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‘Barbie’ Passes $400 Million at Domestic Box Office
“The Meg 2: The Trench” earned $3.2 million in Thursday previews
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Leap in Content Licensing Revenue Helps Narrow WBD’s Streaming Loss
The company’s DTC division reported $410 million in licensing revenue, more than triple last year’s sales, after offering shows like “Westworld” to rivals
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WBD CEO David Zaslav Talks Strike, Hopes ‘All Sides Will Get Back to the Negotiating Table’
In the short term, the company estimated it was saving $100 million from lower content spending
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Warner Bros. Discovery Misses Q2 Expectations, Loses 1.8 Million DTC Subscribers Amid Max Rebrand
The media giant reported a net loss of 51 cents per share on revenue of $10.36 billion
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Warner Bros. Discovery Head of Research Tania Missad to Exit | Exclusive
The executive departs amid a potential restructuring of the department
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‘Barbie’ Passes $800 Million at Worldwide Box Office
It looks like this year’s “Top Gun: Maverick” wasn’t a superhero movie, a Tom Cruise film or an “Indiana Jones” sequel
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More Layoffs Underway at HBO | Exclusive
Several longtime communications and publicity staffers at the Warner Bros. Discovery brand have been cut
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Why ‘Barbie’ May Not Be Enough to Put Warner Bros. Discovery Back in the Pink
David Zaslav is likely to tout the Margot Robbie-led film’s recent success as he reports earnings Thursday – but Wall Street has other concerns
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Warner Bros. Discovery Streaming Comms SVP Chris Willard Exits After 14 Years
The longtime HBO exec shepherded the communications strategy for Max and Discovery+
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New York State Comptroller Urges Swift End to Hollywood Strike, Warns of ‘Financial, Legal and Reputational Risks’
Thomas DiNapoli believes a continued double strike from the WGA and SAG-AFTRA could have a “detrimental impact on consumer sentiment”
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Max Launches OWN Hub Featuring ‘Love and Marriage’ Franchise, ‘Belle Collective’
The hub will include original series and curated collections from Oprah Winfrey’s network
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Warner Bros. Discovery Unveils More Centralized Ad Sales Structure
Due to this new strategy, the company’s entire portfolio of brands across linear and digital will be under one umbrella
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Lisa Collins Upped to Warner Bros. Discovery’s North America DEI Group Vice President
Her promotion comes as industry-wide DEI roles are under particular scrutiny following an exodus from Netflix, the Academy and elsewhere
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Hollywood’s Diversity Exec Exodus Exposes Industry-Wide Dysfunction – What Is the Path Forward? | Exclusive
“I had to make headlines exiting the Academy for conversations on my work to begin and that’s concerning,” Jeanell English, one of four DEI execs who left their posts recently, tells TheWrap
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Entertainment Stocks Slump as Hollywood Strike Widens to SAG-AFTRA
Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount, Disney, Netflix and Comcast fell Friday as actors joined the picket lines
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