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☆ Why Barbie, Star Trek, and Star Wars succeed where other movie franchises fail to capitalize on fandoms, according to a new study
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Fandom unveiled the top 25 game and TV/film franchises of 2023 with Marvel, One Piece, Elder Scrolls, and Harry Potter following Star Wars. The idea was to give a unified view on what's capturing fan attention and why, said Perkins Miller, Fandom's CEO. Fandom study describes why franchises fans buy. "We saw original fans far less likely to watch those," Iaffaldano said of the animated shows. FandomOverall, world-building, as exemplified by Star Wars, was the most important factor in love of a franchise, cited by 32%.

Persons: Scrolls, Harry Potter, Perkins Miller, Warner, David Zaslav, Bob Iger, Marvel, Barbie, hasn't, Zelda, Anthony Iaffaldano, Iaffaldano, It's, Miller, they're Organizations: Star Wars, Marvel, Star, deca, Warner Bros, Discovery, Disney, Nintendo, Netflix, Paramount

☆ WTA roundup: Madison Keys loses Guadalajara opener
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Keys, the tournament's fourth seed, received a first-round bye. Navarro converted five of her seven break-point opportunities, while Keys broke serve three times on five chances. Navarro advances to face former U.S. Open finalist Leylah Fernandez of Canada, who knocked out 13th-seeded Elise Mertens of Belgium 6-3, 6-4. 1 Ons Jabeur of Tunisia routed the United States' Alycia Parks 6-2, 6-2, and No. The United States' Sofia Kenin eliminated 12th-seeded Anhelina Kalinina of Ukraine 6-2, 7-6 (5).

Persons: Madison Keys, Aryna Sabalenka, Mike Segar, Keys, Navarro, Leylah Fernandez, Elise Mertens, Maria Sakkari, Australia's Storm Hunter, Caroline Garcia of France, Ekaterina Alexandrova, Poland's Magdalena Frech, Sofia Kenin, Lucia Bronzetti, Yi Yang, Bronzetti, Yang's, Uchijima, France's, Tatjana Maria of, Alexandra Eala, Daria Saville of, Germany's Anna, Lena Friedsam, Viktoria Hruncakova, Russian Anna Kalinskaya, Viktorija, Yulia Putintseva, Xiyu Wang, Yue Yuan, Zhuoxuan Bai Organizations: Madison, Belarus, Aryna Sabalenka REUTERS, U.S, Australia's Storm, Poland's, United, Thomson Locations: Flushing Meadows , New York, United States, Guadalajara, Mexico, Open Akron, U.S, Canada, Belgium, Tunisia, Greece, Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Guangzhou, Italy, Taiwan, China, Tatjana Maria of Germany, Philippines, Daria Saville of Australia, Slovakia, Russian, Switzerland, Kazakhstan

☆ Read the 16-page pitch deck that 'Million Dollar Listing' star Josh Flagg and his cofounders used to raise $1.7 million for their real estate media startup
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Celebrity real estate agent Josh Flagg, media exec Griff O'Brien, and investor Andrew Shanfeld have teamed up to launch Estate Media, a personality-driven media company. Real estate has become a huge pop culture topic, aided by reality TV series like "Selling Sunset" and the "Million Dollar Listing" franchise. The company will offer content created with a network of real estate personalities who, Estate Media said, reach a collective 25 million followers. While the real estate industry has come down from its pandemic frenzy, O'Brien believes Estate Media can ride ups and downs in the market. Scroll down to see the deck Estate Media used to raise its seed round.

Persons: Josh Flagg, Griff O'Brien, Andrew Shanfeld, O'Brien, Flagg, Shanfeld, Jack Davis, Chip, Joanna Gaines —, There's, Margot Ettedgui, TikToker Aaron Grushow, Robert Rivani, Glennda Baker, Ricky Carruth, Adam Weitsman, Chris Heller, Rich Antoniello, Austin Rief, Devin Emery, Brian Goldsmith, Ricky Van Veen, Justin Killion, Spence Markel Organizations: Estate Media, Entertainment, Crypt, HGTV, Los Angeles, Estate, Ojo Labs, Complex Networks, Austin, Morning, Growth Partners, Powerhouse Capital, CollegeHumor

☆ Hollywood is bracing for a 'land grab' for production studios and a scramble to restart films and TV shows once the strikes end
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Some Hollywood studios have long-term leases in place at soundstages and can control what they film and when, but most producers book stages for specific productions. And until the strikes are resolved, it's difficult to plan ahead, so most productions are waiting to move forward. But several high-level studio execs, studio investors, and producers told Insider the gears are starting to turn, with some productions beginning scenario planning. Of course, no one's expecting spending on new entertainment to be what it once was once the strikes end. Some projects were ready to start production, with sets already built, or were in mid-production on a TV series.

