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Disney planea reducir US$ 2.000 millones en costos para lograr que el streaming sea rentable

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:21:43 GMT

Los Ángeles (CNN) — Disney anunció que continuará recortando drásticamente sus gastos para reconstruir su negocio en un entorno mediático cambiante.La compañía anunció que recortará gastos en otros US$ 2.000 millones, los cuales se suman a la reducción de US$ 5.500 millones que había anunciado previamente y que incluía la eliminación de miles de empleos.La empresa dijo que no había más planes de despidos. El CEO Bob Iger sugirió en una llamada con inversores que los recortes provendrían principalmente de su negocio de televisión lineal, que atraviesa dificultades.Mientras tanto, la empresa sigue perdiendo dinero en su negocio de streaming Disney+, pero consiguió reducir significativamente sus pérdidas en esa división. Disney+ nunca ha dado beneficios. Tras un aumento de los precios, los ingresos de Disney+, Hulu y los servicios de streaming relacionados que no incluyen ESPN+ aumentaron un 12% el trimestre pasado, y sus pérdidas se redujeron a US$ 420 millones, frente a los US$...

Bjorkstrand scores 2nd goal with 32 seconds remaining to lift Kraken past Avalanche, 4-3

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:21:43 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Oliver Bjorkstrand scored his second goal of the game with 32 seconds remaining and the Seattle Kraken beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 on Thursday night after squandering a two-goal lead.Bjorkstrand knocked in a shot off a rebound.Jaden Schwartz and Matty Beniers also scored to help the Kraken handed the Avalanche their first home loss in five games this season.Philipp Grubauer had 23 saves against his former team. He also helped knock off Colorado last season in the first round of the playoffs.Bowen Byram, Nathan MacKinnon and Valeri Nichushkin scored for Colorado in the second of three meetings with the Kraken. The Avalanche won 4-1 on Oct. 17 in Seattle. Backup goaltender Ivan Prosvetov had 19 saves in his third appearance for Colorado since being acquired on waivers.Seattle threatened to run away, leading 2-0 and 3-1 in the second. The Avalanche tied it on Nichushkin’s tip-in goal with 7:45 remaining.There was a scary moment midway through the second period when Co...

Today in History: November 10, U.S. Marines first organized

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:21:43 GMT

Today in History Today is Friday, Nov. 10, the 314th day of 2023. There are 51 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 10, 1775, the U.S. Marines were organized under authority of the Continental Congress. On this date: In 1871, journalist-explorer Henry M. Stanley found Scottish missionary David Livingstone, who had not been heard from for years, near Lake Tanganyika in central Africa. In 1919, the American Legion opened its first national convention in Minneapolis. In 1928, Hirohito (hee-roh-hee-toh) was enthroned as Emperor of Japan. In 1944, during World War II, the ammunition ship USS Mount Hood (AE-11) exploded while moored at the Manus Naval Base in the Admiralty Islands in the South Pacific, leaving 45 confirmed dead and 327 missing and presumed dead. In 1951, customer-dialed long-distance telephone service began as Mayor M. Leslie Denning of Englewood, New Jersey, called Alameda, California, Mayor Frank Osborne without operator assistance.In 1954, the U...

No. 4 UCLA turns hot start into victory over UC Riverside

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:21:43 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gabriela Jaquez and Kiki Rice scored 18 points, Lauren Betts added 14 points with 15 rebounds, and No. 4 UCLA turned a fast start into an easy 90-52 victory over UC Riverside on Thursday night.Londynn Jones scored 15 points and Charisma Osborne had 13 points with 11 rebounds for the Bruins (2-0), who had nine players see the floor for at least 10 minutes.The Bruins opened the game on a 20-0 run, shot 52.4% from the field, led the rebounding battle 52-22 and never saw the lead fall under 18 points after the early burst. UCLA has averaged 91.0 points per game in its two victories.Jordan Webster scored 18 points for UC Riverside (0-2), which fell to 0-9 all time against UCLA and 0-6 on the road in the series. Matehya Bryant scored 11 points with eight rebounds for the Highlanders, who missed their first 14 shots from the field.UCLA led by double digits four minutes into the game and went up 20-0 with 1:19 remaining in the first quarter before UC Riverside’s Jaden San...

Without stolen-car database, Denver parking enforcers send ticket to thief's victim

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:21:43 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Despite Colorado ranking near the top of the list nationally for auto theft, Denver's Right of Way Enforcement Division does not have access to a statewide database of stolen vehicles. According to a city spokesperson, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation rescinded access to the list to Denver's Right of Way Enforcement Division because it's not a police agency. View the latest Weather Alerts in Denver and across Colorado on FOX31 The news came as a surprise to Ed Beery, who recently received an overdue notice for a ticket that was reportedly placed on his stolen work truck more than a week after it was reported stolen."Eight days after we reported it stolen, the city of Denver wrote the citation," Beery said. "It's malfeasance." Beery said the truck was eventually recovered from an impound lot two weeks later, after being stripped for parts. His company had to sell what was left of the truck and buy a new one.“All this time is taken away from produ...

