Twitter Hits 206 Million Daily Users in Q2 Amid Decline in U.S., Beats Wall Street Forecasts

It was a triumphant second weekend for indie Stillwater from Focus Features, which hit the $10 million mark in 2,611 theatres (up by 80) and 233 DMA’s in North America, where it was no. 5.

Talk about hitting back HARD…

Prioritizing health. In terms of the pandemic, Jennifer Aniston is thinking about herd immunity rather than just herself.

The New York Times Company announced its second quarter earnings Wednesday, revealing the media brand has just hit 8 million subscribers. Times leadership would like to see 8.5 million subscribers by year’s end.

@SenTedCruz. I will not allow attacks on my wife and family go unanswered.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFrench film exhibitors, producers and distributors will benefit from a €90 million ($106 million) rescue plan from the National Film Board (CNC) to compensate for revenue loss caused by the six-month shutdown of theaters.The scheme that was approved Thursday had been pushed by film guilds since May, when theaters reopened with an audience capacity limited at 65% and a 9 p.m. curfew, after being closed down since Oct.

42 million Comcast reported at the end of Q1 of this year.Still, Comcast beat analysts’ estimates for how it would fare during the quarter ended June 30.Wall Street forecast earnings per share (EPS) of 66 cents on $27.16 billion in revenue, according to a consensus compiled by Yahoo Finance. Comcast reported adjusted EPS of 84 cents on $28.546 in revenue.The company’s overall revenue for Q2 was up 20.4% from the prior year.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorIn the tech world, the big keep getting bigger.Facebook’s revenue for the second quarter of 2021 jumped 56%, to $29.08 billion, while its net profit doubled to $10.4 billion — utterly smashing analyst expectations.For Facebook, daily active users were 1.91 billion on average in June, up 7% year over year.

awarded Fanone with “best action performance” during her primetime program. During his testimony earlier in the day, Fanone recalled being physically accosted by the supporters of then-president Donald Trump who overtook the Capitol.

recently paid $60 million to acquire -- and Dax Shepard's "Armchair Expert" podcast, without offering more details on how the exclusive podcasts have performed.

A strong return of its film and TV business, especially compared with a bleak 2020, helped Hasbro’s second quarter results easily beat Wall Street forecasts.

tremendous opportunity to get the whole world to use Twitter.”The company noted that there is no change expected in mDAU for the second half of 2021, citing that the pandemic created a surge from the previous year.

HBO and HBO Max added 2.8 million subscribers in the second quarter, reaching 47 million in the U.S. and helping parent AT&T handily beat Wall Street forecasts.

Naomi Osaka responded to Megyn Kelly after Kelly criticized her recent magazine and Japan covers.It all started when conservative commentator Clay Travis took a jab at 23-year-old Osaka on Twitter in light of her withdrawing from the French Open in May after being fined $15,000 for not participating in the tournament's media requirements.

that contained falsehoods about COVID-19; specifically she claimed that the disease is not dangerous to people under age 65 who aren’t overweight in order to argue against mandatory vaccination. While it is true that the majority of COVID deaths in the US have been elderly people, nearly 150,000 of the more than 600,000 American deaths by the disease are people younger than 65.

tweeted, “Since saying she’s too introverted to talk to the media after tennis matches, Naomi Osaka has launched a reality show, a Barbie, and now is on the cover of the SI swimsuit issue.”Kelly weighed in next, writing, “Let’s not forget the cover of (& interview in) Vogue Japan and Time Mag!”Osaka — who has been speaking out about her mental health struggles recently and withdrew from the French Open and Wimbledon after saying she did not want to speak to press because it made her anxious —

Emily Ratajkowski is defending herself.