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13 Aug

Paris Olympics Average 30.6 Million Viewers, 82% Bump From Tokyo

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About 30.6 million people on average watched the Paris Olympics on Comcast Corp.’s US media outlets each day, an 82% increase from the Tokyo Olympics.The number includes the NBC broadcast network, cable channels such as USA and the Peacock streaming service, NBC Sports said in a release on Monday. Sunday’s closing ceremony attracted a US audience of 20.8 million, more than double Tokyo’s. Source link lol

The Olympics’ Hostile Architecture Is a Preview of What’s to Come

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On a graffiti-stained sidewalk in Paris, a strange sight appeared days before the Olympic opening ceremony in July: Around 40 giant cement Lego-like blocks in neat rows beneath the Pont de Stains, a bridge in the northern suburb of Aubervilliers that connects two Olympic sites, the Stade de France and the Parc des Nations.This place used to be a homeless encampment, where around 100 people, many of them migrants, lived in tents. Then on July 17, the police arrived and instructed everyone to leave, as part of a cleanup operation in which authorities put homeless people, members of the Roma…

Disney Tops Views With First Streaming Profit; Parks Disappoint

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Walt Disney Co. gave a mixed picture as it reported third-quarter results on Wednesday, with weakness at its famed theme parks offsetting its first-ever profit in streaming. Disney’s US theme parks, which were buffeted by rising costs and tepid demand, missed Wall Street estimates for sales and profit. The company said its Disneyland Paris park suffered from a reduction in summer travel due to the Olympics, and noted some “cyclical softening in China.” Source link lol