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The ‘attention recession’ just showed its teeth to Facebook – and took a $200bn bite

Karol Severin

3 Feb 2022

Facebook

Facebook is about to disrupt itself out of existence…again

Mark Mulligan

29 Oct 2021

The social reckoning is nigh: The Haugen testimony and Facebook blackout hint at imminent regulatory changes

Hanna Kahlert

7 Oct 2021

social media

TikTok

Facebook

The race between social media (and broader tech) innovation and governmental regulation has been a bit of a hare and the tortoise situation for the past decade-plus. However, the digital-first transition...

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Creator tools are changing the power dynamic of audiences and platforms

Hanna Kahlert

31 Aug 2021

creator tools

social media

Streaming

As ever, the maturation of markets begs the question: “what next?” – and we have now hit this point with streaming, as the ‘ big bang’ moment of D2C video streaming platforms coincides with the...

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Facebook just got into social music; the industry should take note

Hanna Kahlert

12 Aug 2021

social music

social music app

Facebook

Facebook has just rolled out a new option to share clips of music videos to its Stories , which will be fully available to users by August 16th. The move has two main sets of implications. On the music...

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The record labels are weaning themselves off their Spotify dependency

Mark Mulligan

6 Aug 2021

Spotify

Streaming

TikTok

The major labels had a spectacular streaming quarter, registering 33% growth on Q2 2020 to reach $3.1 billion. Spotify had a less impressive quarter, growing revenues by just 23%. After being the industry’s...

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Instagram continues to perform strongly despite inconsistent brand identity

Hanna Kahlert

30 Jun 2021

Media and Marketing

Instagram

social media

Over the last few months Instagram has done its best to capitalise on the latest social media success tactics, often at the cost of its own original user proposition. The photo-sharing app for friends...

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From network to Bulletin: Is this the future of Facebook?

Hanna Kahlert

10 Jun 2021

social media

substack

Facebook

Due to generational shifts, the passage of time, and pure competition from other entertainment alternatives, social media is changing . Younger users are flocking to fast-paced, original content-driven...

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Instagram drops the Like and WhatsApp defends privacy in India: Facebook’s PR reinvention

Hanna Kahlert

27 May 2021

Facebook

Instagram

Facebook is now old enough that there are teenagers on it that are younger than it is. In the time that it has been around, it has reinvented social media . It has also had to do some reinventing of itself,...

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The social studio will empower the next million producers

Kriss Thakrar

23 Apr 2021

creator tools

Social Studio

social media

MIDiA recently explored the concept of the social studio and the more sophisticated tools for creation that are being embedded in social media platforms. It did not take long for this to go from concept...

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Facebook faces anti-trust lawsuits, sounding a warning to big tech

Hanna Kahlert

16 Dec 2020

ads

data

Facebook

Last Wednesday, 48 US State attorneys general and the US Federal Trade Commission filed lawsuits against Facebook, echoing the hearings before Congress earlier this year in declaring that the company’s...

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Can LiveScore learn valuable lessons from Eleven Sports’ UK failings?

Alistair Taylor

24 Aug 2020

streaming service

LiveScore

OTT

Streaming insurgent LiveScore launched its first ever over-the-top (OTT), ad-supported direct-to-consumer (D2C) streaming proposition in the UK back in June, harbouring a similar rights portfolio to that...

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We are at a turning point for social music

Mark Mulligan

4 Aug 2020

Music

Snap

snapchat

In recent days we have seen three major developments that, collectively, are a potential pivot point for social music: 1. TikTok close to a US-entity buyout by Microsoft to avoid potential sanctions, following...

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TwitchSports: Amazon throws sports into the starting line-up

Alistair Taylor

29 Jul 2020

Video

Sports

Games

Amazon-owned Twitch is no newcomer to sports. However, in a deliberate move to double down, Amazon has conceded that it needs to improve the discoverability of live sporting events for its platform users...

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To be Silent is to be Complicit – On Which Side of History Will the NFL be Remembered?

Alistair Taylor

3 Jun 2020

audiences

Blacklivesmatter

blackouttuesday

Yesterday, social media went silent as it observed #BlackOutTuesday . Following George Floyd’s killing by a Minneapolis police officer, athletes and teams have all spoken up in solidarity, demanding...

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The Last Dance – ESPN Raining Threes

Alistair Taylor

18 May 2020

Adam Silver

bundle

Chicago Bulls

With the pandemic-enforced postponement of live sports creating an entertainment void for sports fans, US broadcaster ESPN played its trump card to capitalise on the thirst for stimulating content during...

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YouTube Ad Revenue Continues To Grow But For How Much Longer?

Tim Mulligan

30 Apr 2020

Alphabet

digital ads

FAANG

On Tuesday (28th April), Alphabet, the holding company for Google released its Q1 2020 results. The performance of Google is hugely important across both the digital economy and the financial sector. Google...

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Watch Out, Twitch, YouTube and Apple Arcade: Facebook Gaming Is Coming For Your Market Share

Karol Severin

21 Apr 2020

Applee arcade

Facebook

facebook games app

Facebook has launched a new app, Facebook Gaming, currently available on Google Play. Though the company has been in games for years, this is a major development in its games-related strategy as...

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Forget Virtual – UFC and NRL going Remote

Alistair Taylor

10 Apr 2020

Associated Press

broadcaster

With fans currently starved of sports entertainment during lockdown, rights holders are jumping out of the gate to be the first to put on live sports to serve any form of quick fix to see a jump in engagement....

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How Will Finance’s Interest in Music Impact the Industry Compared to Big Tech?

Zach Fuller

16 Dec 2019

big tech

Facebook

facebook music

With Hipgnosis continuing to acquire copyright, coupled with Warner Music Group and Providence Equity’s announcement of Tempo Music Investments, the finance industry’s interest in the recorded music...

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