Posts by Nathan Pine
In a frenetic digital era, he’s helping Angelenos rediscover the classic cassette player
[ad_1] Stepping into Jr. Market boutique in Highland Park is like entering a 1980s time warp. Built into a refurbished shipping container, it’s filled with everything from tiny Walkman-style portables to colorful, number-flip clock radios and, naturally, boom boxes of all sizes. Few are more imposing than the TV the Searcher, a Sharp boom box…
Read MoreBernie Sanders kicks off billionaires tax campaign with choice words for the ‘oligarchs’
[ad_1] Populist Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday formally kicked off the campaign to place a billionaires tax on the November ballot, framing the proposal as something larger than a debate about economic and tax policy as he appeared at a storied Los Angeles venue. “The billionaire class no longer sees itself as part of American…
Read MoreMark Zuckerberg testifies in L.A. trial over claims social media makes kids addicted
[ad_1] Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg made an extended, pugnacious appearance in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Wednesday, defending his company from the witness stand against a lawsuit that alleges social media harms children. The Meta boss appeared in a dark suit and gray tie, his signature chestnut curls slightly mussed, darting occasional nervous…
Read More‘The 1% Club’ Cements Position As Top-Selling British Format With Sweden & Italy Deals
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: The 1% Club has sold to Sweden and Italy, cementing its position as the top-selling new UK format of the past decade, according to BBC Studios. In terms of new British-made originals, ITV’s The 1% Club, which sees 100 contestants in a studio compete to make it to the end and answer a…
Read MoreBelgium’s Oldest Distributor Belga Films Collapses But “Future Looks Bright” For Sister Companies Belga Studios & Independent Films, Says CEO
[ad_1] In a stark sign of the challenges facing Europe’s independent distribution and exhibition sector, news broke on Tuesday that Belgium‘s oldest distributor Belga Films has been liquidated. Belgian newspaper Le Soir first reported the news, detailing that the company’s bankruptcy and liquidation had been declared by the commercial court of Walloon Brabant on February…
Read MoreEurope’s STOXX 600 hits record high on earnings boost; ECB in focus
[ad_1] Pan-European index is at 626.36 by 0945 GMT, with all major regional benchmarks in the black Published Wed, Feb 18, 2026 · 06:11 PM THE STOXX 600 rose 0.8 per cent to hit a record high on Wednesday (Feb 18) as defence and banking shares gained while investors assessed corporate updates and reports of…
Read MoreDisney+ Creates Top Development Job In UK
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ has created a top development job in the UK as the streamer continues to expand its EMEA team. A job ad posted two days ago said Disney is seeking an “experienced, strategic, creative, and highly collaborative Senior Manager, Development, UK Scripted,” to join the Rivals and Extraordinary commissioning team, which is run…
Read MoreBeta Film Boards Quebec Noir Series ‘Northern Traces’ Starring Danny Gilmore
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: Quebec noir is coming to London. Northern Traces is one of the most-watched shows of the last five years on French-language streamer illico+ in Canada, and Beta Film has swooped for international rights. The six-parter will be part of Beta Film’s slate for the London TV Screenings next week. Northern Traces hails from…
Read MoreJapan’s US$550 billion investment in US seen widening gains on hedged JGBs
[ad_1] Yields on hedged Japanese government bonds may increase on rising costs for US dollar funding Published Wed, Feb 18, 2026 · 05:04 PM [TOKYO] Japanese government bonds (JGBs) may become an inadvertent beneficiary of a wave of investment into the United States being hammered out between Tokyo and Washington. Japan last year agreed to…
Read MoreGet Your AI Off Our ‘Stranger Things’ & ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ Netflix Tells ByteDance In Latest Hollywood Cease & Desist Letter
[ad_1] Netflix “will not stand by and watch ByteDance treat our valued IP as free, public domain clip art,” the streamer told the TikTok owner tonight. In a short and stern cease and desist letter over Seedance 2.0, Netflix want generated AI videos of Stranger Things, KPop Demon Hunters, Squid Game and Bridgerton shut down…
Read MoreECB President Christine Lagarde expected to leave bank before term expires next year: report
[ad_1] The FT report comes only a week after Bank of France governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau said that he would step down in June this year Published Wed, Feb 18, 2026 · 02:39 PM [BENGALURU] European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde is expected to leave before the end of her eight-year term that…
Read MoreTed Sarandos Accuses Paramount Of “Flooding The Zone With Confusion” In WBD Merger Saga
[ad_1] Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos took aim Tuesday at Paramount‘s rival bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, accusing the David Ellison-led company of “flooding the zone with confusion for shareholders.” The exec sat for a CNBC interview at the end of an eventful day in the months-long battle for control of Warner. (Watch the interview above.)…
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