Blog: Social platforms

Read our latest daily deep dives, hot takes, and exciting updates about the entertainment world. Check out the latest insight from your favourite analyst, or search by coverage areas - music, entertainment and fandom, creator economy and social.

Ofcom, Elon Musk, and the future of the social platform marketplace

Hanna Kahlert

30 Oct 2024

regulation

Social platforms

TikTok

Earlier this year, riots broke out across the UK, fuelled largely by misinformation and inflammatory discourse on social media. At the time, it was unclear who bore responsibility: did the brunt of the...

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The state of the attention economy: why don’t fan-first platforms work?

Hanna Kahlert

5 Jun 2024

Fandom

Taylor Swift

Fans

The music industry is increasingly looking to fan-first solutions to drive its next era of growth (and solve artists’ financial woes), with all eyes towards the Taylor Swift model of fan frenzy. At the...

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Are social platforms responsible for weird objects being thrown at pop stars?

Hanna Kahlert

29 Aug 2023

Media and Marketing

Social

pop stars

People have forgotten how to behave in public. Or at least, so contends a recent Vox article , which highlights recent instances of ‘fans’ throwing objects at pop stars during concerts and people scrolling...

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Blue ticks and adverts and meta (AI)!

Ashleigh Millar

14 Feb 2023

AI

Media and Marketing

Marketing Strategy

Another Super Bowl Sunday (and half-time show) has left us as quickly as it arrived. [SPOILER] Chiefs won 38 to 35, Rihanna’s “surprise guest” was in fact her baby bump, and Fox Sports reported that...

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The Covid entertainment boom is over

Hanna Kahlert

27 Apr 2022

Entertainment

covid

boom

Two years of pandemic-driven lockdown restrictions turned out to be a golden era for digital entertainment. With 12% of extra available free time allocated to various entertainment propositions, and additional...

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