Weekly Newsletter
July 05, 2019
Weekly Newsletter 07.05.19
Weekly articles that highlight recent trends, key announcements, and emerging themes across the sports, media, and entertainment industries.
MUSIC
- Scooter Braun Makes $300 Million Deal For Big Machine Records
- Is Your Song Going Viral? These Guys Would Like To Talk
- Kidz Bop Is A Juggernaut Of The CD Age. Can It Survive The Streaming Era?
OTT
- Netflix Plays New Role: Budget-Conscious
- Netflix Has A Talk Show Problem
- ‘The Office’ Shift From Netflix To NBCUniversal Tests Streaming Viewers’ Ad Tolerance
DIGITAL
- TikTok’s Videos Are Goofy. Its Strategy To Dominate Social Media Is Serious.
- Emma Chamberlain Is The Most Important YouTuber Today
- Battle Over Illegal Data Harvesting Looms For Online Advertising
SPORTS
- Why Dazn Is Making More Content Available For Free
- Wimbledon Tennis Looks To Lift Revenues Through The Roof
- Former NBA Head David Stern On How Sports Betting Can Save TV Rights
TV
- How Linear TV Benefits From An Excess Of Streaming Options
- Telemundo, Presidential Debate Under Its Belt, Moves Into 2020 Spotlight
- ‘The Office’ Is Netflix’s Most Popular Show, Even Though It Was Made For And Originally Aired On An Old-School Broadcast Network. Oh, The Irony
GAMING
- Sony Positions Next PlayStation For Hard-Core Gamers
- Fyter Fest A Big Moment For The Marriage Of Esports And Wrestling
- Why The International Shanghai’s Prize Pool Could Surpass The Fortnite World Cup
In Case You Missed It...
- Spotify Ends Direct Upload Program, Leaving Distribution To Its Partners
- Troy Carter's Q&A Reveals Partnership With Warner Music To Help 'Upstream Independent Artists'
- Activision Blizzard Announces Two More Teams For Call Of Duty League
- ATP Tour And IMG Agree $1BN, Ten-Year Betting Rights Deal
- Sports-Wagering Bill Introduced In California
- Mediapro Offers Serie A €1.3BN Per Season For Domestic Rights
- AT&T To Offload $1BN RSN Portfolio In Bid To Cut Debts
- Streaming Overload? Nielsen Report Finds Average Viewer Takes 7 Minutes To Pick What To Watch; Just One-Third Bother To Check Menu
- TV Long View: Six Months, 300-Plus Scripted Shows — A Peak TV Story
- Potential US Cord-Cutters Watch Over Six Hours Of Mobile Video Per Week
- WarnerMedia’s Upfront Driven By Digital Video, Not Traditional TV
- Sony’s PlayStation Vue Hikes Prices Of Internet TV Service By $5 Per Month — For Second Year In Row
- MobiTV Raises $50 Million In Funding To Expand Managed TV-Streaming Service
- Tencent, Paytm Plan To Invest $100 Million In Video Startup
- Pluto TV Latino: Viacom’s Free-Streaming Platform Launches 2,000 Hours Of Spanish And Portuguese TV Content
- Univision Hangs Out ‘For Sale’ Sign As Company Initiates Strategic Review
- Apple Says That It’s Focused On Quality Over Quantity When It Comes To Its TV Shows
- T-Mobile, Dish Reach Divestiture Deal, Pending DOJ Concerns
- MAD Magazine To Stop Publishing New Content After 67 Years
- App Revenue Tops $39 Billion In First Half Of 2019, Up 15% From First Half Of Last Year
- HQ Trivia Lays Off ~20% As It Preps Subscriptions
- Regal Cinemas Readying Unlimited Ticket Subscription Program
- Box Office Blues: 2019 Revenue Down Nearly 10 Percent Midyear
- Comedy Show, Wine Tasting, Or Outdoor Movie? Atom Tickets Wants A Piece Of The Local Event Market
- Lionsgate Set To Open China Theme Park With Attractions Based On ‘Hunger Games’ & ‘Twilight’ Franchises
Executive Moves
- Spotify Names Former VICE Media Exec Cameron Farrelly Global Creative Director
- Genius Taps Joshua Asen As First Head Of TV And Film
- Longtime Fox Marketing Exec James Finn Exits
- The Atlantic Names Linzee Troubh Development Director Of Scripted And Unscripted Content
- Mike Liotta Exits True Public Relations, Launches PR Machine
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