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Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Q1 2022 earnings
David Zaslav Anjali Sundaram | CNBC Warner Bros. Discovery shares fell Tuesday after the company warned its 2022 profit would be lower than expected in light of a “messy” combination of as...
Entertainment company Mad Realities raises $6 million to create decentralized media
Mad Realities, a new media company, raised a $6 million seed round to become a decentralized entertainment platform that lets viewers own and co-create TV shows based on the non-fungible tokens (NFTs)...
Alibaba Stock Drops to Its Lowest Level in 6 Years. Behind the Latest Fall.
Text size Shanghai has been under strict Covid-19 lockdowns since March. Dreamstime The worsening Covid-19 situation in China is weighing on the country’s stock market, with companies including Alibab...
What went wrong and why it was canceled
Executive producer Chris Licht of the television show Our Cartoon President speaks onstage during the CBS/Showtime portion of the 2018 Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour at The Langham H...
James Anderson of Baillie Gifford on Illumina, Moderna, and Other Companies That Matter
James Anderson, a partner at Scottish money manager Baillie Gifford, has personified growth-stock investing during his 39 years with the firm. He was an early backer of Amazon.com, Tesla, and other “e...
Movie theater owners optimistic about 2022 box office before CinemaCon
Still from “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” Disney Superhero flicks have kept the box office afloat this year, spurring movie theater operators to think that audiences might ...
How Netflix’s password-sharing crackdown is likely to work
Netflix signage next to the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, U.S., on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Netflix surprised the world this week, saying it plans to finally ad...
NBA’s Golden State Warriors plan to be more than a basketball team
Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors drives to the basket during the game against the Washington Wizards on March 14, 2022 at Chase Center in San Francisco, California. Noah Graham | Nationa...
Weekend reads: How to position your investments before the Federal Reserve causes a bear market
Do you remember all the times Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell was quoted as saying inflation in the U.S. was “transitory”? With the Fed now ready to fight inflation, the bond market has quickly...
Opinion: This will be a year for stock market traders — here are 12 companies to favor, says 40-year investing veteran Bob Doll
If you’re relatively new to investing, and you think 2022 has been a year from hell, imagine being in the stock market for over 40 years. That would’ve put you through the Great Financial Crisis in 20...
Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bill revoking Disney’s special district status
View of the Walt Disney statue in front of Cinderella Castle inside the Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Getty Images Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday si...
AT&T CEO John Stankey on the Dividend, Inflation, and Why to Buy the Stock
The focus is on 5G wireless and fiberoptic broadband services. DirecTV, WarnerMedia , Vrio, and Xandr all are gone or in the process of being divested. AT&T (ticker: T) completed the spinoff of it...
Kevin Costner explains his road trip travel app HearHere
Kevin Costner knows a good story when he hears one. That’s why he said he was intrigued when he heard about an app designed to alert travelers of notable, yet often unnoticed, places of interest...
Pepsi Holds The Standard For Branded Entertainment With Feature-Length Documentary
By Jordan P. Kelley, Content Director, Brand Storytelling In the last few years, documentaries have become more popular with viewers than ever before. This is due in large part to the number of platfo...
Netflix Is Going to Start Cracking Down on Password Sharing. It May Be Too Late.
Text size Netflix’s popular Squid Game TV series. Courtesy Netflix Netflix free-loaders, beware. The streaming giant is preparing to crack down on password sharing in a bid to boost revenue as s...
Florida set to dissolve Disney’s Reedy Creek special district
Cinderella Castle in Walt Disney World. Roberto Machado Noa | Lightrocket | Getty Images Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has his guns pointed at Disney World. On Thursday, the Florida state legislature pass...
Manchester United appoint Ajax boss as new manager
Ajax boss Erik ten Hag, pictured here at the final cup match at the Johan Cruijff Arena on April 15, 2022 in Amsterdam, has been appointed as the new manager of Manchester United. Bsr Agency | Getty I...
Netflix and Disney Stocks Hit a Rough Patch. Don’t Count on a Quick Bounceback.
Netflix hasn’t done much wrong, despite a 35% plunge on quarterly results this past week, and a 22% one back in January. The company has convinced 222 million customers worldwide to hand it an average...