Poison pill, Netflix, and Disney's kingdom explained

The Indicator from Planet Money

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🗓️ 22 April 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Media and entertainment companies had a turbulent week, which made us want to cover a few of them for Indicators of the Week! Today, indicators for Netflix, Twitter, and Disney we think should be on your radar. Come see Planet Money Live in NYC on May 10th! One night only. Tickets on sale here.

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0:00.0	NPR.
0:07.0	It is time for indicators of the week where we are checking up on, I guess, big content
0:17.2	friends.
0:18.2	Love content.
0:19.2	It's the spring of our discontent.
0:22.4	I guess you could call the theme this week the distraction economy.
0:27.0	We've got Netflix stock.
0:28.6	Our initial discontent.
0:29.6	We've got Elon Musk's newest high jigs to try to buy Twitter along with what the poison
0:34.9	pill actually is.
0:36.5	And to cap it all off.
0:38.2	Guess where we're going everyone.
0:40.2	The most magical place on earth.
0:42.2	We're going to a special taxing district.
0:45.7	Premium content is on its way.
0:48.0	Premium content, folks.
0:52.0	So indicators of the week, let's start with you, Whalen.
0:54.8	What do you have?
0:55.8	Well, we learned this week that fewer people are watching Netflix, or at least fewer people
1:01.1	are paying to watch Netflix.
1:03.4	The company reported some grim quarterly earnings on Tuesday.
1:08.0	Netflix had a net loss in subscribers in the first quarter.
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