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NYPD Adds $121 Million In Settlements To Its $11.2 Billion Tab

2 years 10 months ago
New York’s Finest continue to set the sort of records New York residents would rather the NYPD didn’t. The NYPD is not too big to fail. But it’s apparently too big to curtail. In 2019, it capped off a spectacular two-year run in which it racked up over a half-billion in lawsuit settlements. That’s on […]
Tim Cushing

This director decided to film in St. Louis before he wrote the script

2 years 11 months ago
Filmmaker Daniel Lawrence Wilson thinks that St. Louis can — and should — be the industry’s next premier filming location. Wilson, now living and working in Los Angeles, returned to St. Louis to film his directorial debut, “A Brush of Violence.” The film is the first to be sponsored by the nonprofit St. Louis Filmworks, and features many recognizable locations in St. Louis including Webster University, the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, Laumeier Sculpture Park, and the Magnolia Hotel. Wilson joined St. Louis on the Air to discuss how the city would benefit should it become a popular filming location.

‘Short-term pain’: Blues, Cardinals grapple with fallout if Bally Sports files for Chapter 11

2 years 11 months ago
The owner of Bally Sports Midwest is expected this week to miss a $140 million interest payment, beginning a process that could impact the finances of dozens of major league sports teams, including the Blues and Cardinals, which receive rights fees from the company to broadcast games. Leaders of the Blues and Cardinals spoke to the Business Journal about how they are navigating that uncertainty.
Nathan Rubbelke