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David Politis

David makes the complex understandable, sees previously unseen connections, and delivers valuable data as either bite-sized insights or comprehensive, deep-dive information and analysis.

"Sound of Freedom" Continues to Surprise as it Takes 3rd Place Over the Weekend and Has Hit Nearly $125 Million in U.S. Ticket Sales

"Sound of Freedom" Continues to Surprise as it Takes 3rd Place Over the Weekend and Has Hit Nearly $125 Million in U.S. Ticket Sales

Clearly, the surprise hit movie of 2023, Angel Studio's Sound of Freedom beat out Tom Cruise and Mission: Impossible - Dead Rekoning Part One to snag third place in domestic ticket sales for Friday, July 21 through Sunday, July 23. In less than three full weeks since its

A Journalist's Rant: Why Do So Many Firms Suck at PR?

A Journalist's Rant: Why Do So Many Firms Suck at PR?

Five basic tips to either kickstart, or upgrade, your Media Relations / Publicity efforts. {HINT: It's actually not that hard.} True Story: Earlier this week a news release headline caught my attention, so I opened the file and skimmed the body of the release. Since I found the information

Years On, the Goshutes Finally Get an $8.3 Million Answer

The 35-mile stretch of potholed and washboarded Ibapah Road in westernmost Tooele County on the Utah-Nevada border that connects the ~650 members of the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation with "civilization" some two hours away is finally going to receive much needed repairs. Now, the only real

Three Utah-HQ'd Chains Named Among the Top in the U.S. by "Nation's Restaurant News"

Three Utah-HQ'd Chains Named Among the Top in the U.S. by "Nation's Restaurant News"

Crumbl Cookies is tapped by NRN as the restaurant chain that added the most units in America in 2022 (363 new stores). Additionally, Crumbl was listed by NRN as the 59th largest chain in the United States (by total revenue); while it, Café Zupas, and Mo'Bettas Hawaiian Style

ICYMI: The Top Six Stories from the First Half of July 2023

ICYMI: The Top Six Stories from the First Half of July 2023

From the powerful message of the movie Sound of Freedom to the $1.1 billion company valuation boost Recursion Pharmaceuticals gained after accepting a $50 million private investment from NVIDIA, we deliver our perspectives on each of the top 6 money stories in Utah for first half of the month

Sarcos Announces Layoff of Approximately 25% of its Staff (~70 People)

Sarcos Announces Layoff of Approximately 25% of its Staff (~70 People)

As part of its Reduction-in-Force, Sarcos has also eliminated its COO and CMO positions. The company is also realigning its focus to the subsea, aviation, and solar markets, as well as its AI-driven solutions. Near the end of the trading day on Wall Street yesterday, Salt Lake City-based Sarcos Technology

NVIDIA's $50 Million Investment in Recursion Pharmaceuticals Proves Recursion is on the Right Path

The surprise $50 million PIPE investment by one of the hottest companies on the planet into Salt Lake City's top "TechBio" company has nearly doubled Recursion's market capitalization in just two days to almost $2.3 billion. In other words, NVIDIA's $50MM