Streaming hits the content brakes
After years of record shows being greenlit to juice up the appeal of fledgling streaming services, troubling economic trends are forcing Hollywood to curtail how many shows they pick up.
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Oscar-hopeful films feel a little hopeless in today’s theatrical landscape
Prestige movies from Hollywood specialty labels are not doing the business they used to, barely making a blip at the box office.
The EU forces Apple to open the walled garden to third-party app stores
The EU has successfully put a chink in Apple’s once-impenetrable armor with its Digital Markets Act.
dearMoon project will take eight artists to the Moon
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, the founder of fashion retailer Zozotown, has handpicked his crew of artists and creatives who will join him in his privately-funded mission around the Moon.
The new Netflix era requires broad hits and niche experiments
Netflix has had both a great and terrible year, with many of its movies and shows becoming all-time hits for the platform while the company’s financials and growth-predictions stall.
TikTok gets less viral
TikTok’s slightly cherry-picked top ten trending videos of the year list have millions of views, but its top video is trending downward in viewership year to year.
Crop of Twitter alternatives struggle with sudden user growth
Platforms like Mastodon, Hive, and Post have surged in popularity as many users no longer feel that Twitter is for them under the reign of Elon Musk.
The Psychology of your 20’s breaks through the podcast noise
Jemma Sbeg’s The Psychology of your 20’s, a podcast covering psychological concepts to tackle issues people face in their 20s, has been blowing up on Spotify’s charts this year.
NewsGuard serves TV-news “nutrition labels” to Madison Avenue
Journalism and technology company NewsGuard is opening up its TV news “nutrition labels” to ad buyers and brands.
Smartphones are still our right-hand man
Despite a decade of innovations, smartphones are still supreme.