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Pot Won't Be Advertised at Super Bowl, Though Players Will Probably Use It After

A proposed commercial by dispensary-locator company Weedmaps was sacked by NFL and NBC suits.

Reason

The Week In Cannabis: Schumer's Bill, The Super Bowl, Leafly, Canopy Growth, Tilray, Hexo, Sundial And More

Below is a recap of the main news related to the cannabis industry and markets for the week of February 7, 2022. Contents

Benzinga

What Channel is Super Bowl LVI On?

Super Bowl LVI will be broadcast on NBC on Sunday, Feb. 13.

Sports Illustrated

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NBC Faces Ratings Nightmare With Beijing Olympics: What Went Wrong?

The Beijing Winter Olympics are turning into a ratings disaster for Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA), with viewership for the NBC televised broadcasts at nearly half the level they were four years ago.

Benzinga

Here's What Happening Between Comcast's NBCUniversal And Hulu

Comcast Corp's (NASDAQ:CMCSA) NBCUniversal is nearing a plan that could drastically change its partnership with The Walt Disney Co's (NYSE:DIS) Hulu, the Wall Street Journal reports. NBCUniversal could end up shifting high-profile programming to its Peacock streaming platform under the plan. Comcast, which owns a third of Hulu, launched Peacock less than two years ago,…

Benzinga

Biden accused of lashing out as he calls NBC’s Lester Holt a ‘wise guy’ over Super Bowl interview

TV anchor pointed out that Joe Biden had said high inflation would only be temporary, but it has surged to new 40-year-high

The Independent UK

Japanese halfpipe snowboarder Ayumu Hirano wins gold after NBC broadcasters rant over baffling score

Justice!!!

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Biden urges Americans in Ukraine: "Leave now"

"It's a very different situation and things could go crazy quickly," he told NBC.

Axios

Why Cryptocurrency But No Cannabis Ads During Super Bowl?

Super Bowl ads…ever more creative, sophisticated, humorous - and there’s always a few heart-string tuggers in the mix. For some, the ads are the best part of the day. Okay, the second-best. In recent years, some newcomers have gotten in on the fun: hard liquor and sports betting apps. This…

Benzinga

Al Michaels’ departure from NBC could spark major broadcaster movement

Though he’s expected to land at Amazon, which will begin broadcasting "Thursday Night Football" exclusively next season, Michaels said even he doesn’t know where he’ll be.

Chicago Sun-Times

How Mike Tirico’s double duty with the Super Bowl in L.A. and Winter Olympics in Beijing will work

Mike Tirico is hosting coverage of the Olympics AND the Super Bowl.

USA Today Sports Media Group

NBC defends Shiffrin coverage, suggests sexism by critics

NBC Sports offered a full-throated defense of how it covered skier Mikaela Shiffrin's shocking Olympics flameout, which drew criticism in some circles for being cruel

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics: NBC commentators blasted for coverage of Mikaela Shiffrin’s misery ‘horrible to watch’

‘All I see is a top athlete doing what a top athlete does’

The Independent UK

Shaun White's last Olympics hurrah comes in halfpipe final

NBC can breathe a sigh of relief after Shaun White reached the final of the halfpipe

The Independent UK

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Los Angeles Times

Q&A: Cris Collinsworth recalls torturous Super Bowl losses with Bengals, who get third try

LOS ANGELES — NBC's Cris Collinsworth has watched so much NFL video in his career as his network's top color analyst that it could be calculated in years. Counting his career as a Cincinnati Bengals receiver, you could wrap the globe in all the film and video he's seen.

The Independent UK

Column: Shiffrin's disappointment stirs lessons from Biles

When Mikaela Shiffrin careened off the course, another expected gold medal slipping away before she hardly got started, the announcers from NBC let her have it

The Guardian - US

Winter Olympics 2022 day five – as it happened

Day five of XXIV Olympic Winter Games

Salon

Why won't NBC rehire Leslie Jones?

The network had blocked some of the comedian's posts of the Olympics, infuriating fans who prefer her commentary

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Mic

Elon Musk is an “embarrassment for us,” SpaceX employees say in open letter

In a note that made the rounds inside the company, employees basically begged Musk to log off.

Chicago Sun-Times

Super Bowl viewer’s guide

Here are some things to know about the game as well as Super Bowl-related programming.

Los Angeles Times

NBC says Leslie Jones is ‘free to do her social media posts’ during the Olympics

Comedian Leslie Jones might give up her enthusiastic live tweets about the Olympics, citing mounting pressure from higher-ups allegedly trying to stop her. But NBC Sports says it was all just a mix-up.

Chicago Tribune

Paul Sullivan: Just when I thought I could avoid watching the Olympics, Eileen Gu managed to pull me in

CHICAGO — Actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson narrated an inspirational video for NBC last weekend that introduced Team USA during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

The Independent UK

NBC's coverage of the Winter Olympics in Beijing has won the week for prime-time ratings

The Independent UK

Super Bowl 56: A viewer's guide to get you through Sunday

The Super Bowl between the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, will as usual be the biggest day of sports broadcasting in the United States

USA Today Sports Media Group

When calling Super Bowl 56, NBC’s Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth will follow John Madden’s sage advice

We spoke to the NBC announcers who will call Super Bowl 56.

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