Disney’s Splash Mountain To Close In Florida In January Amid Racism Concerns—Nearly Three Years After Company First Announced It
Topline Disney’s Splash Mountain ride will close in Walt Disney World in January, the company announced Friday, shuttering the attraction more than two and a half years after Disney initially announced its closure amid controversy over the ride’s depictions of race. The entrance to Splash Mountain at Walt Disney World Resort’s Magic Kingdom Park in…
FAU Football Hires Former Texas Coach Tom Herman, per Report
After two seasons away from college football, Tom Herman is back.The former Texas head coach has been hired as the coach at Florida Atlantic, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Brett McMurphy of the Action Network was first to report on the move.Herman spent the 2021 season as an offensive analyst for the NFL’s Bears, and…
DISNEY Truce With Florida?
Disney may get its Florida tax magic backFlorida lawmakers are reportedly working to reverse a law stripping Disney of its special tax status in the state, The Financial Times reports, after a feud between Gov. Ron DeSantis and Bob Chapek, the company’s former C.E.O.If passed, that new legislation would undo much of the fallout from…
UFC Orlando Live Results: Thompson vs. Holland
UFC Orlando results begin at 7 p.m. ET/ 4 p.m. PT on Saturday, December 3, on MMAWeekly.com. The fights take place at Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. Click on the fight below in the UFC Orlando results section for live stats or jump down to the UFC Orlando written results. In-fight live stats and results…
Florida Has Spent Nearly $3.5M Flying Out Migrants, Records Show
Florida has so far spent $3.46 million on flying migrants out of the state, according to recent records, as part of the push by Governor Ron DeSantis to relocate them to Democratic-leaning states.Payments have been made to a vendor named Vertol Systems Company for its services related to the migrant flights, according to data collected…
Amazon’s cloud unit faces cost-sensitive customers as economic fears mount
Amazon Web Service has built a giant business by getting companies to offload services to the cloud. But clients are now trying to save money on their bills…
Media Briefing: Publishers see a bump in commerce sales during Black Friday weekend despite economic downturn
Publishers’ commerce businesses show positive signs that consumers are still shopping despite the economic downturn…
Wealthy Russian Arrested in London Over Money Laundering, Fraud
A “wealthy Russian businessman” was arrested in London this week on suspicion of offenses including money laundering, conspiracy to defraud the Home Office, and conspiracy to commit perjury.
Has 2022 been a bad year for new games? | This Week in Business
As we head into the final month of the year, there’s a bit of gloom around the industry, as evidenced by two ongoing negative narratives around the business of games this year. First, sales are down. Second, any hope of changing that has dimmed as the release schedule has been decimated by delays…
The future of indie | Playable Futures Podcast
For the latest episode of the Playable Futures Podcast, Will Freeman is joined by representatives from three of the many independent and mid-size studios that are currently making waves in the games industry. Playtonic Games business development manager Stephanie Darrah, nDreams CEO Patrick O’Luanaigh, and Nosebleed Interactive managing director Andreas Firnigl discuss how much the…
