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WBD Had A Modestly Successful Q2 As It Prepares To Un-Merge Itself

Victoria McNally — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 15:29:20 +0000

Total revenue for the quarter was $9.8 billion, up only 1% year-over-year from the last Q2 quarter total of $9.7 billion – which is modest, but at least in line with company expectations.

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Streaming Was A Bright Spot For Warner Bros. Discovery’s Mixed Quarter

Victoria McNally — Thu, 08 May 2025 15:41:48 +0000

For CTV advertisers, Warner Bros. Discovery’s first earnings report of the 2025 fiscal year was a bit of a mixed bag.

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WBD Latches Onto Global Expansion And Sports To Turn Around Revenue Losses

Alyssa Boyle — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 23:20:30 +0000

WBD’s overall revenue fell 5% year-over-year to $9.7 billion, continuing a recent decline and missing investor expectations, according to its earnings report on Wednesday. WBD shares dropped 8% during after-hours trading.

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WBD Suffers From Revenue Loss, Turning To Bundling And Global Expansion As A Lifeline

Alyssa Boyle — Thu, 09 May 2024 16:30:54 +0000

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) broke the trend of streaming publishers reporting positive gains last quarter. But it's slowly gaining subscribers, and expects bundling and global expansion to help speed up traction for its streaming service, Max.

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WBD’s Overall Revenue Is Down – But Streaming And Sports Could Bring A Bounceback

Alyssa Boyle — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 16:50:30 +0000

Warner Bros. Discovery is in a tight spot, as its TV ad revenue declines by double digits and its core streaming service, Max, hasn’t picked up the slack ... yet.

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Warner Bros. Discovery Loses Subscribers, But Hopes Advertising Fills The Gaps

Alyssa Boyle — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 17:44:54 +0000

Warner Bros. Discovery continues to lose subscribers to a lack of original content (for which it blames the Hollywood actors' strike). But streaming advertising revenue, which is up 29% YOY, represents a glimmer of hope.

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Warner Bros. Discovery Rushes Release Of Combined AVOD Streaming Service

Alyssa Boyle — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 14:25:48 +0000

Warner Bros. Discovery is rushing the launch date of its AVOD streaming service meant to combine WarnerMedia's HBO Max and Discovery's Discovery+. Combined, WBD networks lost 8% in total Q3 revenue, but the company doubled its streaming ad revenue, giving WBD hope as it smooths out its rocky post-acquisition start.

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Warner Bros. Discovery Will Rely On Original Content Production And Streaming Revenue

Alyssa Boyle — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 18:20:50 +0000

On Tuesday, Warner Bros. Discovery held its first quarterly earnings report as Warner Media and Discovery newlyweds. The merger has only been closed for hardly two weeks, but the combined company is revving up for this year's upfronts. Discovery, for one, reported a 5% YOY increase in ad revenue and 13% YOY growth in total revenue. The duo hopes to keep up the momentum by leaning into streaming with original content production.

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What’s The Deal With Big Tech’s Courtroom Antics? Plus Plus Max Equals … Something

AdExchanger — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 04:03:16 +0000

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Courting Disaster A California district court judge has scathingly reprimanded Google’s legal team. Google requested to withhold 6,232 of 6,322 documents in a privacy suit brought by Chrome users. Google “cavalierly” claimed the review was justified but had no justification to support its claim, […]

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