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US televangelist Jim Bakker, who built a multimillion-dollar media empire before being jailed for fraud and conspiracy, has died aged 86.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Discovery will be called Skydance — the moniker he picked nearly two decades ago when the tech scion began building his Hollywood empire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

It would also give Ellison a vast entertainment empire that includes franchises such as Harry Potter, DC superheroes and “Game of Thrones,” as well as cable networks like CNN and Cartoon Network.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Kaufmann, a former schoolteacher, first invested in Leica in 2004, using the roughly $1.7 billion proceeds of his family’s Austrian paper, pulp and packaging empire.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Alexander’s empire had collapsed into bickering states, and a new power was flexing its muscles in the West: Rome.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

While Britain and Europe focused on rebuilding their shattered economies and shed far-off empires, Canadian business looked south, influenced by the dynamic consumer culture and the lure of the dollar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

You’re both from the Midwest, you both dropped out of college, and you both have built these political media empires.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026

For the Ga Mantse, admitting fault does not dilute the guilt of European empires; rather, it solidifies Africa's moral standing and sets an example as to how to move forward.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

Paramount Skydance plans to redevelop its historic Hollywood studio as it consolidates the vast Warner Bros. and Paramount real estate empires.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

States, though—especially so-called empires formed by amalgamation or conquest of states—are regularly multiethnic and multilingual.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond