Platforms handily beat Wall Street analysts’ estimates in the third quarter, offering an upbeat view of the holiday quarter as its social networks combined to reach almost 3.3 billion daily users. Earnings per share jumped 37% from the year-earlier period to $6.03 on a diluted basis, with total revenue climbing 19% to $40.6 billion. Analysts had called for EPS of $5.25 and revenue of $40.29 billion. The number of daily active users across , Instagram and WhatsApp reached 3.29 billion, up 5% from the year-a ...

After debuting its Black Friday NFL coverage last November, Amazon is leaning into the ritual, announcing it will add an NBA game on the day starting in 2025. The tech giant’s Prime Video division secured a long-term rights deal with the NBA, bolstering its live sports offerings and adding more enticements for ad buyers. While Amazon has NFL rights through 2032, its Black Friday games have been slated one by one, though the league and the company have both expressed considerable enthusiasm for the venture. ...

Advertising revenue at YouTube reflected the video giant’s continued momentum, rising 12% in the third quarter compared with the year-ago period. The haul of $8.92 billion in the period ended September 30 came as many ad sellers, particularly traditional media companies reliant on legacy TV, have been reporting flat or low-single-digit growth. Most media companies will be reporting quarterly numbers over the next two weeks, with YouTube now setting a high bar for ad growth. The performance of YouTube helpe ...

EXCLUSIVE: In a significant changing of the guard in Netflix's senior executive ranks, Chief Communications Officer Rachel Whetstone and Global Public Policy VP Dean Garfield are leaving the company. The news has just been shared with staffers in an internal memo. Co-CEO Ted Sarandos intends to conduct a search for a Chief Global Affairs Officer, whose portfolio will include both policy and communications. No one as yet has been identified for the role, and external candidates are to be considered, a person ...

Two weeks after Disneyland released new rates for tickets and annual passes, the Magic Kingdom has followed suit: Walt Disney World today announced pricing for its four-tier annual pass program, effective immediately. The average increase across the tiers is 6.25%. For comparison, the Consumer Price Index rose 2.5% in the year period ending in August 2024. That’s according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The CPI’s rate of increase is expected to fall further in 2025. The chief difference between the tie ...

Despite continued optimism among top management about the potential of video games, Netflix is shuttering its AAA game studio in Southern California. The move, first reported by GameFile, was confirmed to Deadline by a source familiar with the closure. AAA is one of a handful of small studios put under the corporate umbrella by Netflix over the past couple of years. It had yet to produce any titles by the time it was shuttered. A Netflix rep declined to comment when contacted by Deadline. The company has m ...

James Gorman, the former Morgan Stanley CEO who joined Disney‘s board earlier this year in a signal to investors about the company’s succession process, has been named chairman. He will succeed Mark Parker on January 2, 2025. Parker, executive chairman of Nike, is leaving the board after serving as a director for nine years. Gorman remains executive chairman at Morgan Stanley but will be relinquishing that position on December 31. He currently leads Disney’s succession planning committee and gained notice ...

After delivering a solid third-quarter earnings report, Netflix execs fielded the question top of mind for most investors (though definitely not for inflation-wracked subscribers): When will they raise prices in the U.S.? “Our approach to pricing has been remarkably consistent over many, many years,” Co-CEO Greg Peters said. “Our core theory is, we’ve got to work really, really hard to make sure we are delivering more value to members every quarter. Then, we assess based on how that’s going, through metric ...

Netflix delivered third-quarter results above Wall Street expectations in many categories, including a gain of 5.1 million subscribers from the previous quarter. Total revenue of $9.825 billion clipped analysts’ consensus expectation for $9.77 billion. Earnings per share of $5.40 and the total subscriber tally of 282.72 million beat the Street forecasts of $5.12 and 281.5 million, respectively. The release of quarterly Netflix subscriber numbers is about to come to an end, as Netflix told investors earlier ...

Verizon has acknowledged a widespread service outage affecting wireless customers Monday in several big markets. “We are aware of an issue impacting service for some customers,” the telco said in a statement. “Our engineers are engaged and we are working quickly to identify and solve the issue.” Customers in cities like New York, Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix reported trouble on Verizon earlier Monday. Devices were reportedly displaying the “SOS” message indicating an inability to facilitate voice calls or ...