Tim Hanlon

ESPN DTC platform won't be universally available through authentication at launch Comcast, YouTube TV, and Dish are just a few of the services that don't have agreements with ESPN to include the new DTC service at launch.

You may not have free access to ESPN DTC at launch depending on your cable or satellite subscription.

Marked by a US-led boycott, the politically fraught 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow still featured remarkable athletic performances and unexpected human stories; we dive deep w/"Day By Day" author Tommy Phillips; NOW wherever you pod, YouTube or https://tinyurl.com/5n6adr3x #GoodSeats

Instead of sanctions, Donald Trump announces a summit with Russia Despite the confusion, momentum for peace in Ukraine seems to be building

Vladimir Putin no doubt considers the summit an achievement, especially without having offered a clear promise to end the war. But there is no way of knowing whether he is serious about peace or is playing Donald Trump along

presumptuously ballsy (and currently illegal)

presumptuously ballsy (and currently illegal)

James A. Lovell Jr., Commander of Apollo 13, Is Dead at 97

RIP Jim Lovell, who flew to the moon twice but never landed and managed to bring home the crippled Apollo 13 in a remarkable mission later immortalized on film by Ron Howard and Tom Hanks.
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Exclusive | Two Big TV Broadcasters in Advanced Deal Talks A deal between Nexstar and Tegna could be a litmus test for the FCC’s deregulation push

Congress set the national TV station ownership cap at 39% of the country. This deal would exceed that limit. It's illegal.

This would be the #1 chain by revenue buying up #4.

They're betting that FCC Chair Brendan Carr doesn't care so long as they promise to kiss Trump's ring.

Block this deal!

Apollo 13 moon mission leader James Lovell dies at 97 CHICAGO — James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97. Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, Il.....

Jim Lovell wasn't just an astronaut or a commander; he was a hero.

His courage and quick thinking inspired Americans to dream and explore all the way from our planet to the bright stars.

Thinking of his loved ones today. May his memory be a blessing.

What Happens to Public Media Now? Republican-backed funding cuts go way beyond NPR and PBS. Radio and TV stations from Alaska to the Allegheny Mountains may never be the same.

NPR and PBS are the two most recognizable recipients of money from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. But the recent Republican-backed cuts to public media will hit outlets in poorer and more rural areas of the country the hardest.

You Can’t Deregulate Your Way To Localism — TVREV If FCC Chairman Brendan Carr truly believes in the importance of media localism, then he should stop treating it as deregulatory wishful thinking and start advocating for policies that directly suppor...

If FCC Chairman Brendan Carr truly believes in the importance of media localism, then he should stop treating it as deregulatory wishful thinking and start advocating for policies that directly support it.

Some thoughts via yours truly via @tvrev.bsky.social 👇

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You Can’t Deregulate Your Way To Localism — TVREV If FCC Chairman Brendan Carr truly believes in the importance of media localism, then he should stop treating it as deregulatory wishful thinking and start advocating for policies that directly suppor...

If FCC Chairman Brendan Carr truly believes in the importance of media localism, then he should stop treating it as deregulatory wishful thinking and start advocating for policies that directly support it.

Some thoughts via yours truly via @tvrev.bsky.social 👇

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Household debt is on the rise Delinquency rates remain "elevated," according to the NY Fed, especially on student loans.

Total household debt has hit $18.4 trillion, and loan delinquency rates are also high. Banks don’t think there’s cause for alarm yet, but consumers feel differently.

remember that time bill clinton said hello to loretta lynch at an airport?

The powerful lord presenting a golden gift to the capricious King. We are kidding ourselves if we believe we have a modern democracy.

Leaked ChatGPT Conversations Show People Asking the Bot to Do Some Dirty Work Some questions should not be answered.

I don't know who needs to hear this but you probably shouldn't dump your deepest fantasies onto a chatbot servers owned by (at best) amoral assholes in a country too corrupt to pass a baseline internet privacy law

More, creeping coverage today about what happens if courts rule that tariffs are illegal — and what a logistical nightmare it would be.

Said a person close to the White House: “The odds of this going against them are way higher than 50-50.”

@politico.com
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U.S. Factory Orders Declined in June New orders from U.S. factories contracted 4.8% month over month to $611.7 billion in June. Orders have dropped for two of the past three months.

Oh man, who's he gonna fire this time? Math? Maybe he'll fire math.

USGA already expecting lower media rights in next TV deal The USGA is bracing for a soft market when it comes to their next television contract for the US Open in 2027.

Sports outside of the football and basketball industrial complex are facing a tough time in making TV deals.

🥇🥈🥉 This week: The "forgotten" 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics - with sports historian/author Tommy Phillips; NOW wherever you pod, YouTube or https://tinyurl.com/5n6adr3x #GoodSeats 🥇🥈🥉

​CNBC anchor on Trump's firing of BLS commissioner: "We're politicizing the jobs number. That's not a market confidence building headline. I feel like I'm being punked."

"Politicizing stuff to this level ... creates a level of distrust which I don't think is very healthy long term”

“.. Sure, we’ve seen an explosion in AI capital spending in recent years. But this increasingly looks like the only game in town for growth. Housing, consumption and government spending — nearly 90% of the economy — are now stagnant at best.”

@conorsen.bsky.social
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🏈 #RIPLoniAnderson

Sunday news shows why?

What Happened When Hitler Took On Germany’s Central Banker Hans Luther was the principled and respected president of the Reichsbank—but he wouldn’t accede to Hitler’s demands.

Hans Luther was the principled and independent president of Germany’s central bank, Timothy W. Ryback writes. “But when Luther wouldn’t accede to Hitler’s demands, he feared for his life and had to leave”:

Firing the BLS Commissioner — the wonk in charge of the statisticians who track economic reality — is an authoritarian four alarm fire.

It will also backfire: You can't bend economic reality, but you can break the trust of markets. And biased data yields worse policy.

📺📺"What Jacksonville shows us is that having six television stations can mean only having three choices for local news." (@kirkv.bsky.social) tvnd.micro.blog/2025/08/01/t...

Anna Gomez’s Lonely Fight As the FCC’s sole Democrat, she’s been outspoken about protecting the First Amendment. Getting her way has been tough.

“We are supposed to be this technical expert body that calls balls and strikes fairly and independently, but instead we are being weaponized for political retribution & ideological purity.” (@agomezfcc.bsky.social via @liamjscott.bsky.social @columjournreview.bsky.social) www.cjr.org/analysis/ann...

🏈 Before the NFL was a billion-dollar empire, it was a dream in an early 1900s Rochester, NY sandlot. Meet Leo Lyons - the forgotten founder who helped build the league from scratch; NOW wherever you pod, YouTube or https://tinyurl.com/32m8rx43 #GoodSeats 🏈

Effective August 29, imported goods sent through means other than the international postal network that are valued at or under $800 and that would otherwise qualify for the de minimis exemption will be subject to all applicable duties. For goods shipped through the international postal system, packages will instead be assessed duties according to one of the following methodologies: Ad valorem duty: A duty equal to the effective tariff rate imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) that is applicable to the country of origin of the product. This duty shall be assessed on the value of each package. Specific duty: A duty ranging from $80 per item to $200 per item, depending on the effective IEEPA tariff rate applicable to the country of origin of the product. The specific duty methodology will be available for six months, after which all applicable shipments must comply with the ad valorem duty methodology. Longstanding exemptions under 19 U.S.C. 1321(a)(2)(A) and (B) remain in place – meaning American travelers can still bring back up to $200 in personal items and individuals can continue to receive bona fide gifts valued at $100 or less duty-free.

White House just ended the de minimis exemption for all commercial shipments.
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