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Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
New music festival and charity event honors late local radio host
WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — A beloved radio host still lives on through a new music festival he started years ago. It's been just over two years since the passing of Wichita Falls radio personality Scotty Preston, also known as Scotty P. In his honor, his wife, Missy Scherer, brought back the Chick'n and Pick'n music festival, paired up with a charity effort. 'He asked me, you're my legacy now. And I want you to continue doing good things in my name,' Scherer said. Through Sunday afternoon, the Crazy Horse Saloon was home to music and dancing, all the while raising money to send to Homeless Lives Matter, a venture Scherer said Preston would have been all in on. 'He would volunteer to help you know, in any event, any situation, friend. He was the first one there,' Scherer said. This isn't the first Chick'n and Pick'n ever. Preston originally held the festival at a venue called The Outskirts to help promote up-and-coming artists. For those who performed at previous installments, like Toby Wayne, performing at the new Chick'n and Pick'n brought back a lot of memories. 'That nostalgia comes back, and you know, it hits you and some of the people that I haven't seen actually since Chick'n and Pick'n was going on that came out specifically for that event, they're out here tonight and I haven't seen them in that long,' Wayne said. Luke Robinson, another performing artist, says the new version of the festival, with the added charity spin, would make Preston feel right at home. 'He certainly had a passion, too, I think, for helping people when people were in need,' Robinson said. 'And having these fundraisers and being able to have some live music and to bring people together for that, that was a big deal for Scotty.' Whether it's helping new artists or giving to charity, the latest edition of Chick'n and Pick'n did Scotty P's legacy proud. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Bavarian press body head highlights dangers of AI without rules
Journalistic content should not be sold out to artificial intelligence (AI), the head of the Association of Bavarian Newspaper Publishers (VBZV), Andreas Scherer, cautioned at the association's annual meeting on Wednesday. Without effective regulation, AI threatened not only the journalistic business model, but also free and professional reporting as a pillar of democracy, Scherer said at the event held in Brussels. He noted that the large AI platforms were using the content produced by newspaper publishers to train their systems and for their own business models. Automated preparation and production of journalistic content were replacing original journalism, and this represented a creeping loss of substance for press outlets, as well as for press freedom, Scherer said. Prominent conservative Bavarian and European politician Manfred Weber stressed the importance of a free press. "A lively and diverse press landscape is a core component of the European way of life," he told the meeting. At the meeting, Scherer was confirmed in office for a further two years. The VBZV represents 33 Bavarian media organizations, along with their digital subsidiaries and individual members.
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Daimler Truck expects Q2 North American orders to be roughly on Q1 levels
By Amir Orusov and Ilona Wissenbach (Reuters) -Daimler Truck, one of the world's biggest truckmakers, told analysts on Wednesday that second-quarter orders in its Trucks North America segment will be roughly on par with the first quarter levels. Late on Tuesday, the company cut its full-year operating profit and revenue forecast, reflecting lower expectations for its North American business on heightened demand uncertainty due to U.S. duties. The effect of U.S. tariffs on first-quarter profitability was minor, chief financial officer Eva Scherer said on the call, adding the impact was mainly on demand. Profitability is ensured for the North American segment in the second quarter though lower than in the first quarter, Scherer said. However, the order books for the second half of the year was not filled yet and the company needed a stronger order momentum, she added. In April, Daimler's peer Traton said U.S. truckers were deferring orders over fears of a global recession, while Swedish Truck maker Volvo cut its North America truck market outlook amid tariff-related uncertainty. As for the U.S.-China trade deal slashing reciprocal tariffs, it is too early to predict but the deal may be positive for orders in the second quarter, Scherer said. Commenting on the billion-euro cost-cutting programme launched in March, Scherer said the company booked a provision in the mid-three-digit million euros range in the second quarter. The truckmaker has already received the necessary approval to reduce personnel-related costs and increase flexibility of the German locations, the company said in a press release. As for the European market, Daimler Truck prioritizes profitability over the market share, the finance chief said, adding the company did not want to regain the lost market share in Europe through excessive incentives. Sign in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Daimler Truck expects Q2 North American orders to be roughly on Q1 levels
By Amir Orusov and Ilona Wissenbach (Reuters) -Daimler Truck, one of the world's biggest truckmakers, told analysts on Wednesday that second-quarter orders in its Trucks North America segment will be roughly on par with the first quarter levels. Late on Tuesday, the company cut its full-year operating profit and revenue forecast, reflecting lower expectations for its North American business on heightened demand uncertainty due to U.S. duties. The effect of U.S. tariffs on first-quarter profitability was minor, chief financial officer Eva Scherer said on the call, adding the impact was mainly on demand. Profitability is ensured for the North American segment in the second quarter though lower than in the first quarter, Scherer said. However, the order books for the second half of the year was not filled yet and the company needed a stronger order momentum, she added. In April, Daimler's peer Traton said U.S. truckers were deferring orders over fears of a global recession, while Swedish Truck maker Volvo cut its North America truck market outlook amid tariff-related uncertainty. As for the U.S.-China trade deal slashing reciprocal tariffs, it is too early to predict but the deal may be positive for orders in the second quarter, Scherer said. Commenting on the billion-euro cost-cutting programme launched in March, Scherer said the company booked a provision in the mid-three-digit million euros range in the second quarter. The truckmaker has already received the necessary approval to reduce personnel-related costs and increase flexibility of the German locations, the company said in a press release. As for the European market, Daimler Truck prioritizes profitability over the market share, the finance chief said, adding the company did not want to regain the lost market share in Europe through excessive incentives.
Irish Daily Star
29-04-2025
- Politics
- Irish Daily Star
Donald Trump 'butt dials reporter at 1:28am' weeks after explosive attack
Two reporters say that President Trump 'butt-dialed' one of their numbers at 1:28 a.m., weeks after canceling an interview with them Two reporters from The Atlantic, Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer, said they believed they received a presidential butt-dial at 1:28 a.m. in a newly published piece. Parker and Scherer had a photo shoot and interview set up at the White House with President Donald Trump when the president suddenly cancelled on them that very week and blasted them on Truth Social. Not to be deterred, the reporters set about to find his phone number, and called the President. To their surprise, he picked up. 'So we called his cell and he picked up and spoke at length,' Scherer claimed on X. Even more to their surprise, the President now had their number - and accidentally called it weeks later in the middle of the night, Scherer went on to say. " I should just say it was two conversations and actually one late night, 1:28 A.M. butt dial from the president,' Parker told Morning Joe on Monday. On March 17, Trump tore into Parker on Truth Social, calling her a "Radical Left Lunatic" and Scherer someone who "virtually always LIES." Not taking it personally, the reporters went on to find a direct line to Trump. 'Don't ask how we got his number,' they wrote in the article. They only added that "the White House staff have imperfect control over Trump's personal communication devices." They said they called him one evening, catching him off guard at first, but once they introduced themselves on the line, Trump began to talk to them at length, they report. Scherer then went on to say, 'He called weeks later at 1:28 am.' Parker elaborated during an interview with MSNBC's Morning Joe. "I should just say it was two conversations and actually one late night, 1:28 A.M. butt dial from the president," she said to host Joe Scarborough. Since the alleged butt dial, the pair tried again to set up an interview with Trump, as they had a successful initial phone conversation discussing his various 'accomplishments,' but they were denied. Nearly nine days later, though, Trump invited Parker, Scherer, and Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg for a sit-down at the Oval Office. The interview, later published, did address some of the Hegseth scandal that involved said editor. "I think he's gonna get it together," they say Trump told them, adding that, "I had a talk with him, a positive talk, but I had a talk with him," speaking of Hegseth.
