These Media Stocks Have Fallen More than 50% This Year

Shares in Netflix, Spotify and Meta are plummeting as Wall Street frets about the future of media.

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“Is anything good happening?,” analyst Rich Greenfield asked Friday afternoon. “Advertising is falling apart. The cable bundle is falling apart. Streaming has slowed. Name a good business right now.”

It’s a challenging time for most Wall Street experts, especially those like Greenfield, a savvy analyst who has been confident in his view of the future. The co-founder of LightShed Partners is a vocal champion of companies like Netflix, Snap and Spotify, and a critic of traditional media firms resisting the transition to the internet.