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Boston's South Station Tower Opens, Red Sox Fall to Blue Jays · Sunny Mornings Boston

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  Good morning and a warm welcome to your show,
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  Sunny Mornings in Boston. I'm your host, Melissa,
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  and it's Friday, September 26th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 120 years ago, today in 1905, Albert
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  Einstein published his third Annus Mirabilis
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  paper, introducing this special theory of relativity.
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  A revolutionary discovery that transformed our
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  understanding of space, time, and the relationship
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  between energy and matter, celebrating human
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  intellect and scientific progress. This momentous
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  achievement, by challenging classical notions
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  and inspiring generations of physicists, stands
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  as a beacon of human ingenuity and curiosity,
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  reminding us of our capacity to unlock the universe's
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  deepest secrets. So now you know. And now, it's
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  time for the weather report. This morning, there's
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  patchy fog, and it feels like 70 degrees, with
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  6 mile per hour wind. The sunset will take place
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  at 6 .31, and it will rise again tomorrow at
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  6 .37. It looks like we're in for some patchy
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  fog before 8 this morning, then it will be partly
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  sunny with a high near 80. and a light west wind
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  around 7 tonight. Expect mostly clear skies with
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  a low around 61 and a gentle northwest breeze.
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  For all you beach runners out there, the first
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  low tide Friday will be just after 830 with the
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  high tide at 245. The near shore buoy at Cape
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  Cod Bay reads 64 degrees for the water temperature.
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  Looking ahead in the weather, Saturday will be
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  mostly sunny with a high near 74 in light northeast
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  winds, then a slight chance of showers overnight
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  with lows around 61. Sunday turns mostly cloudy
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  with a slight chance of morning showers and highs
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  near 77. Then Monday warms to near 79 under mostly
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  sunny skies with light west winds. Bonjour, food
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  enthusiast! This podcast is brought to you by
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  Versailles Cafe and Pastries in Encinitas. Nestled
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  on El Camino Real South, just north of Encinitas
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  Boulevard, this cafe is a haven for culinary
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  delights. Indulge in their amazing Eggs Benedict
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  or their gluten -free crepes. You can grab a
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  panini for lunch or just breeze on through to
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  get your morning coffee. They are open every
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  day from 8 to 5. So stop on by and don't forget
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  to tell them. Sunny mornings send you. In local
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  news, Boston's South Station Tower is officially
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  open for business, celebrating its grand unveiling
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  on September 25th, 2025. This shining glass tower,
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  a 51 -story mixed -use building, features 166
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  condos, office space, and an expanded South Station
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  bus terminal. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu attended
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  the event, highlighting the $1 .5 billion project
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  that has been in discussion for decades. Lottery
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  Condominiums branded under Ritz -Carlton offer
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  stunning views of the city and Boston Harbor,
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  with several tenants already secured for the
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  office space. Despite safety concerns during
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  construction, including a steel beam incident
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  and a fire caused by welding, the project has
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  finally transformed the city's skyline. Now onto
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  sports. At Guava 1 a .m. on July 1st, Calreli
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  had 33 home runs, 71 runs batted in, a 1 .036
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  on base plus slugging, and played for a team
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  four games over 500, while Aaron Judge had 30
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  home runs and 67 runs batted in with a 1 .175
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  on base plus slugging. playing for a team 12
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  games over 500. Two months later, Raleigh struggled,
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  hitting 183, and Judge remained strong despite
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  injury. As October approaches, both players are
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  in the MVP race, with compelling arguments for
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  each. Last night, on Thursday Night Football,
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  the Seahawks beat the Cardinals in Arizona 23
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  -20. Sam Darnold was 18 for 26. with 242 yards
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  passing, one touchdown, and no interceptions.
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  Kyler Murray was 27 for 41, with 200 yards passing,
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  two touchdowns, and two interceptions. The Hawks
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  are now 3 -1, and the Cardinals fall to 2 -2.
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  And on Sunday Night Football this week, we got
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  the 2 -1 Packers in Dallas to face the 1 -2 Cowboys.
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  Packers are favored by 6 .5, with the over -under
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  set at 47 .5. Kickoff is at 8 .20 Eastern on
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  NBC. In college football tonight, number 8 Florida
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  State is visiting unranked Virginia. And on Saturday,
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  a couple big games, number 6 Oregon visiting
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  number 3 Penn State, at 7 .30 Eastern on NBC.
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  and number 17 Alabama visiting number 5 Georgia
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  at 7 .30 Eastern on ABC in local sports. Last
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  night at Rogers Center in Toronto, the Red Sox
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  lost to the Blue Jays 6 to 1. Varsho hit a grand
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  slam and Springer added a two -run homer as Rodriguez
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  earned the win and Baio took the loss for Boston.