Persons: that's, Elsa Ramo, Ramo, Hal Rosenbluth, he's, Atlanta's, Steve Greenberg, Christian Simonds, Reed Smith, they'll, Rosenbluth, it's, They're, Alison Brower Organizations: Hollywood, Guild of America, Alliance, Television Producers, SAG, Kaufman Astoria Studios, New York's, Netflix, Warner Bros, Wall Locations: soundstages, Hollywood, New

☆ US housing starts hit three-year low; surge in permits point to underlying strength
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Lucia Mutikani | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

The decline in housing starts reported by the Commerce Department on Tuesday was the largest in a year and occurred across the board. Housing starts tumbled 11.3% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.283 million units last month, the lowest level since June 2020. Data for July was revised lower to show starts accelerating to a rate of 1.447 million units instead of the previously reported 1.452 million units. Single-family housing starts, which account for the bulk of homebuilding, dropped 4.3% to a rate of 941,000 units last month. They were boosted by a 14.8% surge in multi-family housing permits to a rate of 535,000 units.

Persons: Mike Blake, homebuilding, Daniel Vielhaber, Hilary, Freddie Mac, Goldman Sachs, Nancy Vanden Houten, Jeffrey Roach, Lucia Mutikani, Chizu Nomiyama, Paul Simao, Andrea Ricci Organizations: REUTERS, Commerce Department, Federal, Nationwide, Reuters, U.S, Treasury, National Association of Home Builders, Oxford Economics, Realtors, LPL Financial, Thomson Locations: Rancho, San Diego , California, U.S, WASHINGTON, Columbus , Ohio, homebuilding, Northeast, Midwest, Wells Fargo, New York, Charlotte , North Carolina

☆ How Hudson River Park Helped Revitalize Manhattan’s West Side
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Jane Margolies | Lucía Vázquez | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Twelve hundred tons of sand arrived last month in Hudson River Park, the sliver of green space on the western edge of Manhattan, and it took only a quarter-century to get there. George E. Pataki signed the law authorizing the creation of the park, he vowed it would have a beach. Now, on the 25th anniversary of the Hudson River Park Act — which turned a strip of dilapidated warehouses and rotting piers along the city’s mightiest river into a sprawling park network — West Siders will finally get to wriggle their toes in the sand. The beach is part of a larger effort to complete the park and knit together its disparate sections, which have been developed in bits and pieces over the years. The newest projects expected to open soon are Gansevoort Peninsula, a recreational area off Gansevoort Street that includes the beach as part of a $73 million overhaul, and Pier 97, a $47 million project off 57th Street that will have a big playground.

Persons: George E, Pataki, Siders Organizations: Gov Locations: Hudson River, Manhattan, Hudson

☆ Bob Iger's grand plan for Disney is moving fast with reported talks to sell ABC
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Madeline Berg | Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Disney is in talks to sell ABC to Nexstar, Bloomberg first reported. But the reported talks are another sign that Iger means business when it comes to Disney's streaming future. The company's direct-to-consumer business reported a loss of $2.2 billion in the first nine months of the year — 12% less than during the same period last year. But even if he does sell ABC — and manages to get a good price for it, despite its ominous future — his challenges are far from over. AdvertisementAdvertisementSo, then, what does the deal to sell ABC mean?

