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Why the WGA-Agents Battle Has Yet to Significantly Impact TV Dealmaking
Variety reports: "Nearly five months after the Writers Guild and the Assn. of Talent Agents failed to reach a new franchise agreement, leading to...
How the Middle Fell Out of Hollywood
Hollywood Reporter reports: "Movie studios, talent agencies and even PR firms are being forced to scale up in order to survive, and the war...
Why Facebook Really Doesn’t Like The Like Button Anymore
Forbes reports: "First, Instagram now the mothership. Facebook has confirmed that the company is thinking about maybe, possibly, sort of removing Like counts from...
Steve Wozniak Says He Didn’t Mean Apple Should Be Broken Up...
The Verge reports: "Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is wildly outspoken, and he’s never been shy to criticize the company he helped build. This week,...
Ubisoft: Steam’s Revenue Model Is ‘Unrealistic’
VentureBeat reports: "Ubisoft was one of the first major publishers to jump aboard both the Epic Games Store and Google Stadia streaming platform. And...
How Spain Became a Case Study for the Global Streaming Wars
Hollywood Reporter reports: "Netflix may have been the first to crack the key European market with locally produced hit 'Money Heist,' but the streamer...
How Much Does Streaming Actually Pay Musicians?
Hypebot reports: "Musicians regularly and understandably complain about the payments they receive from streaming music services and release stats to prove they've been wronged....
Netflix Will See Some Erosion As Streaming Rivals Come Online, Study...
Deadline reports: "While it remains the dominant force in streaming, Netflix has seen its market share erode slightly in a trend that is likely...
This Week in XR: Google’s AR Maps, Goodbye to Gear, VR...
Forbes reports: "It's been a long time since we've written about the pioneering Samsung Gear mobile VR HMD. Probably because they were stinky and...
Amazon’s Twitter Ambassadors are Blurring the Line Between Fact and Fiction
The Verge reports: "One of the big lessons of Amazon’s HQ2 debacle, at least from my perspective, was that the company can be weirdly...
