
Why one movie theater chain wants you to stay home
CNN
AMC Entertainment, the theater chain and darling of the meme stock crowd, is hoping to profit as more people stay home to watch movies on streaming networks like Netflix and Disney+. How? In the immortal words of NFL Hall of Famer Terrell Owens: Getcha popcorn ready.
AMC (AMC) announced last week that it hired a veteran consumer products executive to try to ramp up its business of selling its popcorn at retail stores, not just in theaters.
Ellen Copaken, previously an executive at Pepsi's (PEP) Frito-Lay snack unit and Twinkees owner Hostess Brands (TWNK), will start at AMC Friday as the company's vice president of growth strategy. It's a new position for AMC and Copaken will report to the chief strategy officer, Mark Pearson.

More photos from Epstein’s estate released by House Democrats as deadline to release DOJ files looms
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released photos from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate Thursday — the latest in a series of intermittent disclosures that have fueled significant political intrigue in recent weeks about who may have been associated with the convicted sex offender.












