Newsmax (NMAX) is a Boca Raton, Florida-headquartered multi-platform media and entertainment company founded in 1998 by CEO Chris Ruddy. The company operates through two segments: Broadcasting, which powers its flagship Newsmax TV cable news channel distributed to over 100 million U.S. homes and a growing OTT streaming platform; and Digital, encompassing its website, social media channels, Newsmax+ streaming service, and digital publishing properties.
With 30.4 million total quarterly viewers, 25.4 million social media followers (up 25% year-over-year), and rapidly expanding international licensing and affiliate fee revenues, Newsmax has positioned itself as the fastest-growing conservative news and media brand in the United States.
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What happened: Reddit (RDDT) stock plunged nearly 21% on Friday, its largest intraday decline since the company went public.
What's behind the move: The user discussion platform company's latest earnings report did not announce any new artificial intelligence data licensing agreements, disappointing investors who were expecting more revenue opportunities from AI partnerships.
Revenue of $804.9 million beat estimates of $731.8 million. However, US daily active users came in at 53.2 million, just shy of expectations of 54 million. The company's total daily active users grew by 18% to 130.3 million versus estimates of 130.07 million.
What else you need to know: Reddit's main revenue comes from its advertising business, but Wall Street has increasingly focused on the potential of Reddit's data licensing deals, given the platform's massive collection of user-generated discussions, which have become valuable for AI companies training models.
The company has already signed major agreements with OpenAI (OPAI.PVT) and Google (GOOG, GOOGL).

#agreements

Newsmax (NMAX) is a Boca Raton, Florida-headquartered multi-platform media and entertainment company founded in 1998 by CEO Chris Ruddy. The company operates through two segments: Broadcasting, which powers its flagship Newsmax TV cable news channel distributed to over 100 million U.S. homes and a growing OTT streaming platform; and Digital, encompassing its website, social media channels, Newsmax+ streaming service, and digital publishing properties.
With 30.4 million total quarterly viewers, 25.4 million social media followers (up 25% year-over-year), and rapidly expanding international licensing and affiliate fee revenues, Newsmax has positioned itself as the fastest-growing conservative news and media brand in the United States.
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Reddit, Inc. (NYSE:RDDT) may be willing to walk away from roughly $60 million a year to stop Google from turning its discussions into answers that users never leave Google to read. The companies are negotiating a renewal of their 2024 data-licensing agreement, and Reddit has discussed ending Google's access to its content for AI use, the Wall Street Journal reported on July 22. Reddit, Inc. (NYSE:RDDT) fell 8.7% after the report, its worst session since March, according to Barron's.
Google can find generic product descriptions and technical explanations all over the web. Reddit is useful because its users argue about whether a product is actually good, describe unusual problems and update old advice. Those conversations answer queries for which polished corporate pages are nearly useless. Reddit can reasonably demand more money or limits on how that material appears in Google's AI products.
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Walking away would carry a cost beyond the licensing check. Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL), through Google Search, also sends people to Reddit, where their visits can be turned into advertising revenue. If an AI answer already quotes the useful part of a discussion, however, that referral relationship becomes less valuable. Reddit is effectively being asked to keep supplying an input that may reduce the traffic Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) sends back.
The $60 million payment is not large enough to make the decision on its own. Reddit generated $663 million of revenue in the first quarter, of which $625 million came from advertising and $39 million from other sources, including data licensing. Google would lose a frequently updated source of human answers. Reddit would find out how many users seek it out and how many arrive only because Google placed a link in front of them.

