WSJ News Exclusive | Regal Owner Cineworld Nears Bankruptcy as Theater Comeback Lags
Cineworld Group PLC, the owner of Regal Cinemas, is preparing to file for bankruptcy within weeks after struggling to rebuild...
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WSJ News Exclusive | Roblox Poaches Seasoned Meta Executive as It Chases Growth in Asia
HONG KONG— Roblox Corp. RBLX -2.19% has poached a Meta Platforms Inc. executive for the newly created role of Asia-Pacific...
Movie Theaters Plot Revival as Americans Show Up for Blockbusters
America’s movie theaters are enjoying a happy plot twist for a change.The summer movie season is wrapping up with several...
WSJ News Exclusive | Facebook Marketplace and DoorDash Team Up for Local Deliveries
The deal is an attempt to get more people, especially younger ones, to use Meta-owned Facebook, according to a person...
Disney+ Price Increase Shows Limits of Subscriber-Growth Push
The growth-at-all-costs phase of the streaming wars is over; now, profits are the priority.Faced with slowing subscriber growth in their...
Elon Musk Sells Nearly $7 Billion Worth of Tesla Stock Amid Twitter Uncertainty
Elon Musk sold nearly $7 billion worth of Tesla Inc. TSLA -2.44% stock in recent days, regulatory disclosures show, amid...
BuzzFeed Expects Recession Fears to Pressure Advertising
BuzzFeed Inc. posted a wider quarterly loss amid rising costs and expenses, and said it expected recession concerns to keep...
Videogame Companies Face Slowdown as People Spend Less on Gaming
The videogame industry is seeing a sharp slowdown in growth as people are going out again after a pandemic-fueled spurt...
Elon Musk Alleges Twitter Fraud in Countersuit Filed in Delaware
Elon Musk accused Twitter Inc. TWTR 0.15% of fraud, saying the company misrepresented the condition of its business and key...
Warner Bros. Discovery Weighs Free Ad-Supported Streaming Plan
Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. WBD 4.61% is exploring launching a free, ad-supported streaming service, its chief executive said, the latest...
Paramount Revenue Gets Lift From ‘Top Gun’ Sequel, Streaming Service
Paramount Global PARA 1.08% said its “Top Gun” sequel and its growing streaming business helped boost revenue in the latest...
Trial Begins in Justice Department’s Bid to Block Book Publishing Merger
WASHINGTON—Trial proceedings kicked off in the Justice Department’s antitrust challenge to Penguin Random House’s planned acquisition of rival publisher Simon...
Marvel Studios Box-Office Slump Shows Limits of Disney’s Superhero Universe
The movie’s second weekend wasn’t as impressive. Box-office receipts fell 68% to $46.6 million, tying with last year’s “Black Widow”...
Mark Zuckerberg’s Bid to Reinvent Facebook Parent Meta Hits Early Snags
Meta on Thursday walked back some new Instagram features central to the revamp that had drawn swift user backlash. The...
Facebook Parent Meta Platforms Reports First Ever Revenue Drop
The company reported quarterly revenue of $28.8 billion, down almost 1% from a year earlier and slightly below the $28.9...
UK to host next year’s Eurovision on behalf of Ukraine
Traditionally, it would be Ukraine's job as winner to host the upcoming song contest following Ukrainian folk-rap group Kalush Orchestra's...
WSJ News Exclusive | Elon Musk’s Friendship With Sergey Brin Ruptured by Alleged Affair
Elon Musk engaged in a brief affair last fall with the wife of Sergey Brin, prompting the Google co-founder to...
Tesla Is Set for Settlement Talks Over Musk Tweets About Taking Company Private
Tesla Inc. TSLA 0.20% is scheduled for court-ordered settlement talks in a shareholder lawsuit over Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk’s...
Netflix Loses Nearly 1 Million Subscribers, Vows Rebound
Netflix Inc. NFLX 5.61% suffered two consecutive quarters of subscriber losses for the first time in its history, and said...
Twitter-Musk Trial Set for October in Lawsuit Over Stalled $44 Billion Takeover
Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick, the chief judge of the Delaware Chancery Court, ordered a five-day trial in October, over...
