Wonder if they'll cry to Trump and ask for a bailout..kek

Virus-shocked Hollywood gets break with streaming services

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sports are on hold, theaters are closed and so are amusement parks, a disaster-movie scenario that has Hollywood reeling. But Americans held captive at home by the coronavirus can turn to Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and other streaming services, outliers in an entertainment industry brought to an unprecedented standstill.

The recent launch of Disney and Apple services and the upcoming arrival of NBCUniversal’s Peacock and WarnerMedia’s HBO Max unleashed speculation about winners and losers in an increasingly crowded field. With self-imposed or required isolation the abrupt reality, emerging and niche streamers could draw new subscribers — gains that may even outlast the coronavirus crisis.

The viral outbreak “has caused so much pain across industries globally,” said Dan Ives, an analyst with Wedbush Securities. “Yet on the streaming side, the demand for those services is going to increase exponentially over the next three to six months” as consumers around the world remain stuck in place.

https://www.nhregister.com/business/technology/article/Virus-shocked-Hollywood-gets-break-with-streaming-15142925.php

US declares new ISIS leader a ‘specially designated global terrorist’

The U.S. State Department announced on Tuesday that it has designated the new leader of ISIS, Amir Muhammad Sa’id Abdal-Rahman al-Mawla, a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT).

Americans are now prohibited from engaging in any transactions with al-Mawla, who is also known as Hajji Abdallah, ‘Abdul Amir Muhammad Sa’id Salbi and Abu-‘Umar al-Turkmani, under the designation. Al-Mawla took over as the ISIS leader after U.S. special forces killed his predecessor, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, on Oct. 26.

“Today’s announcement is part of a larger comprehensive effort to defeat ISIS that, in coordination with the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, has made significant progress,” the State Department wrote in the announcement, adding that it has “completely destroyed ISIS’s so-called ‘caliphate.'”

“We are taking the fight to its branches and networks around the world,” the announcement added. “This whole-of-government effort is destroying ISIS in its safe havens, denying its ability to recruit foreign terrorist fighters, stifling its financial resources, countering the false propaganda it disseminates over the internet and social media, and helping to stabilize liberated areas in Iraq and Syria so the displaced can return to their homes and begin to rebuild their lives.”

Al-Mawla was active in ISIS’s predecessor, al-Qai’da in Iraq, according to the announcement. In ISIS, he rose through the ranks to become Deputy Amir and helped drive and “attempt to justify the abduction, slaughter, and trafficking of Yazidi religious minorities in northwest Iraq and oversees the group’s global operations.”

https://americanmilitarynews.com/2020/03/us-declares-new-isis-leader-a-specially-designated-global-terrorist/

Prince Albert of Monaco tests POSITIVE for Covid-19

The monarch of Monaco, Prince Albert II, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus currently sweeping the globe, according to a statement from his palace.

The 62-year-old prince tested positive for the virus on Thursday.

"His state of health is not a source of concern," the statement added.

Albert is the 10th resident of the tiny principality to fall victim to the virus, which has infected more than 228,000 worldwide, killing more than 9,300.

https://www.rt.com/news/483522-albert-monaco-codvid-19-coronavirus/