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Flight disruptions linger amid winter storms, Max 9 grounding

More than 320 flights have been canceled because of a winter storm that brought snow and freezing temperatures to Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado, on Jan. 15, 2024.RJ Sangosti | Denver Post | Getty ImagesAirlines canceled more than 2,000 U.S. flights Tuesday as winter weather continued to disrupt travel for millions of travelers.Storms in the Northeast contributed to nearly 6,000 delays and snarled operations at major airports serving New York and Washington, D.C., according to flight tracker FlightAware.…

New York and California make retail theft top 2024 priority

The governors of New York and California announced sweeping plans to crack down on retail crime this week, as trade associations and police departments lobby for government action to curb theft.The plans include new legislation designed to increase the penalties for retail crime offenses and more funding for police departments and district attorney's offices to help them tackle theft. Both Govs. Kathy Hochul of New York and Gavin Newsom of California, who represent the country's largest Democratic strongholds, made…

SAG Awards nominate ”Barbie’, ‘Oppenheimer’, snub DiCaprio | Hollywood

New York, Jan 11 (AP) The 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards heaped nominations on “Oppenheimer", “Barbie” and “American Fiction”, while snubbing Leonardo DiCaprio for best male actor. HT Image As they were at the Golden Globes, Greta Gerwig's “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan's “Oppenheimer” were again the lead nominees on Wednesday. Wrap up the year gone by & gear up for 2024 with HT! Click here Each film picked up four nods including best ensemble. Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling were nominated for their…

JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes to step down, COO Joanna Geraghty to take over

Robin Hayes, CEO of JetBlue Airways, speaks to guests following the airline's inaugural flight from John F. Kennedy Airport in New York to London Heathrow Airport in London on Aug. 12, 2021.Chris J. Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesJetBlue CEO Robin Hayes will step down next month, the company said Monday. The airline's chief operating officer, Joanna Geraghty, will take the helm.The departure comes as JetBlue tries to acquire budget carrier Spirit Airlines, a nearly $4 billion combination that the New York-based…

Largest U.S. radio company Audacy files for bankruptcy protection

The New York Stock Exchange welcomes executives and guests of Audacy (NYSE: AUD), today, Friday, April 9,2021, in celebration of its recent company rebrand.NYSEAudacy, the radio and podcast giant, said Sunday it filed plans for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Texas to reduce its debt.The restructuring agreement will allow Audacy to slash its total debt load by 80% to about $350 million from around $1.9 billion, the company said."Over the past few years, we have strategically transformed Audacy into a leading, scaled…

Radio shows surprising resilience in changing media world

Airline passengers between flights patronize the iHeartRadio facility at Denver International Airport in Denver on Jan. 19, 2014.Robert Alexander | Archive Photos | Getty ImagesIt's a familiar refrain: "Legacy media is dead" — unless you're talking about radio.Despite being one of the oldest media formats, dating back to the 1890s, radio has maintained relatively stable listenership over the past decade. Pay TV, while newer, has faced more significant declines.In 2009, 92% of Americans age 12 or older listened to…

Glynis Johns, ‘Mary Poppins’ star who first sang Sondheim’s ‘Send in the Clowns’, dies at 100 | Hollywood

New York, Jan 5 (AP) Glynis Johns, a Tony Award-winning stage and screen star who played the mother opposite Julie Andrews in the classic movie “Mary Poppins” and introduced the world to the bittersweet standard-to-be “Send in the Clowns” by Stephen Sondheim, has died. She was 100. HT Image Mitch Clem, her manager, said she died Thursday at an assisted living home in Los Angeles of natural causes. “Today's a sad day for Hollywood,” Clem said. “She is the last of the last of old Hollywood.” Wrap up the year…

Companies losing pricing power after years of unbridled spending

Pedestrians carrying Nike and Allbirds shopping bags in the SoHo neighborhood of New York on Oct. 24, 2021.Nina Westervelt | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAfter years of unbridled consumer spending on everything from home improvement to dream vacations, some companies are now finding the limits of their pricing power.Shipping giant FedEx last week said customers have shied away from speedier, pricier shipping options. Airlines including Southwest discounted off-peak fares in the fall. The likes of Target and Cheerios maker…

New York Times sues Microsoft, ChatGPT maker OpenAI over copyright infringement

The New York Times on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI, creator of the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT, accusing the companies of copyright infringement and abusing the newspaper's intellectual property to train large language models.Microsoft both invests in and supplies OpenAI, providing it with access to the company's Azure cloud computing technology.The publisher said in a filing in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York that it seeks to hold Microsoft and OpenAI to account for…

Actor Jonathan Majors guilty of assault, harassment

By Jennifer Peltz and Jake Offenhartz | Associated Press NEW YORK — Jonathan Majors was convicted Monday of assaulting his former girlfriend after a two-week trial that the actor hoped would salvage his damaged reputation and restore his status as an emerging Hollywood star. A Manhattan jury found Majors, 34, guilty of assault and harassment. He was also acquitted of a different assault charge and of aggravated harassment. Majors, who was asked to stand and face the jurors as the verdict was read, showed no immediate…