Streaming is getting more expensive for consumers. Here’s why

Streaming is getting more expensive for consumers. Here’s why

Jaque Silva | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Streaming is finally starting to pay off for media companies, but there’s a catch — to get there, consumers are facing higher subscription costs and increasingly frequent price hikes. Legacy media companies entered the streaming market with a focus on gaining subscribers and competing with … Read more

How much does it cost to rent a superyacht? Try $1.4 million per week

How much does it cost to rent a superyacht? Try .4 million per week

The 255-foot superyacht Malia sold in 2023 with a price tag of $120 million. But she can be yours for a fraction of the cost: $930,000 per week. But with many large yacht charters, surcharges — for fuel, food, drinks, marina fees, onshore activities and special requests — are usually an additional 35% of the base … Read more

United CEO expresses ‘renewed confidence’ in Boeing after meeting CEO

United CEO expresses ‘renewed confidence’ in Boeing after meeting CEO

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby celebrates the opening of a new addition to its Flight Training Center in Denver, Colorado, on Feb. 22, 2024. Hyoung Chang | Denver Post | Getty Images United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby says he is optimistic about Boeing‘s recovery after meeting with the manufacturer’s new chief executive. It’s an upbeat … Read more

North Korea to reopen for international visitors, tour operators say

North Korea to reopen for international visitors, tour operators say

North Korea will resume international tourism this winter, ending a COVID-era ban on travelers, according to operators that organize trips to the country. Travel companies KTG and Koryo Tours, which organize trips to North Korea, said on Wednesday that their partners in the country had informed them about government plans to allow travel to some … Read more

Alaska Airlines flight attendants reject new contract

Alaska Airlines flight attendants reject new contract

An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-900ER aircraft on the tarmac at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) in Seattle, Washington, US, on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024.  David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images Alaska Airlines flight attendants rejected a new labor deal that would have come with immediate raises averaging more than 24%, their union said Wednesday, setting … Read more

Monaco hosts E1, a new racing competition using all-electric boats

Monaco hosts E1, a new racing competition using all-electric boats

Monaco’s connection to car racing and boating is stamped all over it, from the hairpin turns of its Formula One circuit to the five-deck superyachts docked at Port Hercule. But its desires to be known as a sustainability destination are less apparent. Monaco’s “Green is the New Glam” campaign, launched in 2018, highlighted many of … Read more

Equinox Group-owned gym chain Blink Fitness files for bankruptcy

Equinox Group-owned gym chain Blink Fitness files for bankruptcy

Blink Fitness location in New York City.  Bill Tompkins | Michael Ochs Archives | Getty Images Blink Fitness, a budget-friendly gym chain owned by luxury fitness company Equinox Group, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The low-cost fitness brand, with more than 100 centers in the U.S., is the latest chain to seek bankruptcy post-pandemic, … Read more

‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ tops $1 billion at the global box office

‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ tops  billion at the global box office

Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman star in Marvel’s “Deadpool & Wolverine.” Disney The “Merc with a Mouth” is breaking even more box office records. Over the weekend, Disney and Marvel’s “Deadpool & Wolverine” became only the second R-rated film to top $1 billion at the global box office. And it’s on its way to becoming … Read more

Inflation spike in Europe is tied to the Olympics, Taylor Swift: UBS

Inflation spike in Europe is tied to the Olympics, Taylor Swift: UBS

A general view of the Eiffel Tower with the Olympics rings pictured with national flags of competing countries from the Place du Trocadero ahead of Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 21, 2024 in Paris, France. Kevin Voigt | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images The Olympic Games are causing a surge in prices, but … Read more

Everything we learned at Disney’s parks panel at the 2024 D23 Expo

Everything we learned at Disney’s parks panel at the 2024 D23 Expo

A statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse stands in a garden in front of Cinderella’s Castle at the Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World on May 31, 2024, in Orlando, Florida.  Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty Images The time of villains has come. Disney’s classic baddies are getting their own theme … Read more