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Streaming Is Stalling: Can Music Keep Up in the Attention Economy?
Billboard reports: "Music streaming services have continued to add U.S. subscribers this year, according to MIDiA Research, growing by 11 million paying users from...
Cloud-gaming platforms were 2020’s most overhyped trend
TechCrunch reports: "It was an unprecedented year for , and while plenty of tech verticals saw shifts that warped business models and shifted user...
Why the Music Industry Is Betting on Biopics and Documentaries For...
Billboard reports: "A few weeks before the November 2018 release of Bohemian Rhapsody, Brian Monaco, president/global chief marketing officer at Sony Music/ATV Music Publishing, sat...
Shari Redstone: ViacomCBS ‘Can Compete With the Best of Them’
Variety reports: "Shari Redstone is emphatic: ViacomCBS has plenty of resources and the scale to compete in the new world order for media giants."
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Katzenberg: 3D Suffering Because Movies "Suck"
DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg reconfirmed his belief in 3D movies, adding that it hasn’t lived up to its potential because it’s being used...
Post-Pandemic Hollywood: Inside Plans to Make Movie and TV Sets Safe...
Variety reports: "Tom Cruise expected to spend his summer in Italy, hanging onto the sides of planes, dodging bullets and engaging in elaborate car...
Michael Huppe of SoundExchange: ‘All players in the industry, creators or...
Hypebot reports: "SoundExchange CEO Michael Huppe weighs in on what a post-pandemic music industry is shaping up to look like, and why creators and...
What Snap’s Revenue Warning May Mean for Media Companies and Advertising
The Hollywood Reporter reports: "With Snap surprising Wall Street with a second-quarter revenue warning on Monday, noting that “the macroeconomic environment has deteriorated further...
Virus Crisis May Spur More Hollywood Studio Mergers, Analyst Says
The Hollywood Reporter reports: "We have a strong belief that the production and distribution of media content will be permanently changed by this crisis,"...
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...
