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Each day, Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that occurred on this date. What Happened? On Oct. 7, 1996, Rupert Murdoch launched The Fox News Channel. Where Was The Market? The S&P 500 closed around 703.34, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed around...

Each day, Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that occurred on this date. What Happened? On this day in 1996, popular cable news channel MSNBC was launched. Where The Market Was: The Dow closed at 5,349. The S&P 500 traded at around 629. What Else Was Going...

Hearings related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol were aired live across many news outlets on Thursday. Here is a look at how many viewers tuned in to see the coverage. What Happened: The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol held its...

MSNBC Films, NBC News Studios, and ZCDC Films will premiere “Diamond Hands: The Legend of WallStreetBets” Sunday, May 15 at 10 p.m. EDT on MSNBC. What To Know: The documentary launch comes more than a year after retail traders on online forums like WallStreetBets clashed with famed...

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki previously announced she would be leaving the role on May 13. The new White House press secretary was named this week with Karine Jean-Pierre set to take the role. Here are five things you might not know about Karine Jean-Pierre. 1. Historic Firsts for...

When then-presidential candidate Donald Trump banned the Washington Post from campaign events, the paper didn’t stop covering them. Instead, reporter Jenna Johnson covered the rallies with the audience. “She ended up with much fuller, richer stories than she would have gotten with the...

In spite of stunted political access since President Donald Trump took office, or perhaps because of information barriers and the repeated denunciation of media firms, sector players have recently done well for themselves. “In an odd way, the Trump administration has been the media’s...

The poor, the elderly, the disabled, college students and environmental protections all stand to take a big hit if Congress approves President Donald Trump’s $4.1 trillion budget for fiscal year 2018. Defense contractors, corporations in general and the wealthiest Americans all stand to gain...

Benzinga recently shared the story of Andy Williams, co-star of MSNBC's “The Pot Barons of Colorado,” founder and CEO of Medicine Man Denver, Medicine Man Technologies Inc (OTC: MDCL) and several other companies. During a conversation after Williams’ keynote at Green Flower...

The cannabis industry is creating rapid wealth among investors. However, few entrepreneurs have been as successful as Andy Williams, co-star of MSNBC's “The Pot Barons of Colorado” and founder and CEO of Medicine Man Denver, Medicine Man Technologies Inc (OTC: MDCL) and several...

Thousands of Americans celebrate Mexican heritage every year on Cinco de Mayo. Mexican Americans know that the holiday commemorates the Mexican army’s defeat of the French back in 1862. Plenty of Cinco de Mayo celebrations across the U.S. include tequila, sombreros and few Mexican Americans....

Fox News CEO Roger Ailes is reportedly leaving the company amid a slew of sexual harassment charges, and Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (NASDAQ: FOX) (NASDAQ: FOXA) investors are left wondering what the wildly successful network’s future will look like in the post-Ailes era. According to the...

Neilson recently released C3 ratings through the end of May, and Goldman Sachs analyst Drew Borst took a look at how TV ratings are holding up and which companies are getting hit hardest by cord-cutting. Through the ninth week of Q2 2016, prime-time broadcast ratings for the 18–49 demographic...

Former baseball ace Curt Schilling's departure from Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)'s ESPN segment has certainly been well publicized and full of controversy. However, Schilling isn't the only big name to have left the company in recent history. Bill Simmons Bill Simmons is a sports columnist that wrote...

In a move that could send shivers up the spine of Aereo and other cord-cutting services, Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) will allow users to stream select channels through a mobile device. There's just one catch: the current channel lineup leaves a lot to be desired. According to Variety, the new...