The McClatchy Co., publisher of the Sacramento Bee and other newspapers, said its employee pension plan was underfunded by $535 million as of March, creating “a significant liquidity challenge” for the company next year. McClatchy (NYSE: MNI) reported...
In the beginning there was Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime Video — subscription-video-on-demand services that licensed content from mass media conglomerates such as The Walt Disney Co., WarnerMedia, NBCUniversal and Viacom Inc. But the subscription lan...
Disney’s first day with its streaming service had its challenges with reports of glitches – and that’s not going to go unnoticed by rivals. Before the morning was out on Tuesday, the Disney+ Twitter account asked for patience and said it was “working ...
It's official: The Walt Disney Co.'s new streaming service, Disney+, has launched in the U.S. and it brings potential both for both the future of on-demand TV and the company's theme parks in Central Florida and beyond. The new service, which launched...
With the merger between Viacom Inc. and CBS Corp. closing in a matter of weeks, the combined company is expanding the purview of some of its executives — and letting others go. The leadership changes will go into effect when the deal closes, which is ...
A national marketing and advertising company based in New York has named a new CEO as it announced that it is absorbing the Cincinnati office of a sister company. Sterling Brands on Nov. 11 announced that Susan Cantor will be its new CEO effective imm...
Jacksonville-based Acosta Inc., a national full-service sales and marketing firm, announced Nov. 8 that it will enter a "pre-packaged" Ch. 11 bankruptcy to eliminate $3 billion in debt. The deal comes with the blessing of more than 70 percent of its l...
Pacific Business News, along with gold sponsor Cades Schutte and silver sponsor Kamehameha Schools, hosted the 18th annual Business Leadership Hawaii awards at the Royal Hawaiian in Waikiki on Thursday night, lauding some of Hawaii's best and brightest...
A Chicago startup that’s been described as the “Keurig for cocktails” just got the Oprah bump. Bartesian, a countertop device that creates cocktails on demand, was just named to Oprah’s 2019 Favorite Things list, a popular annual holiday shopping coll...
A Mission Bay film festival this weekend is aimed at filmmakers and film lovers, but more so at patients, advocates, doctors and researchers dealing with rare diseases.
A partnership between the Kansas City Area Development Council and apparel company Charlie Hustle will bring the company’s KC Heart logo beyond T-shirts. The KCADC plans to unveil a massive regional branding project at its annual meeting on Friday. ...
Chairman and CEO Bob Iger used the Q4 earnings call to announce the progress of ESPN+, Hulu and Disney+.