superman sure knew Superman couldn’t fly. But try telling 3,000 screaming kids.”
Then there was the time he had Olympic track legend Jesse Owens race a thoroughbred horse through Columbia’s Capital City Park.
He remembered promoting when wrestling tickets were a quarter. He recalled promoting band and dance shows when entertainers showed up, had a couple of mikes set up, performed for several hours and left.
“Now you have to meet them at the airport and they show up with 18 trucks,” he’d later lament.
Marcus was a jack of all trades, but what he was first and foremost was a promoter.
THE CHANGING TIMES
“Knowing a man like Henry Marcus is one of those things that people like me keep in their minds forever. He’s one of the famous people that I know,” said Dave Spurlock, former athletic director at St. Andrews High School, who helped give Marcus a place to hold his wrestling shows when County Hall closed down in the mid-’80s.
Spurlock said he was more than happy to bring wrestling to the then fairly new gym at St. Andrews. “Not only did I have a chance to make some money, but I got to actually see wrestling on a weekly basis,” said Spurlock, a lifelong wrestling fan. The school would get the concessions money along with a cut of the gate, while Spurlock received $80 at the end of the night for being the “key man.”
He can’t help but smile when talking about the time Marcus let Spurlock’s young son and his friends come in for free for a birthday party.
“We had my son’s birthday party right there at the wrestling show, and the kids got to meet some of the wrestlers. They had a blast. We still have pictures in our old album.”
“I learned a big part of promotion from him,” said Sandy Scott, a former wrestling star who worked with Marcus in the office during the ’70s and ’80s. “When he told you something, you could take it to the bank. He was an ace of a guy.”
“Henry was a wonderful promoter to work for,” said Rip Hawk (Harvey Evers), who was a headliner for Marcus during the ’60s and ’70s. “He was a very nice man and could take a heckuva rib. “Swede (Hanson) and I used to rib him like crazy. He really and truly enjoyed it, though, and he could come back with some pretty good shots of his own. We had a lot of fun with him. I’ll guarantee you he was a legend down there.”
Attendance and business dropped for the aging promoter with the decline of Crockett Promotions during the late ’80s. Times had changed, and Marcus wasn’t part of the new WWF empire that Vince McMahon had built, nor did he fit into Ted Turner’s plans for a national wrestling company, which had absorbed the Crocketts’ NWA operation. A terse, two-paragraph letter written in November 1989 commended Marcus on his contribution to the sport over a 50-year period before informing him that the company was terminating its agreement with him. It wished him well in “future endeavors.”
It certainly wasn’t the way Marcus had envisioned going out. But he was realistic enough to know that the industry had passed him by. It was changing fast, and he didn’t like that it had become more of a pay-per-view spectacle than a show that passed through all the towns on a regular basis.
He would promote his final show in 1990 for the short-lived North American Wrestling Association.
TAKING IT HOME
His retirement years, which basically didn’t begin until shortly before his 80th birthday, were punctuated by times of both great joy and great sadness. He and his wife, Marguerite, moved to a beach home in Cherry Grove, near Myrtle Beach, which proved to be a refreshing change of pace from their many years in Columbia. (The two lived in the Hickory Hill subdivision of Charleston for a brief period during the 1970s, but moved shortly after they were robbed at gunpoint after a wrestling show).
A special ceremony – titled “The Night The Legends Return: A Tribute to Henry Marcus” – was scheduled in honor of the promoter on May 30, 1998. Tragedy, however, struck when his wife of 48 years died suddenly of a heart attack a month before the event. Twenty years his junior, she was 67, and her passing hit the promoter hard.
“Marguerite was Henry’s life from the day he laid eyes on her at the restaurant where she was working. From the day he saw Marguerite until the day she died, she was his life,” recalled Valerie Warren of Charleston, who along with husband Earl and daughter Patty, attended Marcus’s wrestling shows at County Hall beginning in the early ’70s.
The promoter was crestfallen and canceled plans to attend the event. Without her, he said, it wouldn’t be the same. A number of friends and former colleagues from the wrestling business, however, convinced him that she would have wanted him to be there. He acquiesced and attended the show.
Fittingly the tribute was held at the former King Street Palace and the site of the old County Hall. Also quite appropriately, it was one of the last events ever staged at the building, and Marcus was there to see it for the final time. After all, as some reminisced, it was “the house that Marcus built.”
The Rev. Andy McDaniel, who helped organize the event, called the promoter an important influence in his life.
“He was part of my childhood. Wrestling was part of my life, and Friday nights at County Hall was a special time of bonding between my father and myself … When he did the event in 1998, it was truly an honor for us to honor him. It takes on even more significance now.”
Into his late 80s Marcus was traveling around the world by himself. He made visits to Israel, Egypt, Canada, China, Italy and the concentration camps in Germany and Poland.
He passed on walking The Great Wall of China, preferring to view it from a tour bus. His get up and go had got up and gone, he’d laugh.
He loved his visit to Israel, the land of his ancestors, and was delighted when a soldier visiting one of the pyramids in Egypt recognized him from his promoting days in Columbia. The soldier once had been stationed at Fort Jackson, and had been a regular at the promoter’s Tuesday night wrestling shows at The Township. “It really is a small world,” the promoter would say.
He loved his family, which included sons Eric, Jerry and Barry, and eight grandchildren. He loved his close friends and his faith.
And he loved his independence. Even in his advanced years, he’d drive his car to Charleston, pick me up and we’d go out to dinner at some of his old haunts, where invariably he’d recognize veteran restaurant patrons, proprietors and even some of the waitresses. He could crack a joke without cracking a smile. If he didn’t have an answer for everything, he certainly had an opinion.
But when he lost total vision in one eye nearly two years ago and was no longer able to drive a car, the world as he had known it was gone. A fall in early 2003, when he was 91, led to another more serious fall several months later that resulted in a broken arm and rib. At that point basically bedridden with little more left than his mind, which remained amazingly sharp, the old promoter knew that the finish was near.
His final six months were spent rotating between the hospital and a nursing home. A lethal combination of a viral infection and double pneumonia spelled the end.
“If it had been boring up there for anyone lately, it got real interesting Sunday morning,” said son Eric. “They’ve got a real card up there now to keep them in stitches.”
We said our final goodbyes when I visited him a year ago in Sumter, where he had been living with his niece and her family since his wife’s death in 1998. I thanked him for the years of wonderful memories he had given me, and for his unfailing friendship over the years. He asked me again, as he had in the past, to write his obit when that day came.
Perhaps the most impressive thing about Henry Marcus that some might not have known was that he had a heart of gold. Beneath the gruff exterior of an outwardly crotchety old-time promoter who could drive the hardest of bargains was a kind-hearted soul who quietly touched the lives of many.
“He was so kind and generous,” recalled Valerie Warren. “There was a restaurant in Columbia where there was a young waitress who was raising children by herself. Henry ate there often and always left a very good-sized tip for her because he knew she needed help with her children. But that was Henry.”
Eric Marcus probably summed up his father best.
“There aren’t many people like that in this world these days.”
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Tingle Family History In Sports and Community Media
MEN AT PLAY - October 9, 1948
(Featuring Eric Tingle and Ric Tingle)
Credit: TROVE
Pitch inspection
Rival captains Eric (Fudger) Tingle of Newport, and Bruce Han- son of Bayview, inspect the ring surface before starting a champion- ship match between the two teams at Bayview Golf Club, Umpires set the ring. Umpires Jack McNally and Stan Hughes set the required 20 marbles in a small ring inside the 12ft. big ring. Players fire at the small target from outside the big ring, must not crib over outside line.
Interested spectators, who have probably bet on the game, crowd around Bayview Golf Club's champion Jim Duval, as he attempts difficult shot on the angle.
Marbles is a serious adult sport along Sydney's Palm Beach - Manly coastal area.
BIG money is lost and won every Saturday in bets about “big-ring” marbles FabMika Games played by adult enthusiasts at 10 pitches in Sydney between Manly and Palm Beach. Each team backs itself for £2O against its opponents. In addition there are substantial side-wagers.
Newport barber Eric Tingle started the craze nine months ago when his son Ric suggested a game while Tingle was waiting for some friends for a card game. The card players arrived, join- ed in, haven’t bothered about cards since. Tingle gathered a four-man team, constructed a per-manent “big-ring” beside the Newport Hotel.
Other teams were formed but Newport is still undefeated. Says Newport’s captain Eric (Fudger) Tingle: “Marbles gets a grip on you.”
The game is played with 20 marbles placed inside a small ring, itself inside a ring 12 feet in diameter. Four-man teams play either as individuals or in pairs.
When a player knocks out 11 of the marbles he wins game.
Marble lore known to every schoolboy, forgotten by most men.
THIS IS the correct grip with the taw to ensure a straight shot along the ground at the dihs.
ANOTHER correct grip, this time firing down.
REMEMBER cunny knuckle? These players, now experts, use it frequently for hard, fast shots. Knuckle down skin tight, and he should score well.
Media, Sports Media Giants Team Up With Streaming Service
ESPN, FOX and WBD launching joint sports streaming service in late 2024
All major entities will have an equal share in company
ESPN plans to launch full DTC service, possibly later in 2024
Fox has never launched a DTC platform
ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) have created a joint venture to launch a combined sports streaming service in the US.
The JV will have its own brand and management team with the planned service offering coverage from the three media companies’ linear channels and direct-to-consumer (DTC) platforms.
The service will launch in late 2024, serving up an array of live content including the National Football League (NFL), the National Basketball Association (NBA) and college football. Subscribers will also have access to linear feeds of major channels, including ESPN, Fox and TNT, as well as the ESPN+ platform.
The three companies, all of whom will have an equal share in the JV, say the offering will offer better value for consumers who have migrated away from cable television and solve the growing issue of fragmentation.
Customers will also be able to bundle the as-yet-unnamed service with general entertainment services like Disney+, Hulu and Max.
“The launch of this new streaming sports service is a significant moment for Disney and ESPN, a major win for sports fans, and an important step forward for the media business,” said Bob Iger, Disney chief executive.
“This means the full suite of ESPN channels will be available to consumers alongside the sports programming of other industry leaders as part of a differentiated sports-centric service. I’m grateful to Jimmy Pitaro and the team at ESPN, who are at the forefront of innovating on behalf of consumers to create new offerings with more choice and greater value.”
“We’re pumped to bring the Fox Sports portfolio to this new and exciting platform,” added Lachlan Murdoch, Fox chief executive. “We believe the service will provide passionate fans outside of the traditional bundle an array of amazing sports content all in one place.”
“At WBD, our ambition is always to connect our leading content and brands with as many viewers as possible, and this exciting joint venture and the unparalleled combination of marquee sports rights and access to the greatest sporting events in the world allows us to do just that,” said David Zaslav, WBD chief executive.
“This new sports service exemplifies our ability as an industry to drive innovation and provide consumers with more choice, enjoyment and value and we’re thrilled to deliver it to sports fans.”
ESPN Release Additional Details To Media
Key Highlights:
ESPN, FOX and Warner Bros. Discovery would form a new joint venture to develop, launch and operate a streaming sports bundle of linear networks and certain DTC sports content and services.
Each entity would own one-third of the JV, have equal board representation and license their sports content to the joint venture on a non-exclusive basis.
The service would have a new brand with an independent management team.
Bob Iger, Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company said, “The launch of this new streaming sports service is a significant moment for Disney and ESPN, a major win for sports fans, and an important step forward for the media business. This means the full suite of ESPN channels will be available to consumers alongside the sports programming of other industry leaders as part of a differentiated sports-centric service. I’m grateful to Jimmy Pitaro and the team at ESPN, who are at the forefront of innovating on behalf of consumers to create new offerings with more choice and greater value.”
Lachlan Murdoch, Executive Chair and Chief Executive Officer of FOX said, “We’re pumped to bring the FOX Sports portfolio to this new and exciting platform. We believe the service will provide passionate fans outside of the traditional bundle an array of amazing sports content all in one place.”
David Zaslav, Chief Executive Officer of Warner Bros. Discovery, said “At WBD, our ambition is always to connect our leading content and brands with as many viewers as possible, and this exciting joint venture and the unparalleled combination of marquee sports rights and access to the greatest sporting events in the world allows us to do just that. This new sports service exemplifies our ability as an industry to drive innovation and provide consumers with more choice, enjoyment and value and we’re thrilled to deliver it to sports fans.”
More details, including pricing, will be announced at a later date.
Media Man: A massive deal and development in this space. Very curious and interesting to see Murdoch's FOX team up with WBD, ESPN (Walt Disney). Change is in the wind. This comes fresh off the heels of the Netflix - WWE streaming deal announced a week + ago. More details will follow.
(Sources: ESPN, WBD, Wires, FOX/News Corp and X)
Crypto absent again from Super Bowl ads - Feb 2024
Those hoping for crypto ads during the Super Bowl this year will be disappointed
FOX Business has learned most major cryptocurrency firms will once again sit on the sidelines during the biggest marketing event of the year when the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs face off in Las Vegas on Sunday for Super Bowl LVIII.
While the $1.7 trillion digital asset market is in a much better place than this time last year during the so-called "crypto winter," crypto companies don’t have the money they once had for advertising, and those that do believe they can better spend their ad dollars away from the NFL spotlight.
Kraken, the second-biggest crypto exchange in the U.S., is not taking out a Super Bowl ad.
"The Super Bowl is a very U.S.-centric event, and the next wave of crypto users will come from all around the world, not just the United States," Mayur Gupta, Chief Marketing Officer at Kraken tells FOX Business. "If the last wave of crypto marketing was all about hype and FOMO (Fear of Missing Out), this current wave has to be rooted in education and awareness for the substance and true value proposition of crypto as a movement that will bring financial freedom and inclusion."
The U.S.'s largest crypto exchange Coinbase is focused this year on directing money to lobbying Congress for comprehensive digital asset legislation and making campaign contributions to crypto-friendly politicians in Washington, D.C., ahead of the 2024 elections. It is unclear whether the company, who has been a past Super Bowl advertiser and runs TV ads frequently, will be featured during Sunday's game.
But it’s not just the exchanges that will be missing from Sunday’s ad palooza, where hundreds of millions have been spent on various commercials for beer, cars and snacks. Issuers of the "spot" Bitcoin exchange-traded funds will not be featured despite a handful of them launching TV commercials in the weeks leading up to the SEC’s approval of eleven new spot Bitcoin ETFs on Jan. 10, FOX Business has learned.
For instance, BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager and provider of the iShares Bitcoin ETF, is sitting out the Super Bowl, people with direct knowledge of the matter say.
Even crypto asset manager Grayscale, which owns $21 billion in assets in its Bitcoin ETF and has launched a billboard campaign in New York City subways and airports nationwide, is not advertising during Sunday’s big game, sources say.
While some Bitcoin proponents may see this as a missed opportunity, it’s not surprising that Bitcoin ETF commercials will be absent from the Super Bowl.
According to CBS, nearly all its Super Bowl ad slots were sold out by early November, and the Bitcoin ETFs were not officially approved by the SEC until two months later.
But macro factors are also at work. The industry has been cut in half since its bull run in 2021 that unwound with the implosion of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX crypto exchange.
FTX was a prominent advertiser during the 2022 Super Bowl when it paid $6.5 million to appear alongside other industry giants like Coinbase and Crypto.com. The commercial featured Larry David, who later confirmed that Bankman-Fried paid him $10 million to star in the 30-second ad promoting FTX as "the next big thing."
Just nine months later, FTX descended into bankruptcy, and Bankman-Fried would get outed for spending stolen customer funds on expensive brand deals like the Super Bowl and the naming rights to the Miami Heat arena, for which he agreed to shell out $135 million.
Bankman-Fried has since been convicted on seven counts of fraud, conspiracy and money laundering and awaits sentencing in March.
On top of the FTX debacle, regulatory uncertainty is still very much top of mind for many crypto companies, meaning legal expenses take precedent over marketing and ad campaigns.
Coinbase, for instance, is locked in a contentious court battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which alleges the exchange is violating securities laws by operating as an unregistered exchange, offering similarly unregistered securities products as digital assets.
A southern district of New York judge will decide whether the SEC can move forward with its case against Coinbase in the coming days.
BetMGM and X Sign Exclusive Sports Betting Partnership
Unprecedented connection between social media and sports betting integrates BetMGM exclusively into major social media platform
JERSEY CITY, N.J., Feb. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- BetMGM, a leading sports betting and iGaming operator, today announced a strategic partnership with X, becoming the social media platform's exclusive Live Odds Sports Betting partner. The first-of-its-kind partnership between a premier social media brand and a sports betting operator will integrate BetMGM's odds and branding into X, with each game linking to BetMGM's website and app.
"X is the center of the sports world's conversation 24 hours a day, seven days a week," said BetMGM CEO Adam Greenblatt. "Being directly accessible within that forum is an unprecedented opportunity to expand our reach to a passionate and engaged audience. We look forward to adding intel and content that enhances the platform's interaction around sports."
X users in the United States can explore BetMGM's latest betting odds on pro football, with each of the major professional and college sports expected to follow in the coming weeks. The odds interface provides an easy clickthrough for each game to BetMGM's app or website, creating a seamless user experience. The integration will continue to evolve and grow in its functionality over the coming months.
X CEO Linda Yaccarino said, "Sports never sleep on X and now with our strategic partnership with BetMGM, fans are practically in the front row. We're bringing sports fans on X even closer to the action so they can cheer, and now bet, on their favorite teams."
As BetMGM continues to expand into new markets, responsible gaming remains a key focus. Additionally, BetMGM is proud to provide resources to help customers play responsibly including GameSense, an industry leading program, developed and licensed to MGM Resorts by the British Columbia Lottery Corporation. Through the integration within BetMGM's mobile and desktop platforms, customers can receive the same GameSense experience they have grown to count on at MGM Resorts properties nationwide. This complements BetMGM's already existing responsible gambling tools which serve to provide customers with an entertaining and safe digital experience.
The BetMGM app is available for download on both iOS and Android and is accessible via desktop at http://www.betmgm.com.
For more information, follow @BetMGM on X.
About BetMGM
BetMGM is a market leading sports betting and gaming entertainment company, pioneering the online gaming industry. Born out of a partnership between MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) and Entain Plc (LSE: ENT), BetMGM has exclusive access to all of MGM's U.S. land-based and online sports betting, major tournament poker, and online gaming businesses. Utilizing Entain's US-licensed, state of the art technology, BetMGM offers sports betting and online gaming via market leading brands including BetMGM, Borgata Casino, Party Casino and Party Poker. Founded in 2018, BetMGM is headquartered in New Jersey. For more information, visit www.betmgminc.com.
Joe Rogan Inks New Spotify Podcast Deal, Reportedly Worth $380m - Feb 2024
Controversial podcaster Joe Rogan (above) has renewed his deal with Spotify, reportedly worth up to $US250 million ($AU383 million), a significant improvement on his previous deal.
Importantly, this new deal means that The Joe Rogan Experience is no longer exclusive to Spotify and allows his podcast to be distributed to YouTube, Apple and other podcasting platforms. His previous deal was reported to be worth between $US100-200 million ($AU153-$AU301 million).
The news marks a big change in strategy for Spotify, too. Four years ago, Rogan signed his first exclusive deal with the audio platform, during a blitz of similar deals with other podcasters. As such, Rogan’s podcast could only be enjoyed through the platform.
With this new deal allowing Rogan to post wherever he may, it marks the end of Spotify’s exclusivity efforts. Call Her Daddy became widely available earlier this week and Spotify launched a new show with Trevor Noah last year without exclusivity rights.
“The Joe Rogan Experience debuted in 2009, has been a Spotify exclusive since 2020, and we’re just getting started,” Spotify wrote in a blog post.
“Today we announced our new multiyear partnership deal with JRE. There’s so much more ahead, including that the show will soon be available on additional platforms. JRE remains podcasting’s king, consistently ranking as the most-listened-to podcast globally and our users have ranked the show as Spotify’s Wrapped top podcast each year since 2020”.
Google Releases Super Bowl Spot Teaser Created By Blind Director - Feb 2024
Google has released a behind-the-scenes sneak peek at its Super Bowl commercial which has been directed by Adam Morse, a “filmmaker who happens to be blind”.
The video explains how Morse was able to direct the advert using Google’s AI-powered Guided Frame feature that emits audio cues to tell the users what is in the frame.
Meta Ad Revenues Jump Nearly A Quarter, Amazon Also Sees Big Ad Revenue Climb - Feb 2024
Meta’s advertising revenues jumped by 24 per cent year-on-year to $US38 billion ($AU58.8 billion) in the three months ended 31 December.
The number of ad impressions across all of Meta’s apps increased by more than a fifth and the average price per ad climbed by two per cent. Overall, the company’s revenue jumped by 25 per cent in the last quarter of 2023 compared to the same time in 2022.
“We had a good quarter as our community and business continue to grow,” said Mark Zuckerberg, Meta founder and CEO. “We’ve made a lot of progress on our vision for advancing AI and the metaverse.”
As a result of those bumper earnings, Meta’s stock price surged by 14 per cent in extended trading — despite Zuck’s bruising appearance in front of the US Senate Judiciary Committee which accused the American businessman of ignoring the severity of of child exploitation on his company’s apps.
Its Reality Labs division, which is responsible for creating the metaverse, saw its losses grow a further nine per cent in the last quarter for just over $US4.6 billion ($AU7 billion).
Meanwhile, Amazon saw its ad revenues climb by 27 per cent year — though it is operating in an entirely different universe to Meta’s soaring ad money.
In Q4 2023, it brought in $US14.6 billion ($AU22.2 billion), up from $US11.5 billion ($AU17.49 billion).
“This Q4 was a record-breaking Holiday shopping season and closed out a robust 2023 for Amazon,” said Andy Jassy, Amazon CEO.
“While we made meaningful revenue, operating income, and free cash flow progress, what we’re most pleased with is the continued invention and customer experience improvements across our businesses… AWS’s continued long-term focus on customers and feature delivery, coupled with new genAI capabilities like Bedrock, Q, and Trainium have resonated with customers and are starting to be reflected in our overall results; our Advertising services continue to improve and drive positive results; our newer businesses are progressing nicely, and along with our more established businesses, collectively making customers’ lives easier and better every day”.
BlackRock Now Holds Whopping 52,025 BTC For its Spot Bitcoin ETF; Solana (SOL) And InQubeta (QUBE) Eye Significant Price Jump
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has been making incredible strides in the spot Bitcoin ETF market. Following the SEC decision on Bitcoin ETFs on January 10, the market has been growing at an incredible pace. And yes, BlackRock has been at the forefront.
The asset manager now holds a staggering 52,052 BTC, worth over $2.18 billion—depending on Bitcoin’s valuation—for its spot Bitcoin ETF. Recently, following Google’s policy update, its spot Bitcoin ETF was one of the first to be advertised on the platform, which continues its quest to capture a large share of the market.
At the same time, Solana (SOL) and InQubeta (QUBE) appear primed for a significant price jump. With a strong bullish wave to surf, these are the best cryptos to invest in.
InQubeta (QUBE): Potential 70x Jump After Launch
InQubeta (QUBE) has been creating a stir in the crypto scene, and for the right reasons. It recently soared past $8.6 million in its ongoing presale, with sights set on breaking the $10 million fundraising milestone. That isn’t all; its innovative concept has been hailed as one of the most bullish narratives, propelling the massive demand in its ICO stage.
Its unique offering will be a crypto-based crowdfunding platform for AI tech startups and an NFT marketplace. This will assist in its vision of reshaping the fast-rising AI market, particularly in areas relating to fundraising and market accessibility. Given the critical role it will play, analysts tip it as the best new crypto to invest in.
BlackRock: 52,052 BTC in Spot Bitcoin ETF
Investor sentiment post BTC ETF has been on the rise, and BlackRock has been adding to its Bitcoin holdings in the process. BlackRock, the largest asset manager in the world, now has a whopping 52,052 BTC for its spot Bitcoin ETF after a recent purchase. It has been one of the top gainers in the BTC ETF market, receiving a huge chunk of inflows.
With further purchases anticipated in the coming days, the price of BTC is expected to soar. This makes its current price a good entry point, especially if you wish to ride the market’s current bullish wave.
Since the launch of the spot Bitcoin ETF market on January 11, it has been growing at a remarkable pace. Currently, it is the second-largest ETF commodity after flipping silver in just a week of trading, with the rivalry now being Bitcoin ETF vs. gold.
Solana (SOL): Aiming for $150
The Bitcoin ETF market effects have been largely bearish so far, causing a market downturn, with Solana (SOL), one of the top altcoins, declining. However, the market has been on the rise, and Solana has been mirroring the upward trajectory.
According to forecasts, following the reclaiming of the $100 support, SOL’s next stop is $150. This significant jump will be on the back of rising adoption and demand, which makes the coming days exciting and SOL a good crypto to buy.
Given the above, Solana is one of the most promising plays not to miss out on. To avoid the fear of missing out (FOMO), we recommend holding some of the tokens in your portfolio.
Conclusion
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, now boasts 52,025 BTC for its spot Bitcoin ETF. Meanwhile, Solana and InQubeta have been making waves, primed for a significant upward trajectory, especially InQubeta.
How to watch the halftime show at the 2024 Super Bowl
Sin City’s Super Bowl 58 will have the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers facing off in a sold-out Allegiant Stadium full of roaring fans, some award-worthy commercials and a can't-miss performance by Usher at the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show.
In an interview with Vogue, the "Yeah" singer revealed that he wants his halftime show performance to “a celebration for everybody, for all of us, from the beginning up until this point.” Usher also explained that he plans to have “R&B take the main stage” and has invited some special guests to join him onstage who represent “not just R&B music, but R&B performance, R&B connection, R&B spirit.” The R&B and pop legend has previously performed during a Super Bowl halftime show as a guest of The Black Eyed Peas, who headlined the performance during Super Bowl XLV.
So whether it's the Ravens vs. 49ers, the Chiefs vs. the Lions, or some other 2024 Super Bowl lineup, we know who the star (of halftime, at least) will be. Are you ready to tune into the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show? Here’s everything you need to know about how to watch Usher perform at Super Bowl 58.
When is the 2024 Super Bowl?
Super Bowl 58 is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m. ET.
What time is the Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show
Usher's halftime show performance will start at, well, halftime on Game Day.
What channel is the Super Bowl on in 2024?
Super Bowl 58 will air live on CBS, and the alternative, family-friendly telecast will air live on Nickelodeon.
How to watch the 2024 Super Bowl without cable:
Want to tune into the Usher halftime show and Super Bowl, but don't have live TV? You can watch all the Super Bowl 58 action with the help of a TV antenna, Paramount+ subscription or live TV streaming service. Here's what we recommend for ways to watch the Super Bowl in 2024.
Paramount+ has two subscription tiers: a $6/month ad-supported tier and a $12 ad-free premium tier that includes Showtime and live access to your local CBS channel. In addition to NFL games on CBS, Paramount+ offers a host of other live sports, hit shows and new and classic movies. Unlike a lot of other streaming services, Paramount+ still offers a one-week free trial, so new subscribers can sign up to watch this week's NFL games on CBS and check out the rest of the Paramount+ library totally free for seven days.
Record year for Amazon
February 2, 2024
Amazon has reported that net sales increased 12 per cent to $574.8 billion in 2023, compared with $514 billion in 2022. Excluding the $0.1 billion unfavorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates throughout the year, net sales increased 12% compared with 2022.
North America segment sales increased 12 per cent year-over-year to $352.8 billion.
International segment sales increased 11 per cent year-over-year to $131.2 billion.
AWS segment sales increased 13 per cent year-over-year to $90.8 billion.
“This Q4 was a record-breaking Holiday shopping season and closed out a robust 2023 for Amazon,” said Andy Jassy, Amazon CEO. “While we made meaningful revenue, operating income, and free cash flow progress, what we’re most pleased with is the continued invention and customer experience improvements across our businesses. The regionalization of our US fulfillment network led to our fastest-ever delivery speeds for Prime members while also lowering our cost to serve; AWS’s continued long-term focus on customers and feature delivery, coupled with new genAI capabilities like Bedrock, Q, and Trainium have resonated with customers and are starting to be reflected in our overall results; our Advertising services continue to improve and drive positive results; our newer businesses are progressing nicely, and along with our more established businesses, collectively making customers’ lives easier and better every day. As we enter 2024, our teams are delivering at a rapid clip, and we have a lot in front of us to be excited about.”
Focusing on Prime Video, Amazon highlighted:
Increased total viewership for the second season of Thursday Night Football (TNF) on Prime Video by 24 per cent year over year, and had double-digit growth (14 per cent) for the second consecutive season in the hard-to-reach 18–34-year-old demographic, according to Nielsen. The November 30th Seahawks-Cowboys game attracted 15.3 million viewers, becoming Prime Video’s most watched TNF game ever, according to Nielsen.
Released 16 films and series from Amazon MGM Studios, including the second season of Reacher, which was the No. 1 title on Nielsen’s Top 10 Originals Streaming chart for the week it debuted and had the highest number of minutes viewed for any Prime Video title during a single week in 2023 according to Nielsen; second season of Invincible, the most-viewed animated series ever on Prime Video globally; holiday comedy Candy Cane Lane, one of the top 10 most-watched worldwide film debuts ever on Prime Video; thriller Saltburn, which had the highest week-over-week audience growth of any film on Prime Video in 2023; dramedy American Fiction; and sports drama The Boys in the Boat. This awards season, Amazon MGM Studios earned 16 Golden Globe nominations, 68 Emmy nominations and nine wins, and 21 Critics Choice Award nominations for content such as American Fiction, Saltburn,Daisy Jones & The Six, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,andThe Boys. For the upcoming Oscars, the studio earned five nominations for American Fiction, including for Best Picture.
Grew Prime Video’s international slate of content with more than 60 local Amazon Originals, including Mr. Dressup:The Magic of Make-Believe(Canada), which was winner of the 2023 People’s Choice Award for Documentary at the Toronto International Film Festival; Sayen: La Ruta Seca (Chile), the action-packed sequel to the most watched Latin American Original movie ever on Prime Video; Operación Triunfo (Spain), Prime Video’s first weekly live entertainment show; and 007: Road To A Million (UK), the world’s first James Bond television format, which was No. 1 on Prime Video in 27 countries worldwide on its launch weekend.
Expanded Prime Video’s global sports programming with the debut of the Amazon Original sports documentaries Kelce, chronicling Philadelphia Eagles captain Jason Kelce’s 2022 season,and Bye Bye Barry, the story of Barry Sanders’ decision to retire at the height of his NFL career. In live sports, Prime Video added new broadcast rights for NASCAR, the National Women’s Soccer League, and Premier Boxing Champions in the U.S.; ICC Cricket in Australia; and Wimbledon tennis in Austria and Germany.
Announced AWS European Sovereign Cloud, an independent cloud for Europe, to give public sector customers and those in highly regulated industries more choice to meet stringent compliance mandates in the EU and achieve the operational independence they require without compromising on the broadest and deepest cloud services.
Dan Goman, CEO and Founder of Ateliere Creative Technologies, commented: “Amazon’s technology-driven success gives it a considerable edge in the streaming market, exemplifying the challenges traditional media and entertainment companies face against tech giants entering the content space.
The tech advantage essentially creates an uneven playing field, with companies like Amazon and Netflix enjoying a massive advantage.
Essentially, it’s like comparing a car race where legacy media companies are behind the wheel of a Buick Skylark, while companies like Amazon and Netflix are speeding ahead in Ferraris. It’s hardly a fair contest, and the losses for the slower contenders will continue. Merely merging companies won’t solve the issue; after all, two Buicks won’t outpace a Ferrari.
Amazon’s strategic focus on enhancing Prime Video the last several years has transformed it into a leading streaming service, significantly broadening its business model. This shift has evolved to Prime Video offering a wide range of entertainment options and revenue streams, rather than a mere add-on to an Amazon subscription. This move has not only bolstered customer loyalty but also positioned Amazon as a formidable competitor in the streaming wars, especially as Amazon has been able to take hold of Thursday Night Football, and other major streaming moments.
While many streaming services are introducing ad-supported tiers as an option, Amazon is taking a unique approach by making ads the default for Prime Video viewers, with an option to pay extra for ad-free viewing. This strategy could differentiate Amazon in the crowded streaming market by potentially increasing ad revenue while also catering to those who prefer a premium, ad-free experience (and willing to pay more).
This move aligns with broader industry trends increasing monetisation and driving profitability for streaming platforms. The introduction of ads on Amazon Prime Video is expected to have upwards a 5 billion dollar impact on Amazon’s earnings over the next several months.”
India: JioCinema to stream 10th Celebrity Cricket League
February 2, 2024
JioCinema has announced a partnership with Celebrity Cricket League (CCL) that will se the India streaming platform exclusively live-stream Celebrity Cricket League Season 10.
Spread over four weekends, and with 20 matches that appeal to a wide audience cohort beyond cricket fans, the tournament will stream from February 23rd, exclusively on JioCinema.
Launched in 2011, Celebrity Cricket League has evolved to become one of India’s most-watched sport and entertainment event. The previous season of Celebrity Cricket League reached out to over 250 million viewers across India. Comprising eight teams representing India’s major film industries including Hindi, Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam, CCL Season 10 will bring together over 200 film celebrities.
Ferzad Palia, Business Head, JioCinema, commented: “JioCinema is loved by users across the spectrum and is home to the best of sports and entertainment content. The unparallel viewership we enjoy is a testimony to that. Celebrity Cricket League brings the best of both these worlds, and we are happy to partner with them to entertain India.”
Vishnu Induri, Founder of Celebrity Cricket League (CCL), added: “Celebrity Cricket League has become a cultural phenomenon, and we’re delighted to partner with JioCinema to elevate the reach of our 10th season. The combination of sports and entertainment on this scale is unparalleled, and we look forward to engaging fans across the nation.”
Business class and no extra stop: Roosters’ ritzy Vegas special treatment revealed - Feb 5, 2024
In a move sure annoy rival NRL clubs, the Sydney Roosters will have a superior travel schedule to the other Las Vegas bound clubs via a luxurious flight.
The Daily Telegraph reported Roosters players will travel business class directly to the US, while the Sea Eagles, Rabbitohs and Broncos have a stop-over in Fiji on route to America.
The Roosters were chosen to fly on a Boeing’s 787-9 Dreamliner, an aeroplane which offers revolutionary lower cabin altitude, less turbulence, new filtration, better humidity and less fatigue.
The NRL had previously confirmed they would be responsible for booking squad travel arrangements to the USA, with one club flying on United Airlines in a non-stop flight.
The remaining clubs would be required to travel with Fiji Airlines under a new partnership between the NRL and the airline, however, that flight would involve a stop-over in Nadi, Fiji.
The Roosters have since been informed that they will be the club travelling directly from Sydney to Las Vegas without a stop-over on one of the world’s most comfortable aircraft.
The 787, which has multiple variants, is used for long-haul travel, with the 9 variant first brought into service on September 17, 2013.
The plane promises smoother travel, more personal space than other aircraft, and better air features to help passengers experience less fatigue. ‘
The 787 was the cheaper-to-run, smoother alternative to a number of Airbus long-haul aircraft, and has also helped to replace the Boeing 747, which for many decades was the king of the skies.
The decision to give the best flight itinerary to the Roosters is understood to be simply luck of the draw.
All four teams competing in the Las Vegas 2024 season opener fly out approximately a week before the double-header in Sin City.
The first game sees the South Sydney Rabbitohs clash with the Manly Sea Eagles (Sunday, March 3, 1:30pm AEDT), before the Roosters take on the Brisbane Broncos at 3:30pm (AEDT).
Clubs will reportedly begin working with players on sleep schedules and pre-flight activities from this week in an effort to minimise the effects of travel to Las Vegas and back in the unique start to the season.
All four clubs travelling will depart the USA the day after the games, arriving back in Australia with a week off before their Round 2 fixtures.
(FOX Sports)
Elon Musk weighs in on the economic impacts of illegal immigration
Musk said that the illegal immigration crisis is contributing to the lack of affordable housing in the US
Billionaire Elon Musk weighed in on the economic impacts of illegal immigration in a series of posts on social media as he criticized the Biden administration’s handling of the border crisis.
Musk took to X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter which he acquired and rebranded, to call out a variety of services and benefits that illegal immigrants have access to in the U.S. and argue they’re contributing to the housing affordability crisis.
"A few other things you probably don’t know: illegals in America can get bank loans, mortgages, insurance, driver’s licenses, free healthcare (California & New York) and in-state college tuition," Musk wrote. "What’s the point of being a citizen if an illegal gets all the benefits, but doesn’t pay taxes or do jury duty?"
"If you’re wondering why housing is so expensive, this is a major contributor," Musk added.
Housing prices in the U.S. hit a new record high in November amid an ongoing shortage of inventory. Mortgage rates are near the highest level in two decades due to the Federal Reserve’s fight against inflation, which has made sellers locked into low-rate mortgages reluctant to sell.
Not only are homebuyers struggling in the current housing market, but burdens on renters are rising as well. Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies found that the number of American renters considered "cost burdened" by their monthly housing payment in 2022 hit an all-time high of 22.4 million. Renters are considered burdened if they spend more than 30% of their income on rent and utilities, and the 22.4 million total amounts to roughly half of U.S. tenants.
Musk, a legal immigrant to the U.S. who was born and raised in South Africa and then moved to Canada at the age of 18 before later becoming a naturalized American citizen, emphasized that he supports legal immigration pathways despite his opposition to illegal immigration.
"As a reminder, I am very much PRO increasing legal immigration significantly," Musk added. "I’m not anti-immigration, I’m just against a massive number of unvetted people flooding into America, which any rational person should be."
Musk said that President Biden and lawmakers in Congress who’ve pushed for a border security bill could make progress on resolving the southern border crisis without enacting a new law if the administration simply puts forward an executive order reforming asylum policies.
"No laws need to be passed," Musk wrote. "All that is needed is an executive order to require proof before granting an asylum hearing. That is how it used to be."
