Media Moves

Talking Biz News Today – Feb. 9, 2023

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

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