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Regulatory decisions around AI will shape the future of digital ecosystems

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Hanna Kahlert

27 Sep 2023

Looking back, the Francis Haugen testimony spelled a turning point for social platforms. It represents a moment where they, and tech more generally, went from being able to ‘build fast and break things’...

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Why investing in IRL entertainment is so important for Disney’s streaming future

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Tim Mulligan

26 Sep 2023

It appears that investors are losing confidence in Disney as the transition from linear TV to streaming TV moves into its final chapter. Last week, Disney saw its stock price fall after announcing that...

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Why Netflix should become a channel distributor for its streaming rivals

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Ben Woods

21 Sep 2023

Long-running legal drama Suits has become a bittersweet tale for NBCUniversal. The show that gave Meghan Markle her pre-royalty taste of stardom was already considered a commercial success after its final...

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Murdoch versus Iger | Why Fox’s focus on live programming has a key role in streaming TV

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Tim Mulligan

21 Sep 2023

Rupert Murdoch’s decision to step down as chairman of Fox News and Fox Corporation is the culminating act in a 70-year media career spanning print to TV. It comes four years after Murdoch clinched the...

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Spotify’s ‘daylist’ is coming for radio… but radio still has some aces to play

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Annie Langston

20 Sep 2023

As streaming platforms evolve, radio audiences are steadily declining. Although podcasts and streaming have seemingly replaced radio, there are key differences between the formats. For instance, radio’s...

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Streaming’s problems will not be fixed by royalties alone

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Mark Mulligan

15 Sep 2023

Streaming Music

Music streaming

Streaming Royalties

UMG and Deezer’s artist-centric royalty proposal got the amount of attention both parties probably wanted , if not necessarily the type of attention they were after. However, the intent was to kick start...

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Niche is the way forward: DSP’s need function, not features

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Hanna Kahlert

14 Sep 2023

It has never been easier to become a music creator. But, it has arguably never been harder to remain one as a full-time career. There are a whole host of reasons behind this, not least of which is a streaming...

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Unity’s pricing is a symptom, not the cause of tougher times ahead for the games industry

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Karol Severin

14 Sep 2023

game developers

Earlier this week, Unity announced that from 2024 it will start charging developers for the number of downloads / installs of their games. Developers unsurprisingly threw their proverbial toys out of the...

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Cannibalisation is inevitable for YouTube as the attention economy bites

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Ben Woods

13 Sep 2023

When YouTube launched Shorts in 2021, the social video platform was knowingly risking de-stabilising its core business. The rationale behind launching a short-form video offer was that the risk of not...

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How Clubhouse missed its Twitter, erm X, Spaces opportunity

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Annie Langston

13 Sep 2023

The gone and (almost) forgotten live audio app Clubhouse is trying for a revival. Clubhouse kicked off during the Covid-19 lockdowns, closing 2021 with a $4 billion valuation and inspiring major platforms,...

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As Sam Ryder cuts to the chase, the question is do all artists become indie?

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Keith Jopling

7 Sep 2023

Creator economy

Like everyone, I have a basket of core artists I am a dedicated fan of. But there is a wider group of artists I follow and am always intrigued about, both musically and in terms of their career trajectory....

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The future of AI will orient around datasets… which will put the user in a front-and-centre blind spot

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Hanna Kahlert

6 Sep 2023

The rise of generative AI has thrown the future of creators (of all industries) into question, with copyright being the key to how it all plays out. Models like ChatGPT have an input-output ‘black-box’...

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BlackPink, superfans and the video game threat to social video and streaming TV

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Ben Woods

1 Sep 2023

Being an entertainment fan in the modern era can be a disjointed experience. Take Star Wars . A fan of the long-standing sci-fi franchise must invest significant amounts of time and money across multiple...

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A new era of ‘fan-made’ music is about to begin

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Kriss Thakrar

30 Aug 2023

Since MIDiA’s comments on TikTok’s music production ambitions more than two years ago, a lot has changed. Consumers have become bolder and more engaged in playing an active role in their music consumption....

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How Apple Podcasts is helping spur a new era of podcast analytics

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Annie Langston

30 Aug 2023

Podcast analytics have been more or less untouched since the format’s inception. The podcast investment boom was more about major platforms catching up with competitors by integrating traditional analytics,...

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Up close and personal: when the algorithm goes too far

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Tatiana Cirisano

24 Aug 2023

artificial intelligence

Today’s entertainment world is characterised by hyper-personalisation. Everyone has a unique TikTok feed tailored specifically to their own niches. DSP playlists have names like “For You” and “Made...

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Clutter versus curation: The cure to entertainment’s attention saturation woes

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Hanna Kahlert

18 Aug 2023

digital saturatoin

Attention economy

Across digital content –be that music, TV, social video, or just photos on Instagram – algorithms favour a “more is more” approach. More content, more often, means better visibility, better discovery,...

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For Sony's games division, add-on content is the one to watch

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Karol Severin

16 Aug 2023

in-game monetisation

Sony reported its Q1 FY2023 results last week. The Gaming & Network Services (G&NS) segment was up 27.8% on last year. At the same time, however, operating income was down 6.83%. This segment had...

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Alex Cooper’s new podcast network questions her future at Spotify and fuels competition for creators

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Annie Langston

16 Aug 2023

Call Her Daddy’s Alex Cooper has launched her own podcast network. A subsidiary of Trending , the media company Cooper launched earlier this year, The Unwell Network is targeting Gen Z audiences. In...

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AI is the new digital ad industry… but the stakes are far greater

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Hanna Kahlert

9 Aug 2023

Zoom has been making the news this week over its controversial new terms and conditions that now allow the service (in theory) to utilise user data to train its AI-assisted features. While the company...

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