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Hello and welcome to the webcast entitled WWE First Quarter Earnings. Today's call is being recorded. We have just a few announcements before we begin. First, please use the question mark icon in the upper right-hand corner of your web console for technical assistance. The option to enlarge slides is located to the right on your slides with the four arrows pointing in different directions. If you are listening through the phone line, you may ask a question verbally by pressing star then one on your touchstone phone. If you wish to be removed from the queue, please press star two. I will now turn the call over to Michael Weitz, SVP Financial Planning and Investor Relations. Please go ahead, Michael.

Thank you, Lauren, and good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to WWE's first quarter 2021 earnings conference call. Leading today's discussion are Vince McMahon, WWE's Chairman and CEO, Nick Kahn, WWE's President and Chief Revenue Officer, Stephanie McMahon, WWE's Chief Brand Officer, and Christina Salen, WWE's Chief Financial Officer. Their remarks will be followed by a Q&A session. We issued our first quarter earnings release this afternoon and have posted the release, our earnings presentation, and other supporting materials on our website. Today's discussion will include forward-looking statements. These statements reflect our current views, are based on various assumptions, and are subject to risks and uncertainties disclosed in our SEC filings. Actual results may differ materially, and undue reliance should not be placed on them. Additionally, the matters we will be discussing today may include non-GAAP financial measures, Reconciliation of non-GAAP to GAAP information is set forth in our earnings release and presentation, which are available on our website. You should note that all comparisons are versus the year-ago quarter, unless otherwise described. Finally, as a reminder, today's conference call is being recorded, and the replay will be available on our website later this evening. At this time, it's my privilege to turn the call over to Vince. Thanks.

Thanks for joining us, everybody. Like every other form of entertainment or sport, we're coming out of COVID. At first, we were in survival mode, but we found a way. Once we felt secure, we then saw this as an opportunity to rethink the way we do business and open what I call the WWE treasure chest. The only way you can do that history. We have that team, a team that's innovative, a team that drives revenue and has reorganized our company in a far more efficient way to take advantage of new revenue streams, new online platforms, new consumer products, new content creation, and new opportunities to expand our media rights portfolio on a global basis. I'm always excited about our business. I don't think I've ever been as excited as I am now.