Disney, Spectrum direct customers to other TV services as dispute keeping ESPN off air continues

NEW YORK – Both sides of a dispute that has left nearly 15 million cable TV subscribers without ESPN or other networks affiliated with The Walt Disney Co. are directing customers to other services where they can watch television. The offers speak to the unusual nature of the business dispute between Disney and Charter Communications, … Read more

Smash Mouth frontman Steve Harwell dies at 56

LOS ANGELES – Steve Harwell, the longtime frontman of the Grammy-nominated pop rock band Smash Mouth has died. He was 56. The band’s manager, Robert Hayes, said Harwell “passed peacefully and comfortably” Monday morning surrounded by family and friends at his home in Boise, Idaho. The cause of death was acute liver failure, Hayes said … Read more