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NASA’s Perseverance Sets Off-World Record for Total Distance Driven

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has driven farther than any vehicle ever has on the surface of another world. On Oct. 11, the rover’s odometer reached

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Oct 12 • 5:20 PM EDT • Science • science.nasa.gov
Show at Union Cemetery highlights seven KC Halloween entertainment offerings

“Electric Poe” has become an annual outdoor production since Coterie created it in 2020 during the pandemic.

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Oct 12 • 3:48 PM EDT • Entertainment • kansascity.com
Six Flags Entertainment (NYSE:FUN) Shares Up 5.2%

Six Flags Entertainment (NYSE:FUN) Shares Up 5.2% - Time to Buy?

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Oct 12 • 12:40 PM EDT • Entertainment • marketbeat.com
2026 Election Preview: 137th Legislative District

The midterm elections are less than four weeks away and PoliticsPA has identified 19 State House races throughout the Commonwealth to focus on during the run-up to the 2026 election, as part of our 31 Races in 31 Days series. HD-137: Joe Emrick (R) v. Jeff Warren (D) The Key…

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Oct 12 • 11:51 AM EDT • Politics • politicspa.com
Raiders Week 6: Meet the Bills

This is Buffalo’s first game in Las Vegas since 2020

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Oct 12 • 11:04 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Five new startups join Argonne's entrepreneurship program

Chain Reaction Innovations at Argonne National Laboratory announces five new innovators who will join its 10th cohort. These entrepreneurs have been awarded two-year fellowships to advance their energy and science technologies.

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Oct 12 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • anl.gov
Bills DT Oliver, WR Palmer ruled out for Monday Night Football

According to head coach Joe Brady, Palmer hurt his shoulder in practice and Oliver did not practice this week because of a knee injury.

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Oct 12 • 7:52 AM EDT • Sports • spectrumlocalnews.com
St. Mary’s and Dean nurses expand labor charges against SSM Health

Nurses at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital and Dean Medical Clinic have joined forces to expand labor charges against their parent company, SSM Health, alleging union-busting activity. St. Mary’s nurses filed federal labor charges Sept. 8, nearly two months after voting to unionize under the Service

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Oct 12 • 6:59 AM EDT • Health • madison365.com
St. Louis residents may change how the city fills vacancies at the Board of Aldermen

St. Louis has used a nonpartisan approval voting system with runoffs since 2020, but the city's charter requires partisan special elections to fill aldermanic vacancies.

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Oct 12 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • stlpr.org
Politics Unplugged (Full Episode) Oct. 11, 2026

On "Politics Unplugged," political editor Dennis Welch sits down with Republican gubernatorial candidate Andy Biggs for a wide-ranging interview weeks before election day. The conversation is dominated by Governor Katie Hobbs' multi-million-dollar ad campaign accusing Biggs of protecting Warren Jeffs' FLDS cult while he was Arizona Senate President. Biggs forcefully denies the allegations, defending his legislative record and accusing the interviewer of carrying Hobbs' water. He escalates further, claiming Hobbs' rhetoric has led to death threats and that she would be "thrilled" if he were physically harmed. The interview also covers his vote against honoring Capitol Police on January 6th, his call to Rusty Bowers about decertifying the 2020 election, and whether he'd certify results as governor in 2028. Hobbs' office responds with a statement denying the claims. The show closes with a teaser for a Hobbs interview the following week.

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Oct 11 • 8:38 PM EDT • Politics • azfamily.com
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Midterm polls show tightening races in Oregon and Washington

Oregon and Washington’s midterm elections are shaping up to be tighter than expected.

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Oct 11 • 5:00 PM EDT • Politics • koin.com
Florida flips nation's No. 1 2027 receiver from Texas

The Gators get one of the biggest recruits in program history.

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Oct 11 • 4:16 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Northwestern Football Ranked for First Time Since 2021

Northwestern football is back in the national spotlight. The Wildcats return to the AP Top 25 for the first time since the final poll of the 2020 season, ending a wait that began in January 2021.

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Oct 11 • 2:02 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Kansas GOP Sen. Roger Marshall pays off 6-year-old campaign cookie bill

Republican Sen. Roger Marshall settled his debts this weekend with a bakery in Kansas after a bill for hundreds of treats his campaign ordered for a 2020 event sat unpaid for six years.

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Oct 11 • 1:04 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Barcelona’s next man up mentality makes easy work of Getafe

Hansi Flick’s strength in depth is a huge asset.

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Oct 11 • 12:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Here's how much the PlayStation 5 cost in 2020 vs. 2026

The PS5 has gotten more expensive since it arrived in 2020, thanks to a variety of factors. And we don't expect the price to drop anytime soon.

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Oct 11 • 9:45 AM EDT • Technology • engadget.com
Sunday Puzzle: Back to school

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle along with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and LAist listener Bill Etienne of Laguna Niguel, California.

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Oct 11 • 7:55 AM EDT • Entertainment • kgou.org
Blues Recall Dylan Peterson From Springfield

2020 third-round pick brought up with injuries to Toroipchenko, Dube; could make NHL debut Tuesday against Senators

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Oct 11 • 12:11 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Trust in science falls as Covid-era confidence fades, finds global survey

Across countries surveyed before, during and after the pandemic, 72% of people expressed at least some trust in science in 2025, down from 80% in 2020 and 77% in 2018

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Oct 10 • 11:14 PM EDT • Science • business-standard.com
Jim and Marilyn Simons lent their 68-metre superyacht to ocean scientists; an $80,000 system tested whether luxury vessels could help validate satellite data

Superyachts are usually associated with luxury travel, but the 68-metre Archimedes, owned by Jim and Marilyn Simons at the time of the research, also became a platform for marine science. During several deployments between 2018 and 2020, an autonomous measurement system aboard the yacht collected ocean-colour observations at a range of locations, including remote regions such as the Antarctic Peninsula.

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Oct 10 • 7:30 PM EDT • Science • timesofindia.indiatimes.com
For World Mental Health Day, A Check-up on the Music Industry

Consider it a musical manifesto devoted to mental health

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Oct 10 • 11:08 AM EDT • Health • billboard.com
The possibility that Trump will cost the GOP the Senate is coming into focus

President Donald Trump might well have cost Republicans the Senate majority in both 2020 and 2022. It’s likely to happen again.

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Oct 10 • 6:30 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Big Tech is betting $700 billion on AI. Healthcare will decide whether the bet pays off

Healthcare has something many industries lack: a clear place to put the productivity gains AI creates.

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Oct 10 • 6:30 AM EDT • Health • fortune.com
The Presidential Prayer Team

Each day, we invite you to join us in prayer for our national leaders. As mandated by 1 Timothy 2:1-2, we encourage prayer for those in positions of authority.

