Tag: culture
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How completely has streaming transformed the music world? The platform rose from 7% of the U.S. market in 2010 to a whopping 83% by the end of 2020 — and… more ›
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A lot of people hear the name Snoop Dogg, and they think of ’90s rap, smoking blunts, and Long Beach, California. But what most people don’t know is that Snoop… more ›
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Today’s PressClub featured Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, and Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke. In our biggest show yet, we dug into why creators are crucial to the… more ›
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The MBW Review is where we aim our microscope towards some of the music biz’s biggest recent goings-on. This time, we take a closer look at new numbers just revealed… more ›
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Many of us have spent the past nine months lusting for a normal night like that. Many of us have spent the past four years longing for a normal president.… more ›
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The sustainability of nations and the defensibility of platforms is better when wealth isn’t concentrated in the top 1%. In the real world, a healthy middle class is critical for… more ›
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This could actually be good news for streaming services, which for the past two years have been pouring money into podcasts, which cost them less. https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/9500546/streaming-music-growth-stalled-factors-attention-economy/ more ›
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I’m sitting on a Zoom with the best-selling fiction writer Robin Sloan, author of Mr. Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore and Sourdough. He opens his notes app, nvALT, and the word… more ›
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As the battle against COVID-19 continues to rage, the plight of Britain’s theatres, which have suffered catastrophic financial strain thanks to lockdown, continues to rumble through the arts world. One… more ›
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Sickly and often bedridden, by February 1911 French novelist Marcel Proust had one constant companion in the solitary confines of his cork-lined Paris sanctuary: a mysterious contraption that he kept… more ›