Persons: Bob Iger's, Bob Iger, Iger, Peter Csathy, he's, ABC's, Brian Roberts, there's, it's Organizations: Disney, ABC, Nexstar, Bloomberg, Service, Nexstar Media Group, Walt Disney Company, CNN, ESPN, Hulu, Hollywood, Magic Locations: Wall, Silicon, Sun, Iger, Hulu —, Hollywood, Magic Kingdom

☆ Read the 12-page pitch deck 2 brothers used to raise $2 million for Strada, an AI startup to streamline content creation
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Brothers Michael and Peter Cioni, former Adobe and Netflix execs, have raised $1.9 million for their startup, Strada. Strada is a platform that promises to make production work more efficient. Check out the pitch deck they used to raise funds from big Hollywood filmmakers and others. A pair of brother entrepreneurs is betting that they can help video creators bring their projects to life faster by harnessing AI to streamline the production process. Michael and Peter Cioni — former execs at Adobe and Netflix, respectively — left those roles to build their new startup, Strada.

Persons: Michael, Peter Cioni, Peter Cioni —, —, Glenn Ficarra, John Requa, Jason Fotter, Kim Snyder Organizations: Adobe, Netflix, Strada, Hollywood, Ataboy Studios, Donut Media, Panavision

☆ Higher gasoline prices lift US retail sales, trend slowing
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Lucia Mutikani | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Retail sales rose 0.6% last month. Higher gasoline prices boosted producer prices in August, other data from the Labor Department showed on Thursday. Excluding gasoline stations, retail sales rose 0.2% last month. Sales at food services and drinking places, the only services category in the retail sales report, rose 0.3% after increasing 0.8% in July. Excluding automobiles, gasoline, building materials and food services, retail sales edged up 0.1% in August.

Persons: Mike Blake, Christopher Rupkey, Goldman Sachs, Nancy Vanden Houten, Lucia Mutikani, Chizu Organizations: REUTERS, Commerce Department, Federal Reserve, Reuters, U.S . Energy Information Administration, Labor Department, Treasury, delinquencies, New York Federal Reserve, Gross, Oxford Economics, Thomson Locations: Carlsbad , California, U.S, WASHINGTON, New York

☆ Higher gasoline prices seen boosting US inflation in August
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Lucia Mutikani | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

"It's going to be a mixed picture, with headline inflation picking due to higher gasoline prices and core inflation remaining contained," said Sam Bullard, a senior economist at Wells Fargo in Charlotte, North Carolina. "The Fed would be encouraged by the continued moderation trend in core inflation, but it's still too high." While that would mark the second straight month of a pick up in annual inflation, year-on-year consumer prices have come down from a peak of 9.1% in June 2022. In the 12 months through August, the core CPI is forecast to have increased by 4.3%. "Under our new forecast for CPI health insurance, we continue to expect core CPI and especially core services ex.

Persons: Sam Bullard, it's, Ronnie Walker, Goldman Sachs, James Knightley, Lucia Mutikani, Timothy Gardner Organizations: Federal Reserve, Labor Department, U.S . Energy Information Administration, CPI, Financial, Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics, United Auto Workers, General Motors, Ford Motor, ING, Thomson Locations: WASHINGTON, Wells, Charlotte , North Carolina, U.S, I'm, New York

☆ Gasoline fuels US consumer inflation; underlying trend still improving
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Lucia Mutikani | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

The consumer price index increased by 0.6% last month, the largest gain since June 2022. Gasoline prices, which jumped 10.6% after rising 0.2% in July, accounted for more than half of the increase in the CPI last month. While that marked the second straight month of a pick-up in annual inflation, year-on-year consumer prices have come down from a peak of 9.1% in June 2022. The so-called core CPI had increased 0.2% for two consecutive months. In the 12 months through August, the core CPI increased 4.3%.

Persons: bode, Phillip Neuhart, Chris Zaccarelli, Lucia Mutikani, Chizu Nomiyama, Andrea Ricci Organizations: Federal Reserve, Labor Department, First Citizens Bank, U.S . Energy Information Administration, Treasury, Independent, Reuters, Reuters Graphics Financial, Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics, United Auto Workers, General Motors, Ford Motor, Thomson Locations: WASHINGTON, New York, U.S, Charlotte , North Carolina

☆ Streaming subscribers are ready for added services, new research shows, as companies like Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery race to build bundles
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The greatest interest was in shopping discounts (50%); 45% expressed interest in a bundle of more than one streaming service. "There's a way to differentiate yourself by tapping into those opportunities," he said of respondents' interest in other services. Of all countries surveyed, the appetite for streaming bundles was the strongest in the US, with 59% interested in streaming packages that included other streaming services or broadband/internet. Disney offers Disney+, ESPN+, and Hulu for one price and is in the process of migrating Hulu content into Disney+. EY also asked about recent price hikes for streaming services and found rising subscription fees haven't caused widespread cancellations.

