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8:30 PM ET, July 31, 2025

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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Apple reports Q3 revenue from Services, which includes the App Store, Apple TV+, and Apple Music, up 13.3% YoY to $27.42B, vs. $26.8B est.  —  Apple continued to drive double-digit growth in its Services business, which increased revenue 13.3% to $27.42 billion for the June 2025 quarter — a new quarterly record.
Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon reports Q2 ad revenue up 23% YoY to $15.7B, vs. $14.9B est., and subscription services revenue up 12% YoY to $12.2B  —  Amazon one-day stock chart  — CNBC Councils  — CNBC on Peacock  — Join the CNBC Panel  — Supply Chain Values  — Select Shopping  — Ad Choices
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Fox acquires one-third of Penske Entertainment, owner of the IndyCar Series, sources say for between $125M and $135M; Fox started carrying IndyCar in 2025  —  Deal is latest alliance between a media company and a sports group  —  Fox Corp. has acquired one-third of Penske Entertainment …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Dotdash Meredith rebrands to People to capitalize on the brand equity of its most popular and recognizable title  —  Dotdash Meredith, one of the largest publishers in America, is rebranding to People, its CEO Neil Vogel told Axios. … The rebrand capitalizes on that brand equity in a way that its current name does not.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Roku reports Q2 revenue up 15% YoY to $1.11B, vs. $1.07B est., a net profit of $10.5M, and Platform segment sales up 18% to $976M  —  Roku exceeded forecasts for the second quarter of 2025, with the streaming platform company turning in better-than-expected 15% top-line growth — and, in a surprise, a quarterly profit.
Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:
Paramount reports Q2 revenue up 1% YoY to $6.85B, a $57M profit, vs. a $5.4B loss a year ago, Paramount+ subs down by 1.3M QoQ to 77.7M and revenue up 23% YoY  —  Paramount Global reported its last set of financials under Redstone family ownership with a massive jump in theatrical revenue …
Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
NBCU reports Q2 revenue up 2% YoY to $6.44B; Peacock had 41M subscribers, a $101M loss, down from $348M in Q2 2024, and revenue grew 18% YoY to $1.2B  —  Comcast beat Wall Street estimates on Thursday for second-quarter earnings and revenue.  Yet the company saw a loss of broadband customers …
Tom Jones / Poynter:
Washington Post sports columnist Sally Jenkins accepts a buyout and will be joining The Atlantic as a staff writer  —  Jenkins isn't just a sportswriter.  She's one of the most fearless and eloquent voices in journalism, making her exit a major blow to the Post.
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Media critic Erik Wemple says he has taken The Washington Post's buyout offer and will start covering media for The New York Times in September
Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
SiriusXM Q2: revenue down 2% YoY to $2.14B, net income down 42% to $205M, as subscriber revenue fell $21M, and 33M paid subscribers, down 68K from Q1  —  While paid subscribers fell from the previous quarter, the audio giant noted an improvement in churn.  —  SiriusXM reported 33 million …
Sara Merican / Deadline:
Ampd: premium VOD added 1.5M net new subscribers in Q2 in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand; Netflix, Viu and iQiyi drove 60%+ of growth  —  The premium video-on-demand (VOD) market in Southeast Asia has seen a bumper quarter, adding more than 1.5 million net new subscribers in Q2 2025.
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