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Reuters
10 hours ago
- Reuters
ESPN, Fox to bundle upcoming streaming services in new sports-heavy deal
Aug 11 (Reuters) - Upcoming streaming services of ESPN (DIS.N), opens new tab and Fox (FOXA.O), opens new tab will be bundled for $39.99 per month starting October 2, the companies said on Monday, offering sports fans a wide range of major events including the NFL and NBA at a discounted rate. The bundle is the first significant deal involving major sports rights holders after Disney, Fox and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD.O), opens new tab abandoned plans to launch their live sports joint venture, Venu Sports, after it ran into substantial legal opposition. Media companies are pairing their streaming services to offer bundled deals and boost customer stickiness, as viewers face steep price hikes and an overload of choice. The new package brings together Fox One, which offers Fox's sports, news, and entertainment content, and ESPN's new direct-to-consumer network, featuring professional and college football and basketball games. Both platforms are launching on August 21. "We continue to look for opportunities to streamline the user experience, especially for the ultimate sports fan," said Tony Billetter, senior vice president, strategy and business development at Fox Direct to Consumer. Fox's new subscription-based service is expected to help the company expand its audience beyond the mainstay cable television business.
Daily Mail
13 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Hamptons hotspot where designer died becomes filled with rich kids
The once quiet and classy Hamptons hotspot where a designer was found dead on a yacht has become packed with party-going 'spoiled' rich kids who have brought chaos to the area, locals say. Long time residents of Montauk - at the easternmost tip of Long Island - believe the death of 33-year-old Martha Nolan-O'Slattara exemplifies the area's out-of-control party culture. The coastal community used to be close-knit and peaceful - until social influencers arrived and turned it into a well-known party town where drugs are in plentiful supply. 'It's absolutely changed,' a marina operator who has lived in Montauk his entire life, told Fox News Digital . 'Social media put Montauk on the map. It used to be a fishing village… now it's a very happening place.' Montauk's stunning shores, classic east coast charm and great restaurants have all helped entice influencers to its shores. But long-time locals say the area is now so famous they fear the fabric of the community is being torn apart. Massive luxury development projects have sprung up, with hotels and docks being revamped to accommodate demanding wealthy incomers. 'This is mostly a peaceful, family-friendly spot,' an anonymous local told Fox News Digital. 'But in the summer, there's a younger crowd that comes in and they party hard. You see the yachts, the nightlife - it's become a kind of escape valve for New York's elite.' One lifelong resident said the area has become full of 'spoiled kids using their parents' credit cards' who love drugs and partying. Community members were forced to consider the rapidly changing nature of their beloved home after Nolan-O'Slattara was found dead on a boat at the Montauk Yacht Club last week. The young Irish fashion designer, who flaunted a glamorous life on social media , was known to visit Montauk frequently. Investigators quickly established that there was no foul play involved in her untimely death. A police spokesperson said a preliminary examination of Nolan-O'Slattara's remains was 'inconclusive' and that a cause of death is 'pending further examination.' Daily Mail asked Suffolk County Police if the death was drug-related, but they refused to comment. The yacht scene is particularly attractive among young elites, residents told Fox News Digital. One woman described a popular route between Newport and Block Island in Rhode Island, then Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket in Massachusetts that lively boats filled with partying youngsters tend to follow. Between yacht parties and a pumping bar scene, people have complained of loud music blaring all through the night, well into the early morning hours. Michael Brown, a former DEA senior special agent, said the combination of a bustling nightlife scene and rich kids is a recipe for disaster. 'Young adults are going to do [expletive],' Brown bluntly told Fox News Digital. Young partiers with money are a prime consumer base for [expletive] dealers, with the prospect of narcotics pushers further disturbing Montauk residents. Dealers have been increasingly lacing [expletive] with [expletive], and overdose deaths have skyrocketed, Brown, who is also the global director of counter-narcotics technology at Rigaku Analytical Devices, said. 'You don't know what's in what you're taking. And if I'm wrong, I'm gonna die in 30 seconds.' Each year, more than 100,000 people across the US die from [expletive] overdoses, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 'Local dealers spike [expletive] with small amounts of [expletive] - not necessarily enough to kill, but to intensify the high and hook new users,' he explained to the outlet.
The Independent
17 hours ago
- The Independent
Fox News pundit contradicts Trump's claims that ‘crime is out of control' in the nation's capital
Former Washington, D.C., homicide detective and defense attorney Ted Williams has taken to Fox News to reject President Donald Trump 's contention that 'crime is out of control' in the nation's capital. Over the weekend, Trump announced that he would be staging a press conference on Monday to address the matter, saying of the city: 'It has become one of the most dangerous cities anywhere in the World. It will soon be one of the safest!!!' He subsequently insisted that D.C.'s homeless citizens 'move out, IMMEDIATELY,' adding: 'We will give you places to stay, but FAR from the Capital. The Criminals, you don't have to move out. We're going to put you in jail where you belong.' It was then reported that the president is sending 120 FBI agents on overnight shifts to help local law enforcement battle carjackings and other violent crime in D.C. His rhetoric has escalated since former DOGE employee Edward Coristine, also known as 'Big Balls,' was beaten up by muggers eight days ago when he refused to give up his car during an attempted hijacking. Asked by Fox anchor Jon Scott about D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser 's comment that violent crime is down 61 percent in the district from two years ago, Williams said: 'I have to agree with the mayor here… Yes, there is crime, and there will always be crimes in every major metropolitan city in this country. 'What I really found troubling and, I gotta tell you, as a lawyer I found it troubling… is that the President of the United States would say that crime is out of control. 'I take exception to that. Crime is not out of control in the District of Columbia. Yes, you do have some juveniles here that are out of control and those juveniles need to be addressed and arrested.' But, he continued: 'I think that even the Metropolitan Police Department is happy that the president has married up the federal agencies that help to try to combat crime in the District of Columbia.' Scott went on to present Williams with official data suggesting that juvenile offenders were the real problem, given that young people have been involved in half of the attempted carjackings this year and that 2,000 teens have been arrested in D.C. over the last two years. 'In any major metropolitan city you are going to have, unfortunately, juveniles committing crimes,' he responded. The ex-cop invoked the attack on Coristine as the likely motivation for Trump's new hard-line stance and added: 'I would like to ask Mr Trump: 'Where were you last month when a three-year-old child, Honesty Cheadle, was shot and killed as the result of a crime in the District of Columbia?' I didn't hear Mr Trump speaking out then. 'I want Mr Trump to do something for the district. Continue to have the federal officers partner with the district officers to try to bring down crime. But don't use this as a pretext to actually eradicate home rule... That seems to be what Mr Trump is interested in.'