Persons: EY, Tom Loozen, Peacock, HBO Max, David Zaslav, They're, Bob Iger, Loozen Organizations: EY Global Telecommunications Leader, Media, Comcast, Warner Bros, Discovery, AMC, Paramount, Walmart, Sky . Disney, Disney, ESPN, HBO, Apple, Hulu, Star, Paramount Global, Showtime Locations: Canada, EU, Asia, Hulu

☆ A top Amazon exec reveals how she's using 'Thursday Night Football' to rope in new brands for the tech giant's $38 billion ads business
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Non-endemic advertisers have been a crucial part of Amazon's ability to expand its ad business more broadly, which totaled $38 billion in 2022. Last year, Amazon made custom ads for DraftKings with "TNF" analysts Ryan Fitzpatrick and Richard Sherman previewing a same-game betting parlay. The matchup will be shown for free on Prime Video, offering advertisers a wider audience than those with an Amazon Prime membership (Amazon ended 2022 with 168 million members , according to CIRP). In another move that will have big implications for some advertisers, Amazon is exploring dynamic advertising, a more targeted form of messaging that's tailored to the individual (i.e. Beyond non-endemic ads featuring "TNF" talent, fans can also expect to see more spots featuring themes of gender equality.

Persons: Amy McDevitt, they've, McDevitt, It's, General Mills, Raquel Navarrski, Navarrski, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Richard Sherman, you've, Amazon's Organizations: Amazon, NFL, General, Miami Dolphins, New York Jets, Brands

☆ Chile Political Prisoners Reclaim Torture Sites to Preserve Coup Memory
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +4 min

Fifty years after a 1973 coup in Chile that ushered in 17 years of brutal military rule and saw some 40,000 people imprisoned, disappeared, tortured or killed, Reuters went with five former political prisoners to the sites of their confinement. Carlos Gonzalez was arrested and tortured by Pinochet's secret police in 1976 at the age of 28. For months he was held in detention centers, including the Tres Alamos and Cuatro Alamos political prison camps in Santiago. They beat you before asking you anything, you couldn't breathe," he told Reuters at another former detention center, the Clinica Santa Lucia. Chile returned to democracy in 1990, though Pinochet himself was never convicted of a crime and died in 2006.

Persons: Ivan Alvarado, Natalia A, Ramos Miranda SANTIAGO, Viola, Carlos, Alejandra, General Augusto Pinochet, Carlos Gonzalez, Gonzalez, Salvador Allende, Pinochet, Alejandra Holzapfel, Ingrid Olderock, Holzapfel, Viola Todorovic, Ivan Alvaredo, Natalia Ramos, Adam Jourdan, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Reuters, Tres, Cuatro, Valech, MIR, Londres Locations: Chile, Tres Alamos, Cuatro Alamos, Santiago ., Santa Lucia, Santiago

Fifty years after a 1973 coup in Chile that ushered in 17 years of brutal military rule and saw some 40,000 people imprisoned, disappeared, tortured or killed, Reuters went with five former political prisoners to the sites of their confinement. Carlos Gonzalez was arrested and tortured by Pinochet's secret police in 1976 at the age of 28. For months he was held in detention centers, including the Tres Alamos and Cuatro Alamos political prison camps in Santiago. Chile returned to democracy in 1990, though Pinochet himself was never convicted of a crime and died in 2006. Reporting by Ivan Alvaredo and Natalia Ramos; Editing by Adam Jourdan and Rosalba O'BrienOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Viola, Carlos, Alejandra, General Augusto Pinochet, Carlos Gonzalez, Gonzalez, Salvador Allende, Pinochet, Alejandra Holzapfel, Ingrid Olderock, Holzapfel, Viola Todorovic, Ivan Alvaredo, Natalia Ramos, Adam Jourdan, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Reuters, Tres, Cuatro, Valech, MIR, Londres, Thomson Locations: Chile, Tres Alamos, Cuatro Alamos, Santiago ., Santa Lucia, Santiago

☆ How Parrot Analytics shook up Hollywood by picking streaming hits
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

The Hollywood strikes thrust Parrot Analytics, which measures film and TV demand, into the spotlight. Parrot Analytics, a decade-old research firm, has in recent years built a complicated reputation in Hollywood with its proprietary system for measuring audience interest in films and TV shows. As streaming consumption skyrocketed and companies like Netflix kept audience data under wraps, Parrot offered one of the few apples-to-apples measurements across different series and films. Some producers and agents say Parrot has brought much-needed transparency to content measurement. "Parrot Analytics would reward quite a few shows that weren't the most viewed shows in America," he wrote.

