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Privately held U.S. media conglomerate Hearst on Tuesday struck a deal to acquire ‌Disney's 50% stake in A+E Global Media for about $1.2 ‌billion in cash, giving it full ownership of the television and ​content business. Disney's exit from A+E follows the company's efforts to prioritize streaming and ESPN, even as it evaluates the role of some traditional linear TV assets amid declining cable ‌subscriptions. The transaction ⁠is expected to close in September.

The deal will give Hearst full ownership of prominent brands such as Lifetime and The History Channel.

Mattel has spent years trying to transform into a toy and entertainment company, partnering with movie studios to bring its brands to the big screen. But as it stands, the majority of its revenue still comes from toy sales.

Global entertainment and media company Disney (NYSE:DIS) will be reporting earnings this Wednesday before market open. Here’s what investors should know.

The entertainment company is set to report fiscal third-quarter earnings ahead of Wednesday’s opening bell.

'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' opened to a record-setting domestic box office weekend, marking a major moment in Hollywood. The film is on track for the second-biggest domestic opening in history, directly referencing the benchmark set by Disney’s 'Avengers: Endgame'. This performance has put fresh attention on premium superhero franchises and how they stack up against Disney’s past box office records. For Walt Disney, ticker NYSE:DIS, this headline comes at a time when the stock sits at...

Disney’s next quarterly results are expected to be released Wednesday morning, with traders expecting a big move from the entertainment giant’s stock.

Disney (DIS) has an impressive earnings surprise history and currently possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely beat in its next quarterly report.

While the market focuses on streaming wars, a different category is quietly inflecting inside the business. Monthly players for cloud games have increased 11x since last October. This adoption is already outpacing the company's earlier push into mobile games, suggesting a new engagement engine is taking hold.

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DIS heads into Q3 fiscal 2026 earnings with streaming gains, sports headwinds and macro caution. Should investors buy now or wait for results?

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The benchmark US stock measures were pointing higher before the opening bell Monday as President Don

It is another big week on the earnings front with a lots of big name companies reporting. This week could make or break the market. This week we have SpaceX, Advanced Micro Devices, Palantir Technologies, Sandisk, Uber Technologies, McDonald’s, Caterpillar, Merck & Company, Disney, Shopify and Arista Networks all reporting in what shapes as a busy and pivotal week for stocks.

The movie had a $927 million global opening, strengthening confidence in Marvel Studios.

Columbia Pictures’ Spider-Man: Brand New Day is on pace to notch the second-biggest opening weekend in domestic box office history, with the potential to overpower the top movie after final ticket sales are tallied Sunday night. Spider-Man: Brand New Day surpassed already lofty projections and is projected to rake in $355 million from 4,487 locations in the U.S. and Canada, an average of $79,117 a location, becoming only the second film in domestic box office history to open above $300 million. It easily leapt over Spider-Man: No Way Home, which opened with $260.1 million at the domestic box office in December 2021, and could overpower the all-time highest domestic opening, which was April 2019’s Walt Disney’s Avengers: Endgame, selling $357.1 million over its first three days.

Markets enter an earnings-dominated week with a huge concentration of corporate results spanning technology, industrials, healthcare, consumer discretionary, and entertainment sectors. This will provide a critical assessment of economic health and corporate fundamentals amid persistent uncertainty about technology sector valuations and AI infrastructure spending.

Two of the world’s most important shipping lanes have been gummed-up by the Iran War. The canal is poised to reduce its capacity because of the onset of El Niño, a weather pattern that can cause severe droughts and other extreme weather events in various parts of the world. The canal authority has warned clients that the chances of a severe El Niño system had risen to 81% from 25%.

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CorpGov hosted a fireside chat on July 28 from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange with Gabriel Hasson, Global Head of Governance, Shareholder and Activism Advisory, Managing Director at ICR. The in-person interview was joined by Editor-in-Chief John Jannarone and they discussed the back to fundamentals for corporate governance as shareholder activism reaches […] The post Activist Investors Shift Back to Basics: ICR Global Head of Governance Gabriel Hasson, Live at NYSE appeared first on Co

A telltale quarterly update is just the beginning for what could be a big month for Disney's sluggish stock.

The midsized cable TV network group, including A&E Network, History Channel, Lifetime, Vice TV and others, would now be 100% owned by Hearst. The deal is expected to be finalized at the same time as Disney's quarterly earnings release on August 5.

Evaluate the expected performance of Disney (DIS) for the quarter ended June 2026, looking beyond the conventional Wall Street top-and-bottom-line estimates and examining some of its key metrics for better insight.

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Disney is under new leadership and facing significant challenges, but Wall Street remains optimistic.

Positive figures from two key areas could send the stock higher.

Walt Disney’s stock is down about 0.1% in July, after posting declines in May and June.