Last week, Biden told reporters that he has done "all I can do" using the executive authority at his disposal to secure the border.
Musk also agreed with Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor David Sacks who wrote last week that the border is broken "because this administration refuses to enforce the laws we already have." Musk responded by writing, "exactly."
(FOX Business)
Google parent Alphabet sees AI investment providing long-term opportunities
Google expected to release its most advanced generative AI model, Gemini Ultra, this year
For Google and other tech titans, the rise of artificial intelligence remains a big focus for investors as the emerging technology reshapes the tech landscape, transforming the business of search, cloud and advertising, but it also comes with a cost.
Shares of Google parent Alphabet fell more than 7% on Wednesday, a day after the company reported quarterly results. Despite beating expectations on many key metrics, the company said capital spending will jump in 2024 as it continues to invest in AI to improve its services.
"We do remain very committed to investing in the AI opportunity across Google DeepMind, Google services, Google Cloud," Ruth Porat, the tech giant’s chief financial officer, told FOX Business' Susan Li. "Capex was up in the fourth quarter to $11 billion, and that was overwhelmingly the investment in our technical infrastructure."
There are serious questions about how AI could impact Google’s ad business. Advertising remains a powerhouse for Alphabet, accounting for more than 50% of its total revenue. YouTube’s ad revenue grew 16% year over year, but overall ad spending has seen a pullback as advertisers rein in spending.
Alphabet’s ad revenue for the fourth quarter rose to $65.5 billion from $59 billion in the same period a year ago, just shy of analysts’ estimates, also adding to the selling pressure. Shares are marginally lower this year, compared to the Nasdaq Composite's modest 1% gain.
However, Porat says evolving AI technology could contribute to success across Alphabet’s spectrum of services, including cloud computing, which earned its first-ever quarterly profit in 2023.
"The results reflect spreads across industry sectors; there is an increasing contribution from AI," Porat said. "This is clearly an extraordinary time."
Google is expected to release its most advanced generative AI model, Gemini Ultra, later this year.
(FOX)
Can Crown Sydney’s style refresh win back the high rollers? - Feb 2024
Crown Sydney has reopened one of its gaming floors in the hope that a refurbishment will attract foreign and local punters to its VIP-only casino after poor foot traffic resulted in more than 200 job cuts and reduced operating hours just one year into operations.
The Barangaroo tower’s boss Mark McWhinnie said he was confident the revamped Mahogany Room would attract gamblers from Australia and overseas.
He stressed he believed the business model would prevail regardless of whether Chinese tourists, who formerly propped up the bottom line of all Australian casinos, returned to Australia.
“I’m not overly concerned [by the absence of Chinese tourists] because we’re not just hanging our hats on China. It’s quite the opposite. We’re focused on developing awareness and demand on a number of countries in South-East Asia,” McWhinnie said.
Inbound tourism to Australia has picked up over the last year, with the latest ABS data revealing international arrivals increased to 75 per cent of pre-pandemic levels as of September last year.
McWhinnie said Crown was “quite bullish about what the international market will represent in the future”.
This masthead revealed in August that Crown had been forced to close the Mahogany Room – which was originally designed with private salons for top high rollers – due to poor visitation. It also reduced its hours of operation and made more than 200 staff redundant.
The Mahogany Room has since been redesigned to have a mix of tables and private booths to attract all kinds of punters to the same floor. Crown said it planned to reopen its second floor, known as the Crystal Floor, but did not commit to a timeline. As a VIP-only facility, Crown Sydney has no poker machines. A minimum bet of $20 applies.
Private equity giant Blackstone purchased Crown Sydney and the broader Crown Resorts business for $8.9 billion in June 2022 after the casino group was disgraced by extensive breaches of anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing laws. The breaches culminated in the loss of its casino licences in the three states in which it operates.
Crown Sydney opened one month after Blackstone formally took the reins of the business and overhauled its original strategy, which was based around attracting junket-driven, overseas high rollers.
The company has spent $71 million in anti-money laundering and counterterrorism compliance measures since 2021, discontinued all junket tour operations and is transitioning to cashless gaming.
Crown Sydney is currently operating under a conditional licence. The NSW Independent Casino Commission will decide later this year whether its investment and strategy change has been enough to reinstate its full licence.
Regardless of whether Crown regains it, investors and industry analysts have long questioned whether the state is big enough for two casinos.
US-based Blackstone investors told this masthead in December they were concerned that the Crown takeover was a bad call. Rumours have also intensified about whether a long-touted merger between Crown and Star Entertainment is finally on the cards, as casinos face challenges from the high cost of living, increased taxes and regulatory hurdles.
But McWhinnie dismissed the idea that the business model of the $2.2 billion Barangaroo precinct wasn’t sustainable, or too reliant on casino visitation.
“If you look at the fabric of what we offer we’re not just about a casino experience. We’re a well-rounded entertainment space,” he said.
Travis Kelce Taylor Swift Proposal Super Bowl Prop Bet - Feb 5, 2024
BetOnline is honoring Taylor Swift's iconic 1989 album by offering 89 Taylor Swift Super Bowl props.
Swift of course is madly in love with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, and vice versa. She'll be flying into this year's Super Bowl to watch him play fresh off a tour in Japan.
So does he pop the question?
It's not if, but where he proposes, as far as BetOnline is concerned.
Vacation is the favorite and only non-game location offered.
"The Taylor Swift Effect is real as we felt it throughout the NFL season, and now at an exponential level leading up to Super Bowl LVIII," BetOnline Sportsbook Manager Adam Burns said. "It truly feels like the Swift storylines have become bigger than the game itself, which is just crazy considering this is the most watched event in the world every year. But if anyone can set a new bar, it's Swift, and we wanted to do the same with our props menu."
(Gambling911)
NASCAR has strong start on Netflix - Feb 2024
NASCAR’s new Netflix documentary has already started making the Top 10 shows list in nearly 20 countries since launching earlier this week, according to streaming tracking site FlixPatrol. The five-part documentary around the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs debuted Tuesday.
Blame the Internet for Sports Illustrated’s Fall, Not Private Equity
Sports Illustrated reportedly gut much of its staff after parent co. –Arena Group Holdings– had the publishing license to the label revoked. Brand licensor Authentic Brand Group pulled the company’s print and digital rights after Arena withheld a $3.75 million quarterly payment.
Longtime fans and former employees of the once powerful publication have been quick to lament private equity’s role in SI’s fall from grace. But the blame is misguided. It belongs with the internet.
“This isn’t about [ABG or] Arena Group. It’s about the depreciation of the value of the written word,” one well-placed media executive said. Long-form content no longer pays the bills, and “journalists simply can’t grapple with the reality their ASME winning stories aren’t helping their employers keep the lights on in a post TikTok digital world…Even in ’24, they choose to ignore how this business works.”
The relationship between ABG and Arena Group seemed to be working fine on both sides until Manoj Bhargava's Simplify Inventions took majority control of Arena Group in August ’23. The 5-Hour Energy founder subsequently let go of senior personnel, established himself as interim CEO (a position he has since resigned), and Arena defaulted on the loan payment.
That decision drove ABG to place Arena into breach of contract, and to terminate its publishing licensing agreement.
Bhargava subsequently sent a letter to the SI Union informing its members of their tenuous future. The move sparked outrage amongst the journalism community, led to a public funeral for the brand on social channels, and spawned the narrative that PE killed Sports Illustrated.
But SI isn’t dead.
It is currently operating, and even if Arena is unable to reobtain the license, the publisher is obligated to continue running it for some time. ABG would almost certainly have another publisher in place before the grace period expires.
SI has gone through ownership changes before. The label was sold from Time to Meredith in 2018 and then from Meredith to Authentic Brands Group a year later.
But unlike Time and Meredith, ABG is a brand management company. Its expertise is in licensing and merchandising, not publishing. So, the holding co. licensed SI’s print and online publishing rights to Maven (now Arena Group).
The SI brand was two decades past its prime when ABG took it over. Any suggestion it or Maven/Arena is solely to blame for tarnishing its once pristine reputation is misleading.
There’s an argument to be made ABG could have elected a better steward for the media property. Maven/Arena has made some highly controversial decisions (see: use of independent contracts, accusations of AI generated articles).
But it’s difficult to fault the publisher for emphasizing clicks and traffic over investigative and long-form journalism. It’s happening across the digital landscape. Legacy brands are doing what is needed to survive and appeal to today’s consumer.
SI also still employs some of the industry’s best writers (see: Pat Forde, Jon Wertheim). So, while the overall product is not as good as it once was, the business is profitable and remains viable within the marketplace.
Authentic Brand Group (think: Reebok, Brooks Brothers) controls SI’s licensing rights.
It purchased the company from Meredith for $110 million in May ’19 and had a 10-year $15 million/year publishing agreement in place with Maven before the end of the June. So, its starting point on Sports Illustrated is profitable.
And because Arena employs all the content creators, its overhead is lower and margins are much higher than they would be for a traditional publishing co.
ABG has since introduced an SI branded sportsbook, ticketing platform, premium hospitality concept, and it is reportedly working on several hotel projects (including: Ann Arbor, Michigan).
Those efforts do not even have to pan out for them to be worth ABG’s involvement. Licensing companies typically structure deals to include minimum guarantees (there may be success-based kickers to create upside opportunity).
ABG is building a high-end ticketed events business with the SI brand too.
“They’re literally doing what Meredith, Conde Nast, Hearst, and most digital publishers have been trying to do for 20 years and haven’t been able to figure out,” the media executive said.
ABG has seemingly cracked the code on how to extract maximum value from a brand in a business that is in secular decline–minimizing the content side of the house from business decisions. Arena is solely responsible for writing, editing, publishing, and distribution.
“They don’t get a seat at the table for licensing deals, events, [partnerships], or any of the other things they get to weigh in on at other places that they have no expertise to weigh in on,” the media executive said.
ABG handles all the omni-channel opportunities demanded by today’s consumer as the licensor.
The only issue with ABG’s model is that it is reliant on a publisher, which it does not employ, to uphold the brand’s editorial product and to manage the team who produces the content and sells the ads. And contract stipulations can only ensure so much.
Licensors will often factor the loss of control into their models, but asset quality still needs to remain at sufficient levels for the brand to expand into ancillary categories.
Up until this point, Arena had upheld its end of the bargain. Its recent decision to skip a payment, and the subsequent fallout, may have changed the calculus for ABG.
It’s hard to understand what Arena’s end game was/is. But it’s nearly impossible to believe a billionaire bought a majority stake in the company only to unload its biggest asset within a matter of weeks. One must assume Bhargava has a plan for SI moving forward.
Whether ABG can or wants to trust him to operate the publication is another discussion.
“If you’re degrading the value of the brand, you’re degrading the partnership or its potential impact [for the licensor],” the media executive said.
ABG does not need the next publisher to re-establish SI as the ‘Porsche’ of sports media to build a lucrative licensing business. But it can’t get to ‘Honda’ levels, either. The next SI publisher simply needs to come in and churn out quality content.
Junior Bridgeman, Vox, and Penske Media are among those who have reportedly expressed interest in taking SI over should ABG choose to go in another direction.
(JohnWallStreet)
What will be on the Sphere in Las Vegas during Super Bowl LVIII?
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Many people are curious about what will be projected on the massive Sphere in Las Vegas during the upcoming Super Bowl. On Sunday, we received a sneak peek of what to expect from the newest addition to the city’s skyline.
The collaboration with the NFL is scheduled to kick off on Monday, Feb. 5. On Sunday, Sphere Entertainment Co. previewed what will be displayed on the Sphere’s exterior, celebrated as the largest LED screen in the world.
During the game, CBS’s coverage of Super Bowl LVIII will be broadcast on the landmark display. Content on the Sphere will respond in real-time to the action on the field between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers. Additionally, officials say the Sphere will be the focus of two curated moments during the game broadcast on CBS.
There’s no immediate word on whether or not the adorable Sphere emoji will make an appearance during the big game, but the little guy is usually up to something, so that’s worth keeping an eye on as the game approaches.
In the week leading up to the Super Bowl, the Sphere will project NFL-related content, including a countdown clock and a graphic highlighting Sunday’s matchup.
Additionally, all 57 Super Bowl rings will be displayed on the Sphere in the lead up to the NFL championship game, providing football fans in the “entertainment capital of the world” a unique photo opportunity to represent their favorite team.
“In celebration of Super Bowl LVIII, Sphere Studios created custom content that will run throughout the week,” a news release from Sphere Entertainment Co. stated. “This includes, as part of its ongoing XO/Art program, commissions from legendary street artists to create custom art for the Exosphere that will run at various times this week.”
The Sphere’s exterior is the largest LED screen on Earth, consisting of approximately 1.2 million LED pucks spaced eight inches apart. Each puck contains 48 individual LED diodes.
SPHERE AND NFL COLLABORATE ON CUSTOM SUPER BOWL CONTENT FOR THE EXOSPHERE CREATED EXCLUSIVELY BY SPHERE STUDIOS
Exosphere Content To Be Broadcast During The Game on CBS And Run Throughout Super Bowl Week
Both Interior and Exterior of Sphere to be Showcased
LAS VEGAS , Feb. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Sphere Entertainment Co. (NYSE: SPHR) and the NFL today announced a collaboration that will see custom Super Bowl LVIII content, created exclusively by Sphere Studios, displayed on Sphere's fully programmable LED exterior – the Exosphere – throughout Super Bowl Week. As part of this, Sphere will also be featured in CBS Sports' coverage of Super Bowl LVIII on CBS and Paramount+.
"We welcome Super Bowl LVIII to Las Vegas, which continues to reinforce its place as a destination for the biggest events in sports and entertainment," said Joel Fisher, Executive Vice President, Marquee Events and Operations for MSG Entertainment, who oversees marquee events for Sphere. "As a new Las Vegas landmark, Sphere is recognized worldwide for its dynamic visuals, and we're proud to collaborate with the NFL on content that will captivate audiences both in Las Vegas and watching on CBS."
"The Super Bowl and Sphere are two globally recognized brands, and together will showcase the power of this unparalleled digital canvas to bring fans together around Super Bowl LVIII," said Guy Barnett, Senior Vice President Brand Strategy & Creative Development, Sphere Entertainment. "The custom Super Bowl-themed content our Sphere Studios team created for the Exosphere will surprise and delight fans, adding a one-of-a-kind element to the first ever Las Vegas Super Bowl, and to the game broadcast."
"In the short amount of time since its opening, Sphere has established itself as one of the most recognizable landmarks in Las Vegas and we're thrilled about this collaboration in the lead up to Super Bowl LVIII," said Peter O'Reilly, Executive Vice President, Club Business, League Events & International at the NFL. "There won't be a better place for the League and our family of official NFL partners to display their creative and message the thousands of fans descending upon Las Vegas for the biggest annual sports event in the world."
Super Bowl Week in Las Vegas officially kicks off tomorrow, as does a slate of custom Exosphere content that will run throughout the week. Working in collaboration with the NFL, Sphere will display content including: a countdown clock leading up to kick-off on Sunday; a welcome visual that will serve as a beacon for the hundreds of thousands of people expected to descend on Las Vegas; and key graphics highlighting the matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers. In celebration of Super Bowl history, Sphere will showcase all 57 Super Bowl rings, giving fans on the ground in Las Vegas an opportunity to pose in front of their team's ring. Throughout the game, content on the Exosphere will run live, in real time in response to action on the field.
During the game, the CBS Sports' broadcast of Super Bowl LVIII will showcase Sphere. Both the Exosphere and the interior of Sphere will be featured as part of two curated moments in custom, one-of-a-kind videos filmed at the venue that showcase the immersive capabilities of Sphere's 16K x 16K resolution interior display plane.
In celebration of Super Bowl LVIII, Sphere Studios created custom content that will run throughout the week. This includes, as part of its ongoing XO/Art program, commissions from legendary street artists to create custom art for the Exosphere that will run at various times this week.
In addition to custom NFL and Super Bowl content, some of the world's largest brands will have advertisements displayed on the Exosphere throughout Super Bowl Week.
The largest LED screen on Earth, the Exosphere consists of approximately 1.2 million LED pucks, spaced eight inches apart. Each puck contains 48 individual LED diodes, with each diode capable of displaying 256 million different colors – creating a vivid landmark on the Las Vegas skyline.
About Sphere:
Sphere is a next-generation entertainment medium that is redefining the future of live entertainment. A venue where the foremost artists, creators, and technologists create extraordinary experiences that take storytelling to a new level and transport audiences to places both real and imagined. The venue hosts original Sphere Experiences from leading Hollywood directors; concerts and residencies from the world's biggest artists; and premier marquee events. The first Sphere venue opened in Las Vegas in September 2023, and is a new Las Vegas landmark, powered by cutting-edge technologies that ignite the senses and enable audiences to share experiences at a never-before-seen scale. More information is available at thespherevegas.com.
About Sphere Entertainment Co.
Sphere Entertainment Co. (NYSE: SPHR) is a premier live entertainment and media company. The Company includes Sphere, a next-generation entertainment medium powered by cutting-edge technologies to redefine the future of entertainment. The first Sphere venue in Las Vegas opened in September 2023. In addition, the Company includes MSG Networks, which operates two regional sports and entertainment networks, MSG Network and MSG Sportsnet, as well as a direct-to-consumer and authenticated streaming product, MSG+, delivering a wide range of live sports content and other programming. More information is available at sphereentertainmentco.com.
The King of Vegas: Legendary Hall of Fame oddsmaker Jimmy Vaccaro has a story for you - Feb 5, 2024
AS VEGAS — When you spend nearly five decades working in Las Vegas, you have stories to tell. Jimmy Vaccaro would run out of time before he'd run out of stories.
Vaccaro is one of the legends in Las Vegas sports betting history, one of the first to manage a sports book and a fixture in the city who has been setting odds since the 1970s. When the Sports Gambling Hall of Fame was formed in 2023, Vaccaro was part of the 10-person inaugural class. He's one of the legendary oddsmakers in Las Vegas history.
"He’s one of the most famous now," said South Point sports book director Chris Andrews, a decades-long friend of Vaccaro. "How do you rate them? It's like, who’s the best guitar player in the world? Everyone has their opinion on it. He’s certainly in the conversation."
Vaccaro isn't unfamiliar with fame and attention. His brother, Sonny, was played by Matt Damon in the movie "Air," the story of Sonny Vaccaro convincing Nike to sign Michael Jordan.
Vaccaro has stories to tell, and he'll often interrupt himself to start one.
"I was on 'The Simpsons,'" Vaccaro said. "You didn’t know that?"
"The Simpsons"? Like Homer, Marge and Bart, those Simpsons?
"Want to punch it up? You can punch it up," Vaccaro said, turning to a computer near him, almost egging you to search for him on the internet.
Vaccaro said Alan Feldman, then the marketing director for The Mirage casino in Las Vegas, came to him with the opportunity to be on the popular show in 1995.
"I didn’t know what 'The Simpsons' were," Vaccaro said. "Now, my two kids did because that was in their zone. I said, 'Yeah, whatever.'"
He explained how he had to find a different color shirt (other than white) because of how it would look on camera, how he gave the fake betting odds on who shot Mr. Burns and even how royalties work after you've been on a TV show. He laughed at how classmates heard that his kids' dad had been on "The Simpsons," and that became a thing at school.
"So, I was on 'The Simpsons,'" he said.
This is what a visit with Vaccaro is like. This one took place in mid December, about six weeks before Vaccaro's beloved Las Vegas played host to the Super Bowl this week. Most days, he is hanging around the South Point sports book, about a 15-minute drive from the south end of The Strip, advising the oddsmaking team there, wearing his comfortable sweatshirt and always willing to share a story.
When you're one of the most famous figures in Las Vegas gaming history, you have plenty of stories to tell.
The glory days of Vegas' big boxing matches
Super Bowl LVIII will be played in Las Vegas. It's not the first time the city has hosted a big sporting event.
The big boxing matches are what Vaccaro remembers most fondly from his career. Muhammad Ali's last big fight, against Larry Holmes at Caesars Palace in 1980, stands out. And here comes another Vaccaro story, this one about the time he had a customer from Detroit, with a woman on each arm, come in wanting to bet on Tommy Hearns in a big fight. Vaccaro asked him how much he wanted on Hearns.
"He says, ‘I don’t know. What do you think, girls?’ They’re giggling," Vaccaro said. "He says, ‘How about $40,000?’
"You can only imagine how long it would take to count out $20 bills for $40,000. I’ll never forget it."
Back in the glory days of big boxing matches in Las Vegas, there weren't nearly as many sports books in the city as there are now. There were only a handful, which is part of what makes Vaccaro such a big figure in sports betting history. He ran multiple sports books through the years, starting at Barbary Coast and eventually moving to The Mirage, MGM Grand and Golden Nugget. When the fights came to town, people wanted to bet, and Vaccaro's sports book was one of their only options.
"The boxing was incredible," Vaccaro said. "We went through about 15 years where every four or five months was a monster fight. Forget this UFC garbage."
Sitting nearby in a side office as he listens to Vaccaro tell his old stories, Andrews chimed in: “We had like three or four extra Super Bowls a year with these fights.”
"The fights were incredible," Vaccaro continued. "And I loved them. Never stopped loving 'em."
A memorable fight led to Vaccaro's most famous moment. Want to hear a story?
42-to-1
Vaccaro loved putting up odds on boxing matches, even a 1990 mismatch between the seemingly invincible Mike Tyson and a no-name such as Buster Douglas.
"I was putting up odds on all those fights because I enjoyed it," Vaccaro said. "So now here it is, it’s like, ‘Wow.’ Nobody would book the fight because the odds were too high. So I said, ‘I’ve got to do this because I’ll be the only one.’"
In a previous Tyson fight, Vaccaro opened Michael Spinks as an 8-to-1 underdog, and so many people bet Tyson that the odds moved to 15-to-1. Tyson won in 91 seconds.
For the Douglas fight? Vaccaro's sports book at The Mirage was the only one to set a line. He set it at 27-to-1.
"That was the opening line," Vaccaro said. "A guy I know pretty well, he was a bettor every day, he laid the 27. He laid $54,000 to win $2,000. Because he thought it was just a pickup. You know, 10 minutes later, I’m going to get my money.
"I changed it to 31-to-1. Another one of my big boxing bettors from L.A. came to town. 'Jimmy, I heard you had this fight.’ It’s 31-to-1. He bet $93,000 to win $3,000 at 31-to-1 or whatever it was. Then people started to hear about it. It just didn’t stop. I got to 42-to-1."
In 2018, ESPN made a documentary on the Tyson-Douglas fight as part of its "30 for 30" series. The title was "42 to 1."
"You’ll like this," Vaccaro said. "The number is 42-to-1. This is the day of the fight. Guy came in, he was a customer at The Mirage. He laid $420,000 at 42-to-1 to win $10,000. I’ll never forget.
"Somebody was standing there, I think it was a newspaper guy. I said, ‘He thought he was going to pick up $10,000 in about five minutes, when they rang the bell.’"
Well, Tyson lost in one of the biggest upsets in sports history. Vaccaro said he didn't believe the ticker when it said Tyson lost the fight, which was in Tokyo. He didn't pay out the bets on Douglas until news stations such as ESPN started reporting it.
Then Vaccaro went home, and at about 5 a.m., he started getting calls from The Mirage saying they were receiving multiple interview requests. The Mirage, thanks to Vaccaro, was the only sports book that had a line on Tyson vs. Douglas. He came back in to do all the interviews.
"So you can only imagine the vibration through the whole freaking world," Vaccaro said. "Now remember, if Tyson would have won, there would have been nobody calling us."
Soon, 42-to-1 became part of the lore of one of the most famous fights in boxing history.
"I'll live with that one for a long time," Vaccaro said. "It’s a good feeling. Nobody else did it."
How Vaccaro built his name in Vegas
Got time for another story? Sure you do.
"I was the first one to make overs and unders on season win totals," Vaccaro said as soon as he finished the Tyson-Douglas story.
In 1989, he had customers in from Texas who wanted to know how many wins Vaccaro thought the Dallas Cowboys would get with new head coach Jimmy Johnson. He thought about it a while, and he set a line: 5.5 wins. One of the bettors wanted the over. His wife had a purse on her shoulder.
"She turned her purse over, and all these wrapped $10,000 of bills are in there," Vaccaro said. "He bet $38,500 to win $35,000 on the over."
The Cowboys went 1-15, but that started the trend of sports books posting season win totals for teams. Today, it's one of the most popular markets in sports betting.
The stories don't stop. One time, when Vaccaro was running the sports book at The Mirage, the book had a terrible day and lost $1.4 million. Vaccaro got a call from casino/resort owner Steve Wynn.
"I walk in there, and he says, ‘What the hell did you do?’ I said, 'We have good days, too, Steve,'" Vaccaro said, perhaps unaware that not many people have to answer to their boss after losing more than a million dollars. "He said, ‘Go back, and do what you’re doing, and keep doing it.’"
The stories go all the way back to his origins in Las Vegas. He first drove to Vegas from Trafford, Pennsylvania, when he was 18. After he turned 21, he'd go to Vegas "every time I had a little bit of money" and go home when he was broke. After a few years, a friend remarked that he should just stay in Vegas. And in 1975, he did. He went to see casino owner Michael Gaughan and asked for a job. Gaughan said he could become a blackjack dealer; it just took $250 to go to a dealer school that Gaughan owned.
"I had, like, $40, I think," Vaccaro said.
Gaughan let Vaccaro pay him back when he had the money.
You won't be surprised to hear that Vaccaro also has a story about how he got into the sports betting business in which he became a legend. One day, Gaughan called him up to his office.
"If I live to be 10 million years old, this is what he said, because it changed my life," Vaccaro said. "He said, ‘Do you know how to run a sports book?’ I said, ‘No!’ I was just a kid like him, betting, but never running a sports book.
"He said, ‘Good, neither do I.’"
Vaccaro was put in charge of a little sports book at the Royal Inn, which was imploded in 2015. There were only a few other sports books in Las Vegas at the time. That grew until practically every casino had one. Then a Supreme Court decision in 2018 allowed states to legalize sports gambling. Legal sports betting exploded afterward. Sports betting going mainstream is likely part of the reason the Super Bowl is in Las Vegas. That explosion traces back, at least in part, to Vaccaro setting lines for Ali-Holmes, taking $40,000 bets on Tommy Hearns, making the first win total odds for the 1989 Cowboys and giving sports betting invaluable exposure with the Tyson-Douglas line.
There are many more stories from his lifetime of oddsmaking, such as the time legendary poker player Stu Ungar was being treated in his office after having a heart attack but still wanted to bet ("‘Where’s Jimmy? I want the Cowboys for $30,000!’" Vaccaro said. "Everybody was staring. I said, ‘You’re going to f***ing die!’ He said, ‘Jimmy, give me the bet!’") or the time his was the first sports book to take a big bet from from Mattress Mack, the owner of the Gallery Furniture chain in Houston who has become famous in the betting world for massive wagers, which are sometimes eight figures and usually on Houston teams ("He’s a gentleman," Vaccaro said. "We have nothing but good things to say about each other.").
Along the way, Vaccaro played his part in bringing sports betting to the mainstream.
"I was probably the only one who said, ‘We ain’t seen nothing yet,’ way back when it started," he said. "We’re not geniuses. We just left the door open for a little bit."
(Yahoo!)
Elon Musk's X to hire 100 content moderators in Austin this year - January 28, 2024
The Elon Musk-owned X social media platform announced a new content moderation push
Elon Musk’s X is in the process of hiring 100 content moderators for a new office in Austin, Texas, that will focus on fighting child abuse online on the social media platform, an executive said on Saturday.
X, formerly known as Twitter, announced a new "Trust and Safety center of excellence" in a blog post by CEO Linda Yaccarino on Friday. The new initiative comes as part of the company’s efforts to combat child sexual exploitation (CSE) on the social media platform.
"While X is not the platform of choice for children and minors – users between 13-17 account for less than 1% of our daily U.S. users – we have made it more difficult for bad actors to share or engage with CSE material on X, while simultaneously making it simpler for our users to report CSE content," Yaccarino wrote.
She added that the platform is "improving our detection mechanisms to find more reportable content on the platform to report to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)."
The post noted that X suspended 12.4 million accounts for violating the platform’s CSE policies in 2023 – a dramatic uptick from 2.3 million account suspensions in 2022.
The company also referred 850,000 reports to NCMEC in 2023, including through X’s first ever fully-automated report.
The company said that was over eight times more than what Twitter referred to NCMEC in 2022 before it was acquired by the Elon Musk-led ownership group.
Following Musk’s 2022 takeover of Twitter, he has faced criticism for the content moderation policy changes to the social media site, which caused some advertisers to reconsider their spending on the platform.
X is in the process of hiring content moderation staff for the new Trust and Safety center of excellence in Austin, Texas.
"The team is currently being built," said Joe Benarroch, X’s head of business operations, about the Austin office. He added that the goal to fill the positions by the end of the year is dependent on finding the right talent.
The company added that the new Austin facility will also help X fight other types of harmful social media content.
(FOX)
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Rudd, Hockey on hand to turn NRL’s Las Vegas play into reality - January 25, 2024
The NRL’s Las Vegas season-opener is expected to go ahead as planned, with executives at the sport’s governing body planning to lean on the expertise of three former politicians to expedite a visa process for players.
The four NRL clubs that will travel to the United States to compete in the Las Vegas double-header on March 2 have been at loggerheads with the Australian Rugby League Commission over delays to crucial matters such as accommodation, visas and funds for offshore training camps.
But an urgent meeting on Thursday between the clubs, NRL chief executive Andrew Abdo and Australian Rugby League Commission chairman Peter V’landys ended with an agreement to hand the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Sydney Roosters, Manly Sea Eagles and the Brisbane Broncos $700,000 each in funding for pre-season training camps and unlimited insurance for serious injuries. They have also been given assurances that all visas and accommodation issues will be resolved.
“We’ve got the comfort and satisfaction that we needed to make sure that it’s going to be a success. From now on, it’s full steam ahead,” Rabbitohs chief executive Blake Solly said. “What Peter and Andrew said today is they’re very confident that all players will get access to the US, which is really important to the game. We want to see the best players on the field.”
The NRL’s Las Vegas play is the brainchild of Mr V’landys and is based on concerns the game can’t sustain revenue growth by relying on local broadcast revenue, advertising sponsorship and wagering turnover.
But the process has been arduous and expensive. The Sydney Morning Herald reported earlier this week that the four clubs had written to Mr V’landys expressing concerns about a lack of information regarding visas, medical insurance, Las Vegas training venues and fast rising costs.
“There was a degree of frustration about some of the things and issues we were raising and couldn’t get a resolution,” Mr Solly said on Thursday. “Peter understood our concerns, and he understood some of the challenges Andrew has faced, and he was able to bulldoze through them.”
The NRL initially told the clubs players could travel to the US with visa waiver available for Australian travellers. Clubs were concerned about players being stopped by US customs, particularly those who had been arrested in Australia such as Payne Haas, Latrell Mitchell and Reece Walsh.
Mr V’landys will rely on Australian Turf Club chairman Peter McGauran, a friend and former Howard government minister, to expedite the visa process. Mr McGauran is a former consul-general and senior trade investment commissioner to Texas and currently works for Bondi Partners, the advisory and investment firm run by former treasurer Joe Hockey.
The NRL also plans to lean on Kevin Rudd, the Australian ambassador in Washington DC, and Mr Hockey to expedite the process.
Mr Solly said the clubs had received assurances that players would be able to get visas approved. Players who have not been arrested previously will enter the US on a waiver, while the others will apply for a visitor visa.
“They’re working with the consulate and government to make sure that process is expedited as quickly as can be,” he said. “Based on what we agreed today, we should be fine to sign the [final] agreement and get on with it.”
To make sure players are prepared to play in US conditions, the four clubs will base themselves in Los Angeles, San Diego and Las Vegas for more than a week before kick-off. The NRL agreed on Thursday to provide $175,000 per club towards the cost of that week.
“This is an investment right now for the future,” Mr Abdo said.
“Having said that, we’re not approaching this expecting massive losses. We’ve already started building revenue streams, we’ve got investment from sponsors, we’ve sold a number of tickets.”
(AFR)
Can the tech giants live up to all the AI hype? - January 29, 2024
Investors will be closely watching to see if Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Meta can report a rise in earnings that would justify the surge in their share prices.
The mania surrounding generative artificial intelligence (AI) has propelled the US sharemarket to record levels, but this week’s earnings reports from the five US tech giants will test whether the hype has been overdone.
In particular, investors will be questioning whether the tech giants – Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Meta – can report a rise in earnings that would justify the huge surge in their share prices. (So far this year, the US blue chip S&P 500 has risen 2.5 per cent, and the tech sector is up by close to 6 per cent).
The question about monetising generative AI is a difficult one for the big tech giants.
This month, Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft, and Sam Altman, the high-profile head of OpenAI, took to the stage together at Davos to discuss their partnership, and the potential of generative AI, which enables computers to generate sophisticated text, images and computer code at a level comparable to humans.
Nadella was upbeat, saying the world was nearing a “magical moment” similar to the introduction of the personal computer.
But then the moderator posed an awkward question about their AI efforts: “Do you guys make money?”
Although both Nadella and Altman avoided giving a direct answer, the question is very pertinent – especially now that Microsoft boasts a market capitalisation of about $US3 trillion ($4.6 trillion) and is vying with Apple for the title of the world’s most valuable company.
Since ChatGPT was released at the end of November 2022, Microsoft’s share price has soared 66 per cent, or roughly three times the rise in the overall market.
Underpinning this share price surge, however, are investor expectations that generative AI will result in a huge increase in revenue and profits.
There’s no doubt that Microsoft’s partnership with Altman’s OpenAI, which developed ChatGPT, has allowed it to leapfrog Google, which has been working on AI for years.
Microsoft first invested $US1 billion in OpenAI in July 2019, and then committed a further $US10 billion a year ago. When the OpenAI board ousted Altman last year, it was Nadella’s support that led to his reinstatement.
But Microsoft is still in the early stages of embedding OpenAI’s technology into its offerings, such as its coding platform GitHub, its Azure cloud business and its software business, which includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
And there are also questions about the speed with which its customers will embrace AI.
Risk of disillusionment
This means there’s a risk that investors will become disillusioned if the AI hype fails to quickly translate into stronger revenues.
Interestingly, Altman seems to have recognised this risk. On stage at Davos, he played down hopes that AI technology would radically change the world in the short term. Instead, he said it would inexorably improve over a longer period and eventually have a significant impact.
“The world had a two-week freakout with GPT4”, Altman said, referring to the launch last March of OpenAI’s latest version of its chatbot. “And now, people are like, ‘Why is it so slow?’”
Given the US market’s rally has been driven by a handful of big tech stocks, the risk is that investors show a similar impatience. That’s why this week’s earnings updates from the five US tech giants are so important.
In particular, investors will be keen to hear from Microsoft on its progress in embedding the latest AI models in its offerings.
And while they’ll be keen to hear from Google parent Alphabet on the outlook for online advertising revenues, they’ll also be waiting for an update on the company’s progress in developing its own AI models, which it plans to commercialise through its Google Cloud business.
Meanwhile, investors will be watching closely to see how Amazon performed during the holiday retail season, and whether it has been able to improve margins in its e-commerce business. But they’ll also be looking for signs that its cloud business is continuing to benefit from the growth in AI workloads.
Apple’s results will be scrutinised for signs that its Chinese sales of the iPhone have suffered because of stronger competition from rivals such as Huawei. But investors will also be keen to hear from Apple boss Tim Cook on its plans to incorporate generative AI on its devices.
Finally, investors will be paying close attention to Meta’s results, both to get a read on the health of the online advertising market and for an update on the company’s aggressive AI plans.
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg has signalled that the company is now focused on building an artificial general intelligence (AGI) system, which can carry out tasks at a level of intelligence that equals or exceeds that of humans.
(AFR)
Nine’s bankers asked private equity if they were interested in Domain - January 29, 2024
Nine Entertainment’s bankers canvassed major private equity firms to gauge their interest in the company’s controlling stake in Domain, the ASX-listed property sales platform which is valued at more than $2 billion.
Nine owns 60 per cent of Domain, which listed in 2017. Nine’s position in the major residential and commercial property listing platform makes up around 38 per cent of the media group’s $3.2 billion valuation.
Sources close to the discussions, who asked for anonymity to speak openly about the matter, confirmed Jefferies’ Michael Stock canvassed both KKR and TPG around the middle of last year and discussed whether they were interested in looking at a deal relating to Domain.
While no deal eventuated, the discussions demonstrate that Nine – the publisher of The Australian Financial Review – has been considering how to make one of its major growth investments work harder. Among options for Nine could be taking Domain private with a third party, or selling all or part of its position in the company.
KKR and TPG declined to comment, as did Jefferies, Domain and Nine.
There are two key challenges going forward for Nine, which owns the Nine Network, free streaming platform 9Now, paid streaming service Stan, radio stations like 2GB and 3AW, and some of the country’s largest publishing assets including The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
First, the television advertising market is largely flat. Advertisers are pulling back in a cost-of-living crunch, and there is more competition with streaming platforms – Amazon Prime Video will start running ads in Australia in the middle of this year. Television advertising made up 53 per cent of earnings in the last financial year. Domain added 11 per cent.
The second challenge is with Domain. The real estate platform is a key area for future growth for Nine, but it has not performed on par with $24 billion giant REA Group, which is 61 per cent owned by News Corporation.
REA’s share price is up 142 per cent over the five years from January 2019 – Domain is up 39 per cent over the same time. Assuming dividends are reinvested, total shareholder return over those five years for Domain has been 53 per cent; for REA, it has been 163 per cent.
Domain’s most recent trading update in November was weaker than analysts expected. UBS’ Lucy Huang told her clients that there was a “significant underperformance in [property] volumes” at Domain, despite REA reporting 4 per cent growth nationally. That could be due to strong growth in Western Australia and Queensland, she said.
