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Marqeta CEO Jason Gardner on Results, Disney CEO Bob Chapek on Earnings Beat and Streaming Outlook & Breaking Down the Resurgence of Ethereum 8/11/22

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

4.566 Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Our anchors begin today’s show with Wilmington Trust Head of Investment Strategy Meghan Shue offering her outlook for chips and the current volatility, and Marqeta CEO Jason Gardner discusses his decision to step down and the payments firm’s Q2 results. Then, Disney CEO Bob Chapek joins for an exclusive interview after the entertainment giant’s latest earnings delivered a beat on the top and bottom lines, and our Deirdre Bosa breaks down the resurgence of cryptocurrency Ethereum. Later, CNBC’s Kristina Partsinevelos covers the ongoing slowdown hitting the semiconductor space. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

I'm Deerreboza and you're listening to CNBC's Tech Check.

0:03.5

Our show is live weekdays at 11 a.m. Eastern. Listen in.

0:10.3

Good Thursday morning. Welcome to Tech Check. I'm Deer Draboza.

0:12.9

Coming to you from CNBC's One Market in San Francisco along with Julia Borson from Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California.

0:19.5

Out of a big interview you do not want to miss with Disney CEO Bob Chepec. That's happening in just a few minutes. Stock is up after those results. And don't think I forgot about you, Nilai Patel, editor-in-chief at The Verge, here for the hour to break down all of today's biggest movers, which include Bumble, Sonos, and Vacasa, all moving sharply,

0:38.1

telling different stories about the American consumer.

0:40.6

Inflation data coming in better than expected for the second day in a row, and that has the

0:45.0

broader market jumping again.

0:47.1

The NASDAQ is up about 8 tenths of a percent.

0:49.5

Julia, how can we not start with Disney, though?

0:52.1

So much to get to, but it kind of feels like we've thought about streaming for so long as a technology play.

0:58.6

Growth at any cost.

1:00.0

Feels more like a media play these days.

1:02.8

You've got to have your eye on profitability.

1:05.1

That's certainly what we saw with those price hikes from Disney and a lot of the commentary there.

1:10.2

That's right. Disney beating on the top line,

1:12.5

bottom line, adding more subscribers than expected. They did lose more than anticipated when it came

1:18.1

to that direct-to-consumer business. But the way they're addressing that, the fact that they

1:23.1

have higher demand, they're raising prices. And this all fits into this new push to profitability.

1:45.0

Morgan Stanley just put out a note saying this is streaming phase two. This is about bringing streaming into the profitable era. And I think we're hearing this from a number of different CEOs. It wasn't just Bob Chepeg. We also heard this echoed by David Zazlov as well. So, Neelay, I'm curious what you think here. You know, we've talked so long about whether Netflix is a tech company or a media company.

1:49.0

Now it's being valued more like a media company.

1:51.0

It seems like all of these companies, including Disney, are thinking more practically about their streaming businesses

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