David Pecker, a former publisher for the National Enquirer, confessed that an article which claimed a connection between Sen. Ted Cruz‘s (R-Texas) father, Rafael Cruz, and Lee Harvey Oswald was completely fabricated.
The story, published in 2016, claimed that a previously unidentified man photographed with Oswald handing out leaflets to support the former Cuban president Fidel Castro in New Orleans was actually Rafael.
The report noted that “experts” who reviewed photos of the evangelical preacher from this period found that he appeared to look similar to the assassin’s companion.
Former President Donald Trump made comments about this article by saying that Sen. Cruz’s father was in the company of Oswald just months before when he shot John F. Kennedy in 1963.
Even though Rafael confessed that he once backed Castro, he says he had been “duped” and did not know he was a communist.
One of Sen. Cruz’s...
The story, published in 2016, claimed that a previously unidentified man photographed with Oswald handing out leaflets to support the former Cuban president Fidel Castro in New Orleans was actually Rafael.
The report noted that “experts” who reviewed photos of the evangelical preacher from this period found that he appeared to look similar to the assassin’s companion.
Former President Donald Trump made comments about this article by saying that Sen. Cruz’s father was in the company of Oswald just months before when he shot John F. Kennedy in 1963.
Even though Rafael confessed that he once backed Castro, he says he had been “duped” and did not know he was a communist.
One of Sen. Cruz’s...
- 4/25/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-ny) and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-tx) have fired off a letter to Disney CEO Robert Iger, Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch and Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav, raising many (19, to be exact) questions about their upcoming joint sports streaming service.
Announced in February and on track for a fall debut, the as-yet-unnamed service (playfully dubbed “Spulu” by some industry types) will give subscribers access to ESPN, ESPN2, Espnu, Secn, Accn, Espnews, ABC, Fox, FS1, FS2, Btn, TNT, TBS, truTV and ESPN+, allowing them to watch live NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL games, along with Mma fights, NASCAR races and other events.
Announced in February and on track for a fall debut, the as-yet-unnamed service (playfully dubbed “Spulu” by some industry types) will give subscribers access to ESPN, ESPN2, Espnu, Secn, Accn, Espnews, ABC, Fox, FS1, FS2, Btn, TNT, TBS, truTV and ESPN+, allowing them to watch live NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL games, along with Mma fights, NASCAR races and other events.
- 4/17/2024
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Government officials are taking a closer interest in the Jv streamer, which has already drawn scrutiny from competitors and the DOJ.
The ambitious new sports streaming joint venture from Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery has the potential to be a market-changing product when it launches. The platform will feature complete livestreams of 14 channels, as well as all the content from ESPN+, in a sports-focused bundle that will cost much less than a standard cable or satellite subscription. Now, government officials are taking note of the platform, and two congressmen have asked the CEOs of the three companies involved to appear and share more details about the service, and for the Department of Justice to be involved as well.
Reps. Jerry Nadler (D-ny) and Joaquin Castro (D-tx) have submitted an open letter to the three CEOs asking for more details. The congressmen write that they’re “concerned” the platform will...
The ambitious new sports streaming joint venture from Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery has the potential to be a market-changing product when it launches. The platform will feature complete livestreams of 14 channels, as well as all the content from ESPN+, in a sports-focused bundle that will cost much less than a standard cable or satellite subscription. Now, government officials are taking note of the platform, and two congressmen have asked the CEOs of the three companies involved to appear and share more details about the service, and for the Department of Justice to be involved as well.
Reps. Jerry Nadler (D-ny) and Joaquin Castro (D-tx) have submitted an open letter to the three CEOs asking for more details. The congressmen write that they’re “concerned” the platform will...
- 4/17/2024
- by David Satin
- The Streamable
A sound technician with ESPN helps produce a telecast of a football game.
Two federal lawmakers have sent a letter to the chief executives at Fox Corporation, the Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros Discovery (Wbd) expressing concern over their organization of a joint venture that is tasked with developing a sports-centric streaming service.
The letter, sent by Representatives Jerrold Nadler of New York and Joaquin Castro of Texas, included nearly two dozen questions exploring whether the proposed project tentatively called Raptor would benefit the three broadcasters over cable, satellite and streaming TV distributors.
As designed, Raptor will carry sports-inclusive broadcast and cable channels owned by the programmers when it launches later this year, including Fox, ABC, ESPN, Fox Sports 1, TBS, TNT and Tru TV. Absent from the service are ancillary entertainment and news channels like Fox News, CNN, Disney and FX, which carry little to no sports programming throughout the year.
Two federal lawmakers have sent a letter to the chief executives at Fox Corporation, the Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros Discovery (Wbd) expressing concern over their organization of a joint venture that is tasked with developing a sports-centric streaming service.
The letter, sent by Representatives Jerrold Nadler of New York and Joaquin Castro of Texas, included nearly two dozen questions exploring whether the proposed project tentatively called Raptor would benefit the three broadcasters over cable, satellite and streaming TV distributors.
As designed, Raptor will carry sports-inclusive broadcast and cable channels owned by the programmers when it launches later this year, including Fox, ABC, ESPN, Fox Sports 1, TBS, TNT and Tru TV. Absent from the service are ancillary entertainment and news channels like Fox News, CNN, Disney and FX, which carry little to no sports programming throughout the year.
- 4/17/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
The still-in-development sports streaming joint venture is facing scrutiny from Congress.
In a letter sent Tuesday, Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-ny) and Joaquin Castro (D-Tex.) asked probing questions of the proposed venture.
The letter, addressed to Disney CEO Bob Iger, Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch and Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav, asks for responses by April 30, and to “please copy the Department of Justice in your response.”
