Roku employees fuel rumor of a possible acquisition by Netflix

Shares of Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) jumped roughly 10% on Wednesday, June 8, after rumors of a possible acquisition came to light. Namely, the company abruptly closed the trading window for employees, which...

Spotify vs Netflix: Mark Mahaney picks a side

Spotify Technology SA (NYSE: SPOT) sure is one of the hardest hit stocks this year. Still, Mark Mahaney says it hasn’t hit the Netflix Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX) wall “yet”. Mahaney prefers ...

Why Netflix buying Roku doesn’t make sense

Sure, Roku Founder and CEO Anthony Wood once ran internet TV for Netflix (NFLX) as he proudly lists on his LinkedIn profile. And yes, you can use a $25 Roku stick to access your Netflix account. But t...

Does Acquiring Roku Make Sense For Netflix?

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Facebook Changed Name, Now Changing Ticker. What It Means for the Stock.

Text size Meta Platforms follows a number of high-profile companies that changed their ticker symbols. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images Meta Platforms , formerly known as Facebook , is taking the...

Netflix is retracing value with the new price target of $240

Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) closed at $198 last week. The week’s highest price was $203, with the lowest being $193. Netflix is retracing but faces some temporary resistance at $200. We think it will c...

is Netflix interested in buying?

Shares of Roku Inc (NASDAQ: ROKU) are up more than 10% this morning on an Insider report that said its employees were hoping for a takeover bid from Netflix Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX). Roku closed employee tr...

Multiple Truths Exist In The HBO Max True Crime Drama ‘The Staircase’

Toni Collette and Colin Firth as Kathleen and Michael Peterson in ‘The Staircase’ on HBO Max. Photo Courtesy of HBO Max. The details of what happened on December 9, 2001, in the Durham, No...

The Music Is Ending For This Once High-Flyer

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Viewers Watched More Than 5 Billion Minutes Of ‘Stranger Things 4’ In A Week, Breaking Record

Topline The release of the fourth season of Netflix’s Stranger Things became the third show to garner more than 5 billion minutes of viewing in a week, Nielsen announced Monday, according to several r...

What Exactly Is ‘Interceptor,’ Netflix’s Surprise New #1 Top Ten Movie?

Interceptor Netflix Netflix continues to be an often perplexing labyrinth of content, but while we’re normally talking about the top ten list of shows that are a revolving door or hits and misses, I w...

The Best New Movies And Shows To Stream On Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Disney+ And Paramount+ This Week

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The 10 Best New Movies Added To Netflix In June

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The Best New Movies And Shows To Stream On Netflix, Amazon, HBO, Hulu, Apple TV+ And Disney+ This Weekend

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‘The Boys’ Season 3 Reviews Are In, And They Are Stellar

The Boys Amazon Amazon has premiered the first three episodes of The Boys season 3 today, and it plans to launch the rest of them weekly to extend the conversation about the new season in its continue...

Netflix stock climbs 10% in a week as new Stranger Things season fuels the interest

More recently, an earnings report that Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) released caused the shares to plummet and investors to exit the stock. Yet, the shares have jumped roughly 5% over the past five days. App...

Deflation Looms for Overstocked Retailers as Household Wealth Shrinks

Deflation Looms for Overstocked Retailers as Household Wealth Shrinks getty To the list of economic headaches plaguing consumers and retailers these days, consider an old truism: what goes up must com...

Super-Sized ‘Stranger Things’ Episodes Nab Record Netflix Ratings As ‘RRR’ Rules

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‘Stranger Things 4’ DP Caleb Heymann On Freddy Krueger’s Nightmarish Influence, ‘Dizzying’ Vol. 2 Finale

STRANGER THINGS. Vecna Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2022 Courtesy of Netflix Most professionals in Hollywood would probably agree to fight the bloodthirsty Demogorgon in a no holds barred cage match if i...

‘Stranger Things’ Season 4 Shatters Bridgerton’s Netflix Opening Weekend Record

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Maverick’ Puts Tom Cruise On Track To Best Will Smith’s Record Hollywood Payday

Tom Cruise still feels the need for box office speed. Paramount Pictures/Newscom With global ticket sales of more than $280 million in just three days, the long-awaited (and Covid-delayed) Top Gun: Ma...

GameStop, Salesforce, Netflix, Alphabet, Nvidia, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week

Text size Uncredited U.S. stock and bond markets will be closed Monday for Memorial Day. A handful of major companies report later this week, with the economic-data highlight being jobs Friday. HP and...

‘Stranger Things 4’ Sets Netflix Viewership Record In Opening Weekend

Topline The first part of the fourth season of Netflix’s Stranger Things had the biggest opening weekend for an English-language show on the platform, the streaming service said Tuesday. : (L-R) David...

Peter Andersen dubs Netflix Inc a ‘real stinker’

Netflix Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX) continues to dwell under $200 a share – a level that’s unprecedently attractive for many. Still, Andersen Capital Management CIO says the streaming giant is a &l...

Micron, Netflix, and 5 Other Beaten-Up Tech Stocks That Could Be Bargains

Text size Meta Platforms’ advertising business has faced challenges from TikTok and Apple’s privacy changes. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg This year has been brutal for U.S. stocks, but that...

Looking for $100,000 Salary? See How Much the Biggest U.S. Companies Pay Workers

By John Stensholt and Nate Rattner May 31, 2022 7:00 am ET Wages for the median workers at the majority of big American companies are higher than they were before the pandemic, with the tight job mark...

Ricky Gervais Has Become The Man He Used To Mock

Ricky Gervais. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images) Getty Images Ricky Gervais is the latest brave comedian to have experienced the horror of being “cancelled,” after his new special, SuperNature, ...

Netflix and rivals enter pivotal second act of streaming wars saga

Reed Hastings, Co-CEO, Netflix speaks at the 2021 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S. October 18, 2021. David Swanson | Reuters The media and entertainment industry p...

GameStop, Salesforce, Netflix, Alphabet, Nvidia, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

Text size Uncredited U.S. stock and bond markets will be closed Monday for Memorial Day. A handful of major companies report later this week, with the economic-data highlight being jobs Friday. HP and...

Netflix Has a Big Problem. Here’s the Math That Might Fix It

Illustration by Elias Stein Text size Netflix shares are off 70% this year, due in large part to the streaming-video company’s disastrous first-quarter earnings. Among other things, Netflix lost 200,0...

These Movies And Shows Will Disappear From Netflix At The End Of May

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‘Stranger Things’ Season 4 Review Scores Show Increase From Season 3

Stranger Things RT Stranger Things season 4 is currently being binged around the world by Netflix subscribers who now have access to the show’s penultimate season. Or at least the first seven of nine ...