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Oct 10 • 4:30 AM EDT • Health • presidentialprayerteam.org
2026 Mayor’s Small Business Awards set for Oct. 21

The Maui Chamber of Commerce will host the 2026 Mayor’s Small Business Awards from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Oct. 21 at the King Kamehameha Golf Club Waikapu Ballroom. Registration is required for this Academy Awards-style event honoring Maui small businesses. Tickets may be purchased at MauiChamber.com by clicking on the Events page. Meals are $125 […]

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Oct 9 • 8:10 PM EDT • Business • mauinow.com
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Task force ditches Wyoming-run health insurance plan idea, mulls unorthodox service models

by Katie Klingsporn, WyoFile A legislative task force studying health insurance affordability in Wyoming has declined to advance a proposal to create a

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Oct 9 • 5:45 PM EDT • Health • capcity.news
College of the Redwoods Hosting 35th Annual Science Night October 16th

“College of the Redwoods will hold its 35th annual Science Night Friday, October 16th, 2026, 5 pm – 8 pm.”

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Oct 9 • 3:00 PM EDT • Science • kymkemp.com
jonetta rose barras: Are aspects of DC’s much-touted healthcare system on the verge of collapse?

When MedStar Washington Hospital Center in DC announced the closure of one of its two postpartum maternal units over the summer, alarms understandably went off throughout the government and advocacy community. In the District and in many other parts

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Oct 9 • 1:29 PM EDT • Health • thedcline.org
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A ‘LaPolitics’ Q&A with House Education Chair Laurie Schlegel

What do you think are the main drivers causing Louisiana student test scores to rise? House Education Chair Laurie Schlegel: A great deal of credit goes to Superintendent Cade Brumley, who was hired in 2020 and built a strong team with a clear vision. He worked with the Legislature to implement reforms focused on the […]

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Oct 9 • 10:58 AM EDT • Business • businessreport.com
Jones, Thompson spar over Social Security, political money in last scheduled debate

The 4th Congressional District candidate forum was a more confrontational showdown than their debate just one day earlier.

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Oct 9 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • sacbee.com
Finding Joy Again: Sarah Adam on Mental Health and High Performance

There is a familiar message in elite sport: Keep going.Push through the hard training. Push through fatigue. Push through doubt. Push through the pressure.For Sarah Adam — the first woman named to the U.S. Wheelchair Rugby Paralympic Team, a silver med...

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Oct 9 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • teamusa.com
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From Mountain Goats to Mental Health Initiatives, Glacier Conservancy Puts $4.5 Million to Work

Amid unprecedented visitation numbers and staffing cuts removing nearly a quarter of the park’s workforce, Glacier National Park’s fundraising arm is working to meet the park’s growing demands. In a public meeting on Wednesday, Glacier National Park Conservancy, the official fundraising partner of the park, outlined the progress of its supported projects as well as […]

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Oct 9 • 6:54 AM EDT • Health • flatheadbeacon.com
Skydance's Gerhard Zeiler, Warner Bros President International, Exits

"It is surprisingly difficult to find the right words to say goodbye," the Austrian writes in an internal memo obtained by The Hollywood Reporter. "At the end of next week, I will leave the company."

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Oct 9 • 6:49 AM EDT • Politics • hollywoodreporter.com
Is Academy Sports and Outdoors (ASO) Still Cheap On Earnings?

Academy Sports and Outdoors has delivered solid gains for long term shareholders, which puts a spotlight on whether the current share price at US$52.76 is still well supported by its earnings power. With that kind of track record in the rear-view mirror, the key issue now is what those profits are worth today. A 33.9% return over the past 5 years means long term holders have been rewarded. Fresh buyers need to ask whether the present valuation still lines up with the earnings that underpin...

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Oct 9 • 4:10 AM EDT • Sports • finance.yahoo.com
The Presidential Prayer Team

Each day, we invite you to join us in prayer for our national leaders. As mandated by 1 Timothy 2:1-2, we encourage prayer for those in positions of authority.

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Oct 9 • 4:00 AM EDT • Science • presidentialprayerteam.org
New framework aims to improve reliability of tear-based health sensors

Dr. Yangzhi Zhu of the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI), with collaborators at UC San Diego and USC, published a Nature Sensors perspective on what it will take to turn tear-based wearable sensors into reliable, long-term health-tracking tools.

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Oct 8 • 10:14 PM EDT • Health • news-medical.net
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SLO County Public Health Confirms First Measles Case of 2026

Below is a press release from The County of San Luis Obispo Department of Public Health regarding a confirmed case of measles. SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. —

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Oct 8 • 9:07 PM EDT • Health • keyt.com
Trump bucks and the politics of mailing checks

The checks started going out last week, nearly one million of them, and mostly to battleground states. With a return address for the U.S. Treasury and a letter enclosed signed by President Donald Trump, these one-time checks for $500 were ostensibly government rebates for Obamacare enrollees who overpaid. In the accompanying letter, however, Trump attacks his predecessor and talks about his record in office on an important issue he’s not polling well on, which makes it seem more like the most expensive political mailer in U.S. history. The average piece of direct mail costs between 30 cents and $3, according to Mail Processing Associates, a print, mail, and fulfillment company. At $500 a pop plus roughly 50 cents each to issue the paper check, the cost of Trump’s healthcare mailer sent to more than 950,000 enrollees comes in at more than $475 million. Trump’s midterm healthcare message “For years, the Biden Administration overcharged you to fund the operation of HealthCare dot gov,” Trump wrote in the letter. “That money belongs to hard-working Americans, not the Government, and now, I am returning it to you!” In the letter, Trump makes false and misleading claims about his administration’s record on healthcare costs, an issue Democrats have a 20 point advantage on over Republicans, according to a recent poll from KFF, a nonpartisan health policy think tank. Trump touts his administration’s TrumpRX program, which he claims is “delivering massive discounts.” However, new research from KFF found that of a selection of drugs available on the TrumpRX platform, just five were the lowest price, while 13 were the highest price. Trump also falsely claims in the letter that he’s fighting to lower healthcare costs. In reality, average monthly premium payment costs for enrollees rose 58% under Trump while marketplace sign-ups declined 5%, per KFF. Under Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, it’s estimated 10 million more Americans will be uninsured by 2034. You get a check and you get a check and you get a check Trump’s long promised cash outs to his fans, from his days as a casino operator and gameshow host to his presidency. During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the first Trump administration made the unprecedented move to put Trump’s name on checks that went out under the CARES Act (notably the $500 refund checks this time around don’t feature Trump’s name). Ever since, Trump’s been chasing that high. In his second term, Trump’s promised more stimulus that never arrived, like refund checks from DOGE cuts and tariffs, while he said at his party’s convention last month that he’d give out $5,000 checks to everyone if Republicans win in November. In reality, DOGE overstated its cost cutting and Trump’s government actually now spends more than former President Joe Biden’s, while Trump’s tariffs actually grew the trade deficit. His proposal for $5,000 checks would add about $1.2 trillion to the national debt. The problem is there’s no money to give. These $500 checks — plus $90 Medicare rebate checks also going out as well as $250 deposited this week in some Trump Accounts for kids courtesy Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell and his wife Susan — represent the closest Trump’s going to get to making good on his promise to deliver cash fast. And the checks seem especially targeted. Though the $500 checks went out to enrollees in one of 30 states that use the federal HealthCare dot gov marketplace, a Reuters review found 71% of the payments, or $339 million, went to enrollees in 13 states that have the most competitive elections for governor and U.S. Senate. Most Americans don’t buy it Could Trump bucks sway the election? An Economist-YouGov poll found 57% of U.S. adults doubt Trump will deliver on his promise for $5,000 checks, compared to 21% who do. “I’m waiting on my DOGE check and I’m still waiting on my tariff check,” one 2024 Trump voter who’s since turned on him told a recent focus group. “It felt like kind of trying to buy people’s votes, which honestly felt like in elementary when the class president was like, hey we’re going to take you to the water park if you vote for me. It’s like, I don’t think it works like that.” But for voters in swing states who got a check, it could still matter. One survey published in 2022 found receiving a physically personalized check in the mail during the pandemic was associated with a much greater self-reported likelihood of voting for Trump in 2020, and those gains mainly came from out partisans. The issue for Trump comes if these checks are mostly going to Obamacare enrollees whose premiums have gone up by more than just $500 since he took office and who view the money as something like a bribe before the election rather than an actual long-term solution to lowering household costs. Spending $500.50 per mailer would be absurd as a normal campaign expenditure, but since Trump’s checks and letter are a government rebate, his campaign and super PAC didn’t have to spend a dime and he got out his message regardless. If enough voters in key states are swayed by the one-time payment, it could prove to be the best $0 the Trump campaign spent. 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Oct 8 • 6:01 PM EDT • Politics • yellopolitics.com
Six Flags Entertainment (NYSE:FUN) Stock Price Target Lowered at Citigroup

