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Versant Posts Mixed Q2 Results As Advertising Trends Show Improvement
Versant, the media company spun off from Comcast earlier this year, reported mixed second-quarter results, with total revenue and earnings per share both declining year-on-year. However, advertising trends showed signs of improvement, offering some encouragement as the company works to rebalance its business away from reliance on traditional linear television towards digital platforms. Total revenue…
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Bangor’s Arthurs served anti-doping ban last season
Bangor striker Ben Arthurs has completed a three-month anti-doping ban after testing positive for a cocaine metabolite following an Irish Premiership match in March. UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) confirmed the finding, and Arthurs admitted recreational use in a social setting unconnected to his sporting performance, which allowed him a reduced ban under UKAD’s rules for out-of-competition,…
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Warner Bros. Discovery Q2 Profit Slumps on NBA Ads, Movie Schedule, Write-Downs
Warner Bros. Discovery’s second-quarter net income fell sharply, as strong growth in its streaming business was outweighed by continued decline in its cable-TV networks and a weaker slate of films than the year before. The parent company of HBO, TNT and the Warner Bros. film studio blamed the loss of NBA broadcast rights and shrinking…
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Coming up: six promoted teams to look out for in Europe this season
The Guardian previews six clubs newly promoted to Europe’s top domestic leagues this season, highlighting contrasting paths to the top flight. They range from former European heavyweights returning after long absences to small-town clubs and investment-backed projects making unlikely climbs up the football pyramid. Deportivo La Coruña, once part of Spanish football’s “big four” and…
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Keanu Reeves’s 115-Minute 10/10 Action-Thriller Epic Is Finally Streaming on Netflix
Speed, starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, is one of the best action films of the 1990s thanks to director Jan de Bont
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Nike Drops New Air Jordan 13 Retro ‘Wings’ Sneakers: Here’s Where to Buy a Pair Online
Nike has relaunched the Air Jordan 13 Retro trainer in a new “Wings” colourway, going on sale on Thursday, 6 August at 10am ET/7am PT. The Air Jordan 13 was originally released for the 1997-98 NBA season and was the shoe Michael Jordan wore during his final season with the Chicago Bulls, when he won…
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Joan Jett cancels series of shows following medical surgery to focus on “healing”
Jett has issued a statement. The post Joan Jett cancels series of shows following medical surgery to focus on “healing” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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Netflix’s Sci-Fi Juggernaut Is Officially 2026’s Most-Streamed Series
Netflix’s Stranger Things has been named the most-watched television series of 2026’s first half, according to Nielsen viewing data, despite the show’s final episode having aired back in December 2025. The finding is notable because it means the Duffer Brothers’ sci-fi horror hit outstripped every series that actually premiered new episodes in 2026, underlining the…
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How Vicky McClure Became the Reigning Queen of the British Police Procedural
Vicky McClure, one of Britain’s most recognisable television actors, spoke to The Hollywood Reporter ahead of the launch of season four of ITV’s Trigger Point, in which she returns as bomb disposal expert Lana Washington. During the interview, she corrected a persistent online claim that she was mentored at Nottingham’s Television Workshop by fellow Nottingham…
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One of the most controversial anime flops is coming back with a new manga
The Promised Neverland is returning to Weekly Shonen Jump with a new 36-page one-shot chapter, set to appear in issue 39 (2026) on 24 August, as part of celebrations marking the manga’s 10th anniversary. Created by Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu, the horror fantasy series was a bestseller during its original 2016-2020 run, but its…