Daily Archives: November 9, 2021

Wallace Witkowski / MarketWatch: Unity reports Q3 revenue of $286.3M, up from $200.8M YoY, on net loss of $115.1M, down from $144.5M YoY  —  Videogame-focused software company agrees to buy ‘Lord of the Rings’ director’s company as it reports earnings beat, raises annual guidance  —  Unity Software Inc. shares fell […]

Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: DoubleVerify, which helps digital advertisers ensure brand safety and detect fraud, will buy OpenSlate for $150M to expand services on social video platforms  —  Deal expands DoubleVerify’s brand-safety and ad-verification services on social-video platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, TikTok

Juli Clover / MacRumors: Alex Gorsky, chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson, joins Apple’s board of directors; Tim Cook calls him a “visionary in healthcare”  —  Apple today announced that Alex Gorsky, the chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson, has joined its board of directors.

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: fuboTV to acquire French multiplatform streaming company Molotov for $190M; Molotov co-founder and CEO Jean-David Blanc will become chief strategy officer  —  fuboTV is making a significant move in Europe with plans to acquire Molotov, a French startup with a leading television streaming service. fuboTV …

Enlarge / Effigy of Edward of Woodstock, aka the Black Prince, in Canterbury Cathedral. (credit: Josep Renalias/CC BY-SA 2.5) Visitors to Canterbury Cathedral can view the effigy of a 14th-century knight in full armor laid out on top of a marble tomb. It’s the tomb of Edward of Woodstock, colloquially […]

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto ) Facebook today announced it will stop letting advertisers use certain targeting options related to “sensitive” characteristics such as race, religion, sexual orientation, health causes, and political beliefs. In today’s announcement, Facebook owner Meta said: Starting January 19, 2022 we will remove Detailed Targeting […]

Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: Meta shares bullying and harassment numbers for the first time, claims the category represents ~0.14% of Facebook content and ~0.05% of Instagram content  —  The social media giant published several transparency reports on Tuesday.  —  Facebook published a series of reports on Tuesday …

Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch: Unity to acquire Peter Jackson’s visual effects company Weta Digital, including 275+ engineers, for $1.625B; Weta Digital’s FTX artists will form a new entity  —  Unity has just announced its intent to acquire Weta Digital, the legendary visual effects company co-founded by Peter Jackson, for a […]

Samantha Subin / CNBC: Coinbase reports Q3 revenue of $1.31B, up from $315M YoY, vs $1.57B est., monthly transacting users fell to 7.4M from 8.8M QoQ; stock down 13%+  —  – Coinbase reported better-than-expected earnings for the third quarter.  — The number of monthly active transaction users dropped from the […]

Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal: DoorDash reports Q3 revenue of $1.2B, up 45% YoY, and says it will acquire European food delivery company Wolt in an all-stock $8B+ deal  —  Deal to acquire Wolt comes amid a wave of consolidation in the highlight competitive food-delivery segment  —  DoorDash Inc. […]