SiriusXM’s app, featuring Howard Stern and more than 400 other channels of music, news, sports and other programming, has been integrated into Comcast’s Xfinity X1 pay-TV system, Flex streaming video bundle and XClass smart TVs. Eligible Comcast subscribers can sign up for SiriusXM and get their first three months free, […]

After coming under pressure early in the session, stocks have shown a significant turnaround over the course of morning trading on Wednesday. The major averages have bounced well off their lows of the session and into positive territory. The major averages have seen further upside in recent trading, reaching new […]

In an attempt to stem surging fuel prices, President Joe Biden on Wednesday called on Congress and states to take additional legislative action to provide direct relief to consumers. Specifically, Biden is calling on Congress to suspend the federal gas tax for three months, through September, without taking any money […]

European stocks fell sharply on Wednesday as inflation and interest-rate worries returned to haunt investors. Risk-off sentiment prevailed ahead of speeches by a couple of European Central Bank policy-makers and U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell later in the day. “With inflation rising sharply, there has been good reason to […]

UK consumer price inflation rose further in May at the fastest pace in 40 years on rising energy and food prices, deepening the cost of living crisis. Consumer price inflation rose to 9.1 percent in May, in line with expectations, from 9.0 percent in April, data from the Office for […]

Ukonwa Ojo, who arrived at Amazon Studios and Prime Video close to two years ago as Chief Marketing Officer, is exiting. In a memo to staff Tuesday about Ojo’s departure, Mike Hopkins, SVP Prime Video & Amazon Studios, wrote that he’s “reaching out to senior marketing team members in the […]

A little over one month after the more transmissible BA.2.12.1 Omicron subvariant became officially dominant in the U.S. on May 24, two sister subvariants of Omicron have quickly eclipsed BA.2.12.1 across the country. BA.5 and BA.4 are, like BA.2.12.1, more transmissible, but have the added advantage of reportedly being more […]

Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime girlfriend, confidante and co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison and the maximum $750,000 fine for her role in his sex-crimes operation involving underage girls. The sentence could credit her with two years time served, meaning the 60-year-old Maxwell could be free by her […]

“Fast” insofar as humans are concerned, can be measured based on time over several traditional distances. The leading marathon runners can finish a course in just over two hours. The sub-four-minute mile has been the measure for that distance for several decades. The four-minute mile was one of the central […]

EXCLUSIVE: Greg Lauritano (Big Gold Brick) today announced the launch of his Brooklyn-based production company, Black Magic, at the same time offering details as to its upcoming slate. Lauritano is an indie producer who was behind Brian Petsos’ directorial debut, Big Gold Brick, starring Andy Garcia, Emory Cohen, Megan Fox, […]