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The Epstein Ties That Are Haunting a Hollywood Power Broker

February 20, 2026 Erin Slifka Comments Off on The Epstein Ties That Are Haunting a Hollywood Power Broker
Casey Wasserman is selling his talent agency after client defections. He says any association with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell was years before their crimes came to light.

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Anna de Peyster, Novelist and Former Wife of Rupert Murdoch, Dies at Age 81

February 20, 2026 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Anna de Peyster, Novelist and Former Wife of Rupert Murdoch, Dies at Age 81
The Scottish-born writer was a member of News Corp’s board for eight years.

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HTeaO Webb City Now Offering Fundraising Opportunities for Groups

February 20, 2026 Erin Slifka 0

HTeaO Webb City is excited to announce that they are now offering fundraising opportunities! These are perfect and simple ways to raise funds for organizations and groups like: Nonprofits Youth groups Schools clubs Project Graduation […]

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Rocco Commisso, Who Built Cable Empire From ‘Scraps’ That Others Shunned, Dies at 76

February 20, 2026 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Rocco Commisso, Who Built Cable Empire From ‘Scraps’ That Others Shunned, Dies at 76
When the cable industry was consolidating around the nation’s largest cities, he went small to create one of the biggest cable companies in the U.S.

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How Streaming Became Cable TV’s Unlikely Life Raft

February 20, 2026 Erin Slifka Comments Off on How Streaming Became Cable TV’s Unlikely Life Raft
Charter Communications and other providers are slowing the cord-cutting exodus by bundling the very apps that once threatened their survival.

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City of Joplin’s Monthly Tree Limb Drop-Off Program to Open on Third Weekend of Each Month Beginning February 20 and 21

February 20, 2026 Erin Slifka 0

Residents who have cleared old brush and tree limbs from the winter months of accumulation can drop them off on Friday and Saturday, February 20 and 21, at the City of Joplin’s Tree Limb Drop-Off […]

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Crowder College to Host 13th Annual Calf Fundraiser Auction for Agriculture Division on April 1

February 20, 2026 Erin Slifka 0

(Carthage, MO) – Crowder College’s Agriculture Division will hold its 13th Annual Calf Fundraiser Auction on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, 11:00 am, at the Joplin Regional Stockyard. This year’s calf is donated by Dr. Dale […]

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Amazon Is Now America’s Biggest Company. Its 17-Year Journey to Surpass Walmart.

February 19, 2026 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Amazon Is Now America’s Biggest Company. Its 17-Year Journey to Surpass Walmart.
Walmart had held the title as the biggest company by annual revenue since 2009.

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DEI Rules That Changed Corporate Boards Are Vanishing

February 19, 2026 Erin Slifka Comments Off on DEI Rules That Changed Corporate Boards Are Vanishing
Companies are back to appointing fewer women and minorities as political pressures have shifted.

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Live Nation Reports Growing Annual Concert Attendance as Federal Antitrust Trial Looms

February 19, 2026 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Live Nation Reports Growing Annual Concert Attendance as Federal Antitrust Trial Looms
The live entertainment ticket provider faces Justice Department allegations that it illegally monopolized markets for concert booking and ticketing.

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