Paris Olympics average 30.6 million viewers, 82% bump from Tokyo
The U.S. men’s basketball gold-medal victory over France on Saturday drew an average audience of 19.5 million, the highest for that event since 25.8 million people watched the Atlanta final in 1996, NBC said. (Maja Hitij/Getty Images via Bloomberg)
The U.S. ad business lost jobs in May for the sixth month in a row. The overall economy added 139,000 jobs, showing modest but relatively steady growth despite worries about tariffs, inflation and recession.