Due to Domain’s historic strong presence in newspapers in Sydney and Melbourne, it is more competitive in those cities. There is also some competition from former Domain chief executive Antony Catalano’s View Media, which took $50 million in investment from ANZ early last year.
Nine’s chief executive, Mike Sneesby, and chief product officer Rebecca Haagsma both sit on Domain’s board, which is chaired by former Fairfax Media chairman Nick Falloon. Mr Falloon stepped down from Nine’s board, where he was deputy chairman under Peter Costello, in November 2022.
While trailing REA, several brokers expect a solid first half result for Domain this year, with greater activity in NSW and Victoria. Macquarie’s Darren Leung told his clients earlier this month that the focus would be on “the difference in listings growth between Domain and REA, in our view”.
“The spread between REA and Domain valuations is at record highs and Domain’s multiple is implying dwelling price declines – against our view of likely increases,” he said, upgrading his recommendation on the stock.
Private equity has long seen value in property and classifieds businesses, including in Domain.
In 2017, TPG spent a month looking at Fairfax Media’s books after mounting a $2.8 billion takeover offer for the company. It would have owned The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and the Financial Review, but it was a deal primarily aimed at securing control of Domain.
TPG withdrew from the auction. Fairfax instead demerged and listed Domain after that, in late 2017, and merged with Nine the following year.
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NETFLIX TO BECOME NEW HOME OF WWE RAW BEGINNING 2025
Long-Term Deal Brings Weekly Live Sports Entertainment to Netflix
STAMFORD, Conn., January 23, 2024 – WWE, part of TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) today announced a long-term partnership that will bring WWE’s flagship weekly program – Raw – to the world’s leading entertainment service. This marks a major programming shift as Raw leaves linear television for the first time since its inception 31 years ago
Beginning in January 2025, Netflix will be the exclusive new home of Raw in the U.S., Canada, U.K. and Latin America, among other territories, with additional countries and regions to be added over time. Likewise, as part of the agreement, Netflix will also become the home for all WWE shows and specials outside the U.S. as available, inclusive of Raw and WWE’s other weekly shows – SmackDown and NXT – as well as the company’s Premium Live Events, including WrestleMania, SummerSlam and Royal Rumble. WWE’s award-winning documentaries, original series and forthcoming projects will also be available on Netflix internationally beginning in 2025
“This deal is transformative,” said Mark Shapiro, TKO President and COO. “It marries the can’t-miss WWE product with Netflix’s extraordinary global reach and locks in significant and predictable economics for many years. Our partnership fundamentally alters and strengthens the media landscape, dramatically expands the reach of WWE, and brings weekly live appointment viewing to Netflix.”
“We are excited to have WWE Raw, with its huge and passionate multigenerational fan base, on Netflix,” said Netflix Chief Content Officer, Bela Bajaria. “By combining our reach, recommendations, and fandom with WWE, we’ll be able to deliver more joy and value for their audiences and our members. Raw is the best of sports entertainment, blending great characters and storytelling with live action 52 weeks a year and we’re thrilled to be in this long-term partnership with WWE.”
“In its relatively short history, Netflix has engineered a phenomenal track record for storytelling,” said Nick Khan, WWE President. “We believe Netflix, as one of the world’s leading entertainment brands, is the ideal long-term home for Raw’s live, loyal, and ever-growing fan base."
With 1,600 episodes to date, Raw is the most iconic show in sports entertainment. Since its debut in 1993, Raw has delivered action, compelling drama and unmatched athleticism – 52 weeks a year. Blending the best of scripted content with unpredictable live entertainment, the three-hour show has helped launch the careers of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Triple H, John Cena, Roman Reigns, Bianca Belair and Charlotte Flair.
The show is currently the No. 1 show on USA Network, where it brings in 17.5 million unique viewers over the course of the year. One of television’s best performing shows in the 18-49 advertising demographic, Raw trends on X 52 weeks a year while each new episode is airing. On social media, WWE has more than one billion followers across its platforms.
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Cody Rhodes and Bayley win the Royal Rumble Matches to earn the right to headline WrestleMania
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Cody Rhodes Addresses Never Crossing Paths With CM Punk In AEW
Cody Rhodes is surprised he never crossed paths in any real way with CM Punk during their respective runs in AEW.
“The American Nightmare” spoke about this during the WWE Royal Rumble 2024 post-show press conference on Saturday night.
“It’s funny that we meet back here,” Cody said of himself and Punk. “Really. When we were at AEW, I thought we would encounter one another there. It didn’t happen. For whatever reason, it didn’t happen.”
He continued, “I think both him and I had different personal experiences. Don’t believe anything that Wade Keller put out about why I left or anything like that. The truth is, nobody knows. Personal thing. Probably a personal thing for Punk. That happens. People come. People go. It’s not a huge thing.”
Rhodes also spoke about reuniting with The Miz, Kofi Kingston and Punk and it feeling like his first run in WWE.
“To see [CM Punk] tonight. To see Miz. To see Kofi. Those were my guys,” he said. “First OVW show I walked into, Brent Albright vs. CM Punk was the main event and Punk was also running the whole show, maybe set up the ring. To see that, sometimes you want another person who you admire and respect to stop looking at you as the kid and look at you and see who you are now. I think he got to see who I am now. That means a lot to me. He’s amazing, could have gone either way, I look forward to what he does in WWE.”
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Netflix to become new home of WWE Raw beginning 2025
STAMFORD, Conn., January 23, 2024 – WWE, part of TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) today announced a long-term partnership that will bring WWE’s flagship weekly program – Raw – to the world’s leading entertainment service. This marks a major programming shift as Raw leaves linear television for the first time since its inception 31 years ago.
Beginning in January 2025, Netflix will be the exclusive new home of Raw in the U.S., Canada, U.K. and Latin America, among other territories, with additional countries and regions to be added over time. Likewise, as part of the agreement, Netflix will also become the home for all WWE shows and specials outside the U.S. as available, inclusive of Raw and WWE’s other weekly shows – SmackDown and NXT – as well as the company’s Premium Live Events, including WrestleMania, SummerSlam and Royal Rumble. WWE’s award-winning documentaries, original series and forthcoming projects will also be available on Netflix internationally beginning in 2025.
“This deal is transformative,” said Mark Shapiro, TKO President and COO. “It marries the can’t-miss WWE product with Netflix’s extraordinary global reach and locks in significant and predictable economics for many years. Our partnership fundamentally alters and strengthens the media landscape, dramatically expands the reach of WWE, and brings weekly live appointment viewing to Netflix.”
“We are excited to have WWE Raw, with its huge and passionate multigenerational fan base, on Netflix,” said Netflix Chief Content Officer, Bela Bajaria. “By combining our reach, recommendations, and fandom with WWE, we’ll be able to deliver more joy and value for their audiences and our members. Raw is the best of sports entertainment, blending great characters and storytelling with live action 52 weeks a year and we’re thrilled to be in this long-term partnership with WWE.”
“In its relatively short history, Netflix has engineered a phenomenal track record for storytelling,” said Nick Khan, WWE President. “We believe Netflix, as one of the world’s leading entertainment brands, is the ideal long-term home for Raw’s live, loyal, and ever-growing fan base."
With 1,600 episodes to date, Raw is the most iconic show in sports entertainment. Since its debut in 1993, Raw has delivered action, compelling drama and unmatched athleticism – 52 weeks a year. Blending the best of scripted content with unpredictable live entertainment, the three-hour show has helped launch the careers of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Triple H, John Cena, Roman Reigns, Bianca Belair and Charlotte Flair.
The show is currently the No. 1 show on USA Network, where it brings in 17.5 million unique viewers over the course of the year. One of television’s best performing shows in the 18-49 advertising demographic, Raw trends on X 52 weeks a year while each new episode is airing. On social media, WWE has more than one billion followers across its platforms.
Netflix to Become New Home of WWE Raw Beginning 2025
01/23/2024
Long-Term Deal Brings Weekly Live Sports Entertainment to Netflix
STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- WWE, part of TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) today announced a long-term partnership that will bring WWE’s flagship weekly program – Raw – to the world’s leading entertainment service. This marks a major programming shift as Raw leaves linear television for the first time since its inception 31 years ago.
Beginning in January 2025, Netflix will be the exclusive new home of Raw in the U.S., Canada, U.K. and Latin America, among other territories, with additional countries and regions to be added over time. Likewise, as part of the agreement, Netflix will also become the home for all WWE shows and specials outside the U.S. as available, inclusive of Raw and WWE’s other weekly shows – SmackDown and NXT – as well as the company’s Premium Live Events, including WrestleMania, SummerSlam and Royal Rumble. WWE’s award-winning documentaries, original series and forthcoming projects will also be available on Netflix internationally beginning in 2025.
“This deal is transformative,” said Mark Shapiro, TKO President and COO. “It marries the can’t-miss WWE product with Netflix’s extraordinary global reach and locks in significant and predictable economics for many years. Our partnership fundamentally alters and strengthens the media landscape, dramatically expands the reach of WWE, and brings weekly live appointment viewing to Netflix.”
“We are excited to have WWE Raw, with its huge and passionate multigenerational fan base, on Netflix,” said Netflix Chief Content Officer, Bela Bajaria. “By combining our reach, recommendations, and fandom with WWE, we’ll be able to deliver more joy and value for their audiences and our members. Raw is the best of sports entertainment, blending great characters and storytelling with live action 52 weeks a year and we’re thrilled to be in this long-term partnership with WWE.”
“In its relatively short history, Netflix has engineered a phenomenal track record for storytelling,” said Nick Khan, WWE President. “We believe Netflix, as one of the world’s leading entertainment brands, is the ideal long-term home for Raw’s live, loyal, and ever-growing fan base."
With 1,600 episodes to date, Raw is the most iconic show in sports entertainment. Since its debut in 1993, Raw has delivered action, compelling drama and unmatched athleticism – 52 weeks a year. Blending the best of scripted content with unpredictable live entertainment, the three-hour show has helped launch the careers of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Triple H, John Cena, Roman Reigns, Bianca Belair and Charlotte Flair.
The show is currently the No. 1 show on USA Network, where it brings in 17.5 million unique viewers over the course of the year. One of television’s best performing shows in the 18-49 advertising demographic, Raw trends on X 52 weeks a year while each new episode is airing. On social media, WWE has more than one billion followers across its platforms.
About WWE
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 http://wwe.com and http://corporate.wwe.com.
About Netflix
Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services with over 247 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.
About TKO
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 TV 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.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 intended to be covered by the safe harbor provisions contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements in this press release that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, expected programming and viewer benefits under the multi-year domestic media rights partnership with and NBCUniversal. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from what is expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to the factors discussed in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in TKO’s final prospectus on Form 424(b)(3) filed with the SEC on September 19, 2023, as any such factors may be updated from time to time. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and, except as may be required under applicable law, neither TKO nor WWE undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Investors and others should note that TKO announces material financial and operational information to its investors using press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts, as well as its Investor Relations site at http://investor.tkogrp.com. TKO may also use its website as a distribution channel of material information about the Company. In addition, you may automatically receive email alerts and other information about TKO, UFC and WWE when you enroll your email address by visiting the “Investor Email Alerts” option under the Resources tab on http://investor.tkogrp.com.
(Sources: Netflix, WWE/TKO Group and Business Wire)
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Netflix to stream WWE’s Raw starting next year in its biggest jump into live entertainment - January 28, 2024
Netflix and TKO Group Holdings said Tuesday that the streaming platform will air the WWE’s flagship program Raw starting next year.
Netflix is trying to drive revenue by cutting down on subscription sharing and pushing viewers toward its ad-tier membership.
The streaming platform is making its first major foray into live sports, while WWE will get access to Netflix’s roughly 250 million global subscribers.
Netflix and TKO Group Holdings said Tuesday that the streaming platform will air WWE’s flagship program “Raw” starting next year, in Netflix’s first major foray into live sports.
The 10-year deal is valued at more than $5 billion, according to a company filing. Netflix will have the option to exit the deal after five years and to extend it for another decade. The streaming platform will be able to stream “Raw” globally, and will start the agreement with exclusive rights to it in the U.S., Canada, U.K. and Latin America. Netflix will also become the home for all WWE shows and specials outside the U.S., including “SmackDown” and “NXT” as well as “WrestleMania,” “SummerSlam” and “Royal Rumble.”
TKO shares spiked more than 20% following the news and a separate announcement that actor and former wrestling superstar Dwayne Johnson would join its board of directors. Netflix shares rose less than 1%, hours before the company was set to report earnings after the bell Tuesday.
Netflix, which is trying to drive revenue by cutting down on subscription sharing and pushing viewers toward its ad-tier membership, has made few attempts at live programming in its history. Adding “Raw,” which currently airs on USA Network and produces three hours of live programming per week year-round, to its programming lineup will be a boon to the platform and a significant historical shift for Netflix.
“This is a super game changer,” said TKO President and Chief Operating Officer Mark Shapiro in an interview. “When you look back at the chapters of sports media history, new chapters are driven by extraordinary new paradigms. ESPN and Turner bringing NFL to cable in 1987. Rupert Murdoch bringing football to Fox in 1994. When new histories are written, Raw on Netflix will be such a chapter starter.”
Netflix has dabbled in sports recently with documentary-type series about Formula One and professional golf, tennis and football. This deal will allow Netflix to tap into WWE intellectual property for similar projects. With WWE permission, Netflix could even develop movies or series around WWE characters, a person familiar with the matter said.
For TKO, the parent company of WWE, striking a deal with Netflix brings WWE wrestling to about 250 million global subscribers. WWE President Nick Khan has had Netflix on his radar as a potential landing spot for “Raw” for several years.
He discussed the world’s largest streamer on a WWE earnings call in the first quarter of 2022, referencing how Netflix has showed openness to changing long-held stances, such as rejecting advertising and cracking down on password sharing. As recently as December 2022, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said at the UBS Global TMT Conference that Netflix had not “seen a profit path to renting big sports.”
“Netflix is willing to make adjustments and reverse positions when it identifies an issue,” Khan said back in 2022.
Choosing Netflix
TKO held discussions with other media companies but zeroed in on Netflix in December, according to people familiar with the matter.
Netflix’s global footprint, which outreaches every other streaming service, was a key draw for WWE, Shapiro said.
“This is one of the greatest entertainment platforms in the world,” Shapiro said of Netflix. “It has marketing you can’t even comprehend. It has positioning that’s unparalleled in terms of what they do on their front page.”
Netflix announced earlier this month it had 23 million monthly active users for its advertising tier, which the company launched in November 2022. Matches will be scripted around commercial breaks to satisfy ad-free customers, who will see continued action from live matches that aren’t important to the outcome, such as a wrestler in a sustained headlock, according to a person familiar with the matter.
“Raw” is the top program on the USA cable network, drawing 17.5 million unique viewers per year, the companies said. Shapiro said Amazon’s ability to stream “Thursday Night Football” this season without a glitch and Peacock’s recent success streaming a National Football League playoff game gave him confidence Netflix will be technologically sound streaming “Raw,” even if it hasn’t done anything like this on a consistent basis yet.
Disclosure: Comcast NBCUniversal, CNBC’s parent company, owns USA Network.
Clarification: This story was updated to reflect that Netflix said it had 23 million monthly active users for its advertising tier.
TKO APPOINTS DWAYNE JOHNSON TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Johnson Granted Full Ownership of Trademarked Name, “The Rock”
NEW YORK (January 23, 2024) – TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO) (“TKO”), a premium sports and entertainment company, has appointed Dwayne Johnson to its Board of Directors, effective today.
Johnson, one of the most decorated WWE Superstars in company history and the most followed American man globally on social media platforms, brings decades of experience in live entertainment and sports to the Board. Through his expansive business portfolio, which includes Seven Bucks Productions, Teremana Tequila, ZOA Energy, Project Rock, and the recently combined spring football league, the United Football League (UFL), Johnson has significant experience identifying and cultivating revenue generating media rights, live events, sponsorship, licensing, and social media opportunities. The appointment of Johnson reflects TKO’s commitment to delivering long-term value and strong performance for shareholders through strategic growth initiatives across both UFC and WWE.
Vince McMahon, Executive Chairman of the Board, TKO, said: “Very few people on the planet understand the convergence of sports, entertainment, media, and business like Rock. We are proud to have him join the TKO board to help take our company to new heights.”
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, said: “My grandfather, High Chief Peter Maivia, and my dad, Rocky ‘Soulman’ Johnson, would’ve never thought this day would come. Which is why I’m very humbled to have a seat at the table that has decades of history and family legacy for me. A table that my family helped to build. Being on the TKO Board of Directors, and taking full ownership of my name, ‘The Rock’, is not only unprecedented, but incredibly inspiring as my crazy life is coming full circle. At my core, I’m a builder who builds for and serves the people, and Ari is building something truly game changing. I’m very motivated to help continue to globally expand our TKO, WWE, and UFC businesses as the worldwide leaders in sports and entertainment — while proudly representing so many phenomenal athletes and performers who show up every day putting in the hard work with their own two hands to make their dreams come true and deliver for our audiences. I’ve been there, I’m still there and this is for them.”
Ariel Emanuel, CEO, TKO, said: “I am thrilled to partner with Dwayne and welcome his immense talent to TKO’s Board. Dwayne brings an incredible track record of creating content and building globally recognized consumer brands, and he will play a key role in realizing our ambitions for TKO.”
WWE has also entered into a services and merchandising agreement with Johnson that provides for his promotional, licensing, and other services, and an intellectual property assignment agreement pursuant to which Johnson has secured ownership of the trademarked name, “The Rock”. The name is derived from his father, WWE Hall of Famer Rocky Johnson, who was the first Black champion in WWE history (alongside partner Tony Atlas). Johnson’s grandfather, Peter Maivia, a Samoan-American professional wrestler, was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2008.
The addition of Johnson, as well as today’s appointment of Brad Keywell to TKO’s Board of Directors, will increase TKO’s board from 11 to 13 members.
Dwayne Johnson Background
Dwayne Johnson is a global entertainer and entrepreneur who manages a diverse and ever-expanding media and business portfolio. Johnson serves as the co-founder and CEO of Seven Bucks Companies, a multi-platform global enterprise crossing all entertainment and creative verticals with an audience-first mentality. A third-generation performer, Johnson began his WWE career in 1996 and remains one of WWE’s preeminent WWE Superstars in the organization’s history.
Johnson develops, produces, and stars in all forms of entertainment content via his production company, Seven Bucks Productions, LLC, which he co-founded in 2012. In addition to Seven Bucks Productions, LLC, Johnson has founded multiple business ventures, including Teramana Tequila, the fastest-growing tequila brand in history, and co-founded ZOA Energy, LLC, an energy drink company in partnership with Molson Coors. In 2020, Johnson co-led a consortium to acquire the XFL, a professional American football league, which re-launched in 2023 before merging with the USFL to form the UFL. Johnson also maintains several prominent brand partnerships. Alongside Under Armour, Inc., Johnson founded and developed a line of fitness apparel under the “Project Rock” brand. In 2016 and 2019, Johnson was named by TIME as one of the world’s most influential people.
A dedicated philanthropist, Johnson serves as a National Celebrity Wish Ambassador for Make-A-Wish and has been granting wishes with the organization for over 20 years. In 2008, the United States Congress and the United States Joint Leadership Commission recognized Johnson with the prestigious Horizon Award, the U.S. Congressional Award given to an individual in the private sector who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and provided opportunities for youth nationwide. Johnson graduated from the University of Miami, where he earned a football scholarship and became NCAA National Football Champions.
Johnson has been a client of Endeavor’s WME agency for nearly 13 years.
About TKO
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 TV 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.
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Twitter Strikes Deal With BetMGM to Feature Odds, Allow Bets to Be Taken From Platform - January 26, 2024
Kylie Robison of Fortune broke the news late Friday that X (formerly known as Twitter) has entered into a deal with BetMGM to integrate sports betting statistics into the platform.
While the specific financial terms of the collaboration could not be learned, the intention is to introduce a feature for X soon that will showcase betting odds and provide a direct link to BetMGM, allowing users to place bets.
X reportedly lost a significant number of high paying advertisers including Disney, NBC parent company Comcast as well as Fox Sports after Media Matters for America discovered ads displaying along side racist posts.
X owner Elon Musk responded by calling Media Matters of America "pure evil".
Best selling author and CBR Chair in Politics, Censorship, and Free Speech at the University of Austin, Michael Shellenberger, questioned the Media Matters of America findings at the time.
"The media say X is placing Apple, IBM, and other ads near pro-Nazi content, but it's not. We tried various ways to replicate Media Matters' research and couldn't. The real goal of Media Matters isn't to fight antisemitism. It's to destroy X as a free speech platform."
Despite premature reports of Twitter's demise, Gambling911.com now touts the platform as its second biggest referral source after Google.
BetMGM had a market share of 17 percent in U.S. online sports betting in December and has the third largest market share in the US sports betting industry behind DraftKings and FanDuel.
The BetMGM site is a partnership between MGM and Ladbrokes parent company Entain.
Nic Nemeth Reveals How He Got In Contact With New Japan Pro Wrestling
Fresh off his NJPW and TNA debut, Nic Nemeth (former WWE star Dolph Ziggler) appeared on Talk Is Jericho to talk about WWE and what is next for him in wrestling.
Nic Nemeth on how he got into New Japan:
"I'm not close friends with a lot of people, but a long time ago when Shinsuke came up from NXT, at the time it was when I was doing the thing where everybody who shows up wrestles me and I was doing the thing, it was like nine years in a row, whatever, but I'm doing that thing and I didn't really know him. I don't watch Japanese wrestling. I don't watch our wrestling. I famously don't watch wrestling and I hate everything, but I love my job doing what I do."
"So right after WrestleMania, Shinsuke comes up, does whatever he does, and we're overseas doing that two weeks we used to do before COVID times. We bounced around in buses and things and him and I had to stay to do the dark match after TV and everyone else went on. So him and I are just in this car sitting next to each other. We put a couple of matches together, but I'm not really outspoken. We're just sitting there looking at our phones. I had requested a big bottle of Jack Fire whiskey and we had that for the ride and it's like, 'Hey, you want a sip' He's like, 'Yea' and then we start talking. Then we had a couple of whiskies and we were buddies. It was so great because he's the biggest sweetheart in the world and he's like an ass kicker and like it's so great. He's so nice. We had a good bond and I really liked wrestling him."
"It reminds me of his first pay-per-view match with us. I even offered, I go, 'He's a strong style guy', like, I don't know what the hell is going on. I go, 'Should we have him like MMA style me up and we start having a wrestling match and he cracks me and hits me with a knee and I'm out cold and throw it out or something?' They go 'No, we don't want that.' Vince wanted a very WWE style match.' All right, great. So we did that."
"A long time ago I was like every time a contract comes up I'm like, alright, I'm gonna get out of here. I have nothing left to do. I was kind of just sitting on the bench. I go, 'I'm gonna get out' and he goes, 'If you ever get out of here, I got some connections and I would like to help you out.' I'm like, 'Well, that's so cool. I don't know anybody or anything.' So years and years go by and I sent an email to the boss, Vince. At the time we were not sure actually what's going on, but I sent Vince an incredibly long email, 90% thankful, 'Oh my God. You guys are so great. You've taught me to do all this stuff.' 10%, 'This is messed up. I gotta get the hell out of here. There is no purpose for me to be getting paid millions of dollars to sit on the bench or be in a three minute match like a local.' I go, 'Pay locals to do this. There's no reason for me to be here.' I didn't hear anything back for two weeks and then I found out that I was released. I’m sorry. I sent that (letter) to a few different people. I don’t want to name names. but I sent it to very important people. Vince was the only one who wrote back instantly, and was like, 'This is a lot to unpack. Let's talk about it further.' I said, 'Sir, if you want me to fly to Stanford tomorrow, I will be on a flight' and he said, 'Thanks. We'll think about it', and then two weeks later, I was released or whatever. So a couple weeks later."
"So the first thing I want to do is like man, I've never done independents. I haven't gone out of the country, except for with WWE all those times, all these places. I go, well, I'm still friends with Shin. 'Hey Shin. Do you think I'm so good at wrestling?' and he laughed. I was like, 'What do you think about Japan?' and he's like, 'I got you.' Then put a couple pieces together and get to Rocky Romero, who is the go between, and luckily for me, they were happy and excited to have me. That was one of the first things I did when I got released. The first week this goes back and forth. It's set up and I'm not saying a word and no one's going to know and everyone thinks I'm retired or doing comedy, but sure as hell not going to Japan. Nobody sees this coming and I go, 'This is so great.' So we kept it very secretive, got everything done back and forth, and then even snuck in there and snuck out and nobody knew and everyone was kind of blown away.
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TNA Hard To Kill Drew Solid PPV Buys for a Loaded Show With Several Surprises - January 26, 2024
The numbers are in
TNA Wrestling officially returned earlier this month as the promotion rebranded at the Hard to Kill pay-per-view event that was a hit through the way of PPV buys from the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The show
The show featured several debuts, including former WWE stars Dana Brooke, Nic Nemeth (Dolph Ziggler), and Xia Brookside.
Alex Selley lost the World Heavyweight Title against Moose in the main event of the show. Trinity lost the Knockouts title to Jordynne Grace on the show as she is expected to return to WWE soon and has since finished up with the promotion.
PPV buys
While speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted the show likely did its biggest PPV buys since AEW's Kenny Omega beat Rich Swann to win the Impact World Title at the 2021 Rebellion. The final numbers are expected to be out in two weeks.
“The TNA Hard To Kill show did great. Right now, this is basically a week and a half out, so this number will grow. But it was at 8,000 on television, which is a really good number for TNA. I'm sure it's the biggest number that they've done since the Rich Swan-Kenny Omega match. And it actually has a fairly decent shot, I don't know about beating that one. But being in the same realm as that one. And it's possible that it could be the biggest since the Spike days, certainly already the third biggest since Spike days. The fact that they did this on a night that was against the NFL playoffs against [NJPW] Battle in the Valley, although they were not head to head completely with Battle in the Valley like the last hour, I think of TNA in the first hour of Battle in the Valley, we're head to head, but they were completely head to head with [AEW] Collision. So, to do a number that big against that football game and Collision and Battle in the Valley. I think that’s great. There's no other way to put it. That's great." Meltzer stated.
(Wrestling Observer/Figure 4)
Wrestling News
High-Flying Wrestling Fan Fest To Land In Ballarat
01 December 2023
The Allan Labor Government is backing a major boost to Ballarat’s events calendar, with the global professional wrestling convention Starrcast Downunder, headed for the Goldfields region from 10-14 April 2024.
Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events Steve Dimopoulos today announced Ballarat will host the first Starrcast pro wrestling event staged outside the United States, attracting fans from across the state, Australia and overseas to regional Victoria.
Held over five days, Starrcast will feature fan events, signing sessions, stage shows, and interactive panels across Ballarat Mining Exchange and Civic Hall alongside wrestling events at Selkirk Basketball Stadium – set to delight thousands of local and visiting fans.
The event has been made possible by the Regional Events Fund via Visit Victoria.
Legendary WWE Hall of Fame wrestler, Bret "The Hitman" Hart, and six-time WWE Women’s Champion Mickie James have signed on to lead the cadre of international wrestling stars to take part in the action.
Joining Hart and James at Starrcast Downunder will be a handful of soon-to-be-announced legends, alongside 30 Australian and international wrestlers who will put on three action-packed nights of wrestling throughout the event.
This will include an international wrestling show, an Australian showcase and Empowerr, the groundbreaking all-female wrestling show created by Mickie James in 2021.
The wrestling events will be streamed internationally from Selkirk Basketball Stadium, showcasing Ballarat to wrestling fans around the world.
It marks the most recent addition to Ballarat’s packed 2024 calendar of events, alongside the Road National Championships in January, two Western Bulldogs AFL matches at Mars Stadium, and the recently announced White Night Ballarat, which will take over the city in June.
For more information about the event, including future updates and tickets, visit oceaniaprowrestling.com.
Quote attributable to Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events Steve Dimopoulos
“We’re proud to support Starrcast Downunder – not just for the boost it will deliver to the region’s tourism sector, but because it joins the packed calendar of events bringing Ballarat to life for everybody to enjoy.”
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“This international exclusive event will bring pro wrestling fans up close to their favourite legends right here in Ballarat, adding to our already jam-packed events calendar.”
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“Starrcast Downunder will attract pro wrestling fans from across Victoria – and further afield – to Ballarat for an incredible five days of action, supporting local hospitality, hotels and keeping the economy booming.”
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“From stage shows, interactive panels and fan events, there will be something for everyone to enjoy at Starrcast Downunder. It’s going to be fantastic to see Ballarat’s local buildings and stadiums come alive with fans and wrestling legends from near and far.”
Five-day pro wrestling convention coming to Ballarat in 2024
Ballarat will be beamed across screens around the world when global professional wrestling convention Starrcast Downunder arrives in 2024.
It’s the first Starrcast pro wresting event to take place outside the USA, and will be in region from 10-14 April 2024.
Attracting fans from across Australia and overseas, the five-day event will include stage shows, signing sessions and interactive panels at the Ballarat Mining Exchange and Civic Hall, alongside wrestling events at Selkirk Basketball Stadium which will be streamed internationally.
Legendary WWE Hall of Fame wrestler, Bret “The Hitman” Hart, and six-time WWE Women’s Champion Mickie James have signed on to lead the cadre of international wrestling stars to take part in the action.
Announced by the Victorian Government on Friday 1 December, this event has been made possible by the Regional Events Fund via Visit Victoria.
For more information about the event, including future updates and tickets, visit oceaniaprowrestling.com
Wrestling Events Announced For Starrcast
News : 12-Jan-2024
The first two wrestling events of Starrcast Downunder have been announced!
Hall of Famer Bret Hart is set to curate Australian Stampede, the flagship event of Starrcast Downunder. The wrestling icon will showcase a thrilling card featuring top-notch international talent and Australia's own homegrown stars on Saturday, April 13th in Ballarat.
On the preceding day, Friday, April 12th, women's wrestling pioneer Mickie James will present H.E.R, a groundbreaking women's wrestling event at the heart of Starrcast Downunder in Ballarat. This event, following in the footsteps of Empowerr, will feature an unparalleled lineup with international sensations and Australia’s brightest talents. H.E.R promises to highlight the heart, athleticism, and drive of its trailblazing competitors.
Don't miss out on two massive nights of action– tickets will be available at the end of January.
HITMAN | A SUNDAY WITH BRET HART
Sunday April 14 2024
Civic Theatre, Ballarat
Starrcast Downunder invites fans on an unforgettable journey into the storied career of the legendary WWE Hall of Famer, Bret "The Hitman" Hart. This exclusive event promises an intimate and immersive experience as fans get up close and personal with one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time.
Step into the world of the Hitman as he takes the audience on a captivating exploration of his iconic career, sharing unique anecdotes, behind-the-scenes stories, and personal reflections that have shaped his illustrious journey in the world of sports entertainment. From his early days in the legendary Hart family wrestling dynasty to his rise as a global superstar, Bret Hart's narrative will provide a unique and genuine insight into the challenges and triumphs that defined his remarkable career.
The day will feature a special watchalong of Bret's legendary match with his brother Owen Hart at Wrestlemania X as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of that unforgettable match. Attendees will have the opportunity to watch the match alongside the man himself, gaining a deeper understanding of the in-ring psychology and artistry that set Bret Hart apart.
But the excitement doesn't end there – HITMAN will also include a highly anticipated Q&A session. Fans will have the chance to pose their burning questions directly to the Hitman, creating an interactive and engaging experience that adds a personal touch to the event.
To make the day even more special, special guests may make appearances, providing additional perspectives and anecdotes that add layers to the already rich tapestry of his professional journey. Whether it's fellow wrestlers, managers, or iconic personalities, these surprise guests will contribute to the nostalgic atmosphere of the event.
HITMAN is a must-attend for wrestling enthusiasts, offering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to celebrate the legacy of a true icon. Join us for an day filled with passion, nostalgia, and the unparalleled charisma of Bret "The Hitman" Hart – an event that will leave a lasting impact on fans and wrestling history alike.
Oceania Pro Wrestling
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With an emphasis on showcasing professional wrestling through our quality broadcasting and highly engaging fan experience model at events, with leadership by an experienced sporting executive with Australian and International connections, OPW will become a destination wrestling company for fans, promotions and commercial partners.
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IMPACT Wrestling
Global Wrestling phenomenon Impact Wrestling provided plenty of action both inside and outside of the ring with their tour down under thrilling crowds at the Equex Centre in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales.
The event broadcast live on pay-per-view featured three title matches, including a rematch from Against All Odds in the main event as Alex Shelley defeated Steve Maclin to retain the IMPACT World Championship.
Shelley defeated Maclin for the gold on June 9 and The Motor City Machine Gun kept ahold of the gold at Down Under night one after he countered a KIA attempt into Shellshock.
Night 1 Results:
• Slex def. Adam Brooks
• Gisele Shaw def. Erika Reid
• Joe Hendry (c) def. Eddie Edwards - Digital Media Championship
• Killer Kelly def. Aysha
• Chris Sabin (c) def. Frankie Kazarian & Robbie Eagles - X-Division Championship
• ABC (Ace Austin & Chris Bey) (c) def. Moose & Brian Myers
• Deonna Purrazzo def. Steph De Lander
• Alex Shelley (c) def. Steve Maclin - IMPACT World Championship
The second and final show of the Down Under Tour at the Equex Centre in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales saw three title matches with Slammiversary implications.
Joe Hendry defeated Moose to retain the IMPACT Digital Media Championship, Ace Austin & Chris Bey ended their one-year programme with The Motor City Machine Guns with a win for the IMPACT World Tag Team Champions, and Deonna Purrazzo picked up the win against Gisele Shaw in their Knockouts World Tag Team Title match.
Night 2 Results:
• Adam Brooks def. Robbie Eagles - Oceania Pro Wrestling World Championship
• The Natural Classics def. The Velocities
• Joe Hendry (c) def. Moose - IMPACT Digital Media Championship
• Eddie Edwards def. Slex
• Steph De Lander def. Killer Kelly
• Frankie Kazarian def. Brian Myers
• ABC (Ace Austin & Chris Bey) (c) def. The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) - IMPACT World Tag Team Championships
• Deonna Purrazzo (c) def. Gisele Shaw - IMPACT Knockouts World Championship
TNA iMPACT! on AXS TV Results: January 25, 2024
Results / January 25, 2024 / by IMPACT Wrestling Staff
A loaded episode of TNA iMPACT! comes to you from the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada!
Tonight’s iMPACT! is dedicated to the memory of Frank Caiazzo. RIP.
Chris Bey w/ Ace Austin vs Kevin Knight
Two of TNA’s most spectacular in-ring performers dazzle in a display of astounding athleticism. Jeff Timmons of 98 Degrees is seen at ringside. Bey emerges victorious with the Art of Finesse.
Chris Bey def Kevin Knight
The Grizzled Young Vets jump ABC from behind after the match, lay out Chris Bey with the Grit Your Teeth and stake their claim to the TNA World Tag Team Titles.
Undeniable. Irresistible. Unforgettable. She is Ash By Elegance.
Frankie Kazarian addresses his shocking actions from last week. He will explain himself next week but Rich Swann attempts to reason with Frankie. AJ Francis comes in and offers to be Rich Swann’s backup against Joe Hendry in an upcoming match.
Dirty Dango and Oleg Prudius vs Damian Drake and Dante King
Dirty Dango informs us that he hates pro wrestling. Dirty Dango takes a seat on the ramp as Prudius demolishes the competition. Dango takes the pin over Drake.
Dirty Dango and Oleg Prudius def Damian Drake and Dante King
Zack Gibson and James Drake state earlier tonight was a statement of intent. ABC look for a piece of GYV before Santino Marella makes a Best of 3 Series between the two teams for the TNA World Tag Team Titles starting next week.
Gia Miller speaks to Kazuchika Okada and The Motor City Machine Guns. They’re ready for The System in the main event.
Jordynne Grace vs Trinity for the Knockouts World Championship
This is Trinity’s contractual rematch after losing the championship at Hard To Kill. A handshake shows the respect between the competitors but Trinity takes the fight straight to Grace. After a series of back and forth pin attempts, Jordynne Grace uses the momentum of Trinity’s attempt to lock in Star Struck to score a quick pinfall victory.
Jordynne Grace def Trinity to retain the Knockouts World Championship
Gisele Shaw, Savannah Evans and Jai Vidal attack both Trinity and Jordynne Grace, leaving them laying as Gisele’s Ultimate X victory gives her a future Knockouts World Title shot.
The System discuss tonight’s main event – the system works and tonight it goes worldwide against the Guns and Okada.
Josh Alexander addresses the return of TNA and his victory over Will Ospreay last week. Alan Angels interjects and offers the Walking Weapon a spot on the premiere edition of his brand new talk show The Sound Check. After some insistence from Angels, Alexander agrees.
Nic Nemeth vs Zachary Wentz
Nic Nemeth competes in a TNA ring for the very first time. Wentz feigns an injury to distract the referee allowing Trey Miguel to grab Nemeth’s leg as Wentz takes control. Nemeth connects with Danger Zone for the victory.
Nic Nemeth def Zachary Wentz
Trey Miguel tries to get a piece of Nemeth after the match and eats a Danger Zone too. Steve Maclin jumps Nemeth and looks for the KIA but Nemeth connects with one more Danger Zone and stands tall.
Crazzy Steve addresses his recent Digital Media Title win at Countdown To Hard To Kill but is interrupted by Rhino. Rhino shoves Steve as Steve laughs maniacally.
Decay discuss their resurrection and Knockouts World Tag Team Title victory at Hard To Kill.
Dani Luna and Jody Threat vs MK Ultra
MK Ultra drop Threat with their tandem piledriver to return to winning ways after their title loss at Hard To Kill. MK Ultra also piledrive Luna after the match to assert their dominance.