#reddit #licensing #NASDAQ #googl

The AI buildout has resulted in an unanticipated casualty distant from Silicon Valley: telecom equipment manufacturers, who now compete with hyperscalers for the same memory chips. Three major companies, SK Hynix, Samsung, and Micron, control more than 95% of worldwide DRAM production, and as AI data centers use an increasing share of that output, memory chips used in telecom base stations become scarcer and more expensive as a direct result. That is the mechanism behind Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC)'s worst single-day stock reaction in nearly three years.
The company's shares plunged about 12% on July 14, reaching their lowest level since February, after Ericsson warned that growing component costs, particularly memory chips, will affect margins in the future. Looking into Ericsson's Q2 2026 results, the market's harsh reaction was more about forward guidance rather than a breakdown in existing operational execution. Adjusted EPS was SEK 1.22 (~$0.13), which was in line with market expectations. Adjusted gross margin increased to 48.4%, a two-percentage-point year-over-year rise after normalizing for a prior-period IPR licensing settlement. Meanwhile, reported net sales declined 6% to SEK 52.7 billion ($5.62 billion), missing the SEK 53.71 billion forecast, while organic sales excluding currency and one-offs remained essentially flat.
What worried investors was guidance and cash flow, not the print itself. Free cash flow before M&A fell to SEK 0.4 billion from SEK 2.6 billion a year ago, owing to increased inventories being accumulated ahead of scheduled third-quarter deliveries. Management forecasted Q3 Networks adjusted gross margin to a range of 48% to 50%, a slight decrease from Q2 levels, noting a higher share of lower-margin network rollout projects and component inflation developing "gradually" during the second half of 2026 and into 2027.
Jefferies, which rated the stock at a Hold with a target price of 98 Kronor, framed the sales miss as being centered primarily on delayed India deliveries within the Networks division as opposed to broad-based demand weakness, and noted Ericsson is forecasting a stronger-than-seasonal third quarter as those delayed deliveries arrive.
The sudden selloff has generated an attractive valuation gap for long-term investors. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) is currently trading at a 14.45x forward P/E multiple, representing a significant discount to key infrastructure rivals such as Nokia, which trade on similar 5G-cycle and edge-connectivity theses. The market's knee-jerk reaction appears to regard temporary component inflation as a permanent weakening of Ericsson's earnings potential, resulting in a clear disparity between price and underlying value.

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The Welsh Rugby Union has confirmed it will cut one of its four men's professional teams from the 2028-29 season, with Scarlets and Ospreys set to fight it out to survive.
The WRU says one of its teams will be based in the capital Cardiff, one in the west and the east.
It means one of the two regions in the west, Scarlets or Ospreys, will be defunct, with Cardiff and Dragons offered the respective capital and east licences.
"The WRU board has examined in detail a range of factors when determining the three future licence areas and has confirmed that only incumbent teams will be considered eligible for a licence," a WRU statement said.
The licensing framework and the licence award process will begin in December 2026 and conclude by the end of the 2026-27 season at the latest.

#scarlets #ospreys #confirmed

Reddit reports second-quarter earnings on July 30. Heading into the print, the stock is down about 27% year to date, and most of that damage came from one story. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that Reddit had internally discussed restricting Google's access to its platform content for AI training, as renewal talks over their data-licensing deal hit friction. The stock dropped roughly 9% that day.
Reddit and Google signed a $60 million-a-year licensing agreement in 2024, letting Google train its AI models on Reddit's content. That's under 2% of Reddit's trailing revenue.
But investors reacted as if the number mattered less than the signal. If Reddit is willing to walk away from a live AI licensing partner, that raises questions about how durable the rest of Reddit's data business really is, and whether Google's AI-powered search results are already cutting into the referral traffic Reddit depends on. Let's break down the case.
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Reddit hasn't missed an **** yst estimate since going public in 2024. Revenue growth has actually sped up: 61% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2025, then 69% in the most recent quarter. Diluted EPS rose 7x during this period. Free cash flow rose 145% year-over-year in the first quarter.

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Every major AI chip story seems to lead back to Arm Holdings (ARM) as the industry's biggest players rely on the company's architecture to build their processors. As ARM gears up for its fiscal Q1 earnings on July 29, investors are eager to see if the company can continue to translate strong demand into sustained growth needed to justify its premium valuation.
Valued at $277.7 billion, Arm Holdings develops the processor technology that powers billions of chips globally, licenses that technology to semiconductor firms, and gets royalties on each chip shipped. The company earns money through licensing revenue and royalty revenue. While historically, Arm's business was dominated by smartphones, today its processors power PCs and laptops, cloud servers, AI data centers, automotive chips, smart TVs, IoT devices, and much more. Thanks to AI, the company now has new growth opportunities in Cloud AI, Edge AI, and Physical AI.
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Prime Video and Rogers Communications announced a 12-year sublicensing agreement on Tuesday that will see the streamer become the new home of Wednesday night regular-season national NHL games in Canada.
Per the announcement, Prime Video will exclusively broadcast Wednesday night national NHL games in English and French, starting with the 2026-2027 season. The deal includes at least 26 national regular-season NHL games, beginning on Wednesday, September 30.
Amazon's streaming arm will also have exclusive rights to select Stanley Cup Playoff series in Canada, including two First Round playoff series and one Second Round series each season.
Rogers, which operates Sportsnet, has an $11 billion media rights deal with the NHL through the 2037-38 season.
"Our partnership with Prime Video builds on the strong foundation we have established together and reinforces NHL hockey as the most valuable sports content in Canada," said Tony Staffieri, President and CEO, Rogers, in a statement. "As Canada's home of hockey, Rogers is committed to connecting more fans to more NHL hockey and delivering more national games with fewer blackouts on Sportsnet, Canada's #1 sports media brand."

