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Blue Wire and fuboTV’s new deal is a slam dunk for sports podcasts

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Annie Langston
Blue Wire
FuboTV
Podcasts
Sports podcasts, hosted by sports writers, athletes, and other creators, are among the top podcast genres, as 30% of podcast listeners say they regularly listen to sports podcasts. Many platforms and networks have explored the genre, such as iHeart , which has deals with the NHL and NBA, and Spotify, which acquired sports and pop-culture-focused network The Ringer in 2020.
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Filling music streaming’s Disney+-shaped hole

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Mark Mulligan
Music
Business Strategy
Back when Disney+ started its meteoric rise, there was a lot of thinking around what lessons the music streaming market could learn. Three years on from the launch of the subscription video on demand platform, the shine has come off it a little, registering its first ever subscriber loss , but not before becoming a major market player and changing the way in which the industry thinks about developing streaming shows.
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Love is (not) sharing a password: Why Netflix’s crackdown on account sharing is a longer-term gamble

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Hanna Kahlert
Media and Marketing
Audience Insight
Netflix
After a successful trial in Latin America, Netflix is planning to roll out its solution to account sharing worldwide over the next year, called ‘ paid sharing ’. For every user on an account who does not share the same IP address as the account holder, the account holder will be charged an additional fee, and that user will get their own login.
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At the Grammys and Super Bowl, the last hurrah of the mainstream era

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Tatiana Cirisano
music industry
Record labels
Music creators
Rihanna’s performance at the Super Bowl LVII over the weekend was remarkable for several reasons, but most of all was that she had not performed a show at this scale in seven long years. “The wait is almost over”, Apple Music’s Ebro Darden teased in promotions leading up to the big night, and the wait simply being over arguably mattered more than whatever Rihanna decided to do onstage.
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Creators are focusing on the wrong metrics. Here is why:

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Samuel Griffin
Games
Streaming
Video
For most creators, there is a demand for greater remuneration for their efforts. However, one key consideration is missing from this equation – platforms are also for-profit revenue generators. The growing demand by creators for greater remuneration is something of an uphill battle and as creators have been searching for multiple revenue streams, there has been a migration of content across platforms as a form of security and discoverability.
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Everyone hurts – the problem with ‘fixing’ streaming

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Mark Mulligan
Streaming Royalties
Streaming economics
Streaming Music
Everyone hurts – the problem with ‘fixing’ streaming Apple’s Q4 2022 revenue fall was further illustration that the global economic environment is affecting everyone. During such times, companies look for ways to avoid the worst of the impacts, partially through ‘efficiencies’ but also through growth, by exploring new income streams and improving deal terms.
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