MK Ultra def Dani Luna and Jody Threat
Next week on iMPACT!: Nic Nemeth vs Trey Miguel, we hear from Frankie Kazarian, Brian Myers vs Kevin Knight plus ABC vs GYV in the first match of the TNA World Tag Team Title Best of 3 Series.
The System (Eddie Edwards, Moose and Brian Myers) vs The Motor City Machine Guns and Kazuchika Okada
Kazuchika Okada makes his entrance to rapturous applause as he returns to TNA for the first time since 2011. Okada connects with the iconic Rainmaker on Brian Myers allowing Alex Shelley to follow up with Shellshock for the victory. Okada and The Guns celebrate their monumental victory.
The Motor City Machine Guns and Kazuchika Okada def The System (Eddie Edwards, Moose and Brian Myers)
After the credits, Mustafa Ali addresses TNA Wrestling.
TNA IMPACT! goes off the air.
(Credit: TNA Wrestling)
Google to tweak crypto ad policy, amplify Bitcoin ETF visibility - January 28, 2024
Google, a subsidiary of tech conglomerate Alphabet, is on the verge of a significant policy update set to take effect on Jan. 29, which could alter the landscape of cryptocurrency advertising.
Now that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) approved 11 spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs on Jan. 10, Google is expected to amend its rules and enable asset managers to advertise these products to a broader U.S. audience.
This move follows Google’s recent decision to broaden its cryptocurrency and related products’ policy, now providing advertisers with specific guidelines for promoting what it calls “cryptocurrency coin trusts.”
Advertisers eager to capitalize on Google’s platform, renowned for its expansive reach and high search volume, will now require certification to ensure compliance with the tech giant’s stringent requirements.
The significance of this development is highlighted by the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) converting to a spot Bitcoin ETF, coupled with the sanctioning of 10 other institutions to include spot BTC ETFs in their investment portfolios.
Crypto analysts are optimistic about the ramifications of this policy change on the digital currency sphere, as Google processes around 8.55 billion searches daily, according to DemandSage.
Can Google Ads tip the scales for Bitcoin ETFs?
The crypto community speculates that the heightened visibility of Bitcoin ETFs through Google’s ad platform may drive substantial awareness and investment in the space.
As such, companies operating within the spot Bitcoin ETF market could potentially witness a significant influx of interest from new segments of the public — not just from seasoned day traders or investors.
The update could also signal a shift in how cryptocurrency products are advertised, ensuring that ads meet legal requirements and are responsibly presented to an engaged audience.
Google’s policy change arrives at an opportune moment. The crypto market has seen fluctuating investor sentiment toward spot Bitcoin ETFs over the past week.
On Jan. 24, Bitcoin ETFs saw an influx of approximately $270 million, counterbalanced by significant withdrawals — most notably from Grayscale Investment’s Bitcoin ETF—totaling a net outflow of around $153 million.
The trend did not improve, with Jan. 25 witnessing a continuation of the withdrawal streak, marking a fourth consecutive day of net outflows over the last week, totaling up to $80 million, specifically from the funds recognized by the SEC.
Despite these challenging dynamics, crypto commentators feel Google’s policy shift could potentially open doors to a flood of new investors. The increased visibility and imposed certification could counterbalance the recent outflows from the spot Bitcoin ETFs, signaling a possible rebound as we edge closer to the Jan. 29 policy implementation date.
UFC 298 CARD FILLS OUT WITH FOUR INTRIGUING BOUTS - January 27, 2024
UFC’s Return To Anaheim Receives A Quartet Of Fascinating Bouts
For UFC’s first visit to California since August 2022 for UFC 298: Volkanovski vs Topuria, the Anaheim fans will receive a treat of a card top to bottom. While most eyes will be trained toward Alexander Volkanovski’s featherweight title defense against the undefeated Ilia Topuria as well as Robert Whittaker’s bout against Paulo Costa. Fun fights are abundant in the organization’s second pay-per-view of 2024, including four more just added to the slate.
Road to UFC winner Rinya Nakamura returns for his second official UFC bout against Carlos Vera. The Japanese bantamweight tallied six of his eight wins via finish and hopes to pick up his first official UFC stoppage after his decision win over Fernie Garcia in Singapore. Carlos Vera comes into the organization having just competed on the most recent season of The Ultimate Fighter during which he lost to eventual tournament winner Brad Katona. He steps in hoping to have a successful UFC debut.
Welterweights Josh Quinlan and Danny Barlow feature on the card as well. Quinlan, a Dana White’s Contender Series alumnus split his first two UFC bouts to Jason Witt and Trey Waters, and after injuries and a cancelled bout kept him out of the Octagon since his lost to Waters, he hopes to get a bounce back win over Barlow. A fellow DWCS alumnus, Barlow earned his contract with a first-round knockout of Raheam Forest In September 2023. The undefeated Barlow racked up four knockouts and one submission on his climb to the organization, and he hopes to stretch his undefeated record to 8-0 on February 17.
Another welterweight contest goes down as Oban Elliott and Val Woodburn lock horns. Woodburn is hoping to bounce back after suffering a knockout loss to Bo Nickal at UFC 290, which was his first professional loss in mixed martial arts. Meanwhile, Elliott aspires to become one of the best Welsh mixed martial artists after competing on at Cage Warriors and Dana White’s Contender Series, the latter of which he won a fight via majority decision in August 2023. “The Welsh Gangster” has proven durable, and the two are surely desperate to get their hands raised in Anaheim.
Finally, two middleweights hoping to finally get their breakout moment square off as DWCS alumnus AJ Dobson and The Ultimate Fighter graduate Tresean Gore are set to fight. Dobson came into the organization with high expectatioins, and after dropping his first two bouts, he earned his first UFC win over Tafon Nchukwi in August 2023. The Ohio-bred grinder believes he now has the right things around him and in place to climbt he division’s ladder. He’ll be hard pressed against Gore, however. One of the highest touted prospects on his season of The Ultimate Fighter, Gore couldn’t parlay that into wins in his first two trips to the Octagon. That said, he bounced back with a viscious submission win over Josh Fremd in October 2022. He was originally slated to fight Bo Nickal at UFC 290 before injuries prevented that matchup, so he is in search of momentum ahead to once again chase his championship aspirations.
Stay tuned to UFC.com for any updates or changes to all events.
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Google lays off hundreds of employees in advertising sales team
Google is laying off hundreds of employees in its advertising sales team, the Alphabet-owned Google opens new tab company said on Tuesday, marking the latest cuts at the search giant.
The move adds to signs that job cuts will continue this year, as companies look to adopt artificial intelligence software and automation to lighten workloads.
Last week, Google said it would lay off several employees in its Voice Assistant units, hardware teams responsible for Pixel, Nest and Fitbit, as well as in its augmented reality team.
Google's customer solutions unit, which serves medium-level advertiser clients, will be the core team for growth moving forward, the company said.
Business Insider first reported the news earlier in the day.
Amazon opens new tab also said last week that it would lay off several hundred employees in its streaming and studio operations and 500 workers at its video streaming platform, Twitch.
Last month, Google - once touted as a leader in spurring AI research - unveiled its long-awaited AI model Gemini, as the company attempts to catch up to Microsoft, opens new tab in the AI race.
In January 2023, Alphabet announced plans to cut 12,000 jobs, or 6% of its global workforce.
(Wires, X, Alphabet, News and AI!)
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Elon Musk's X receives money transmitter license in Utah
Elon Musk's social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday received a money-transmitter license from Utah, the 15th U.S. state to grant approval as the company explores offering payment features.
Utah granted the approval on Friday, according to the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System & Registry, opens new tab, an online database.
It grants the company the ability similar to PayPal's, opens new tab Venmo, to facilitate money transfers and makes way for the company to allow users to send money to one another.
The push into payments could help X diversify its business beyond digital advertising, which has suffered setbacks since Musk took ownership.
Some major advertisers paused their spending or fled the platform after Musk last year agreed with an X user who espoused an antisemitic conspiracy theory.
Speaking at a New York Times DealBook event later that month, the billionaire CEO made a profane comment about brands that had suspended their ads on X.
Since acquiring Twitter in October 2022, Musk has said he envisions remodeling the company into the purveyor of an "everything app" similar to popular Chinese app WeChat, which lets users send messages but also hail a taxi or pay merchants.
The company received its first state money-transmitter license in New Hampshire in June last year and also got approved by Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia, Maryland and Michigan.
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Mark Zuckerberg to be deposed in Texas multibillion-dollar suit targeting Meta for ‘secretly harvesting’ facial recognition without customer consent
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg will be called for a deposition in a lawsuit accusing Meta of “secretly harvesting” biometric data from its users.
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg will be deposed as part of a Texas lawsuit accusing the Facebook and Instagram parent of using facial recognition technology without customer consent.
A Texas state appeals court upheld a lower court’s decision requiring Zuckerberg to give testimony in the case.
The lawsuit, originally filed in 2022, accused Meta of “secretly harvesting” biometric data from its users in violation of state law.
The decision was a blow to Meta, which had sought to avoid having its boss deposed. Meanwhile, Texas argued Zuckerberg should be compelled to sit because he has “unique personal knowledge of discoverable information relevant to its claims,” the filing said.
Meta did not immediately return a request for comment on the court ruling.
Bloomberg was first to report on the decision.
The Texas lawsuit alleged that Meta gleaned the biometric data from photos and videos uploaded by users, shared the information with others and then “failed to destroy collected identifiers within a reasonable time.”
Texas is said to be seeking hundreds of billions of dollars in civil penalties – with fines of up to $25,000 for every violation of applicable state laws.
Meta has described the suit as “without merit.”
When the lawsuit was filed in February 2022, Texas Attorney General Ken Patton accused the company of attempting to “take advantage of people and their children with the intent to turn a profit at the expense of one’s safety and well-being.”
In November 2021, the Facebook parent said it would shut down its facial recognition program and proceeded to delete related data for more than a billion users.
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Aussie Crypto Biz News
Some of Australia's largest retail brokers are working to allow local investors access to bitcoin spot price ETFs launching in the United States after they were approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Local exchanges reported that trading volumes for bitcoin and other currencies had more than doubled on Thursday, although the price remained steady.
The SEC decision means major financial institutions – including BlackRock, Grayscale, VanEck, Franklin Templeton, Fidelity and six others – will be allowed to issue securities that will be linked to the price movements of the 15-year-old cryptocurrency. The new spot ETFs are set to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq on Thursday night.
The New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq and Cboe Global Markets have all received permission to list the spot-bitcoin ETFs. BlackRock, Fidelity and Grayscale have already announced their fee plans for investors, marking the start of a fierce battle to attract investor money to the new asset class.
Australia is set to allow a local spot bitcoin ETF in the first half of this year.
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January 16, 2024
Let's go ringside with Vic Joseph @VicJosephWWE and Booker T @BookerT5x for the call of the action!
Carmelo Hayes & Trick Williams vs. Edris Enofé & Malik Blade: NXT highlights, Jan. 16, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FrWJ0jtn_s&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE
"Big splash. Into the cover. Hook of the leg to advance" Vic Joseph
"You asked the question - are these two on the same page. Looking at 'em right now man, they look like they are totally, totally, in-sync. I'm talking about working as a well oiled machine man" Booker T
"That's part of the game for these two as there's been a lot of questions"... VJ
Baron Corbin and Bron Breakker brainstorm team names: NXT highlights, Jan. 16, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOePeuR2FLo&ab_channel=WWE
The LWO is focused on winning the Dusty Cup: WWE NXT exclusive, Jan. 16, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEhyWSts1Sw&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE
Lyra Valkyria & Tatum Paxley vs. Lola Vice & Elektra Lopez: NXT highlights, Jan. 16, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7be7suMtaeA&t=4s&ab_channel=WWE
FULL MATCH – Women’s No. 1 Contender Battle Royal – Fatal 4-Way Finale: Jan. 16, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHUupf-ojiM&ab_channel=WWE
Trey Bearhill vs. Dijak: NXT highlights, Jan. 16, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pORRSZ5VcOA&ab_channel=WWE
JBL gives Josh Briggs some advice: NXT highlights, Jan. 16, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1S67B1PeLg&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE
Dijak is going to show Joe Gacy what crazy looks like: WWE NXT exclusive, Jan. 16, 2024
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Media Man: Very solid. Loving the Wolf Dogs. Need to see much more of the farm or any other venues with Fallon Henley and Tiffany Stratton. From squared circle to paddock to bull riding, best of show and beyond. Yee Haw! Let's see some gold on Lexis King. King of his own domain. Future King Of The Ring. WWE legend JBL with great advise: "I want you to show NXT, WWE, who you are"!
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Strickland vs du Plessis - Bad Blood | UFC 297
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"When your about to go fight a man, whatever thoughts, doubts, fear, hesitation, you know, that's all just the coward in your brain".. Sean Strickland @SStricklandMMA
FULL EPISODE | UFC 297 Countdown
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"In the annuals of UFC history, dominant UFC title holders were crowned." Narrator
"One of the most diverse fighters in the history of the sport" Joe Rogan
STRICKLAND vs DU PLESSIS | UFC 297 Countdown
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UFC 297 Embedded: Vlog Series - Episode 2
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"Ah, so right now, Sean's going to teach me how to fight"... Nina Drama
UFC 297 Embedded: Vlog Series - Episode 1
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"We're going in my buddy's gun shop"... Sean Strickland
PENNINGTON vs BUENO SILVA | UFC 297 Countdown
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Raw’s most shocking moments: Raw highlights, Jan. 15, 2024
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"Do you remember the last match I had before I returned to WWE? It was with you. And I remember what you told me after that match. Do you remember? You said I was going to be a future world champion. And I've done it twice".. Drew McIntyre
"Since we're talking about stepping up, A assure you Drew, this is not an act"... Cody Rhodes
Media Man: Loving the storylines and in-ring promos built on actual history. The ups and downs of the pro wrestling industry and life in general. The story backed up by the amazing in-ring history makes the best version of professional wrestling. Master storytelling as we approach the Royal Rumble in just a few short weeks. Big thumbs up.
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Report: Brands face marketing challenges in an AI world - January 17, 2024
After a challenging 2023, WARC Media predicts global advertising spend will double its growth in 2024 with spend expected to top $1 trillion for the first time. Just five companies – Alibaba, Alphabet, Amazon, Bytedance and Meta – are forecast to attract over half (51.9 per cent) of global advertising spend this year as their ad revenues rise by 10.7 per cent.
Key to this growth is the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI). However, the growth of AI raises challenging questions about media quality and the future of advertising on the open internet.
With concerns around media quality affecting all aspects of media planning and buying, The Future of Media 2024 report takes a look at platform power in the era of AI, the current state of linear TV, the future of attention measurement, and the growth of in-game advertising.
Paul Stringer, Managing Editor, Research & Insights, WARC, commented: “As marketing budgets rebound in 2024, uncertainty swirls around where best to direct investments in media, the role of AI in planning, and how to assess media quality. And as politics temporarily engulf culture with impending elections in several major economies, and the threat of low-quality AI generated content looms large, media environments that can offer suitable guarantees around brand safety will take on extra value. With this report we aim to provide insights and data enabling marketers to be better equipped to make informed decisions and plan for success in the year ahead.”
Key trends outlined in The Future of Media 2024 are:
AI-based advertising solutions grow but force advertisers into trade-offs
Walled garden platforms are expanding their reach and influence in advertising, thanks in part to the adoption of new AI-based capabilities, such as Meta’s Advantage+ and Google’s Performance Max.
While this has generated a fair deal of excitement among advertisers, these trends have also prompted fresh concerns about advertising transparency and increased speculation about the future of advertising on the open web.
For agencies and brands, transparency should be prioritised when working with AI-based tools, AI-generated content is a threat to media quality and brand safety, and brands should take steps to protect their investments in open web advertising.
Linear TV consumption continues its gradual decline but age matters
Linear TV (broadcast and cable) consumption has been in gradual decline over the last decade, particularly with young audiences. Despite remaining the most trusted medium, there is a sense that this decline has accelerated over the last year.
According to WARC data, global Linear TV ad spend decreased by 5.4 per cent in 2023 and data from WARC’s 2024 Marketer’s Toolkit shows that only 18 per cent of marketers worldwide plan to increase their investment in linear TV this year, while 39 per cent plan to withdraw spend.
However, actual time spent consuming TV only declined on average by 3 minutes daily (2.7 per cent) in 2023. WARC Media forecasts global linear TV consumption to decline by a further 2 minutes per day (1.9 per cent) in 2024, meaning people will continue to spend more time with linear TV than streaming video, streaming music, or listening to podcasts.
Dave Campanelli, EVP/Chief Investment Officer, Horizon Media, says: “We hear a lot about ‘linear is dead’. People are still watching linear TV. They tend to be older, but they are still watching linear TV. And it’s 50 per cent of this whole pie. Our budgets need to represent that, depending on your age segment and who you’re going after.”
Attention measurement at a crossroads
An increasing number of brands and agencies are embracing attention measurement as a means of assessing creative and media quality. However, a lack of common standards and substantial evidence are two potential barriers to attention measurement achieving widespread adoption and legitimacy.
A common criticism of attention measurement is that it is strongly biased towards visual media. The top tools used across all companies are eye tracking (50 per cent), survey-based ad recall (46 per cent), tuning duration/dwell time (42 per cent) and facial coding (42 per cent).
The need to understand how attention works across different media channels and formats is resulting in more research and the building of new models of media quality. Brands and agencies should scrutinise vendor tools and methods, conduct their own experiments into attention to determine its value to their advertising, and prove the business effects of attention.
Karen Nelson-Field, Founder and CEO, Amplified Intelligence, said: “It’s clear that the industry needs more robust evidence [for attention measurement] to convince CFOs and procurement teams that low-cost media doesn’t necessarily equate to efficiency. When we focus on business effects and align with the goals of CFOs, the industry as a whole will benefit.”
The growth of in-game advertising
With a global audience of over 3 billion, gaming has developed into one of the most popular and pervasive forms of entertainment in the world, but remains a largely untapped opportunity for brands. Research by IAB estimates that gaming accounts for 5 per cent of advertiser budgets.
Offering increasing amounts of ad inventory and a highly engaged and diverse audience, there are shifts taking place across the wider gaming industry that signal the potential for further growth:
(1) major acquisitions such as Microsoft’s $69 billion purchase of Activision and Sony’s purchase of Bungie and Savage Game Studios; (2) the continual leveraging of gaming IP in new TV and movie releases; (3) the growth of cloud-based game streaming services; (4) investment from new entrants such as Netflix, Amazon and Bytedance.
PWC estimates that video game advertising revenues will be worth $91 billion in 2024, meaning gaming would be the fifth largest channel by advertising spend, behind search, social media, linear TV and retail media.
According to WARC’s Marketer’s Toolkit Survey 2024, more than half (51 per cent) of advertisers plan to increase their investments in gaming next year, but authenticity and integration are key to success.
(Advanced Television)
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Mixed Martial Arts Media World and Fans respond well to announced PFL @PFLMMA card line-up
"And you know I'm always curious as well as to how the fans feel about news and whatno, especially when I'm hearing about things a couple of weeks out, and I have to say, and I think you know this to a degree, when your not the UFC the fans, especially on Twitter and social media can be a little harsh right because they've been supporting the UFC for so long. I was kind of blown away by the response yesterday"... - Ariel Helwani
"We held nothing back for fans" Donn Davis
"Current fans, skeptical or not yet a fan..said, You moved up two or three notches as far as interest and certainly respect" DD
"..All we're trying to tell fans is MMA is big. There's 650 million fans out there" Donn Davis
"UFC puts on a great product. We put on a different and unique, great product. Check it out" Donn Davas, PFL (Professional Fighters League)..
"It ain't either or. This ain't Coke or Pepsi. PLF's doing a whole different thing".."and we're doing a whole different thing for fans and a whole different thing for fighters, and I think yesterday people started to get that vibe".. "So we're delighted on how it all came together" Donn Davis
"Mega Event" DD
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PFL Champions vs Bellator Champions is OFFICIAL for Feb 24th!
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Riyadh Season has revealed that the Professional Fighters League (PFL) and the General Entertainment Authority (GEA) will host an unprecedented pay- per-view mega event – PFL Champions vs. Bellator Champions – from the state-of the-art Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, February 24. This unprecedented Champions vs Champions fight card features four co-main fights of current PFL Champions vs current Bellator Champions. In addition, the card features two compelling match-ups of previous PFL title challenges vs previous Bellator title challengers. (Credit: PFL)
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Media Man: Stronger than average interview and fight card. Credit where credit is due. Mixed martial arts world buzz continues.
PFL vs Bellator fight card
Feb. 24, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Main card (ESPN+ PPV at 3 p.m. ET):
Renan Ferreira vs Ryan Bader
Impa Kasanganay vs Johnny Eblen
Magomed Magomedkerimov vs Jason Jackson
Jesus Pinedo vs Patricio Pitbull
Bruno Cappelozza vs Vadim Nemkov
Thiago Santos vs Yoel Romero
Clay Collard vs AJ McKee
Prelims (ESPN News/ESPN+ at 12:30 p.m. ET):
Gabriel Braga vs Aaron Pico
Biaggio Ali Walsh vs Chris Morris
Claressa Shields vs Kelsey DeSantis
Abdullah Al-Qahtani vs Edukondal Rao
Malik Basahel vs Vinicius Pereira
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Samoa Joe’s FIRST AEW World Title defense! Joe vs FTW Champ Hook! | 1/17/24, AEW Dynamite
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"Managed Joe years ago. Joe knew Hook when he was little" Taz
"Not little any more"
"A wild right hand and he's got the champion on his hands and knees"
"That can certainly be an advantage. I mean Hook has grown as a professional wrestler watching Samoa Joe. Watching his win titles"
"See that right hand. In front of our desk here" Taz
Media Man: Great match between Joe and Hook. Both legit bad asses. Hook, Hook, Hook! One of our favourite AEW pro wrestling matches ever! Hook mania running wild! FTW vs AEW lockerroom and beyond. Hook tipped as future world champ. Shoots and hooks matter. This ain't ballet folks. Those who can wrestler. Those who can't or fittest days are past are media, fans or both!
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Nick Aldis on wrestling for WWE: 'I'll cross that bridge if I come to it' Aldis isn't closing the door on competing in a WWE ring - January 2024
Though he's having a blast in his current role, Nick Aldis isn't ruling out the possibility of wrestling in WWE.
Aldis joined WWE as a producer last summer and has now been working as an on-screen character for three months. He was introduced as the new SmackDown general manager on October 13.
Aldis has been involved in a power struggle with Roman Reigns and The Bloodline on WWE television, leading some fans to speculate that a Reigns vs. Aldis match could happen one day. Aldis told the Daily Mail that he's grateful for the fans who want to see him compete in a WWE ring. Aldis is fully committed to his GM role right now but believes that anything is possible in WWE.
Anything is possible in the WWE. I deeply appreciate all of the fans who keep me alive in that regard, who want to see me in the ring with this person or that person. Since my interaction with Roman, that started a whole different conversation in that regard.
I'm just grateful that there's an interest in it. At the same time, I'm fully committed to being the best general manager of all time, so I'll cross that bridge if I come to it.
When Aldis departed the NWA, he knew that he wanted to end up with some kind of a job in WWE. Aldis wanted the chance to contribute in the big leagues.
I've been having a blast. I've come in blessed with the gift of managed expectations. I had sort of made peace with the idea that maybe WWE was never going to be on the cards for me at all. So I certainly have come in with a level of gratitude that I perhaps wouldn't have had as a guy in his 20s.
I came in on a on a day rate, try out as a producer behind the scenes, which I, again, had fully made peace with the idea of if that's going to be my job, then that's going to be my job, and I'll do that job to the best of my ability, because I decided that at this point in my life and my career, I wanted to contribute to the big leagues.
That may be because I put in my 10,000 hours, I felt like I had done enough and had enough experience, enough expertise and my own unique sort of philosophy and my own track record of success in the wrestling business that I was ready to work at the top level. I felt one way or another that my skill set as a professional was best suited to be contributing to the number one company.
I finished up with the NWA. And at that time, I decided that if there was any kind of opportunity whatsoever with WWE, that was where I wanted to be. I felt like I'd done everything I could do at a place with limited resources and just decided one way or another that I wanted a chance to contribute there.
Aldis was a two-time Worlds Heavyweight Champion while with the NWA. He's also a former TNA World Champion.
On SmackDown two weeks ago, Aldis announced that Reigns will defend his Undisputed WWE Universal Championship against Randy Orton, LA Knight, and AJ Styles in a fatal four-way match at the Royal Rumble. Aldis made the announcement after The Bloodline disrupted an Orton vs. Knight vs. Styles number one contender's match.
Nic Nemeth On Why He Chose To Confront Moose at TNA Hard to Kill
In an interview for TNA’s Instagram (via Fightful), Nic Nemeth explained why he chose to confront Moose for his TNA debut at this past Saturday’s Hard to Kill PPV. Nemeth will appear on tonight’s Impact on AXS TV to explain his actions.
He said: “I wasn’t focused on Moose [at TNA Hard To Kill], and I wasn’t even focused on the championship, which I have thought about non-stop for a long time. Like I said, I go, where can I pinpoint the moment where people will make it the most memorable? I did 20 years in one company. I get one chance to make a second impression here on the world. That will be the biggest possible moment and the most talked-about, I think. I really think that helps myself and the company. I didn’t have a plan. Moose is in my target, I got him. I was watching that title match going, whoever wins, I’m sliding in there and going, ‘Here I am, let’s go.’ So I don’t exactly know what my focus is, other than, I have earned everything that I’ve worked for, to a point where I go, I don’t want to stroll in here and be like, ‘Hey, I showed up through the crowd so you gotta give me a title shot,’ or, ‘I’m famous, so I get a ….’ No, I wanted to make my mark there, and now I focus on, where can I fit in? Where can I start building blocks to make myself to where I’m not presenting it, but the world goes, this should be the number one contender, and here’s why. Then, when that happens, I’ll know that I’ll be able to sleep at night going, I have proven myself worthy of a title shot. Okay, now let’s focus on the champion. No, I’m not hand-picking anything: I’m here, and I said, I am lucky to be here, I’m happy to be here. If I get some more eyes on TNA, hell yeah, that rocks. Let me know where I start, and I’m coming in with my lunchbox and ready to go. I’m gonna prove it in the ring every single night that says, we need to do something else. We need to get this guy in the title picture, he has earned it. But I gotta put in the time first and the effort. I’m not all show and all talk. I’m gonna earn it, but I want the TNA locker room and the audience to be going, this is the guy. He deserves a shot. Not me walking in and saying, ‘Hey, give me a shot.’ Hell no. I would never do it that way the rest of my life. There’s no way I’ll do it now. I want to make this count. I want it to be special.“
TNA Wrestling: TNA Champion Moose Says TNA Wrestling now in "Hot Spot" - 18th January 2024
"Even though he took me out, which I'm going to get mine back when the time is right, but let's leave that alone. Talking about Nic coming into the company, I think it's huge for TNA. Obviously, I'm a huge fan of his. He's a superstar. He's done everything in professional wrestling, he's been World Champion, he's been a tag team guy, he's won every single title you can think about. He's been all over the world. He has a huge buzz going right now. For him to pick TNA over AEW and New Japan or any other company, that shows that TNA is a hot spot right now. I'm happy he's part of the team, I'm happy I get to do something down the road with him. I'm happy that TNA is starting to be a spot where people want to come. Same thing with Ash By Elegance, her picking us over other companies out there, I'm happy she is part of the team and I can't wait to see what the future brings with Nic and Ash.”
Kazuchika Okada to leave New Japan Pro-Wrestling - January 19, 2024
Thank you for supporting New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
Kazuchika Okada will be leaving New Japan Pro-Wrestling after the conclusion of his contract on January 31 2024.
We apologise to fans for the abrupt nature of this announcement, but join them in wishing Okada the very best in his future.
As the New Beginning series begins this weekend, Okada will appear on February dates on February 11 in Osaka, and February 23 and 24 in Sapporo. Changes will be made to forthcoming cards with an announcement to follow.
We appreciate your understanding and continued support.
Kazuchika Okada statement:
I have nothing but gratitude for having been a part of New Japan Pro-Wrestling since 2007, and for NJPW bringing me from a 19 year old kid off the plane in Mexico to the Rainmaker I am today. Thank you to the best of companies in NJPW, to the best of opponents that I’ve been able to face here, and to the best of fans that have cheered and booed over the years. I promise to make it rain in every match I have left, so keep watching.
WWE
SmackDown preview, Jan. 19, 2024: Huge Contract Signing for Royal Rumble set
Don't miss SmackDown, this Friday at 8/7 C on FOX!
Next week on SmackDown, Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns, Randy Orton, LA Knight and AJ Styles will be in the ring to sign the contract for their monumental title match at Royal Rumble.
The last time all four men shared the ring, utter bedlam erupted as The Bloodline attacked Styles, Orton and Knight while they were competing in a Triple Threat Match to determine who would challenge Reigns at Royal Rumble.
What will happen when these four dynamic Superstars participate in what seems certain to be a volatile contract signing?
Don’t miss SmackDown, next week at 8/7 C on FOX!
"The Kevin Owens Show" to welcome U.S Champ Logan Paul
A special edition of "The Kevin Owens Show" is coming to Friday Night SmackDown as the No. 1 Contender to the United States Title welcomes the champion, Logan Paul.
Owens earned the right to face The Maverick after winning the United States Title Tournament by defeating Santos Escobar in the finals, a result that clearly bothered Paul.
The last time the two Superstars came face-to-face, Owens knocked out the champion with a brutal punch from his casted right hand, so there's no telling what will happen they meet again live on Friday at 8/7 C on FOX!
The LWO to take on Santos Escobar, Angel and Humberto in Six-Man Tag Team action
Carlito, Joaquin Wilde and Cruz Del Toro will represent The LWO against their bitter rivals Santos Escobar, Angel and Humberto in a Six-Man Tag Team Match.
Since Escobar turned his back on The LWO, WWE Hall of Famer Rey Mysterio, Carlito, Wilde and Del Toro have been waiting for their chance at payback, and it will finally come on Friday Night SmackDown.
With the numbers not in his favor, Escobar brought Angel and Humberto from NXT to form Legado World Order.
Don't miss this Six-Man Tag Team Match live on Friday Night SmackDown at 8/7 C on FOX!
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Wrestler Grayson Waller’s defiant response to Sunrise controversy - January 19th, 2024
An Aussie wrestler isn’t backing down after he caused chaos live on Sunrise this week, threatening to punch a crew member.
By Nick Bond
Australian wrestling champ Grayson Waller has shared a simple public response to the controversy over his chaotic appearance on Sunrise earlier this week.
Waller was appearing on Tuesday’s episode of Sunrise alongside US wrestler LA Knight, and lost his temper when hosts Natalie Barr and Matt Doran attempted to goad them into showing off some of their moves on a willing crew member.
“I don’t think you understand – if I come over there right now, we’re going to have the police here, cos I’m not going to give you some fake punch. I’m going to punch you straight in the jaw,” Waller said, as Doran struggled to contain him while the crew member quickly scarpered from the set.
To the average viewer, it was a shocking outburst – but as the clip circulated online, wrestling fans were quick to praise Waller. They insisted his trash-talk had actually diffused the situation, and was a better option than what the Sunrise hosts were suggesting he do: Potentially hurt a member of their staff.
Waller posted a photo to his Twitter account yesterday that would’ve been cryptic to many, but one that meant something to wrestling fans:
The photo in question is from an infamous 1988 encounter between wrestler David Schultz and reporter John Stossel, who was at the time working on an ‘expose’ on the world of professional wrestling.
“I think this is fake,” Stossel told the wrestler, which got an immediate – and violent – response.
‘You think this is fake?” Schultz asked, before smacking the reporter across the face, leaving him cowering on the ground.
“You think that’s fake? What the hell’s wrong with you? That’s an open-hand slap, huh?”
Schultz continued, before walloping Stossel again, leaving him to flee down the corridor.
The wrestling faithful knew exactly what Waller was referencing just from the screenshot of Schultz – and applauded him for standing his ground on Sunrise.
“That was awesome. Good on you for sticking up for wrestling. They were totally disrespectful,” wrote one follower.
“I saw you in a different light today, Grayson. Good on you,” said another.
“My respect for you has risen tenfold,” another fan tweeted.
After footage of Waller’s outburst went viral on social media – one clip alone has been viewed more than 1.5 million times – fans praised him his respect for “kayfabe”, a wrestling term used to describe the convention of presenting staged performances as genuine or authentic.
“That was absolutely f**king brilliant from Waller there. He protected kayfabe, he protected Knight. He was so sharp and on the ball. I was already a fan of his but my respect for him just grew a lot from this,” gushed one fan.
Waller’s face might be familiar to reality TV fans: He was a controversial contestant on the 2019 season of Australian Survivor, where he proved divisive among his fellow contestants and viewers due to his aggressive nature in challenges.
Teammate and former AFL player Abby Holmes dubbed him an “actual idiot,” but Farrelly, who is also a high school teacher when he’s not wrestling, soon embraced the epithet, selling “ACTUAL IDIOT” T-shirts at his wrestling matches.
“I had a feeling that most of my airtime was probably going to be me yelling and screaming, and I’m OK with that,” he told news.com.au after his elimination from the show.
(News Corp)
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UFC - Foxtel Group Pay-Per-View Partnership
January 2024
Kayo Sports (part of The Foxtel Group), out of Australia, and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) @UFC have officially commenced a new multi-year agreement from January 1, 2024, which sees Main Event @MainEventTV – available only on Kayo Sports and Foxtel – become the exclusive home of UFC Pay-Per-View events down under in Australia aka Terror Australis! The readership knows we like media on the edge, so we've got to slip the Aussie slang in every now and again to suit the theme right.
The first Pay-Per-View (PPV) exclusive event will see UFC middleweight Champion Sean "Tarzan" Strickland make his virgin title defence against South African Dricus "Stillknocks" Du Plessis as they marquee UFC 297 direct from Toronto on January 21.
This partnership casts Main Event as the undisputed home of PPV in Australia, with a prized tradition of showcasing the biggest UFC fights across the globe, as well as being a key part of seeing up and coming top range fighters climb to the top since 2008.
Under the terms of the new agreement, fans looking to hit up a buy of a UFC PPV will be redirected to Foxtel and Kayo Sports’ Main Event platform for exclusive access to world class matches. UFC Fight Pass will continue to broadcast live UFC fights, including the Preliminary bouts to UFC PPV events and each UFC Fight Night event in its entirety, in addition to live and on-demand combat sports and unforgettable archived bouts from around the world.
In addition to all the UFC PPV events, sports fans can expect a full menu of UFC content, including UFC Fight Nights, UFC Pay-Per-View Prelims, UFC Countdown, DC & RC, plus selected titles from UFC’s Fight Library on ESPN, available on Kayo Sports and Foxtel.
Ahead of the UFC’s first PPV event in 2024, Australian foodie critic, MasterChef Australia judge and self-confessed fanatic Melissa Leong will host UFC Fight Week on Wednesday, January 17, available on Kayo Sports and Foxtel. Melissa will be joined by panellists Tyson Pedro and Dan Hooker as they break down UFC 297 and interview Middleweight Champion Sean Strickland and Dricus Du Plessis. The show will be replayed daily leading up to the event.
UFC’s popularity has boomed since it was first broadcast in Australia in 2008. There are now in excess of 700 million UFC fans across the globe. In Australia and New Zealand, UFC counts more than 4.3 million fans and features the youngest fan base of any professional sport in Australia with 48 per cent aged between 18-39. These stats are gold to the business of sports marketing, sports media and other associated business arms.
“We’re excited to strengthen and expand our relationship with the UFC, the fastest growing sport in the world, and 2024 will deliver a line-up of epic battles, kicking on January 21 with UFC 297,” said Rebecca McCloy, executive director of commercial sport at Foxtel Group.
“Foxtel and Kayo Sports are the best sports broadcasters in the country and they have backed UFC in Australia since the beginning. Together, we will continue to grow UFC in Australia and they will be the destination for the biggest and baddest fights we put on year-round,” said UFC president Dana White.
It will be a full UFC schedule on Main Event in 2024. Following UFC 297, all eyes will turn to Australia’s fan-favourite UFC Featherweight Champion Alexander Volkanovski for his much-anticipated title defence against Georgian Ilia Topuria at UFC 298 in California on February 18.
Media Man: Combat sports PPVs certainly have boomed in Australia since circa 1996 to 2000 when we most closely collaborated and cross promoted with Main Event while working for Optus Vision/Communications in a full-time capacity. The UFC continued to build upon the earlier success of pro boxing and pro wrestling on pay-per-view. The YouTube and social media based features are great, but there's nothing quite like a main event MMA match on PPV for those who live and breath combat sports. Many fighters and former fighters these days even have their own channels across the internet. Exciting times for combat sports fans as well as for those who work in and around the industry. Another chance to ground and pound and KO with the best of them thanks to the UFC, Kayo Sports and Main Event.
Videos To Help Get Casual and Hardcore Fans Up To Speed on UFC 297
(Sources: UFC, Main Event and News)
UFC Official YouTube
UFC 297 Embedded: Vlog Series - Episode 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G8qz_UVusA&ab_channel=UFC
UFC 297 Embedded: Vlog Series - Episode 6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=virYgBbiSog&ab_channel=UFC
UFC 297: Final Faceoffs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ipEXK1tHQA&ab_channel=UFC
Main Event Official YouTube
Dana White: New Home of the UFC l Main Event
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaKiSNkC6cM&ab_channel=mainevent
Chael Sonnen Official YouTube
The Rise of Sean Strickland & Dricus Du Plessis | UFC 297
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR8DxSWk3Tc&t=53s&ab_channel=ChaelSonnen
Daniel Cormier Official YouTube
Sean Strickland WARNS Du Plessis: "Bring that s*** up, and it's ON SIGHT!" | Daniel Cormier Check-In
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieWHG_Q2yU&ab_channel=DanielCormier
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Trick Williams defeats Carmelo Hayes in a Steel Cage Match
AOP def. Edris Enofé & Malik Blade
Noam Dar def. Dijak
Lola Vice def. Sol Ruca
Ridge Holland def. Joaquin Wilde
Ilja Dragunov def. Je’Von Evans - Open Challenge
Tatum Paxley def. Thea Hail
Ivar def. Josh Briggs
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The Final Testament is playing by their own rules: WWE NXT Exclusive, April 16, 2024
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Inside Tatum Paxley’s sick and twisted mind: NXT highlights, April 16, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b7fwwd4XJE&ab_channel=WWE
"I always wanted to be good"... Tatum Paxley
FULL MATCH – Trick Williams vs. Carmelo Hayes – Steel Cage Match: NXT, April 16, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdXOZCUrYj8&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE
"Why just can't Melow accept that it's Trick's time"?... Vic Joseph @VicJosephWWE
"I agree with you. I agree with you 100 percent" Booker T @BookerT5x
The Family come to blows with No Quarter Catch Crew: NXT highlights, April 16, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXVtgFMScrw&t=4s&ab_channel=WWE
"See toughness comes from longevity"... Tony D
Sol Ruca vs. Lola Vice: NXT highlights, April 16, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkVpGpZjtD8&t=5s&ab_channel=WWE
"As Lola Vice continuing now to kind of push the pressure. Continuing to prove her point" VC
"Woha" Booker T
Media Man: Strong thumbs up. The Final Testament has everyone on edge, and rightly so. It's feeling like a new era in NXT. Good for some and bad for others!
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SEO structures Geo
SEJ's Motoko with an insightful and interesting article about the global nature of the internet based business. Numerous valid points. We started with one basic website and a basic blog. Then we expanded with a range of dotcoms and dotcomdotaus and numerous social media platforms and challenges. Cast the net far and wide and adapt to the cycles and frequently changes in the industry. Business models can and generally should be changed and improved from time to time to adapt. In and around sports news media and sports and pop culture media business there are frequent changes and developments. New websites can be created for a minimum budget. Exposure can be gained in numerous ways including the trending algorithm and getting indexed on Google and the like. Having a local, state, national and international approach helps plug into go-ahead areas one may otherwise miss. Geo stories in far away lands can really take off and create great opportunities. My biggest deal ever was involving one brand in three counties and we adpated it to the different geo zones. Business is not a sprint, it's a marathon and there's always more work to do. Last but not least, enjoy the journey as it's part of the bigger picture.
Entertainment News
Swifties fuming after Courtney Love says Taylor Swift is ‘not interesting’ or ‘important'
Courtney Love didn't hold back when revealing her thoughts on Taylor Swift and other pop stars.
Courtney Love might have just started a war with Swifties after not holding back on her thoughts on several popular female artists — including Taylor Swift.
In an interview with the Standard Monday, the 59-year-old she she “positively hates the idea” of the Bad Blood singer.
“Taylor is not important,” Love said of the 14-time Grammy winner. “She might be a safe space for girls, and she’s probably the Madonna of now, but she’s not interesting as an artist.”
The Hole frontwoman made the statement while promoting her new series, Courtney Love’s Women, in which she reflects on the various women in music who have shaped her decades-long career.
However, her comments angered more than a few Swifites, who pointed out that Love seemingly liked Swift enough to wish her a happy birthday on Facebook just a few years ago.
“Happy belated birthday @taylorswift, aspirational huge role model for many young women & occasional hair twin / neighbour,” Love wrote in December 2021 alongside a photo of them posing together.
After slamming Swift, Kurt Cobain's widow went on to comment on Lana Del Rey, who she said “should really take seven years off.”
“I haven’t liked Lana since she covered a John Denver song,” she said. “Up until ‘Take Me Home Country Roads’ I thought she was great.”
Despite that, Love also admitted that she had to stop listening to Lana Del Rey while recording her new album because it was “influencing [her] too much.”
Love — who also doesn’t “like” Madonna — then mentioned Beyoncé and her new country album, Cowboy Carter.
“I mean, I like the idea of Beyoncé doing a country record because it’s about Black women going into spaces where previously only white women have been allowed, not that I like it much,” she said.Courtney added: “As a concept, I love it. I just don’t like her music.”Fans of all the singers Love called out took to X to blast the grunge singer for “publicly putting down fellow female artists” while promoting a series that is supposed to be about the importance of women in music.“She is jealous, I don’t even know her,” one fan wrote.
“Taylor is a world-class artist.”“Courtney love always coming for women younger and prettier than her, like go find something to do granny,” another wrote.A third added: “100 years from now, the name Courtney Love will mean nothing. Not a single person will know who she is. But when Taylor Swift is mentioned, people will remember how she was able to connect with millions of people thru [sic] her music, cherished her fans, and fought for artists’ rights.”
“I’m laughing at people being shocked that Courtney Love is hating on other female artists,” a fourth joked.
“Welcome to 1992!!! Homegirl has been a hater since the 90s.”Still, Love knows her opinions are controversial.
In her interview, the musician admitted that she is “completely disagreeable."
She added that she is “never going to [apologize] for that.”
“I always wanted to be known as a bitch,” she explained. “Being liked was never my thing.”
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Movie Release News
Wednesday, April 17
“The Hopeful “
Fathom Events (Limited)
Friday, April 19
“Abigail”
Universal Pictures (Wide)
“The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare”
Lionsgate Films (Wide)
“Chicken for Linda!”
GKIDS (Wide)
“The Coffee Table”
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“Villians Incorporated”
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“Blood for Dust”
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“Hard Miles”
Blue Fox Entertainment (Wide)
“Egoist”
Strand Releasing (Limited)
“Refuge”
Vertical Entertainment (Limited)
“Spy x Family Code: White”
Crunchyroll (Wide)
“Sasquatch Sunset”
Bleeker Street (Wide – Expanded)
“Dusk for a Hitman”
Saban Films (Limited)
“Oasis”
Film Movement (Limited)
“The Three Musketeers – Part II: Milady”
Samuel Goldwyn Films (Limited)
Saturday, April 20
“Puccini: La Rondie”
Fathom Events (Limited)
“Castle in the Sky”
Fathom Events (Wide)
Monday, April 22
“Common Ground”
Area 23a (Limited)
“Spider-Man 2″
Sony (Limited)
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Pro Wrestling
AEW's Kenny Omega Offers Thoughts On WWE's Logan Paul via Twitch Stream
‘Logan Paul’s a fantastic wrestler’. Great. I’m glad you think so and I’m glad he’s able to convince you such a thing. However, could Logan Paul walk into New Japan and do a G1 where he’d have to walk in every night and have an actual banger? No. He absolutely could not. Is he gonna get there between now and — I mean, it depends on his commitment level and not only that, does it matter? No.
He’s clearly setting his roots down in WWE and that’s where he wants to succeed and that’s where he wants to be a star and that totally makes sense.
So for the WWE style and what they’re willing to do for him, give him time, allow him to grow, develop… get more familiar with his surroundings, take the time to have him have everything up in here (his head) to make sure that when it comes time to perform what it is that they’ve rehearsed, what they’ve scripted, that he’ll be able to pull it off as though he just showed up to the arena, you know, how the old timers did back in the day. The Terry Taylors and the Terry Funks.
Videos
AEW Official YouTube Channel
MUST SEE: Kenny Omega's Spectacular Return | AEW Dynamite, 8/17/22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0k3CeP3bLE&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
WWE Official YouTube Channel
Logan Paul vs. Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens — US Championship: WrestleMania XL Sunday highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENAiLXNwjFM&t=143s&ab_channel=WWE
Logan Paul Official YouTube
I am a WWE Champion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiD40qG25uE&ab_channel=LoganPaul
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AEW @AEW Dynamite
Indiana Farmers Coliseum
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Video Highlights Via Official AEW YouTube Channel
Aerial Assassin Will Ospreay vs Danielson’s BCC teammate Claudio Castagnoli! | 4/17/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIhjHiL_u_c&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
"Action continues live tonight on Dynamite" Excalibur
The Elite’s EVPs & Okada vs Daniel Garcia, PAC, & Penta El Zero Miedo! | 4/17/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6IkuIM6CYY&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
Before their match at Dynasty, Strickland & AEW Champ Samoa Joe CLASH! | 4/17/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYkKxVi4UH0&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
The “Virtuosa” Deonna Purrazzo faces Mariah May 1-on-1! | 4/17/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAhtdfqZfME&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
Orange Cassidy battles with STP’s Shane Taylor! | 4/17/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kiX0ZBOQpw&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
and even more. Keep checking the official AEW YouTube channel for updates as well as the official AEW website to help get you ready for Dynasty.
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Media Man: Strong thumbs up on action. Swerve's got the goods to be champ. Something big is expected to go down with Jericho and Hook.
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Business News: Streaming
Netflix co-founder swears by ‘great business philosophy’ from Jeff Bezos: ‘Take a lot of risks on things that are recoverable’
When it comes to taking risks, Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings has an important rule of thumb.
“I try to take a lot of risks on things that are recoverable,” Hastings said in a recent conversation on entrepreneur Tim Ferriss’ podcast.
Experimenting with reversible risks can “help you get more done,” said Hastings, who launched Netflix in 1997 and now serves as chairman of the $260 billion streaming giant. Otherwise, you can get bogged down in hand-wringing over every potential worst-case scenario to the point that you’re afraid to take any timely risks at all.
″[It] just gets in the way of creativity,” Hastings said. “In most fields ... you want to move fast, and some things don’t work, and you fix them fast.”
Hastings’ approach is borrowed from Jeff Bezos’ leadership style at Amazon, the Netflix co-founder noted.
Bezos looks at risks as either “one-way doors [or] two-way doors,” the Amazon founder told the “Lex Fridman Podcast” last year. A two-way door risk is easy to take because it’s reversible, so “you can come back in and pick another door,” Bezos said.
But a one-way door risk probably can’t be undone. “You go in that door, you’re not coming back,” said Bezos. “Those decisions have to be made very deliberately, very carefully.”
Hastings agreed: “I think that’s a great business philosophy. I share it.”
At Netflix, greenlighting new shows that aren’t guaranteed hits may be considered a recoverable risk: If a show proves unpopular with viewers, the streaming giant can cancel it, using its revenue from safer, lower-risk programming to cover the financial losses.
In 2017, Hastings told CNBC he was actually pushing his content team to “take more risk” in that regard. “Our hit ratio is way too high right now,” he said, adding: “You have to try more crazy things.”
The strategy can lead to surprise hits — Hastings cited the series “13 Reasons Why” as an example — or valuable lessons from the failures on what doesn’t work, and why.
Entrepreneurs typically show higher tolerance for risk than people in other professions, research shows. Hastings, for example, has “always been very comfortable” taking risks, even going back to his younger years when he “spent a bunch of college hopping freight trains and traveling around,” he told Ferriss.
Hastings has also cited his post-college days in the Peace Corps, when he taught math to children in Swaziland, as an experience that made entrepreneurship feel less daunting. “Once you have hitchhiked across Africa with ten bucks in your pocket, starting a business doesn’t seem too intimidating,” he told Fortune in 2007.
“I think all of that very much contributed to my entrepreneurial success once getting into business in tech, because I wasn’t afraid to fail,” he added on Ferriss’ podcast.
As to why some people are less likely to shy away from risks than most — even if it means accepting potential failure — Hastings theorized that it’s in their “DNA.”
“I think a lot of it is random genetics,” he said. “You either have a propensity to be cautious or a propensity to take risk.”
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UFC, WWE Top The List Of The Most Valuable Combat Sports Promotions Of 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpvP0BvZTKg&ab_channel=Forbes
For decades, boxing was the dominant combat sport as fighters like Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, and Evander Holyfield became household names. In recent years, MMA has caught up to the sweet science with Alex Pereira, Dustin Poirier, and Conor McGregor joining Canelo Alvarez, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua as fighters who can headline cards that sell out arenas and get a million pay-per-view buys. Even professional wrestling—long derided as sports entertainment because it is scripted—has grown more formidable over the past decade. The 2019 addition of All Elite Wrestling (AEW) provided World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) with its first true rival since WWE purchased World Championship Wrestling in 2001. (Credit: Forbes)
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Pro Wrestling Legend The Undertaker Discusses Inside New via his Six Feet Under Podcast
WWE @WWE Living Legend Offers Peak Behind The Curtain; 'The Rock', Hulk Hogan, Bray Wyatt and much more!
Taker Podcast Makes Finals Of Media Man 'Wrestling Podcast Of The Month'
"[Sharing the ring with Johnson] was fun. It was just like a little flashback. All my dealings with him that night [at WrestleMania 40], he was just so gracious," Undertaker said. "I just sensed that he was just happy like being involved in that again. Obviously, he's one of the most, probably the biggest movie star out there, but you could just tell he was in his element. And he was so kind and gracious to everybody. Man, it was good to see. It was just, overall, what a great weekend."
Videos
Undertaker Recaps WrestleMania XL | Six Feet Under #9
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCMYa_5mtlw&ab_channel=SixFeetUnderwithMarkCalaway
Hulk Hogan Turning Heel & Joining nWo #8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CePGN1YilVM&ab_channel=SixFeetUnderwithMarkCalaway
If Bray Wyatt Was The One To Break The Streak At WrestleMania 31 #8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wtmIltUYLU&ab_channel=SixFeetUnderwithMarkCalaway
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WWE @WWE SmackDown
April 19, 2024
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Home of the wrestling legend Bruno Sammartino). Bruno's spirit and legend will live on forever! Bruno, Bruno, Bruno...
Bayley defends the WWE Women's Title against Naomi
A little birdie told us there may be one or two Wrestling Foxes present, and just maybe Jade Cargill, who is known to bring one hell of a wrestling storm.
LA Knight and AJ Styles compete for a chance at Cody Rhodes at Backlash in France.
Fatal 4-Way Match: The Street Profits, New Catch Republic, Legado del Fantasma, and Authors of Pain. We are picking Authors Of Pain for the win to snatch the Tag Team Title opportunity. Got to lover Karrion's cult-ish heel clan! A-Town Down Under may have something to say (or even do) with this match!!!
Media Man: Pumped as always for the Triple H Era!
Check out the WWE Official YouTube channel to help get yourself ready
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
PPG Paints Arena
April 19, 2024
Media Man: Wrestling Fox's on FOX Abound. Paint It Black at the Paints Arena. It's Tiffy Time, and here comes a Storm! Scarlett and Kross have a grand plan as WWE is disrupted. Fans glowing at 16,000 plus pack in for world class pro wrestling in the Triple H Era.
Bayley vs. Naomi – WWE Women’s Title Match: SmackDown highlights, April 19, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_w95HrRtv8&ab_channel=WWE
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"You are two weeks removed from being game ready. Perhaps the greatest performance and greatest moment of your career" Wade Barrett @StuBennett
Tiffany Stratton attacks Bayley and Naomi during title match: SmackDown highlights, April 19, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz6E2bUEBCE&t=6s&ab_channel=WWE
"Oh, Tiffany Stratton. The centre of the universe" CG
Jade Cargill & Bianca Belair confront Damage CTRL: SmackDown highlights, April 19, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5HoKPY8Evk&t=4s&ab_channel=WWE
Damage CTRL love Stratton’s beatdown of Naomi and Bayley: SmackDown exclusives, April 19, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ROEAYjKGVw&ab_channel=WWE
Karrion Kross will use the WWE Draft as instruments of change: SmackDown exclusives, April 19, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d8KoCc0Tvs&ab_channel=WWE
"Authors Of Pain lost the match tonight" Karrion Kross
"Yes they did" Scarlett
"We lost the match at WrestleMania" KK
"Yes we did" Scarlett
Explosive SmackDown moments: SmackDown highlights, April 19, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QscJIfZD8tM&ab_channel=WWE
And even more moments and highlights to be added to the official WWE YouTube channel
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes I Hero
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXzBpzao1Pc&ab_channel=20thCenturyStudios
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes I Not Our Planet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S9ftOLVH0Q&ab_channel=20thCenturyStudios
In three weeks, experience Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes in IMAX and in all theaters. Get tickets now: www.fandango.com/PlanetoftheApes
Director Wes Ball breathes new life into the global, epic franchise set several generations in the future following Caesar’s reign. Apes are the dominant species living harmoniously with one another and humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape will undertake a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all that he has known about the past and to make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike. Starring Freya Allan, William H. Macy, Dichen Lachman, Kevin Durand, Owen Teague, Peter Macon, and Travis Jeffery. (Credit: 20th Century Studios)
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes I Their Secret
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf7d0WR5MXk&ab_channel=20thCenturyStudios
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | Exclusive IMAX® Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er3h_STlp-k&t=1s&ab_channel=20thCenturyStudios
Many years after the reign of Caesar, a young ape goes on a journey that will lead him to question everything he's been taught about the past and make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.
Director: Wes Ball
Writers: Josh Friedman, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver
Stars: Freya Allan, Kevin Durand, Dichen Lachman
Release: May 10, 2024
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes I Hero
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXzBpzao1Pc&ab_channel=20thCenturyStudios
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes I Not Our Planet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S9ftOLVH0Q&ab_channel=20thCenturyStudios
In three weeks, experience Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes in IMAX and in all theaters. Get tickets now: www.fandango.com/PlanetoftheApes
Director Wes Ball breathes new life into the global, epic franchise set several generations in the future following Caesar’s reign. Apes are the dominant species living harmoniously with one another and humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape will undertake a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all that he has known about the past and to make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike. Starring Freya Allan, William H. Macy, Dichen Lachman, Kevin Durand, Owen Teague, Peter Macon, and Travis Jeffery. (Credit: 20th Century Studios)
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes I Their Secret
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf7d0WR5MXk&ab_channel=20thCenturyStudios
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | Exclusive IMAX® Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er3h_STlp-k&t=1s&ab_channel=20thCenturyStudios
Many years after the reign of Caesar, a young ape goes on a journey that will lead him to question everything he's been taught about the past and make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.
Director: Wes Ball
Writers: Josh Friedman, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver
Stars: Freya Allan, Kevin Durand, Dichen Lachman
Release: May 10, 2024
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Gonzo Journalism And Sports Satire Edition *Satire
Reboot due to readership and consumer demand
Creative/Creative Scribe *Anything in the name of comedy
Black Label Edition For MAD Magazine (potentially)
Jack Foley, Lynch and Mr X vs Taker, Flair and Ms X - Ethics and Critical Thinking Skills On a Pole Match
Special Ref: Dutch: Special Enforcer: Tucker International Comms: Vlad. Incoming Prez: Don
Wrestling and Political Mash Up..since some wrestlers want to rub shoulders ... Stipulations: Winners Get Silks Lifetime Membership
Loosers Undergo lie detector test
Loosers Get Pharma Sponsorship and Six Boosters Per Year mandatory
Loosers Get Wokeness Training In Oval Room Prior To Space Travel Launch
Loosers get Space Travel One Way Ticket for Chip Prototype;
X Marks The Spot Stop Over at Truth Or Consequences and Parts Unknown
Filmed For Claymation Adaption re classic MTV 'Celebrity Death Match' theme and spirit
Winners and Loosers Get Summoned by Wrestler's Court
Loosers Get DVD Feature in "Warrior" style with behind the scenes feature
Politics Is Very Dirty Business
Fun Fact: Politics and sports, athletes,do not mix (the late, great, Mean Gene Okerlund). Madison Square Garden, New York. 1984
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TNA Wrestling presents Rebellion LIVE TONIGHT
April 20th, 2024
Palms Casino Resort @Palms , Las Vegas
8pm ET
Countdown to Rebellion 2024 | LIVE and FREE at 7pm ET on April 20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9GAMSR5eII&t=4s&ab_channel=TNAWrestling
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Moose vs Nic Nemeth - TNA World Championship
Jordynne Grace vs Steph De Lander. Knockouts Title
The System (Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers) vs Speedball Mountain (Trent Seven & Mike Bailey)
Mustafa Ali vs Jake Something - X-Division Title
Hammerstone vs Josh Alexander. Last Man Standing
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Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders docuseries coming to Netflix
Netflix has announced a new docuseries about the Dallas Cowboys @dallascowboys cheerleaders.
America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders will premiere on the streaming service soon.
The new show hails from director Greg Whiteley and the team behind the Netflix docuseries Cheer and Last Chance U.
America's Sweethearts follows the 2023-24 Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders squad throughout the NFL season, from auditions and training camp to the end of the season.
"Led by longtime director Kelli Finglass, the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders open their doors to document the personal stories behind the uniforms -- revealing the drive, hustle, and drama among the cheerleaders and coaches. For many, it's a dream to make the team -- but that's only just the beginning," an official synopsis reads.
Whiteley executive produces with Adam Leibowitz, Andrew Fried, Dane Lillegard, Ross M. Dinerstein and Rebecca Evans.
"The kind of access and creative freedom we need to make the kind of work we want to make is not easy to come by -- especially when dealing with a brand as large as the Dallas Cowboys," Whiteley said. "To their infinite credit, the Cowboys offered unfettered access for the year we filmed the DCC and left us alone. The result is an authentic portrait of one of the most storied and beloved institutions we have in American pop culture."
The Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders made their debut in 1961. The team performs at all Cowboys home games at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and also performs around the world on USO Tours.
(Newsfeed, Newswires)
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America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders | Official Announcement | Netflix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RwogI08XZw&ab_channel=Netflix
America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders is coming to Netflix this summer! This series follows the 2023-24 Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders squad from start to finish — kicking off at auditions and training camp and continuing all the way through the NFL season. From Emmy Award-winning director Greg Whiteley and the team behind Cheer and Last Chance U, the seven-episode series will give viewers unfiltered access into this iconic team and franchise. Led by longtime director Kelli Finglass, the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders opens their doors to document the personal stories behind the uniforms – revealing the drive, hustle, and drama among the cheerleaders and coaches. For many, it’s a dream to make the team - but that’s only just the beginning. (Credit: Netflix)
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April 22, 2024
ASX futures down 46 points or 0.6% t0 7621
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Garcia vs Haney
Barclays Center. Brooklyn, New York
Highlights via DAZN Boxing official YouTube channel
FIGHT HIGHLIGHTS | DEVIN HANEY VS. RYAN GARCIA
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April 20, 2024 -- Devin Haney vs. Ryan Garcia Fight Highlights from New York City, New York
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Ryan Garcia Destroys Devin Haney
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AEW @AEW Dynasty Tipped To Over Deliver
April 21, 2024
St Louis, MO
Main Event:
Samoa Joe vs Swerve Strickland
Undercard Highlights include:
Will Ospreay vs Bryan Danielson
Chris Jericho vs Hook
FTR vs Young Bucks aka The EVPS
See the official AEW website for full card.
See the official AEW YouTube channel to help get you updated with storylines, action and drama.
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Broadcast via numerous providers including the award winning TrillerTV.
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WWE @WWE Raw
April 22, 2024
The Schottenstein Center
Columbus, Ohio
Battle Royal for the WWE Women's Title
Chad Gable is in the building and will explain himself
Gunther returns
Awesome Truth to defend Tag Team Titles
Richochet and Andrade vs Judgement Day
and much more
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Who will be the new Women’s World Champion?: WWE Now
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Media Man: It's almost time to join Michael Cole and Pat McAfee at ringside. Guaranteed new women's champion tonight!
Broadcasting live soon and check out the official WWE YouTube channel to help you prepare for all the action and drama!
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WWE @WWE Confirms NXT @WWENXT Battleground 2024 For UFC Apex
WWE has issued a press release to officially confirm NXT Battleground 2024 for Sunday, June 9 at the UFC @UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Commenting via Elon Musk founded X were WWE and NXT executives Paul “Triple H” Levesque and Shawn Michaels.
“Another new frontier for WWE NXT,” wrote Michaels. “Excited to join forces with UFC & Dana White to bring NXT Battleground to the UFC Apex in Las Vegas for its first-ever WWE event on Sunday, June 9.”
Levesque sribbed, “The state-of-the-art UFC Apex has been home to so many incredible events… and for the first time ever, on June 9, WWE becomes part of that. Huge thanks to UFC and Dana White for their partnership in bringing NXT Battleground to Vegas.”
Press Release
WWE® & UFC® JOIN FORCES TO BRING NXT BATTLEGROUND TO UFC APEX ON SUNDAY, JUNE 9
Limited Premium VIP Seating Available Through Exclusive Partner On Location
STAMFORD, Conn., April 22, 2024 – WWE®, part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), in partnership with UFC® today announced that NXT Battleground will emanate from UFC APEX in Las Vegas on Sunday, June 9. This marks the first-ever WWE event to be hosted at the state-of-the-art, 130,000-square foot event and production facility, which is home to UFC Fight Night events, Dana White’s Contender Series and more.
“We are always exploring new frontiers to showcase NXT and we are excited to bring Battleground to this world-class event and production facility in partnership with UFC,” said WWE Senior Vice President of Talent Development Creative Shawn Michaels.
Limited NXT Battleground Priority Passes will soon be available through exclusive partner On Location, giving fans the chance to be ringside for every exhilarating moment, including premium seating, all-inclusive pre-show hospitality with WWE Superstar appearances, ringside photo opportunities, and much more. Starting today, fans can place a deposit to secure access ahead of the general public, as well as register for exclusive pre-sale opportunities. To learn more or to place a deposit, please visit https://onlocationexp.com/battleground
About WWE
WWE® 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 households worldwide in 25 languages through world-class distribution partners including NBCUniversal, FOX Sports, TNT Sports, 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. WWE is part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO). Additional information on WWE can be found at wwe.com and corporate.wwe.com
About UFC
UFC® is the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization (MMA), with more than 700 million fans and 259 million social media followers. The organization produces more than 40 live events annually in some of the most prestigious arenas around the world while broadcasting to over 975 million households across more than 170 countries. UFC’s athlete roster features the world’s best MMA athletes representing more than 80 countries. The organization’s digital offerings include UFC FIGHT PASS®, one of the world’s leading streaming services for combat sports. UFC is part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO) and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. For more information, visit UFC.com and follow UFC at Facebook.com/UFC and @UFC on X, Snapchat, Instagram, and TikTok: @UFC
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WWE @WWERaw
April 22, 2024
The Schottenstein Center. Columbus, Ohio
Raw Highlights, Moments and More
FULL MATCH: Becky Lynch wins the Women’s World Title Battle Royal: Raw highlights, April 22, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3dcdmJqgUg&ab_channel=WWE
"The for first time in 17 years a world championship will be determinded inside this Battle Royal" Michael Cole
"Attacking. Goes after the two favourites" Pat McAfee
Becky Lynch reflects on her Women’s World Title victory: Raw exclusive, April 22, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7QkshZrO-c&ab_channel=WWE
Becky Lynch reflects on her Women’s World Title victory: Raw exclusive, April 22, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7QkshZrO-c&t=1s&ab_channel=WWE
Chaotic Raw moments: Raw highlights, April 22, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3dcdmJqgUg&ab_channel=WWE
"And you think they're going to feed me to you. No, cause you getting fed to me, 'cause I'm next" Jey Uso
Jey Uso Superkicks Damian Priest after JD McDonagh mistake: Raw highlights, April 22, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ3E5QqQhK4&t=1s&ab_channel=WWE
Damian Priest sends a statement of dominance after tag team match: Raw highlights, April 22, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2g5HBpa0B8&t=5s&ab_channel=WWE
Chad Gable to Alpha Academy: “You’ll help me win the title no matter what.” Raw, April 22, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hodjFDJID4&t=7s&ab_channel=WWE
The New Day vs. Imperium: Raw highlights, April 22, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKjv1h3ln-0&ab_channel=WWE
Gunther and Xavier Woods both look to win WWE King of the Ring: Raw highlights, April 22, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nz32fY_D94&t=1s&ab_channel=WWE
Ludwig Kaiser turns on Giovanni Vinci with surprise attack: Raw highlights, April 22, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPri5GdsFZg&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE
Sheamus to Drew McIntyre: “A one-armed Punk kicked your arse”: Raw highlights, April 22, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYdF4Qoi7hM&t=40s&ab_channel=WWE
Sheamus vs. Shinsuke Nakamura: Raw highlights, April 22, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7sqYbZgeQY&ab_channel=WWE
Awesome Truth vs. #DIY – World Tag Team Title Match: Raw highlights, April 22, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYHe1O973RM&t=2s&ab_channel=WWE
The Miz and R-Truth finish each other’s sentences: Raw exclusive, April 22, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBTwUfZi4ns&ab_channel=WWE
“Big” Bronson Reed says Sami Zayn is no underdog: WWE Raw Talk, April 22, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3lV1vSmafs&t=8s&ab_channel=WWE
Media Man: Solid show. New storylines building! Sami Zayn and Becky Lynch have got their hands full, as has GM Adam Cole. Wrestling political tension building as the WWE starts counting down towards Backlash in France.
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Netflix @netflix wants Wll Street ban counter and banker types - you know that type... to stop focusing on subscribers, and to look at other metrics, like its revenue, operating income and engagement. On Friday, Netflix shares fell by more than 8 percent, suggesting that the Wall Street might not be so bullish on the idea just yet. Let's see leading up to and on the day of Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul hey fellas? KO! Then, re-check Jan 2015 as WWE @WWE Raw hits 'The Big N' in numerous countries. That's what we thought. "Suplix City *itch" as a Mr Lesnar, former WWE and UFC champ may say. Eat - Sleep - Bullish - Repeat! Still not sure? Ask Logan Paul, Jake Paul or even Triple H! Netflix to eat up small time players for breakfast you say. Streaming biz Darwinism lives fellow pop culture biz crowd and media biz fans. We Want Netflix, We Want Netflix, the fans chant! More fodder to discuss under the watercooler and at your fav cafe news hangout. Cheers, with Prime, to that Big Fight Feel! PS: can we start paying Netflix subs with Bitcoin yet? Just asking to help keep the concept in the news.
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Strong profit-taking in gold or the beginning of a reversal?
April 23, 2024
Gold is under pressure this week, having pulled back to the $2300 per troy ounce level. The decline since Friday's close is over 3.7%. The formal trigger is a more moderate escalation in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict than expected at the beginning of the month. However, we view the current pullback as a welcome technical correction that could develop into a bear market.
Last Friday, the price of a troy ounce of gold on the spot market broke the $2400 mark for the second time in history. And once again, there was strong resistance at this round level. Since the beginning of the week, we have seen systematic intraday selling of gold and silver, not related to the stock market or currencies. That is, traders focus on this idea, ignoring global fluctuations in risk demand.
In a correction, the price has already now pulled back below the 76.4% intermediate retracement level of the rally from the February lows to the April peak. This is an important signal of a more global shakeout, as we recently saw such a shallow correction in March in a more obvious bull market.
The downside amplitude over these two days, which is the largest in the last two years, cannot be ignored.
On the daily timeframes, the RSI has pulled back sharply from the overbought area, also indicating an active downward move. Earlier, we noted a divergence between this indicator and the price, where two RSI touches of the 85 level were at $2100 and $2350. This was an important precursor to the decline, the development of which we are now seeing.
Nevertheless, the positive scenario remains valid as long as the price is above $2360, where the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level lies. We assume that gold is capable of returning to the upside after a technical shakeout.
A sell-off in gold over the next couple of days could quickly take the price to $2360. A dip below would be an important first signal of a true reversal. The ability to go below $2185-2200 within a couple of weeks would raise the question of a long-term trend reversal with a potential downside target before the end of the year at $1900.
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Bitcoin awaits a signal from equity indices
April 22, 2024
Market picture
The capitalisation of the crypto market over the past 24 hours has added only 0.15% to $2.44 trillion. Crypto sentiment indices remain in the ‘greed’ territory, scoring 71 points, compared to 73 points the day before.
Bitcoin added about a quarter of a percent during the day, reaching $66.5K. Early on Tuesday morning, the price briefly exceeded $67.1K, touching the 50-day MA, but then retreated. It seems that this time, the crypto market is waiting for a signal from stock indices rather than giving such a signal about risk appetite. The calm may be illusory and quickly come to an end. We reiterate that consolidation above $67.1K could open the way to the $72-74K area. A reversal to the downside could end with a quick rollback to the $60K area.
According to CoinShares, investments in crypto funds over the past week have decreased by $206 million after an outflow of $126 million the previous week. Investments in Bitcoin decreased by $192 million, in Ethereum - by $34 million, in Solana - by $0.3 million.
News background
There was a further outflow of capital from the Grayscale fund totalling $450 million, which could not be compensated by the inflow into the two largest ETFs totalling $259 million. Investors’ appetite for ETFs is declining, probably due to overall pressure on stock markets due to changing expectations for Fed policy and a strengthening dollar.
The average transaction fee in the Bitcoin network has dropped to $34.86 after reaching a record $128.45 on the day of the halving on April 20. The growth of transaction fees began on the eve of the halving. Experts linked the trend with user activity in anticipation of the launch of the Runes protocol, which was timed to coincide with the event.
The Bitcoin Initiative group of Bitcoin supporters has initiated a referendum to amend the Swiss constitution. The group intends to oblige the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to include BTC along with gold in its reserves.
FTX management will get rid of a new batch of the bankrupt exchange Solana (SOL) in the form of an auction after criticism from creditors, said Figure Markets CEO Mike Cagney.
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Flash Eurozone PMIs revitalised interest in the Euro
Boosted interest in the Euro emerged after preliminary PMI estimates showed a surprising acceleration in the services sector, which was able to offset the negativity from industrial weakness significantly.
Both France (46.2 to 44.9) and Germany (41.9 to 42.2) saw their manufacturing PMIs fall short of expectations (46.9 and 42.8, respectively). This reinforces the notion that the Eurozone industry, in contraction territory since June 2022, has seen its decline intensify since the beginning of the year. This data could bring the start of the ECB's rate-cut cycle closer.
The services sector, however, paints a contrasting picture. It has been accelerating since the beginning of the year and entered growth territory in March. While France's services sector edged into expansion territory (index at 50.5), Germany marked a significant rise from 50.1 to 53.3. The eurozone-wide services PMI rose from 51.5 to 52.9, its highest level since May 2023.
In our view, the weakness in the Eurozone industries should not be ignored, as it could again be an early signal of a weakening economy, increasing speculation of an imminent rate cut. Short-term, however, the positive surprise from the services sector gives EURUSD a potential rebound towards 1.07 after a 2.5% pullback from 1.0880 to 1.06 earlier this month.
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NXT @WWENXT Spring Breakin' 2024 Week One
Trick Williams challenges Ilja Dragunov for the NXT Championship
Roxanne Perez defends the NXT Women’s Title in a Triple Threat Match against Lyra Valkyria and Tatum Paxley
Natalya and Lola Vice sign their NXT Underground Match contract
Sol Ruca takes on Blair Davenport in a Beach Brawl
The Family take on No Quarter Catch Crew in Six-Man Tag Team action
Media Man: Let's see The Family breakin some would be wise guys. The Final Testament remain a clear and present danger to all. Darkness can strike anywhere, anytime. Testify! Pro wrestling truths. Sworn on the Kross. Kross kriss crossing to gold - in just hands! Fear will put a spring in one's step. Forces at play not visable to the naked eye.
Get ready to join Booker T, Vic Joseph and friends at ringside for the call of the action. Live broadcast coming up.
The official WWE YouTube channel will be releasing some furthe intel to help get ready for this great pro wrestling happening.
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Pop Culture News
The Matrix 4 In Progress
The fourth installment in “The Matrix” film franchise is co-written by David Mitchell, author of “Cloud Atlas.” Wachowski worked with Mitchell on the 2012 film adaptation of that novel, and then they joined forces to write “The Matrix Resurrections” with “The Lazarus Project” author Aleksandar Hemon. Mitchell teased “Resurrections” in an interview with Greek newspaper To Vima (via Total Film magazine).
“I saw the film in Berlin in September. It’s really good,” Mitchell said. “I cannot tell you what this film is about, but I could explain what it is not. It’s certainly not yet one more sequel, but something autonomous that contains the three Matrix that preceded in a really ingenious way. It’s a very beautiful and weird creation. It also achieved a couple of things that we do not see in action films, meaning it subverts the rules of blockbusters.”
“Watchmen” Emmy winner Yahya Abdul-Mateen II pops up as Morpheus, but not the same one that Laurence Fishburne played in the first three movies.
“I think what the script provided was a new narrative and some new opportunities that did make room within the Matrix universe for a new Morpheus,” Abdul-Mateen II teased to Entertainment Weekly in October. “I play a character who’s definitely aware of the history of the Matrix [and] the history of Morpheus. This character is on a journey of self-discovery. There’s a lot in our story that’s about growth, defining your own path. Morpheus isn’t exempt from that. This is definitely a different iteration of the character.”
“The Matrix Resurrections” opens in theaters December 22. The film will also be available to stream on HBO Max starting the same day.
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The Matrix 5: Top 7 Potential Storylines for The New Movie | MATRIX EXPLAINED
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Crown Resorts finally gets the green light to run Sydney casino
April 23, 2024
Crown Resorts will start operating its Sydney casino without restrictions on gambling limits and a regulator-installed special monitor three years after a NSW inquiry found the gaming giant, now owned by Blackstone, unsuitable to operate.
The Independent Casino Commission in NSW said it was satisfied that Crown had overcome the serious issues found by former Supreme Court judge Patricia Bergin, SC, in 2021. That inquiry had found evidence of money laundering at Crown’s Melbourne and Perth casinos, and serious failings from some of the company’s directors.
On Tuesday, the commission’s chairman, Philip Crawford, said Crown was now “a changed business that is looking toward the future”.
“Likewise, the NICC is a changed regulator with enhanced powers, a singular focus on casinos, and a mandate to address the risks of harm,” he added.
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All Elite Wrestling @AEW
AEW Dynamite
Daily’s Place
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April 24, 2024
IWGP World Championship: Jon Moxley vs Powerhouse Will Hobbs
Swerve Strickland vs Kyle Fletcher - AEW World title eliminator
Anna Jay vs Mina Shirakawa
Chuck Taylor dealings with between Orange Cassidy and Trent Beretta
Chris Jericho, the new FTW champion to appear. CJ will have quite a bit to say it is expected.
