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1,700 Disneyland Employees Announce Plan To Unionize
Deadline· 2024-02-14 04:13
Some of the only Disneyland Resort workers who are not unionized announced today that they are organizing with Actors’ Equity Association. Ironically, they are among the most public-facing of the resort’s employees. Calling themselves “Magic United,” Cast Members who work in the Disneyland resort’s Characters and Parades departments began circulating union authorization cards to 1,700 Cast Members and will seek voluntary recognition from Disney Resort Entertainment when a majority of the workers have signe ...
Disney Plugs Earnings, Fortnite & ‘Eras Tour' Deals In Letter To Shareholders Amid Ongoing Proxy Fight
Deadline· 2024-02-13 07:19
Disney touted its latest financials, a dividend hike and projects around sports, Fortnite and Taylor Swift as it urged stockholders to elect its board candidates at the upcoming annual meeting — not directors nominated by activist investors that it says will gum up the works as management “successfully executes a strategic transformation of the company.” “Disney’s Board of Directors urges shareholders to protect their investment and the future of the Company by voting the WHITE proxy card for only Disney ...
SiriusXM Layoffs Hit 3% Of Workforce
Deadline· 2024-02-13 01:25
文章核心观点 - 卫星音频公司SiriusXM为提高效率、敏捷性和灵活性裁员约3%,并通过一系列举措推动业务转型以实现用户增长和公司成功 [1] 公司动态 - 公司去年对应用程序进行重大改造并达成多项人才交易进军播客领域 [1] - 公司宣布组织变革,包括裁撤部分岗位以支持长期目标 [1] - 公司上月与SmartLess Media达成价值1亿美元的3年协议,该播客节目由Will Arnett、Jason Bateman和Sean Hayes主持 [1] 业务战略 - 长期依赖车载业务收入的公司渴望深入挖掘广告商在播客上不断增长的支出 [2] - SmartLess加入公司不断扩大的播客阵容,其他播客还包括Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend、Ashley Flowers' Crime Junkie等 [2]
Jeff Bezos Sold $12M In Amazon Stock Last Week
Deadline· 2024-02-12 03:12
财务状况 - Jeff Bezos本周出售了亚马逊公司1200万股股票,这是自2021年以来这位亿万富翁首次出售该公司股票[1] - 出售的股票净赚超过20亿美元[1] - Bezos计划在未来12个月内出售多达5000万股亚马逊股票,利用最近股价飙升的机会,有望成为世界上最富有的人[2] - Bezos自2002年以来已经出售了超过300亿美元的股票,包括2020年和2021年合计约200亿美元[2] - Bezos在11月向非营利组织赠送了价值约2.3亿美元的股票[2]
AMC Networks Stock Punished After Shaky Q4 Earnings Report; CEO Kristin Dolan Downplays M&A Scenarios, Says Plan Is To “Stick To Our Knitting” As “Marketplace Sorts Itself Out”
Deadline· 2024-02-09 23:44
文章核心观点 - 公司公布第四季度财报后股价早盘大幅下跌,管理层对公司营收稳定和增长表示乐观,同时回应了并购猜测并提及行业挑战与机遇 [1][2] 公司股价表现 - 公司公布第四季度财报后,盘前交易中股价个位数下跌,电话会议后抛售加剧,开盘一小时内下跌19%至去年10月以来最低水平 [1] 公司财报情况 - 财报显示国内广告收入下降23%,附属收入下降16% [1] 公司管理层观点 - 管理层表示在营收方面等待行业变化,持续制作高质量内容,未来一到两年行业有望好转 [2] - 公司认为保持灵活独立有优势,可利用此优势更好服务观众和商业伙伴 [2] - 公司CEO对体育流媒体合资企业消息持积极态度,称显示了传统公司在流媒体时代的新可能 [2] - 公司虽附属收入承压,但与分销商关系良好,2023年完成约一半业务范围的转播协议 [2] 行业相关情况 - 线性电视行业面临流媒体冲击,公司传统商业模式面临诸多挑战 [2] 公司并购相关 - 公司因规模和所处行业常被视为潜在并购目标,但多兰家族控股使其未进入交易市场 [2]
AMC Networks Sees 23% Drop In U.S. Advertising Revenue, Adds Streaming Subscribers
Deadline· 2024-02-09 21:03
