Merge 104.8 | 21 July 2022
Netflix have announced they lost nearly 1 million subscribers from April this year through to June, but predicted they would return to customer growth during the third quarter. When they announced they had lost 200,000 customers in the first quarter and expected to lose many more in the second, many people said that days of endless growth in the streaming business had come to an end. Despite the losses they still saw revenue grow 9% to $7.9 billion.
New photos from the set of Fast & Furious 10 have been released and they confirm Helen Mirren returns as Magdalene “Queenie” Shaw. She made her Fast & Furious debut five years ago in The Fate of the Furious, as well as her role in the spinoff Hobbs & Shaw and last year’s F9. Production is currently underway for the next installment and is due to be released next year as a two-part finale.
As It Was by Harry Styles has recently scored it’s 10th week as the #1 song In America. The strength of the song is courtesy of ongoing streaming, radio, and sales. Meanwhile, the success of Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush continues with the song remaining in the top four. Even though the song came out in 1985, this is still her only American Top 40 hit, thanks to Stranger Things.
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