#prime #wednesday #games

TORONTO (AP) — Amazon's Prime Video will exclusively broadcast Wednesday night national NHL regular-season games in Canada in English and French beginning next season as part of a new 12-year licensing agreement with Rogers Communications Inc. announced Tuesday.
The streaming service will also carry select Stanley Cup playoff series, including two first-round series and one second-round matchup annually.
The agreement spans the length of Rogers' $11 billion, 12-year deal with the NHL for national media rights on all platforms in Canada through the 2037-38 season. Terms were not disclosed.
"We're thrilled to expand our partnership with the NHL and Rogers in this landmark agreement, which brings even more premium live sports to Prime members in Canada," said Jay Marine, head of global sports at Prime Video.
Prime Video's lineup will include at least 26 national regular-season games, starting Sept. 30, and will be available to Prime subscribers in Canada at no additional cost; Rogers-owned Sportsnet retains the majority of national NHL games. A Rogers spokesperson said the playoff allocation will follow a draft format: Prime Video will receive the fourth and fifth selections among the eight first-round series and the third choice among the four second-round matchups.

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The Community of Madrid has withdrawn Rayo Vallecano's concession for the Vallecas stadium in order to begin urgent renovation work. "There is no way to guarantee that nothing could happen," says the Minister for Culture, Tourism and Sport, Mariano de Paco.
The immediate consequence is that Rayo will not be able to start the season in its own stadium. The Community of Madrid has not given specifics but estimates that the renovation work will last "months" and plans to begin "as early as tomorrow."
The regional government is taking this decision to "guarantee people's safety" and explains that the works will address possible fire safety or sanitation issues. "We are going to act with total urgency and try to do it in the shortest possible time," the minister said.
Rayo Vallecano uses the municipal stadium, which it does not own, through a concession granted by the Community of Madrid.
"We carried out an audit of the stadium that produced quite bleak results regarding the stadium's maintenance. That was, as we all know, the club's responsibility and direct obligation, as was regulatory compliance and licensing, and the Community of Madrid has made the decision to temporarily pause the concession so that these renovations can be carried out," Minister Mariano de Paco explained.

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The chipmaker sent shareholders a fortune in cash, yet the stock itself went nowhere fast. Here's what owners actually got for their patience and what the trade-off really cost them.
Qualcomm (QCOM)'s stock has seen better days, trading around $170.32 a share after a recent 25% pullback from its one-month high. But behind the stock chart's noise is a much simpler story: the company has been a quiet, large cash-return machine. Over the last five years, Qualcomm handed back $43 billion to its owners through dividends and buybacks, an amount equal to 24% of its entire current market value. The question for any investor is whether that cash was a reward for a great business or a consolation prize for a stock that dramatically lagged the market.
The company's cash machine is built on two very different engines.
That $43 billion gusher, which dwarfs the $5.7 billion returned by the median S&P 500 company over the same period, comes from a business with formidable profitability. Qualcomm's operating margin over the last twelve months was 26%, well above the index median of 18.4%. The cash is generated by its two core segments: QCT, which designs the Snapdragon chipsets that power countless smartphones and, increasingly, cars and other connected devices; and QTL, its high-margin technology licensing arm.
Of the total returned to shareholders, $26 billion came from share repurchases, and another $17 billion was paid out as dividends. This is the financial brute force that underpins the investment case: a mature, highly profitable business dedicated to rewarding its owners.

