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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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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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Jeff Bezos enables Trump’s threat to democracy, Washington Post columnist Rubin says as she quits
Jeff Bezos, founder and executive chairman of Amazon and owner of the Washington Post, takes the stage during the New York Times annual DealBook summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center on December 04, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Amazon founder Jeff Bezos “and his cronies” are enabling “the most […]
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Fired Disney employee will plead guilty to hacking menus to hide peanut content
File: Guests eat at Great Maple Restaurant at the Pixar Place Hotel at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, CA. Paul Bersebach | Medianews Group | Getty Images A former Disney employee agreed to plead guilty in a federal criminal case where he is accused of hacking into menu-creation software for the company’s restaurants, to falsely […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Allstate, Walgreens, Delta, Warner Bros Discovery and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Delta Air Lines — Shares of the airline surged 9% on better-than-expected results for the fourth quarter. Delta posted adjusted earnings of $1.85 per share on $14.44 billion of revenue. That surpassed the LSEG forecast of $1.75 per share and $14.18 billion in revenue. The company […]
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Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery call off plans to launch Venu sports streaming service
An advertisement for Venu Sports, the sports streaming venture by Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and Fox, hangs at the Fanatics Fest event in New York City on Aug. 16, 2024. Jessica Golden | CNBC Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery have called off plans to launch their sports streaming service Venu, the companies said in […]
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Disney says about 157 million global users are streaming content with ads
The atmosphere at the Disney Bundle Celebrating National Streaming Day at The Row in Los Angeles on May 19, 2022. Presley Ann | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Disney said Wednesday it has an estimated 157 million global monthly active users watching ad-supported content across its streaming platforms — Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+. That […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Getty Images, Tesla, Moderna, Shutterstock and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Nvidia — Shares of the artificial intelligent darling slid 5%, reversing course after rising to an all-time high earlier in the session. Nvidia announced new gaming chips for computers that use its Blackwell technology at a conference in Las Vegas. Tuesday’s slide comes after a strong […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: FuboTV, Paycor, Plug Power and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. FuboTV — The streaming provider soared 251% after confirming it struck a deal to combine its online live TV businesses with Walt Disney . The new venture will be 30% owned by Fubo and 70% by Disney and form the second-largest digital pay-TV provider after YouTube […]
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Disney to combine its Hulu+ Live TV with streamer Fubo
The FuboTV app on a television arranged in New York, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Disney’s Hulu+ Live TV will be combined with Fubo, merging together two internet TV bundles, the companies announced on Monday. Bloomberg reported earlier on Monday a deal was imminent. This is breaking […]
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