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Disney+ will carry about four minutes of commercials an hour on the ad-supported version of the platform set to launch later this year, company officials said. The company has also decided not to run any commercials during programming catering to preschool children when the ad-supported version of the service launches, officials said. Preschoolers who use their own profile to watch the ad-supported Disney+ won’t see any advertising no matter what they choose to stream, they said. “We’re never going to collect…

A week later, several of those staffers received packages from CNN: boxes filled with network-branded gear, from pens to food containers, as well as items such as a popcorn maker and headphones, people who received the gifts said. Some came with welcome notes. “This is an incredible time to be part of CNN,” one note said. “Build relationships and take time to connect with colleagues and learn so that you make the most of your time here.” The ill-timed gifts, which CNN says were sent mistakenly, were another…

The transaction to acquire Switch for $34.25 a share was unanimously approved by a special committee of Switch’s board. Photo: Pavlo Gonchar/Zuma Press…

Walt Disney Co. DIS 0.65% ’s earnings Wednesday are likely to provide clues as to whether the market views the entertainment giant as too similar to its streaming rival Netflix Inc., NFLX 2.63% which recently posted a decline in subscribers and saw its share price suffer, said investors and analysts.As Disney prepares to report fiscal second quarter earnings, shares of the world’s largest entertainment company are…

WASHINGTON—Twenty internet providers, including AT&T Inc., Comcast Corp. and Verizon Communications Inc., agreed to improve subsidized high-speed internet plans they offer to millions of unconnected households, part of a Biden administration push to advertise a program created in last year’s bipartisan infrastructure law.The moves would boost the roughly year-old Affordable Connectivity Program, which hasn’t reached all its eligible subscribers in part because many of the neediest users aren’t online in the first…