On this day in 1981 MTV began broadcasting in the United States and aired its first video, “Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles. For more on the history of MTV, read I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution. It was a pretty radical idea-a channel for teenagers, showing […]
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Daily Caller: Amid ongoing debate over fast food chain Chick-fil-A’s position on gay marriage, the manager of the only Chick-fil-A in New Hampshire has decided to sponsor the New Hampshire Pride Fest, an August 11 celebration of gay rights. In a hasty phone conversation with The Daily Caller, Chick-fil-A manager Anthony Picolia confirmed that his
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Sacramento Bee: Large restaurant franchisees post-recession are evolving into more sophisticated, investor-owned companies that wield considerable clout with their franchisor, according to an analysis of the Franchise Times Restaurant 200, the exclusive annual ranking of the nation’s largest restaurant franchisees. Collectively, the Franchise Times Restaurant 200 posted revenue of $23.9 billion in 2011, up 3.2
WZZM: The owners of Muskegon-based Mr. Scrib’s Pizza and their partners are betting the rest of the country with enjoy their food just as much as people in West Michigan, so they are expanding the lakeshore pizza chain to the west. “We are opening up eight to ten stores in the greater Phoenix market right
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Tulsa World: The Bixby couple run a bakery and delivery company that specializes in sending personalized thank-you notes, along with a tin of fresh-baked cookies, on behalf of corporate clients. “When we started Cookie Advantage, we’d been searching for a franchise for quite some time but couldn’t find one that we could afford, not have
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National Post: Steven Goldman hears a lot of horror stories about the world of franchising. As one of Canada’s prominent franchise lawyers, he sees a lot of immigrants who come to Canada to “buy a job†by purchasing a franchised business. One such client recently got into a fast-food business with the expectation of earning
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