'Ninja Turtles' sequel kicks 'X-Men' from top of box office
AP - Mon Jun 06, 4:24PM CDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" sequel "Out of the Shadows" dethroned "X-Men: Apocalypse" at the box office in its opening weekend, but its victory, like its characters, was half-shelled.
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'Turtles' sequel underwhelms, women drive 'Me Before You'
By LINDSEY BAHR - AP - Sun Jun 05, 3:44PM CDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Turtle power isn't all that strong the second time around, according to comScore estimates Sunday, but not all is bleak at the box office. While many of the season's sequels continue to struggle, the healthy debut of the romantic drama "Me Before You" proved that there is room for more than superheroes in the summer.
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Summer's here: fun and games dominate TV ratings
By DAVID BAUDER - AP - Wed Jun 01, 3:08PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — The calendar may not say summer yet, but the fun and games dominant onscreen mean the season has already begun for television networks.
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Comcast Customers in the Twin Cities to Benefit from Unprecedented Investments and Innovation
BusinessWire - Thu May 26, 7:00AM CDT
Comcast customers in the Twin Cities will benefit from an unprecedented level of investments and innovations by the company in both residential and business services. The company today announced it will expand its Twin Cities infrastructure, deliver new products and services, and bring customers an even greater level of reliability and choice. Today's announcements build on Comcast's ongoing investments in its local metro area operations, now totaling more than $1 billion over the past several years.
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Top 10 highest-paid CEOs
By The Associated Press - AP - Wed May 25, 6:35AM CDT
Here are the 10 highest-paid CEOs for 2015, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm.
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CBS is most popular network for eighth season in a row
By DAVID BAUDER - AP - Tue May 24, 3:15PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — CBS will finish the television season as the nation's most popular television network for the eighth consecutive year, and win among the youthful demographic sought by advertisers for only the third time since modern record-keeping began in the 1980s.
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Box Office Top 20: 'Angry Birds' slingshots past 'Civil War'
AP - Mon May 23, 3:51PM CDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In its first weekend in theaters, "The Angry Birds Movie" soared past "Captain America: Civil War," dethroning the superhero pic from its first place run with $38.2 million to "Captain America's" $32.9 million, according to studio actuals released Monday.
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'Angry Birds' flocks to No. 1 over 'Neighbors,' 'Nice Guys'
By LINDSEY BAHR - AP - Sun May 22, 2:33PM CDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Captain America" has found a worthy competitor in a bunch of flightless birds. "The Angry Birds Movie" soared to $39 million in its debut weekend, knocking "Captain America: Civil War" off its first-place perch, while new adult comedies "Neighbors 2" and the "The Nice Guys" struggled to get their footing, according to comScore estimates Sunday.
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Comcast, State of Colorado and City of Fort Collins Announce 600 New Jobs, State-of-the-Art Customer Support Center Coming to Fort Collins
BusinessWire - Thu May 19, 11:00AM CDT
As part of its ongoing commitment to provide an outstanding customer experience, Comcast today announced plans to open a major, new customer support center in Fort Collins, CO.
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USA Network's "Royal Pains" to Ring The Nasdaq Stock Market Closing Bell
GlobeNewswire - Thu May 19, 9:00AM CDT
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Say goodbye to Time Warner Cable: sale leads to name change
By MARLEY JAY - AP - Wed May 18, 3:01PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Time Warner Cable is going away, and that means you might have a new cable company to hate. But you might find one you like better instead.
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The Arc Baltimore Advances Its Mission of Advocacy With Comcast Business
PR Newswire - Wed May 18, 9:00AM CDT
Comcast Business today announced that The Arc Baltimore is using Ethernet and Internet services to advance its mission of providing employment, educational and residential services to thousands of adults and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the Baltimore metropolitan area. This innovative infrastructure improves inter-office collaboration for one of the nation's largest and most respected nonprofits of its kind by enabling more than 800 employees across six locations to share internal files, process membership applications, access financial software and file paperwork. It also allows the individuals supported by the organization to use the Internet for job hunting, educational and entertainment purposes both within their community living homes and at the nonprofit's day centers.
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ESPN moving to get out-of-home Nielsen measurements
By DAVID BAUDER - AP - Tue May 17, 2:06PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — ESPN says it has agreed with the Nielsen company to become one of the first television networks to regularly incorporate measurements of people watching TV outside of their homes in places like bars or health clubs into viewership estimates.
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Comcast Becomes Title Sponsor for Portland Parks & Recreation's "Summer Free For All" Program
BusinessWire - Tue May 17, 12:04PM CDT
Building on a multi-year partnership, Comcast announced that it will become the Title Sponsor for Portland Parks & Recreation's (PP&R) 2016 Summer Free For All program. Support from Comcast, the information and entertainment provider to the most homes in Portland, will help PP&R deliver the popular, free summer program series to an audience that topped 320,000 attendees in 2015.
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How much for that tequila shot? The price is always changing
By JOSEPH PISANI - AP - Wed May 11, 12:18PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Down a shot of tequila at The Blind Burro and the second round may cost you more. Or less. It all depends on what everyone else is drinking.
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Comcast pays founder's widow $490M to settle unpaid perks
AP - Wed May 11, 7:01AM CDT
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia-based Comcast Corp. has paid its founder's widow nearly $490 million in perks and to cash out life insurance policies in her name.
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'Captain America: Civil War' nabs fifth best-opening ever
By LINDSEY BAHR - AP - Sun May 08, 2:40PM CDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — What superhero fatigue? Disney and Marvel's "Captain America: Civil War," the 13th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, has strong-armed its way to becoming the fifth-highest domestic opening ever according to comScore estimates Sunday.
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Comcast NBCUniversal Awards $105,000 In Scholarships To 96 Massachusetts High School Seniors
PR Newswire - Fri May 06, 9:30AM CDT
Comcast NBCUniversal today announced that it has awarded $105,000 in scholarships for the 2016-17 school year to 96 Massachusetts students as part of its annual Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program. The program, funded by the Comcast Foundation, is a one-time, $1,000 scholarship awarded to the best and brightest high school seniors for their community service, academic performance and leadership skills. Since 2001, more than $25 million has been awarded to nearly 25,000 high school seniors across the country as part of the Leaders and Achievers Program.
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Hulu to sell Internet TV package with live programming
By MAE ANDERSON and MICHAEL LIEDTKE - AP - Wed May 04, 3:36PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Hulu is expanding its Internet TV programming with a subscription service offering a mix of live cable and broadcast options that will include news and sports.
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TV's 'Big Bang' wins in a comedy landslide
By DAVID BAUDER - AP - Tue May 03, 3:42PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — "The Big Bang Theory" was the comedy winner in television last week — by a landslide.
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