Alphabet reports Q3 advertising sales of $54.5B, up from $53.1B YoY, missing estimates of $56.6B, and Google Search revenue of $39.5B, up from $37.9B YoY (Jon Swartz/MarketWatch)

Jon Swartz / MarketWatch:
Box reports Q3 revenue of $250M, up 12% YoY, and billings of $258.2M, up 12% YoY, and forecasts Q4 revenue between $255M and $257M, vs. $259.3M est.  —  Software company reports sales just $100,000 shy of $250 million and expects to top the mark in fourth quarter, but neither hits analysts’ average forecasts …

Matt Day / Bloomberg:
Research: Amazon Air ran 194 daily cargo flights on average in September 2022, up from 164 in August 2021 and 187 in March 2022, the slowest growth since 2020  —  Amazon.com Inc.’s cargo airline is growing at the slowest pace since the start of the pandemic, the latest sign that the e-commerce giant is adjusting to slackening demand.

Jon Swartz / MarketWatch:
Meta plans to consider removing news from its platform if Congress passes Senator Klobuchar’s “ill-considered” Journalism Competition and Preservation Act  —  Bill would allow news organizations to band together to negotiate for a larger share of online advertising revenue

Emily Bary / MarketWatch:
Match Group reports Q3 revenue up 1% YoY to $810M, vs. $793M est., paying users up 2% YoY to 16.5M, and plans investments in Hinge and The League; stock up 13%+  —  Company plans to focus on ‘targeted, high-returning investments’ in Hinge and The League next year while monitoring headcount and marketing expenses

Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube’s Q3 ad revenue dropped 1.9% YoY to $7.07B, below expectations of $7.42B and marking YouTube’s slowest ad growth in at least two years  —  Overall, Alphabet, Google’s parent company, also came in below analyst estimates.  The company posted revenue of $69.1 billion and earnings per share of $1.06 for Q3.

Emily Bary / MarketWatch:
DocuSign reports Q3 revenue up 18% YoY to $645.5M, vs. $627M est., and billings up 17% YoY to $659.4M, vs. $588.6M est.; stock is up ~10% after hours  —  Company easily tops expectations on billings and other key metrics  —  Shares of DocuSign were flying higher in aftermarket action Thursday …