The still-unnamed sports joint venture was announced in a surprise move back in February, promising channels from ESPN, Fox, TBS and TNT in a skinny multichannel offering, but lacking channels from NBCUniversal and Paramount, among others.
The move caught its league and distribution partners off guard, with one partner, the Fubo TV, suing to block the Jv.
“The Joint Venture raises questions about how this new offering would affect access, competition, and choice in the sports streaming market,” the Congress members’ letter says. “Without...
In a letter sent Tuesday, Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-ny) and Joaquin Castro (D-Tex.) asked probing questions of the proposed venture.
The letter, addressed to Disney CEO Bob Iger, Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch and Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav, asks for responses by April 30, and to “please copy the Department of Justice in your response.”
The still-unnamed sports joint venture was announced in a surprise move back in February, promising channels from ESPN, Fox, TBS and TNT in a skinny multichannel offering, but lacking channels from NBCUniversal and Paramount, among others.
The move caught its league and distribution partners off guard, with one partner, the Fubo TV, suing to block the Jv.
“The Joint Venture raises questions about how this new offering would affect access, competition, and choice in the sports streaming market,” the Congress members’ letter says. “Without...
- 4/16/2024
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Two top Congressman want Bob Iger, David Zaslav and Lachlan Murdoch to provide some solid answers about Disney, Warner Bros Discovery and Fox’s proposed sports streaming service.
Putting their political feet on the gas, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-ny) and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-tx) want a response by the end of the month, and they want the Department of Justice looped in.
(L-r) Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-ny) and Rep Joaquin Castro (D-tx)
“The Joint Venture raises questions about how this new offering would affect access, competition, and choice in the sports streaming market,” wrote Nadler, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Castro, a longtime guardian of antitrust issues in the media, to the trio of CEOs today (read it here). “Without more complete information about the pricing, intent, and organization of this new venture, we are concerned that this consolidation will result in higher prices for consumers...
Putting their political feet on the gas, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-ny) and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-tx) want a response by the end of the month, and they want the Department of Justice looped in.
(L-r) Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-ny) and Rep Joaquin Castro (D-tx)
“The Joint Venture raises questions about how this new offering would affect access, competition, and choice in the sports streaming market,” wrote Nadler, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Castro, a longtime guardian of antitrust issues in the media, to the trio of CEOs today (read it here). “Without more complete information about the pricing, intent, and organization of this new venture, we are concerned that this consolidation will result in higher prices for consumers...
- 4/16/2024
- by Dominic Patten and Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
The Disney/ESPN, Fox Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery sports-streaming joint venture has drawn congressional scrutiny.
In a letter sent Tuesday (April 16) to the CEOs of the three companies, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D.-NY), the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D.-Texas) requested answers about the competitive implications of the proposed sports streaming Jv.
“As programmers, your companies exert tremendous influence over pricing across the live sports TV ecosystem,” Nadler and Castro wrote in the letter to Disney’s Bob Iger, Fox’s Lachlan Murdoch and Warner Bros. Discovery’s David Zaslav.
The three companies’ joint venture, the letter continued, “raises questions about how this new offering would affect access, competition and choice in the sports streaming market. Without more complete information about the pricing, intent, and organization of this new venture, we are concerned that this consolidation will result in higher prices for...
In a letter sent Tuesday (April 16) to the CEOs of the three companies, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D.-NY), the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D.-Texas) requested answers about the competitive implications of the proposed sports streaming Jv.
“As programmers, your companies exert tremendous influence over pricing across the live sports TV ecosystem,” Nadler and Castro wrote in the letter to Disney’s Bob Iger, Fox’s Lachlan Murdoch and Warner Bros. Discovery’s David Zaslav.
The three companies’ joint venture, the letter continued, “raises questions about how this new offering would affect access, competition and choice in the sports streaming market. Without more complete information about the pricing, intent, and organization of this new venture, we are concerned that this consolidation will result in higher prices for...
- 4/16/2024
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Paramount+ International is investigating Mafia Spies.
The streamer has ordered a six-part premium doc series, based on Mafia Spies: The Inside Story of the CIA, Gangsters, JFK, and Castro by Thomas Maier, who wrote the book that Showtime’s Masters of Sex was based on.
The series comes from CreativeChaos, Danny Strong Productions and Jackson Pictures.
Based on never-before-released JFK files, the series tells the shocking connections between the CIA, the mob, and Sinatra’s Rat Pack from Vegas to Miami to Havana. It explores America’s most remarkable espionage plots ever—with CIA agents, mob hitmen, “kompromat” sex, presidential indiscretion, and James Bond-like killing devices together in a top-secret mystery full of surprise twists and deadly intrigue.
In the early 1960s, two top gangsters, Johnny Roselli and Sam Giancana, were hired by the CIA to kill Cuba’s Communist leader, Fidel Castro, only to wind up murdered themselves...
The streamer has ordered a six-part premium doc series, based on Mafia Spies: The Inside Story of the CIA, Gangsters, JFK, and Castro by Thomas Maier, who wrote the book that Showtime’s Masters of Sex was based on.
The series comes from CreativeChaos, Danny Strong Productions and Jackson Pictures.
Based on never-before-released JFK files, the series tells the shocking connections between the CIA, the mob, and Sinatra’s Rat Pack from Vegas to Miami to Havana. It explores America’s most remarkable espionage plots ever—with CIA agents, mob hitmen, “kompromat” sex, presidential indiscretion, and James Bond-like killing devices together in a top-secret mystery full of surprise twists and deadly intrigue.
In the early 1960s, two top gangsters, Johnny Roselli and Sam Giancana, were hired by the CIA to kill Cuba’s Communist leader, Fidel Castro, only to wind up murdered themselves...
- 5/4/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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