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The exclusive U.S. licensing deal adds a second clinical-stage CNS ****** et to Jupiter Neurosciences' pipeline, expanding its development strategy beyond its lead Parkinson's disease program.
Jupiter Neurosciences (NASDAQ:JUNS) signed a definitive agreement for exclusive U.S. rights to ALA-002 in a transaction valued at up to $100 million.
The Jupiter Neurosciences ALA-002 license agreement transforms the company from a single-program developer into a dual clinical-stage CNS company.
ALA-002 is a patented, FDA-designated Novel Chemical Entity (NCE) designed as a non-racemic MDMA formulation for neuropsychiatric disorders.
The deal combines a modest upfront payment with milestone-based consideration tied to clinical, regulatory and commercial progress.

#clinical #deal

The unexpected termination of former Pittsburgh Steelers safety Ryan Clark from ESPN sent shockwaves across sports media. While many fans focused on the harshness of Clark being removed during a live broadcast, industry insiders are examining the cold financial reality driving the decision: a massive shift in how networks allocate talent payroll.
As traditional networks pivot toward digital giants and creator-led platforms, the sports media landscape has undergone a seismic transformation.
Former NFL linebacker Emmanuel Acho broke down the financial mechanics on his podcast, "Speakeasy," pointing out how multi-million-dollar mega-deals for star personalities inevitably squeeze out traditional ****** yst budgets.
"There's two mega stars at ESPN left doing daily shows: Stephen A. Smith and Pat McAfee," Acho explained. "They have to make room for Pat McAfee. 'The Pat McAfee Show' will get $60 million. But with that being said, you got to start to find that money. Well, if Ryan is making $2 or $3 million, bet, if I got to find $10 or $15 more for Pat, where can I find it? Hey, I can find a couple mil from Ryan."
Acho's co-hosts underscored that modern broadcasting increasingly prioritizes built-in digital reach and viral engagement over traditional ex-player credentials. With networks pouring unprecedented funds into external licensing deals for giant independent brands, legacy studio roles face intense budget pressure.

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Bill Cosby's finances are facing intense scrutiny as a woman who won a $60 million civil judgment against him moves to collect the award. The latest court filings seek a detailed accounting of the disgraced comedian's ******* ets, including everything from bank accounts to royalty payments and intellectual property.
The post-judgment discovery marks another major development in the ongoing legal battle between Cosby and plaintiff Donna Motsinger. According to newly filed court documents, her attorneys are casting a wide net to determine which ******* ets could be used to satisfy the multimillion-dollar judgment.
RadarOnline reported that Motsinger's legal team served extensive post-judgment interrogatories seeking information about nearly every aspect of Cosby's financial life. The requests reportedly cover checking and brokerage accounts, cash holdings, private equity investments, business interests, real estate, automobiles, aircraft, jewelry, artwork, collectibles, retirement accounts, insurance policies, cryptocurrency, safe deposit boxes, and storage units.
The filing also seeks information about income-producing ******* ets, including royalties, licensing payments, residuals, copyrights, trademarks, and other intellectual property. According to the report, Motsinger's attorneys are attempting to identify every possible source of revenue that could help satisfy the judgment entered against Cosby in March.
The outlet reported that the requests extend beyond Cosby's personal finances. Attorneys are also seeking information about his wife, Camille Cosby, including ******* ets held in her name, jointly owned property, trusts, financial accounts, income sources, and any marital agreements that could affect ownership of ******* ets.

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A micro-modular nuclear reactor developer with global headquarters in Italy and a U.S. corporate office in Pennsylvania said it has been selected to deploy its equipment for data center infrastructure in Latin America and Brazil.Terra Innovatum Global N.V. on July 20 said Latin American technomedia group Waiken ILW has selected Terra Innovatum's SOLO micro-modular reactor platform for an initial deployment that will support DIRECTV Latin America and SKY Brasil (Jaguariúna). The companies said they have a letter of intent that covers up to 8 MWe of behind-the-meter power generation capacity."This initiative aims to provide reliable, behind-the-meter clean energy solutions for Waiken ILW's data centers while serving as a proof of concept for other long-term, energy-intensive operations within the Waiken ILW group of companies," said Alessandro Petruzzi, co-founder and CEO at Terra Innovatum. "Critical communications infrastructure demands uninterrupted, resilient power. We believe this agreement demonstrates the growing commercial opportunity for behind-the-meter nuclear energy beyond AI data centers, extending into media, telecommunications and other critical infrastructure sectors."The agreement represents Terra Innovatum's first announced commercial deployment initiative in Latin America. The company said it reflects growing international demand for standardized, factory-built micro-modular nuclear power.
The SOLO technology was conceptualized in 2018. It was engineered across a six-year period. Terra Innovatum said SOLO "addresses pressing global energy demands with a market-ready solution. Built from readily available commercial off-the-shelf components, the proven licensing path for SOLO enables rapid deployment and minimizes supply chain risks, ensuring final cost predictability."The company said the micro-modular reactor is "designed to adapt with evolving fuel options ... SOLO supports both LEU+ and HALEU, offering a platform ready to transition to future fuel supplies."Giordano Morichi, founding partner, chief business development officer and director of investor relations for the company said, "This strategic collaboration with Waiken ILW highlights the commercial strength of our global supply chain and the versatility of our SOLO technology. The agreement demonstrates that SOLO is not designed for a single market, rather it is a platform that can scale across multiple industries and geographies, including telecommunications, cloud infrastructure and data centers, financial services, healthcare, industrial facilities and other mission-critical operations."

