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Business22h ago
Dolly Parton Turned Down Elvis, and It Made Her Millions
She refused to hand over half the rights to I Will Always Love You. Eighteen years later Whitney Houston recorded it and sold 20 million copies.
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Business1d ago
Warner Bros. Discovery Is Stuck in Limbo as the Paramount Merger Stalls
A planned split, a sale process and a delayed Skydance merger have left a company mid-restructure with its strategy frozen and states suing to block the deal.
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MarketsAug 20
Disney+ and Netflix Are Buying Into Football Without Buying the Football
UK broadcasters pay £1.67bn a year for live Premier League rights. The streamers are buying the talk shows instead.
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MarketsAug 14
Now That Nostalgia Is Big Business, It May Be Disappearing
Companies got so good at selling the past that they made it permanently available — and in doing so weakened the feeling they were selling.
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