Citigroup lowered their price target on Six Flags Entertainment from $17.00 to $13.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Thursday.

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Oct 8 • 5:42 PM EDT • Entertainment • marketbeat.com
WATCH LIVE: U.S. House candidates set to debate in North Dakota, without incumbent Fedorchak
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Oct 8 • 5:08 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
HHS launches 4 new vaccine injury research, reporting initiatives

The U.S. | The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Thursday announced a series of actions aimed at strengthening the federal government's response to vaccine-related health concerns.

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Oct 8 • 4:00 PM EDT • Health • fiercehealthcare.com
Tribal Nations Urge Supreme Court to Halt Prediction Market Sports Betting

A broad coalition of Tribal Nations and Tribal organizations is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a case involving prediction market company Kalshi and determine whether its sports-event contracts constitute sports betting subject to federal, state and Tribal gaming laws. In an amicus brief filed in Flaherty v. KalshiEX, the Tribal coalition argues […]

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Oct 8 • 3:19 PM EDT • Sports • nativenewsonline.net
Alaska Science Forum time capsule: The secret life of a red fox family

Note: At the start of every walk, my dogs try to sneak away to “fox town,” a fox den on the other side of the pond near my cabin, and we often see the adult foxes trotting through the neighborhood. Hearing one of them bark the other evening, I was reminded of this March 26, 2020, story by Ned Rozell. He recently reported that foxes still use the den, but did not occupy it in summer 2026. — Sara Wilbur

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Oct 8 • 10:30 AM EDT • Science • peninsulaclarion.com
Idaho health insurance premiums see big jump for 2027

The Idaho Department of Insurance (DOI) released its 2027 rates for Individual and Small Group Health Plans on the health insurance exchange, with both going up by an average of 12%. “Despite national pressures and ongoing medical inflation, Idaho’s health insurance market remains highly competitive and stable,” Director Dean Cameron said in a news release. […]

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Oct 8 • 9:42 AM EDT • Health • boisedev.com
Cottagers best ever XI: Who is Fulham's greatest right winger?

Our ongoing international break series continues, as Fulham's next Premier League match against Ipswich approaches. Next up in the series of naming the Cottagers' best-ever Premier League players comes the right wing position.

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Oct 8 • 6:55 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Life Is Asymmetric. The Scientists Who Figured Out Why Won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Henri Kagan and Kensō Soai designed chemical reactions producing only one of the two mirror-image forms of a molecule—an important finding for the synthesis of pharmaceuticals and other biological substances.

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Oct 8 • 6:30 AM EDT • Science • wired.com
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Food major Kido enters entertainment sector, seeks new growth after ice cream divestment

Kido Group, Vietnam's leading food company, is expanding into media, entertainment and commerce through its AIRO ecosystem and A&M joint venture with YeaH1, as the group gradually exits its ice cream business, which has been a significant contributor to its profit from joint ventures and associates.

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Oct 8 • 1:01 AM EDT • Entertainment • theinvestor.vn
Who Won August and September: Original Films or Franchises?