Persons: Wared Seger, Seger, Parrot, he's, Seger's, Nielsen, Discovery's Max, Julia Alexander —, —, It's, HBO's Casey Bloys, Avalon, Jon Thoday, Matthew Ball, shouldn't, Guy, aren't, it's Organizations: Hollywood, Netflix, SAG, Alliance, Producers, ABC, Nielsen, Disney, CAA, Amazon's, Writers Guild of America, Warner Bros, Amazon Studios Locations: Hollywood, LA, Seger, New Zealand, Boston, America

☆ How the Disney-Charter feud over cable fees could burst the sports-rights bubble
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Distributors are making it harder for legacy media companies like Disney to bid for valuable sports content. "Historically, I felt media companies had the advantage with the content," Naveen Sarma, senior director of US Media & Telecom at S&P Global Ratings, told Insider. "The cable companies inevitably gave in. For the past couple years, we've wondered why the cable companies weren't taking the stand." "Some of the tech and streaming companies have the ability to be global and create custom packages for leagues.

Persons: —, NBCUniversal, Fox, that's, Naveen Sarma, we've, Disney, WBD, Max, David Zaslav, LightShed, Marty Conway, Conway Organizations: Big Tech, Distributors, Disney, Apple, Charter Communications, Sports, P Global Market Intelligence, Paramount, Warner Bros, ESPN, Media, US Media, Telecom, Hulu, NBA, Fox, 4Q, UBS, LightShed Partners, YouTube, Georgetown University, Major League Baseball, NFL, MLS, Tech, aren't

☆ Even Charter thinks that cable TV sucks now
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Nathan Mcalone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Charter, the second-biggest cable company in the US, says the cable TV model is broken. Fights like this have been common across the history of cable TV. Because Charter pays companies like Disney per subscriber, fewer cable TV subscribers meant less money coming in for TV networks. Charter might never actually say it out loud, but it's clear from the presentation that it thinks the cable TV model sucks now and has become a bad deal for customers. I could easily imagine a new type of cable TV package that mixes some live news and sports channels with access to streaming services.

Persons: it's, That's, Lucia Moses, Chris Winfrey Organizations: Service, Disney, ESPN, Netflix Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Get Ready for the New Gucci, and Other Surprises of the Fashion Season
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Vanessa Friedman | More About Vanessa Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After seasons of relative calm and predictability (some might say stultifying sameness), Milan has become the city to watch, with the two debuts of the season. First up: Sabato De Sarno at Gucci. Then there’s Peter Hawkings, another longtime deputy, who became the creative director of Tom Ford in April after the brand was sold to Estée Lauder and Mr. Ford stepped down. Mr. Hawkings worked beside Mr. Ford for decades, and judging by his official portrait, is very much in the mold of his mentor (down to the tinted aviators). The result is pretty much guaranteed to remind of us what we lost when we lost the very talented Mr. Moschino at only 44 in 1994 and why brand founders really matter.

Persons: Sabato De Sarno, Gucci, Valentino, Alessandro Michele, Peter Hawkings, Tom Ford, Estée Lauder, Ford, Hawkings, Jeremy Scott, — Katie Grand, Carlyne Cerf, Dudzeele, Gabriella Karefa, Johnson, Lucia Liu —, Moschino Organizations: Mr Locations: Milan

☆ Brands pouring money into film and TV content are the latest to demand more data sharing from streamers
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

They're pouring more money into Hollywood-style entertainment but want streamers to share more data. An industry effort is underway to standardize measurement of brand films. Brands are joining the chorus of content producers and creators demanding more audience data from Hollywood entertainment giants. Without transparency from the streamers, brands and their agencies rely on other measurements, some quantitative, some qualitative — typically a mix of things like critical reviews, social chatter, earned media, and sentiment. Most streamers don't show viewership data, so "you never really know how many people saw it," said Marc Gilbar, who leads Imagine's brands division.

