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Disney wins the 2024 box office as year-end receipts offer a welcome boost
Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman star in Marvel’s “Deadpool & Wolverine.” Disney Foul-mouthed superheroes and family-friendly fare propped up the domestic box office during the final months of 2024. Full-year ticket sales were down just 3.4% from 2023, reaching $8.74 billion, a far cry from the nearly 27% shortage seen at the midway point of […]
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Intel to spin off venture capital arm as chipmaker continues to restructure
Intel said Tuesday that it plans to spin off Intel Capital, its venture capital wing, into an independent firm, the latest in a series of structural changes announced by the chipmaker. Turning Intel Capital, which has $5 billion in assets, into a standalone fund will allow it to raise money from outside investors, Intel said. […]
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Netflix and Comcast among companies donating to LA wildfire relief effort
Evacuees from the Eaton Fire dwell among heaps of clothes displayed on the ground at a donation center in Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, California, on Jan. 13, 2025. Etienne Laurent | AFP | Getty Images As Los Angeles continues to battle wildfires that have destroyed parts of the city and killed at least 24 people, […]
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Comcast and Harris Blitzer to build new NBA, NHL stadium in South Philadelphia
Joe Daniel Price | Moment | Getty Images Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment announced on Monday a joint venture with Comcast Spectacor to build a new arena in South Philadelphia for the NBA’s 76ers and the NHL’s Flyers. The deal represents a reversal from previous plans to build an arena in the Center City district […]
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Comcast to launch Universal Ads in bid to win smaller advertisers over from tech
Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty Images Comcast plans to launch a new advertising platform that will make it easier for smaller businesses to buy ad time — and, the company hopes, to beckon some advertisers away from social media and digital outlets and over to traditional TV’s streaming businesses. On Monday, Comcast announced the […]
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Ad revenue should stabilize for media companies in 2025 — if they have sports
The New York Liberty celebrate after wining the 2024 WNBA Championship against the Minnesota Lynx during Game 5 of the 2024 WNBA Finals on October 20, 2024 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. David Sherman | National Basketball Association | Getty Images The advertising market has positive momentum going into 2025 — especially for […]
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13 anonymous media executives make predictions for the new year
Bob Iger, CEO of Disney (L), and Brian Roberts, CEO of Comcast (R). Getty Images Ho, ho, ho! It’s a holiday tradition: Anonymous media executives make their 2025 industry predictions. In honor of the 12 days of Christmas, we give you 12 predictions from some of the most powerful media and entertainment executives in the […]
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Warner Bros. Discovery shares surge 15% after company announces linear, streaming restructuring
President and CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, David Zaslav arrives for the world premiere of “The Flash” at Ovation Hollywood in Hollywood, California, on June 12, 2023. Michael Tran | Afp | Getty Images Warner Bros. Discovery on Thursday announced a restructuring plan to segment its business into linear and streaming units in a move […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Hershey, Nvidia, Alibaba, Omnicom and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Hershey , Mondelez International — Hershey shares jumped roughly 13% after Bloomberg News reported that Cadbury and Oreo maker Mondelez is again trying to buy the chocolate company. News of the attempted takeover put Hershey shares on pace for their best day since June 2016, when Hershey […]
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Comcast shares tumble as executive calls broadband ‘intensely competitive’
View from behind of Comcast truck parked on residential street in Lafayette, California, September 28, 2021. Smith Collection/gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images Comcast Cable CEO Dave Watson told investors on Monday that the company expects to lose more than 100,000 broadband subscribers during the fourth quarter as the market remains “competitively intense.” Comcast […]
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