{
  "id": 6448813,
  "title": "Planet Fitness Said No to New Franchisees for a Decade. Here’s How This Guy Got a Yes.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/planet-fitness-said-no-to-new-franchisees-for-a-decade-heres-how-this",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-09T13:10:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Entrepreneur",
    "slug": "entrepreneur",
    "url": "https://www.entrepreneur.com/buying-a-franchise/planet-fitness-said-no-to-new-franchisees-for-a-decade-this-guy-got-a-yes"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "For ten years, Planet Fitness had one rule for new franchisees: buy your way in. Then a hotel developer showed up.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}