Croatian authorities rule out Coca-Cola poisonings

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:21:43 GMT

Coca-Cola drinks are safe to consume and haven’t been poisoned, Croatia’s health minister said on Thursday, following a spate of reported illnesses over the past week.Croatian Minister for Health Vili Beroš said 45 people had reported falling ill and presented to emergency departments across the country after drinking Coca-Cola products — but there was only one case where someone was actually poisoned.Testing of the beverage in that case — Römerquelle, a brand of flavored mineral water owned by Coca-Cola — showed it contained “a detergent and/or degreaser,” Beroš said. The patient was “seriously injured” and is receiving treatment in hospital, with a criminal investigation ongoing.All other reported poisonings were most likely false alarms or unrelated to drinking Coca-Cola fizzy drinks, Beroš said, with testing showing the beverages were safe.“It is not good to fall for false messages, it contributes to the spread of panic and fear,” ...

Latvia’s parliament votes to allow same-sex civil unions

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:21:43 GMT

Latvian lawmakers voted on Thursday to allow same-sex civil unions, providing same-sex couples with legal recognition for the first time. However, same-sex couples will still have fewer rights than married couples.The legislation allows same-sex couples to register their partnership, giving them hospital visitation rights as well as tax and social security benefits, but not the right to adopt children or inheritance. It is due to take effect in mid-2024.“This is a good day. Society has taken an important step in creating a modern and humane Latvia,” said Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa on X, adding that the legislation “sends the signal that all families are important.”Latvia swore in its first openly gay president, Edgars Rinkēvičs, in July. Rinkēvičs, who served as the country’s foreign minister for more than a decade, is also the first openly gay head of state in the EU.But public opinion remains divided on homosexuality in the Baltic nation. In a 2022 survey on public attitu...

Silver Slugger Awards announced for Chicago White Sox’s Luis Robert Jr., Cubs’ Cody Bellinger

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:21:43 GMT

Luis Robert Jr. set career highs in nearly every offensive category in 2023.The Chicago White Sox center fielder received recognition Thursday for the big season, being named an American League Silver Slugger Award winner for outfielders.Robert and Cody Bellinger, who had a tremendous bounce-back season with the Cubs, were among those honored in voting done by major league managers and coaches. Bellinger won in the National League utility player category after spending time in center field and first base.Robert is a first-time award winner, and the first Sox player to be recognized since the trio of José Abreu, Tim Anderson and Eloy Jiménez in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. It’s the first ever by a Sox center fielder.“This is one of the most beautiful awards I’ve received,” Robert said through an interpreter during a video conference call Thursday. “I dreamed of a Gold Glove, I won a Gold Glove (in 2020). I dreamed of a Silver Slugger and...

Editorial: Gov. Healey needs a migrant exit strategy

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:21:43 GMT

Gov. Maura Healey’s already had her Eric Adams moment, hitting the same wall as the New York City mayor when he put the blame for the migrant influx on the Biden Administration and called for fed funding to deal with the surge straining shelters and resources.As the Bay State’s homeless shelter capacity tapped out at 7,500 Thursday one has to wonder: when will Healey have her Greg Abbott moment of reckoning?The Texas governor was much maligned for busing tens of thousands of migrants north who crossed into his state and pushed the shelter system to the point of breaking. His moves were decried as a political stunt, but as many Blue State leaders have realized, space and resources are not limitless.Healey made sure shelters were on board with housing the homeless and new arrivals. Hotel rooms were booked, college dormitories conscripted. Residents were asked to become host families. She warned that demand would soon outstrip supply, hopes to the contrary.Yet here we are, ...

Tri-City Medical Center experiencing cyber attack

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:21:43 GMT

OCEANSIDE, Calif. — Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside fell victim to a cyber attack Thursday, a hospital spokesperson confirmed the news to FOX 5.“I would say healthcare is at the top. They are the primary target today,” said Sai Huda, CEO at CyberCatch.Huda weighed in on the damage these kinds of attacks can have on healthcare systems.“The way they want to get money is to infiltrate an organization, steal the data, which is patient record information. They are also installing ransomware, which is malicious code that shuts down files systems and really prevents healthcare from being delivered,” Huda said.Tri-City has not confirmed if the threat is ransomware, but said the attack forced it to declare “an internal disaster” and divert ambulances to other area hospitals.A statement from Palomar Health Thursday said the hospital emergency department “is receiving a heavy influx of ambulatory inpatients diverted from Tri-City and are all are being admitted and treated with the sa...