#Reddit hints at expanded AI-powered search

#Reddit hints at expanded AI-powered search

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said that, over this year, Reddit plans to launch an upgraded search experience that’ll help users navigate the social network, but also answer “subjective, hard, [and] interesting questions.” The company plans to achieve this by integrating Reddit Answers, its feature that allows visitors to ask questions and receive curated summaries of…

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#Apple tops 1 billion subscriptions, nearly 0B in services revenue in 2024

#Apple tops 1 billion subscriptions, nearly $100B in services revenue in 2024

Apple’s iPhone sales may be down, but the company’s Services division, which includes the App Store, iCloud, Music, TV+, and other subscriptions, is still soaring. The Cupertino-based tech giant reported Thursday its Services business had an all-time revenue high of $26.3 billion for the quarter ended December 28, up 14% year-over-year. Services generated nearly $100…

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#Cord-Cutting to Reduce Pay TV to Just 38 Percent of U.S. Households by 2027, PwC Forecasts

#Cord-Cutting to Reduce Pay TV to Just 38 Percent of U.S. Households by 2027, PwC Forecasts

Despite challenges, the global media and entertainment market grew in 2022, although at a slower pace than in 2021, with gains projected in the coming years. Subscription streaming video growth “stuttered” though last year and will slow over the next five years, even though the global streaming market will expand further to nearly $175 billion. Global…

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#Warner Bros. Discovery Swings to M Streaming Profit, Says U.S. Streaming Business Will Be Profitable for 2023

#Warner Bros. Discovery Swings to $50M Streaming Profit, Says U.S. Streaming Business Will Be Profitable for 2023

Warner Bros. Discovery ended March with 97.6 million global streaming subscribers, compared with around 96.1 million as of the end of 2022 and ahead of estimates, the entertainment conglomerate disclosed in its first-quarter earnings report on Friday. Importantly, its streaming unit swung to a $50 million profit, compared with a loss of $654 in the year-ago period…

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#Paramount+ Hits 60M Subs as Paramount Streaming Losses Widen to 1M; Company Takes .67B Programming Charges, Cuts Dividend

#Paramount+ Hits 60M Subs as Paramount Streaming Losses Widen to $511M; Company Takes $1.67B Programming Charges, Cuts Dividend

Paramount Global reached 60 million Paramount+ streaming subscribers worldwide as of the end of March, a gain of 4.1 million from nearly 56 million as of the end of 2022. But the Hollywood conglomerate on Thursday posted a swing to a first-quarter loss amid a wider streaming loss and an 11 percent TV advertising revenue drop….

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