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The Bagdasarians won the suit and reclaimed full ownership of the franchise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

How the Dodgers have managed to do this demonstrates why they have been MLB’s model franchise for the past decade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

Once a fearsome presence in the England dressing room, he is now the most successful coach in the franchise world and has adapted his methods to accommodate the attitude of modern players.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

The “Moana” franchise has been a box-office and streaming juggernaut.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

It wasn’t a selfless decision, because they realized that Boobie had the potential to be a franchise player for Permian.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

This season is the first since stakes in the eight franchises were sold to investors for about £520m, resulting in some new team names, branding and players earning more money.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Simon Prefontaine, a game designer at Bethesda Game Studios' Montreal office, says his studio works on "core franchises" such as Fallout and The Elder Scrolls.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

The Ellison family would control such storied franchises as Harry Potter, Bugs Bunny, Batman, “Top Gun” and “Game of Thrones.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

Profits were rising, customer defections remained at industry lows and it had hit franchises including “Bridgerton” and “Stranger Things.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Adnan had done well since emigrating over a decade earlier; he owned and managed four Subway franchises in New Orleans.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

It terminated unprofitable delivery routes, sold its stake in Insomnia Cookies and is moving toward more franchised stores.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

Analyst Brian Harbour believes Yum offers some of the strongest growth potential among large franchised restaurant companies, yet the stock’s current pricing fails to reflect those advantages.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

By 2018, Gap had more than $16.5 billion in annual sales, more than 3,600 company owned and franchised stores and employed about 135,000 people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

A mum-of-three in her fifties, who spoke to the BBC on condition of anonymity, said she had studied for her degree at a franchised college in London.

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026

Instead of the franchised blandness of American cities, Alexandria is a city of mom-and-pop stores, all with signage screaming for attention, their wares encroaching on the streets.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

Jersey Mike’s founder, Peter Cancro, began working there at age 14, bought the business in 1975 and started franchising the chain in 1987.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

In the final minutes of the finale, Ebraheim calls Albert with the news that the franchising has begun.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

The company is also leaning more heavily on franchising overseas, where partners shoulder much of the investment required for new shops.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

He is also franchising his intellectual property, creating other products such as a card game inspired by "Exquisite Corpses" while holding talks with video game developers.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

Collective protest has been complicated by consolidation, franchising and acquisitions, making it ever more difficult to even figure out who to protest and how.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2025