Get up to date with great AEW action and storylines via the award winning official AEW YouTube channel
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Media Man: It's going to be interesting to see what the wrestlers and powers that be say, and don't say. Solid to strong in-ring action on the cards, and as always, emotion and passion set to flare in and around the ring, not to mention backstage and beyond! AEW keeps the pro wrestling world on edge, as well as provides more options for those in and around the industry.
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All Elite Wrestling @AEW
AEW Dynamite
Daily’s Place
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April 24, 2024
IWGP World Championship: Jon Moxley vs Powerhouse Will Hobbs
Swerve Strickland vs Kyle Fletcher - AEW World title eliminator
Anna Jay vs Mina Shirakawa
Chuck Taylor dealings with between Orange Cassidy and Trent Beretta
Chris Jericho, the new FTW champion to appear. CJ will have quite a bit to say it is expected.
Get up to date with great AEW action and storylines via the award winning official AEW YouTube channel
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Media Man: It's going to be interesting to see what the wrestlers and powers that be say, and don't say. Solid to strong in-ring action on the cards, and as always, emotion and passion set to flare in and around the ring, not to mention backstage and beyond! AEW keeps the pro wrestling world on edge, as well as provides more options for those in and around the industry.
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Social Media News
Musk's lawyers to fight orders on two fronts
April 24, 2024
Roy Morgan Summary
Social media giant X could incur a fine of up to $782,500 for each day it does not comply with a directive to remove video footage of the Sydney church stabbing from its platform. However, X owner Elon Musk contends that the 'take-down' order goes too far, given that it applies globally. The US billionaire has expressed concern about one country being allowed to censor content for all countries. Musk's lawyers have indicated that they could challenge the take-down order in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has described Musk as an egotist and accused him of being "out of touch with common decency". Meanwhile, the Coalition has proposed barring young children from using social media to protect them from harmful content.
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Embatled + US President Biden Sarted Clock On TikTok
Doomsay Clock Also Ticking On Biden's Bribin'; Evidence vs Biden Mounting Up; JB Sleepwalk's To End Of Days
Gonzo News Media With Political Satire On The Side
Between the lines: As expected, the president signed a bill that will force TikTok's Chinese parent company to divest from its U.S. operations or face a nationwide ban.
The new law gives ByteDance up to a year to find an approved buyer for the popular social media app (assuming Biden triggers a 90-day extension if progress is being made).
If it fails to execute a deal, TikTok will be banned from U.S. app stores.
The bottom line: The move potentially sets up a protracted legal fight over the fate of the popular social media app, as TikTok has vowed not to go down without a fight.
Freedom Loving Aussie's Pro Freedom And Against Censorship; Media Man Cafe Survey
And cartons of ANZAC Day Cookies Sold Across The Land Down Under; Lest We Forget. Soliders Fought And Died For Freedoms Folks
X Corp's Elon Musk...
Billionaire X owner Elon Musk said Friday he opposes banning TikTok, as a bill that would either force the app’s Beijing-based parent company ByteDance to sell TikTok or prohibit its operation in the U.S. is expected to pass the House Saturday, part of the hotly debated bipartisan foreign aid package.
Musk tweeted his opposition to a TikTok ban Friday, calling it “contrary to freedom of speech and expression,” adding he is against the proposed TikTok controls “even though such a ban may benefit the X platform.”
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Pro Wrestling
Industry Dream Match?; Online Battle ala Musk vs Zuck
Eric Bischoff (83 Weeks @83Weeks ) vs AEW's Tony Khan
via X, podcasts, wrestling fans court; Gonzo journalism elements and more; Not quite MTV's classic Celebrity Death Match in claymation but fun fodder for industry pundits and provides fodder for podcasts to talk about!
Podcasters including K100, Dutch, Jim Cornette Experience/Drive Thru, Busted Open, Vince R and Host Of Others Set To Likely Chime In! Does anyone get the last laugh? AEW continues to enjoy almost endless cash reserves; WWE Business Is Booming As International Touring And Supershows Ramp Up; WBD X Factor; AEW Bean Counters Would Enjoy A Timely Whale Like Media Deal Offer
AEW In-Ring Product Has Improved Greatly; Some Wrestlers May Like To Tone It Down A Little For Risk Management And Career Sustainability - Media Man
'Wargames' Easy E vs Tony K; X Platform Stat 'N Click Booster Shot!
AEW's Tony Khan On Record
"It's an interesting question. There haven't been that many wrestling companies that have risen to international prominance. There aren't that many wrestling companies in modern history that have sold tens of thousands of tickets and hundreds of thousands pay-per-views. In that sense, Eric and I do have something in common. I do respect his accomplishments. He just has a show, a podcast, that is largely devoted to taking shots at us and a lot of it isn't rational or logical or truthful. I don't think those things seem to matter to him anymore. I do respect what he accomplished with WCW. It was a great company. In that sense, I do respect him. We're on TNT and TBS, that's something I have in common with Eric, there aren't a lot of people that produced a lot of wrestling shows on TBS and TNT. That's one thing we do have in common"
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Pro Wrestling
NXT @WWENXT Spring Breakin'
April 23, 2024
Barton Corbin vs Lexis King. Highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmF-PZBseGA&t=8s&ab_channel=WWE
"Yeah, I agree with you. I agree with that one hundred percent. But it's not going to be someone like Lexis King. He's not looking for some hanger on. He's not looking for someone to ride the coatails. Oh, no" Booker T @BookerT5x
"Well Corbin now having himself a little bit of fun, and what does it say about King when someone like Baron Corbin, and we know his track record, finds you to be annoying" Vic Joseph @VicJosephWWE
"Sometimes its hard to look in the mirror and see a reflection of yourself" Booker T
"All joking aside. King And Queen Of The Ring. It will be crowned Saturday May 27th, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, but it's Lexis who's looking to crown himself tonight.
Media Man: This match over delivered. King is looking tremendous and keeps improving his star value and IT Factor. How about Lexis King as 2024 King Of The Ring? He's already King in his own mind. Make it official?!
Full match via streaming providers
Top 10 NXT Spring Breakin’ Week One moments: April 23, 2024
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Pro Wrestling
All Elite Wrestling @AEW
Daily's Place
Jacksonville, Florida
April 24, 2024
Jon Moxley v Powerhouse Hobbs for the IWGP World Title | AEW Control Center: Jacksonville, 4/24/24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccCaiZU2o6Q&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
"This is the AEW Control Center and I'm Tony Schiavone"...
Jon Moxley vs Powerhouse Will Hobbs - IWGP World Title
AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland vs Australia's Kyle Fletcher - Eliminator Match!
Willow Nighting!ale to address crowd as new TBS Champion!
Will Ospreay is here!
Media Man: Lot's to talk about, never mind the drama and world class action.
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Pro Wrestling
All Elite Wrestling @AEW
Daily's Place Jacksonville, Florida April 24, 2024
In Ring Meeting: Tony Khan and Jack Perry aka "Scapegoat" in Japan and elsehwhere!
"He's a great boss. A great guy. Such a giving guy. Such f forgiving guy" Taz
"This doesn't shock me"
"Jack Perry, back on the scence here in All Elite Wrestling" Excalibur
"You can only assume that handshake, that embracement"
"Oh my God"
"What the" Taz
Jon Moxley v Powerhouse Hobbs for the IWGP World Title | AEW Control Center: Jacksonville, 4/24/24 https://youtube.com/watch?v=ccCaiZU2o6Q&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
"This is the AEW Control Center and I'm Tony Schiavone"... Jon Moxley vs Powerhouse Will Hobbs - IWGP World Title AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland vs Australia's Kyle Fletcher - Eliminator Match! Willow Nighting!ale to address crowd as new TBS Champion! Will Ospreay is here! Media Man: Lot's to talk about, never mind the drama and world class action.
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Pro Wrestling
All Elite Wrestling @AEW
Daily's Place
Jacksonville, Florida
April 24, 2024
WHAT JUST HAPPENED? Jack Perry puts his hands on AEW CEO & GM, Tony Khan! | 4/24/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zok-ZNOMsI&t=9s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
NEW AEW World Champ Swerve Strickland vs ROH World TV Champ Kyle Fletcher! | 4/24/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs2E5CVsxjQ&t=7s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
Will Ospreay SHINES! Casino Gauntlet Match for an International Title Shot! | 4/24/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCGYqnys-ZE&t=3s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
Willow Nightingale CELEBRATES becoming the NEW TBS Champion... Enter MONÉ! | 4/24/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVq9VJLWf-0&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
Who chose to sit under the Learning Tree & NEW FTW Champion, Chris Jericho? | 4/24/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGovIySYb5Y&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
Stardom’s Mina Shirakawa makes her AEW in-ring DEBUT vs Anna Jay! | 4/24/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiVQms5IcgQ&t=8s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
Who is Chuck Taylor’s TRUE “Best Friend”? Orange Cassidy or Trent Beretta? | 4/24/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOrsqYA8P8A&t=6s&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
Media Man: Lot's to talk about, never mind the drama and world class action. This episode was edgy to say the least. Wishing Tony Khan a speedy recovery. What will the AEW powers that be do with the EVPs? That's right, the EVP's are also top brass. There is a problem to address here and at least some of it will be broadcast on TV for the world!
And even more moments and highlights set to hit the award winning AEW YouTube channel soon
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Business and Finance News via Media Man and FxPro
US economy: slower growth with stronger inflation
April 24, 2024
The dollar strengthened, and stocks fell after statistical data from the US. The focus was on the preliminary estimate of GDP for the first quarter. Annualised quarterly growth came in at just 1.6%, down from the 2.5% and 3.4% previously forecast. Disappointment increased given that exceeding forecasts has become the norm. GDP growth for the same quarter a year earlier fell to 3.0% from 3.1%.
In contrast, the price index showed a 3.1% increase from 1.6% previously. Thus, the U.S. economy simultaneously faced increased inflationary pressures and slowing growth. This has caused even more concerns among those who fear stagflation.
At the same time, a new batch of very positive weekly unemployment data was released. Initial jobless claims fell to 207K, the lowest since February. The number of repeat claims fell to 1781K - the lowest in three months. It is worth noting that these are very low figures by historical standards. The tense situation in the labour market will create domestic inflationary pressures even if commodity prices start to decline.
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Social Media News via Axios
April 25, 2024
1 big thing: Meta asks for patience
Meta's AI spending spree is starting to give investors an ulcer.
Zoom in: The Facebook and Instagram owner's stock plunged over 10% today after the company warned Wall Street that it could take years for its big bets to pay off.
Between the lines: Wednesday's revenue forecast signaled a slowdown for the company, which has otherwise been outperforming against investor expectations over the past year.
"Some undoubtedly wonder if the company's positive momentum is somewhat or even largely a thing of the past," wrote Scott Kessler, global sector lead for technology media and telecommunications at market research firm Third Bridge.
The big picture: From the beginning of Meta's earnings call after yesterday's bell, CEO Mark Zuckerberg sounded defensive about his strategy of blasting away at various high-cost futuristic projects, including AI and mixed reality.
He acknowledged a "multiyear investment cycle before we fully scale" AI products.
But "we've historically seen a lot of volatility in our stock during this phase of our product playbook, where we're investing in scaling a new product but aren't yet monetizing it," he said.
Yes, but: Meta is one of the few social media companies that's been able to recover all of its losses from the pandemic-driven ad slowdown in 2022.
The stock is still up 26% on the year. And several analysts — including from JPMorgan, Bernstein and Barclays — lowered their price targets for Meta today but voiced support for its long-term strategy.
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Market and Financial News
Snapshot
April 26, 2024
Australian Dollar: $0.6517 USD (up 0.0027 USD)
Iron Ore May Spot Price (SGX): $118.30 USD (up $5.95 USD)
Oil Price (WTI): $83.79 USD (up $0.39 USD)
Gold Price: $2,332.07 USD (up $10.14 USD)
Copper Price (CME): $4.5435 USD (up $0.1195 USD)
Bitcoin: $64,910.05 USD (up 1.36% in last 24 hours)
Dow Jones: 38,085.80 (down 375.12 points on yesterday's close)
(Source: Roy Morgan)
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Streaming Industry News
Netflix smashes user expectations after reducing shared accounts
Netflix posted its best start to the year since 2020, attracting more new customers than anyone expected thanks to a strong slate of original programs and a crackdown on password sharing.
The company added 9.33 million customers in the first quarter of 2024, according to a statement nearly doubling the 4.84 million average of analysts’ estimates.
Netflix attracted new customers from all over the world, showing particular strength in the US and Canada. Those new subscribers helped the company beat forecasts for sales and earnings as well.
Despite the growth, Netflix shares were down 4.6 per cent to $US582.70 ($909) but up 25 per cent this year through the close of regular trading Thursday.
Expectations for Netflix’s first quarter had soared recently, as one analyst after another published rosy forecasts. In its letter to investors, the company said subscriber gains will be lower this period, while revenue will increase 16 per cent.
Netflix also said it will stop reporting paid quarterly membership and revenue per subscriber, starting with the first quarter of 2025.
Those metrics have long been the primary way Wall Street evaluated the company’s performance, but Netflix has tried to shift the focus to traditional measures like sales and profit. Management will continue to report major subscriber milestones.
“The movement to no longer disclose quarterly subscriptions from next year will not go down well,” Paolo Pescatore, founder and analyst at PP Foresight, said in an email. “More so given the subscriber growth that the streaming king has seen over the last year.”
Netflix has rebounded from a slowdown in 2021 and 2022 to grow at its fastest rate since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Big Tech News
Google hides its total revenue from Australia in new accounts
April 25, 2024
Google has not revealed the gross amount it makes from Australia for the first time in seven years. Instead, it has reported only a slice of its revenue and how much it is paid by its parent companies to sell advertising and cloud services.
Results lodged with Australia’s corporate regulator reveal Google’s Australian entity banked $2.01 billion in revenue in 2023, up from $1.95 billion in 2022. Its profit jumped 16.6 per cent to $319.2 million. Google paid $97.9 million in income tax in 2023, up from $92.6 million the year before.
The media, software and services juggernaut has a near monopoly on internet search, estimated to be worth roughly $6.5 billion in Australia in 2023 by digital advertising peak body IAB Australia.
Add to that its powerful video platform YouTube, lucrative cloud services, Gmail, Chrome, Google Maps, all parts of the advertising technology supply chain, and Google’s phones, tech and servicing – it all adds up to its parent company Alphabet’s $3 trillion global market capitalisation.
But this year, for the first time since 2016, it’s unclear how much Google really made from Australia. In its 2022 results, Google said it had $8.4 billion in “gross revenue”, $7.1 billion of which was attributed to its parent companies as “advertising reseller revenue”.
That gross revenue figure was up from $7.2 billion in 2021, and $5.2 billion in 2020, $4.8 billion in 2019, $4.2 billion in 2018, and $3.5 billion in 2017.
Instead, it has posted the snapshot of revenue its local entity had a hand in – $2 billion in total, comprised of $808.4 million in advertising reseller revenue, $328.7 million in cloud reseller revenue, $490.1 million in service revenue, $283.9 million in hardware and $97.1 million in “other”.
Its advertising reseller revenue fell by 7.2 per cent, while its revenue from reselling cloud services rose 37.1 per cent. Google Australia spent $685.9 million on sales and marketing and $111.4 million on administrative expenses.
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Pro Wrestling
WWE
@WWE
SmackDown
Cincinnati, Ohio
April 26, 2024
WWE Draft commencement
Cody Rhodes and AJ Styles sign contract for Undisputed WWE Title Match at Backlash France
What surprises could be in store?
The long list of potential appearances could for example include:
Tama Tonga
Solo Sikoa
CM Punk
Bron Breakker
Lexis King
Randy Orton
Latino World Order
Karrion Kross and The Final Testament
Tune in and join the call of the action with Corey Graves and Wade Barrett. GM Nick Aldis has his hands full as usual and don't forget his friendly rivalry with Raw's Adam Pearce.
Help prepare for the action and drama via the official WWE YouTube channel
http://youtube.com/WWE
#SmackDown #WWEDraft #WWEBacklash #CodyRhodes #AJStyles #NickAldis #CMPunk #TamaTonga #SoloSikoa #TheBloodline #KarrionKross #AOP #TheFinalTestament #BronBreakker #LexisKing #RandyOrton #LWO #TripleH #Fox #prowrestling #wrestling #popculture #broadcast #trend #trends #trending #buzz #TV #Ohio #media #mediaman
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Pro Wrestling Fantasy Booking: Dream Matches
WWE and NXT vs AEW/NJPW
Logan Paul
@LoganPaul
vs
Will Ospreay
Karrion Kross
@realKILLERkross
vs Murderhawk Monster Lance Archer
Lexis King
@LexisKingWWE
Vs Scapegoat Jack Perry
CM Punk vs QT Marshall
Cody Rhodes vs Okada
Shinsuke Nakamura vs Kota Ibushi
Grayson Waller vs Kyle Fletcher
Roman Reigns vs Samoa Joe
The Rock vs Swerve Strickland
Dragon Lee vs Jeff Hardy
Santos Escobar vs Penta
R-Truth vs Mark Briscoe
Gunther vs Wardlow
Charlie Dempsey vs Chris Jericho
Brock Lesnar vs Keith Lee
Tama Tonga vs Powerhouse Hobbs
Zelina Vega vs Thunder Rosa
Sol Ruca Vs Kris Statlander
#LoganPaul #Prime #TheMaverick #KarrionKross #LexisKing #CMPunk #CodyRhodes #Nakamura #GraysonWaller #RomanReigns #TheRock #DragonLee #SantosEscobar #RTruth #Gunther #CharlieDempsey #BrockLesnar #TamaTonga #ZelinaVega #SolRuca #dreammatch #dreammatches #prowrestling #wrestling #fantasybooking #popculture #entertainment #PLE #PPV #trend #trends #buzz #media #mediaman
Pro Wrestling
WWE @WWE Draft
WWE SmackDown
April 26, 2024
Cincinnati, Ohio
WWE Raw
April 29, 2024
Kansas City, Missouri
What surprises could be in store?
The long list of potential appearances could for example include:
Tama Tonga
Solo Sikoa
CM Punk
Bron Breakker
Lexis King
Randy Orton
Drew McIntyre
Latino World Order
Karrion Kross and The Final Testament
Tune in and join the action this SmackDown with Corey Graves and Wade Barrett. GM Nick Aldis has his hands full as usual and don't forget his friendly rivalry with Raw's Adam Pearce.
Raw: Cody Rhodes and AJ Styles sign contract for Undisputed WWE Title Match at Backlash France.
Raw: Rey Mysterio and Dragon Lee vs Angel and Berto (Legado del Fantasma)
2024 WWE Draft gets underway tonight on SmackDown: WWE Now, April 26, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOieeFm0NBs&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE
WWE Draft predictions from McIntyre, Jey Uso & more: WWE Pop Question
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61tQDdo8Gzs&ab_channel=WWE
NFL’s Steelers react to Triple H, LA Knight and WWE SmackDown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghRGFAVp9bE&ab_channel=WWE
Help prepare for the action and drama via the official WWE YouTube channel
www.youtube.com/WWE
And even more updates via Elon Musk's (Social Media and Big Tech Champion Of The World) award winning X platform!
Media Man: SmackDown and Raw are loaded. Absolutely pumped for this. King Maker and The Final Chapter for some? Pro wrestling disruptor and opportunities abound!
#WWEDraft #Smackdown #WWERaw #CodyRhodes #AJStyles #TamaTonga #SoloSikoa #TheRock #CMPunk #BronBreakker #LexisKing #RandyOrton #DrewMcIntyre #LatinoWorldOrder #KarrionKross #TheFinalTestament #AOP #NickAldis #GM #TripleH #prowrestling #wrestling #Fox #FOXTV #PopCulture #broadcast #YouTube #YT #Video #Videos #Gonzo #GonzoJournalism #disruptor #trends #trending #buzz #TV #media #mediaman
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Pro Wrestling
Wrestling Journalist/Commentator/Scribe Rates Best Matches In AEW and NJPW
Combat sports journalist Dave Meltzer has rated four matches higher than six stars ... if that means much to you. Some pro wrestlers like the star system, while others most assuredly do not. No names...
Okada vs Omega (Dominion, 2018) - 7 Ospreay vs Danielson (Dynasty, 2022) - 6.5 Okada vs Omega (Dominion, 2017) - 6.25 Ospreay vs Omega (Wrestle Kingdom 17, 2023) - 6.25
Love it or hate it, the star system has become part of the pro wrestling landscape, and don't even start us on "Cagematch". For that have a listen to "Corney's Drive Through"!
#prowrestling #wrestling #Okada #Ospreay #WillOspreay #Omega #KennyOmega #AEW #NJPW #popculture #reviews #stars #opinion #op #scribe #wrestlingnews #entertainment #popculture #Gonzo #GonzoJournalism #trend #trends #buzz #media
Big Tech And Politics: Australia
PM Albanese fears Facebook will leave Australia!
Gvt out of pocket even more
May lose platform known for misinformation and propaganda
Many punters wish Elon Musk's X Corp Would Purchase Meta And Kick The Wokeness Out Of Embattled Meta Owned Platform
Oz Govt Raises Takes; Cafe Survey Says Aussie's Want Albo Gone For Good
#BigTech #Facebook #FB #Politics #PoliticsAustralia #technews #digitalnews #cafenews #cafenewsmedia #platform #platformnews #survey #opinion #woke #broke #buyout #takeover #MAndA #trend #trends #trending #buzz #Aussie #media #mediaman
MMA
UFC @UFC Vegas 91 aka UFC on ESPN 55
Apex Arena. Las Vegas
April 27, 2024
Main Event: Matheus Nicolau vs Alex Perez
Videos via the Official UFC YouTube channel
Alex Perez Octagon Interview | UFC Vegas 91
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTkYwzxX2cs&ab_channel=UFC
Bodgan Guskov Octagon Interview | UFC Vegas 91
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV_wtr4B-Nc&ab_channel=UFC
UFC Vegas 91: Post-Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hl20y1SEz0&ab_channel=UFC
UFC Vegas 91: Fighter Faceoffs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UrnaxCkcGU&ab_channel=UFC
Nicolau vs Perez Fighter Weigh-Ins | UFC Vegas 91
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDej7GKircQ&ab_channel=UFC
Alex Perez 'It's a Tough Fight But I Feel Like I'm Ready' | UFC Vegas 91
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-DsfRjl7s0&ab_channel=UFC
Best Finishes From UFC Vegas 91 Fighters!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZNARQS-_KY&t=4s&ab_channel=UFC
Results
Alex Perez def Matheus Nicolau via KO (punch) - R2, 2:16
Bogdan Guskov def Ryan Spann via TKO (strikes) - R2
Karine Silva def Ariane da Silva via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Jhonata Diniz def Austen Lane via KO (punches) - R2
David Onama def Jonathan Pearce via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Uros Medic def Tim Means via TKO (strikes) - R1
Preliminary Card
Victor Henry def Rani Yahya via TKO (strikes) - R3
Austin Hubbard def Michal Figlak via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Don’Tale Mayes def Caio Machado via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Ketlen Souza def Marnic Mann via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Chris Padilla def James Llontop via submission (rear-naked choke) - R1
Ivana Petrovic def Liang Na via submission (arm-triangle choke) - R3
Maheshate def Gabriel Benitez via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
Media Man Int
UFC 2024 (Media Man Int) *in progress
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Special thanks: UFC, ESPN
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Pro Wrestling
All Elite Wrestling @AEW
AEW Collision
Daily's Place
Jacksonville, Florida
27 April, 2024
AEW World Champ Swerve Strickland goes 1-on-1 with BCC’s Claudio Castagnoli! | 4/27/24 AEW Collision
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yinMSP87bA&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
"Where did Nana get those pants" Nigel McGuinness
"I hav no idea" Tony Schiavone
"How did he squeze into them a better question". "Had someone hold them open and jump off the top of a house".. NM
"To the mid section. Claudio, European uppercut. He is just rocking the champion here now" TS
The NEW AEW World Champion, Swerve Strickland, SPEAKS! | 4/27/24, AEW Collision
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3IR758iK7E&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
DEBUTING team of Grizzled Young Vets face former tag champs The Acclaimed! | 4/27/24 AEW Collision
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b2XJF7cCwM&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
Lucha Bros’ Rey Fenix RETURNS to face The Beast Mortos! | 4/27/24 AEW Collision
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-hihdMR7WY&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
Bullet Club Gold’s 1st Unified Trios Title defense vs Top Flight & Andretti! | 4/27/24 AEW Collision
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUdwmgCIun8&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
The RETURN of Los Ingobernables’ RUSH! | 4/27/24, AEW Collision
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOdPS4eKnNw&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
Media Man: Solid thumbs up. Things are going to continue to ramp up as the road to the next AEW PPV, Double Or Nothing. Chips and money on red, black, white, gold or something else? The wrestlers and fans win in any event! Great to see in a high level match with the champ. CC's one of our long time uncrowned champs.
#AEWCollision #AEWDON #DoubleOrNothing #AEWDoubleOrNothing #Swerve #SwerveStrickland #AEWChampion #CSRO #ClaudioCastagnoli #BCC #BlackpoolCombatClub #CC #LoveWrestling #cafewrestling #coffeenews #GrizzledYoungVets #TheAcclaimed #LuchaBros #ReyFenix #Lucha #LuchaLibre #TheBeast #prowrestling #wrestling #TNT #TBS #YouTube #YT #Video #Videos #entertainment #broadcast #popculture #trend #trends #trending #cafenews #watercooler #cheers #newsmedia #buzz #TV #DailysPlace #Jacksonville #Florida #media #mediaman
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Cryptocurrency News
Philippines orders Apple, Google to remove Binance from app stores
Philippine market regulators said Tuesday they had ordered Apple and Google to remove the apps of the virtual cryptocurrency exchange operator Binance from their app stores to protect investors from the threat to their financial security posed by the digital assets.
The country's Securities and Exchange Commission made the request in a letter dated Friday saying Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, was operating an as unregistered broker selling or offering unregistered securities in breach of the law, the watchdog said in a news release.
"The SEC has identified [Binance] and concluded that the public's continued access to these websites/apps poses a threat to the security of the funds of investing Filipinos," SEC Chairperson Emilio B. Aquino wrote in the letter.
Removing and blocking applications of Binance would, he said, "prevent the further proliferation of its illegal activities in the country and protect the investing public from its detrimental effects on our economy."
The move follows prosecutions by regulatory authorities in the United States, citing similar complaints.
The Philippine financial watchdog accused Binance of using promotional campaigns on social media to encourage Filipinos to sign up to invest and trade on its platforms without first securing an SEC authorization to solicit investments from the public, or operate an exchange buying and selling securities.
"The SEC urges Filipino investors with investments in Binance to immediately close their positions and/or transfer their cryptocurrency holdings to their own crypto wallets or in accounts with cryptocurrency service providers that are duly registered in the Philippines," the announcement states.
The SEC said it had already asked the National Telecommunications Commission to block Binance's websites to thwart its "unauthorized investment solicitation activities" in the Philippines.
It said it had first warned the public against using Binance's platform to invest in November and had been looking into blocking the platform ever since.
The step by Manila adds to a slew of legal and business headaches buffeting the Malta-headquartered firm and recently appointed replacement CEO Richard Teng, a former United Arab Emirates regulator of prudential markets and virtual assets for Abu Dhabi's Global Market financial center.
Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao, who pleaded guilty to U.S. Bank Secrecy Act violations in a settlement with the Department of Justice in November in which he also agreed to step aside, is due to be sentenced on April 30.
Binance has separately been sued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for misappropriating the assets of its users.
The SEC's June 5 complaint alleged Binance and Zhao failed to keep customers' accounts separate, merging together billions of dollars of their individual funds and transferring them to a European company controlled by Zhao.
In December, Binance agreed to pay a $1.35 billion fine to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to settle a suit brought by the derivatives market regular for operating an illegal unregistered exchange in the United States.
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Combat Sports, Pro Wrestling
April 28, 2024
AAA @luchalibreaaa
Nic Nemeth def Alberto Del Rio. Wins AAA Mega title at Triplemania XXXII
BKFC @bareknucklefc
KnuckleMania 4
“Platinum” Mike Perry, smashed his way to 5-0 in the BKFC Squared Circle with a 60-second TKO over former BKFC World Champion Thiago “Pitbull” Alves.
In the KnuckleMania 4 Co-Main Event, United Kingdom powerhouse Mick Terrill retained his BKFC World Heavyweight Championship with a TKO over Lorenzo “The Juggernaut” Hunt. (Credit: BKFC)
April 27, 2024
UFC @UFC Vegas 91 aka UFC on ESPN 55
Alex Perez def Matheus Nicolau via KO (punch) - R2, 2:16
AEW @AEW Rampage
Thunder Rosa defeated Deonna Purrazzo
Combat Sports (Media Man Int)
https://www.mediamanint.com/articles/combat_sports.html
#combatsports #wrestling #AAA #TriplemaniaXXXII #BKFC #BKFCKM4 #UFCVegas91 #UFC #AEWRampage #combatsports #prowrestling #lucha #LuchaLibre #fighting #mmanews #sportsnews #sportsmedia #trend #trending #buzz #media #mediaman #mediamanint
Combat Sports
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship @bareknucklefc
KnuckleMania 4
April 28, 2024
Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California
Mike Perry def. Thiago Alves via TKO in Round 1 (1:00)
Mick Terrill def. Lorenzo Hunt via TKO in Round 1 (1:48) - BKFC World Heavyweight Championship
Ben Rothwell def. Todd Duffee via TKO in Round 1 (0:43)
Alfredo Angulo def. Jeremiah Riggs via KO in Round 1 (1:33)
Julian Lane def. Evgeny Kurdanov via TKO (doctor stoppage) in Round 1 (2:00)
Crystal Pittman def. Sydney Smith via TKO in Round 1 (0:48)
David Diaz vs. Shane Jordan is ruled a Unanimous Draw (47-47x3)
Andrew Angelcor def. Ruben Warr via Split Decision (47-48, 49-46, 48-47)
Daniel Alvarez def. Victor Rosas via TKO (doctor stoppage) in Round 4 (2:00)
Vincent Familari def. Fernando Gonzalez via Unanimous Decision (49-46x2, 50-45)
Tommy Aaron def. Richard Brooks via TKO in Round 2 (1:14)
Keith Richardson def. Cody Vidal via TKO (doctor stoppage) in Round 2 (2:00)
News
"'The Notorious" Conor McGregor Part Owner Of BNFC
"'The Notorious' Conor McGregor here," McGregor said in a video that aired before the evening's co-main event. "Ladies and gentlemen, the huge announcement that I have for you today, Conor McGregor myself and McGregor Sports and Entertainment is now an owner of Bare Knuckle Fighting Championships."
"Welcome to the big leagues. David Feldman, baby, we did it," McGregor said, referring to the BKFC president.
Videos via BKFC Official YouTube Channel
BKFC KNUCKLEMANIA IV POST-EVENT PRESS CONFERENCE | LIVE!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RafCEdnaqeY&ab_channel=BareKnuckleFightingChampionship
BKFC KNUCKLEMANIA IV | Countdown Show and Free Prelims!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le4Qz4N__ms&t=2876s&ab_channel=BareKnuckleFightingChampionship
The Road To Knucklemania IV Part 2-2! Mick Terrill vs. Lorenzo Hunt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrjTntJmcuA&t=19s&ab_channel=BareKnuckleFightingChampionship
Media Man: A massive day in combat sports business history. McGregor does it again!
#BKFCKM4 #BKFC #BareKnuckle #ConorMcGregor
#MikePerry #ThiagoAlves #MickTerrill #LorenzoHunt
#fighting #combatsports #PPV #PayPerView #sportsnews #sportsmedia #sportsbusiness #sportsbiz #YouTube #Video #legends #Goat #trend #trends #trending #buzz #media
Special thanks: BKFC
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Pop Culture News
‘Pulp Fiction’ Cast Reunites At TCM Classic Film Festival
It's one of the most talked about and iconic movies of the past few decades and for good reason - Pulp Fiction.
Now the films creator/writer absence from the TCM get together, Quentin Tarantino, has got folks talking even more. Will we ever know the real reason for QT's miss on this?
It was the opening night of the 2024 TCM Classic Film Festival to celebrate the flick's 30th anniversary.
The modern classic, screened in 35mm, played to a packed house at the famed TCL Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard.
"Tonight, I miss one legendary Quentin Tarantino. He is the person who brings us together who changed my life, and I think changed the lives of everybody on the stage," lead actress Uma Thurman advised the packed in crowd at a Q&A before the screening. "Pulp Fiction changed cinema. It's almost hard to have it sink in. I have had an evolving, beautiful, and growing relationship with Pulp Fiction throughout my life. It changed cinema. It changed every filmmaker I've ever met since."
The panel also featured John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson, who played the legendary lead hitmen Vincent and Jules, and Harvey Keitel ("cleaner" Winston Wolfe).
Critics and audiences lapped up to Pulp Fiction, which won the Palme d'Or at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. It was also a big hit, grossing $213.9 million against a budget in the region of $8 million to $8.5 million. It was nominated for seven Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director for Tarantino, Best Actor for Travolta, Best Supporting Actor for Jackson, and Best Supporting Actress for Thurman. It was able to snatch Best Original Screenplay.
"It was an undeniably articulate script and very easy to act," Travolta recalled. "The words came out effortlessly. Quentin's only real note was that sometimes he had an idea of the cadence and wanted you to say something. Whether it's Tennessee Williams or any great writer, the writing always works, but the writer might have a personal subjective idea of how it should be said with a rhythm and hitting operative words. That's what I found interesting and I like that direction. He said, 'I heard you do this several times, 12 times now, and all I ask of you is if you could hit this operative word, and that operative word, I think that rhythm will happen.' It was easy to do because it's such good writing."
Travolta to People on the red carpet:
"It was epic and it evolved," the actor said. "The audiences made this movie what it was, and it wasn't overnight. It took about a year of evolution. In those days, movies stayed in the theaters for a year. So, by the end of the year of it being, it was planetarily epic."
Uma Thurman, who portrayed Mia Wallace:
"It changed cinema, so it's almost hard to have it sink it," the actress said. "I feel like I've had an evolving and beautifully growing relationship with Pulp Fiction all my life. It changed cinema, and it changed every filmmaker I met since."
Jackson added, "We also rehearsed for a month. It's one of the unique qualities that Quentin allows us as actors. They had a soundstage at Sony, they marked off the floor and everything John and I did in the killing room, we did the car, and the things had to do things with Jimmy. We rehearsed and rehearsed and rehearsed, so by the time we got to set and we were ready to do it, we knew the number of steps from the back of the car to the front door, the front door to the elevator, from the elevator and down the hall talking about the foot massage. We were there so it was a wonderful process that allowed us to do it."
Videos
Turner Classic Movies YouTube
Pulp Fiction cast on meeting Quentin Tarantino and changing film history | TCMFF 2024
https://youtube.com/watch?v=r2ycpVYNTXE&t=847s
John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, and Harvey Keitel reunited at the TCM Classic Film Festival to celebrate the 30th anniversary of PULP FICTION. Several other members of the cast and crew joined them at the TCL Chinese Theatre, including actors Phil LaMarr, Burr Steers, Frank Whaley, Eric Stoltz and Julia Sweeney, as well as producer Lawrence Bender and executive producers Stacey Sher and Michael Shamberg. Bruce Willis was not in attendance, but his wife Emma Heming Willis and daughter Tallulah Willis made an appearance. (Credit: TCM)
Miramax Official YouTube
Pulp Fiction | Official Trailer (HD) - John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson | MIRAMAX
https://youtube.com/watch?v=tGpTpVyI_OQ
Starring John Travolta, Uma Thurman, and Samuel L. Jackson, ‘Pulp Fiction’ follows the mission of two hitmen, Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega, out to retrieve a suitcase stolen from their employer, mob boss Marsellus Wallace. Wallace has also asked Vincent to take his wife Mia out a few days later when Wallace himself will be out of town. Butch Coolidge is an aging boxer who is paid by Wallace to lose his next fight. Honey Bunny and Pumpkin are a couple of young lovers and small time thieves who decide they need a change of venue. The lives of these seemingly unrelated people are woven together in a wildly entertaining and exhilarating motion picture adventure that both thrills and amuses. Starring, in alphabetical order: Samuel L. Jackson, Harvey Keitel, Amanda Plummer, Ving Rhames, Tim Roth, Eric Stoltz, Quentin Tarantino, Uma Thurman, John Travolta, Christopher Walken, Bruce Willis About Miramax: Miramax is a global film and television studio best known for its highly acclaimed, original content. (Credit: Miramax)
Pulp Fiction Facebook
https://facebook.com/PulpFiction
TCM Classic Film Festival Official Website
https://filmfestival.tcm.com
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Pulp Fiction: News (Media Man Int) *in development
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Pro Wrestling Dream Matches: Fantasy Booking
Andy Kaufman vs Tony Khan
Terry Funk vs Seth Rollins
Bruiser Brody vs Lance Archer
Jushin Thunder Liger vs Tiger Mask
Antonio Inoki vs Bruno Sammartino
Gorilla Monsoon vs Joe LeDuc
Raven and Tommy Dreamer vs Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy
WWE and NXT
Karrion Kross vs Brock Lesnar
Cody Rhodes vs Lexis King
Mad Dog Vachon vs Dominik Mysterio
The Undertaker vs Tony D'Angelo
Charlotte Flair vs Sol Ruca
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Seth Rollins vs Chris Jericho
Damian Priest vs Lance Archer
Dominik Mysterio vs Sammy Gueverra
Kurt Angle vs Will Ospreay
Dragon Lee vs Hook
Authors Of Pain vs Grizzled Young Vets
Natalya vs Thunder Rosa
Jade Cargill vs Willow Nightingale
*Some satire
*Some matches will not happen under any circumstances
*Some matches are a long shot, while a few are entirely possible and would captivate an audience and have box office type potential
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Combat Sports
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
@bareknucklefc
KnuckleMania 4
April 28, 2024
Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California
Mike Perry def. Thiago Alves via TKO in Round 1 (1:00)
Mick Terrill def. Lorenzo Hunt via TKO in Round 1 (1:48) - BKFC World Heavyweight Championship
Ben Rothwell def. Todd Duffee via TKO in Round 1 (0:43)
Alfredo Angulo def. Jeremiah Riggs via KO in Round 1 (1:33)
Julian Lane def. Evgeny Kurdanov via TKO (doctor stoppage) in Round 1 (2:00)
Crystal Pittman def. Sydney Smith via TKO in Round 1 (0:48)
David Diaz vs. Shane Jordan is ruled a Unanimous Draw (47-47x3)
Andrew Angelcor def. Ruben Warr via Split Decision (47-48, 49-46, 48-47)
Daniel Alvarez def. Victor Rosas via TKO (doctor stoppage) in Round 4 (2:00)
Vincent Familari def. Fernando Gonzalez via Unanimous Decision (49-46x2, 50-45)
Tommy Aaron def. Richard Brooks via TKO in Round 2 (1:14)
Keith Richardson def. Cody Vidal via TKO (doctor stoppage) in Round 2 (2:00)
News
"'The Notorious" Conor McGregor Part Owner Of BNFC
"'The Notorious' Conor McGregor here," McGregor said in a video that aired before the evening's co-main event. "Ladies and gentlemen, the huge announcement that I have for you today, Conor McGregor myself and McGregor Sports and Entertainment is now an owner of Bare Knuckle Fighting Championships."
