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2022 will be a reckoning point for cultural value in digital entertainment

Hanna Kahlert

5 Jan 2022

NFT

niche

publishing

The turn of the year has kicked off with a bang for digital entertainment – well in keeping with the 20’s so far. $2.2 million worth of ape jpegs have been stolen . Vinyl sales were reported to have...

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Beggars Group, Sky, The Economist, Plus more Speakers at the Access vs Ownership Industry Event

Dara Jegede

26 Jun 2018

Media

midia event

Music Subscriptions

MIDiA is back with another exclusive industry event, bringing together experts, decision makers, innovators and entrepreneurs from all across the digital entertainment spectrum. This event will explore...

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Quick Take: NME and the Decline of Print

Zach Fuller

9 Mar 2018

digital advertising

Facebook

Media

To paraphrase a proverb on the inevitability of change, ‘It is astonishing how long things can continue and how quickly they can fall’. The NME’s swift announcement of a final issue certainly aligns...

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If Amazon Swallows Retail, Could Facebook Do the Same with Media?

Zach Fuller

25 Aug 2017

Amazon

amazon advertising

amazon media group

Former President and CEO of Netscape James L. Barksdale once said he knew of two ways to make money, ‘Bundling and Unbundling’. Whilst much of the focus has been on the unbundling factor of media,...

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Bertelsmann and Penguin Random House: A Strategy Based on Extremes

Zach Fuller

24 Jul 2017

Bertelsmann

BMG

harper collins

Having created a next-gen music publisher in BMG, German media giant Bertlesmann are applying a similar strategy to their publishing division. Consistent with BMG’s tactic of investing heavily in legacy...

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WikiTribune Is a Start, But It Misses The Core Issue On Fake News

Zach Fuller

27 Apr 2017

alternative facts

Fake News

jimmy wales

Having created Wikipedia, one of the most widely read sites in the history of the World Wide Web, Jimmy Wales is aware of the complexities and pitfalls when it comes to managing the authenticity of information....

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