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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Netflix reports Q1 revenue up 16% YoY to $12.25B, vs. $12.2B est., net income up 83% YoY to $5.28B, and forecasts Q2 EPS and revenue below est.; NFLX drops 10%+ — 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
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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 it continues to expect its ad revenue to reach ~$3B in 2026, doubling from 2025, and it now works with 4,000+ advertising clients, up 70% YoY
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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
Netflix says it will launch its redesigned mobile app, which will include a vertical video feed, at the end of April
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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 …
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Notus will rename itself The Star and relaunch in early June as it adds local news and sports coverage; source: Robert Allbritton will add ~$30M to its funding — The Washington publication is rebranding as it expands its local news and sports coverage in the wake of substantial layoffs at The Washington Post.
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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:
At Cinemacon, Paramount CEO David Ellison promises a 45-day theatrical window for Paramount films and at least 30 films per year after the WBD acquisition — 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.
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George Winslow / TV Tech:
IAB and PwC: digital ad revenue hit $294.6B in 2025, up 13.9% YoY; social media advertising hit $117.7B, up 32.6%, and digital video ads hit $78B, up 25.4% — The 13.9% pop was driven by social media, up 32.6% to $117.7 billion and digital video, up 25.4% to $74 billion last year
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Krystal Scanlon / Digiday:
Ad buyers say ad rates for ChatGPT are falling from $60 CPM to as low as $25 and the minimum spend to advertise is down to $50K from $250K at launch — Advertising in ChatGPT is already getting cheaper. The rate advertisers pay to reach every thousand users has fallen from $60 …
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Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:
AI video startup Luma launches Innovative Dreams, a production company, in partnership with Wonder Project, a religious film and TV streamer on Amazon Prime — AI video generation startup Luma has launched Innovative Dreams, a production company built in partnership with Wonder Project …
Financial Times:
Sources: OnlyFans is in advanced talks to sell a below 20% stake at a $3B+ valuation; previous reports said it wants to sell a ~60% stake at a ~$5.5B valuation — Discussions with Architect Capital come less than a month after Leonid Radvinsky died — OnlyFans, the UK-based streaming platform used …
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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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