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A $16.1 billion federal program set up to provide emergency relief to distressed movie theaters and live venues has started distributing funds, but venue operators say the process has been slow and a key deadline has been missed. On Thursday, the Association of Performing Arts Professionals, the League of Historic…

UPDATE, 4:02 PM PT: The Small Business has rescheduled to Monday the reopening of applications for grants to assist movie theaters and live event venues hard hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. The SBA indicated earlier in the day that the portal to take applications would be reopened on Saturday, but apparently got…

A highly publicized opening day for distressed movie theaters and live venues to seek federal Covid-19 relief grants instead fizzled out, as technical difficulties forced the Small Business Administration to shut down its portal for taking applications. “SBA is working closely with the portal vendors to reopen as soon…

It’s taken more than three months, but the Small Business Administration is getting ready to start taking applications from distressed theaters and live venues seeking federal grants to make up for revenue declines due to Covid-19 closures. More than $16 billion has been allocated for the venues, including an initial…

The Washington Post, The New York Times, Pro Publica, Dow Jones & Co. and Bloomberg LP filed a lawsuit against the Small Business Administration on Tuesday, seeking the identities of private businesses that have received public assistance through key coronavirus relief programs. The SBA says that it will release…