The attention economy deals with distraction

Future. The growth slowdown is not special to just film and TV streaming but to the entire attention-economy ecosystem at large. Why? COVID (as a pandemic) is coming to a close. While rolling out endless digital innovations was a huge driver of growth (stock, revenue, and users), the next wave of features could help people ease back into normal life… while still keeping your attention.

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Does the attention economy still have your attention?

• Over the past week, Big Tech companies like Meta and Google have reported depressed revenue growth… so they’re slowing down investment in order to focus on raising returns.
• Twitter reported revenue and user growth, but ditched its “100-million more subs” goal after the Musk-sale decision, noting that it won’t hit that at this rate.
  • Also, Twitter admitted that it realized it’d been over-reporting users due to a technical error.
• Some analysts say Spotify is on the cusp of its (not good) Netflix moment, meaning that while subscription-growth is still going up, a ceiling is in sight.

While the eventual growth fall-off was inevitable, it’s ironic that it comes just as Anthony Fauci declared that COVID is “out of the pandemic phase” (although, he’s walked back those comments a little).