Ripple Payments Europe joined 14 firms added to the European MiCA register, lifting the total of authorized crypto providers across the bloc to 294.
The update confirms Ripple's regulated foothold in Europe, though licensing momentum is clearly cooling.
MiCA is the European Union framework that requires crypto companies to hold a Crypto ***** et Service Provider license before offering regulated services. The European Securities and Markets Authority maintains the central register listing every approved firm.
Ripple Payments Europe was added to the list after receiving full authorization from Luxembourg's financial regulator, the CSSF. The entity now operates as the company's regulated payments arm across the European Economic Area.
The license unlocks passporting rights covering 30 countries. That mechanism allows a single national approval to cover the entire bloc, replacing the previous patchwork of separate national permissions.

LONDON, July 16 (Reuters) - The full implementation of China's rare earth export restrictions could put $6.5 trillion of downstream production outside the country ‌at risk, the International Energy Agency warned on Thursday.
China, the world's largest ‌producer of rare earths, expanded export controls in October last year to cover additional materials and introduced new licensing requirements, but later agreed to delay implementation for a year.
Rare earths are a group of 17 metals used in small quantities, but essential to products ranging from cars and aircraft to electronics and weapons systems.
If the controls ‌take full effect, about $6.5 trillion ⁠of production across the automotive, high-tech, defence and energy sectors could be exposed to supply disruptions, the IEA said in ⁠its Global Critical Minerals Outlook report.
The U.S. and Europe would account for nearly half of the economic impact, the report added.

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July 16 (Reuters) - Trump Media & Technology Group has unveiled a paid-for, licensed data feed that will give banks and trading firms "the fastest" access to posts from influential Truth Social accounts, such as President Donald Trump's, whose ‌posts often move global markets.
The product, called "Truth API," will deliver posts from the 10 most influential accounts to customers at a significantly ‌faster pace than a regular push notification on the Truth Social platform, a spokesperson said.
The feed is designed for organizations "most impacted by the cost of a delay in information", such as algorithmic trading firms, the company said in a statement. "Until now... firms that prioritize tracking influential Truth posts have relied on manual monitoring. Truth API closes the gap."
The move is TMTG's first step into data-licensing, and opens up a new revenue stream for the company, which has faced challenges in scaling its media business amid stiff competition from larger social media firms.

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Bloomsbury Publishing is sticking with its full-year guidance, helped by ongoing AI licensing revenue and growth in its Academic & Professional division. The publisher expects adjusted profit of about £49.9 million (about $67.3 million) this year, up from £44.9 million last year, despite a consumer division that is still waiting for big fantasy releases and fresh Harry Potter momentum. The lesson is simple. Magic wands are nice, but licensing your back catalogue to AI companies may be the new enchanted object.
Bloomsbury said it remains confident of meeting full-year market expectations after the first four months of its financial year.
The London-listed publisher, best known as the UK home of Harry Potter and the publisher of Sarah J. Maas, said consensus expectations stand at revenue of £354.2 million and adjusted profit of £49.9 million for the year to February 2027.
That would compare with revenue of £325.9 million and adjusted profit of £44.9 million in the previous financial year.

