The NFL Is Taking a 10% Stake in Disney’s ESPN - WSJ

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Under the terms of the agreement, ESPN will add NFL Network to its stable of sports channels. It will also distribute the NFL’s Red Zone channel to pay-TV operators, although ownership and digital distribution rights will remain with the league

Parents Are Gaming Their Kids’ Credit Scores - The Atlantic

Credit scores are meant to be neutral measures of someone’s financial reliability, but in practice, they’re an easy way for some better-off families to give their children an early financial advantage. A range of services promise to help parents ensure that their kids enter adulthood armed with good scores. On TikTok, “generational wealth” influencers tout the benefits of authorized usership. Fintech start-ups, such as Greenlight and GoHenry, advise parents on establishing a credit history for their children. And financial institutions such as Austin Capital Bank promise to improve children’s future credit scores with programs that allow parents to authorize the bank to take out and automatically repay loans in their child’s name.

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Earning More but in Worse Shape: Hardship Overwhelms Many American Families - WSJ

Nearly 10 million American children are living in poverty, the most since 2018, according to the latest Census Bureau figures from 2023.

Tens of millions more—like the Meazler kids—are precariously close. Their families have been pushed to the edge by a storm of economic factors, including the expiration of Covid-era relief programs and the impacts of inflation on food and housing.