Boston Tea Party

FOX Nation Expands Distribution to DISH Network and SLING TV

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

FOX Nation, FOX News Media’s subscription based streaming service, has expanded distribution to DISH TV and SLING TV, announced its president Lauren Petterson.

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  • FOX Nation, FOX News Media’s subscription based streaming service, has expanded distribution to DISH TV and SLING TV, announced its president Lauren Petterson.
  • Beginning mid-March, DISH customers will be able to add FOX Nation for $5.99 per month.
  • Once subscribed, customers can access FOX Nation via channel 296 in the guide, the On Demand menu or the DISH Anywhere app.
  • FOX Nation will be available to stream on SLING for $5.99 per month to all of its users on SLING TV and on Sling Freestream, beginning in mid-March.

FOX News Media Announces Executive Promotions

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Wednesday, December 13, 2023

FOX News Media (FNM) has promoted three senior executives on its digital leadership team, announced Chief Executive Officer Suzanne Scott.

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  • FOX News Media (FNM) has promoted three senior executives on its digital leadership team, announced Chief Executive Officer Suzanne Scott.
  • Porter Berry has been promoted to President, FOX News Digital and Editor-In-Chief, dually reporting to Mr. Klarman and FNM President & Executive Editor Jay Wallace on editorial.
  • FOX News Media operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Digital, FOX News Audio, FOX News Books, the direct-to-consumer streaming services FOX Nation and FOX News International and the free ad-supported television service FOX Weather.
  • Owned by Fox Corporation, FOX News Media reaches nearly 200 million people each month.

FOX Nation Taps Rob Lowe to Host and Executive Produce New Historical Docudrama Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

FOX Nation, FOX News Media’s streaming service, will debut a new docudrama hosted by award-winning actor Rob Lowe commemorating the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, announced Jason Klarman, president of the platform.

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  • FOX Nation, FOX News Media’s streaming service, will debut a new docudrama hosted by award-winning actor Rob Lowe commemorating the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, announced Jason Klarman, president of the platform.
  • Entitled Liberty or Death: Boston Tea Party, Lowe will also executive produce the four-part historical series which will premiere on Sunday, November 19th.
  • In making the announcement, Klarman said, “The Boston Tea party was a momentous event that transformed the trajectory of American history and remains significant nearly 250 years later.
  • The Sons of Liberty, Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, and John Hancock risked everything to shape a defining moment in American history, the Boston Tea Party.

3 in 5 UK Businesses Avoid International Expansion Due to US Sales Tax Complexity

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Thursday, December 7, 2023

UK businesses can save time and money by turning to automated tax and compliance solutions like Avalara that are designed to streamline tax calculations, tax filing, and tax document management — removing international sales tax complexities and freeing up time for growth and expansion."

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  • UK businesses can save time and money by turning to automated tax and compliance solutions like Avalara that are designed to streamline tax calculations, tax filing, and tax document management — removing international sales tax complexities and freeing up time for growth and expansion."
  • Hundreds of years later, sales tax complexity continues to put a strain on UK businesses expanding operations to the US.
  • To help businesses calculate their sales tax and shoulder the administrative burden of staying compliant, 77% of UK business leaders say they'd lean on technology, such as AI, to reduce sales tax and cross border tax complexity.
  • To learn more about the impact of sales tax complexity on UK businesses, please click here .

Avalara Survey Finds US Tea Merchants and Small to Medium Businesses Struggle to Navigate Tax Complexity and Daily Tax Rate Changes on Eve of 250th Anniversary of Boston Tea Party

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Thursday, December 7, 2023

70% of US businesses report that sales tax complexity is one of the biggest burdens on their companies.

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  • 70% of US businesses report that sales tax complexity is one of the biggest burdens on their companies.
  • In fact, eight in 10 tea merchants (82%) feel anxiety related to staying on top of their tax obligations.
  • "The Boston Tea Party was our nation's first public disagreement over tax complexity – which is far from over," said Scott Peterson, VP of US Tax Policy at Avalara.
  • With Avalara software, businesses gain a modern digital solution that monitors for tax changes and automatically updates rates based on geolocation, item taxability, new legislation, tax regulations.

Steeped in Tradition: USAA Kicks Off 124th Army-Navy Game Celebrations in a Massive Way, Honoring 250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party

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Wednesday, December 6, 2023

BOSTON, Dec. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- America's best sports rivalry, the Army-Navy Game, is set to debut at the birthplace of the American Revolution, but before the cadets of West Point and midshipmen of the Naval Academy face off on the field – USAA, presenting sponsor of the Army-Navy Game – commemorated the revolutionary showdown in a way that rivals the likes of 1773.

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  • To honor the history of the rivalry game and the city of Boston, USAA unveiled a 374-pound bag of tea, a symbolic combination of the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party and 124th Army-Navy Game.
  • Tea was sourced from three veteran-owned small businesses and is being imported to the site of the USS Constitution for public display.
  • The boun-tea-ful display will then be donated to the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum for their historic celebration on December 16.
  • The 124th Army-Navy Game presented by USAA will be played on Saturday, December 9, 2023 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.