PHILADELPHIA – For the better part of 90 minutes Tuesday, July 14, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred and MLB Players' ****** ociation interim executive director Bruce Meyer laid out their alternative visions of reality, staking out opposite poles on a salary cap, revenue sharing, and perhaps the color of the sky as the sport grinds toward a Dec. 1 owners' lockout.
Yet there's one subject in which they were in full agreement: If sports gambling and prediction markets are legal, they most certainly should get a piece of it.
Meyer, in his first major press briefing since Tony Clark's February resignation, acknowledged that widespread legalized sports betting has created "an environment where our players are subject to constant threats, harassment. Always has been, but I think the players will probably say it's reached a new low."
Yet in late April, the MLBPA struck a long-term licensing agreement with Hard Rock Bet, which it said integrates "MLB player name, image, and likeness directly into the core of the betting experience across Hard Rock Bet's digital and retail platforms throughout North America."
That would seem to put the union at odds with one of its core principles, protecting player safety and welfare. Yet both league and union have adopted a mindset that could also serve as the ****** les of a '90s album: Everybody else is doing it, so why can't we?

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is one of billionaire David Abrams' top stock picks with upside potential. Alphabet shares have more than doubled in the past year, and ******* ysts see the stock rising more from the current level. Alphabet is a big favorite of elite investors, as the stock is backed by 265 hedge funds.
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On July 2, the EU's top court upheld the $4.7 billion antitrust fine against Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL). The fine is linked to how Google handled Android licensing after regulators accused the company of abusing its market power. Alphabet had fought hard to overturn the fine but lost the battle.
While Alphabet has lost the fight against the EU's Android fine, the company's prospects remain bright. On June 30, Morgan Stanley raised its price target on Alphabet shares to $415 from $375 and kept an Overweight rating on the stock. The brokerage commented that Alphabet is one of the best-positioned AI companies around, noting the company's expanding AI compute capacity and surging demand for AI resources.
Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is a global technology conglomerate. It is the parent of Google, a leading provider of internet search, online advertising, and cloud computing services. Alphabet is involved in life sciences through Verily and provides robotaxi services through Waymo.

Linda Cohn spent 34 years watching the face of ESPN evolve. She has a more informed perspective on the question than most.
Appearing on Yahoo Sports Daily following her retirement from the Worldwide Leader, Cohn was asked whether Pat McAfee had supplanted Stephen A. Smith as the face of the network.
“It’s apples and oranges,” she said. “They’re totally different people, totally different shows, totally different lanes they’re in.”
The question, in her view, presupposes a hierarchy that doesn’t exist. According to Cohn, both men occupy the same rarified ******* e at ESPN simultaneously, just through entirely different avenues.
Her historical reference point for McAfee wasn’t Smith. It was Dan Patrick. Patrick built The Dan Patrick Show into a fully independent production with a loyal core crew around him, syndicated nationally and eventually acquired by NBC, without surrendering creative ownership to anyone. McAfee replicated that blueprint on a grander scale, cultivating a massive audience outside ESPN before licensing the show to the network under an arrangement that left him with complete creative control.

England football fans can now stay in pubs longer this Saturday for the match against Norway, the government has confirmed.
Extended licensing hours mean pubs in England and Wales can remain open until 30 minutes past the final whistle, even if the game faces delays due to extreme heat.
The fixture, which sees England face Norway at 10pm BST on Saturday from Miami, Florida's Hard Rock Stadium, had previously seen ministers extend opening times until 2am, with this latest move utilising flexible laws for further allowance.
Policing minister Sarah Jones said: "England fans deserve the chance to watch every minute of the quarter-final together, and that is exactly what our extension guarantees.
"After the weather delay we saw before the Mexico game, we want to give fans and venues complete certainty that no-one will miss a moment of the action.

England fans will be able to stay in the pub until after Saturday's World Cup quarter-final with Norway is over, the UK government has said.
Extended licensing hours mean that pubs in England and Wales can remain open until 30 minutes after the final whistle is blown, even if the start of the game is delayed because of extreme heat.
England play Norway at 10 pm English time (2100 GMT) at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida.
Ministers had already pushed opening hours for the game until 2 am, but have made the extra extension with flexible licensing laws.
Policing minister Sarah Jones said: "England fans deserve the chance to watch every minute of the quarter-final together, and that is exactly what our extension guarantees.

