CFO Talks

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Start with deepening your understanding of financial planning and analysis, budgeting, and forecasting to support data-driven decisions. It’s not only entertaining but also provides a fun escape that helps me relax after a long day. Zombies on my phone is a great way to unwind and engage my brain at the same time.

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Barry Ritholtz

MAY 6, 2025

You know, ever since the financial crisis, some of the new regulations and bank regulations directly led to the rise of private equity, private credit, you know, some of the forecasts are over the next decade. What, what’s keeping you entertained? This blows up to a $13 trillion asset class. 00:48:08 [Speaker Changed] Recently?

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Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 4, 2025

I don’t recall seeing anybody’s forecast for the year ahead saying, Hey, really inexpensive AI from China, deep seek is gonna completely disrupt everything. Speaking of, of entertainment. What’s keeping you entertained? It’s not just entertaining, but it, you know, clears the cobweb out little bit.

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Bramasol

JULY 7, 2025

The bundling strategy provides better value and is increasingly appealing to consumers looking for all-in-one entertainment packages. Telecom companies are acquiring media assets to expand their entertainment offerings, while media companies are partnering with tech firms for enhanced content delivery and analytics capabilities.

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Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 11, 2025

He calls out a lot of people who get things wrong, especially the doomsayers who not only have been forecasting recessions incorrectly for, I don’t know, the better part of 15 years, most especially since CO. You know, it’s, it’s all about a set of forecasts. It’s very much point forecast driven.

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Bramasol

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

This new episode in our ongoing series on the Digital Solutions Economy (DSE) provides an overview of how DSE is impacting the Media and Entertainment industry. In many ways, the media and entertainment industry pioneered the rise of online subscription-based offerings as streaming video burst on the scene in the early 2000s.

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Musings on Markets

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The recent troubles in entertainment, though, reflect a longer term disruption that has occurred in the business, with the rise of streaming as an alternative to the traditional platforms for movies and television shows.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Chief Financial Officer Christine McCarthy tempered investor expectations for the new fiscal year, forecasting revenue growth of less than 10%. Upstart Holdings — The AI-driven lending platform tumbled 11% after the company issued a weaker-than-expected revenue forecast for the current quarter, citing challenging economic conditions.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Stitch Fix also trimmed its full-year forecast. Dave & Buster’s Entertainment — Dave and Buster’s stock shed more than 4% despite the company posting solid quarterly revenue on Tuesday. On Tuesday, the company posted quarterly results that fell short of analysts’ expectations, according to FactSet.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Thursday’s decline comes after shares gained Wednesday on the airline’s forecast that 2023 earnings will nearly double. Madison Square Garden Entertainment — Shares rose more than 2% after Morgan Stanley upgraded the stock to equal weight from underweight.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

As it gears up to reopen in Las Vegas, Caesars Entertainment Corporation said it would resume its gaming and hospitality functions at Flamingo Las Vegas and Caesars Palace at “the date and time for reopening specified by the state of Nevada.” However, some offerings, such as buffets, live entertainment and bars, will not immediately reopen.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Major advertising forecasting firms say global advertising growth in 2023 will be slower than previously predicted. . to $833 billion next year, according to a new forecast from Magna, a media investment firm that is part of. A separate forecast from media and data giant GroupM, part of. Media owners’ ad revenue will grow 4.8%

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The rideshare company reported adjusted earnings per share of 10 cents, more than analysts’ expectations of 7 cents, but revenue fell short of the Street’s forecast, coming in at $1.05 Lyft – Shares of Lyft plummeted 21% after the company’s earnings report showed mixed results in the last quarter. billion versus $1.06

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Abercrombie & Fitch – Shares of the retail stock jumped 19% after the apparel retailer beat Wall Street’s revenue forecasts for the third quarter and posted unexpected quarterly profit. Disney – The entertainment titan dropped 2.8% Dick’s raised its full-year financial forecast as well. related investing news.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Consumers have cut back on travel, in-person entertainment and restaurant spend. Credit card balances have been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic as consumers have slowed purchases, especially on travel and entertainment. Some forecasts put total retail spending slightly ahead of last year. Here’s the scenario.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2021

Our strategy is simple: If we can continue to improve Netflix every day to better delight our members, we can be their first choice for streaming entertainment,” the company said in a letter to shareholders. billion forecasted by analysts. Netflix said it added 37 million paid memberships for the full year. billion in revenue for Q4.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Tapestry (TPR) – The company behind the Coach and Kate Spade brands beat top and bottom line estimates for its latest quarter, but cut its full-year forecast for the impact of the strong U.S. The company, known for FICO credit scores, also gave an upbeat full-year forecast.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

million compared to a forecast for $911.4 Caesars Entertainment — Caesars shares gained 2.5% Trimble — Shares dropped 7% after Trimble missed revenue expectations in its third-quarter results. The industrial technology firm reported sales of $884.9 million, according to consensus estimates on FactSet.