(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) I just heard someone say that if you’re reading a pundit or data analyst, and they don’t tell you that they got anything wrong, they’re not a pundit but an “influencer”. I agree with that. You have to tell your audience when you get things wrong, or they won’t (or shouldn’t) trust you as much. Today, we’ve got another edition of “What I Got Right, What I Got Wrong”. In general, I’m patting myself on the back (and patting very hard) about a few things like IP at the box office, LIV golf, horror films, crowdfunding movies, superheroes, and old people going to the theaters. That said, I also made a couple of data mistakes on the streaming bubble popping and HBO’s datecdotes, so I’m not perfect. But first, I need your feedback... Subscribe Follow-Ups: What Should We Call Mid-Budget Movies Which Aren’t Cinematic Enough for Theaters But Are Too Expensive to Make Money on Streaming? After I asked for feedback on what we should call straight-to-streaming films that are too big to pencil out on streaming but not really big enough to resonate in theaters, I got some great suggestions from you all, including... “Moldilocks” from John Aboud “Little Big Indie” from Travis Frick1 “Midflicks” from Jonathan Funke. “Extra-Medium” from Jona Nwuke. (Read the explanation in the footnote.) Between these and Brandon Katz—who suggested “Bermuda Budget Triangle”, “The Platform Gap” and “The Distribution Deadzone”—we’ve got some excellent suggestions. And they’re better than my suggestion, the “Streaming Budget Dead Zone”, so let’s take a poll! The winning entry becomes the new term. Loading... RIGHT: LIV Golf is Fully Bankrupt…Is Anyone Else Next? A few years ago, I was always a bit perplexed at all the articles I’d read praising LIV Golf and their strategy to disrupt the PGA. LIV Golf, a brand new professional golf league, offered PGA stars ten times what they made on the PGA Tour to join their new league. And folks praised this strategy for its initial “success” in that a lot of big names did indeed leave the PGA. Yeah, of course the players came over. LIV Golf paid them so, so, so much more! But LIV Golf hadn’t discovered a way to increase potential revenue. So think about this in basic business terms… They paid much more in costs… …but had no real way to increase revenue. That’s not a strategy! That’s deficit financing. It won’t work unless you bankrupt the competition (and then turn around and pay those same golfers much, much less). It’s not a sustainable strategy and only lasts as long as the company/person/nation backing it decides they’re cool with losing money. For LIV Golf, that meant Middle East oil wealth, in particular Saudi Arabian money. Clearly, the current Iran War has hurt Middle East finances, so they need to trim their more exorbitant spending. And LIV Golf was part of that trimming. This should be a major warning for others. TGL’s parent company, TMRW Sports, just got a $1 billion valuation, despite TGL’s (the indoor golf league) horrible TV viewership of less than half a million viewers per match. Unrivaled, the women’s basketball league, just secured a $650 valuation, despite its horrible TV viewership and a new rival (Project B) entering the scene next year. To relate this to streaming, Hollywood should ask which streamers may have wealthy patrons funding their losses. (Let’s be clear: Google, Amazon and Apple.) Could those patrons lose their appetite? For Amazon, probably not. But Apple has a new boss, so maybe! WRONG: My Analysis of the Streaming Bubble Was Missing a Week I’m going to be congratulating myself a lot today, but I make mistakes too, like this data goof. When I last compiled the data on the decline in TV shows, I was missing one week at the end of June. If you look at the first image, you can see that one week was mislabelled as “July”. Mainly, this image got updated to show a 27% decline, not 29%: This change doesn’t really impact the overall analysis, but it is two percent better. By the way, through the third quarter, the decline increased and it’s now a 30% decrease since 2022. (I’ll write/visualize this in an upcoming article.) But I want you to trust me and my data. Especially these days, when many people are using LLMs that I know are inserting faulty data into their charts, I want to keep earning my audience’s faith. So that’s the accurate data. RIGHT: IP Remains Very, Very Popular In July, I wrote a giant (and I mean giant) article on Backrooms, Obsession, and the box office, going over what we know, what we don’t know about what works in theaters, looking at YouTubers, IP, the horror genre, comic book movies, and a whole lot more. The month of August really tested a lot of my theses and, being honest, mostly supported my arguments. Let’s start with IP. Looking at 8-Aug (the weekend after Spider-Man: Brand New Day came out) to 18-Sep (the weekend that Resident Evil came out, which I think provides a nice bookend to this time period), there were seven films based on pre-existing IP: Resident Evil (2026) ($126 million) Practical Magic 2 ($65 million) _Insidious: Out of the Furthe_r ($65 million) Coyote Vs. Acme ($59 million) Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie ($53 million) Tony ($15 million) Super Troopers 3 ($7 million) Compare those to the notable original films from the past month—I actually could have included more movies, but here are just thirteen, bringing us to an even twenty films—including.... The End of Oak Street ($54 million) Buddy ($26 million) Mutiny ($15 million) By Any Means ($15 million) The Dog Stars ($14 million) Runner ($14 million) One Night Only ($11 million) Hope ($8 million) Spa Weekend ($7 million) The Uprising ($6 million) Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma ($6 million) Onslaught ($3 million) Eli Roth’s Ice Cream Man ($2.8 million) Here’s that in chart form: Five of the top six films in this time period were all based on IP. I made a big chart of films that grossed over $200 million at the box office before Spider-Man: Brand New Day and The Odyssey hit theaters. Let’s update that chart! By the way, if you want to see how I categorized each film—so another bar chart—here it is: I know that many of my fellow critics/pundits/analysts dislike films based on IP and how Hollywood is making so many of them. And I’m sympathetic to this point of view. As I’ve written many, many times before, you need a balance between existing franchises, new IP, and original films. And Hollywood clearly needs to make more films like Resident Evil (a well-made film from a visionary director) and fewer Practical Magic 2’s (which didn’t get critical or customer buzz). But at some point, critics and pundits need to contend with what audiences are telling them: Movie-goers aren’t showing up to original films. Audiences are speaking with their dollars, telling you they want more IP and franchises. You can try to convince studio heads to make fewer IP-based films and franchises, but the data and numbers aren’t there. Instead, critics need to work harder to convince audiences to show up for original films. Aim your ire/concern at the average person, not studio heads.2 Because they’re just making the films that audiences are telling them to make. WRONG: Original Horror Films Didn’t Break Out I’ll be honest, even though I wrote an article casting some skepticism on the horror genre in July, if you asked me to make a prediction, I would have predicted that, in August, a new, original horror film would have blown up. No, seriously, I just assumed that Obsession and Backrooms presaged a change in audience behavior. But none of the buzzy new original horror films from August—Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Onslaught (not an action film in spite of the ads), The End of Oak Street, Eli Roth’s Ice Cream Man, or _Buddy—_broke out. To be clear, exactly one of those films (Buddy) had good “ROI”, but again—I try to be specific in my language—none were “popular” in any broad sense of the word. None of them will be “saving” movies theaters like Backrooms or _Obsession_helped save the summer. The new Insidious film and Resident Evil, both based on IP, were far and away the biggest horror films since July. (We’ll see if this changes in October/Halloween season.) RIGHT: Stay Skeptical about Crowdfunding... I’ve long been skeptical about crowd-investing platforms as one of Hollywood’s saviors, mainly because there’s so much hype/buzz. People need to stay more skeptical about more things, explaining both the potential upside but also the downsides. In particular, the media often hypes crowdfunding at the start and never checks in on the actual results after they’ve come in later. And August gave us our first update! _Ice Cream Man—_directed by Eli Roth—grossed $6 million off of a $5.5 million budget. This is a production of The Horror Section, which was one of the first “crowd investing” studios with 2,400 investors, which means that 2,400 investors probably lost money. They certainly aren’t getting as great of returns as if they had just invested their dollars in the stock market. Hopefully Stiletto (Tagline: “Someone’s Going to Make it Rain Blood!”) does better next month. WRONG: Another Data Goof Here’s another data error. When the first episode of House of the Dragon came out, HBO put out that it had 21.5 million viewers in the first three days, and I read that to mean in the US…but no, it was global. So my US-only datecdotes charts shouldn’t have included it. We never got US-only numbers for the first episode, but for the final episode, HBO put out that it had 11 million US viewers. (And that global dropped to 21 million viewers.) Here’s the updated chart (which I’ve since used in the Streaming Ratings Report): Still, this show is absolutely huge. RIGHT: Superhero Films Remain Very, Very Popular After Supergirl flopped, I read a few takes that “comic book movies are going the way of the Western”. Post-Spider-Man: Brand New Day, that take didn’t age well. To be fair, I have a very nuanced take on the superhero genre right now; it’s down right now, for a lot of reasons. But it’s not “dead”. Maybe _Spider-_Man is just a really popular character? I saw that take, and it’s a fair counter-argument. (But pundits arguing that superhero movies were dead should have mentioned this $1.5 billion counter-argument…) But is it just Spider-Man? The next Avengers film already has $50 million in pre-sales (and I was skeptical that that film would do well) and the Avengers: End Game re-release topped the box office two weekends ago (over three original films). And I wouldn’t bet against Batman or Superman. So maybe it’s just Spider-Man, Batman, Superman and the Avengers. Oh, and Deadpool, of course. And Black Panther. And Wolverine. And probably the X-Men. Plus a well-made Wonder Woman or the Hulk film could break out. But that’s it! It’s just those ten characters/teams. Oh, what’s that? Lanterns is also doing well on HBO? (See previous section…) To be fair, I’m actually pretty sympathetic to the argument that more popular characters—like Spider-Man and Batman—anchor more popular films. In fact, I made that exact argument three years ago when I first wrote about the “Marvel-cession”. In many ways, you can blame The Guardians of the Galaxy for fooling Marvel Studios (and the rest of us) into believing that any character could pop. It turns out, the list of iconic characters is probably smaller than most people think. But it’s probably too early to say that superhero films and comic book movies are dead unless “death” means a slight decline over a longtime. RIGHT: Who Killed Theaters? Old People I get frustrated whenever I see headlines or analysis about how young people are “returning” to theaters. As I’ve detailed(for years), young people have always powered the US box office, despite narratives about “kids these days” and their “phones”. Really, what’s changed post-2020/pandemic is that old people aren’t going to the movies nearly as much. This summer, I saw a movie (from an older director) in a theater near a retirement community, and multiple older people at the theater were talking about how this was their first time seeing a movie in years. I dislike personal anecdotes, so YouGov can fill in the data, best summarized by this headline: “Who killed movie theaters? Not the youths”. According to them, 64% of people aged 18-29 have seen a movie in the last year, but only 30% of 65-and-older. 20% of 18-29 have seen a movie in theaters in the last week and 42% in the last month. Here’s the polling data: Most concerning? Many Americans (17%) think theaters are a worse or much worse experience than watching films at home. Slight WRONG: Hadestown Opens Big A live theater capture of the Broadway musical, Hadestown, made $20 million at the US box office, which begs the question: was I wrong to be skeptical about musicals a few years ago? Yes and no. On the one hand, $20 million is a far cry from being “popular”, so yeah, the genre isn’t that popular overall and Hadestown is one of the more popular musicals from recent years (i.e. the “Taylor Swift Data Fallacy” in action). On the other, I doubt filming this cost all that much, and I don’t think that they spent much on marketing, so this is a good source of ancillary revenue. Smaller Updates WRONG: As I mentioned in a Streaming Ratings Report, I underestimated the budget for Enola Holmes 3. It probably cost more like $50 million, if not more. But... I’m not sure that it really matters? At sub-10 million hours, prices have to come down to make this work. WRONG: Netflix is giving Ink a 27-day in theaters! To quote the kids/YouTubers these days, let’s go! Now I might actually have a chance to see Danny Boyle’s latest in theaters. I’d complained about this in a “Coming Soon” section, but I was heartened to read that Netflix is giving multiple films longer theatrical windows this year. RIGHT: Netflix is sending 4-5 films per year to theaters. Netflix is slowly but surely sending more and more films to theaters, as I cautiously predicted earlier this year. For now, it’s just three big films and a number of awards contenders, but still, this is great news. And they’ll be releasing box office grosses! Just this week, Ted Sarandos confirmed that KPop Demon Hunters 2 will come to theaters (and my guess is it performs in the box office top ten at a minimum). WRONG: Angel has 3 million subscribers! How do I know this? Well, they told Deadline, who reported it. I marked this as “wrong”, since they’ve doubled their subscribers in one year but, you know, they don’t really have a hit film to speak of and they’re still losing money. WRONG: Furious was only renewed for one more season. I accidentally wrote “two more seasons” in my latest “Renewals, Cancellations, Un-Orders and Removals Update”. RIGHT: House of David is ending with its third season. In July, Prime Video renewed House of David for a third season, as I just wrote in my latest “Renewals and Cancellations” report. Well, now it’s ending after that third season. Why? As I’ve been writing, its viewership wasn’t great. I got feedback that this show didn’t cost very much, but it cost enough that its limited viewership didn’t save it. WRONG: Adults was a Hulu original! So I missed Adults when it first came out last year; I saw that it aired on FX and just assumed that it was a linear-first program. Turns out, it aired three episodes on FX, but binge-released the rest of its episodes the next day on Hulu. Huh. So I should have covered it last year! But I just wrote about it. 1 “When I was a kid in the 90s, if you wore a t-shirt to school that wasn’t too big and also wasn’t too small, but somehow didn’t quite fit, we’d say you were wearing an “extra-medium” shirt.” 2 As always, a huge exception is Disney, which barely makes anything original anymore.

