Spotify Hits 299 Million Active Users in Q2, Net Loss Balloons on Stock-Related Costs

Alyssa Milano is showing off her shocking hair loss after she tested positive for the Coronavirus. The 47-year-old outspoken political activist and Who’s The Boss star shared a video on her Twitter account where fresh from a shower and wearing a navy-blue robe, Alyssa demonstrated what happens when she brushes her hair with her favorite detangling brush.

Roku had a strong spring, adding more new active accounts during the second quarter than it has in almost every other period. The company, which sells connected TV devices and TV sets, grew its base of active accounts by 41 percent to 43 million, the company revealed Wednesday.

Alyssa Milano has revealed that she’s recovered from COVID-19 after becoming infected earlier this year.

Mark Zuckerberg, said revenue was up 11 percent to $18.69 billion and it earned $1.80 a share, up 98 percent year-on-year, as it unveiled its latest quarterly financials after the market close.Facebook was expected to report quarterly earnings of $1.39 a share and revenue of $17.4 billion, according to market data firm Refinitiv."We're glad to be able to provide small businesses the tools they need to grow and be successful online during these challenging times.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorFacebook said users hit 2.7 billion as it beat Wall Street estimates on revenue and earnings in the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and a highly-public boycott by advertisers.If you didn’t get enough Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook and tech giants yesterday during hours of Congressional testimony, they’re all back today with a rat-a-tat-tat of back to back quarterly earnings that will hopefully give the best indication yet of the state of the digital ad

media giant’s second-quarter revenue plummeting due to the coronavirus pandemic.Peacock’s ad-supported service first became available to Comcast customers on April 15, before rolling out to nationwide in mid-July. The service hit 10 million subscribers despite not being available on Roku or Amazon Fire TV, the two biggest players in the streaming world.

Music streaming giant Spotify said Wednesday that its second-quarter loss widened as recent stock gains led to higher payroll taxes, but its user base grew to 138 million premium, or paid, subscribers and 299 million total active monthly users as of the end of June. That was up 8 million premium users from 130 million as of the end of March and up 13 million total users from 286 million, coming in at the high end of management's forecasts.

Daniel Ek noted during an investors call that sales improved significantly by June.Spotify said its second-quarter operating loss amounted to €167 million ($196 million), compared with €3 million ($3.5 million) a year ago and €17 million ($20 million) at the end of March.

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Also Read: Barack Obama Joins Michelle Obama's Spotify Podcast as Inaugural GuestAfter warning the service had seen a “modest” drop in consumption due to the coronavirus pandemic at the end of the first quarter, Spotify on Wednesday, in its letter to shareholders, said “global consumption hours have recovered to pre-COVID levels.”As mentioned above, Spotify’s stock price dropped to $254.20 in premarket trading — about $45 below its all-time high, hit earlier this month.“Our business performed

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorSpotify saw monthly active users jump 29% to 299 million last quarter with boosts in paid and premium subscribers but earnings were squeezed by costs associated with the streaming music giant’s stock price gains.Premium subscribers rose 27% from a year earlier. Paid subscribers, 138 million, beat Wall Street estimates for the three months ended in June.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorCrunchyroll, the anime specialist now controlled by WarnerMedia, has hit a milestone of 3 million subscribers to its streaming service.GM Joanne Waage, who took the helm of Crunchyroll in late 2018, said the platform has seen accelerating growth. Founded in 2006, it reached 1 million streaming subscribers in 2016 and then hit the 2 million mark toward the end of 2018.

Twitter added a record number of new users for the second straight quarter — sending the company’s stock soaring higher in premarket trading on Thursday, despite falling short of Wall Street’s Q2 revenue projections.Twitter added 20 million monetizable daily active users during the second quarter, up 34% year-over-year.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorSnapchat parent Snap said daily active users jumped 17% to 239 million in the second quarter, just shy of estimates. Revenue also rose 17% to $454 million.

Naya Rivera's fans are honoring her following her tragic death earlier this month. The star's body was found in Lake Piru on July 13 after she had gone missing on July 8 during a boating trip with her 4-year-old son, Josey. Fans, organized by the account @NayaArmy, are planning to hold a candlelight vigil for the late singer and actress on Saturday, Aug.

A recent photo of a blogger, who goes by the name The Kindred Ginger, has the internet doing a double-take. The woman -- first name Caitlin -- went viral after her stylist, Steph Carrillo, the owner of Modest Spot Salon in Orange County, Calif., shared an Instagram picture of her with an updated hairstyle featuring a partial balayage and shag haircut, with many commenters saying the mom of one looks like Jennifer Aniston.

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