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Hertz has announced that it will start selling used cars from its rental business on Amazon Autos. The company’s pre-owned vehicles are now available in Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, and Seattle, according to a new page on Hertz’s website, with “more locations coming soon.” The Verge was unable to find any live Hertz vehicle listings at the time of writing. …

Netflix is delivering the late-summer box office a surprise (and needed) gift. The streamer and theater owners, and particularly the major chains, have been at loggerheads for years over exclusive theatrical windows. Netflix has always made it clear that its subscribers are its first priority, resulting in its titles often being boycotted by the bigger circuits. But in this case, …

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Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group, Inc. has sold 10 local TV stations to Gray Media for $171 million. The deal, which Gray expects to close in the fourth quarter subject to regulatory approval and closing conditions, will bring Gray into three new local TV markets: Columbus-Tupelo, Mississippi; Terre Haute, Indiana; and West Lafayette, Indiana. Per Gray, the sale is expected …

Byron Allen‘s local TV liquidation has begun. The comedian turned media mogul’s company Allen Media Group says that it has sold 10 of its local TV stations to Gray Media in a $171 million deal. The stations, mostly in the south and midwest, largely complement Gray’s existing station portfolio of about 180 local stations in 113 markets by creating duopolies. …

A rare first edition of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit that was found during a house clearance has sold at auction for £43,000. Bought by a private collector in the UK, the book is one of 1,500 original copies of the seminal fantasy novel that were published in 1937. Of those, only “a few hundred are believed to still remain”, according …

Foxconn has sold the former GM factory it has owned for three years after failing to stand up any meaningful, large-scale electric vehicle production there. The pivot marks the second major failure of Foxconn to deliver on its promises to help revive U.S. manufacturing. The iPhone-maker once promised to build a giant LCD factory in Wisconsin — a project that …

Penske Entertainment, the Roger Penske-owned entity that holds Indianapolis Motor Speedway and IndyCar among its assets, said Thursday it has sold one-third interest in the company to Fox. The sale was described as a strategic investment and partnership designed to launch new growth for IndyCar and it includes a multi-year contract extension for Fox Sports’ media rights deal with the …

Moms might not wear capes, but this Redditor’s mother definitely earned one. Back in the 90s, she stumbled upon something alarming—her 11-year-old son had a stash of knives and a dagger hidden in his room. After some digging, she discovered that a local shop had been selling these weapons to him. Furious, she marched over to confront the store owner. …

Carolina Blue is harvesting the green. Via Pete Thamel of ESPN.com, North Carolina football has sold all home tickets for coach Bill Belichick’s debut season. It’s the earliest date for a full-season sellout at UNC. Earlier this year, all season tickets had sold out. If you are among the ticket holders, fear not. Via FrontOfficeSports.com, eight if not 10 of …