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What will happen to CNBC and MSNBC when they no longer have a corporate connection to NBC News?

What will happen to CNBC and MSNBC when they no longer have a corporate connection to NBC News?

Comcast's corporate reorganization means that there will soon be two television networks with “NBC” in their name — CNBC and MSNBC — that will no longer have any corporate connection to NBC News.
Chris Stapleton wins 4 CMA Awards, but Morgan Wallen gets entertainer of the year

Chris Stapleton wins 4 CMA Awards, but Morgan Wallen gets entertainer of the year

Chris Stapleton took home four Country Music Association Awards and hardly left the stage on Wednesday night, while an absent Morgan Wallen was shut out all evening until taking the night's biggest prize, entertainer of the year.
Has a waltz written by composer Frederic Chopin been discovered in an NYC museum?

Has a waltz written by composer Frederic Chopin been discovered in an NYC museum?

NEW YORK (AP) — The brooding waltz was carefully composed on a sheet of music roughly the size of an index card. The brief, moody number also bore an intriguing name, written at the top in cursive: “Chopin.
Ridley Scott on going big with 'Gladiator II'

Ridley Scott on going big with 'Gladiator II'

NEW YORK (AP) — An inevitable fact of interviewing Ridley Scott is that, whatever movie he’s about to release, you’ll find him already knee-deep in his next project.
Estate sale Emily Carr painting bought for US$50 nets C$290,000 at Toronto auction

Estate sale Emily Carr painting bought for US$50 nets C$290,000 at Toronto auction

Heffel Fine Art Auction House says “Masset, Q.C.I.” sold for $290,000 at its fall sale Wednesday night, above a presale estimate of $100,000 to $200,000.
Percival Everett and Jason De León win National Book Awards

Percival Everett and Jason De León win National Book Awards

NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett's “James,” a daring reworking of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” has won the National Book Award for fiction.
A social media ban for children younger than 16 is introduced in Australia's Parliament

A social media ban for children younger than 16 is introduced in Australia's Parliament

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s communications minister introduced a world-first law into Parliament on Thursday that would ban children younger than 16 from social media, saying online safety was one of parents’ toughest challenges.
Percival Everett and Jason De León win National Book Awards

Percival Everett and Jason De León win National Book Awards

NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett's “James,” a daring reworking of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” has won the National Book Award for fiction.
Duct-taped banana sells for $6.2 million at art auction

Duct-taped banana sells for $6.2 million at art auction

NEW YORK (AP) — A piece of conceptual art consisting of a simple banana, duct-taped to a wall, sold for $6.2 million at an auction in New York on Wednesday, with the winning bid coming from a prominent cryptocurrency entrepreneur.
Italy recovers Etruscan artifacts worth $8.5 million bound for black market

Italy recovers Etruscan artifacts worth $8.5 million bound for black market

ROME (AP) — Italian authorities announced Tuesday the seizure of an illegal excavation of an Etruscan burial site in the central Umbria region and are investigating two people for suspected theft of urns, sarcophagi and other artifacts worth 8 millio