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Italy’s TIM Drops Exclusivity in Extended Talks With CDP Over Network

Posted on 29/03/2023

MILAN (Reuters) -Telecom Italia (TIM) decided on Friday to give Italian state lender CDP and its partners until Nov. 30 to submit a non-binding offer for the former monopoly’s landline grid, two sources with knowledge of the matter said.

Talks between TIM, Italy’s biggest telecoms group, and CDP will continue on a non-exclusive basis, the people added.

CDP, fiber optic firm Open Fiber and infrastructure fund Macquarie had requested more time to negotiate a deal to buy TIM’s network assets, seeking to extend an initial deadline that ran out at the end of October for a binding agreement.

Sources familiar with the matter had told Reuters that TIM’s top investor Vivendi had some reservations about continuing exclusive talks with CDP on the network sale.

The potential multi-billion euro bid is part of a long-held plan to combine TIM’s fixed network assets with those of smaller rivals Open Fiber to create a unified broadband operator under CDP’s control.

Treasury-owned CDP, which holds a 10% stake in TIM, controls Open Fiber.

The grid sale is also a key plank of TIM CEO Pietro Labriola’s strategy to turn around the debt-laden former phone monopoly.

The initial timeline for a non-binding bid has been

WR Odell Beckham Jr. to start his visit schedule this week with Giants, then Cowboys and Bills

Posted on 27/03/2023

Free-agent wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. has set his visit schedule, with his tour of potential landing spots beginning this week.

Beckham plans to visit the Giants on Thursday and Friday, sources informed of his plans say. After the weekend, Beckham will meet with the Cowboys on Dec. 5. He’ll also visit the Bills.

While there are additional teams that could be added to the mix, those visits are the only confirmed ones at this point, sources say.

For the Giants, a Beckham signing would represent an unlikely reunion with his first team (New York drafted Beckham in the first round of the 2014 draft). As for the Bills, Beckham and chief recruiter Von Miller have had a dialogue and the team is open to taking a look.

Then there is the Cowboys. Owner Jerry Jones told reporters after Dallas’ 28-20 win over the Giants on Thursday that a visit was set.

“Odell could help us,” Jones said. “I believe that right now. Now, we’ve got to make it fit and that’s the challenge here.”

Asked if Beckham is where he needs to be health-wise, Jones said, “I haven’t gotten (to see) the benefits of his rehab work and where

Akira Toriyama’s SAND LAND Manga Gets Screen Adaptation in 2023 – News

Posted on 23/03/2023

The teaser website for the SANDLAND Project announced on Saturday that a “screen adaptation” of Akira Toriyama‘s SANDLAND manga has been green-lit for next year. Sunrise, Kamikaze Dougaand Anima are producing the animation. The announcement did not specify the medium or format of the adaptation.

the Sandland manga is a short series that Toriyama serialized in Shueisha‘s Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from May to August 2000. Shueisha published one compiled book volume of the manga in November 2000.

Viz publishes the manga in English, and it describes the story:

In the far future, war has destroyed the entire Earth, leaving only a barren wasteland where the supply of water is controlled by the greedy king. In search of a long-lost lake, Sheriff Rao asked the king of the demons for help…and got the king’s son, Beelzebub, and his assistant, Thief. Together the unlikely trio sets off across the desert, facing dragons, bandits and the deadliest foe of all… the King’s army itself! It’s a travel adventure and tank action in this new story from Akira Toriyamathe creator of Dragon Ball Z!

Toriyama began his first serialized manga, Dr. Slump, in 1980, and

Midterm election results and news

Posted on 21/03/2023

Former President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters during an election night party at his Mar-a-Lago estate. (Phelan M. Ebenhack/The Washington Post/Getty Images)

Should Donald Trump announce his third presidential bid on Tuesday, as is widely expected, he will begin the next phase of his political career under siege.

Seven years ago, the New York businessman entered the political fray on defense, working vigorously to cast himself as a serious contender for the Republican presidential nomination to the incredulity of veteran political operatives and his primary opponent.

This time, Trump takes the plunge as the party’s indisputable frontrunner, but once again, he finds himself in a defensive crouch.

On the brink of a campaign launch that elicited both enthusiasm and dread from different corners of his own party, Trump’s quest to return to the Oval Office could face untold obstacles in the months to come, even with his loyal base firmly intact.

A deflection from probes: He has spent the days since the midterm elections fending off criticism from fellow Republicans over his ill-fated involvement in key contests, furiously lashing out at two GOP heavyweights who could complicate his path to the White House if they mount their own

CNN to end HLN’s live programming as part of the network’s big job cuts

Posted on 18/03/2023

CNN Headquarters In Atlanta — Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images News

More details about layoffs at CNN (NASDAQ:WBD) emerged Thursday, as HLN, a one-time 24-hour breaking news sister network, was set to put an end to live programming as part of a slate of job cuts and costs reductions.

According to a report from Variety, HLN will pull the plug on its signature morning news show, Morning Express with Robin Meadewhich has been on the air since 2001, and replace Morning Express with a simulcast of CNN’s CNN This Morning. As part of Morning Express’ cancellation, Meade, and all staffers tied to the program will leave HLN.

Instead of live programming, HLN will run previously produced shows, and partner with Investigation Discovery on more true-crime programs.

The moves are part of a massive cost-cutting program that CNN Chief Executive Chris Licht has implemented implementing across the network. Licht, who joined CNN (WBD) in May, has been tasked with re-making CNN in the wake of declining ratings, and criticism over what many believe has been a rise in unbiased reporting at the network in recent years.

Layoff notices began going out around CNN on Wednesday, and Variety said dozens more reporters and staffers were