Placeholder while article actions load Happy Thursday! I’ve never been superstitious, but writing about spam filters in a newsletter again has me on edge. Anything for you, dear reader. A quick programing note: The newsletter will be on a limited Tuesday to Thursday schedule through Aug. 25. Below: The FCC rejects subsidies for SpaceX’s Starlink service, and new data shows what platforms teens use. First: FEC greenlights Google plan to loosen spam filters, overcoming Democratic challenge
Read More »Darvin Ham’s offensive plan, Rob Pelinka’s roster patience
LOS ANGELES — It was a grand opening ceremony for one of sports’ iconic franchises in late July. Los Angeles Lakers owner Jeanie Buss, along with former Laker greats, were in attendance at the team’s practice facility to promote Buss’ docuseries titled, “Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers,” scheduled to premiere Monday on Hulu. It’s a 10-episode series in which Buss quelled the notion that the project would not reveal any hard-hitting revelations due to being an in-house… Source link
Read More »Warner Bros. Discovery results ‘pretty awful’ as growth plan ‘looks bleak’: Analyst
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) continued to plummet on Thursday, dropping 16% in midday trading after the company reported a $3.42 billion loss in the second quarter, partly due to obstacles related to its recent merger. “We knew it was going to be messy, but this was pretty awful,” Geetha Ranganathan, Bloomberg Intelligence senior media analyst, told Yahoo Finance. The company expects 2022 adjusted EBITDA to come in between $9 billion and $9.5 billion, a decline from previous forecasts of $10… Source link
Read More »Warner Bros. Discovery sinks on $3.42 billion loss, HBO Max restructuring plan revealed
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) reported its first quarterly report since the $43 billion merger as the company battles consolidation challenges. The media conglomerate swung to a $3.42 billion loss in the second quarter, partly due to obstacles related to its recent merger. The stock plummeted in after-hours trading, down as much as 9%. Here are Warner Bros. Discovery second quarter results compared to Wall Street’s consensus estimates, as compiled by Bloomberg: In total, the company said it… Source link
Read More »FEC draft OKs Google plan to keep campaign emails out of spam
Google’s proposed program to help keep campaign emails out of users’ spam folders wouldn’t violate campaign finance laws, the Federal Election Commission said Wednesday. Driving the news: Google in June asked the commission to rule on whether its plan would be considered a sort of contribution to politcial campaigns, as Axios reported. The FEC’s draft answer says it would be lawful for Google to offer the pilot program to eligible participants. The commission still has to vote to adopt this… Source link
Read More »Plan to force cap on Russian oil prices could actually work
The U.S. still remains ‘a ways away’ from reaching an international agreement to impose a price cap on Russian oil exports, with limited enthusiasm from the world’s largest energy buyers India and China, so far, a Senior Biden energy advisor said. But Amos Hochstein, Special Coordinator for International Energy Affairs for President Biden, said he remains optimistic that Russia would ultimately continue its output despite a price limit, in large part because ‘their economy has nothing… Source link
Read More »Google’s CEO Has a Brilliantly Simple Plan To Recession-Proof His Staff. Any Business Can Use It
In a recent staff-wide email, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai referenced the potential for a recession and how it could affect the company. “We need to be more entrepreneurial working with greater urgency, sharper focus, and more hunger than we’ve shown on sunnier days,” he wrote. Many thought Pichai’s words sounded grim, according to TechCrunch, which missed the overarching message within the email. What Pichai really meant is that he has a brilliantly simple plan to help top… Source link
Read More »European, U.S. Groups Plan Salvo of Privacy Complaints Against Google
Consumer groups from several European countries on Thursday plan to file formal complaints to regulators alleging that Google violates privacy rules and doesn’t inform users of how their data from across the company’s services is used to target advertisements. Google makes it simple for users to click one button to share their data when signing up to a service; opting out, however, requires several additional clicks, the complaints say. The Alphabet Inc. unit… Source link
Read More »Trudeau has ‘no solid plan’ to tackle inflation, Canadians say: Yahoo/Maru poll
55 per cent of Canadians said Trudeau has no solid plan to fight inflation and bring prices down. (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images) A majority of Canadians believe Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland have “no solid plan” to tackle inflation and rein in prices, a new Yahoo/Maru Public Opinion poll has found. According to the survey of 1,515 Canadians, 55 per cent said Trudeau has no solid plan to fight inflation and bring prices down, while 20 per… Source link
Read More »‘Our season has not gone according to our plan’
Eight-time WNBA All-Star Tina Charles is switching teams. Charles agreed to a contract divorce with the Phoenix Mercury on Saturday. Shortly after, multiple reports stated that the 2012 league MVP had reached an agreement to join the Seattle Storm. The Mercury announced the split, calling it a mutual decision. In a statement, Mercury general manager Jim Pitman said, “Our season has not gone according to our plan,” which played a role in the decision. The Mercury sit in fifth place in the… Source link
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