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Disney, Amazon, ViacomCBS Shares Hit as Stock Market Tumbles Amid Coronavirus...
Variety reports: "Fears of the Coronavirus spreading across the world sent major stock indices tumbling on Monday morning. Shares of Disney and Amazon were...
Black Desert Online and the diverging MMO ecosystem
Gamesindustry.biz reports: "The MMO market is not what it used to be, and how these games operate and thrive has changed in ways both...
Traditional Pay-TV Operators Lost 6 Million Subscribers in 2019 as Cord-Cutting...
Variety reports: "The U.S. satellite and cable TV business declined at an unprecedented rate last year — with traditional pay-TV providers dropping a staggering...
Why YouTube and the Music Biz Are Getting Along Better Than...
Billboard reports: "The industry’s biggest frenemy has always helped break acts like rising rap star Roddy Ricch. Now it’s signing up more subscribers and...
With Warner Bros. and Warner Max, Is AT&T Setting Up a...
Hollywood Reporter reports: "As WarnerMedia’s streamer HBO Max preps for a May launch, a new film division will become a direct pipeline — and...
Streaming Accounts for 19% of Total TV Viewing With Netflix Leading...
Variety reports: "Streaming video has boomed over the past few years — but it still represents just around one-fifth of all time Americans spend...
In the streaming wars, everyone is winning
VentureBeat reports: "Glancing at the data from the first heat of the great streaming wars, it appears that each of the major platforms is...
Sony Investor Third Point Renews Calls For Entertainment To “Stand Alone”
Deadline reports: "Activist investor Daniel Loeb’s hedge fund Third Point, after buzzing around Sony for years, urged the conglomerate to continue selling off non-strategic...
Apple’s App Store still limits developers’ options for how to make...
The Verge reports: "It’s not every day we get to talk about a good old-fashioned utility app update. I wouldn’t go so far as...
IGDA: Working conditions for game developers are better, but still need...
VentureBeat reports: "The working conditions for game developers are improving, partly because the spotlight on poor conditions is forcing some change, according to a...