文章核心观点 公司第四季度广告收入下降、总营收下滑,但亏损收窄、流媒体收入增长,在节目制作、合作和盈利能力方面取得进展 [1][3] 营收情况 - 第四季度广告收入下降23%至1.58亿美元,总营收下降30%至6.79亿美元 [1] - 流媒体收入增长4%至1.45亿美元,流媒体订阅用户增长3%至1140万 [1] - 国内发行及其他收入下降35%至4.23亿美元 [1] - 内容授权收入下降68%至9600万美元 [2] - 订阅收入下降8%至3.27亿美元 [2] - 附属收入下降16% [2] 亏损与现金流 - 运营亏损缩小至1100万美元,调整后运营收入为1亿美元,自由现金流为6600万美元 [1] 原因分析 - 广告收入下降是由于预期的线性收视率下降、广告市场挑战和本季度原创节目集数减少,部分被数字和高级广告收入增长抵消 [1] - 内容授权收入下降是由于该时期交付的时间和可用性问题,上一年同期包括特定剧集的交付 [2] - 订阅收入下降是由于线性订阅用户减少,部分被流媒体收入增长抵消 [2] - 附属收入下降是由于基本订阅用户减少,包括2022年底战略不续约带来的4%收入影响 [2] 公司表态 - 首席执行官表示2023年在推动公司前进的领域取得成功,能够增加流媒体收入、加强订阅用户基础、扩大合并调整后运营收入利润率至25%并大幅增加自由现金流 [3] - 首席执行官对在快速变化环境中取得的进展感到自豪,将在东部时间8点30分与分析师通话 [3]
Wall Street Love Sends Disney Stock Soaring; Activist Investor Calls It “Déjà Vu All Over Again”
Deadline· 2024-02-09 00:51
Disney share are up more than 12% in a big move after impressing Wall Street with an earnings beat, solid outlook and deals with Epic Games and Taylor Swift. The numbers hit as two activist shareholders are trying to push outside directors onto Disney’s board claiming the company is floundering strategically and the stock too low. With shareholders set to cast votes at an April 3 annual meeting, the fiscal first quarter results and commentary needed to make a splash, and did. “We would not want to be makin ...
Disney Reveals Timing Of ESPN Stand-Alone Streaming Launch
Deadline· 2024-02-08 05:25
Disney CEO Bob Iger says ESPN‘s bulked-up streaming service will launch in the fall of 2025, or possibly even as soon as late-August of that year. The stand-alone offering will follow this fall’s planned launch of a high-profile joint streaming venture pooling the sports properties of Disney-ESPN, Warner Bros. Discovery and Fox Corp. Like that mini-bundle, the new streaming version of ESPN will offer access to multiple linear feeds of ESPN networks. Unlike the JV’s app, though, it will surround video progr ...
Disney Sees Solid Quarter With Upbeat Streaming Outlook; “We Have Turned The Corner And Entered A New Era For Our Company,” Says CEO Bob Iger
Deadline· 2024-02-08 05:08
迪士尼业绩 - 迪士尼第一季度营收为235亿美元,与去年相比持平[1] - 每股收益(不包括某些项目)为1.22美元,同比增长23%[1] - DTC娱乐运营亏损较上一季度减少了近3亿美元[2] - 迪士尼计划在2024财年末实现盈利[2] - 迪士尼预计2024财年全年每股收益(不包括某些项目)将同比增长至少20%[9] 迪士尼战略 - CEO鲍勃·艾格表示,迪士尼已经实现了转折,专注于加强ESPN,将流媒体打造成盈利增长业务,重振电影工作室,并在乐园和体验领域实现增长[3] - 迪士尼宣布了股息支付和新的股票回购计划,以吸引股东[4][8] - 第一季度节省了5亿美元的销售、一般和行政费用[4]
Disney Set To Release Earnings As Activist Investors Circle
Deadline· 2024-02-07 23:47
Disney will unveil fiscal first-quarter financials after market close Wednesday – but this isn’t any earnings report. It’s one that comes with two separate activist shareholders lobbying aggressively to push new directors onto the company’s board because the stock has lagged and, they say, Disney hasn’t made any big moves to create value. One potential game changer came late yesterday with Disney, Warner Bros. and Fox announcing the launch of a new sports streaming joint venture pooling the sports rights o ...