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Disney+ also lost around 300,000 subscribers in the US and Canada after it upped subscription prices. Hulu added 200,000 subscribers in Q1 to reach 48 million. ESPN+ gained 400,000 to hit 25 million. The losses at Disney+ were nearly $700 million in Q1. That is down though from 1.1 billion in losses the previous quarter. Round two, we start with Ross.

We start with our vice president of content, based in New York City, she also covers plenty of retail and e-commerce things on the side. It's Suzy Davidkhanian. Suzy Davidkhanian:. Hi, thanks for having me. Marcus Johnson:. Hello, there. We're also joined by someone else on that retail and e-commerce team, senior analyst. Based in New York as well. We refer to him exclusively as Blake Droesch.

And Walmart has been really, really focused on trying to find ways to get its goods out there and market it and sort of build out its own retail media operations.

I think that pennies at the minimum should be taken of commission at this point in countries like Canada, New Zealand and Australia have already done that. So there are no more pennies in their currency. And it's also due to the fact that the US Mint spends over $700 million making coins every year, which is just such a waste.

I think that pennies at the minimum should be taken of commission at this point in countries like Canada, New Zealand and Australia have already done that. So there are no more pennies in their currency. And it's also due to the fact that the US Mint spends over $700 million making coins every year, which is just such a waste.

There will be people that like stuff from Britain maybe or from Canada, but basically it has to be in English or it's just not going to sell. But increasingly, when you look at music consumption, that is starting to change.

Because I think between retail media and buying with Prime, the search experience on Amazon has taken a hit over the years.

You had the four largest school boards in Canada also suing Meta and TikTok for essentially the same thing. Basically like driving children to distraction and building their systems in such a way that hooks kids on them.

And when you also include Australia and England, and to a lesser extent, Canada, it quickly starts adding up. And so by some estimates, cricket is the world's second most popular sport. So I just thought I would leave you with that interesting bit of trivia that you can share with your bored spouse as you watch the NBA playoffs this weekend. Marcus Johnson:.

I would say if we're playing the speculative legislative angle here though, we should also look at what's going on in Canada where there is currently a fight going on between Google and its Congress over whether or not Google should have to pay news organizations in Canada for licensing its content. And Google has responded to this pressure by simply taking news out of its search results.