"Welcome to the big leagues. David Feldman, baby, we did it," McGregor said, referring to the BKFC president.
Videos via BKFC Official YouTube Channel
BKFC KNUCKLEMANIA IV POST-EVENT PRESS CONFERENCE | LIVE!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=RafCEdnaqeY&ab_channel=BareKnuckleFightingChampionship
BKFC KNUCKLEMANIA IV | Countdown Show and Free Prelims!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Le4Qz4N__ms&t=2876s&ab_channel=BareKnuckleFightingChampionship
The Road To Knucklemania IV Part 2-2! Mick Terrill vs. Lorenzo Hunt
https://youtube.com/watch?v=zrjTntJmcuA&t=19s&ab_channel=BareKnuckleFightingChampionship
Media Man: A massive day in combat sports business history. McGregor does it again!
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Combat Sports, Pro Wrestling
April 28, 2024
AAA
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Nic Nemeth def Alberto Del Rio. Wins AAA Mega title at Triplemania XXXII
BKFC
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KnuckleMania 4
“Platinum” Mike Perry, smashed his way to 5-0 in the BKFC Squared Circle with a 60-second TKO over former BKFC World Champion Thiago “Pitbull” Alves.
In the KnuckleMania 4 Co-Main Event, United Kingdom powerhouse Mick Terrill retained his BKFC World Heavyweight Championship with a TKO over Lorenzo “The Juggernaut” Hunt. (Credit: BKFC)
April 27, 2024
UFC
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Vegas 91 aka UFC on ESPN 55
Alex Perez def Matheus Nicolau via KO (punch) - R2, 2:16
AEW
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Thunder Rosa defeated Deonna Purrazzo
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Cryptocurrency News
Philippines orders Apple, Google to remove Binance from app stores
Philippine market regulators said Tuesday they had ordered Apple and Google to remove the apps of the virtual cryptocurrency exchange operator Binance from their app stores to protect investors from the threat to their financial security posed by the digital assets.
The country's Securities and Exchange Commission made the request in a letter dated Friday saying Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, was operating an as unregistered broker selling or offering unregistered securities in breach of the law, the watchdog said in a news release.
"The SEC has identified [Binance] and concluded that the public's continued access to these websites/apps poses a threat to the security of the funds of investing Filipinos," SEC Chairperson Emilio B. Aquino wrote in the letter.
Removing and blocking applications of Binance would, he said, "prevent the further proliferation of its illegal activities in the country and protect the investing public from its detrimental effects on our economy."
The move follows prosecutions by regulatory authorities in the United States, citing similar complaints.
The Philippine financial watchdog accused Binance of using promotional campaigns on social media to encourage Filipinos to sign up to invest and trade on its platforms without first securing an SEC authorization to solicit investments from the public, or operate an exchange buying and selling securities.
"The SEC urges Filipino investors with investments in Binance to immediately close their positions and/or transfer their cryptocurrency holdings to their own crypto wallets or in accounts with cryptocurrency service providers that are duly registered in the Philippines," the announcement states.
The SEC said it had already asked the National Telecommunications Commission to block Binance's websites to thwart its "unauthorized investment solicitation activities" in the Philippines.
It said it had first warned the public against using Binance's platform to invest in November and had been looking into blocking the platform ever since.
The step by Manila adds to a slew of legal and business headaches buffeting the Malta-headquartered firm and recently appointed replacement CEO Richard Teng, a former United Arab Emirates regulator of prudential markets and virtual assets for Abu Dhabi's Global Market financial center.
Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao, who pleaded guilty to U.S. Bank Secrecy Act violations in a settlement with the Department of Justice in November in which he also agreed to step aside, is due to be sentenced on April 30.
Binance has separately been sued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for misappropriating the assets of its users.
The SEC's June 5 complaint alleged Binance and Zhao failed to keep customers' accounts separate, merging together billions of dollars of their individual funds and transferring them to a European company controlled by Zhao.
In December, Binance agreed to pay a $1.35 billion fine to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to settle a suit brought by the derivatives market regular for operating an illegal unregistered exchange in the United States.
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Movie News
Spotlight: Nicolas Cage
“First and foremost … there’s no version of Nick Cage in reality that doesn’t want to spend time with his children,–There’s no version of Nick Cage that didn’t put family first over career. So there is a huge disparity between that Nick Cage in Massive Talent and the Nick Cage sitting in front of you right now”
“I turned down Lord of the Rings and I turned down Matrix because I didn’t want to go to New Zealand for three years or Australia for three years because I needed to be home with my son Weston, that’s a fact.”
“There certainly were movies that I probably would have benefited from if circumstances in my life allowed me to make them. The thing is about those movies, I can watch them. I can enjoy them as an audience member,—And so I genuinely do have the joy of watching these—especially with Lord of the Rings.”
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Casino and Gaming News
Board ousts Star chairman as inquiry blowback continues
April 29, 2024
Star Entertainment Group chairman David Foster has been removed from his position by the company’s board, days after he tried to justify text messages that called for the scrapping of the casino regulator and removal of the manager controlling its Sydney casino licence. Foster, who became chairman in March 2023, was insistent last week that he was best placed to steer the challenged casino group forward, despite admitting he was “trigger happy” with his text messages and conceding the Sydney casino was unsuitable to regain its licence.
Full story via The Australian Financial Review @FinancialReview subscription
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Social Media
What Forrest’s fight with Meta reveals about taking on big tech
After suffering a setback in Australian courts, the next bout of Andrew Forrest’s legal fight against Facebook owner Meta will take place in California next month.
April 26, 2024
Australia has become the latest battleground for tech billionaire Elon Musk’s global war on internet censorship, with a transgender rights activist and a stabbed bishop emerging as the key players.
Musk’s X Corp is fighting a removal notice issued by eSafety commissioner Julie Inman Grant for video tweets of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel being attacked during a service at the Christ the Good Shepherd Church at Wakeley on April 15.
The social media giant is now preparing for a full hearing on May 10 in the Federal Court, with Australia’s leading silk, Bret Walker SC, expected to be in Musk’s corner.
Full story via The Australian Financial Review
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"Honing out a niche or two is just one of many ways to attain some business success, online, offline or otherwise" - Greg Tingle, founder, Media Man Group/Media Man Int
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Movie Box Office (North America)
April 28, 2024
1. Challengers - $15 million
2. Unsung Hero - $7.8 million
3. Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire - $7.2 million
4. Civil War - $7 million
5. Abigail - $5.3 million
6. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare - $3.9 million
7. Kung Fu Panda - $3.6 million
8. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire - $3.3 million
9. Dune: Part Two - $2 million
10. Boy Kills World - $1.7 million
Others out of the Top 10:
Spy X Family Code: White
Monkey Man
The First Omen
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Movie Box Office (North America)
April 28, 2024
1. Challengers - $15 million
2. Unsung Hero - $7.8 million
3. Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire - $7.2 million
4. Civil War - $7 million
5. Abigail - $5.3 million
6. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare - $3.9 million
7. Kung Fu Panda - $3.6 million
8. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire - $3.3 million
9. Dune: Part Two - $2 million
10. Boy Kills World - $1.7 million
Others out of the Top 10:
Spy X Family Code: White
Monkey Man
The First Omen
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Pro Wrestling
WWE @WWE SmackDown
Kansas City, Missouri
April 29, 2024
"Times are a changing" Michael Cole
Media Man: Times are a changing indeed! In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity. - Sun-Tzu
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Search Engine Journal's Matt on Google re algorithm updates. No grude from Google. May take longer. Stay Google friendly, or get Google friendly. Time may help heel old wounds. Gonzo scribe. Back to the webcode and SEO.
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Social Media News
Facebook's deep-fake ASX video scam
A representative for the ASX has confirmed that a video advertisement featuring former CEO Dominic Stevens that has been appearing on Facebook is a fake, and that it has reported the matter to Facebook. The deep-fake video sees Stevens promoting a 'Australian Securities Exchange-ASX' group purporting to give investment advice, with the ad claiming that 14,781 members have joined the group. The ASX deep-fake video is the latest in a series of such videos of prominent business people, celebrities and politicians being used to initiate contact with potential scam victims, with figures released this week revealing that Australians lost $2.7 billion to scams in 2023.
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Pro Wrestling
WWE @WWE Raw
Loaded, stacked and drama filled Raw says Media Man
April 29, 2024
Logan Paul @LoganPaul recognizes Patrick Mahomes during the second round: Raw https://youtube.com/watch?v=dmo4H0MdMXE&ab_channel=WWE
Logan Paul uses Patrick Mahomes’ Super Bowl rings as a weapon: Raw highlights
https://youtube.com/watch?v=gBe4IhjUft4&t=16s&ab_channel=WWE
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Social Media News
TikTok a ‘terrific tool’ for small businesses to engage younger demographics
Venetian Media Group CEO Michael Fishwick has spoken on the advertising impact a potential TikTok ban could bring to small businesses.
“It is a terrific tool to generate significant amounts of awareness for not a lot of money on an organic level,” he told Sky News Australia.
“So, I think it would be an unpopular thing given the popularity of the tool.
“With a young demographic … they are much harder to engage an audience than traditional media would elsewhere allow.
“I don’t think it would have many positives for creators.”
(Source: Sky News Australia, Wires)
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Australian Media News
Ten watches as bids, exits rattle Paramount
May 1, 2024
Paramount Global has advised that CEO Bob Bakish has stepped down with immediate effect. Bakish's departure follows reports reports of tensions between the media industry veteran and Paramount chair Shari Redstone, who is also its controlling shareholder. Redstone's holding company owns 31.5 million of Paramount's 41 million Class A voting shares, but less than five per cent of all shares, which primarily comprise Class B non-voting stock. Class A shares have a much higher value, so Redstone stands to benefit more than other shareholders if a deal to sell Paramount.
(Sources: Paramount Global, The Australian Financial Review, Advanced Television, Wires)
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Movie And Entertainment News
Who Got Paid What?
Daniel Craig
“Knives Out” sequels $100M
Dwayne Johnson
“Red One” $50M
Will Smith
“King Richard” $40M
Denzel Washington
“The Little Things” $40M
Leonardo DiCaprio
“Don’t Look Up” $30M
Mark Wahlberg
“Spenser Confidential” $30M
Jennifer Lawrence
“Don’t Look Up” $25M
Julia Roberts
“Leave the World Behind” $25M
Sandra Bullock
“The Lost City of D” $20M
Ryan Gosling
‘The Grey Man” $20M
*Chris Hemsworth
“Thor: Love and Thunder” $20M
Brad Pitt
“Bullet Train” $20M
Michael B. Jordan
“Without Remorse” $15M
Tom Cruise
“Top Gun: Maverick” $13M
Keanu Reeves
“The Matrix 4″ $12-$14M
Chris Pine
“Dungeons and Dragons” $11.5M
Robert Pattinson
“The Batman” $3M
(Sources: The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, numerous studios, leaks, wires)
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Political And Community News: Australia
Albanese’s ‘relentless war’ against Scott Morrison’s character took a ‘toll’; Albo seen as a bully and worse by other politicians, community campaigners, public and private sector
Albo a bully and a liar, untrustworthy: Albanese targeted; Australian Prime Minster Seeks To Censor The Internet As Part Of His Own Damage And Image Control
Pub, Cafe and Watercooler Test: Albo Couldn't Hold Down A Regular Corporate Job, Not Competent
Australian Womens's Groups Can't Stand "Easy Albo"
Scott Morrison character was attacked as Aussie Prime Minister
Former prime minister Scott Morrison has disclosed he received treatment for debilitating anxiety during his time in office.
“What was laid out by the Albanese opposition was a brutal character assassination of a sitting prime minister” - Andrew Carswell (Headline advisory director)
“Of course it is going to have a toll.
"Of course the relentless war against Scott Morrison’s character was going to have a toll.
“It was hard to know sitting there what was said about Scott in public, was not the Scott that you knew in private.”
Politics remain one of the least trusted sectors in the world, next to big pharma and big tech.
Political types such as Albanese are viewed as giving the political sector an even worse repuation as it already has. Some of Albo's "moles" in Washington have been removed, while others already have one foot out the door.
Under The Watercooler: "Give that Albo a booster shot of truth serum. Talk about a political virus" ..."Almost like an Australia version of a Sleepy Joe".
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Pro Wrestling
NXT @WWENXT Spring Breakin'
Orlando, Florida
WWE Performance Center
April 30, 2024
Oba Femi def Ivar - NXT North American Champion
Thea Hail def Jacy Jayne
The O.C def Tyson Dupont and Tyriek Igwe
Ridge Holland def Shawn Spears
Axiom and Nathan Frazer def AOP - NXT Tag Team Title
Lola Vice def Natalya – NXT Underground Match
Videos including highlights and moments via the official WWE YouTube channel
Ava announces historic Ladder Match for Battleground: NXT Spring Breakin’ highlights, April 30, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ-dUh2weUI&ab_channel=WWE
Oba Femi vs. Ivar – NXT North American Title Match: NXT Spring Breakin’ highlights, April 30, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NbUURcN2MM&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE
"I've been in a match with guys which I thought I had the upper hand, like a Brock Lesnar"... "two minutes into the match I go what the hell was I thinking" Booker T @BookerT5x
"You will not miss a second on the in-ring action here tonight at Spring Breakin'" Vic Joseph @VicJosephWWE
Wes Lee returns to confront Oba Femi: NXT Spring Breakin’ highlights, April 30, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DSMkpvev4w&ab_channel=WWE
Thea Hail vs. Jacy Jayne: NXT Spring Breakin’ highlights, April 30, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_K_3YkDtjc&t=4s&ab_channel=WWE
Tyson Dupont & Tyriek Igwe vs. The O.C.: NXT Spring Breakin’ highlights, April 30, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER2xuGXp-l8&ab_channel=WWE
Ridge Holland vs. Shawn Spears: NXT Spring Breakin’ highlights, April 30, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfUU-3_puek&ab_channel=WWE
Axiom & Frazer vs. AOP – NXT Tag Team Title Match: NXT Spring Breakin’ highlights, April 30, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvba4ybvUqc&ab_channel=WWE
The Final Testament is coming for New Catch Republic: NXT Spring Breakin’ 2024 Week Two exclusive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynzBcqEBpoQ&ab_channel=WWE
Lash Legend: “Things are about to get really hot”: NXT Spring Breakin’ highlights, April 30, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQFJhYAlKlc&t=9s&ab_channel=WWE
Chelsea Green is coming for the NXT Women’s Title: NXT Spring Breakin’ 2024 Week Two exclusive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W3fknXQ5-k&ab_channel=WWE
Michin is back in NXT to make history: NXT Spring Breakin’ 2024 Week Two exclusive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwDDma2orZk&ab_channel=WWE
Media Man: Solid thumbs up. Karrion Kross and The Final Testament remain our favourite wrestlers/fighters/enterainers in and around NXT parts. Killer talent in spades. Pro wrestlers with both technical skills, street toughness and who are also darn entertaining is what it's all about. The war has just begun! Be watching for sleeper talent, Lexis King, to emerge to the top of NXT. King has the goods to be a champion without question. Get some gold in NXT, then move on to the likes of Raw or SmackDown would be a smart chess move. Some of King's former associates in NXT who are now on the main WWE roster may not last. King will be able to choose his spot and create his kingdom, with a nod to Cody Rhodes and Triple H. As the late, great, Randy Savage said, "the cream always rises to the top". But, W's and L's don't always tell the whole story - you will see!
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | Final Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdr5oedn7q8&t=4s&ab_channel=20thCenturyStudios
In 10 days, experience Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. Watch the brand new trailer and be one of the first to see it at an Early Access Screening on May 8. Get tickets now, in theaters everywhere May 10: www.fandango.com/PlanetoftheApes
Director Wes Ball breathes new life into the global, epic franchise set several generations in the future following Caesar’s reign, in which apes are the dominant species living harmoniously and humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape undertakes a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all that he has known about the past and to make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike. “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” is directed by Wes Ball (the “Maze Runner” trilogy) and stars Owen Teague (“IT”), Freya Allan (“The Witcher”), Kevin Durand (“Locke & Key”), Peter Macon (“Shameless”), and William H. Macy (“Fargo”). The screenplay is by Josh Friedman (“War of the Worlds”) and Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver (“Avatar: The Way of Water”) and Patrick Aison (“Prey”), based on characters created by Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver, and the producers are Wes Ball, Joe Hartwick, Jr., p.g.a. (“The Maze Runner”), Rick Jaffa, p.g.a., Amanda Silver, p.g.a., Jason Reed, p.g.a. (“Mulan”), with Peter Chernin (the “Planet of the Apes” trilogy) and Jenno Topping (“Ford v. Ferrari”) serving as executive producers. (Credit: 20th Century Studios)
Director: Wes Ball
Writers: Josh Friedman, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver
Stars: Freya Allan, Kevin Durand, Dichen Lachman
Release: May 10, 2024
Media Man: So pumped for this, as is the case with all Apes movies! Fans will go bananas!
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Ways to find unique content ideas from real-life insights
Find out how to create content that sets you apart from the competition using untapped sources. Here are four areas to explore.
Marketers often work at a distance from frontline operations.
We may not directly build the product, deal with angry customer phone calls, or be out in the field selling.
We might even be at an agency, an additional level removed from the shop floor or direct interactions with the target customer.
How, then, can you:
Know what to write about?
Insert meaningful insights into your landing pages or ad creative?
Effectively persuade your target audience that you are the clear choice over your competitors?
Digging new wells to find new content
One of the best writing tips I’ve ever received is to “dig new wells.” That is, to get content no one else is writing, you need to establish different sources.
Too often, content writing for the web starts with the search results. While it makes sense to look at what’s ranking for your target keywords, it should not be your only source of information.
The rise of 10x content and the Skyscraper Technique led some content writers to rely on rewording and combining top pages into a long, SEO-focused page. But it’s not getting outside sources of information.
For me, the best type of content for the web comes from outside the web. Pulling content ideas, inspiration, and even language from real-life sources can help your content stand out, resonate with your target audience, and even alleviate any concerns they have.
Plus, combining outside-sourced content with an SEO’s skills in finding keywords, structuring content, and generating links can form a powerful piece of content that performs nicely.
Here are a few ways to dig new wells to find new content.
1. Source content from employees
The single greatest source of content is from front-line employees. Depending on your business, you might have:
Salespeople
Salespeople earn their living by earning trust, highlighting benefits, and alleviating fears of potential customers or clients.
Any successful salesperson has already worked out a script based on common pain points and exactly what message can help convince people to buy.
Customer service representatives (CSRs)
As frontline workers who come in contact the most with existing customers, they know the most common questions and objections people have.
If a CSR gets asked the same question regularly (say once per week or greater), the answer to that question should become content on your site.
Those doing the work
Another great source of content is from those doing the actual work. Visit the factory floor, buy coffee for the production team, or go for a ride along with the installation team.
By spending time with those who actually make your products or carry out your services, you will get a newfound understanding and appreciation for what they do.
Plus, they should be able to provide great insights into how you are different than your competitors – whether it is better materials, unique processes, or attention to detail.
Example of sourcing content from employees
I had a client in the agriculture industry who wanted to grow by getting their brand in front of more farmers. My main contact was a salesperson working in the field six days a week, traveling from farm to farm.
In some ways, he functioned more as a consultant, helping generate ideas and sharing best practices from others to help each farmer expand their operation.
He would be the first to tell you he was not a great choice for writing new content for their website. Here’s what worked for us: I would get him on the phone while driving between farms, and he would rant.
For half an hour, he would brain-dump his thoughts on a certain product or service his company was offering. I was simply there to transcribe and ask follow-up questions.
When it was time to write the website content, I found that the salesperson’s rants would form 80% of the page. I was merely there to edit and shape it into a logical flow and ensure it was optimized for search and conversions.
2. Source content from current customers
Another well of great content ideas is from your current customers or clients. They are your best source for entering the buyer’s mind and decision-making process.
If possible, make it a habit to regularly interview some of your current customers. Ask them questions about:
Their pain points.
How they researched options.
What mattered and didn’t matter to them as they made a decision.
You can sometimes use these stories as the basis for case studies or featured project pages for your site. At the very least, you will uncover phrases, words and concepts that can become integral parts of your website content and marketing efforts.
Example of sourcing content from current customers
A few years back, I was working on a branding campaign for a furniture company. Their core business was selling through furniture stores; they saw an opportunity to increase sales by working with high-end interior designers.
As we worked on drafting content for their website and marketing material, our team booked calls with a handful of interior designers with whom they currently worked.
These phone calls were a wealth of information and insights into these interior designers’ pain points, goals and dreams.
Some insights they provided were completely unknown to the furniture company. What we learned from these calls proved invaluable in shaping the website content.
3. Source content from past customers
Past customer reviews are among the easiest yet impactful wells to pull content ideas and language.
Whether past customers have left reviews on your Google Business Profile, Amazon, a third-party review site, or your own internal system, these are great sources of info about how the market views your product or service.
Customer reviews are great because they provide a glimpse into your customer's thinking at scale – no need to interview them. Online reviews also collect the right language, pain points, and angles you may not have noticed.
Whenever I take on a new local SEO client, I make it a point to read every review on their Google Business Profile. I like looking for trends and themes across the reviews and see anecdotally what really matters to customers.
Google does pull out themes by seeing the top 10 topics or phrases mentioned in reviews.
You can take your reviews and put them in a sentiment analysis tool to see topics, trends, and talk points that you can share with your CSR or use in your marketing, advertising and website efforts.
Example of sourcing content from past customers
One time, I was reading reviews for a new client in the home service industry.
A few reviews told a similar story: each mentioned the same salesperson by name and how professional and informational the salesperson was – especially compared to other companies. And each said a surprising detail: the salesperson gave a gift of local jam.
One specific salesperson was doing this to make connections with his prospects, but it was leaving such an impact on customers that they mentioned it in their reviews.
When our client found out about this, they made it a standard across all sales staff, and we mentioned it as part of the online appointment scheduler.
4. Source content from competitors
A surprising source of content ideas can come from your competitors.
As we saw above, if online reviews for your own products or services can provide helpful insights for your marketing efforts, what can you learn from reading the reviews of your competitors? A lot!
Find a few of your competitors and read every review of theirs that is three stars or lower. Bad or mixed reviews can provide a gold mine of information about what people don't like about your competitors.
These points can be used in your marketing efforts, as they are pain points your target audience has, and your competitors are not meeting.
Example of sourcing content from competitors
While conducting competitive research for an outdoor structure company, I noticed their main competitors had a fair amount of indifferent reviews. As I read these reviews, I noticed themes. Most reviews mentioned:
A lack of communication.
Misunderstandings about the delivery and installation process.
I took this to the client, and we discussed how we could make their service better. The client worked on strengthening their already solid customer communication system.
On the website, we invested in content to fully explain how they deliver and install their structures, answering every single question their CSR is regularly asked.
Finally, we created a comprehensive guide on the entire sales process, from initial order through installation. We used this as a target for a remarketing campaign to help reengage with potential customers.
Dig deeper: Competitor content analysis: Here’s what you can learn
Start creating new content today
To create content that no one is creating, you need to get different sources no one else can get.
Interview your employees and current customers. Summarize feedback from past customers and those disappointed with your competitors.
Gain valuable insights to tell your unique story and stand out.
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May 1, 2024
Fed’s hawkish tone risks sinking S&P500 to 4700
Bears showed strength ahead of the FOMC decision.
U.S. indices sagged on Tuesday as investors opted to risk off. They are awaiting a tighter Fed tone following Wednesday’s meeting.
The S&P500 suffered a sell-off as it attempted to climb above its 50-day moving average. It was a real show of strength, with the index falling more than 1.7% for the day - its biggest one-day drop since August 2023.
In mid-April, the S&P500 fell below its 50-day moving average, which acts as an informal indicator of the medium-term trend, and a stepped-up sell-off followed. On Tuesday, that curve worked out as resistance, a new sign of a reversal to a correction or bear market.
The Fear and Greed Index pulled back to the 39 (fear) level, not far from the low of 32 set on 19 April. The sentiment index showed very similar dynamics in the middle of last year when the correction took more than three months. Then, buyers actively returned only after a 10% correction from the peak.
Now, a similar pullback will send the S&P500 to the 4750 area, which is the middle of the December-January consolidation area. The 4700-4800 area is now also centred around the 161.8% target of the April decline amplitude and the 200-day moving average. This combination of important levels clearly whets the bears’ appetite.
The fundamental driver of the decline in risk appetite is the change in expectations for the Fed’s key rate. Since the beginning of the year, it has become routine to push back the rate cut forecast and reduce the number of rate cuts from three to 1-2. At Wednesday’s meeting, market watchers expect Powell to formally confirm this shift from the FOMC, which had previously forecast three rate cuts this year.
And that’s where the real intrigue kicks in. In his comments, Powell may recognise the need to keep rates higher for longer but reiterate his intentions to cut them soon. This could be a moment of profit-taking for the bears and a resumption of the upward trend, at least in the coming days.
The opposite and slightly more likely scenario suggests a reaction mirroring that of exactly six months earlier.
Now, formalising the sell-off in equities may be the recognition that inflation is on a higher trajectory, and it may take more time to curb it and possibly a new key rate hike.
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First Ever Women's Underground Match Makes History
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FULL MATCH: Lola Vice vs. Natalya: NXT Spring Breakin’ highlights, April 30, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cblrA3cNlf4&t=4s&ab_channel=WWE
Lola Vice @lola def Natalya @NatbyNature – NXT Underground Match
Natalya vows that she isn’t through with Lola Vice: NXT Spring Breakin’ 2024 Week Two exclusive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkj1MIZq284&ab_channel=WWE
Media Man: We've watched this tremendous match again. Wow, wow and wow again. Lola and Natalya delivered big time and tore the house down. We've put this on our 'Match Of The Year' list, for any WWE brand. We understand that Fit Finlay and Shawn Michaels can also share some credit in the success of this bout, but the main credit of course goes to the Women In The Arena. Much respect ladies, and great team effort. Already a massive Natalya fan, and now also the same for Lola Vice. Vice has been put on the map, as well as mat hard way. We're keen for a rematch. More stetching and strong style please. The real cats meow! Purfect masterclass/mist-class. Yes miss, may I have another - flashback to a movie. This is cinema in wrestling. More positive history made for the art of professional wrestling. Buzzing!
"She compared the dungeon to NXT Underground on social media. She noted she was made in the dungeon" Vic Joseph @VicJosephWWE
"Beautiful transition by Natalya" Booker T @BookerT5x
"Referees there for the submission. Vice is screaming" VC
"She's going to tap Vic" BT
"Natalya going out to save her friend" VJ
"Back fist. That 305 connects" VJ
"This is over. This is over" VJ
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Hulk Hogan shares afterlife story regarding long time rival "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
Fact Or Fiction?; Hogan swears true story, and who is anyone to judge differently
Via an interview on The 700 Club pro wrestling living legend Hulk Hogan remembered getting a voice message from "Rowdy" Roddy Piper two days after his death back in 2015.
Hogan has relayed this story once or twice over the decades including on A&E’s Biography regarding Piper, which event included clips of the out of this world message.
Hogan said: “Can I tell you a crazy wrestling story? A buddy of mine Roddy Piper passed away. He was really trying hard to surrender and get his life straight. We would text every single day. In the wrestling business for 25 years we couldn’t stand each other, we were at each other’s throats. I know it is predetermined and all that but he did not like me and I did not like him. That’s just how it was. Well, once we got older and we basically had some conversations, we started talking. He started asking about my spirituality. He didn’t connect but he was very curious. He wouldn’t surrender. All of a sudden, he passes away. It was an A&E special about Roddy Piper. The very thing, when they get ready to go to credits, it wasn’t a text message, but it was a text message that was voice message on the text. But this message came in two days after he died and the text message goes ‘I’m just loving you, my brother. I’m just walkin’ with Jesus. Walkin’ with Jesus and loving you, my brother.’ He would have never said that when he was here. It is amazing how things work.”
(Source: The 700 Club)
Videos
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Hulk Hogan Pins Down Faith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ7LAj9y5tg&ab_channel=The700Club
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Hogan and Piper hold the future in their hands: A&E WWE Rivals Hulk Hogan vs. Roddy Piper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jqt4PlB8mc&t=7s&ab_channel=WWE
"Hollywood" Hulk Hogan vs. "Rowdy" Roddy Piper: WCW Starrcade 1996
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grnn_M8GKe0&ab_channel=WWE
Roddy Piper and Hulk Hogan reverse roles in WCW: A&E WWE Rivals Hulk Hogan vs. Roddy Piper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiW7gy6ooCM&t=12s&ab_channel=WWE
Roddy Piper makes his entrance at WrestleMania I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnoLH9v9Aio&ab_channel=WWE
Media Man: We have had a couple of out of this world experiences that went beyond the usual connecting with family in the afterlife realm. Fact is stranger than fiction. Good on Hogan for sharing this story that may expand people's faith and mind.
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May 1, 2024
Media Man: Additional Dynamite, Loaded Hot Show; Business Has Picked Up In Pro Wrestling Hotbed Region. Canadian legends return.
Kenny Omega RETURNS! The Best Bout Machine addresses the Elite! | 5/1/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqu0F7NLC0g&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
"Tonight he returns home"... Ring Announcer
AEW CEO & GM, Tony Khan is at home, so The Elite take over? | 5/1/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYEnQxsv9Mg&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
"I'll be producing this show here in the office of the Jaguars"..."I wish I could be there live in Winnipeg".. Tony Khan
Who will face AEW World Champion, Swerve Strickland, at Double or Nothing? | 5/1/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSELNeWB9uk&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
"Great preence commanding the ring and now to kick us off tonight" Excalibur
Learning Tree vs Wrestler! FTW Champ Chris Jericho faces Katsuyori Shibata! | 5/1/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl6hWSQ7Edw&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
"Teening off one one another and you can see the damage" Excalibur
Blackpool Combat Club’s Claudio Castagnoli challenges The Machine Brian Cage! | 5/1/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbaAr5yM3Xs&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
"It's a battle of the behemoths" Excalibur
TNT Champion, Adam Copeland, faces House of Black’s Buddy Matthews! | 5/1/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97OtdN6Qnc0&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
"The Rated-R Superstar Adam Copeland firmly in control"
“The Professor” Serena Deeb takes on Mariah May! | 5/1/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMPSeaIbY0M&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
After the dissolution of Best Friends, what’s next for Orange Cassidy? | 5/1/24, AEW Dynamite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5t5vRBleXQ&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
'The Best Bout Machine' Kenny Omega Returns Home | AEW Control Center: Winnipeg, 5/1/24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q-HzO9vHik&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling
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Top 10 NXT Spring Breakin’ Week Two moments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKZMQbUd1g8&t=2s&ab_channel=WWE
"Oh, here we go" Booker T
"Petrovic everyone else screaming for Natalya" Vic Joseph
FULL MATCH: Lola Vice vs. Natalya: NXT Spring Breakin’ highlights, April 30, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cblrA3cNlf4&t=41s&ab_channel=WWE
Natalya vows that she isn’t through with Lola Vice: NXT Spring Breakin’ 2024 Week Two exclusive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkj1MIZq284&t=5s&ab_channel=WWE
Media Man: Massive thumbs up for Underground. Nominated for Media Man 'WWE Match Of The Year' (all brands).
More great action and drama via the award winning WWE YouTube channel
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WWE NXT @WWENXT
Top 10 NXT Spring Breakin’ Week Two moments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKZMQbUd1g8&t=2s&ab_channel=WWE
"Oh, here we go" Booker T
"Petrovic everyone else screaming for Natalya" Vic Joseph
FULL MATCH: Lola Vice vs. Natalya: NXT Spring Breakin’ highlights, April 30, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cblrA3cNlf4&t=41s&ab_channel=WWE
Natalya vows that she isn’t through with Lola Vice: NXT Spring Breakin’ 2024 Week Two exclusive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkj1MIZq284&t=5s&ab_channel=WWE
Media Man: Massive thumbs up for Underground. Nominated for Media Man 'WWE Match Of The Year' (all brands).
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Silver: a possible long road down
May 1, 2024
Silver has lost 2.6% since the start of the day on Tuesday to $26.4 per ounce. After a failed attempt to climb above $30 per ounce on 7 April, the downside momentum in Silver has been replaced by sideways consolidation without significant bounces.
Tuesday's decline has an important implication on the tech analysis side. The sharp dip from the $27 level marked an exit beyond the corrective pattern, as the price dipped under 61.8% of the rise since late February.
It will soon become clear whether the former local resistance in the 25.0-25.5 area has become support. If not, we are facing a whole range of negative scenarios.
On the daily timeframes, a reversal pattern "head and shoulders" is formed with the price decline under the "neckline". The realisation of this pattern is setting up for a pullback to $24.4. But this will probably only encourage the bears.
It is not the first time since 2020 that Silver has tried to break above $30. A demonstration of resistance strength at this level is likely to discourage buyers, who have never managed to get the same breakout of the highs as we have seen in gold.
Through 2023 and into 2024, the 200-week moving average has acted as an important anchor for Silver, keeping the price from going significantly lower for extended periods. A continuation of the same pattern suggests that the intensity of the sell-off will subside at levels below $23. In 2022, however, Silver briefly dipped 10% below this curve, outlining the risk of a decline to $21.3.
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Dark Side Of The Ring @DarkSideOfRing Scribe Update From The Powers That Be Says:
We’re partnering with @TheRock and @SevenBucksProd again on a new 4-part documentary series…
“WHO KILLED WCW?”
The meteoric rise and spectacular fall of the cultural phenomenon that was World Championship Wrestling.
June 4 at 10PM on @VICETV
VICE TV Official YouTube
Who Killed WCW? (Trailer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjFjsR2VsgQ&ab_channel=VICETV
In the late '90s, three years after achieving the unthinkable by becoming the biggest wrestling company in the world, WCW would self-destruct. Now, the accusations fly in a wild, probing, and star-studded investigation into the demise of Ted Turner’s WCW. Premiering June 4, 10P ET on VICE TV. (Credit: VICE TV/Seven Bucks Productions/Dark Side Of The Ring)
“The iconic rise and fall of WCW is one of professional wrestling’s most captivating stories – full of big dreams, massive successes, painful failures, and the harsh realities of the pro wrestling business. With wrestling viewership and fan engagement at an ultimate high, there has never been a more perfect time to tell top-quality wrestling stories, and there’s no better one to start with than a one-of-a-kind, behind-the-scenes look at this epic saga, known as The Rise and Fall of WCW and personally, the rise of WCW, not the fall, inspired me greatly early in my career where I would eventually become, the Final Boss” - Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Media Man: "Ironically Dark Side's 'Who Killed WCW' is likely to draw a massive rating. As they save, if it bleeds, it leads, or how about, Red turns to green, or Blood River, River Gold and Green! Should be good fodder and amo for the WWE and AEW cafeteria and watercooler, and pro wrestling podcasters, journos and hacks alike are set to have a field day with this. The PPV numbers down under in Australia used to be pretty strong for both WWE and WCW. Then it was like the WCW PPV numbers fell off a cliff. What happened to Creative Control? Not long after Optus became Optus SingTel and staff moral and pay went down the gurgler. Join the dots"! - Greg Tingle, Media Man Group (former Optus Comms/Vision exec specalising in pro wrestling, combat sports, PPV's and broadcast bundling).
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Pop Culture And Pro Wrestling Connection
Jerry Seinfeld reveals showbiz secret via The Rich Eisen Show @RichEisenShow
No, not that showbiz open secret...
"Seinfeld" @SeinfeldTV show not liked much by NBC powers that be
"They gave us a pilot. They didn't like the pilot. And then Rick Ludwin said, You know what, I think this show isn't that bad. Everyone disliked it. And Rick Ludwin said I'm gonna take some money from Saturday Night Wrestling [sic]. In those days professional wrestling replaced Saturday Night Live once a month. And he took the money from one of those, and it was enough money for us to make four episodes. We made four episodes, they still didn't like it..." - Jerry Seinfeld @JerrySeinfeld
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Star of Netflix's 'Unfrosted' Jerry Seinfeld joins Rich Eisen in-studio for an in-depth chat including the humble ‘Seinfeld’ early days before it became a monster hit sitcom.
