by Beth Holmes | Feb 6, 2023 | Companies, News
HarperCollins Publishers announced they’ll be cutting approximately 5% of their workforce, a day before negotiations open with their striking union. The statement released Tuesday by the publishing giant cites low sales and rising costs in the industry, just as...
by Beth Holmes | Jan 30, 2023 | Companies, News
The Galactic Starcruiser, the expensive and immersive Star Wars hotel in Disney World Resort, is beginning to cut rates in response to poor sales. Disney Company opened the hotel in 2022. It only has 100 rooms, and guests get to eat and play with costumed actors,...
by Beth Holmes | Jan 23, 2023 | Companies, News
Wizards of the Coast wants to ‘tighten’ the open game license (OGL) agreement they’ve extended to fans and collaborators for twenty years, in a move wildly unpopular among their fans. The OGL, as it has stood since the early 2000s, allows users to...
by Beth Holmes | Jan 16, 2023 | Companies, News, Technology
The Miami Heat Arena will have a new name, following the contentious fall of cryptocurrency company FTX. FTX Trading Ltd was founded in 2019, and for a brief time in 2021 was one of the largest trading exchanges in the world by volume. They operated a crypto hedge...
by Beth Holmes | Jan 11, 2023 | Companies, News, Technology
Coinbase, a major cryptocurrency trading platform, has reached a $100 million settlement with New York State over criminal activity using their resources. Coinbase Global, Inc., founded in 2012, operates the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States. The...
by Beth Holmes | Dec 19, 2022 | Companies, News
The Keystone pipeline, lightning rod of fossil fuel controversy, has spilled about 14,000 barrels of crude oil in a creek in Washington County, Kansas. TC Energy, the Canada-based company that operates the onshore pipeline, reported that they shut the Keystone system...
