Gas station chain Buc-ee’s is suing South Carolina clothing company Born United for selling merch with its mascot wielding a firearm in full tactical gear. On May 27, popular gas station chain Buc-ee’s filed a […]
UK bargain store Poundland was founded in 1990 as a store where almost everything was sold for £1. Now, over 30 years later, Poundland has come full circle and was sold for one single pound, […]
Subway’s parent company, Roark Capital Group, has purchased the celebrity-backed restaurant Dave’s Hot Chicken. Behind almost every fast food restaurant chain nowadays is a much bigger company that owns a handful of other brands in […]
Seated co-founders John Griffin (left) and David McKay, who’ve reacquired their company from Sofar Sounds. Photo Credit: Seated Four years and change after selling to Sofar Sounds, Seated has officially been reacquired by its founders. […]
Reddit has filed a lawsuit against AI startup Anthropic, alleging that it trained its models on the site without permission. Ever since generative AI began skyrocketing in popularity, the legalities behind companies scraping publicly available […]
A $1.5 billion AI company backed by Microsoft has shuttered after its ‘neural network’ was discovered to actually be hundreds of computer engineers based in India. AI is all the rage right now as companies […]
On April 1, we published a fairly snarky article casting doubt on a viral rumor that Hailey Bieber was on the verge of selling her skincare brand, Rhode, at a $1.44 billion valuation. We were […]
Getty Image The website for Builder.ai says, “We believe the power of software can unlock every human’s potential.” Unfortunately, that credo apparently didn’t work for themselves as the company, previously one of the United Kingdom’s […]
Hailey Bieber Long Rhode to Billionaire Status … Sells Makeup Company for $1 Billion!!! Published May 28, 2025 1:33 PM PDT Hailey Bieber‘s Christmas came real early this year … ’cause she just sold her […]
Photo Credit: Paolo Villanueva / CC by 2.0 CGL, the company behind the biggest tours, such as Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, announces a controlling investment from Providence Equity Partners. GCL, a worldwide leader in live […]
Dead & Company have announced three concerts to celebrate the Grateful Dead’s 60th anniversary. The shows will take place at Golden Gate Park’s Polo Fields on Friday, August 1; Saturday, August 2; and Sunday, August […]
This year marks 60 years since the Grateful Dead’s formation, and in celebration of the occasion, the band’s spin-off group, Dead & Company, will perform three himetown shows at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park this […]
Global Talent Services head Narcís Rebollo and Rosa Lagarrigue, who’s now GTS’ global EVP. Photo Credit: Universal Music Universal Music’s little-discussed Global Talent Services (GTS) Latin artist services agency has officially acquired Rosa Lagarrigue Management […]
In Thunderbolts*/The New Avengers, we’re introduced to one of the MCU’s most powerful characters ever, in the form of Lewis Pullman’s Bob Reynolds, a.k.a. the Sentry. In the film, we discover that when he was […]
Before the premieres of The Muppet Show in 1976 and Sesame Street in 1969 — and even before he was a frequent guest on The Ed Sullivan Show in the late 1960s — Jim Henson created a puppet show […]
A Chinese snack company is facing backlash after streaming its employees working in the office during the weekend. When you’re at work, one of the last things you’d expect is for your company to start […]
Spotify has confirmed a north of $100 million global podcast payout for Q1 2025. Photo Credit: Reet Talreja Podcasting pays on Spotify – to the tune of over $100 million for creators during Q1 2025. […]
Photo Credit: Infinite Reality Hot on the heels of its jaw-dropping $207 million Napster acquisition, Infinite Reality has announced the acquisition of AI company Touchcast for $500 million (i.e., half-a-billion dollars) in a combination of […]
Logan Paul has responded to a private jet company blaming him for damaging a plane after a clip of the incident was added to Paul American. YouTubers Logan and Jake Paul revealed their reality show, […]
Photo Credit: Morgan Wallen and Blodin Ukella Blodin Ukella and Morgan Wallen’s Ryl Company receives $15 million in Series B funding, marking $30 million in growth equity in total. Created in 2022, Morgan Wallen and […]