Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
The Associated Press
Investors’ query: Can Google answer Microsoft’s AI threat?, by Michael Liedtke
AI search engines can now chat with us, but glitches abound, by Matt O’Brien
CNN
Twitter users briefly unable to tweet, send messages, by Clare Duffy
Disney plans to cut 7,000 jobs and reward shareholders, by Chris Isidore
The Wall Street Journal
Southwest Airlines Executive to Tell Congress ‘We Messed Up’ in Holiday Meltdown, by Alison Sider
Netflix Rolls Out Password Sharing Crackdown in New Markets, by Sarah Krouse
CNBC
SpaceX prepares for a massive test this week: Firing all 33 Starship engines at once, by Michael Sheetz
Disney beats expectations as streaming subscriber losses aren’t as bad as feared, by Sarah Whitten
Reuters
AstraZeneca goes for growth with new drugs as COVID sales wane, by Natalie Grover and Maggie Fick
Oil prices steady after U.S. stockpile swell, by Shadia Nasralla
News about business journalism:
Las Vegas biz reporter Horwath joins TV station
Denver Biz Journal hires Rourke as managing editor
WSJ ME Pensiero leaving paper next week
FT appoints Murgia as its artificial intelligence editor
Law360 senior reporter Whitford joining City Limits
Reuters hires Tong as tech correspondent
Hires at Fox News, ESPN, St. Louis Public Radio, Texas Monthly, and a new Athletic podcast
Ramos joins Context News as inclusive economies correspondent
Media Movers: University of Missouri’s Marty Steffens
Cardinal News names Schnabel managing editor
Why the FT created a fiction film
