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Coming up, Q2 streaming numbers for Paramount Plus, HBO Max and more,

a CEO's frustration with Meta, and the

latest in startup business news.

Paramount Global reported this morning that its

streaming service Paramount Plus

had a net ad of 3.7 million subscribers to bring its global total to 43.3 million

up from 39.6 million last quarter.

The total would have been 4.9 million subs if it had not been for the removal of 1.2 million

Russian subscribers due to the country's invasion of Ukraine.

Paramount Global CEO has said the company aims to reach 100 million Paramount Plus subscribers by 2024.

In the earnings call today, the company said it is bullish about growth going forward. Across Paramount Global streaming Services, Paramount Plus, Pluto TV, Showtime, Nagan, and B.E.T. Plus, the company nearly

reached 64 million, 63.7 million, to be exact, up from more than 62.4 million as of the end of Q1

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