In 2015, WWE financial executive George Barrios predicted that WWE Network would eventually reach 3.0 million-plus paid subscribers. At the time, it seemed like a far-fetched claim considering WWE was struggling to reach 1.0 million […]
WWE Stock Track 2016 Week 18 – May 9-13 – Friday, May 13: Closing Price of $17.93 per share, up half-a-percent from Thursday. The stock settled down on Thursday and Friday after nearing a year-high on Wednesday. Friday’s […]
PWTorch Newsletter #1456 Cover-dated May 11, 2016 –PWTORCH NEWSLETTER #1456 PDF LINK –LIST OF ALL LATEST NEWSLETTERS SUMMARY: This week’s newsletter begins with an in-depth cover story on WWE Q1 2016 Financials with tons of details on the WWE Network, […]
WWE Stock Track 2016 Week 18 – May 9-13 – Wednesday, May 11: WWE’s stock price neared the highest point of 2016 the day after the company reported quarterly financial results. Investors liked WWE’s report enough to raise WWE […]
SHOW SUMMARY: In this edition of the Wade Keller Hotline, PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents a look at the latest news with a focus on the WWE Financials for Q1 2016 including three or four key editorial […]
WWE Stock Track 2016 Week 18 – May 9-13 – Tuesday, May 10: It was an interesting financial day for WWE reporting First Quarter 2016 earnings. The end result was a closing price of $17.43 per share, up […]
As expected, WWE executive/wrestler Triple H has re-signed with WWE in his role as a wrestler. Hunter’s previous wrestling deal expired on March 30 – the week before WrestleMania – and he officially re-signed on […]
As has been the case for seemingly five years, the WWE Network dominated the Q&A portion of WWE’s quarterly conference call with investors. For three years, it was questions about The Network. Now, for the past […]
The deeper into the WWE Network introduction, the more questions arise about whether WWE’s media business is better before or after the Network. The First Quarter 2016 results indicate the media business is better from […]
WWE’s business has completely changed. It was a gradual occurrence headlined by the introduction of WWE Network two years ago. But, in actuality, it’s the way in which WWE presents their content and then anticipates […]
In the Fourth Quarter 2015 earnings release, WWE stopped releasing official PPV buy figures for individual events. Now, WWE is completely doing away with reporting individual PPV figures in their monthly business reports. WWE financial executive […]
During WWE’s First Quarter conference call on Tuesday, WWE CEO Vince McMahon addressed the status of his son, Shane McMahon, after returning to WWE for a WrestleMania program. McMahon said Shane has “come back as […]
WWE First Quarter 2016 Conference Call Opening Remarks WWE CEO Vince McMahon’s opening remarks in the quarterly conference call with investors included a review of what’s important to WWE right now. In order: – Pro Forma […]
WWE reported First Quarter 2016 revenue of $171.1 million, down from Q1-2015 when including the effect of WrestleMania, but up from Q1 if excluding WrestleMania for comparability. TV Rights Revenue continues to be the company’s […]
There are numerous ways to poke and prod the latest official WWE Network subscriber count released Tuesday in WWE’s First Quarter 2016 earnings results. The key numerical figure is WWE had 1.357 million total paid subscribers […]
WWE’s traditional Pay-Per-View business is nearly extinct, as WWE reported only $2.1 million in revenue for the First Quarter 2016. However, PPV revenue should uptick in the Second Quarter when WrestleMania PPV revenue is reported. The only […]
WWE reported First Quarter 2016 revenue of $171.1 million, which is in-line with investor expectations. This compares to: $176.2 million in last year’s first quarter, which included WrestleMania $151.3 million in last year’s Q1 excluding the […]
WWE reports First Quarter 2016 earnings on Tuesday morning (as opposed to the standard Thursday timeslot every three months). The First Quarter results (January through March business) will include the official WWE Network subscriber count […]
For at least one quarter, WWE is changing its financial reporting date from the traditional Thursday slot. WWE announced Wednesday that the company will report First Quarter 2016 earnings on Tuesday, May 10. WWE CEO Vince […]
WWE Stock Track 2016 Week 14 – April 4-8 – Monday, April 4: Closing Price of $16.56 per share, down 4.3 percent from Friday’s pre-WM32 close of $17.31 per share. It was interesting day. The stock was up […]
WWE financial executive George Barrios noted in WWE’s Network conference call on Monday that there is still an “old system” PPV behavior among viewers. Specifically, fans deciding to make that PPV-like purchase/trial subscription to WWE Network late in […]
WWE held a Network conference call on Monday afternoon detailing the latest Network subscriber count following WrestleMania. WWE financial executive George Barrios went over presentation details on current performance and expectations for future Network growth […]
WWE announced their latest Network subscriber count on Monday after the anticipated uptick for WrestleMania 32. – Total paid subscribers as of Monday was 1.454 million. WWE is headlining with a total of 1.824 million […]
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