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How NFTs Are Creating A Generational Divide Between Platforms

The Verge reports: "Like it or not, the rise of non-fungible tokens as an engine for fun and profit has been one of the...

Churn & Return: Younger Generations More Likely to Cancel and Then...

Variety reports: "It’s most common among younger generations: Nearly half of millennials (47%) and 34% of Gen Z in the U.S. canceled and then...

Netflix Adds 4.4 Million New Subscribers in Third Quarter, Surpassing Projections

The Hollywood Reporter reports: "Netflix added 4.4 million new subscribers in the third quarter of 2021 for a total of 214 million paid subscribers,...

US Game Spending Up 3% to $4.4b in September

Gamesindustry.biz reports: "September saw US consumer spending on games reach $4.4 billion, a 3% increase year-on-year, according to the latest NPD data. Year-to-date spending...

Why The Copyright Royalty Board Must Index Song Rates to Inflation

Hypebot reports: "The Consumer Price Index (used by the Copyright Royalty Board to increase statutory royalties paid by SoundExchange) rose again in September according...

Disney Stock Slides as Analysts Warn of Subscriber Slowdown

Forbes reports: "Shares of streaming and entertainment giant Walt Disney fell 3% on Monday morning after analysts at Barclays downgraded the stock, warning that...

YouTube Shorts at One Year: What the Video Giant Has Learned...

Variety reports: "As of this summer, YouTube Shorts was generating over 15 billion global daily views, more than doubling from 6.5 billion in March...

European Alliance Execs Debate Difficulty of Competing With Streamers

Deadline reports: "A host of heavyweight European execs have debated the difficulty of competing with US streamers on big budgets, while criticizing these players...

Spotify to Pass 100 Million Users in the US by 2025...

Forbes reports: "A new forecast for the US music streaming market from eMarketer suggests an upward curve will continue for the majority of the...

IO Interactive Reports Record Breaking Year

Gamesindustry.biz reports: "Hitman developer IO Interactive has released its annual report for 2020/21, reporting record-breaking profits during the last fiscal year. For the year...