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WSJ Tech News Briefing

TNB Tech Minute: Adobe Lifts Financial Targets, Focuses on ‘Freemium’ User Growth

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Tech News

4.31.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2026

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Plus: SpaceX allocated around 20% of its IPO shares to individual investors, sources say. And Asian chip stocks rebound after roller coaster week. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Here's your morning, TNB Tech Minute, for Friday, June 12th.

0:35.4

I'm Julie Chang for the Wall Street Journal.

0:39.9

Adobe lifted its full-year financial targets, citing growing demand for its AI products. Second quarter profit reached $1.71 billion

0:47.0

up from $1.69 billion a year earlier. Revenue rose 13% to $6.62 billion, beating analysts' expectations. Adobe plans to

0:59.0

focus on its freemium AI offerings in an effort to grow its user base at the expense of short-term

1:05.0

annualized recurring revenue growth. The software company is also pausing plans to raise prices on its creative cloud suite

1:12.6

to focus instead on user acquisition. Plus, the company faces a leadership transition, as its

1:19.1

CFO departs on Monday and its CEO plans to step down once a successor is found. Adobe stock has

1:25.3

tumbled 37% this year. SpaceX allocated around 20% of its $75 billion

1:32.7

offering to individual investors. That's according to people familiar with the matter. That figure is

1:38.7

significantly higher than the typical 5 to 7% range in an IPO allocated to so-called retail investors.

1:46.5

Large institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds typically receive the bulk of the shares.

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