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Revenues are shown in total and by type (distribution, advertising, content, other), followed by costs and expenses, operating income, net income and earnings per share; the balance sheet and cash flow carry cash, debt, assets, equity, operating cash flow, capital expenditures and free cash flow.", "Full-year figures for 2025, 2024 and 2023 come from the consolidated statements in the FY2025 Form 10-K (accession 0001437107-26-000020). That filing prints balance sheets only at December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, so FY2023 carries income statement and cash flow figures but no balance sheet.", "Second-quarter 2026 and 2025 income statement figures, the June 30, 2026 balance sheet, and the six-month figures come from the Q2 2026 Form 10-Q (accession 0001437107-26-000075). The 10-Q's December 31, 2025 balance sheet column matches the FY2025 10-K line for line. The 10-Q does not present a balance sheet at June 30, 2025, so the Q2 FY2025 entry has none.", "The Q2 2026 10-Q presents its cash flow statement only for the six months ended June 30. The three-month operating cash flow, purchases of property and equipment and free cash flow for Q2 FY2026 and Q2 FY2025 are taken from the free cash flow table in the company's Q2 2026 earnings release, furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to the Form 8-K filed August 6, 2026 (accession 0001437107-26-000072); each quarter records that accession as its cash flow source.", "The six months ended June 30, 2026 include a $2,800 million expense for the Netflix Termination Fee, recorded in the first quarter of 2026. The 10-Q (Note 1) states that Paramount Skydance Corporation paid the fee to Netflix in cash on the company's behalf after the company terminated its merger agreement with Netflix on February 27, 2026, and that the amount is reimbursable by the company in certain circumstances if the merger agreement with Paramount Skydance is terminated; it is recorded in accrued liabilities. The charge is the main reason the six-month period shows an operating loss of $2,232 million against $222 million a year earlier.", "Diluted shares for the six months ended June 30, 2026 equal basic shares (2,501 million) because the period was a net loss; the earnings per share note shows no dilutive effect from share-based awards for that period.", "Total debt is the balance-sheet carrying amount (current plus noncurrent portion of debt): $32,023 million at June 30, 2026. The Q2 2026 earnings release cites 'total debt of $32.4 billion' and 'gross debt of $33.1 billion' (total debt plus $659 million of finance leases) for its net debt and leverage measures; those are company-defined figures on a different basis from the balance-sheet carrying amount and are not used in this record.", "The trailing twelve months to June 30, 2026 are derived, not filed: the FY2025 figures from the 10-K, plus the six months ended June 30, 2026, less the six months ended June 30, 2025, both from the 10-Q.", "Figures are in US dollars as reported. Warner Bros. Discovery had no stock split in the periods covered and its Series A common stock is not an American Depositary Share, so no per-share adjustment was applied." ], "uncertainties": [ "The Q2 FY2026 and Q2 FY2025 cash flow figures are from the furnished earnings release, not from the 10-Q, which prints cash flows only on a six-month basis.", "Discrete figures for the first quarter of 2026 and the fourth quarter of 2025 are not shown: neither filing presents those three-month periods on its face." ], "definitions": { "revenue_by_type": "Distribution, advertising, content and other revenues as printed on the face of the consolidated statements of operations; they sum to total_revenues.", "costs_of_revenues_excluding_depreciation_and_amortization": "The filing's 'Costs of revenues, excluding depreciation and amortization'. Because depreciation and amortization is reported as a separate line, the company does not present gross profit, and none is shown here.", "net_income": "Consolidated net income (loss), before amounts attributable to noncontrolling and redeemable noncontrolling interests.", "net_income_available_to_common_stockholders": "The filing's 'Net income (loss) available to Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.', which the earnings per share note identifies as the numerator for basic and diluted earnings per share of Series A common stock.", "basic_shares / diluted_shares": "Weighted average Series A common shares outstanding, printed in millions and stored here as actual shares.", "shares_outstanding": "Series A common shares outstanding at the balance sheet date, from the common stock caption on the balance sheet (printed in millions).", "total_debt": "Current portion of debt plus noncurrent portion of debt, as carried on the balance sheet. It excludes finance lease obligations.", "free_cash_flow": "Cash provided by operating activities less purchases of property and equipment, the company's own definition of this non-GAAP measure. For the quarters it is the figure printed in the earnings release; for full years and six-month periods it is computed from the cash flow statement on the same definition.", "sign_convention": "Cost and expense lines are positive amounts. On lines whose caption combines income and expense (interest expense, net; gain or loss on extinguishment of debt; income or loss from equity investees; other income or expense; income tax benefit or expense) a negative figure is an expense or loss. 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