Business
Advertisers spend less but experiment more
Huge changes to data privacy rules and competition in the attention economy have crippled traditional digital advertising.
Articles by Luke Perrotta
Entertainment
Beyoncé’s Renaissance tour will test Ticketmaster
Tickets for Beyoncé’s Renaissance tour go on sale over the next few days, and their rollout will be Ticketmaster’s biggest test since demand for tickets to Taylor Swift’s Eras tour shut the platform down in November.
Business
Twitter revokes free access to its API
Twitter announced that it will stop providing free access to the Twitter API on February 9th, offering a “paid basic tier” in its stead.
Media
Spotify’s third-party billing option goes global
Spotify’s test run of the User Choice Billing program has been a smash success, reaching 140 markets worldwide.
Business
Unicorn startups lost almost $100 billion this year
March 2022 was heaven for startups, with unicorns (startups valued over $1 billion) achieving a total worth of $190 billion.
Culture
The DOJ looks hard at Live Nation Entertainment
Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) is under federal investigation again.
Culture
AI can make eye contact for you
The past few years have seen the rise of AI tools that can edit videos (and selfies) in real-time to make people look like they’re making eye contact with their cameras when they aren’t.
Entertainment
Justin Bieber sells his back catalog for $200 million
Justin Bieber just sold the rights to his music catalog to Hipgnosis Songs Capital for $200 million.
Technology
Gen AI paints a troubling picture for art schools
Art school instructors need to create academic policies regarding AI image generators.
Culture
Sundance faces an uncertain future
Thanks to the pandemic, the Sundance Film Festivals of 2021 and 2022 were entirely remote — and set back-to-back sales records.