Five years ago this week… Apple had recently been overtaken by Huawei in terms number of smartphone shipments, but significantly increased its net income, and hit a record $985 billion market capitalization. CEO Tim Cook flaunted the company’s Business Chat services, as Dish Network became the first TV operator to use the service in the US. Apple’s market cap today exceeds $3 trillion. Merging discovery+ into HBO Max and dropping the household HBO brand has not proven a smooth integration process. Warner Bros Discovery reported a loss of 1.8 million direct-to-consumer subscribers in Q2 2023, dropping to 95.8 million in total. The majority of cancellations – 1.3 million – came domestically, where WBD now has 54 million subs. The global…