England football fans can now stay in pubs longer this Saturday for the match against Norway, the government has confirmed.
Extended licensing hours mean pubs in England and Wales can remain open until 30 minutes past the final whistle, even if the game faces delays due to extreme heat.
The fixture, which sees England face Norway at 10pm BST on Saturday from Miami, Florida's Hard Rock Stadium, had previously seen ministers extend opening times until 2am, with this latest move utilising flexible laws for further allowance.
Policing minister Sarah Jones said: "England fans deserve the chance to watch every minute of the quarter-final together, and that is exactly what our extension guarantees.
"After the weather delay we saw before the Mexico game, we want to give fans and venues complete certainty that no-one will miss a moment of the action.

England fans can stay in the pub - either celebrating or commiserating with each other - until 30 minutes after the final whistle is blown in the World Cup quarter-final against Norway, the government has said.
Extended licensing hours will allow supporters in England and Wales to watch the entire game, even if the start is delayed because of extreme heat. An earlier extension had allowed venues to stay open until 02:00 BST.
The Three Lions are due to kick off at 22:00 (18:00 local time) at the Hard Rock Stadium, in Miami, Florida.
It comes after England's match against Mexico on 2 July, held at the host country's Azteca Stadium, began an hour later than scheduled because of storms.
"England fans deserve the chance to watch every minute of the quarter-final together, and that is exactly what our extension guarantees," said Policing Minister Sarah Jones.

Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA) is one of the undervalued stocks to buy according to the Wall Street. On July 2, Access Advance LLC and Alibaba Group announced that Alibaba expanded its participation in the Video Distribution Patent/VDP Pool by becoming a Licensee. This agreement provides Alibaba access to a comprehensive license for HEVC, VVC, VP9, and AV1 codec technologies, building upon the company's existing role as a Licensor in the pool and its previous engagement through the VVC Advance Patent Pool.
The VDP Pool's single-license structure simplifies the complex licensing needs of Alibaba Group Holding Limited's (NYSE:BABA) diverse ecosystem, which spans e-commerce, digital media, and entertainment. By consolidating coverage for four major video codecs into one royalty rate, the agreement removes the need for multiple bilateral contracts, allowing Alibaba to scale its video-based services more efficiently as it continues to integrate advanced streaming technologies.
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Both organizations highlighted this expansion as a meaningful step in their multi-year collaboration, emphasizing a shared commitment to a stable licensing ecosystem. This partnership aims to support the continued development and adoption of next-generation video standards, ensuring that innovations remain accessible and beneficial for both patent holders and technology users across the global market.
Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA) operates as a technology infrastructure and marketing solutions provider. It operates both within the People's Republic of China and internationally. The company was founded by Chung Tsai and Yun Ma in June 1999 and is headquartered in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.

In 2026, the Hobby has continued to see meteoric growth: more record-breaking sales—which have, in part, led to higher retail prices—more exclusive licensing deals, and more people clamoring for MJ cards than ever before. Thankfully, it turns out there’s some hope left for humanity: the collectibles industry is making a genuine effort to give back, and July is shaping up to be one of the busiest charity months of the year.
Here’s what’s happening, and how collectors can participate.
On Friday, July 10 at 5 p.m. ET, eBay Live will host a charity auction benefiting The V Foundation, which funds cancer research in honor of the late great Jim Valvano. The stream takes place during ESPYs week and will be hosted by ESPN’s Treavor Scales and Madelyn Burke.
The lineup includes a mix of memorabilia and fan experiences:
Two spots to play basketball on the court at Madison Square Garden

Domino's Pizza Inc. (NASDAQ:DPZ) is one of the top mid-cap stocks to own for decades, according to hedge funds. On June 23, BTIG ******* yst Peter Saleh reiterated a Buy rating on Domino's Pizza Inc. (NASDAQ: DPZ) but lowered the price target to $425 from $450. Despite the cut the new price target represents significant upside as the stock is trading at about $304 a share.
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The price target cut is in response to the company's announcement of the imminent retirement of chief executive officer Russell Wiener. He steps down after significant success during the four years at the helm, including turning around the company's US business. Weiner is to take over as the executive Chairman on October 1.
Domino's Pizza has already named Chief Operating Officer Joe Jordan as Russell's successor. Jordan was selected because of his extensive experience with the company, which will be crucial in the uncertain economic environment characterized by tight consumer spending.
Domino's Pizza, Inc. (NASDAQ:DPZ) operates as a multinational restaurant chain and franchise company. It primarily makes, sells, and delivers pizzas, pasta, wings, and side dishes. The company functions as both a franchisor (licensing the brand to independent owners) and an operator, while running central supply chain facilities that distribute ingredients to its stores.