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David Zaslav’s top priority at Warner Bros. Discovery: Get the cash flowing again
David Zaslav Olivia Michael | CNBC A few months ago, after a lengthy and sobering review of Warner Bros. Discovery‘s business, Chief Executive David Zaslav gave his division heads a cutthroat mission. Pretend your units are family businesses, Zaslav said. Start from scratch and prioritize free cash flow, he added, according to people familiar with […]
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Warner Bros. Discovery closes in on ‘Max’ as the name of its combined HBO Max-Discovery+ streaming service
In this photo illustration, the Warner Bros. Discovery logo is displayed on a smartphone screen and in the background, the HBO Max and Discovery Plus logos. Rafael Henrique | Lightrocket | Getty Images Warner Bros. Discovery executives are close to formalizing a new name and platform for its soon-to-be-launched streaming service that will combine the […]
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Disney is the biggest winner — and loser — at the Thanksgiving box office
This year’s Thanksgiving box office was both feast and famine for Walt Disney. While “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” added $64 million to its domestic tally during the five-day time frame, Disney’s latest animated feature “Strange World” failed to lure in moviegoers, generating just $18.6 million between Wednesday and Sunday and a dismal $11.9 million for […]
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Marvel didn’t recast Chadwick Boseman in ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ — and it was the right move
A still from the movie “Black Panther.” Source: Marvel In August 2020, Disney’s Marvel Studios was faced with an unenviable task — how to handle the sudden and tragic death of Chadwick Boseman, the star of its megahit film “Black Panther.” At the time of Boseman’s death from colon cancer, director Ryan Coogler had already […]
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Paramount Global shares jump after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway increases stake
In this photo illustration, the Paramount Global logo is displayed on a smartphone screen. Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Paramount Global‘s stock got a boost Tuesday after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway upped its stake, a fresh signal that the media and entertainment company could be an acquisition target. Berkshire disclosed […]
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Advert market even worse than for the duration of lows of the pandemic, claims Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav
David Zaslav Anjali Sundaram | CNBC The advertising and marketing market is at the moment weaker than at any point during the coronavirus pandemic slowdown of 2020, Warner Bros. Discovery Chief Executive David Zaslav mentioned at an expenditure conference Tuesday. If the advertisement sector isn’t going to improve next yr, “it is going to be […]
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Disney plans targeted hiring freeze and job cuts, according to memo
Disney plans to institute a targeted hiring freeze as well as some job cuts, according to an internal memo sent to executives. “We are limiting headcount additions through a targeted hiring freeze,” CEO Bob Chapek said in a memo to division leads sent Friday and obtained by CNBC. “Hiring for the small subset of the […]
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Disney misses on profit and key revenue segments, but sees strong streaming growth
Bob Chapek, Disney CEO at the Boston College Chief Executives Club, November 15, 2021. Charles Krupa | AP Disney fell short of expectations for profit and key revenue segments during the fiscal fourth quarter, but saw strong streaming growth for its Disney+ platform — a rare bright spot in the report out Tuesday. The company’s […]
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Shonda Rhimes is among the creators unhappy with Netflix’s mid-video ads, sources say
Shonda Rhimes attends 2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on March 4, 2018 in Beverly Hills, CA. Presley Ann | Patrick McMullan | Getty Images Shonda Rhimes, the high-powered producer behind “Bridgerton” and “Inventing Anna,” is among a number of showrunners, creators and writers who have expressed displeasure with Netflix‘s decision to include mid-video ads in […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Starbucks, Twilio, Carvana, DoorDash and more
In this article SBUX FNKO PYPL BABA 9626-HK BILI 9618-HK JD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A customer holds a drink inside a Starbucks coffee shop in San Francisco, California, on Thursday, July 28, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Starbucks — […]
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