American Hartford Gold Pays Tribute to American History With Commemorative Boston Tea Party Coins

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Wednesday, November 8, 2023

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- American Hartford Gold, a renowned name in precious metals and Gold IRA accounts, is proud to unveil two remarkable additions to its collection: the Silver St Helena 1-oz Boston Tea Party Coin and the Gold St Helena 1-oz Boston Tea Party Coin. These coins are a homage to the historic Boston Tea Party of December 16, 1773, a pivotal event that shaped the course of American history by launching the American Revolution.

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  • LOS ANGELES, Nov. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- American Hartford Gold , a renowned name in precious metals and Gold IRA accounts, is proud to unveil two remarkable additions to its collection: the Silver St Helena 1-oz Boston Tea Party Coin and the Gold St Helena 1-oz Boston Tea Party Coin.
  • These coins are a homage to the historic Boston Tea Party of December 16, 1773, a pivotal event that shaped the course of American history by launching the American Revolution.
  • The Gold St Helena 1-oz Boston Tea Party Coin , with a face value of £100, is a true masterpiece.
  • The Silver St Helena 1-oz Boston Tea Party Coin and the Gold St Helena 1-oz Boston Tea Party Coin pay tribute to the unwavering spirit of liberty and resistance that played a vital role in shaping the United States of America.

Phillis In Boston, Play Celebrating African American Poet and Prodigy Phillis Wheatley's Revolutionary Legacy, Opens Nov 3 at the Old South Meeting House

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Wednesday, October 11, 2023

BOSTON, Oct. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Boston nonprofit Revolutionary Spaces announces the debut of Phillis in Boston, an original play dramatizing a key moment in the life of both the nation and the celebrated poet Phillis Wheatley, enslaved author of the first known book of poetry in English by an African American woman.

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  • A unique work of place-based theater, Phillis in Boston will be performed as a site-specific play at the Old South Meeting House in Boston, where Wheatley was a congregant.
  • Phillis in Boston illuminates the multiple struggles for freedom underway in Boston shortly after Wheatley returned in 1773 from a whirlwind visit to London, where she was feted as a literary celebrity.
  • Phillis in Boston is a companion piece to Solanke's play Phillis in London, which explores Wheatley's experiences as she moved through Britain's elite literary and abolitionist circles in the summer of 1773.
  • I'm grateful to the entire Boston community who've so generously shared their ancestral 's/heroes' with me."

BOSTON TEA PARTY SHIPS & MUSEUM LAUNCHES NEW EDUCATIONAL ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOSTON TEA PARTY

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Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Engaging Students Throughout the United States on the Boston Tea PartyAs part of a new initiative during the 250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party's commemorative year, students across American are invited to express their personal thoughts and connections to the themes centered around the ideas of the Boston Tea Party -- Civic Engagement, Representation, Protest and Commemoration -- through creative writing projects (essays, poetry etc.), videography, or artistic design. The goal is to not only educate students on the iconic events that helped shape America, but also allow them to connect these ideals and relate to what they mean to them today.

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  • Schools/Students Across America Invited to Commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party [December 16, 2023]
    "The Boston Tea Party is the 'single most important event leading up to the American Revolution'," says Shawn Ford, Executive Director of the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum.
  • A tea donation drive is currently underway where schools/students across the United States can participate by sending loose-leaf tea to Boston be thrown into Boston Harbor as part of the 250th Boston Tea Party Anniversary reenactment.
  • Send dried loose-leaf tea (NO used tea bags) to: Boston Tea Party 250th Anniversary, Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum, 306 Congress St, Boston, MA 02210.
  • 250th Boston Tea Party Anniversary LIVE Reenactment - Saturday, December 16, 2023
    The 250th anniversary year will culminate in a grand-scale, live reenactment of the Boston Tea Party on the actual anniversary of the Boston Tea Party - Saturday, December 16, 2023.

Raising Voices Festival: A Celebration of Music, Art, and the Power of Protest to Provide a Weekend of Free Music & Arts in Downtown Boston on Sept 23 and 24

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Thursday, August 24, 2023

BOSTON, Aug. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Revolutionary Spaces presents the Raising Voices Festival: A Celebration of Music, Art, and the Power of Protest on Saturday, September 23 and Sunday, September 24, 2023. The free, multi-disciplinary festival in the heart of downtown Boston will commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party—one of the most influential protests in American history. Featured artists include Chanon Judson, Co-Artistic Director of Urban Bush Women; Grace Galu Kalambay, a vocalist, actor, and composer who combines the sounds of her Irish and Congolese heritage with a soulful and gritty twist; Pyeng Threadgill, a vocalist/songwriter who performs a mix of soul, jazz, folk and blues; Frank London, a trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and member of the Klezmatics; and Porsha Olayiwola, the current poet laureate for the City of Boston, who uses afro-futurism and surrealism to examine historical and current issues in the Black, woman, and queer diasporas.

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  • The free, multi-disciplinary festival in the heart of downtown Boston will commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party—one of the most influential protests in American history.
  • "The Raising Voices Festival was created to uplift and celebrate voices of revolution from the past, present, and future," said Revolutionary Spaces President & CEO Nathaniel Sheidley.
  • Summer Street will also feature a beer garden hosted by Democracy Brewing , a downtown Boston-based, worker-owned brewery and pub.
  • The Raising Voices Festival is free and open to the public thanks to the generous support of Meet Boston and the Downtown Boston Business Improvement District .