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Going Ringside Ep. 71: Eric Bischoff
Read full article: Going Ringside Ep. 71: Eric BischoffOn this episode of Going Ringside we're joined by arguably one of the most controversial figures ever in the history of pro wrestling: Eric Bischoff. Bischoff changed the industry in the mid-1990's when he took a fledgling World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and made it global juggernaut that almost put WWE out of business. In this must-watch interview we discuss the decision to make Hulk Hogan a "heel", why WCW Nitro became a success and his thoughts on Jacksonville-based All Elite Wrestling (AEW).
Gerald Levin, the former Time Warner CEO who engineered a disastrous mega-merger, is dead at 84
Read full article: Gerald Levin, the former Time Warner CEO who engineered a disastrous mega-merger, is dead at 84Gerald Levin, who led Time Warner Media into a disastrous $182 billion merger with the internet provider America Online, has died at the age of 84.
Biologists in slow and steady race to help North America's largest and rarest tortoise species
Read full article: Biologists in slow and steady race to help North America's largest and rarest tortoise speciesU.S. wildlife officials have finalized an agreement with Ted Turner’s Endangered Species Fund regarding the release of more Bolson tortoises on the media mogul’s Armendaris Ranch in central New Mexico.
Wolf known for genetic value found dead in New Mexico
Read full article: Wolf known for genetic value found dead in New MexicoEnvironmentalists are pushing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to do more to protect Mexican gray wolves after one of the endangered predators was found dead in southwestern New Mexico.
CNN exec’s ouster rattles prominent staff at pivotal time
Read full article: CNN exec’s ouster rattles prominent staff at pivotal timeThe abrupt ouster of CNN chief executive Jeff Zucker because of a workplace relationship has left some prominent employees feeling angry and uncertain about the direction of their network at a pivotal moment.
Ted Turner to give land to nonprofit but keep paying taxes
Read full article: Ted Turner to give land to nonprofit but keep paying taxesMedia mogul and billionaire bison rancher Ted Turner is donating an 80,000-acre ranch he owns in western Nebraska to a nonprofit agriculture ecosystem research institute and says he might do the same with four other ranches in Nebraska’s Sand Hills.
Larry King, broadcasting giant for half-century, dies at 87
Read full article: Larry King, broadcasting giant for half-century, dies at 87King died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his production company, Ora Media, tweeted. In its early years, “Larry King Live” was based in Washington, which gave the show an air of gravitas. “Do you know who I am?”“Always loved Larry King and will miss him,” Seinfeld tweeted Saturday. Originating from Washington on the Mutual network, “The Larry King Show” was eventually heard on more than 300 stations and made King a national phenomenon. “Larry King Live” debuted on June 1, 1985, and became CNN’s highest-rated program.
Jane Fonda celebrates 25 years of Georgia-based nonprofit
Read full article: Jane Fonda celebrates 25 years of Georgia-based nonprofitATLANTA – Jane Fonda is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Georgia-based nonprofit organization she founded to prevent teenage pregnancies. Fonda, 82, founded the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention in 1995, when she lived in Atlanta and when Georgia had the highest teenage birth rate in the United States. “If you put a map across the United States that showed pockets of poverty and distress, those would correspond with where our teen pregnancy rates are high,” Fonda said. Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana have the highest teenage birth rates in the United States. Birth rates also remain higher among Native American, Hispanic and Black teenagers.