A look at MrBeast's entertainment company, which has ~$450M in annual sales but faced three years of losses due to high production costs of $3M-$4M per video
The master of viral videos now has a CEO to rein in spending on Lambos—and give his “banger content” an even wider reach. LinkedIn: Lucas Shaw . Bluesky: @willoremus.com and @carnage4life See also Med...
Vertical streaming apps charging $20/week are beating Netflix, Hulu, and Paramount+ in user growth with their 60-second mini dramas optimized for mobile viewing
Streaming apps that charge $20 a week for absurd, 60-second soap operas are winning audiences that rival Hulu and Paramount+. LinkedIn: Anatolii Dudinskyi . Bluesky: @lauridonahue See also Mediagazer ...
Q&A with British Library CEO Rebecca Lawrence on dealing with the aftermath of the major October 2023 cyberattack, AI scraping, AI for text analysis, and more
Mishal Husain / Bloomberg : LinkedIn: Mishal Husain See also Mediagazer LinkedIn: Mishal Husain : The Weekend interview is live .. it's Rebecca Lawrence, speaking for the first time since she took ov...
Sources: Google told publishers it is hiring new staff to market its ad tech to big advertisers and ad agencies, signaling a renewed focus on publisher ad tech
Catherine Perloff / The Information : LinkedIn: Catherine Perloff See also Mediagazer LinkedIn: Catherine Perloff : Scoop: Google has told publishers that it is staffing up its publisher-side adtech ...
Inside the inaugural Culver Cup, a generative AI film competition sponsored by AWS and FBRC.ai giving filmmakers AI tools and three weeks to submit a short
Marah Eakin / Wired : LinkedIn: Todd Terrazas See also Mediagazer LinkedIn: Todd Terrazas : I grew up reading Wired magazine because my older brother had a subscription. I never dreamt of the day wh...
A look at the consequences of Spotify's disinvestment in podcasts in Latin America, where one survey found 90% of podcast listeners used Spotify
In Latin America, “podcast” and “Spotify” became synonymous; now the audio industry is reckoning with the company's retreat. — • BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA LinkedIn: Sophie Schmidt and Luciano Banchero See al...
How generative AI model providers can create business models that reward copyright holders and content creators, much like what has happened on the web
Tim O'Reilly / O'Reilly Media : LinkedIn: Tim O'Reilly See also Mediagazer LinkedIn: Tim O'Reilly : I make the argument that rather than being “AI's original sin,” the use of copyrighted material by ...
Antenna: 29M+ people, or ~25% of US streaming subscribers, canceled 3+ services over the last two years as Americans increasingly jump between services
Many more people are jumping from one streaming subscription to another, a behavior that could have big implications for the entertainment industry. LinkedIn: David Vogler and Cosmin Ene . Forums: Hac...
How the restructuring of Diamond Sports, with a lifeline from Amazon, might offer a new model for airing local sports fixtures in the streaming era
A lifeline to the bankrupt Diamond Sports Group might offer a new model for airing local fixtures in the streaming era LinkedIn: Christian Grece and Guy Harding See also Mediagazer LinkedIn: Christian...
Source: Instacart had ad revenue of about $740M in 2022, up 30% from 2021; nearly 30% of Instacart's 2022 revenue came from selling ads
Instacart has become an advertising powerhouse. — The grocery-delivery firm's ad revenue totaled about $740 million last year, up 30% from 2021, according to a person familiar with the matter. Linke...