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Twitch can fight the digital advertising downturn with Guest Star

Ben Woods

20 Dec 2022

Twitch

live streaming

Fandom

When Twitch influencer Freckled Science wanted to puncture the falsehoods surrounding the beauty industry, she patched in Dr. Michelle Wong for a live interview . The co-stream, incorporating the feeds...

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Quick take: Why Xbox All Access could be the ultimate recession winner

Karol Severin

17 Jun 2022

Inflation

global recession

cost of living

Xbox All Access has been around for a while now, though with a limited reach (currently only available in 12 markets). While it was always going to play an integral part in Xbox’s cross-platform (and...

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How an Economic Downturn Could Reshape Digital Media

Mark Mulligan

13 Dec 2019

economic cycles

economic downturn

financial cycle

Ten years on from the credit crunch, the global economy could be poised to enter another recession. Many of the underlying causes of the credit crunch remain in place, due to governments lacking appetite...

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Why Spotify and Netflix Need to Worry About a Global Recession

Mark Mulligan

23 Aug 2019

economic downturn

entertainment spend

global recession

A growing body of economists is becoming increasingly convinced that a global recession is edging closer. The last time we experienced a global economic downturn was the 2008 credit crunch. Although the...

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