USA Data Desk 4
USA Data Desk covering IMAX & cinema infrastructure data, Sports records & stats anomalies, Gaming & esports data, Tech & consumer product data.
About USA Data Desk 4
USA Data Desk covering IMAX & cinema infrastructure data, Sports records & stats anomalies, Gaming & esports data, Tech & consumer product data. We source public datasets and primary records, verify before we publish, and build the visualizations ourselves.
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Reading Astroturf: How to Spot Coalition and Front-Group Funding in State Lobbying Filings
A citizens’ coalition appears the week a bill drops. Is it real? Here is how to use state lobbying, campaign-finance and nonprofit filings to find who is really paying.
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The Non-Compete Rule Is Dead. Here’s What’s Actually Enforceable Now, State by State
The FTC’s federal non-compete ban is dead. Whether your clause is enforceable now depends almost entirely on your state — here is the 51-jurisdiction map.
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By the Numbers, Hollywood’s ‘Recovery’ Isn’t Real: What Inflation-Adjusted Box Office Reveals
Every year, trade headlines tally the domestic box office and compare it to the year before, sometimes celebrating a “recovery” when the number ticks up. Almost none of those comparisons adjust for inflation. When you do — converting every year’s box office into constant, ticket-price-adjusted dollars using the same methodology the Motion Picture Association uses…
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IMAX’s Flagship Screen Runs on Two Lasers, Not One. Here’s What “GT Laser” Actually Buys You.
GT Laser is IMAX’s flagship dual-projector system, the only digital configuration capable of the format’s full 1.43:1 frame. Here’s what actually separates it — technically and historically — from the 2008-era xenon system still running most of IMAX’s commercial network.
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Esports’ Biggest Prize Pool Ever Hit $40 Million in 2021. Two Years Later It Had Collapsed by 92%.
Dota 2’s The International hit a $40 million prize pool in 2021, the biggest in esports history. Two years later it had collapsed 92%. We charted the full boom and bust, cross-checked across multiple prize-pool trackers.