MoviePass Parent Gets High-Cost Loan as Outage Hits Service

A series of setbacks has hammered Helios & Matheson shares

Cash-strapped movie subscription service MoviePass suffered a service outage and its majority owner took out an expensive short-term loan to pay vendors in order to restore full operations.

The outage, which caused ticketing issues for customers on Thursday and Friday, adds to difficulties that have undercut the company’s stock over the past year.

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