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Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery long-awaited merger has been at a standstill. Barclays analysts led by Kannan Venkateshwar resumed coverage of both stocks, rating Warner Bros at Equal Weight with a $28 price target and Paramount at Underweight with a $8 price target. Venkateshwar said in a research note Thursday that while the proposed $110 billion merger could increase growth potential for the studios, it could introduce massive financial and operational risks that make the stock hard to value, and “a moving target.”
Late-night host says interview with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico couldn’t air on ABC because of concerns over the rules.
The company is ending online Disney Store operations in several major markets.
Disney (DIS) reported earnings 30 days ago. What's next for the stock? We take a look at earnings estimates for some clues.
Disney is cutting costs while pouring billions into different quarters.
Both of these entertainment giants have lost money for their shareholders in 2026.
Plus: Disney sues FCC over license review, and Europe’s rivers are drying up, threatening its economy.
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MEDIA & MARKETING Tensions between Disney and the Trump administration have been brewing for more than a year. Here’s a timeline of the major moments: This explanatory article may be updated periodically.
The agency has launched probes into the company’s DEI practices and equal-time rules in the wake of criticism of President Trump by Jimmy Kimmel and “The View.”
According to NBC News, the lawsuit asks a federal court in Washington, D.C., to block the FCC from taking action against the Disney and ABC stations over the early renewals.
The agency has launched probes into the company’s DEI practices and equal-time rules in the wake of criticism of President Trump by Jimmy Kimmel and “The View.”
Investing.com -- Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) must rebuild its franchise pipeline and become a larger content aggregator if it wants to regain the valuation premium it historically commanded, Barclays analysts said.
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The hosts of the Acquired podcast found that ESPN was the perfect multidecade funding source for acquisitions and theme parks
Record Experiences revenue and 28% EPS growth highlight strong quarter execution.
Investing.com -- Strong second-quarter earnings from major U.S. companies have pushed stock indexes to fresh highs and eased concerns that the rally relies too heavily on a small group of artificial intelligence companies, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Chipotle has posted several quarters of revenue growth, while Disney's larger sales base shifts with seasonal swings.
Moby summary of Playtika Holding Corp.'s Q2 2026 earnings call
Disney's Q3 earnings spark a stock rally. Here's a closer look at the results and the ETFs with exposure to the entertainment giant.
Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rises, while tech futures drop as AI stocks Sandisk and Western Digital plunge on earnings.
Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) reported fiscal third-quarter results that management said exceeded its prior operating-income guidance, led by record performance at Disney Experiences and continued gains in streaming and sports. Chief Executive Officer Josh D’Amaro said total segment operating income increa
The entertainment giant crushed analyst profitability estimates for its third quarter.
Moby summary of The Walt Disney Company's Q3 2026 earnings call
Disney posts 21% segment operating income growth, driven by record parks performance and a 13% SVOD margin, while navigating international softness and film volatility.
Disney (DIS) is maintaining post-earnings stock gains ahead of Wednesday's market close. The media giant topped earnings estimates for its fiscal third quarter, reporting theme parks and streaming services to be its biggest growth drivers. CFRA Research director of equity research Ken Leon reacts to Disney's latest earnings release.
<body><p>STORY: :: Disney's sales and profit rise, boosted by the success of ‘Toy Story 5’</p><p>:: $1 Billion</p><p>"Toy story five was another monumental blockbuster for Disney."// "The movie has brought in more than $1 billion in box office this year. This lifts the franchise to total franchise value just in the box office alone to over $4 billion, which is what makes it a significant, franchise for Disney."</p><p>:: Dawn Chmielewski/Entertainment business correspondent</p><p>"And Disney is unique in the world of entertainment in that it can take characters and stories that are really resonating with audiences and find a way to, to, to monetize that fan affection in a variety of ways. Disney in its its quarterly earnings results, which were reported on on Wednesday morning, noted that the arrival of Toy Story five in theaters fueled interest in the earlier films, so there's been more than 2,000,000,000 hours worth of streaming on Disney Plus. It spurred toy sales through Disney's consumer products. Line. So consumer product sales were reached a high a five year high during the quarter. So that, too is spurred by Toy Story. And it also brought people to the theme parks and onto cruise ships where where kids have a chance to interact with Buzz and Woody and Jessie."//</p><p>:: Disney and TikTok have reached a short-form video-sharing deal</p><p>"Disney and TikTok announced a content sharing deal just before Disney reported its earnings early Wednesday morning. The deal is novel in this respect. Disney will allow TikTokers who are fans of Disney to begin using its its characters and video in their TikTok videos, which will be distributed not just on TikTok but also on Disney Plus, which has a new, a new category of, vertical video clips called verts."//</p><p>"So these TikTok videos, which will come to the service in the coming months, will be kind of a celebration of Disney's various, characters and stories." </p><p>CEO Josh D'Amaro, who took over in March, highlighted his strategy to invest in franchises like Toy Story to reach audiences outside the box office in a lengthy earnings letter to shareholders on Wednesday.</p><p>Separately, Disney and TikTok announced a deal on Wednesday that will allow TikTok creators to use characters and scenes from Disney movies and TV shows in short-form videos, the first agreement of its kind between the social media platform and a traditional media company.</p><p>The company reported revenue of $25.2 billion in the quarter, up 7% from last year, but shy of Wall Street's forecasts of $25.4 billion, according to analysts surveyed by LSEG.</p><p>Disney's per-share earnings rose 28% from a year ago to an adjusted $2.06, beating forecasts of $1.86 a share.</p></body>