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April 24, 2019

Netflix Plans to Raise $2 Billion More Through Bonds, Bringing Debt Load to Over $12 Billion

Netflix is going back to the debt markets with plans to issue $2 billion in unsecured bonds to fuel more content spending.

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Snapchat Gains 4 Million Users in Q1 as Snap Beats Earnings Estimates

Snap topped estimates on the top and bottom lines in Q1 2019 -- and showed an uptick in Snapchat users for the first time in a year. …

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Twitter Boosts User Base in Q1, Beats Earnings Forecasts With Sixth Profitable Quarter in a Row

Twitter topped earnings estimates and grew its user base in the first quarter of 2019, touting progress in thwarting abuse on the pla …

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CBS Interactive Chief Jim Lanzone: 'We Have a Tiger by the Tail' With Streaming Growth

CBS All Access can’t serve up addressable advertising inventory fast enough for marketers hungry to reach consumers watching pr …

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AMC CEO Josh Sapan: You Can't Science Your Way to Great Stories

From “Breaking Bad” to “The Walking Dead,” AMC is known for turning unlikely scripts into runaway success sto …

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The Streaming Wars' Other Battlefront: User Experience as Important as Content, Survey Finds

Content is king -- but the queen for direct-to-consumer streaming services is overall user experience, according to a PwC study. …

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Verizon Will Resell YouTube TV to Wireless, Broadband Customers Across U.S.

Verizon will market and resell YouTube TV to wireless and Fios broadband customers nationwide under a pact with Google.

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In Depth

10 Things We Learned at Variety's Silicon Valleywood Summit

Ten things we learned from Wanda Sykes, Jim Lanzone, Fiji Simo and others at Variety's Silicon Valleywood conference.