Revenue grew 4 percent to $60.9 billion, just shy of analyst projections for $60.96 billion, according to FactSet. ViacomCBS, which was created by a merger in December, has laid off more than 100 employees across the country this week, including national reporters for CBS News, as it consolidates operations, according to. Radio Insights reports that WBZ Newsradio cut ties with political commentator Jon Keller, longtime morning news anchor Deb Lawler, talk show host Bradley Jay, and sports anchor Tom Cuddy.

— ASSOCIATED PRESS, France wants streaming services to invest 25 percent of revenue in local productions, France is finalizing a bill to force video-on-demand services from Netflix Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., Walt Disney Co., and others to invest at least 25 percent of their revenue derived in the country to fund local productions. — ASSOCIATED PRESS, UnitedHealth income rose in fourth quarter. The media company iHeartMedia — which owns WBZ and several other Boston-area radio stations — announced another round of restructuring Tuesday, leading to the dismissal of several well-known local personalities. The Los Angeles Times, citing unnamed sources, said as many as 400 people across ViacomCBS may have lost their jobs. The results missed analysts’ expectations for earnings of $5.47 a share. Also included are 2001 through 2004 Infiniti I30 and I35s, 2002 through 2003 QX4s, 2003 through 2008 FX35 and FX45s and 2006 through 2010 M35 and M45s. So it always catches your eye when a big financial-services company like State Street says they’re doing major layoffs – of senior managers.

The iHeartMedia cuts follow its bankruptcy filing in 2018. Recent layoffs—which include nine scout and player development staff let go earlier this month—make up about 10 percent of the team's full-time employees.

The Boston Globe reports that the organization has more than 400 employees.

An undisclosed number of WBZ-TV staff members have been laid off this week as its parent company continues merging aspects of its businesses and … — BLOOMBERG NEWS, GM gives full-time jobs to more than 1,350 temporary workers. BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) —The Red Sox announced more staff layoffs on Friday morning, as a result of the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

"While we recognize that nothing can replace the security of a full-time job, we have set up a number of assistance measures," Red Sox President and CEO Sam Kennedy said in a statement to the Boston Globe. Eventually they’ll reach the top wage for a full-time production worker of $32.32 per hour. — BLOOMBERG NEWS, Nissan recalling almost 346,000 vehicles to replace air bag inflators, Nissan is recalling nearly 346,000 vehicles worldwide to replace dangerous Takata air bag inflators that can explode and hurl shrapnel. “We have much more work to do,” Wechter said in the memo. UnitedHealth’s fourth-quarter net income surged 16 percent, and investors shrugged off a rare revenue miss to make the nation’s largest health insurer higher one of the biggest gainers in Wednesday trading.

Breaking news when it happens. — BLOOMBERG NEWS, Goldman Sachs said its fourth-quarter profits dropped by 24 percent from a year earlier, as the bank had to set aside money to cover its looming settlement with US authorities over its role in a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund scandal.