Persons: Saint Laurent, who've, Gamble —, Brian Newman, REI, Hulu doesn't, Kyra Sedgwick, Paolo Mottola, Mottola, Megan Wells, who's, Ron Howard, Brian Grazer's, Marc Gilbar, Kimberly Doebereiner, Doebereiner Organizations: Hollywood, Brands, Pepsi, Companies, Procter, HBO, Unilever, Netflix, Hulu, Sundance Film, Brand Storytelling, G Studios Locations: Hollywood

☆ What's next for Disney as CEO Bob Iger works to streamline the company, cut costs, and make streaming profitable
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( Lucia Moses | Alison Brower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Bob Iger is trying to reshape Disney as a leaner company in his second act as CEO. When Bob Iger came back to Disney in November 2022, the company and the town celebrated the return of a successful and statesmanlike CEO for the world's largest entertainment brand. Two years under Iger's predecessor Bob Chapek left the company reorganized — in ways many company insiders didn't like — and executives, teams, and creative partners demoralized. Iger told CNBC in July that Disney's TV and cable businesses, including ABC and cable networks like FX, "may not be core" to the company. If Iger succeeds in acquiring all of Hulu, some analysts believe it would help Disney with streaming content, marketing, and ad revenue.

Persons: Bob Iger, Iger, Iger's, Bob Chapek, didn't, He's, Ron DeSantis, Penn, —, Dana Walden, Alan Bergman, Josh D'Amaro, Kevin Mayer, Tom Staggs, Puck Organizations: Disney, ESPN, Apple, Florida Gov, Iger, — Entertainment, Parks, CNBC, ABC, Hulu, Hollywood, Writers Guild of America, Association of, Television Producers, SAG, WGA, He's, Netflix, Penn Entertainment, ESPN Bet Locations: Hollywood, Orlando, California, Hulu

☆ Jabeur holds off Bouzkova to reach U.S. Open fourth round
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( Amy Tennery | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

She will next play China's Zheng Qinwen, who beat Italian Lucia Bronzetti 6-3 4-6 6-4, in the round of 16. "It's a very tough match from both of us," said Jabeur, last year's runner-up. The Tunisian broke back with a nice backhand slice in the ninth game but handed Bouzkova another break with a double fault on set point. Jabeur said she expects a big challenge from fourth-round foe Zheng, against whom she retired in their last meeting in Toronto in 2022. Reporting by Amy Tennery in New York; Editing by Lincoln Feast and Edwina GibbsOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Colombia's Camila Osorio, Mike Segar, Czech Marie Bouzkova, Arthur Ashe, China's Zheng Qinwen, Italian Lucia Bronzetti, Bouzkova, Jabeur, nodded, Zheng, Amy Tennery, Lincoln, Edwina Gibbs Organizations: Tunisian, Wimbledon, ESPN, Thomson Locations: Flushing Meadows , New York, United States, Czech, U.S, Tunisian, Italian, Cincinnati, Toronto, New York

☆ Bill Richardson, U.S. diplomat and troubleshooter, dead at 75
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

As a congressman in 1994, Richardson visited reclusive communist-ruled North Korea to discuss a nuclear accord struck by Clinton. As Richardson was traveling to the country, North Korea shot down a U.S. military helicopter that had entered its territory, killing one pilot and capturing the other. Richardson stayed for weeks to negotiate, flying home with the dead pilot's remains while the surviving pilot was released soon thereafter. In 1996, Richardson negotiated the release of an American named Evan Hunziker, jailed on spy charges in North Korea. Richardson later attended a prep school in Massachusetts, where he became a star baseball pitcher with dreams of a professional career.

