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“We’ll be right back after these messages.” The age-old commercial lead-in takes on new meaning at a time when a bounceback for Netflix and Walt Disney shares rests on the coming launch of ad-supported tiers for the two streaming leaders.

For Netflix (ticker: NFLX), the goal is to reverse subscriber losses with cheaper plans. For Disney+, it’s to offset a recent acceleration in cable cord-cutting. Barron’s laid out those concerns in a March cover story.

“We’ll be right back after these messages.

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