Penguin Random House Blocked From Acquiring Rival Publisher Simon & Schuster
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Twitter Is Drafting Broad Job Cuts in Whirlwind First Weekend Under Elon Musk
Twitter Inc. drafted plans for broad layoffs as part of a whirlwind several days in which new boss Elon Musk...
Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’ Breaks Album Sales Records in First Week
ArtsMusicThe artist’s new record sold 1.58 million copies, including 575,000 vinyl LPs, and marks the third-largest streaming week for a...
Elon Musk Takes Twitter Helm as Social Media Sputters
With his six-month takeover saga behind him, Elon Musk now takes on the work of righting Twitter Inc.’s ship in...
Tech Boom Ends as Companies From Amazon to Meta Adjust to Turbulent Times
A week of earnings by big technology companies has been a rout for investors, as recession fears and the strong...
Elon Musk Twitter Deal Completed, CEO and CFO Immediately Fired
Elon Musk fired several Twitter Inc. executives after completing his takeover of the company, according to people familiar with the...
Comcast Takes $8.6 Billion Write-Down on Sky, Reports Revenue Dip
Comcast Corp. CMCSA 5.51% took an $8.6 billion write-down on its Sky pay-TV operations and posted a dip in third-quarter...
Facebook Parent Meta’s Earnings Fall Short as Revenue Decline Accelerates
Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. META -5.59% posted its second revenue decline in a row, as the social-media giant wrestles...
Warner Bros. Discovery Names Two Superhero Veterans to Lead DC Studios
Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. WBD 2.96% has tapped the veteran director-producer team of James Gunn and Peter Safran to lead...
Superhero Film ‘Black Adam’ Revives Weekend Box Office
“Black Adam,” the latest superhero movie from Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.’s WBD 4.41% DC Films studio, opened up to $67...
ESPN, Formula One Reach New Broadcast Agreement
An increased focus on qualifying is included in the new deal, which was disclosed ahead of Sunday’s U.S. Grand Prix...
Facebook Says It Is Prepared to Block News Content in Canada
OTTAWA— Facebook META -1.16% owner Meta Platforms Inc. has warned Canada it is prepared to block the sharing of Canadian...
The War to Define What Work Looks Like
Employees at General Motors Co. balked at a request to return to the office. At Meta Platforms Inc., META -1.16%...
WSJ News Exclusive | Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover Debt to Be Held by Banks Amid Turbulent Markets
Banks that committed to help finance Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter Inc. plan to hold all $13 billion of debt...
Snap Stock Slumps Premarket as Sales Growth Shrinks, Advertisers Cut Spending
Snap, SNAP -0.64% in an investor letter Thursday, said it is operating on an assumption of no revenue growth this...
Netflix Gains 2.4 Million New Subscribers, Reversing Trend
Netflix Inc. NFLX -1.73% snapped back to subscriber growth in the third quarter, giving the streaming giant a jolt as...
Not Ready to Go Full EV? Some Car Companies Bet Bigger on Hybrids
Demand for hybrid vehicles is hot, reinforcing the view from Toyota Motor Corp. and other auto makers that the gas-electric...
Elon Musk’s Monster Week of Juggling Twitter, Tesla and SpaceX
Even by the standards of Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and serial entrepreneur, this week was one for the...
Local Newspapers Try Mail Delivery as Drivers Choose Better-Paying Gigs
The publisher of the Odessa American found it so difficult to find workers to deliver the West Texas newspaper in...
Tesla Aims to Deliver First Semitrailer Trucks in December to PepsiCo
Elon Musk said Tesla Inc. TSLA -1.11% plans to deliver its first all-electric semitrailer truck to food and beverage maker...
