DOJ investigating NFL over media rights and antitrust concerns

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The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into the NFL over potential anticompetitive tactics, a government official told CNBC. The investigation stems from questions about “affordability for consumers and creating an even playing field for providers,” the official said. The government’s investigation comes as the NFL is looking to renegotiate media rights deals […]


MLB faces historic shift as potential lockout, media rights and league changes loom

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Thursday’s Opening Day may be the calm before the storm for Major League Baseball. The league’s collective bargaining agreement with its players expires at the end of this season. Owners, with the commissioner’s backing, are almost sure to push for a salary cap (which would likely come with a salary floor to get players to […]


NFL to discuss live game rights with new media partners

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The NFL plans to hold talks with non-traditional media companies to potentially sell them the rights to a live game, NFL Media chief Hans Schroeder told CNBC Sport on Friday. “We have other people that are both partners in a smaller sense — maybe not a full package — or people that still are in […]


MLB announces new media rights deals for NBC, ESPN and Netflix

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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Shohei Ohtani (17) throws a pitch during the MLB game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 16, 2025 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA. Brian Rothmuller | Icon Sportswire | Getty Images Major League Baseball officially announced a new three-year media rights agreement with NBC, […]


Another Judge Chips Away at Library Patron First Amendment Rights

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Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She’s the editor/author of (DON’T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow her on Instagram @heykellyjensen. View […]


Texas Roadhouse hit with discrimination civil rights complaint for DEI hiring practices

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A conservative legal group has launched a civil rights complaint against the Texas Roadhouse restaurant chain, alleging it illegally discriminates by using Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), gender and racial demographic criteria in its hiring practices. The complaint, filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission by America First Legal (AFL), accused Texas Roadhouse of using race and […]


WNBA, Scripps renew media rights deal

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Caitlin Clark, #22 of the Indiana Fever, brings the ball up court during the first half of a WNBA game against the Chicago Sky at Wintrust Arena in Chicago on Aug. 30, 2024. Melissa Tamez | Icon Sportswire | Getty Images The WNBA and E.W. Scripps announced on Friday a new multiyear media rights agreement […]


Check Out the Crime Writers for Trans Rights 2025 Auction!

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Crime Writers Come Together in Support of Trans Rights ‹

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March 26, 2025, 2:11pm These are dire times. Human rights, and especially the rights of trans folks, are under attack. And thankfully, some of the crime fiction community has come together to fight back. For the next week, leading up to the March 31st Day of Trans Visibility, over 100 crime writers are participating in […]


Fighting for Book Workers’ Rights, Battling Book Bans, and Other Literary Resolutions For 2025 ‹

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I’ve been dreading its arrival since November, but 2025 is finally here. As an American I feel overwhelmed. There are so many unknowns about the new (old) administration coming in and so much we’ll likely have to fight for. Also, in much less important news I have a debut essay collection coming out in 2025, […]