Facebook Revenue Slows but User Gains Boost Stock
Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. FB -3.32% added more users than expected but posted its slowest revenue growth since going...
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Alphabet Earnings Show Slowing Sales Growth on Digital-Ad Tumult
Google parent Alphabet Inc. GOOG -3.04% posted slower sales growth as global economic turmoil disrupted digital advertising spending.The company said...
From YouTube to Rutube. Inside Russia’s Influence Campaign.
The Kremlin is waging a new influence campaign: persuading Russians to quit Western social-media platforms. As part of an expansive...
Netflix Explores a Version With Ads as Subscriber Base Shrinks
Netflix Inc. said it is exploring offering a lower priced ad-supported version of the platform to boost its subscriber base,...
Biden Administration Resumes Oil Leases on Federal Land
WASHINGTON—The Biden administration announced lease sales for oil and gas drilling on federal land Friday, but said it would sharply...
From GM to Powerade, Brands Pitch Mental Health
To woo consumers, hotel chains typically offer free room upgrades and complimentary breakfast. Kimpton Hotels is trying a new incentive:...
Nielsen Rejects Roughly $9 Billion Takeover Offer From Private-Equity Consortium
Nielsen CEO David Kenny in 2019 Photo: Paul Miller/Bloomberg News March 20, 2022 9:33 pm ET Nielsen Holdings NLSN 2.17%...
WSJ News Exclusive | Consortium Including Elliott in Advanced Talks to Buy Nielsen Holdings
A consortium of private-equity firms including Elliott Management Corp. is in advanced talks to buy TV-ratings company Nielsen Holdings NLSN...
Google-Facebook Ad Deal Is Investigated by EU, U.K.
The European Union and the U.K. opened formal antitrust investigations into whether Alphabet Inc.’s GOOG -0.88% Google and Facebook FB...
Disney+ to Roll Out Cheaper, Ad-Supported Subscription in Late 2022
Times have changed, and so have the streaming wars. Disney announced Friday that it would roll out a cheaper, ad-supported...
The 2022 Super Bowl Ads Return to Travel, Familiar Faces and New Tech
The second Super Bowl of the Covid-19 pandemic on Sunday featured a variety of first-time advertisers, including a slew of...
Amazon Profits Show Resilience Even as Labor, Supply Crunch Weigh on Results
Amazon.com Inc. AMZN -7.81% said profits nearly doubled in the critical holiday period, as the company managed to control labor...
Google Parent Caps Blockbuster Year With Sales Gains
Google parent Alphabet Inc. GOOG 1.61% posted another quarter of strong sales growth, capping a year when profit nearly doubled...
Winter Olympics Sponsors Caught Between Beijing, U.S.
With less than two weeks to go before the start of the Winter Games in Beijing, several Olympics sponsors are...
PC Shipments Faced Tough Fourth Quarter, but Pandemic Supplies a Brace
Shortages and bottlenecks weighed on personal-computer shipments in the fourth quarter, but the pandemic-induced revival of the PC market is...
Tesla Opens Showroom in China’s Xinjiang, Region at Center of U.S. Genocide Allegations
Tesla Inc. TSLA 13.53% has opened a new showroom in Xinjiang, the remote region where Chinese authorities are carrying out...
Crypto.com Will Run its First Super Bowl Ad Amid Marketing Blitz
Singapore-based cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com will run its first Super Bowl commercial in February as it seeks to become a household...
Advertisers Adjust Holiday Messages to Covid-19, Supply-Chain Challenges
Companies are rethinking their advertising strategies this holiday season as multiple problems, from supply-chain constraints to continued worries about Covid-19,...
Facebook Posts Slower Sales Growth With Apple Privacy Policy
Facebook Inc. blamed Apple Inc.’s AAPL -0.03% privacy rules for posting slower sales growth and warned of further uncertainty for...
Google Charges More Than Twice Its Rivals in Ad Deals, Unredacted Suit Says
Google takes a cut of 22% to 42% of U.S. ad spending that goes through its systems, according to a...
