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Netflix is quietly searching for a podcast leader as it looks to bring video pods onto the streaming platform, two people close to the company told Business Insider.Netflix had previously explored potential deals with podcasters as it sought new areas of growth, as BI first reported. The hunt for an…
Netflix posted record-setting earnings and revenue for the second quarter, and signaled there’s more growth on the horizon.The streaming giant’s revenue rose 15.9% year over year to $11.08 billion, and earnings hit $7.19 per share.Analysts surveyed by Bloomberg expected quarterly revenue of $11.06 billion and earnings of $7.09 per share.Netflix…
Natalie Bushaw worked out six times a week and ate a protein-rich diet. Then, her perimenopause began. It felt like no matter what she did, she couldn’t lose weight.”It was always so frustrating to be working out as strategically and consistently as I was, with no significant changes,” Bushaw, 51,…
Welcome back to our Sunday edition, where we round up some of our top stories and take you inside our newsroom. BI’s Jake Epstein spent the night aboard a US Navy destroyer traveling from England to France. He said the space was tight, as he got a taste of what…
If President Donald Trump didn’t exist, the staunchly anti-Trump news website The Bulwark might not either.But the president isn’t solely responsible for The Bulwark’s success. Instead, its top editor credits email newsletters, podcasts, and YouTube for its impressive growth in recent years.”We grew consistently, all the way through the Biden…
The US added 147,000 jobs in June, exceeding expectations, and unemployment unexpectedly cooled to 4.1%.Economists expected job growth of 111,000 and for unemployment to increase from 4.2%, which it had been for three consecutive months, to 4.3%.May’s job growth was revised from 139,000 to 144,000, and April’s job growth was…
Jobs are scarce and wages are stagnant for white-collar workers compared to the boom of a few years ago.White-collar job postings nationwide are shrinking faster than their blue-collar equivalents, Revelio Labs, a workforce intelligence company, found. Those postings fell 12.7% compared to blue-collar’s 11.6% between Q1 2024 and Q1 2025.Office…
Mini-drama apps made popular in Asia are surging in the US — and Hollywood is taking notice.These apps are best known for their soapy melodramas featuring princes, werewolves, and more, which are presented in bite-sized vertical episodes and meant for mobile phones. China-backed ReelShort is the most prominent purveyor of these, with…