Persons: New Mexico Bill Richardson, Gus Ruelas, Bill Richardson, Richardson, Mickey Bergman, Bergman, Bill Clinton, you've, You've, Barack Obama, Obama, Danny Fenster, Clinton, Evan Hunziker, Saddam Hussein, Fidel Castro, William Blaine Richardson, Will Dunham, Lucia Mutikani, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: University of Southern California's Schwarzenegger Institute for State, Global, REUTERS, Rights, New, Richardson Center, U.S, Richardson, Democratic, U.S . House, Representatives, United Nations, Foreign Policy, Cuban, Citibank, Tufts University, State Department, Thomson Locations: New Mexico, Los Angeles , California, U.S, Chatham , Massachusetts, Mexican, American, United States, North Korea, Myanmar, Sudan, Iraq, Iran, Cuba, New Hampshire, Iowa, Korean, Kuwait, Iraqi, Miami, Pasadena , California, Mexico City, Oaxaca, Massachusetts, Washington

☆ Hollywood strike, Yellow bankruptcy likely restrained US job growth in August
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Lucia Mutikani | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

As such, economists are cautioning against reading too much into any sharp deceleration in job gains when the Labor Department's publishes its closely watched employment report on Friday. Nonfarm payrolls likely increased by 170,000 jobs last month after rising 187,000 in July, according to a Reuters survey of economists. Still, employment growth would be more than the roughly 100,000 jobs per month needed to keep up with the increase in the working age population. Yellow Corp trucking filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in early August, leaving about 30,000 workers unemployed. "This (job growth) would be one more piece of evidence that would be consistent with that, but that also depends a lot on the upcoming inflation data."

Persons: Elizabeth Frantz, it's, Brian Bethune, Nonfarm, payrolls, Conrad DeQuadros, Dean Maki, Ellen Zentner, Morgan Stanley, Lucia Mutikani, Nick Zieminski Organizations: REUTERS, Labor, Boston College, Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics, American Federation of Television, Radio Artists, Yellow Corp, Brean, Point72, Management, Thomson Locations: Arlington , Virginia, U.S, WASHINGTON, New York, Stamford , Connecticut

☆ 13 brands, from Coca-Cola to REI, that are pouring money into movies and TV to reach consumers with Hollywood-style storytelling
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Mattel's Barbie is just one of many big brands getting serious about making Hollywood-style entertainment. "Barbie" may be the movie of the summer, but lots of other big brands are getting serious about making Hollywood-style entertainment. Brands are also getting more systematic about tracking the projects' outcome so they can justify the cost. Neutrogena: Neutrogena Studios launched in 2021 and is J&J Consumer's first brand-funded content studio to make feature documentaries and scripted shorts. Showtime/PepsiPepsiCo: PepsiCo's Content Studio is led by veteran PepsiCo marketer Lou Arbetter.

Persons: Barbie, Ron Howard, Brian Grazer's, Oscar, Michael Sugar, Brian Newman, REI, Michael Sugar's, Jae Goodman, Lauren Denowitz, Coke, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard's, Selman Careaga, John Deere, Mara Downing, Al Roker, Jill Wilfert, Robbie Brenner, J.J, Abrams, Lena Dunham, Barney, Daniel Kaluuya, J, Sebastian Garcia, Laurie Hernandez, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck's, Entertainment —, Justin Biskin —, Howard, Lou Arbetter, Max, Robert Rodriguez, Nadia Hallgre, Stanley Nelson, Arbetter, It's, Procter, Kimberly Doebereiner, Paolo Mottola, Kyra Sedgwick, Watiti, Saint Laurent, Anthony Vaccarello, Saint, Pedro Almodóvar, Ethan Hawke, Pedro Pascal, it's, Paolo Sorrentino, David Cronenberg, Kelly Mullen, Bryce Dallas Howard, Lena Waithe, WePresent, Holly Fraser, Moses Sumney, Solange Knowles, Riz Ahmed, Aneil, Fraser Organizations: Hollywood, Procter, Gamble, Brands, Unilever, InBev, Waffle Iron Entertainment, draftLine Entertainment, Netflix, Coca Cola, Entertainment, Global, Deere, Warner Bros, Warner Brothers, Universal Studios, Mattel, Neutrogena Studios, Studio, Kerry, Seattle Film, Ghetto Film, HBO Nike, Nike, Waffle, Apple, HBO, Showtime, Pepsi PepsiCo, PepsiCo, Pepsi Super, Pepsi, G Studios, Imagine, Amazon's, Hulu, Paramount, Blue Fox Entertainment, Saint Laurent Productions, Unilever Entertainment, Imagine Entertainment, Monotype Locations: Hollywood, Kerry Washington, American, Cannes, Britain

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