LOS ANGELES – Disney earnings topped expectations thanks in part to profit at ESPN+ and continued growth at theme parks, but a decline in ad revenue weighed on the top line.
Disney also said it plans to continue to ”aggressively manage” its cost base, increasing its cost cutting measures by an additional $2 billion to a target of $7.5 billion.
Shares of the company rose more than 4% after the closing bell Wednesday.
The decrease in ad revenue was primarily from Disney’s ABC Network and other owned TV stations, which saw lower political advertising revenue during the quarter. Over the summer, CEO Bob Iger said the company could be open to selling its TV assets.
Meanwhile, the company added 7 million new core Disney+ subscribers from the previous quarter, bringing its total number of users to 150.2 million, including Hotstar. The streaming business also narrowed its losses compared with a year earlier.
Wall Street had expected Disney to report a total of 148.15 million subs for the…
2023-11-08 16:38:11
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