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'Duck Dynasty' Star Phil Robertson Passes Away At 79
Monday, May 26, 2025 - 11:39pm | 418Phil Robertson, the patriarch of the Robertson family and co-founder of Duck Commander, has died at the age of 79. What Happened: On Monday, Robertson's family confirmed his passing in a heartfelt statement on Facebook, writing, "We celebrate today that our father, husband and grandfather, Phil...
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Playboy Looks To NFTs, Playboy Mansion In Metaverse For Post-Hefner Transformation
Friday, February 11, 2022 - 3:59pm | 822Playboy parent company PLBY Group Inc (NASDAQ: PLBY) continues to transform and push the company in new directions. The company recently hit on some plans to expand the brand via the metaverse and non-fungible tokens. What Happened: Among the plans that PLBY Group has to expand Playboy is a move to...
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MTV Continues After-Show Trend With 'Scream After Dark'
Thursday, May 26, 2016 - 2:47pm | 191AMC's after-show trend is proving to have an exceptionally long lifespan, as MTV (Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB)) entered the fray with "Scream After Dark" Wednesday. The new series will air Mondays at midnight following next week's season two debut of "Scream," the TV adaptation of the horror film...
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AMC Networks Extends Talk-Show Portfolio With 'Talking Saul' And 'Geeking Out'
Saturday, February 13, 2016 - 11:19pm | 343AMC Networks Inc (NASDAQ: AMCX)'s success with "The Walking Dead" ultimately gave way to the success of "Talking Dead," a live post-show that has resonated well with fans. As AMC prepares to welcome back "Better Call Saul" next week, it was revealed Friday, "Talking" will again expand its universe...
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5 Things Every Detroit Entrepreneur Should Know
Friday, June 13, 2014 - 10:27am | 609Detroit is a gritty beacon of entrepreneurship, which is why it was one of the cities chosen to host Project Startup Live — a forum and pitch competition to support local startups. Project Startup Live is a partnership between A&E, Comcast Business (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and crowdfunding website...
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Startup Competition Comes To Detroit, Offers Big Prizes
Thursday, May 1, 2014 - 9:05am | 398Prepare your business pitches, Motor City dwellers. Detroit is one of three cities that will host Project Startup Live, a series of competitive entreprenuerial forums aimed at bolstering local startups. The program is a partnership between A&E, Comcast Business (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and...
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'Duck Dynasty' Phil Robertson Controversy Bad For A&E's Business
Friday, December 20, 2013 - 10:39am | 732When you’re a lesser known network buried deep in the lineups of most people’s cable box, it’s not every day that you create a hit that becomes the most popular show on cable TV and gains a viral following that makes it a household name. A&E, a joint venture between privately owned Hearst...