Tune in to the Emmy-nominated Rich Eisen Show live for FREE on The Roku Channel at https://go.roku.com/thericheisenshow and also streaming on Audacy, Sirius channel 161 and XM channel 206 (Online channel 998) weekdays from 12--3 PM ET! Showcasing insightful sports expertise with an offbeat mix of humor and pop culture, The Rich Eisen Show attracts the most recognizable names in sports and entertainment. (Credit: The Rich Eisen Show)
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Pro Wrestling
Dark Side Of The Ring
@DarkSideOfRing
Scribe Update From The Powers That Be Says:
We’re partnering with
@TheRock
and
@SevenBucksProd
again on a new 4-part documentary series…
“WHO KILLED WCW?”
The meteoric rise and spectacular fall of the cultural phenomenon that was World Championship Wrestling.
June 4 at 10PM on
@VICETV
VICE TV Official YouTube
Who Killed WCW? (Trailer)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=HjFjsR2VsgQ&ab_channel=VICETV
In the late '90s, three years after achieving the unthinkable by becoming the biggest wrestling company in the world, WCW would self-destruct. Now, the accusations fly in a wild, probing, and star-studded investigation into the demise of Ted Turner’s WCW. Premiering June 4, 10P ET on VICE TV. (Credit: VICE TV/Seven Bucks Productions/Dark Side Of The Ring)
“The iconic rise and fall of WCW is one of professional wrestling’s most captivating stories – full of big dreams, massive successes, painful failures, and the harsh realities of the pro wrestling business. With wrestling viewership and fan engagement at an ultimate high, there has never been a more perfect time to tell top-quality wrestling stories, and there’s no better one to start with than a one-of-a-kind, behind-the-scenes look at this epic saga, known as The Rise and Fall of WCW and personally, the rise of WCW, not the fall, inspired me greatly early in my career where I would eventually become, the Final Boss” - Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Media Man: "Ironically Dark Side's 'Who Killed WCW' is likely to draw a massive rating. As they save, if it bleeds, it leads, or how about, Red turns to green, or Blood River, River Gold and Green! Should be good fodder and amo for the WWE and AEW cafeteria and watercooler, and pro wrestling podcasters, journos and hacks alike are set to have a field day with this. The PPV numbers down under in Australia used to be pretty strong for both WWE and WCW. Then it was like the WCW PPV numbers fell off a cliff. What happened to Creative Control? Not long after Optus became Optus SingTel and staff moral and pay went down the gurgler. Join the dots"! - Greg Tingle, Media Man Group (former Optus Comms/Vision exec specalising in pro wrestling, combat sports, PPV's and broadcast bundling).
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Motorsport
Formula 1 @F1
Max Verstappen Ties Prost's Pole Record in Miami F1 Drama
Max Verstappen secured his sixth consecutive pole position at the Miami Grand Prix, matching Alain Prost's 1993 record, in an event filled with controversies and challenges for other teams and drivers. The event, part of the Formula 1 season, took place in Miami, Florida, and saw McLaren's Lando Norris and Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso facing penalties and right of review requests, respectively. McLaren boss Andrea Stella criticized Kevin Magnussen's driving behavior during the sprint race, while Magnussen faced no further action for alleged unsportsmanlike behavior. Despite the controversies, Verstappen's performance stood out, with Daniel Ricciardo and Logan Sargeant also making notable efforts. (Grok)
The Late Mail
Aussie Daniel Ricciardo goes from hero to zero at Miami Grand Prix
The 34-year-old finished in the top-four for the first time in three years in Miami in the sprint race on Sunday morning (AEST), but dropped well back in the field in qualifying.
Ricciardo started in fourth spot and many expected him to be run down by the drivers behind him, but the Australian star held off Ferrari's Carlos Sainz with sublime defense.
Daniel Ricciardo has gone from zero to hero in the qualifying period at the Miami Grand Prix, recording his best finish in any Formula 1 race since 2021 in the process.
The 34-year-old finished in the top-four for the first time in three years in Miami in the sprint race on Sunday morning (AEST), but dropped well back in the field in qualifying.
Ricciardo started in fourth spot and many expected him to be run down by the drivers behind him, but the Australian star held off Ferrari's Carlos Sainz with sublime defense.
He moved into third spot at one stage, before Red Bull's Sergio Perez took over - but it was still a banner moment for the Perth product.
"Let's f-----g go," he said on Sky Sports F1.
"Every big result always feels like it is a needed one, it is a happy feeling, it is a powerful feeling. "Also to back up yesterday, qualifying was great but to back it up over the course of a sprint race is even more satisfying.
"It is very good and it is also nice to keep a few people quiet."
Unfortunately, his heroics on the track didn't last long, with Ricciardo dropping all the way back to 18th spot on the grid at the conclusion of qualifying, claiming that he "had no near" during the horror slide.
Sky Sports commentators also described it as a "rude awakening" for the former Red Bull driver after his earlier sprint race masterclass, with Anthony Davidson describing his vehicle as a "rally car".
Ricciardo is provisionally slated to start last on the course due to a grid penalty from the Chinese Grand Prix, where he decided to re-overtake Nico Hulkenberg under the safety car and drew the ire of the F1 stewards.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen will start in pole position ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, while Aussie rising star Oscar Piastri finished sixth in qualifying for McLaren. (Wires)
Videos via the official F1 YouTube channel
Max Verstappen’s Pole Lap | 2024 Miami Grand Prix | Pirelli
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rweng8ZTfm4&ab_channel=FORMULA1
F1 Sprint Highlights | 2024 Miami Grand Prix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hxn1m-jdyk&ab_channel=FORMULA1
Drivers' Post-Qualifying Reaction | 2024 Miami Grand Prix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMRPhPu12hI&ab_channel=FORMULA1
More action, highlights and results to follow via the official F1 YouTube channel
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Combat Sports: Boxing
Canelo Alvarez def Jaime Munguia
May 4, 2024
Las Vegas, Vevada
T-Mobile Arena
Broadcast: Premier Boxing Champions, DAZN
Alvarez landed 234 punches in total
Munguia landed 170
Highlights completos de la pelea entre Canelo vs. Munguia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5YrsOPeHog&ab_channel=DAZNBoxing
CANELO VS. MUNGUIA: FULL FIGHT HIGHLIGHTS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfuUszLrjkE&t=17s&ab_channel=DAZNBoxing
Canelo vs. Munguia POST-FIGHT PRESS CONFERENCE | #CaneloMunguia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWD5UYYx8uM&ab_channel=PremierBoxingChampions
Watch live as Canelo Alvarez and Jaime Munguia address the media after the conclusion of their Undisputed Super Middleweight showdown on Saturday, May 4. (Credit: PBC)
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Canelo vs Munguia HIGHLIGHTS: May 4, 2024 | PBC on Prime PPV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5MfexeJZLk&t=2s&ab_channel=PremierBoxingChampions
Pound-for-pound great Canelo Álvarez turned in a vintage performance by dropping the previously unbeaten Jaime Munguia Saturday night on his way to earning a unanimous decision as Canelo Promotions presented the all-Mexican clash headlining a PBC Pay-Per-View event on Prime Video from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Making the fourth defense of his WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO 168-pound world titles, Canelo delivered another Cinco de Mayo weekend masterpiece as he took home the decision by scores of 117-110, 116-111 and 115-112. Munguia fought valiantly and was extremely busy in the ring, but Canelo consistently landed the cleaner shots across the 12 rounds. “This win means a lot,” said Canelo. “I’m glad that I gave him this opportunity. Munguia is a great guy and a great champion. He’s gonna have a great career. I’m very proud that the whole world is watching us Mexicans.” "I came out strong and was winning the early rounds,” said Munguia. “I let my hands go, but he’s a fighter with a lot of experience. The loss hurts because it's my first loss and I felt strong.” Munguia appeared to have the momentum after he closed round three with a right hand that appeared to snap Canelo’s head back. However, Canelo responded like the future Hall of Famer he is and delivered the highlight of the fight in round four with a left hook-uppercut that put Munguia on the mat. “I took my time,” said Canelo. “I have a lot of experience. Munguia is a great fighter. He's strong and smart. But I have 12 rounds to win the fight and I did. I did really good and I’m proud of it. He’s strong, but he’s a little slow. I could see every punch. That’s why I’m the best.” "There’s no doubt I would have beaten anyone else tonight,” said Munguia. “He has a lot of experience. I started well, but he’s a fighter who creates a lot of problems." Canelo rode the momentum from that moment to dominate the final eight rounds on the way to his unanimous decision. While Munguia threw more punches than Canelo according to CompuBox (663-536), it was Canelo who held the edge in shots landed (234-170) and connect rate (44% to 26%). After sweeping the final three rounds on all of the cards, Canelo discussed his place in boxing history and his plans for what comes next. “When I retire, my numbers will say what position I'm in,” said Canelo. “I know there's a lot of great Mexican fighters in the past, but I’m the best fighting right now. I’m gonna rest and enjoy my family. If the money is right, I can fight right now. I’ve fought everyone and I can do what I want." (Credit: Premier Boxing Champions)
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Fight Card:
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (c) def. Jaime Munguia via UD (117-110, 116-111, 115-112) — undisputed super middleweight championship
Mario Barrios (c) def. Fabian Maidana via UD (116-111 x3) — WBC interim welterweight championship
Brandon Figueroa (c) def. Jessie Magdaleno via ninth-round KO — WBC interim featherweight championship
Eimantas Stanionis (c) def. Gabriel Maestre via UD (117-111, 118-110, 119-109) — WBA ‘regular’ welterweight championship
Prelims
Jesus Ramos def. Johan Gonzalez via ninth-round TKO — super welterweight
Vito Mielnicki Jr. def. Ronald Cruz via unanimous decision (99-89, 98-90, 96-92) — super welterweight
References: PBC, Wires
Premier Boxing Champions
https://www.premierboxingchampions.com/canelo-alvarez-vs-jaime-munguia
Media Release
MAR 12, 2024
POUND-FOR-POUND GREAT CANELO ÁLVAREZ DUELS ALL-ACTION STAR JAIME MUNGUÍA HEADLINING A PBC PAY-PER-VIEW EVENT AVAILABLE ON PRIME VIDEO SATURDAY, MAY 4 FROM T-MOBILE ARENA IN LAS VEGAS
MEXICO VS. MEXICO SHOWDOWN HIGHLIGHTS CINCO DE MAYO WEEKEND IN LAS VEGAS
Canelo Promotions Presents Clash Of Mexican Superstars As Pound-for-Pound Great Canelo Álvarez Duels All-Action
Star Jaime Munguía Headlining a PBC Pay-Per-View Event Available on Prime Video Saturday, May 4 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas
Blockbuster Pay-Per-View Card Also Available Live on DAZN.com
Pre-Sale Available Through AXS.com Thursday, March 14 from 10 AM PT until 10 PM PT with Code: PBC
Public On Sale Begins Friday, March 15 at 10 a.m. PT!
LAS VEGAS – March 12, 2024 – Mexican superstars will go toe-to-toe as Canelo Promotions presents a Cinco de Mayo weekend blockbuster that will see pound-for-pound great Canelo Álvarez put his undisputed super middleweight world title on the line against unbeaten all-action former world champion Jaime Munguía headlining a PBC Pay-Per-View event on Prime Video on Saturday, May 4 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
In addition to the PPV being available for purchase on Prime Video, regardless of Prime membership, fans will also be able to purchase the PPV via DAZN.com. On top of those options, fans will also be able to continue to access the telecast through traditional cable and satellite outlets.
Canelo vs. Munguía is the first four-belt undisputed title fight between Mexican combatants and harkens back to the great Mexico vs. Mexico matchups of the past including classics such as Erik Morales vs. Marco Antonio Barrera, Carlos Zárate vs. Alfonso Zamora and Jesús Castillo vs. Rubén Olivares, amongst many others. Canelo has already etched himself in history alongside the greatest Mexican fighters to enter the ring and can add to that legacy on May 4, while Munguía hopes to move himself up the pedestal and make his own lasting mark in the boxing annals with a signature victory Cinco de Mayo weekend.
Pre-sale tickets are available Thursday, March 14 from 10 a.m. PT until 10 p.m. PT through AXS.com by using the code: PBC
Public on-sale begins Friday, March 15 at 10 a.m. PT with tickets available through AXS.com. The event is promoted by Canelo Promotions, TGB Promotions, Golden Boy Promotions and Zanfer Boxing Promotions.
“We are very excited to return on May 4, especially with a Mexican opponent,” said Eddy Reynoso, Canelo’s Manager and Trainer. “This will be a 100% Mexican celebration! There has been a long time since two Mexicans have faced each other in an event like this. It’s going to be a grand fight. Jamie Munguia is an ex-champion who’s been winning fights and demonstrating great things. That tells me it’s going to be an exciting fight. I am very happy and grateful to Jamie that he agreed to make this happen.”
“Cinco de Mayo weekend is a crown jewel in the boxing calendar, and this year will be one of the most anticipated in recent memory with this all-Mexico showdown between undisputed champion and future Hall of Famer Canelo Álvarez taking on the undefeated power-puncher Jaime Munguía headlining a PBC Pay-Per-View event on Prime Video,” said Tom Brown, President of TGB Promotions. “Saturday, May 4 at T-Mobile Arena will be the highlight of what is always one of the city’s biggest weekends. Fans know that when an all-time great like Canelo faces a hungry action fighter like Munguía, the chances for drama and fireworks are through the roof.”
“An all-Mexican championship showdown on Cinco de Mayo weekend between two guys with immense pride for their country and at the top of their games — it doesn’t get any better for the sport of boxing,” said Oscar De La Hoya, Chairman and CEO of Golden Boy Promotions. “Given Jaime’s incredible offensive attack, Canelo’s unmatched counterpunching and both guys’ tremendous power, fans are in for an absolute barn burner. We at Golden Boy are proud to have been able to work with our partners at DAZN to help make this massive battle and potential instant classic in Las Vegas that you don’t want to miss!”
“Jaime Munguía continues to make history as he paves his way in the sport,” said Fernando Beltrán, CEO of Zanfer Boxing Promotions. “There will be an overflow of Mexican pride in Las Vegas. This fight was accomplished for the people of México between two of the top Mexican fighters in boxing.”
*CANELO ÁLVAREZ VS. JAIME MUNGUÍA*
The reigning WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO Super Middleweight World Champion, Canelo Álvarez will look to extend his own record of successful undisputed title defenses in the four-belt era as he defends his belts for the fourth time in a 12-round matchup against the unbeaten former 154-pound world champion Jaime Munguía, who will compete at the full 168-pound limit for the third straight fight.
Having captured world titles at 154, 160, 168 and 175-pounds, Canelo (60-2-2, 39 KOs) returns to action after a dominant victory last September that saw him drop former undisputed super welterweight champion Jermell Charlo on his way to a unanimous decision. The fighting pride of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, Canelo became undisputed at super middleweight in November 2021 by taking the IBF belt from then unbeaten Caleb Plant via an 11th-round TKO. After dropping a light heavyweight title fight against Dmitriy Bivol in May 2022, Canelo rebounded to defeat Gennadiy Golovkin in their September 2022 trilogy fight before besting John Ryder in May 2023.
Under the guidance of his renowned manager and trainer Eddy Reynoso, Canelo has triumphed over a long list of elite fighters since turning pro at just 15-years-old in 2005, including Golovkin, plus Shane Mosley, Erislandy Lara, Miguel Cotto and Sergey Kovalev to name a few. Outside of the Bivol fight, Canelo’s only other defeat came against undefeated legend Floyd Mayweather in September 2013.
“I’m very proud and excited to be able to make this fight,” said Canelo. “A Mexican versus another Mexican is always a huge fight and it’s been a while since there’s been one like this. It’s great to give an opportunity like this to a fighter that’s earned it like Jaime has. It gives me a lot of joy that two Mexicans will be facing each other in such a big fight for the sport.”
The 27-year-old Munguía (43-0, 34 KOs) first burst onto the scene in 2018, shocking Sadam Ali via a fourth-round TKO to claim a 154-pound world championship, which he would go on to defend successfully five times. A native of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, Munguía continued his dominance after moving up to 160-pounds, going 6-0 at the weight class from 2020 through 2022, including triumphs over D’Mitrius Ballard, Gabriel Rosado and Tureano Johnson, all while garnering a reputation as one of the most fan-friendly fighters in the sport.
Munguía made his debut campaigning at super middleweight in June 2023, facing longtime top contender Sergiy Derevyanchenko. Munguía emerged victorious with a unanimous decision in the back-and-forth affair that garnered Fight of the Year honors from the BWAA. In his most recent fight, Munguia joined forces with legendary trainer Freddie Roach, who helped guide him to a dominant ninth-round stoppage of veteran contender John Ryder in January.
“I’m very, very happy and filled with enthusiasm for this great opportunity,” said Munguía. “I’m incredibly grateful to everyone involved who were able to make this fight a reality. We are ready to give fans a great night of boxing on Saturday, May 4. I can’t wait to demonstrate to the world that I am capable of doing great things. Viva Tijuana and Viva México!”
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Joe Rogan fears Conor McGregor will be struck by ‘Tommy Morrison CURSE’ in UFC comeback fight
The curse has already struck four former UFC champions
UFC commentator Joe Rogan reckons Conor McGregor may be struck by a "MOVIE CURSE" in his long-awaited octagon return.
The former two-division champion will make his eagerly-anticipated cage comeback on June 29 in the main event of UFC 303 in Las Vegas.
McGregor, 35, will be welcomed back to action by Michael Chandler for his first outing in nearly THREE YEARS.
The Irishman used his injury hiatus to make his acting debut in the remake of the 1989 classic 'Roadhouse' with Jake Gyllenhaal.
And UFC legend Rogan reckons the Irishman's venture into Hollywood could result in him make a losing return to the cage.
During a recent episode of his podcast, he said: "There’s the movie curse. The Tommy Morrison curse.
"He became a movie star. Tommy Morrison was like the man in boxing. He was the duke.
"He was John Wayne’s grandson, right? Or nephew or some s**t.
"So they’d call him ‘The Duke’ and everybody thought he was going to be the main.
"And then he did Rocky V.
"And after Rocky, he fought Ray motherf***ing Mercer.”
"And he’s out already and Mercer is just keeping him up with punches.
"He’s tangled up on the ropes and Mercer is just teeing off with bombs, bombs, bombs."
Four former UFC champions have been struck by the apparent "movie curse"
Michael Bisping, Quinton Jackson, Ronda Rousey and Kamaru Usman all suffered losses in their first fights after filming movies.
Bisping's reign as middleweight champion came to an end in 2017 at the hands of Georges St-Pierre after he starred in 'XXX: The Return of Xander Cage'.
Jackson, meanwhile, lost to bitter rival Rashad Evans after starring as BA Baracus in the 2010 remake of 'The A-Team'.
And former women's bantamweight and welterweight champions Rousey and Usman both suffered brutal KO losses in 2015 and 2022 after starring in Furious 7 and Black Panther 2 respectively.
McGregor hasn't set foot inside the octagon since breaking his left leg in his July 2021 trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier.
The Irishman will look to pick up his first win in over four years when he throws down with Chandler, who he sees himself taking out with ease.
He recently told James Corden: "I am Terminator now.
"I have a titanium rod that goes into the knee and down to the bone, right down to my ankle.
"It’s unbreakable.
"I wish for and I will work for landing this kick with this steel bar in my leg against an opponent and getting them out of there."
Snapshot
With more sides to his personality than an Octagon, Conor McGregor's rise has been an enthralling watch.
Going from UFC icon to entrepreneur and Hollywood star, the Irishman has transcended the sport he helped bring to the masses. He has four children with fiancee Dee Devlin and the family enjoy a lavish lifestyle.
McGregor has not fought in UFC since breaking his leg in a trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier in 2021. That has not stopped him amassing a net worth of over £150m thanks to his Proper No Twelve whiskey and fashion line.
And he is due to return to the Octagon at UFC 303 in an eagerly-awaited headline clash with Michael Chandler.
McGregor also starred alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in the Amazon Prime remake of classic movie, Road House, although he is dreading his mum seeing one X-rated scene.
Notorious turned up to the premiere in a £60,000 suit that was outdone by his £460k watch.
The only thing sharper than his fashion sense is his tongue and the Dubliner has several bitter spats under his belt, including with UFC legend Khabib Nurmagomedov.
That row led to one of his biggest controversies in 2018 as he travelled 3,000 miles to confront Khabib in a vicious attack on his bus. He pleaded guilty to assault after punching a man in a pub in 2018 and had his £150k Bentley seized by police for driving offences four years later.
Joe Rogan lashed out at McGregor in a four-letter outburst and the Irishman has also fired shots at Jake Paul, KSI and Tommy Fury.
Boxing great Floyd Mayweather also has McGregor on his enemy list after the pair clashed in a cross-sport bout in 2017.
(Wires, Newsfeed)
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Combat Sports/Entertainment News
Joe Rogan fears Conor McGregor will be struck by ‘Tommy Morrison CURSE’ in UFC comeback fight
The curse has already struck four former UFC champions
UFC commentator Joe Rogan reckons Conor McGregor may be struck by a "MOVIE CURSE" in his long-awaited octagon return.
The former two-division champion will make his eagerly-anticipated cage comeback on June 29 in the main event of UFC 303 in Las Vegas.
McGregor, 35, will be welcomed back to action by Michael Chandler for his first outing in nearly THREE YEARS.
The Irishman used his injury hiatus to make his acting debut in the remake of the 1989 classic 'Roadhouse' with Jake Gyllenhaal.
And UFC legend Rogan reckons the Irishman's venture into Hollywood could result in him make a losing return to the cage.
During a recent episode of his podcast, he said: "There’s the movie curse. The Tommy Morrison curse.
"He became a movie star. Tommy Morrison was like the man in boxing. He was the duke.
"He was John Wayne’s grandson, right? Or nephew or some s**t.
"So they’d call him ‘The Duke’ and everybody thought he was going to be the main.
"And then he did Rocky V.
"And after Rocky, he fought Ray motherf***ing Mercer.”
"And he’s out already and Mercer is just keeping him up with punches.
"He’s tangled up on the ropes and Mercer is just teeing off with bombs, bombs, bombs."
Four former UFC champions have been struck by the apparent "movie curse"
Michael Bisping, Quinton Jackson, Ronda Rousey and Kamaru Usman all suffered losses in their first fights after filming movies.
Bisping's reign as middleweight champion came to an end in 2017 at the hands of Georges St-Pierre after he starred in 'XXX: The Return of Xander Cage'.
Jackson, meanwhile, lost to bitter rival Rashad Evans after starring as BA Baracus in the 2010 remake of 'The A-Team'.
And former women's bantamweight and welterweight champions Rousey and Usman both suffered brutal KO losses in 2015 and 2022 after starring in Furious 7 and Black Panther 2 respectively.
McGregor hasn't set foot inside the octagon since breaking his left leg in his July 2021 trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier.
The Irishman will look to pick up his first win in over four years when he throws down with Chandler, who he sees himself taking out with ease.
He recently told James Corden: "I am Terminator now.
"I have a titanium rod that goes into the knee and down to the bone, right down to my ankle.
"It’s unbreakable.
"I wish for and I will work for landing this kick with this steel bar in my leg against an opponent and getting them out of there."
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With more sides to his personality than an Octagon, Conor McGregor's rise has been an enthralling watch.
Going from UFC icon to entrepreneur and Hollywood star, the Irishman has transcended the sport he helped bring to the masses. He has four children with fiancee Dee Devlin and the family enjoy a lavish lifestyle.
McGregor has not fought in UFC since breaking his leg in a trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier in 2021. That has not stopped him amassing a net worth of over £150m thanks to his Proper No Twelve whiskey and fashion line.
And he is due to return to the Octagon at UFC 303 in an eagerly-awaited headline clash with Michael Chandler.
McGregor also starred alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in the Amazon Prime remake of classic movie, Road House, although he is dreading his mum seeing one X-rated scene.
Notorious turned up to the premiere in a £60,000 suit that was outdone by his £460k watch.
The only thing sharper than his fashion sense is his tongue and the Dubliner has several bitter spats under his belt, including with UFC legend Khabib Nurmagomedov.
That row led to one of his biggest controversies in 2018 as he travelled 3,000 miles to confront Khabib in a vicious attack on his bus. He pleaded guilty to assault after punching a man in a pub in 2018 and had his £150k Bentley seized by police for driving offences four years later.
Joe Rogan lashed out at McGregor in a four-letter outburst and the Irishman has also fired shots at Jake Paul, KSI and Tommy Fury.
Boxing great Floyd Mayweather also has McGregor on his enemy list after the pair clashed in a cross-sport bout in 2017.
(Wires, Newsfeed)
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Canelo Alvarez def Jaime Munguia
May 4, 2024
Las Vegas, Vevada
T-Mobile Arena
Broadcast: Premier Boxing Champions, DAZN
Alvarez landed 234 punches in total
Munguia landed 170
Highlights completos de la pelea entre Canelo vs. Munguia
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CANELO VS. MUNGUIA: FULL FIGHT HIGHLIGHTS
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Canelo vs. Munguia POST-FIGHT PRESS CONFERENCE | #CaneloMunguia
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Watch live as Canelo Alvarez and Jaime Munguia address the media after the conclusion of their Undisputed Super Middleweight showdown on Saturday, May 4. (Credit: PBC)
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Pound-for-pound great Canelo Álvarez turned in a vintage performance by dropping the previously unbeaten Jaime Munguia Saturday night on his way to earning a unanimous decision as Canelo Promotions presented the all-Mexican clash headlining a PBC Pay-Per-View event on Prime Video from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Making the fourth defense of his WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO 168-pound world titles, Canelo delivered another Cinco de Mayo weekend masterpiece as he took home the decision by scores of 117-110, 116-111 and 115-112. Munguia fought valiantly and was extremely busy in the ring, but Canelo consistently landed the cleaner shots across the 12 rounds. “This win means a lot,” said Canelo. “I’m glad that I gave him this opportunity. Munguia is a great guy and a great champion. He’s gonna have a great career. I’m very proud that the whole world is watching us Mexicans.” "I came out strong and was winning the early rounds,” said Munguia. “I let my hands go, but he’s a fighter with a lot of experience. The loss hurts because it's my first loss and I felt strong.” Munguia appeared to have the momentum after he closed round three with a right hand that appeared to snap Canelo’s head back. However, Canelo responded like the future Hall of Famer he is and delivered the highlight of the fight in round four with a left hook-uppercut that put Munguia on the mat. “I took my time,” said Canelo. “I have a lot of experience. Munguia is a great fighter. He's strong and smart. But I have 12 rounds to win the fight and I did. I did really good and I’m proud of it. He’s strong, but he’s a little slow. I could see every punch. That’s why I’m the best.” "There’s no doubt I would have beaten anyone else tonight,” said Munguia. “He has a lot of experience. I started well, but he’s a fighter who creates a lot of problems." Canelo rode the momentum from that moment to dominate the final eight rounds on the way to his unanimous decision. While Munguia threw more punches than Canelo according to CompuBox (663-536), it was Canelo who held the edge in shots landed (234-170) and connect rate (44% to 26%). After sweeping the final three rounds on all of the cards, Canelo discussed his place in boxing history and his plans for what comes next. “When I retire, my numbers will say what position I'm in,” said Canelo. “I know there's a lot of great Mexican fighters in the past, but I’m the best fighting right now. I’m gonna rest and enjoy my family. If the money is right, I can fight right now. I’ve fought everyone and I can do what I want." (Credit: Premier Boxing Champions)
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Fight Card:
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (c) def. Jaime Munguia via UD (117-110, 116-111, 115-112) — undisputed super middleweight championship
Mario Barrios (c) def. Fabian Maidana via UD (116-111 x3) — WBC interim welterweight championship
Brandon Figueroa (c) def. Jessie Magdaleno via ninth-round KO — WBC interim featherweight championship
Eimantas Stanionis (c) def. Gabriel Maestre via UD (117-111, 118-110, 119-109) — WBA ‘regular’ welterweight championship
Prelims
Jesus Ramos def. Johan Gonzalez via ninth-round TKO — super welterweight
Vito Mielnicki Jr. def. Ronald Cruz via unanimous decision (99-89, 98-90, 96-92) — super welterweight
References: PBC, Wires
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MAR 12, 2024
POUND-FOR-POUND GREAT CANELO ÁLVAREZ DUELS ALL-ACTION STAR JAIME MUNGUÍA HEADLINING A PBC PAY-PER-VIEW EVENT AVAILABLE ON PRIME VIDEO SATURDAY, MAY 4 FROM T-MOBILE ARENA IN LAS VEGAS
MEXICO VS. MEXICO SHOWDOWN HIGHLIGHTS CINCO DE MAYO WEEKEND IN LAS VEGAS
Canelo Promotions Presents Clash Of Mexican Superstars As Pound-for-Pound Great Canelo Álvarez Duels All-Action
Star Jaime Munguía Headlining a PBC Pay-Per-View Event Available on Prime Video Saturday, May 4 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas
Blockbuster Pay-Per-View Card Also Available Live on http://DAZN.com
Pre-Sale Available Through http://AXS.com Thursday, March 14 from 10 AM PT until 10 PM PT with Code: PBC
Public On Sale Begins Friday, March 15 at 10 a.m. PT!
LAS VEGAS – March 12, 2024 – Mexican superstars will go toe-to-toe as Canelo Promotions presents a Cinco de Mayo weekend blockbuster that will see pound-for-pound great Canelo Álvarez put his undisputed super middleweight world title on the line against unbeaten all-action former world champion Jaime Munguía headlining a PBC Pay-Per-View event on Prime Video on Saturday, May 4 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
In addition to the PPV being available for purchase on Prime Video, regardless of Prime membership, fans will also be able to purchase the PPV via http://DAZN.com. On top of those options, fans will also be able to continue to access the telecast through traditional cable and satellite outlets.
Canelo vs. Munguía is the first four-belt undisputed title fight between Mexican combatants and harkens back to the great Mexico vs. Mexico matchups of the past including classics such as Erik Morales vs. Marco Antonio Barrera, Carlos Zárate vs. Alfonso Zamora and Jesús Castillo vs. Rubén Olivares, amongst many others. Canelo has already etched himself in history alongside the greatest Mexican fighters to enter the ring and can add to that legacy on May 4, while Munguía hopes to move himself up the pedestal and make his own lasting mark in the boxing annals with a signature victory Cinco de Mayo weekend.
Pre-sale tickets are available Thursday, March 14 from 10 a.m. PT until 10 p.m. PT through http://AXS.com by using the code: PBC
Public on-sale begins Friday, March 15 at 10 a.m. PT with tickets available through http://AXS.com. The event is promoted by Canelo Promotions, TGB Promotions, Golden Boy Promotions and Zanfer Boxing Promotions.
“We are very excited to return on May 4, especially with a Mexican opponent,” said Eddy Reynoso, Canelo’s Manager and Trainer. “This will be a 100% Mexican celebration! There has been a long time since two Mexicans have faced each other in an event like this. It’s going to be a grand fight. Jamie Munguia is an ex-champion who’s been winning fights and demonstrating great things. That tells me it’s going to be an exciting fight. I am very happy and grateful to Jamie that he agreed to make this happen.”
“Cinco de Mayo weekend is a crown jewel in the boxing calendar, and this year will be one of the most anticipated in recent memory with this all-Mexico showdown between undisputed champion and future Hall of Famer Canelo Álvarez taking on the undefeated power-puncher Jaime Munguía headlining a PBC Pay-Per-View event on Prime Video,” said Tom Brown, President of TGB Promotions. “Saturday, May 4 at T-Mobile Arena will be the highlight of what is always one of the city’s biggest weekends. Fans know that when an all-time great like Canelo faces a hungry action fighter like Munguía, the chances for drama and fireworks are through the roof.”
“An all-Mexican championship showdown on Cinco de Mayo weekend between two guys with immense pride for their country and at the top of their games — it doesn’t get any better for the sport of boxing,” said Oscar De La Hoya, Chairman and CEO of Golden Boy Promotions. “Given Jaime’s incredible offensive attack, Canelo’s unmatched counterpunching and both guys’ tremendous power, fans are in for an absolute barn burner. We at Golden Boy are proud to have been able to work with our partners at DAZN to help make this massive battle and potential instant classic in Las Vegas that you don’t want to miss!”
“Jaime Munguía continues to make history as he paves his way in the sport,” said Fernando Beltrán, CEO of Zanfer Boxing Promotions. “There will be an overflow of Mexican pride in Las Vegas. This fight was accomplished for the people of México between two of the top Mexican fighters in boxing.”
*CANELO ÁLVAREZ VS. JAIME MUNGUÍA*
The reigning WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO Super Middleweight World Champion, Canelo Álvarez will look to extend his own record of successful undisputed title defenses in the four-belt era as he defends his belts for the fourth time in a 12-round matchup against the unbeaten former 154-pound world champion Jaime Munguía, who will compete at the full 168-pound limit for the third straight fight.
Having captured world titles at 154, 160, 168 and 175-pounds, Canelo (60-2-2, 39 KOs) returns to action after a dominant victory last September that saw him drop former undisputed super welterweight champion Jermell Charlo on his way to a unanimous decision. The fighting pride of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, Canelo became undisputed at super middleweight in November 2021 by taking the IBF belt from then unbeaten Caleb Plant via an 11th-round TKO. After dropping a light heavyweight title fight against Dmitriy Bivol in May 2022, Canelo rebounded to defeat Gennadiy Golovkin in their September 2022 trilogy fight before besting John Ryder in May 2023.
Under the guidance of his renowned manager and trainer Eddy Reynoso, Canelo has triumphed over a long list of elite fighters since turning pro at just 15-years-old in 2005, including Golovkin, plus Shane Mosley, Erislandy Lara, Miguel Cotto and Sergey Kovalev to name a few. Outside of the Bivol fight, Canelo’s only other defeat came against undefeated legend Floyd Mayweather in September 2013.
“I’m very proud and excited to be able to make this fight,” said Canelo. “A Mexican versus another Mexican is always a huge fight and it’s been a while since there’s been one like this. It’s great to give an opportunity like this to a fighter that’s earned it like Jaime has. It gives me a lot of joy that two Mexicans will be facing each other in such a big fight for the sport.”
The 27-year-old Munguía (43-0, 34 KOs) first burst onto the scene in 2018, shocking Sadam Ali via a fourth-round TKO to claim a 154-pound world championship, which he would go on to defend successfully five times. A native of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, Munguía continued his dominance after moving up to 160-pounds, going 6-0 at the weight class from 2020 through 2022, including triumphs over D’Mitrius Ballard, Gabriel Rosado and Tureano Johnson, all while garnering a reputation as one of the most fan-friendly fighters in the sport.
Munguía made his debut campaigning at super middleweight in June 2023, facing longtime top contender Sergiy Derevyanchenko. Munguía emerged victorious with a unanimous decision in the back-and-forth affair that garnered Fight of the Year honors from the BWAA. In his most recent fight, Munguia joined forces with legendary trainer Freddie Roach, who helped guide him to a dominant ninth-round stoppage of veteran contender John Ryder in January.
“I’m very, very happy and filled with enthusiasm for this great opportunity,” said Munguía. “I’m incredibly grateful to everyone involved who were able to make this fight a reality. We are ready to give fans a great night of boxing on Saturday, May 4. I can’t wait to demonstrate to the world that I am capable of doing great things. Viva Tijuana and Viva México!”
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Max Verstappen secured his sixth consecutive pole position at the Miami Grand Prix, matching Alain Prost's 1993 record, in an event filled with controversies and challenges for other teams and drivers. The event, part of the Formula 1 season, took place in Miami, Florida, and saw McLaren's Lando Norris and Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso facing penalties and right of review requests, respectively. McLaren boss Andrea Stella criticized Kevin Magnussen's driving behavior during the sprint race, while Magnussen faced no further action for alleged unsportsmanlike behavior. Despite the controversies, Verstappen's performance stood out, with Daniel Ricciardo and Logan Sargeant also making notable efforts. (Grok)
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Aussie Daniel Ricciardo goes from hero to zero at Miami Grand Prix
The 34-year-old finished in the top-four for the first time in three years in Miami in the sprint race on Sunday morning (AEST), but dropped well back in the field in qualifying.
Ricciardo started in fourth spot and many expected him to be run down by the drivers behind him, but the Australian star held off Ferrari's Carlos Sainz with sublime defense.
Daniel Ricciardo has gone from zero to hero in the qualifying period at the Miami Grand Prix, recording his best finish in any Formula 1 race since 2021 in the process.
The 34-year-old finished in the top-four for the first time in three years in Miami in the sprint race on Sunday morning (AEST), but dropped well back in the field in qualifying.
Ricciardo started in fourth spot and many expected him to be run down by the drivers behind him, but the Australian star held off Ferrari's Carlos Sainz with sublime defense.
He moved into third spot at one stage, before Red Bull's Sergio Perez took over - but it was still a banner moment for the Perth product.
"Let's f-----g go," he said on Sky Sports F1.
"Every big result always feels like it is a needed one, it is a happy feeling, it is a powerful feeling. "Also to back up yesterday, qualifying was great but to back it up over the course of a sprint race is even more satisfying.
"It is very good and it is also nice to keep a few people quiet."
Unfortunately, his heroics on the track didn't last long, with Ricciardo dropping all the way back to 18th spot on the grid at the conclusion of qualifying, claiming that he "had no near" during the horror slide.
Sky Sports commentators also described it as a "rude awakening" for the former Red Bull driver after his earlier sprint race masterclass, with Anthony Davidson describing his vehicle as a "rally car".
Ricciardo is provisionally slated to start last on the course due to a grid penalty from the Chinese Grand Prix, where he decided to re-overtake Nico Hulkenberg under the safety car and drew the ire of the F1 stewards.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen will start in pole position ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, while Aussie rising star Oscar Piastri finished sixth in qualifying for McLaren. (Wires)
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Max Verstappen’s Pole Lap | 2024 Miami Grand Prix | Pirelli
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F1 Sprint Highlights | 2024 Miami Grand Prix
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Drivers' Post-Qualifying Reaction | 2024 Miami Grand Prix
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