meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
TechCheck

Disney’s Earnings Beat the Street, Sonos CEO Patrick Spence on Q4 Results & General Motors Partners with GlobalFoundries 2/9/23

TechCheck

CNBC

Disruptors, Tech, Technology, Cnbc, Management, Business, Faang, Investing

4.566 Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

We begin today’s show breaking down Disney’s earnings and cost-cutting plans, with insight from our Julia Boorstin, former Amazon Studios Head of Strategy Matthew Ball and Cowen Managing Director Doug Creutz. Then, Sonos CEO Patrick Spence breaks down the audio equipment maker’s strong holiday quarter, and CNBC’s Phil LeBeau reports on a new partnership between General Motors and chipmaker GlobalFoundries. Next, New Age Wealth Advisors Co-Founder Todd Gordon weighs in on fintech results from Affirm and Robinhood, and CNBC’s Hugh Son covers the state of the tech IPO market. Later, Morgan Stanley Managing Director Brian Nowak discusses Google’s push into AI, and CNBC’s Kristina Partsinevelos looks at layoffs affecting the semiconductor space.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

I'm Dearderboza and you're listening to see MBC's Tech Check. Our show is live weekdays at 11 a.m. Eastern. Listen in.

0:07.7

Good Thursday morning. Welcome to Tech Check. I'm Deerboza with Carl Quintanilla and John Fort today. Disney downsizes 7,000 employees

0:14.6

laid off as Iger cuts five and a half billion dollars in cost. Nelson pelts

0:18.9

declaring victory and an end to the proxy fight right on our air this morning.

0:24.0

And then speak up, Sonos shares higher after a big beat on earnings and revenue the

0:28.0

CEOs with us exclusively at this hour.

0:30.6

And later, today's tech trades, Affirm Craters Hood gets a bump and we look ahead to

0:34.4

PayPal tonight, John. Yeah, that's right. Disney though is where we're going to start. The

0:39.2

stock is up, let's see, about 2 and 3 quarters percent after results,

0:44.8

unveiling a restructuring plan that includes 5.5 billion

0:49.0

in cost cutting, part of that, 7,000 layoffs. The company beating on revenue and EPS saying it would focus on getting its streaming business to profitability by the end of next year and no longer

1:00.4

provide guidance on subscribers.

1:03.7

A big question from Wall Street this morning is the company's plans for its

1:06.4

stake in Hulu.

1:07.4

Here's what CEO Bob Eiger told R David Faber.

1:10.4

Hulu, by the way, is a very successful platform and I think a good consumer proposition.

1:16.0

But we're, everything's on the table right now.

1:19.0

So I'm not going to, I'm not going to speculate about whether we're a buyer or a seller of it, but I obviously have suggested that.

1:27.0

I'm concerned about undifferentiated general entertainment and in the

1:32.9

particularly in the competitive landscape that we're operating in

1:35.8

and we're going to look at it very objectively

1:39.0

so expansively

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from CNBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of CNBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.