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Dodge has built a loyal following of muscle-car enthusiasts with models, such as the Challenger and Charger, whose loud, powerful engines have long been the main appeal.Now, it is betting those buyers will embrace a new kind of muscle: one that runs exclusively on battery power. On Wednesday evening, Dodge unveiled a new all-electric concept car aimed at showcasing its replacement for the Challenger and Charger, which will be discontinued at the end of 2023. The reveal signals a new direction for the…

Paramount Global PARA -0.22% posted a 19% increase in second-quarter revenue, led by the release of “Top Gun: Maverick” and nearly 5 million new subscribers to its Paramount+ streaming service. The media giant on Thursday said that direct-to-consumer revenue rose 56% from a year ago with more than 64 million subscribers globally, which includes a loss of nearly 4 million subscribers in Russia. Paramount+ more than doubled…

Even as consumer spending cools, one place buyers continue to splurge is at the car dealership.Auto executives reporting earnings earlier this week displayed confidence that not only would demand for cars and trucks remain resilient in the second half of the year, but also an easing of supply-chain disruptions would help power profits in coming quarters. A customer-order backlog, historically low dealership stock and car shoppers paying higher prices for vehicles all have led to a string of profitable quarters for most…

The movie’s second weekend wasn’t as impressive. Box-office receipts fell 68% to $46.6 million, tying with last year’s “Black Widow” for the steepest second-weekend drop for a Marvel Studios superhero movie, according to film-industry analyst Comscore. The uneven performance by “Thor” points to a bigger issue for Disney: Marvel Studios, its most profitable film studio, is in a bit of a slump. Since Disney acquired Marvel in 2009, the studio has produced 25 superhero films that…

Samantha Bee’s TBS show has been canceled amid declining ratings, making the political satirist the latest casualty of cost-cutting by the new leadership at Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. The decision to pull the plug on “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee,” a weekly political-humor show that had been running for seven seasons, is part of a broader overhaul of the Warner Bros. Discovery cable networks, which include TBS and TNT. Samantha Bee’s TBS show has been canceled amid declining…

Paramount’s goal to maximize theatrical returns should inspire other studios to be more flexible with their streaming plans. Paramount’s goal to maximize theatrical returns should inspire other studios to be more flexible with their streaming plans. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all…

Fewer families than expected went this weekend to see “Lightyear,” underscoring the challenge of winning big audiences in a summer crowded with movie blockbusters. “Lightyear” posted box-office sales of $51 million in the U.S. and Canada, the 16th-best opening weekend ever for Pixar Animation Studios, owned by Walt Disney Co. DIS 0.06% The movie, which depicts the origin story of Buzz Lightyear, the toy space ranger from the Toy Story…

Fourteen markets across the Middle East and Southeast Asia banned theatrical showings of the Pixar movie “Lightyear,” Walt DisneyCo. said, after the company declined to remove depictions of a same-sex relationship, including a kiss between two married female characters.The markets—all in majority-Muslim countries or territories with conservative social values—include 12 where Disney is launching its Disney+ streaming service this summer to grow its global subscriber count. Fourteen markets across the Middle East and…

Walt Disney Co. DIS -2.17% will pay $3 billion to retain the right to broadcast cricket’s popular Indian Premier League on its Star India television network, although it lost streaming rights to rival Viacom18, the Board for Control of Cricket in India, the competition’s regulatory body, said Tuesday. The closely watched, multiday auction generated $6.2 billion for the league’s organizers, nearly three times the price that rights last sold for at auction in 2017. The…

Viacom18 has won streaming rights to cricket’s Indian Premier League, according to people familiar with the situation, taking a valuable property away from Walt Disney Co. DIS -3.71% as competition in sports-streaming rights intensifies.The winning bid from Viacom18, a joint venture between Paramount Global, PARA -8.12% Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd.…