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The Future. College degrees and the job market aren’t seeing eye-to-eye these days — a major study found that over half of college graduates are “underemployed” a year after graduation. While colleges’ failure to prepare students for the workforce and the job market’s obsession with data-driven work are both at fault for the phenomenon, expect […]
The Future. YouTube stars like MatPat, Tyler Oakley, and Lilly Singh are signing off YouTube or significantly cutting back on how much they’re posting, igniting fears of a platform exodus. If YouTube no longer seems like a viable place to start a career as a digital creator, and TikTok ends up getting banned, that could […]
The Future. The Duplass Brothers are doing for TV what he did for film — putting all the financing, production, and distribution in-house. While this model isn’t new, Duplass may pave the way for creators at any level to own the fate of their shows… and give the streamers potentially more adventurous titles to license. […]
The Future. Universal was the most financially successful studio at the box office in 2023 and the studio that won the most Oscars this past weekend — the first time that has happened this century. Don’t be surprised if every studio in Hollywood pivots to follow Universal’s strategy and releases a lot of movies in […]
The Future. A bipartisan bill to force ByteDance to sell TikTok’s operations in the US or face a ban is making its way through Congress… and has enough wind in its sails to potentially become law. If ByteDance does decide to sell, it would be a deal worth hundreds of billions of dollars, potentially making […]
The Future. After Mussomeli, a small town in Sicily, Italy, offered people the chance to buy homes for a single euro, foreigners came running. The experiment has been a major economic win for Mussomeli and may lead to more expat communities in small towns all over Europe as remote work becomes normalized. Population investmentWant to […]
The Future. Some of the biggest young actresses in Hollywood are pulling an Oprah and launching book clubs that define their taste, keep them engaged with fans, and act as a sly way to look for roles. While most of these exist on Instagram, the popularity of BookTok could make them migrate over to TikTok […]
The Future. Gen Zers are leaving their wallets at home in favor of having everything accessible on their smartphones. As cars increasingly put the functionality of their keys on an app, and smart-home tech allows locks to be controlled digitally, cities may need to roll out public charging stations and have widespread, free Wi-Fi as […]
The Future. As Hollywood tries to figure out what exactly makes a film a must-see in theaters, a couple of studios are releasing multiple movies from a franchise within the same year as an experiment — a move that could save both production and marketing costs. If the movies are successful, the line between film […]
The Future. TikTok is going full force to reward creators who regularly post videos over a minute long in a bid to make the platform more than a hub for short-form content. Considering the push by creators, Apple, and TikTok to also make horizontal videos a thing, TikTok could soon become more of a direct […]