Spotify Shares Slide on Weak Q2 Outlook and Slower Subscriber Growth
Spotify’s Q2 2026 outlook fell short of profit and premium subscriber expectations, overshadowing strong Q1 performance and prompting a share ...
Spotify’s Q2 2026 outlook fell short of profit and premium subscriber expectations, overshadowing strong Q1 performance and prompting a share ...
Disney is preparing to cut up to 1,000 jobs in the coming weeks, with most of the roles affected in ...
Netflix has introduced ‘Playground’, a standalone gaming app for children under eight, featuring offline games, no adverts, and built-in parental ...
Paramount Skydance is set to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery for about $111 billion after Netflix declined to match a $31-per-share ...
A source familiar with the matter said the revised bid improves on Paramount’s earlier $30 per share all-cash proposal, which ...
Warner Bros. Discovery is reconsidering Paramount’s revised $30 per share bid, even as it maintains a prior agreement to sell ...
The redesign, announced during the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call, is being built as a long-term base rather than a one-off ...
The title will run on televisions, with players using their phones as controllers, keeping it within Netflix’s growing casual gaming ...
Premium subscribers climbed 12% year-on-year to 281 million, while total monthly active users rose 11% to 713 million.
Canal+ plans to delist the South African pay-TV giant and pursue a secondary listing on the JSE.
This funding will go directly into film and television content creation over the next four years

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