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Alphabet Profit Soars 46% in First Quarter to $34.5 Billion, Helped by AI-Assisted Search, YouTube Ads
The video platform’s ad revenue grew 10% year-over-year
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‘Yellowjackets’ Season 3 Finale Scores 3 Million Global Viewers, Up 19% From Season 2
The survival thriller is now the second most-streamed Showtime original ever behind “Dexter: Original Sin”
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Bunim/Murray CEO Says Hollywood’s Contraction Changed the Pitch for Reality TV
Office With a View: Julie Pizzi also tells TheWrap about keeping franchises like “The Challenge” going, inheriting “Below Deck” and “Vanderpump Villa” Season 2
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Letter to Shari Redstone: You’re Conflating the Antisemitism Fight With Press Freedom, and You Will Lose Both
If Redstone is not careful, her efforts will backfire and undermine the credibility of her CBS News division
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TV Finale Ratings: ‘Matlock,’ ‘Severance’ and ‘Abbott Elementary’ Finish Strong
Plus, “The Pitt” makes its Nielsen streaming chart debut, and “Black Mirror” Season 7 grows in its second week on Netflix
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Comcast Revenue Slips to $29.9 Billion in First Quarter on Continued Broadband, Pay TV Subscriber Losses
Comcast’s theme parks business saw revenue tumble 5% to $1.9 billion in the first quarter, on lower attendance and impact from the L.A. wildfires
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CBS News in Turmoil Over ‘Perfect Storm’ of ‘60 Minutes’ and Redstone Pressure to Settle With Trump
Paramount’s pending Skydance merger and Trump’s “60 Minutes” lawsuit have created turmoil at a news division that’s already weathered plenty of changes
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‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ Joins Top 10 Titles Consumers Are Most Excited About
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Imax Revenue Jumps 10% to $87 Million in First Quarter on Record Success of ‘Ne Zha 2’
Fifty-five percent of the premium format’s $298 million box office gross came from the record-smashing Chinese animated film
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Warner’s Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy Are Safe (for Now) After ‘Sinners’ and ‘Minecraft’ Success
More risky gambles lie ahead, but Warner Bros.’ film chiefs have built a franchise hit and a new studio relationship with Ryan Coogler
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Kneecap’s Anti-Israel Coachella Show Roils Music Industry, Jewish Groups: Multiple Warnings ‘Totally Ignored’
Organizers were reportedly blindsided by the hip-hop trio’s “Fuck Israel” display – but one advocacy group says it sounded the alarm days in advance
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With His ’60 Minutes’ Coup, Trump Sends a Not-So-Subtle Message to the Press
The resignation of producer Bill Owens could send a chill through other news outlets, even if CBS was uniquely vulnerable
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How to Produce a Hit TV Show and Save the Environment at the Same Time
Apple TV+’s “Shrinking” offers a playbook for operating green sets and production, from rechargeable batteries in microphone headsets to solar-powered trailers.
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How Lionsgate’s Spin-Off of Starz Will Unlock M&A Opportunities for Both | Analysis
The move will simplify both companies and make them “more digestible” for strategic buyers, one expert told TheWrap
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Warner Bros. Discovery TV Viewership Grew 3% in March Thanks to NCAA and ‘The White Lotus,’ Nielsen Says
YouTube also broke its record during the month, capturing 12% of overall viewing
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