After a bevy of new services launched over the past couple of years, the streaming wars have shifted focus from grabbing new customers to retaining the ones they have. As a result, churn is the metric to watch in the streaming industry. The figure measures how many subscribers ca
A North Korean propaganda website said on Tuesday that the international Netflix hit "Squid Game" exposes the reality of South Korean capitalist culture where "corruption and immoral scoundrels are commonplace".
Consumer stocks had little to show for Monday's session ahead of the close, with the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLP) climbing less than 0.1% while the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR (XLY) slipped 0.2%.
We're living in a Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) world, and Wall Street is just trying to keep up. Shares of the company behind the world's leading premium streaming service hit fresh all-time highs last week, and with its next quarterly earnings release just around the corner, a few ana
When it comes to achieving success in the burgeoning streaming industry, content is king. Companies with deep pockets have the ability to spend huge sums of money in order to develop and acquire the best shows, movies, and documentaries. This keeps existing customers satisfied wh
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is on the forefront of the shift toward streaming entertainment, but slowing subscriber growth and lower-than-expected earnings in the second quarter have some investors feeling nervous. In this Backstage Pass video, which aired Sept. 29, 2021, Motley Fool
Interest in learning Korean has spiked since the launch of hit Netflix show "Squid Game https://www.netflix.com/kr-en/title/81040344", tutoring services reported, underscoring a growing global obsession with South Korean culture from entertainment to beauty products.
Mention Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) in the same conversation, and it's easy to draw comparisons of one learning from the other. Disney+ has emerged as a rival to Netflix by rapidly building out a catalog of proprietary content. Netflix is starting to rip a
Earnings season is about to be in full swing, and for Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), investors will be paying attention to subscriber numbers. The business added just 5.5 million customers in the first six months of 2021, after signing up a whopping 25.9 million members in the same peri
Even a small amount of money allows you to invest in hundreds of stocks in the market, many of which have large growth potential. The difficulty is choosing which ones to invest in.
Audiences are starting to head back to the cinemas, and companies like AMC Entertainment (NYSE: AMC) -- the world's largest theater chain -- are bringing in revenue again. But a new hybrid model of theatrical releases simultaneous with a streaming debut is also being tested. Motl
Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) walled garden is finally starting to show cracks. Legal challenges and regulatory threats are starting to put Apple's 30% App Store commissions in jeopardy.
Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Amazon.com Inc (Symbol: AMZN), where a total volume of 314,535 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximat
AMC Entertainment Holdings (NYSE: AMC) became a meme stock this year. This dubious honor helped the stock price take off when the movie theater operator became popular with social media users. The share price started out in 2021 at about $2 and peaked over $62 per share in early
Disney (NYSE: DIS) hasn't been having a great 2021. The stock has severely underperformed the S&P due to a host of delta variant-related issues, which have delayed travel recovery and media production. However, this doesn't mean it's time to dump Disney -- this slump is actua