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The Science Behind the Nobel-Winning Technology That Controls Neurons With Light

Optogenetics revolutionized neuroscience, but its origins come from an entirely brainless organism—an alga.

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Sheila E. slams music festival after concertgoer dies in crowd amid extreme heat conditions

Sheila E. slammed the city of Carson, Calif., and its mayor after a woman died at the Carson Jazz Festival: ‘You guys should have shut down the festival.’

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Opinion | Shaul: Missouri Employers Need More Choices to Control Health Care Costs

For Missouri grocers, the rising cost of health care isn't an abstract policy debate. It's a cost they deal with every month as they work to provide health insurance for their employees and their families.

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Editorial: Bend small business program challenged by being new

Bend’s new grant program for small businesses is a challenge for the city because it is new and because the city has to be careful when it is giving away […]

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Homeschool Science Day in Grove Hill hosted Oct. 15

The Grove Hill Public Library is appealing to the creativity of homeschoolers with Homeschool Science Day on Oct. 15 from 1-2:30 p.m. Students are encouraged to use any number of items from around the house to build a medieval creation, including paper towel rolls, paper plates, rubber bands, string and foil. Some of the library’s

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Disney+ enters NFL streaming with Super Bowl, two more games

Add another streaming platform to the NFL slate. ESPN and Disney+ announced plans to stream the Super Bowl and other NFL games.

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Roger Marshall's photo flub is part of a rich tradition in KS/MO politics

Campaign season is a bountiful time for misleading and doctored political photos in Kansas and Missouri. From David Hudnall:

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As tech reshapes workplaces, University of Tennessee rethinks education

The Institute for the Future of Business was born out of the growth of artificial intelligence, nuclear energy and quantum computing.

