Do We Need More Heroes? Disney Hopes So.
Many media and tech giants hope to carve out a place in streaming. Disney ’s strategy is to bet you...
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Copy of U.S. Constitution Sells for $43.2 Million as Crypto Group DAO Is Outbid
The art market wasn’t ready for revolution. A rare, first-edition copy of the U.S. Constitution sold for $43.2 million at...
Frida Kahlo Sells for $34.9 Million, Smashing Record for a Latin-American Artwork
A self-portrait by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold for $34.9 million at Sotheby’s on Tuesday, an auction record for any...
Twitter CFO Says Investing in Crypto ‘Doesn’t Make Sense Right Now’
Investing some of Twitter Inc.’s corporate cash in crypto assets such as bitcoin “doesn’t make sense right now,” Chief Financial...
Elon Musk’s Twitter Poll Results Are In, Favoring Tesla Stock Sale
Twitter users said Elon Musk should sell 10% of his Tesla Inc. stock after the billionaire chief executive polled them...
Roku Shares Fall 8% After Hours on Slower Account Growth
Roku Inc. reported a slowdown in new active accounts for its streaming services in the latest quarter and guided for...
Journalists Venture Beyond Their Newsrooms to Try to Cash In
Substack and Facebook Bulletin are among the new services pursuing high-profile reporters and commentators, creating tension within traditional news organizations....
Ai Weiwei Traces a Century of Making Authorities Squirm
Artist-provocateur Ai Weiwei became world famous mocking Chinese icons—dynastic artifacts, Tiananmen Square, Beijing’s Olympics—and has spent time in detention for his...
Facebook Joins a Crowded Field In the Race to Build the ‘Metaverse.’ We All Have a Stake in the Outcome.
Tech billionaires are a quirky lot. Some are attempting to build a world imagined in utopian visions of the future,...
Facebook to Rebrand Company as Meta in Focus on Metaverse
Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said the company would change its name to Meta to reflect growth opportunities beyond...
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...
Facebook Services Are Used to Spread Religious Hatred in India, Internal Documents Show
Mark Zuckerberg praised India in December as a special and important country for Facebook Inc., saying that millions of people...
Trump’s Social-Media Platform Joins Crowded Conservative Media Field
Former President Donald Trump’s planned digital-media venture could quickly become a serious competitor in a crowded field of right-leaning sites...
High Inflation Creates Tax Winners and Losers. What Are You?
Inflation is about to ripple through the tax code—and the nation’s mishmash of tax provisions means some people will be...
Netflix Co-CEO Says He ‘Screwed Up’ When Defending Dave Chappelle Special
Netflix Inc. Co-Chief Executive Ted Sarandos said he “screwed up” in his efforts to communicate with employees who were upset...
Springer Replaces Bild Editor
BERLIN—German publisher Axel Springer SE on Monday said it had replaced the editor in chief of its Bild tabloid, Europe’s...
Today’s Tech Founders Don’t Just Own the Company. They’re Also Getting Huge Pay Packages.
Archer Aviation Inc. is years from producing its only planned product, a four-passenger electric air taxi that the main U.S....
WSJ News Exclusive | Politico’s New Owner Plans to Grow Staff, Launch Paywall
BERLIN—Axel Springer SE plans to eventually put Politico’s content behind a paywall and immediately boost the political-news publisher’s head count...
Microsoft Folds LinkedIn Social-Media Service in China
Microsoft Corp.’s MSFT 1.75% LinkedIn said it would shut the version of its professional-networking site that operates in China, marking...
Facebook Limits Employee Access to Some Internal Discussion Groups
Facebook said it is also taking steps to curb harassment and bullying on its social platform. Photo: josh edelson/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images...
