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What's the deal with "Seinfeld" laws?

Feb 2, 2024
New Jersey’s new telemarketer law isn’t the only example of lawyers taking inspiration from the TV sitcom that aired in the 1990s. 
A 1992 episode of “Seinfeld” called “The Pitch,” above, helped inspire a new law in New Jersey.
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Why Netflix and WarnerMedia want sitcoms for the streaming wars

Sep 18, 2019
Netflix hopes "Seinfeld" will keep the streaming giant master of its domain, while HBO Max hopes to enter the field with a "Big Bang."
The cast of "Seinfeld."
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Still making money from the show about nothing

Jul 11, 2016
The Seinfeld Economy
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'Seinfeld' by the numbers

Jul 9, 2014
The "Show About Nothing" put quite a bit of something into its creators' pockets.

Will Jupiter align with Mars?

Apr 28, 2014
Marketplace Datebook for Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Should U.S. GDP count 'The Bachelorette'?

Jul 31, 2013
The government changes the way it calculates the country's economic growth.

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Fred Stoller's 'Seinfeld' year

Jan 31, 2012
Writer and comedian Fred Stoller's new book chronicles how writing on one of the world's biggest sitcoms didn't turn out as well as he might have liked.

Bad buzz on Seinfeld and Gates ad

Sep 8, 2008
Microsoft's new commercial with Jerry Seinfeld isn't exactly drawing rave reviews. Here are a few of the headlines:...