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The rising cost of fun is becoming a drag. Ticket prices for live entertainment events, from Taylor Swift concerts to National Football League games and high-season Disney theme-park visits, rose at a startling rate this year, triggering a phenomenon that analysts have dubbed “funflation." Families coughed up large sums saved during the pandemic to attend live events and parks this year. Friends treated themselves to memorable performances.

(Reuters) — In 1923, Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) left his failing animation company called Laugh-O-gram Films and used his last $40 to buy a train ticket to join his brother, Roy, in Los Angeles, where they began making animated films out of their uncle's garage. The company they founded would become one of the most influential media and entertainment brands in history.

Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, has announced its exit from the Russian market, selling its business in the country to CommEX, a newly launched exchange. 

Crypto, the buzzword in the world of finance. There are currently around 31 million users of these digital assets in Europe, according to estimations from cryptocurrency payment gateway TripleA.

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Sony Pictures Entertainment’s reported bid for Disney’s India business may turn out to be a gamechanger in India’s rapidly changing media and entertainment market. It would also help SPE, the global entertainment arm of Sony Group, kill two birds with one stone – by cobbling together a strong and viable entity in India to take on the challenge from Mukesh Ambani’s Jio Cinema and Network18 while getting out of its increasingly troubled – and long delayed – bid to acquire Subhash Chandra’s Zee Network with a strong alternative play on hand.

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Cortnee Vine, Ellie Carpenter, Hayley Raso and Katrina Gorry weren’t household names when the year began, but the Matildas’ historic FIFA Women’s World Cup campaign changed things – fast.

Investing.com — The Dow cut intraday cuts to close lower Thursday as rising Treasury yields pierced through early-day optimism following inflation data that surprised to the upside and signs of ongoing strength in the labor market.  

(Reuters) — Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) Co said on Wednesday it is raising some theme-park ticket prices for its Disneyland resort in California and Walt Disney World in Florida, weeks after the entertainment giant unveiled a hefty spending plan for its parks business.

Blackstone, the world’s largest private equity firm, has initiated discussions with the Walt Disney Co to evaluate buying the media giant’s India streaming and television business, said people aware of the matter. The senior India leadership of both companies have held multiple meetings in recent weeks. Blackstone is exploring either buying the business partially — a combination of assets including sports properties and media rights, and the Disney+ Hotstar streaming service — or the whole portfolio that also includes its linear TV franchise such as the flagship Star India TV network, OTT and a 30% stake in Tata Play (Tata Sky earlier), the people said. It is widely believed that Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs — two former Disney executives who have been brought back this July by chief executive Bob Iger as advisers to help him navigate the company’s legacy television business and the ESPN sports network — have been the key catalysts to bring Blackstone to the discussion table.

₹6 lakh per ODI ( ₹3 lakh if not part of playing XI) Australian players get A$15,000 ( ₹8 lakh) per match Indian players also have annual retainer contracts in crores, depending on their grade (A+ contracts are worth ₹7 crore, A worth ₹5 crore and so on) Australia too has retainer contracts in place, but the value is not known South Africa has retainer contracts (but no per-match fee) Disney Star (previously Star India) secured exclusive media rights for the ICC World Cup 2023, under a pact valued at $2.02 billion covering 2015-2023. The ICC projects returns surpassing $500 million from this year's World Cup alone.

Nelson Peltz said his proxy fight against Disney was over in February, but Bob Iger knew the activist investor might return. The Disney CEO remained in direct contact with Peltz this year, seeking to reassure him that Disney’s $5.5 billion in budget cuts and elimination of 7,000 jobs were progressing quickly, according to people familiar with the matter.

Hollywood writers have voted almost unanimously to approve the contract agreement reached by their union leaders that ended a strike after nearly five months

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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" left audiences hanging on the edge of their seats with an enthralling cliffhanger. While fans eagerly await the announcement of when they can witness the epic conclusion in "Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse," the creative minds behind the film, including writers and producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller, along with director Joaquim Dos Santos, have dropped some intriguing hints about how Miles Morales' journey will unfold. Surprisingly, their inspiration comes from a beloved Disney movie, "The Parent Trap."

Investing.com — U.S. futures slumped Monday, as investors fretted over the impact of the intensifying conflict between Israel and Hamas and looked ahead to fresh inflation data later this week.

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Investing.com -- U.S. stock futures slump after fresh violence over the weekend between Israel and Hamas. The conflict's geopolitical ramifications spark a jump in oil prices, adding to concerns over inflationary pressures as crucial U.S. consumer price data looms later in the week. Elsewhere, activist investor Nelson Peltz reportedly plans a push for board seats at Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS), while Citigroup (NYSE:C) agrees to sell its mainland Chinese consumer wealth unit to HSBC Holdings (LON:HSBA).