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Seneca gaming compact fight spills into New York governor’s race

New York election officials can now choose to use an expanded federal database to verify the citizenship of people on voter rolls.

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Seneca gaming compact fight spills into New York governor’s race

New York election officials can now choose to use an expanded federal database to verify the citizenship of people on voter rolls.

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Pregnancy complications linked to higher risk of cardiac and renal health conditions

Women with a complication in their latest pregnancy or a previous pregnancy face an elevated risk of developing cardiometabolic-renal conditions in subsequent years, suggests a U.K. study published online ...

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Onondaga County Legislature passes 2027 county budget

The approved budget totals nearly $1.7 billion.

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Cartier Got Down to Business for the 20th Anniversary of the Women’s Initiative

Guests from across the arts, public health, philanthropy, and fashion gathered at the Morgan Library and Museum to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Cartier Women’s Initiative: the maison’s fellowship for entrepreneurs focused on implementing social and environmental change.

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UNC Health building a new medical campus near Research Triangle Park

The campus will eventually have a 152-bed community hospital in Durham off N.C. 55, just outside Wake County, Cary and RTP.

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Samuels Group acquires Creative Business Interiors

As part of the acquisition, Creative Business Interiors and Samuels Group Furniture Solutions will come together as one furniture organization operating under the Creative Business Interiors name.

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Black Tooth Business Park Final Plat

The Sheridan City Council met for their first regular business meeting of October Monday night. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details. A resolution for the final plat of the Black Tooth Business Park located at 3150 Heartland Drive in Sheridan was approved by the Council. City Planner Kelly Schroeder says the applicant, Heartland Assets, […]

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Fact check: Ad targets NC Democratic candidate’s donations and political ties

A PAC ad attacks U.S. congressional candidate Jamie Ager over donations and his affiliation with a former Biden administration official.

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FDA recalls Gatorade in Texas over unlisted food coloring

PepsiCo recalled over 120,000 cases of Gatorade in 37 states. Is Texas on the list?

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Exclusive: Altro Health raises $7M for peptides

Investors continue to show a willingness to back peptide plays despite regulatory uncertainty.

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Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (NYSE:FUN) Stock Has Average Target Price of $21.50

Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (NYSE:FUN - Get Free Report) has earned a consensus rating of "Hold" from the sixteen ratings firms that are covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, six have issued a hold recomme

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A Journey to the Depths of Ancient Mars?

Written by Alex Jones, Ph.D. candidate at Imperial College London

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Sacramento’s Aftershock music festival draws record crowd during sweltering weekend

Festival organizers said attendance for the four-day music festival, which concluded Sunday, drew 15,000 more attendees this year.

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The Harvard Crimson (@theharvardcrimson)

24 likes, 0 comments - theharvardcrimson on October 5, 2026: "Caroline B. Kennedy ’80 introduced the Institute of Politics’ 60th anniversary forum Thursday, marking her first known public appearance at the Institute since she resigned from its Senior Advisory Committee more than six years ago. Kennedy — the daughter of President John F. Kennedy ’40, to whom the IOP is dedicated – stepped down as the committee’s honorary chair in 2020 amid concerns over the IOP’s diminished independence, declining programming, and tensions with Harvard Kennedy School leadership. Full story linked in bio. 🖋: Jen L. Phan and Mirei S. Saneyoshi 📷: Grace E. Yoon".

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Why I Don’t Think Ride Or Die Should Have Been Cancelled (And What Company Should Save It...)

