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6:25 AM ET, April 17, 2026

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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Netflix reports Q1 revenue up 16% YoY to $12.3B, vs. $12.2B est., net income of $5.28B, and forecasts Q2 EPS below estimates; NFLX drops 8%+ after hours  —  Netflix Inc. gave a forecast for the second quarter that fell short of analysts expectations, sending the shares down in extended trading.
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Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:
Netflix chairman and co-founder Reed Hastings will step down from the company's board after his term expires in June to focus on philanthropy and other pursuits  —  Co-founder won't stand for re-election to the board, Netflix says in first earnings report since pulling out of Warner Discovery bid
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Filing: Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos received $53.9M in 2025 compensation, down from $62M in 2024; co-CEO Greg Peters received $53.2M, down from $60M in 2024  —  Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters saw their compensation come in just above $53 million in 2025, which actually marked …
Bill Bradley / Adweek:
Netflix says its 2026 ad revenue remains on track to reach $3B, doubling from 2025, and it now works with over 4,000 advertising clients, up 70% YoY  —  Netflix reveals ad sales projections and new products on the way in 2026 … The numbers  —  $2.8 billion — Netflix's payment received …
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Netflix says it will launch its redesigned mobile app, which will include a vertical video feed, at the end of April
Reshmi Basu / Bloomberg:
QVC Group, owner of TV shopping channels QVC and HSN, files for bankruptcy as part of a plan to cut more than $5B in debt; shares closed down 69% on Thursday  —  Television shopping network QVC Group filed for bankruptcy Thursday as part of a plan to cut more than $5 billion of debt …
Ryan Glasspiegel / Front Office Sports:
Sources: the NFL and YouTube are in advanced talks for a five-game package; deal price and duration were not immediately known  —  The NFL and YouTube have entered a long-form contract review for a five-game package, Front Office Sports has learned.  —  While a deal has not been finalized …
Rebecca Keegan / NBC News:
Paramount CEO David Ellison makes an unexpected appearance at CinemaCon, promising a 45-day theatrical window for all Paramount movies going forward  —  The Paramount Skydance chief spoke at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Thursday, after opting out of a congressional hearing on the merger earlier this week.
Corbin Bolies / The Wrap:
Memo: Condé Nast is shuttering Self magazine, folding its content into other brands, and winding down Glamour's publishing arms in Mexico, Spain, and Germany  —  The company will also stop publishing Wired's Italian edition and several of Glamour's international editions
David Folkenflik / NPR:
NPR receives two of its largest ever gifts: $80M for innovation in use of digital tech and $33M to build and buy tools to be shared with US public media orgs  —  NPR has received two of the largest gifts in the public media network's existence, totalling $113 million.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: Disney told advertisers it's seeking $10M for a 30-second Super Bowl LXI ad, but the price has some marketers holding back  —  The company has told advertisers it believes they should pay $10 million for a 30-second ad in the company's 2027 telecast of Super Bowl LXI …
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Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Joseph Collins, a top executive at HBO, Time Warner Cable, and Comcast, a founder of C-SPAN and a pioneer in cable transition to broadband, died April 2 at 81
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
The UK CMA tells Getty Images to sell Shutterstock's editorial business, which includes Backgrid and Splash, to secure approval for the $3.7B merger of the two
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Chris Welch / Bloomberg:
Roku says it is in 100M+ homes globally and its devices are used by “more than half of all US broadband households”; Roku had $4.15B in 2025 platform revenue
Sandor Zsiros / Euronews:
Hungary's Prime Minister-elect Peter Magyar says he plans to suspend state broadcaster MTVA and “create independent, objective, and impartial conditions”
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A US jury finds Live Nation and Ticketmaster illegally maintained monopoly power in the ticketing market, in a case brought by state AGs after the DOJ settled
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Meta unveils Meta Adventurer and Fury glasses, each priced at $299, its first under its own brand, and a $399 Starfire model in collaboration with Kylie Jenner

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Market intelligence company Klue confirms it has suffered a breach, for which cybercrime group Icarus takes credit; Jamf, HackerOne, and others are affected

Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
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