About This Event: In the swirling vortex of media comebacks, one question stands poised on the tip of everyone’s keyboard: Is Matt Lauer staging a return to the airwaves in 2024? Once a cornerstone of morning TV, Lauer’s fall from grace left fans and critics alike wondering if a path back to the small screen […]
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“The NBA’s long-term television media deal expired in 2023. Since 1989, professional basketball games have aired on networks under the TNT umbrella. Despite the long-term success of the deal, the NBA is moving forward with a new deal that will leave TNT out of the mix. The deal will continue to include ESPN, as well […]
“The ongoing battle for the television rights to the NBA could lead to as much as a $76 billion payout to the league – three times more than the league’s current deal – over an 11 year-term”
“June 5 (Reuters) – The National Basketball Association is closing in on media rights deals with Comcast-owned NBC, Disney’s ESPN, and Amazon.com that would generate about $76 billion in media revenue over 11 years, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.”
“Now that exclusive negotiation windows are complete, the NBA broadcast rumour mill and briefing war is going into overdrive. But amid the speculation and conjecture, what’s the state of play in the race to show professional basketball in the US?”
“The NBA’s new long-term broadcasting agreements would pay the league about $76B over 11 years — three times the amount of the current deal and a “record payday” of close to $7B annually — thanks to “strong demand for live sports and the emergence of new bidders,” according to sources cited by Lucas Shaw of […]
“The weight loss medication Ozempic has become the most talked-about drug in Hollywood, with several celebrities like Kyle Richards and Garcelle Beauvais denying that they’ve taken it to shed pounds”
“Singer and TV host Kelly Clarkson addressed rumors that her weight loss was due to a GLP-1 agonist in May 2024 and denied that she’d taken one.”
“First FDA approved as a diabetes treatment in 2017, Ozempic is the brand name for semaglutide, and its ability to help users quickly drop weight has made it the worst-kept secret in Hollywood. (It also bears mentioning that semaglutide is approved as a weight-loss drug only under the brand name”
“Oprah Winfrey, Keke Palmer, Amy Schumer and more celebs who’ve talked about semaglutide drugs including Ozempic and Wegovy — and where they fall on its usage”