(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights each week.) So…I recently came across a Reddit thread, talking about films on streaming, wondering why there are no reliable sources out there for streaming ratings data. Sigh. Honestly, as annoyed as I am that so many still don’t realize that we have streaming ratings, I somewhat get it. Until now, there was such a long delay between when a show or film came to streaming and when we got its viewership data; I understand why people were confused. (But, as you know, this just changed.) Also, even back in the day, how many people knew how well films did on television? Luckily, as a reader, you’re in the know. Okay, on to this week’s issue. I want to take a look at Prime Video cancelling Ride or Die and whether I agree with that decision. Overall, we didn’t have any breakout hits (no TV shows landed over 20 million hours according to Nielsen) but we have a lot of steady performers on the streaming charts. Plus, we’ll look at where $50 million in missing box office dollars went. (Spoiler: straight-to-streaming.) All that, plus new episodes of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, Supergirl heads to streaming, a new YA show does well on Netflix, the viewership for the Daily Wire’s $50 million fantasy show, what TV show hit-maker can’t make streaming hits, CD sales, all the flops, bombs and misses, and a whole lot more. Let’s dive right in! (Reminder: The streaming ratings report focuses on the U.S. market and compiles data from Nielsen’s weekly top ten viewership ranks, Luminate’s Top Ten Data, JustWatch and Reelgood interest data, Samba TV household viewership, company datecdotes, Netflix hours viewed data, Google Trends, and IMDb to determine the most popular content. While most data points are current, Nielsen’s data covers the weeks of September 7th to September 13th, 2026. You can find a link to my terminology here.) Subscribe Television - Ride or Die Is a Hit…But It Got Cancelled? What The Data “Says” I hate the phrase “here’s what the data says”, even though sometimes I find myself using it. If data just told us everything, we data folks would be out of a job! Data is often messy, complicated and nuanced. When it comes to strategy, many of the best decisions can’t actually use “data”, since it’s vastly too complicated to model. Anyways, I’ve been singing the praises of Prime Video’s Ride Or Die this summer, a show that did very well for them. And yet…it got cancelled. Now, usually when a show gets cancelled, a bunch of websites say “a hit show got cancelled”... Here’s the thing, though: in this case, they’re right! The data “says” that this show was a hit. Specifically, out of 522 first seasons to make a week on the Nielsen charts since 2020, it’s the 75th biggest. On Amazon, Ride or Die is eighth out of 41 first seasons: That’s top 15th percentile all time, almost exactly, which is my definition of a “hit”! I mean, outside of Reacher, Amazon needed a hit this summer! (Admittedly, Off Campus did well for Amazon in the spring, but Ride or Die performed even better.) So what happened? Why did Amazon cancel one of their rare 2026 bright spots? Well, Deadline reported a reason—which I’ll get to—but I’d break it down into three relevant questions: What is a given streamer’s reasoning? Is that reasoning sound? Could the stated reason not be the real reason? According to Deadline, Amazon felt the show “over-indexed” in middle-aged women. (This was based on leaks from within Amazon.) The logic is this: Amazon already reaches this demographic because of unlimited two-day shipping bundled with Prime, so they don’t really need more shows like this. Now, it’s my job to ask if that’s a good reason, and I’ll be honest, in this case, I don’t think it is. Sure, this show may “over-index” in middle-aged women—I’ll just assume that’s the case here—but I think folks often oversell how important over-indexing actually is. When a show is a “hit”, it isn’t a bit bigger than its rivals; it’s usually multiples bigger. For example, Elle only made the charts for two weeks at 8.3 million hours each. So Ride or Die was 80% bigger in its first two weeks, and likely had a much stronger hold, with its terrific 13 million hours in week three. Ride or Die was nearly three times bigger than Sterling Point through three weeks too. And that means that _Elle, Sterling Point a_nd other Amazon YA shows need to not just over-index a little with younger women (assuming that’s who Amazon prefers over middle-aged women), but massively over-index. Otherwise, more people in that demo (and a bunch more besides) likely watched Ride or Die. (I’ll try to explore this concept more in a future article.) And don’t get me started on how Ride or Die did compared to a certain (very, very popular, possibly the world’s most popular) YouTuber’s reality show…which didn’t make the charts after its first week and likely cost much, much more than Ride or Die. All to say, Amazon-MGM Studios/Prime Video can tell reporters that this show didn’t reach the right audience, but that excuse feels weak to me. So this leads to the third question: could other reasons have come into play? Yes! Renewal or cancellation decisions rarely (I’m tempted to say “never”) boil down to one variable. At its simplest, it’s two things: budget versus viewership. But often factors like critical acclaim, ownership and, yes, personal opinion come into play. In this case, Amazon has a new executive running things, and this show isn’t owned by Amazon-MGM Studios (unlike Elle). And yes, it may not have indexed with the right target viewers, too. Likely all of those factors came into play.1 My guess is ownership ended up mattering most. Amazon doesn’t own Ride or Die. It’s actually produced by another major studio. Fortunately/allegedly, this show is being shopped around. I can think of one brand new CEO who should consider it for one of his two major streamers…especially if he wants to rebuild goodwill in Hollywood. His name is on this list of exec producers of Ride or Die… If David Ellison needs some goodwill—and he does—rescue this female-led show tomorrow and grab some good headlines for a day. The data justifies it. Quick Notes on TV We’re just getting started with this issue, but the rest is for paid subscribers of the Entertainment Strategy Guy, so if you’d like to find out… How The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives latest season did on Hulu, post-controversy... Whether Supergirl soared on HBO Max... Why the box office is losing money due to the streamers... The viewership for the Daily Wire’s $50 million fantasy show... Updates on The Gentlemen, Lanterns, Outer Banks, King of the Hill and more... What former hit-maker has three streaming flops in a row... Whether The Mandalorian and Grogu popped in week two... All the flops, bombs and misses... And a whole lot more... ...please subscribe! We can only keep doing this great work with your support. If you want an idea of just how much content you’d get in a full issue, check out this older issue. Coming Soon! Oh man, we’re almost caught up! We just have two more issues, then the streaming Ratings Report will be coming out just two weeks after a TV show premieres! Next issue, I’ll be looking at the first two weeks of the NFL Thursday night games on streaming, a huge new spinoff, Reacher’s Neagly on Prime Video, and the latest edition of Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story on Netflix, the return of Slow Horses on Apple and MobLand (quietly one of their biggest shows) on Paramount+, and Dancing with the Stars on both ABC and Disney+. Plus I’ll take a look at animation for adults in 2026. The week after, a ton of movies are coming to streaming: Toy Story 5 on Disney+, Backrooms on HBO Max, Jackass: Best and Last on Paramount+ and The Breadwinner on Netflix, plus a Unabomber film on Netflix and a romcom on Prime Video. Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey have a show on Apple, along with a game show inspired by Willy Wonka that everyone seems to hate. Long term, some crazy (but hopefully crazy like a fox) IP news. FX ordered a new Sons of Anarchy show from Charlie Hunnam, but it’s not about the biker gang. No, it features the show’s cast playing themselves in a new “meta-thriller”. Huh. And a lot of the cast is coming back. Next, Ryan Gosling is producing a Flintstones movie about a “grown-up Bamm-Bamm Rubble”. Also, huh. This one is in “early development” so we’ll see what happens. Both projects are based on IP, but also seem to have crazy takes on the IP, which I like.

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Planet Fitness acquires Bakersfield’s Body Xchange Health Club locations

Body Xchange Health Clubs announced that they have been acquired by Planet Fitness.The announcement was posted on their social media pages.The company said that

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CeeDee Lamb’s late TD caps a wild Cowboys rally to beat winless Texans 34-30

The Cowboys star receiver had a career day in Houston.

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See photos from the final day of Aftershock 2026

See photos from performances by Oleander, Dance Gavin Dance and others during the final day of Aftershock.

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Jobs in health care. Jobs for women. The US labour market is segmenting. Chernobyl’s radiation and Lenin’s love of literature.

Thank you for opening your Chartbook email. Elmer Bischoff, Two Figures at the Seashore, 1957 The only really dynamic job-creator in the US economy is health care: The largest crunch has come in Federal government, which has shed 2.7 m jobs. Source: tchouvkov on Twitter Tech is struggling. [ Joey Politano 🏳️‍🌈@JosephPolitano The US tech sector continues bleeding jobs in official data released today—overall, employment decreased by 17k last month and is down 69k over the last year That's nearly as bad as the worst of the 2024 tech-cession, and much worse than the 2022 boom or even pre-2020 norms 12:42 PM · Oct 2, 2026 · 15.2K Views 15 Replies · 47 Reposts · 390 Likes ](https://x.com/JosephPolitano/status/2106001807847940232?s=20) The new jobs are all for women. [ Justin Wolfers@JustinWolfers I'm not sure who saw this coming, but so far nearly all the jobs created during the second Trump administration have gone to women. 1:09 PM · Oct 2, 2026 · 33K Views 70 Replies · 146 Reposts · 644 Likes ](https://x.com/JustinWolfers/status/2106008723533533601?s=20) Meanwhile, real wages are being eaten up by modest over-target inflation. [ Heather Long@byHeatherLong The financial pain is real: Wage growth fell to 3% (y/y) in September. That's the lowest in 5 years. Wage growth: 3% Inflation: ~3.4% Inflation has eaten up all wage gains for the average worker since April. Many people are having to make hard choices about what to buy and what … 1:24 PM · Oct 2, 2026 · 37K Views 24 Replies · 275 Reposts · 533 Likes ](https://x.com/byHeatherLong/status/2106012367712620728?s=20) HEY READERS, THANK YOU for opening the Chartbook email. I hope it brightens your day. I enjoy putting out the newsletter, but tbh, what keeps this flow going is the generosity of those readers who clicked the subscription button. If you are persuaded to click, please consider the annual subscription of $60. It is both better value for you and a much better deal for me, as it involves only one credit card charge. Why feed the payments companies if we don’t have to. Subscribe Elmer Bischoff, Bathers, 1960 Americans are disillusioned with higher ed. For contributing subscribers only. Subscribe Where the Chernobyl radiation went. h/t Simon Kuestenmacher aka simongerman600 How Lenin’s love of literature shaped the Russian Revolution - Tariq Ali This, then, was the intellectual atmosphere in which Lenin came of age. His father, a highly cultured conservative, was the chief inspector of schools in his region and much respected as an educationalist. At home, Shakespeare, Goethe and Pushkin, among others, were read aloud on Sunday afternoons. It was impossible for the Ulyanov family – “Lenin” was a pseudonym adopted to outwit the tsarist secret police – to escape high culture. At high school, Lenin fell in love with Latin. His headteacher had high hopes that he might become a philologist and Latin scholar. History willed otherwise, but Lenin’s passion for Latin, and taste for the classics, never left him. He read Virgil, Ovid, Horace and Juvenal in the original, as well as Roman senatorial orations. He devoured Goethe during his two decades in exile, reading and rereading Faust many times. Lenin put his knowledge of the classics to good use in the time leading up to the October revolution of 1917. In April of that year, he broke with Russian social-democratic orthodoxy and, in a set of radical theses, called for a socialist revolution in Russia. A number of his own close comrades denounced him. In a sharp riposte, Lenin quoted Mephistopheles from Goethe’s masterwork: “Theory, my friend, is grey, but green is the eternal tree of life.” Source: The Guardian Elmer Bischoff, The River, 1953 If you’ve scrolled this far, you know you want to click: Subscribe

