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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.

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

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

Aside from Q2 earnings season reaching its busiest week of the cycle, we're also upon a new Jobs Week.

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.

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.

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.

Most of us know Pixar as the animation studio behind some of our childhood favorites. Since releasing “Toy Story” in 1995, the studio has built major franchises around “The Incredibles,” “Finding Nemo,” “Cars,” “Inside Out,” and other films that have generated billions of dollars in box-office ...

Canada will abandon efforts to compel foreign streamers to make mandatory financial contributions to the domestic entertainment industry, according to a court filing.

Warner Bros. Discovery stock Monday hit its lowest point since the company’s merger with Paramount Skydance was reached in February as Wall Street appears to be putting little more than a 50% chance that the deal will get done. Warner Bros. stock dropped 1.8% Monday to $25.28, ending about 18% below the $31-a-share cash offer from Paramount, whose stock also declined Monday. Warner Bros. stock had been trading around $27 in June.

According to a court filing from Friday, the companies have agreed to pause the transaction until five days after the court issues a final decision on the merger, or until June 1, 2027.

JAKKS Pacific (NASDAQ:JAKK) reported second-quarter results that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Stephen Berman said were “modestly better” than the company’s expectations, with revenue rising from a year earlier as North American sales rebounded from tariff-related disruption in the prior-year

Comcast's Peacock streaming service reported its first quarterly profit ever on Thursday, as the soccer World Cup and the hit reality ‌show "Love Island USA" attracted more subscribers. Shares of the company were up 3% ‌in premarket trading. The $189 million pre-tax profit marks a major win for the streaming service, which was a ​late entrant in 2020 and had to spend billions of dollars on content to establish a foothold in a market dominated by Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video.

Paramount's bid still faces hurdles across the Atlantic after a federal judge in California ordered the companies to temporarily pause their merger this week.View on euronews

ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro said most of the cuts stem from the network's acquisition of NFL Network, which closed in April

Mickey Mouse, meet Kraft Mac & Cheese. Kraft Heinz and Disney struck a deal that gives the food conglomerate a foothold in one of America’s most enduring entertainment empires. Under the multiyear partnership, Disney will serve Kraft Heinz products at its properties throughout North America, and Kraft Heinz will be able to use Disney’s characters on some goods in stores.

(Bloomberg) -- Paramount Skydance Corp. was on the brink of closing its blockbuster $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. Now the companies are facing a legal hurdle that risks putting the deal on hold for months at a cost that could quickly climb to billions of dollars. Most Read from BloombergSaudi-Led Coalition in Yemen Vows to Protect Ships From HouthisUS Strikes Iran in Escalating Campaign After Troops KilledIran Says Mediators Stepping In After Days of US ClashesMoonshot’s K

On July 20, 2026, a California federal judge halted the $110 billion acquisition for at least 14 days, extending legal uncertainty around the merger.

Walt Disney Co (NYSE:DIS, XETRA:WDP) is scheduled to report fiscal third quarter results on August 5, with UBS analysts expecting accelerating earnings growth as first-half headwinds ease and forecasting the company will maintain its fiscal 2026 guidance. UBS expects Disney to report fiscal...

Walt Disney (DIS) is likely to post fiscal third-quarter earnings above Wall Street's estimates, buo

By Jody Godoy and Dawn Chmielewski July 20 (Reuters) - A coalition of states led by California won a pause of Paramount's $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros.

Walt Disney is set to release its third-quarter results in August, with analysts predicting single-digit earnings growth.

Netflix just reported a revenue miss, a free cash flow collapse, and its stock sits near a 52-week low, yet our proprietary model is flashing one of the most aggressive buy signals we have issued all year.

Analysts say Netflix is losing control of its own story, and a single line buried in Friday's earnings report about future disclosures is making Wall Street more nervous than the guidance miss itself.

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Netflix's shares tumbled 9.2% before the bell on Friday following another weaker-than-expected earnings forecast from the streaming ‌major, deepening doubts about its ability to sustain growth ‌momentum. While the company has gone beyond its traditional subscription-driven model, relying on advertising, live ​content and price hikes to boost revenue per user, it has been locked in a battle for user attention with traditional media such as Walt Disney and social media such as YouTube. "The story lacks excitement," said Jeffrey Wlodarczak, analyst at Pivotal Research ⁠Group.