Snap Q1 Daily Active Users Top Forecasts At 280 Million, Up 51 Million From Year Ago; Revenue Pops 66% To $770 Million

Blake Shelton, Kelly Clarkson, John Legend and Nick Jonas are done sending people home. After narrowing their teams down to their top four singers — plus the winner of this season's 4-Way Knockout — the decision is out of their hands. Viewer voting will determine which of the Top 17 singers will get to move on to the Top 9 and then to the finals and eventually compete for the season 20 crown.

With the series finale looming, fans of Line of Duty have unearthed a telling interview with former star Craig Parkinson which hinted that Kate Fleming, played by Vicky McClure, is hiding a huge secret. In the exclusive clip dating back to August 2020, Craig, 45, revealed to This Morning hosts Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford that viewers can “never trust Vicky McClure” suggesting Kate could be the face behind the infamous H.

Discovery CEO David Zaslav’s 2020 compensation totaled $37.7 million last year, down from $45.8 million in 2019, the company said Friday.

Twitter’s monetizable daily active users hit 199 million in the March quarter, shy of the 200 million Wall Street anticipated but up by seven million from year-end 2000 and significantly higher than the 166 million in the year ago period.

Facebook has unveiled first quarter results that underlined continuing user growth during the pandemic, while also warning revenue growth would slow down towards the end of 2021, when compared with the COVID-era growth in 2020. Facebook, which is led by Mark Zuckerberg, on Wednesday reported that revenue grew 48 percent during the fourth quarter to $26.1 billion, with advertising revenue rising 46 percent to $25.4 billion.

Alyssa Milano, 48, posted a video on TikTok Wednesday, in response to a comment from a user saying, “sad how a washed-up actress is still trying to be important.” Alyssa captioned her video: “This ‘washed-up actress’ has something to say.”

Facebook hit 2.85 billion monthly active users, or MAUs, last quarter (up 10%) and 1.88 billion daily users (up 8%) as ad-driven revenue surged 48% to $26.2 billion, crushing forecasts.

Spotify saw revenue grow 16% last quarter to €2.147 billion ($2.59 billion) fueled by a 46% jump in ad sales as podcast listening hit a high and monthly active users grew 24% to 356 million, including both free and paid.

AMC Entertainment offered a preview of its quarterly earnings Tuesday, anticipating revenue for the three months ended in March of $148 million, way down from $941.5 million the year before as the box office struggled to revive amid the global pandemic.

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Netflix co-CEOs Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos earned, respectively, $43.2 million and $39.3 million in 2020. The pay was up for both. Chairman and founder Hastings earned $38.6 million the year before, when Sarandos took home $34.7 million.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorSnap, the parent company of Snapchat, beat Wall Street financial estimates for the first quarter — and added 15 million daily users for the app, which exceeded its previous guidance.Snapchat had an average of 280 daily active users in Q1, up 22% from 235 million in the year-ago quarter (when year-over-year user growth was 20%).

Kanye West might have finally “accepted” that his marriage with Kim Kardashian is over. Still, one thing Kanye, 43, reportedly can’t accept is the narrative that Kim, 40, was the one who wanted out first.