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Regulatory decisions around AI will shape the future of digital ecosystems

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Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

27 Sep 2023

Looking back, the Francis Haugen testimony spelled a turning point for social platforms. It represents a moment where they, and tech more generally, went from being able to ‘build fast and break things’...

Social media regulation is imminent; here is how it will shape the future of entertainment

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Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

24 May 2023

Media and Marketing

Critical Developments

Last week, the US state of Montana banned (new downloads of) TikTok within its borders. This week, the US surgeon general has issued an official advisory about the negative mental health impacts of social...

The Meta push for efficiency

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Blog post by Ashleigh Millar

16 Mar 2023

This week (14th March), Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a memo for his employees entitled “ Update on Meta's Year of Efficiency ”, forewarning its upcoming strategy changes, organisational restructuring,...

The future lies beyond tech – a long(er) read

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Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

14 Dec 2022

As entertainment companies start planning their next big steps for the coming year, the success and failure of their strategic decisions will hinge on one big, and perhaps surprising, existential question...

Welcome to the era of attention inflation

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Blog post by Perry Gresham

2 Sep 2022

attention inflation

attention recession

The covid pandemic and associated lockdown dynamic allowed entertainment consumption to reach new heights amongst a temporary surplus of free time. However, after restrictions eased, consumers found the...

The cost-of-living crisis is here; it just has not hit entertainment yet

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Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

31 Aug 2022

The attention crunch in the wake of ended lockdowns and resumption of ‘in real life’ (IRL) activities has not been as pronounced as feared. Hints of it have been visible in the drop in Netflix subscriptions...

Andrew Tate, the manosphere and social media platform responsibility

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Blog post by Ashleigh Millar

30 Aug 2022

Millennials among us may remember Hunter Moore, a man that Rolling Stone aptly named “the most hated man on the internet” , and who is now the subject of Netflix’s recent documentary series of the...

The attention recession meets the economic recession

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Blog post by Mark Mulligan

22 Jul 2022

attention recession

We are living in uncertain times. The cost-of-living crisis is hitting consumers’ pockets, driven by rising fuel and food prices. The effects of the pandemic are still present, the global economy may...

Are we headed towards subscription fatigue?

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Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

21 Jul 2022

When streaming first made headway in the entertainment world, it shifted the very dynamic of consumption. Ownership became a status symbol of yester-year; access to everything, at all times , was the new...

Retention and engagement are both key to streaming resilience in 2022

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Blog post by Tim Mulligan

7 Jun 2022

attention recession

The great video subscriber gains made between the D2C big bang era of 2019 and 2021, and the engagement gains of the Covid-19 pandemic, are being eclipsed by the increasing pressures of the attention economy...

The Attention Recession: How inflation and the pandemic are reshaping entertainment

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Blog post by Mark Mulligan

25 May 2022

attention recession

attention economy

Media and Marketing

Netflix and Meta were the canaries in the proverbial mine for the attention recession and it is looking increasingly likely that difficult times lie ahead. If the attention crunch was not enough on its...

Webinar: Games companies’ video opportunity

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Blog post by Karol Severin

3 Mar 2022

Traditionally, games companies predominantly used games video for marketing purposes. This made perfect sense in the era of unit sales and early-adoption stages of games-related video. Today, 30% of console...

Quick Take: Spotify Expands Premium Duo into Latin America

Blog post by Zach Fuller

5 Sep 2019

latin America music market

latin America streaming

Music Streaming

Spotify has announced that its Premium Duo plan will be expanding to another 17 countries, 14 of which are in Latin America. The plan, which is effectively a mini version of its popular family offering,...

Why Spotify and Netflix Need to Worry About a Global Recession

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

23 Aug 2019

economic downturn

entertainment spend

global recession

A growing body of economists is becoming increasingly convinced that a global recession is edging closer. The last time we experienced a global economic downturn was the 2008 credit crunch. Although the...

Should Streaming Services Produce TV Shows in a Linear Format?

Blog post by Amanda Stears

17 Jul 2019

game of thrones

Streaming video on demand (SVOD) giant Netflix is famous for cultivating the binge-watch phenomenon, fuelled by the popularity of its originals. In the pre-streaming era, people were dependent on traditional...

Privacy Concerns and Digital Advertisers: Why Brands That Demand Attention Will Lose out in the Post-Peak Shift of the Attention Economy

Blog post by Hanna Kahlert

16 Jul 2019

attention economy peak

digital marketer

digital marketing

Mid-2019 sees the digital market mid-quagmire. The saturation of the attention economy is driving further and further competition between brands to create propositions that can stand out enough to earn...

Why the SVOD Boom Will Benefit Live Nation

Blog post by Zach Fuller

12 Jul 2019

Live music industry

My first experience of the United States was not the NYC, LA or Florida usually encountered by those visiting the new world for the first time. I was five years old and, due to an Auntie marrying a midwestern...

Sampling and Streaming: De La Soul’s Catalogue Disputes and Streaming Economics

Blog post by Zach Fuller

28 Feb 2019

Critical Developments

De La Soul’s seminal early albums, including 3 Feet High and Rising and De La Soul is Dead , have been among the more notable holdouts from streaming services. Major artists such as Prince and Led Zeppelin...

The Video Subscription Challenge In 2019

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

1 Feb 2019

Amid all the excitement in the media world around the 2019 launches of direct-to-consumer services from such illustrious content producers as Disney and Warner Media, one clear question remains unanswered...

Ad-supported Strategies Are Playing A Growing Role In The Digital Economy

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

21 Jan 2019

Critical Developments

2018 was a big year for subscriptions, across music (Spotify on target to hit 92 million subscribers), video (global subscriptions passed half a billion), games (98 million Xbox Live and PlayStation Plus...

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