Sports + Entertainment

Budget Battles

  • Why Netflix Didn’t Pay the Ransom for ‘Orange Is the New Black’

    By Josh Herr

    Over the weekend, hackers calling themselves “thedarkoverlord” threatened to release the first 10 episodes of the fifth season of Netflix’s “Orange Is the New Black” on the popular file sharing...

  • John Skipper, President of ESPN, INC, and co-chairman, Disney Media Networks addresses the media in Digital Center 2, a new 194,000 sq. ft building on the ESPN campus in Bristol, Connecticut May 22, 2014 will be the new home of SportsCenter beginning Ju

    Will ESPN's Mass Layoffs Save the Network?

    By Jeff Spross, TheWeek.com

    There was a bloodbath at ESPN on Wednesday. A dramatic round of layoffs had long been expected at the Worldwide Leader in Sports, but the numbers turned out much bigger than predicted : Roughly 100...

  • NFL logo and set are seen at New York's Radio City Music Hall before the start of the 2013 NFL Draft

    Here's Why It Really Pays to Get Picked in the First Round in the NFL Draft

    By Cork Gaines and Diana Yukari, Business Insider

    In the weeks leading up to the NFL Draft, players and agents jockey for position to be one of the top picks in the draft and cash in with a lucrative contract. This is immensely important because if...

  • Harry Potter Deathly Hollows Part II

    Here's Why Hollywood Is Addicted to Sequels

    By Diana Yukari and Carrie Wittmer, Business Insider

    There are a lot of sequels coming in 2017, and many have already hit theaters. But to the chagrin of Hollywood executives, many are bombing at the box office . Analysts are crying sequel fatigue, but...

  • View shows Dubai International Airport after an Emirates Airline flight crash-landed

    The Trump Effect? Major Global Airline Cuts Flights to US

    By Benjamin Zhang , Business Insider

    On Wednesday, Emirates announced plans to reduce service to the US amid fallout from the Trump administration's more restrictive travel policies . The Dubai, United Arab Emirates-based airline says...

  • Formula One Shareholders In a Race to Cut A Deal

    By Alan Baldwin, The Fiscal Times

    Formula One could have new owners by the end of the year with three parties currently interested, the sport's commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone said last Tuesday. "Our shareholders at the moment...

  • Daily Fantasy Sports Scandal: How Costly Will This Fumble Be?

    By Drake Baer, Business Insider

    News has broken about a scandal in the booming daily fantasy-sports industry, or DFS. According to a New York Times report on Monday, DraftKings and FanDuel, two of the biggest companies in DFS, are...

  • Empire

    Why Fox's 'Empire' Is an Even Bigger Hit Than You Think

    By Aimee Picchi, The Fiscal Times

    This year’s crop of the priciest TV shows include a few surprises, a couple of older shows that still have life in them, and a perennial favorite. SLIDESHOW: The 10 TV Shows with the Highest Ad Rates...

  • NFL: Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers

    A Netflix for Sports Will Launch in 2016

    By Michelle Castillo, CNBC

    Sports media company Perform Group is taking steps to launch a livestreaming sports service, saying it is positioning itself to become the "Netflix of sports." The yet-to-be named subscription...

  • Yogi Berra Remembered

    Remembering Yogi Berra in Photos and Quotes

    By Josh Stelzer, The Fiscal Times

    Baseball legend Yogi Berra passed away last night at the age of 90 on the same day he played his first Major League Baseball game 69 years ago. He was a child of Italian immigrants in St. Louis...