Joe Bel Bruno is TheWrap’s Editor at Large, Business. He most recently served as the Founding Editor of the business news site dot.LA. He was previously the Managing Editor of Variety, and served as Deputy Business Editor and later Deputy Entertainment Editor at the Los Angeles Times. Bel Bruno also ran markets coverage for The Wall Street Journal. Before that, he was an award-winning reporter at the Associated Press in New York, and held senior posts in London and New York for Knight Ridder Financial.
Experience:
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Why Bob Iger’s Ultimate Power Move May Be Selling Disney to Apple
“This is the pinnacle deal for the ultimate dealmaker,” one studio insider says
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David Zaslav Says Ad Market Is Tanking: ‘Weaker Than It Was During COVID’
The Warner Bros. Discovery CEO says ad sales are crumbling, something the mogul didn’t forecast when he bought his movie and TV empire
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Disney+ Adds 12 Million Subscriptions but Mixed Q4 Results Signal Streaming Fatigue
The House of Mouse’s fourth-quarter revenue and earnings per share missed expectations
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AMC Networks Sees 44% Growth in Streaming Subscribers in Q3 But Revenue Falls as Ads Slump
Earnings per share tops Wall Street expectations, sending shares higher in premarket trading
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Warner Bros. Discovery CEO Hints Studio Would Be Interested in a New Harry Potter Movie
David Zaslav told Wall Street analysts that the studio is sitting on an enormous number of blockbuster franchises that need to be reactivated
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Warner Bros. Discovery Misses Wall Street Q3 Projections as Ad Revenue Drops 11%
The nation’s No. 2 biggest studio reported a $2.3 billion loss amid an advertising slump
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Roku Shares Plunge 22% as Streaming Platform Posts Q3 Results
Shareholders remain unimpressed after Q4 warning, though the company said its streaming hours increased by 90% during the period
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Wall Street Punishes Hollywood Stocks as Paramount Disappoints on Q3 Ad Sales
Warner Bros. Discovery plunges 4% ahead of its earnings report on Thursday as investors fear inflation will dent financial results
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Lachlan Murdoch: ‘There’s No Certainty’ on Fox/News Corp Recombination
The Fox chief executive addresses the “why now” and how to use the balance sheets of both companies to fortify earnings
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Hollywood Braces for More Dismal Q3 Earnings News as Economy Sideswipes Advertising
Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount, Fox and Lionsgate are among the studios reporting earnings this week after Big Tech heralded weakness in ad spending
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Apple and Amazon Still Trumpet Streaming Success – Without Subscriber Numbers
The Q3 streaming arms race pits both tech giants against one another (and other streamers), except that neither disclose their amount of subs
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Streaming
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Bob Chapek Finally Weighs In on Woke Culture: ‘I Want to Use Disney to Bring People Together’
The chief executive said he’s proud of the inclusion in the company’s storytelling
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Meta Falters on Weaker Q3 Advertising as Businesses Shrink Budgets
The Facebook parent company reported earnings of $4.4 billion, or $1.64 a share, with analysts expecting $1.90 a share
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Why YouTube’s Ad Revenue Decline Is a Bad Sign for All of Hollywood | Analysis
The Alphabet video channel’s 2% drop in ad sales could be a harbinger for big networks and streamers
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TV
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Todd Boehly, Hollywood’s Quietest Investor, Faces Spotlight After Golden Globes, Chelsea Soccer Deals
The billionaire financier is receiving backlash from both sides of the pond after stepping further into the public eye than ever before
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