Peacock Streaming Lost $651M Over 3 Months
Posted By: Beardo, 7/28/2023 2:50:34 PM
The Peacock streaming service increased its subscriber base and still lost $651 million over the last three months: Peacock finished the June quarter with 24 million subscribers, up from 22 million at the end of March — but the streamer lost $651 million over the same three months. Sadly, those losses have pretty much become par for the course. The NBCUniversal streaming platform lost $704 million in the prior quarter (and $467 million in Q2 2022). The company expects to post “peak” losses from streaming — to the tune of $3 billion — in 2023.
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An African American Studies course defended by Democrats teaches the same historical item Vice President Kamala Harris and others excoriated Florida governor Ron DeSantis (R.) for allowing in his state’s curriculum. (snip)
the AP African American Studies course framework designed by the College Board, which many Democrats including Harris defended in the face of scrutiny from DeSantis, includes a similar line.
"In addition to agricultural work, enslaved people learned specialized trades and worked as painters, carpenters, tailors, musicians, and healers in the North and South," the AP course framework reads. "Once free, African Americans used these skills to provide for themselves and others."
South Carolina Superintendent of Education
stirs controversy over "God-given potential" prompt 1 reply
stirs controversy over "God-given potential" prompt 1 reply
The head of South Carolina's Department of Education is on the receiving-end of criticism after local media highlighted concerns about potential First Amendment violations over an email to employees. (snip) The email was delivered to SCDE employees earlier this month, and instructed recipients to state their name, role, and fill-in the blank for the following prompt: "I believe it is essential for SCDE to provide ______ for every child to reach their full, God-Given potential." (snip)
A Constitutional lawyer, cited in the news outlet's report, slammed the correspondence as an example of, "the state imposing a religious test on employees, that's unconstitutional.
Ford Motor Company announced it is projected to lose a whopping $4.5 billion from electric vehicles (EVs) this year, up from the previous projected loss of $3 billion.
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Popular Democrat governor breaks with
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party, speaks out against sex change surgeries
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for copying California censorship law
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The Peacock streaming service increased its subscriber base and still lost $651 million over the last three months:
Peacock finished the June quarter with 24 million subscribers, up from 22 million at the end of March — but the streamer lost $651 million over the same three months.
Sadly, those losses have pretty much become par for the course. The NBCUniversal streaming platform lost $704 million in the prior quarter (and $467 million in Q2 2022). The company expects to post “peak” losses from streaming — to the tune of $3 billion — in 2023.
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The bill, SB 1909, claims Illinoisans have been “misled” by crisis pregnancy centers, and that the state “has an interest to protect against deceptive, fraudulent, and misleading advertising and practices that interfere with an individual’s ability to make autonomous, informed, and evidence-based decisions about the individual’s reproductive health and have timely access to quality reproductive health care that adheres to accepted standards of medical practice or care.”
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U.S. District Court Judge Maryellen Noreika, who is handling Hunter Biden’s currently defunct plea deal, doesn’t seem too pleased. And why would she be?
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