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Spreadym

JUNE 8, 2023

Planning, budgeting and forecasting for a business are three distinct financial management tools used in business, each serving a different purpose. Key differences between planning, budgeting and forecasting for a business Here are key difference between planning, budgeting and forecasting for a business.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

The company’s sales fell 25 percent in April and although there has been an uptick in May, global volumes are still negative, Quincey said, since about 50 percent of the company’s revenue stems from entertainment-type venues like restaurants, theaters and arenas.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Bumble – Shares of the company known for its dating platforms added 10% even after Bumble issued a weak current quarter revenue forecast and missed expectations. Fair Isaac also issued guidance that beat a StreetAccount forecast. after it beat expectations for the quarter and raised its full-year forecast.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Gaming has gone from a massive niche in digital entertainment to becoming one of the global entertainment industry’s main hot spots. Gamers worldwide are forecast to spend roughly $160 billion this year alone. Preseason forecasts estimate that Sony will sell about 5 million PS5 units this holiday season to the Xbox’s 3 million.

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JULY 9, 2020

Movie-theater giant AMC Entertainment Holdings’ reported deal to avoid bankruptcy is running into a roadblock as some creditors oppose the deal , according to Bloomberg News. Masks will be available for purchase for $1 at every cinema.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2020

We think it has been redefined by entertainment,” Tung told The Drum. The reason why 400 million people now take part in Singles’ Day is that it is entertaining, memorable and unifying.”. In the historic spirit of Black Friday , Fitch is forecasting that solid fourth-quarter sales could save the entire year. “We

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Most forecasters are predicting robust holiday sales this season , and Toys”R”Us clearly wants to be able to compete in that space. They are expected to spend 10 percent more on gifts, travel and entertainment.”. The offer also extends to Toy”R”Us’ Babies”R”Us brick-and-mortar stores and online.

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Centage

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Oil & Gas, Energy, Sports & Entertainment, Media, Healthcare, Pharma, Manufacturing but overall, we have clients across many industries. We all know that most finance and accounting departments are working weekends during the Budgeting, Planning & Forecasting cycles. What industries are you focused on?

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JULY 29, 2020

Millennials are now eating at home or doing fitness classes through streaming, and going to concerts and other entertainment venues online. That was well ahead of analysts’ consensus forecasts of 87 cents a share, according to MarketWatch. “The new use cases we are seeing are so interesting,” Schulman said. billion from a previous $4.31

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

That perk-up is occurring at the same time the market is seeing similar growth in gaming, streaming and other home-based sources of entertainment as consumers remain in lockdown, first by statute and then by choice. But when it comes to home-based entertainment, consumers haven’t been afraid to go old school and read books.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2020

As countries have imposed social distancing, shelter-in-place or total lock-down orders, domestic spending, most notably in travel, restaurants, entertainment and fuel, has sharply declined week on week,” Visa said, according to the report. Visa had previously warned that Q2 revenue growth was going to come in under forecast.

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JANUARY 6, 2020

million square feet fully leased out to retail, food and entertainment tenants, Bloomberg reported on Monday (Jan. Triple Five also owns the two largest shopping and entertainment centers in North America — Mall of America and West Edmonton Mall, which draw nearly 70 million visitors annually. 27 with Dreamworks Water Park; and Dec.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

14, Walmart beat Wall Street forecasts from August through October. A Refinitiv survey indicated that adjusted earnings came in at $1.16, more than the forecast $1.09 According to financial statements released on Nov. Profits also topped analysts’ predictions, at $3.29 billion over the anticipated $3.1

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Facebook owner Meta Platforms lost a record $232 billion in market value Thursday after releasing a disappointing financial forecast, while shares of other companies including. The Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 3.7% Thursday, its largest one-day decline since September 2020. PayPal Holdings Inc. PYPL -6.24%. Spotify Technology SA.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

AppotaPay, a division of the gaming and entertainment firm Appota Group , is among the 39 entities in Vietnam that have been granted payment licenses. He added that “AppotaPay’s target customers over the next two to three years for payment services are young customers, who are familiar and willing to pay for digital entertainment.”.

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Future CFO

MARCH 16, 2020

Jan Hatzius, Goldman’s chief economist, lowered the Q1 GDP growth forecast to zero from 0.7% Factoring in the current estimates, the economists forecasts the US economy to grow 0.4% Goldman Sachs said in a note on Sunday that it has downgraded outlook for the US economy in the first two quarters of 2020 amid the coronanvirus outbreak.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 30, 2020

As the pandemic continues to disrupt everyday life the world over, entertainment venues are providing compensation for things consumers paid for but aren’t able to use. At the current time, returning productions are forecasted to restart performances during many “rolling dates” at the beginning of next year.

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Bramasol

JANUARY 13, 2023

Previous episodes in this series include: DSE in the Media and Entertainment industry. Forecasting and Planning for the Digital Solutions Economy. This new episode in our ongoing series on the Digital Solutions Economy (DSE) provides an overview of how DSE is impacting the Telecom industry. DSE in the Semiconductor Industry.

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The Finance Weekly

MARCH 25, 2024

With over two decades of experience in media and entertainment, Ianniello was among the key persons behind one of the world's largest media companies. Specifically, here are some key corporate matters the CFO is in charge of: Forecasting One key thing to note is that CFOs do more than just report the current situation.

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