Blog: Digital Media

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Lessons from the Disruption of News Publishing

Zach Fuller

1 Feb 2019

Digital Media

Media

new publishing

At the 2019 DLD conference in Munich, various media commentators were suggesting that the attention economy paradigm of news mean ominous clouds are gathering not just over new media entities such as BuzzFeed, Vice and Vox, but also those with subscription businesses.

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Quick Take: Universal’s Partnership with Facebook

Zach Fuller

22 Dec 2017

content id

content monetisation

Digital Media

Following its renewed deal with YouTube earlier this week, Universal has signed another landmark agreement for digital monetisation, this time with Facebook. Described by the world’s largest recorded music label as ‘unprecedented’, Facebook users,under the terms of the partnership, will now be able to upload videos that contain licensed music across Facebook’s assets.

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The Birth of The ESPN For Video Games?

Tim Mulligan

5 Jan 2016

Activision Blizzard

Digital Media

ESPN+

Amidst all the Pay TV industry angst around ESPN, Disney’s troubled Sports-Network, a new venture has appeared which specifically aims to replicate ESPN’s business model. Activision Blizzard, the gaming publisher behind the hugely successful Call Of Duty video game is now looking to get into Pay-TV.

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