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  Story singled in the Sox -only run as Boston
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  finished with four hits and one error. The Red
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  Sox left four runners on base, and their record
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  stands at 87 -72. Tonight, the Red Sox clash
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  with the Tigers in Boston for game one of a three
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  -game series. Connolly Early is one -and -one
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  with a 1 .88 earned run average, and the Sox's
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  magic number is one. First pitch is at 7 '10
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  at Fenway Park with a temperature of 73 degrees
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  and partly cloudy skies. On to football. On Sunday,
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  we got our one and two pats at home facing the
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  one and two Panthers. New England is favored
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  by five and a half with the over under set at
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  42 and a half. Kickoff is at one on Fox. And
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  on Saturday at 3 .30, the one and two BC Eagles
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  are at home this week facing the three and one
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  Cal Bears. BC is favored by five and a half,
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  with the over -under set at 53 and a half. In
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  top news, Gen Z is reviving a boring job that
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  millennials and baby -goomers abandoned, and
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  it is helping them land six -figure careers straight
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  out of college. As millions of baby boomer accountants
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  prepare for retirement, the industry faces a
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  talent shortage crisis. Gen Z is realizing this
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  six -figure career opportunity by assisting individuals
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  with tax filing for free. In the past five years,
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  approximately 340 ,000 accountants have quit,
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  with 75 % expected to retire soon. Students in
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  volunteer income tax assistance programs helped
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  low -income Americans claim nearly $11 million
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  in refunds last year. With high salaries and
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  high placement rates, Gen Z may shift views on
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  accounting as a viable career path. In business
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  news, President Donald Trump announced a raft
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  of new tariffs late Thursday, including a 100
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  % levy on imported pharmaceuticals, unless their
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  manufacturers are actively building factories
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  in the United States. In social media posts,
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  Trump also introduced new 50 % tariffs on kitchen
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  cabinets and bathroom vanities, 30 % tariffs
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  on upholstered furniture, and 25 % levies on
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  heavy trucks, all effective October 1st. Trump
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  stated that these tariffs aim to protect American
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  businesses from overseas manufacturers flooding
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  the market. He emphasized that it is a very unfair
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  practice, but necessary for national security
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  and the manufacturing process. The Terrason -branded
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  or patented pharmaceuticals will also take effect
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  October 1st. In crypto movement, Bitcoin is down
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  4 % for the week, to about $110 ,000. Ethereum
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  is down 9%, to about $3 ,900. An XRP is down
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  5 % to $2 .76. Moving on to a more local vibe.
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  In our community spotlight on health and wellness,
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  we are working with a national Pilates studio
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  to bring you some free classes, so listen up.
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  Check out Club Pilates with several locations
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  in the Boston area. Pilates presents a comprehensive
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  wellness approach, cultivating strength, reducing
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  tension, and elevating mental well -being. Scientific
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  research affirms its benefits. So now you can
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  check out Club Pilates for a free class. With
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  locations in Canton, Wellesley, Hingham, Brookline,
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  and Framingham, just be sure to tell them Sunny
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  Morning sent you by. And now, back to the show.
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  Let's talk tech. Apple's Liquid Glass is being
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  hailed as the next decade's user experience,
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  but experts caution it may leave users behind.
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  This week, Apple introduced its most significant
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  design update in years, aiming to redefine its
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  visual language. However, UX experts describe
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  Liquid Glass as anywhere from mildly disappointing
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  to outright broken. While the design is visually
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  appealing, It presents higher cognitive loads
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  and accessibility issues, especially for older
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  adults. Apple continues to refine liquid glass,
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  but may need to reconsider its aesthetic -first
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  approach to enhance usability. The quest for
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  a more fluid interface continues, but challenges
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  remain. And in entertainment news... NBCUniversal
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  on Thursday warned customers that its networks
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  may be dropped from U2 TV if the two parties
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  cannot reach a new distribution agreement by
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  September 30. NBCU rarely leverages consumer
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  campaigns to negotiate pay television distribution
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  fights, and this escalation highlights the challenges
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  it faces with U2 TV. Impacted channels include
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  NBC, Telemundo, Bravo, CNBC, MSNDC, USA Network,
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  and others. NBC News stated that Google, with
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  its $3 trillion market cap, wants to control
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  what we watch. YouTube TD claims NBC News pricing
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  is too high, stating, NBCUniversal is asking
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  us to pay more than what they charge consumers
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  for the same content on Peacock. If content is
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  unavailable for an extended period of time, YouTube
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  TV will offer subscribers a $10 credit. Well,
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  alrighty folks, it's time for the quote of the
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  day. And today, our quote comes from the American
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  physicist and Nobel laureate, Richard Feynman.
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  And he said, And that's a wrap for this morning.
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  You can check out our Instagram, YouTube and
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  TikTok for some captivating aerial videos with
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  local news and the weather reports. Have an amazing
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  day, my good friends. We'll see you tomorrow
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  with another episode of Sunny Mornings in Boston.