Walt Disney said Tuesday it will raise prices for its flagship Disney+ streaming service in the US next month, as the entertainment giant pushes to bolster profits from its digital platforms.Starting Oct. 21, the ad-supported Disney+ plan will increase by $2 to $11.99 per month, while the ad-free premium tier will rise $3 to $18.99 a month. Annual premium subscriptions will jump $30 to $189.99.Prices will go up starting Oct. 21. It’s the fourth straight year Disney has raised prices. HTGanzo – stock.adobe.c ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday the central bank is in a “challenging situation” with an ongoing risk of faster-than-expected inflation at the same time that weak job growth has raised concern about the health of the labor market.In comments prepared for delivery to Rhode Island’s Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce, Powell offered little indication of when he thinks the Fed might next cut interest rates, noting that there was danger to both cutting too fast and risking a new surge of in ...

A former top official in the Trump Administration, Makan Delrahim, is in advanced talks to join the newly merged Paramount Global in a major legal role, according to sources with direct knowledge. Delrahim, who served as Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division at the Department of Justice during President Trump’s first term, has become one of David Ellison’s key advisors over the last few years.Since leaving government, Delrahim has been a partner at Latham & Watkins, where he leads the firm’s ...

Jimmy Kimmel’s comeback to late-night TV on Tuesday following a weeklong hiatus will be blacked out of dozens of markets after Sinclair Broadcast Group announced its ABC affiliates will not air “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” — replacing it with “news programming” instead.“Beginning Tuesday night, Sinclair will be preempting ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ across our ABC affiliate stations and replacing it with news programming,” the company posted on X on Monday.“Discussions with ABC are ongoing as we evaluate the show’s potent ...

Walt Disney should shut down the ABC network rather than sell it and transfer the channel’s content to its streaming platforms to lower regulatory risks and unlock higher valuation, brokerage Needham wrote in a client note on Tuesday.The recent “FCC intervention has made owning broadcasting licenses too expensive and too volatile for DIS shareholders, in our view,” the brokerage said.Disney’s decision to take Kimmel’s show off the air last week added fuel to the debate of free speech in America amid conserv ...

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Google is once again facing the possibility of a forced breakup as closely-watched hearings on how to tackle its monopoly over digital advertising technology kicked off in Virginia federal court on Monday.Justice Department attorney Julia Tarver Wood slammed Google’s proposal for a lighter penalty – comparing it to “[putting] a band-aid on a seriously severed limb” – and said a forced divestiture of its key ad exchange, AdX, was needed to restore fair competition and protect news publishers and advertisers ...

Michelob Ultra has officially taken the crown as the nation’s best-selling beer – dethroning Modelo Especial.It claimed the top spot as the best-selling beer during the 52 weeks ended Sept. 14, its parent company, Anheuser-Busch InBev, said on Monday, citing data from Circana.The light, lager-style beer also reigned supreme as the top seller in bars and restaurants over the past year, according to Nielsen IQ data.Michelob Ultra has officially taken the crown as the nation’s best-selling beer. Cerib – stock. ...

The Walt Disney Company announced Monday that “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” will return to air on Tuesday following a weeklong suspension over his monologue about Charlie Kirk’s murder.In a statement, Disney said it halted production last Wednesday “to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country.” The company added that “some of the comments were ill-timed and thus insensitive.” 3 “Jimmy Kimmel Live” will return to the air Tuesday, Disney announced. ABC 3 Right-wing activist ...