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Netflix Bewitches the Internet

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Tim Mulligan
Netflix, the current subscription video on demand (SVOD) global leader, has topped Wikipedia searches for the second week of 2020 with its new fantasy scripted drama original,  The Witcher . The show is based upon a story universe created by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, which originated in novel form and has since morphed into –  among other adaptations –  a hugely popular game franchise with 40 million unit sales to date.
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Abbey Road 50 Years On: The Two Worlds of Music Listening

Mark Mulligan
Half a century after it first after it first topped the charts, the Beatles’ Abbey Road is back at the summit of the UK charts. With the anniversary editions retailing for between $20 and $100, the impact on Universal Music’s revenue will be even more pronounced than the chart position, as we saw with the deluxe editions of the White Album (which had editions priced up to $145) helping the Beatles become the fourth-biggest UMG artist in revenue terms in 2018.
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