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Meet the candidates for Cleveland County commissioner

Four candidates are running for a seat as a Cleveland County commissioner in the Nov. 3 election. Learn more.

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Despair over future fuels political anxiety for college students

Their anxiety is fueling a restlessness with a national political system that they worry is no longer capable of improving their lives or no longer interested in helping.

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Sunday Puzzle: 'In' at the Finish

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle along with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and WVIA listener Mary Ann Paulukonis of Pittston, Pennsylvania.

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Science Snapshots: October 4, 2026

Three new science finds: forest fragmentation alters temperatures, black-hole jets illuminate pre-existing gas, and butterfly wing patterns confuse predators.

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49ers almost drafted 5-time Pro Bowler in 2020 draft

The 49er had their eye on Tristan Wirfs, but also already had a trade for Trent Williams planned.

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Littwin: Election-year debates are becoming increasingly rare. Is it fear or calculation? Or both?

The columnist writes that the lack of public debate stems from a combination of fear of gaffes and political calculation.

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5 best Florida Halloween and fall events on the Treasure Coast

Looking for something fun to do this October? Here are 5 Halloween or fall-themed events to visit on the Treasure Coast!

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Some of NC’s weirdest and worst political ads probably aren’t on your TV

We’ve all seen the ads in North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race, but they aren’t the only memorable ads airing right now. | Opinion

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Oct 4 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • charlotteobserver.com
The Newcastle United heroes and villains of the 2020s

Here at The Mag we invited a number of regular/irregular contributors to give us their Newcastle United heroes and villains. Our thanks to David Hutchinson (you can hear Hutch every week on The Mag Podcast, along with Simon and Jamie, discussing all things NUFC) for taking up the challenge.

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Oct 4 • 3:54 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Kansas candle-making business accused of fraud to get a loan

KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A federal grand jury in Kansas City, Kansas, returned an indictment charging a Kansas woman for allegedly submitting fic

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Oct 3 • 9:00 PM EDT • Business • hayspost.com
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Activision And Bethesda Crackdown On GenAI MW2 And Fallout Projects

Vibe coders are getting legal notices

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Oct 3 • 12:20 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Doctors warn about the risks energy drinks pose to kids. What families need to know.

Various medical groups, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, say children and teens should avoid energy drinks altogether.

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Oct 3 • 9:01 AM EDT • Health • boston.com
Vikings Climb Three Spots in Latest ESPN Power Rankings

The Minnesota Vikings have climbed three spots in the latest ESPN power rankings following Week 3.

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Oct 3 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Candidate profile: Jennie Hill wants a thriving future for Wilsonville businesses

The Review is running profiles of all City Council candidates in Lake Oswego, West Linn and Wilsonville prior to the November election. Jennie Hill is a familiar face in Wilsonville. […]

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Oct 3 • 7:00 AM EDT • Business • wilsonvillespokesman.com
Mass. health officials announce 12th human case of West Nile Virus

Officials say the person, a woman in her 60s, was likely exposed in Norfolk County.

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Oct 2 • 6:28 PM EDT • Health • boston.com
Jaylen Wright ready to play in Week 4

Dolphins RB Jaylen Wright not on injury report after taking part in practice Friday

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Oct 2 • 5:50 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
COVID-19 Drops Out Of World’s Top 10 Causes Of Death For First Time Since Pandemic Began

COVID-19 dropped out of the world’s 10 leading causes of death in 2023 for the first time since the pandemic began in 2020, and only two years after it topped

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Oct 2 • 1:09 PM EDT • Health • healthpolicy-watch.news
Abbott ramps up attacks on Democratic challenger, Gina Hinojosa, as Texas governor’s race tightens

Gov. Greg Abbott is escalating attacks on Gina Hinojosa as some polls show a closer race and Republicans confront voter concerns about the economy.

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Oct 2 • 1:07 PM EDT • Politics • houstonpublicmedia.org
MultiCare Health System to launch new health plan

Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System is set to launch its own health plan next year, the organization

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Oct 2 • 12:45 PM EDT • Health • fiercehealthcare.com
CBS and Tony Romo mutually part ways more than two months after Romo's OWI arrest

Romo was pulled over and charged with OWI on July 23.

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Oct 2 • 12:21 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Kathy Hochul doesn't have a political home in NY: Erin Maguire

Former Trump 2020 press director Erin Maguire reacts to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's warning over the Islamist Marxist alliance, Hasan Piker's political influence and New York Governor Kathy Hochul.

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Oct 2 • 10:50 AM EDT • Politics • foxbusiness.com
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Oct 2 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • sports.yahoo.com
California voters to decide $7.5 billion science and health research bond measure in March 2028

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed Senate Bill 895 (SB 895) on Sept. 30, sending a $7.5 billion bond measure that would fund scientific and health research and development to voters on March 7, 2028. SB 895 would also establish the California Foundation for Science and Health Research within the Government Operations Agency and the California […]

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Oct 2 • 5:02 AM EDT • Science • news.ballotpedia.org
California voters to decide $7.5 billion science and health research bond measure in March 2028

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed Senate Bill 895 (SB 895) on Sept. 30, sending a $7.5 billion bond measure that would fund scientific and health research and development to voters on March 7, 2028. SB 895 would also establish the California Foundation for Science and Health Research within the Government Operations Agency and the California […]

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Oct 2 • 5:02 AM EDT • Health • news.ballotpedia.org