Sahil Patel

Netflix’s business continues to grow: the streaming giant generated $11.1 billion in revenue during the second quarter of 2025, up nearly 16% from the previous year. It also posted an operating margin of 34.1%, nearly 7 percentage points higher than the same quarter last year.After surpassing 300 million global subscribers at the end of last year, Netflix stopped reporting subscriber

Substack, the publishing platform for writers that started out as a newsletter service, has raised $100 million, which it will use to invest more in its app, new creator tools and expanding the platform to new markets. Substack will also expand its business into advertising.The Series C funding was led by tech investment firm Bond and The Chernin Group with participation from Andreessen

Warner Bros. Discovery has revealed the company names and leadership structures after its planned split into two separate companies next year.WBD’s current “Streaming & Studios” segment, which houses its film and TV studios and the HBO Max streaming service, will be named Warner Bros. The company’s “Global Networks” unit, which includes its cable TV channels such as CNN, TNT and Discovery

Subscribers to Comcast’s Peacock streaming service remained flat at 41 million during the second quarter when compared to the prior quarter. And while revenues for Peacock continue to grow, it isn’t completely offsetting ongoing declines in NBCUniversal’s domestic TV advertising business.Peacock revenue surpassed $1.2 billion during the second quarter, up nearly 18% when compared to the same

Paramount’s streaming revenue rose 15% to nearly $2.2 billion during the second quarter, driven in part by pricing increases. However, the company, which owns the Paramount+ and Pluto TV streaming services, saw streaming ad revenue drop 4% year over year, due to the impacts of lower ad prices and more available ad inventory in the overall streaming market.The Paramount+ streaming service also

David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance has announced its designated board of directors once its acquisition of Paramount closes on August 7. The 10-person board will include Oracle CEO Safra A. Catz, further strengthening the ties between the new Paramount and the software giant co-founded by Ellison’s father.Ellison will assume the rule of chairman of the board. Other members of the board will

Former X CEO Linda Yaccarino has been named CEO of eMed Population Health, a health company that says it provides a “digital health platform for GLP-1/GIP population health management.” This refers to drugs that help treat diabetes or manage weight loss.Yaccarino is joining eMed a month after leaving Elon Musk’s X , where she was in charge of reviving the platform’s struggling advertising

Disney announced major content deals with the NFL and WWE as it prepares to launch a new streaming app for ESPN on August 21.ESPN is acquiring the NFL Network, a cable TV channel that includes a mix of live games, studio shows and other programming from the sports league, in exchange for the NFL taking a 10% in ESPN. Separately, ESPN will also get expanded NFL highlight rights for its new

Disney plans to take Hulu’s brand global: Hulu will replace the Star tile on Disney+ in international markets as it becomes the general-entertainment programming brand within Disney+. It’s unclear what this means for the future of Hulu as a standalone app, a question which Disney CEO Bob Iger avoided directly answering during the company’s earnings call on Wednesday. However, the full integration

This case report presents a complex case of acute cholecystitis, cholangitis, pancreatitis, intrahepatic abscesses, and sepsis without biliary obstruction, highlighting the challenges of managing multi-organ involvement in a critically ill individual. The patient, a middle-aged male, presented with fever, jaundice, and abdominal pain, with imaging revealing biliary ductal dilation, a distended gallbladder, and a staghorn calculus. Laboratory findings showed elevated liver enzymes, bilirubin, and lipase, supporting the diagnosis of acute cholecystitis, cholangitis, and pancreatitis. Given the severity of his condition, characterized by septic shock and acute kidney injury, percutaneous cholecystostomy (PCT) was chosen over surgical intervention to provide biliary drainage and infection control while avoiding the morbidity associated with invasive procedures. The patient’s clinical course improved with PCT, targeted antibiotics, and supportive care. This case underscores the complexity of managing multi-organ dysfunction and highlights the potential of PCT as a viable alternative to surgery in critically ill patients with severe cholecystitis and cholangitis with intrahepatic abscesses. The simultaneous occurrence of these conditions in the context of no biliary obstruction is uncommon, and this case offers insight into treatment strategies for such complex presentations. Future research should compare the outcomes and symptomatology of PCT versus surgery in similar critically ill populations to refine management approaches and optimize patient outcomes.