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2021 Major Label Revenue Surged, But What Does it Mean?
Hypebot reports: "2021 was an anomalous year for the recorded music market. Two of the majors did an IPO, the pandemic continued to disrupt...
Nasdaq Ends First Week of 2022 Down More Than 4% as...
Variety reports: "The Nasdaq closed Friday down more than 4% from where it opened Monday and almost 1% for the day, marking a rough...
A Hospitable Metaverse Requires the Basic Building Blocks of Virtual Life
TechCrunch reports: "Meta’s stated mission is to seamlessly connect disparate environments like work, social media and gaming so it can allow people to effectively...
Euro Cinema Group Predicts 75 Percent Box Office Growth in 2022
The Hollywood Reporter reports: "European cinema group UNIC is predicting a major box office bounce back this year, forecasting ticket revenue across Europe, the...
2022 is Shaping Up To Be One of Video Games Biggest...
Gamesindustry.biz reports: "2021 was the year we felt the effects of the pandemic. Big games were delayed as some developers struggled to adapt to...
Netflix Earnings Preview: Subscriber Momentum in Focus Amid Somber Investor Mood
The Hollywood Reporter reports: "The company’s fourth-quarter earnings report after the market close on Thursday will show how the actual figure compared with management’s...
The Deal That Will Change the Industry Forever: Analysts on Microsoft’s...
Gamesindustry.biz reports: "The number of mergers and acquisitions taking place across the games industry has dramatically risen in recent years, but every now and...
Rethinking the Longevity of Cryptocurrency’s Pay-for-Processing Model
TechCrunch reports: "The pay-for-processing business model has always been a largely unquestioned mainstay within the cryptocurrency landscape. Since the inception of digital assets, investors,...
The State of Media Diversity
Digiday reports: "In 2020 and 2021, the advertising industry renewed its focus on the need for better representation regarding diversity in ad creative and...
The Industrial Metaverse: Where Simulation and Reality Meet
VentureBeat reports: "Much of the attention around the metaverse to date has centered on social experiences where people can meet up, but I’m most...
