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What Drake got wrong — and right — with 100 Gigs

Tatiana Cirisano

15 Aug 2024

Drake

fragmented fandom

bifurcation theory

On August 6th , with no prior announcement, Drake unloaded 100 gigabytes’ worth of content, including songs and video clips, to a personal website and directed fans there via his Instagram burner account....

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Spotify’s Stream On event recycles podcast features in a new feed

Annie Langston

9 Mar 2023

Spotify

Podcasts

Creators

At Spotify’s annual Stream On event, the company announced a new, TikTok-style home screen and various “new” podcast features. Following the podcast investment boom, platforms need experimentation...

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How AI will shake up the podcast market

Annie Langston

8 Mar 2023

AI

Spotify

Adobe

AI technology is shaking up every entertainment format . With AI technology, podcasters can simplify their creative processes and platforms can revolutionise traditional market practices. Major platforms...

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At the Grammys and Super Bowl, the last hurrah of the mainstream era

Tatiana Cirisano

14 Feb 2023

music industry

Record labels

Music creators

Rihanna’s performance at the Super Bowl LVII over the weekend was remarkable for several reasons, but most of all was that she had not performed a show at this scale in seven long years. “The wait...

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