Tag: media platforms

• 15 Years of Spotify: How the Streaming Giant Has Changed and Reinvented the Music Industry

  April 16, 2021

  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 ›

• Who will dethrone Wechat?

  April 11, 2021

  Several Chinese apps are engaged in a quiet, high-stakes battle to become the next WeChat, a mega app that now has 1.1 billion monthly active users, 80% of China’s total population.… more ›

• Livestreaming report: The sudden rise of sleep streaming; GTA role-playing; Twitch keeps growing

  April 10, 2021

  Sleep streaming has apparently been happening on the margins of the Twitch scene for a little while now. Between them, Rinauldo and Ahgren created enough of a sudden spike in sleep-related… more ›

• Google Blocks Advertisers from Targeting Black Lives Matter YouTube Videos

  April 10, 2021

  Last June, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki made a big promise to help Black YouTubers. “We’re committed to doing better as a platform to center and amplify Black voices and perspectives,”… more ›

• Pattern languages

  April 7, 2021

  The Timeless Way of Building, by Christopher Alexander, 1979, teaches us about form, function, the unforeseen effects of poor choices, and the things that should remain unsaid. more ›

• How long can the Substack party last?

  April 7, 2021

  Let our global subject matter experts broaden your perspective with timely insights and opinions you can’t find anywhere else. https://www.ft.com/content/b874e705-3418-445e-afc7-0b32bcfbf81b more ›

• The Mirrorworld Edition

  April 6, 2021

  What it’s really going to change in the short term is who’s empowered to make the simulations of the future. In the national security sector, simulations are a $12B market… more ›

• Getting political is becoming profitable for influencers in Peru

  April 6, 2021

  “I am rather lucky that brands are all about ‘disruptive’ influencers now. They have embraced my political positions, even if they are controversial,” she tells Rest of World, careful to ironically… more ›

• Can museums really make digital visits pay?

  April 6, 2021

  In a world where more than 200 million people pay for Netflix and 155 million are premium subscribers on Spotify, cash-strapped museums are slowly waking up to the monetary gains… more ›

• Transparency Report

  April 3, 2021

  This report provides information on the reporting period from January 2020 to December 2020. This report provides visibility into our content moderation processes including details related to: The tools we… more ›