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2026

January

• Netflix Is Testing Vertical Video Features For Mobile (THR)
• YouTube CEO Neal Mohan’s Big Ideas for 2026: More Superstar Creators and Transparency, Less AI Slop (THR)
• Netflix revises its offer for Warner Bros. Discovery. Now, it’s all cash (CNN)
• There’s a Hit Movie Set Deep Inside an AI Lab—and It Will Give You Goosebumps (WSJ)
• Spotify Raises Premium Subscription Prices in US to $13 a Month (Bloomberg)
• Apple debuts ‘Apple Creator Studio’ subscription, here’s what you get (9to5Mac)

2025

December

• Listen to This: Some Audiobooks Are Outselling Hardcovers (WSJ)
• YouTube Has a Firm Grip on Daytime TV (NYTimes)
• Netflix and the Hollywood End Game (Stratechery) (Stratechery)
• Netflix agrees $83bn takeover of Warner Bros Discovery (FT)
• The ‘Mad Men’ 4K Stream on HBO Max Had So Many Problems (Not All of Which Involved a Barf Machine) (THR)
• Netflix kills casting from phones (The Verge)

November

• Streameast: How the authorities took down the world’s largest illegal sports streaming platform (The Athletic)
• Apple Music Risks Losing the Next Generation of Listeners (Bloomberg)

October

• Warner Bros. Discovery says it’s open to a sale; shares jump 10% (CNBC)
• Apple and F1 reach 5-year media deal, bringing all races to Apple TV streaming in the U.S. (CNBC)
• TiVo Has Sold Its Last DVR. These People Refuse to Let Go. (WSJ)
• Spotify partners with Netflix for video podcast distribution deal (TechCrunch)
• YouTube has a new video player (The Verge)

September

• Spotify Founder Daniel Ek Leaving CEO Job (WSJ)
• Disney+, Hulu, ESPN to Hike Prices Again in October (The Wrap)
• Meta is bringing an all-in-one movie and TV streaming hub to Quest headsets (The Verge)
• Spotify will now let free users pick and play tracks (TechCrunch)
• YouTube’s multi-language audio feature for dubbing videos rolls out to all creators (TechCrunch)
• Spotify adds lossless streaming after 8 years of teasing (The Verge)
• Dolby Vision 2 goes beyond HDR with more AI and ‘authentic motion’ smoothing (The Verge)

August

• Apple Makes Music Push in Radio After Losing Ground to Spotify (WSJ)
• Netflix Sets Opening Dates for Permanent Entertainment and Shopping Venues in Philadelphia, Dallas (Variety)
• ESPN flagship streaming service to launch Aug. 21 (CNBC)
• Hulu App to Be Phased Out as Disney Is ‘Fully Integrating’ Service Into Disney+ (Variety)

July

• Netflix says it’s streamed 95 billion hours in 2025, and a lot of ads too (The Verge)
• Eight Things We’ve Learned About Hollywood This Year (Bloomberg)
• The Streaming Wars Come Down to 2: YouTube vs. Netflix (NYTimes)

June

• ‘F1’ Revs To $144M Opening Weekend Around The World, Brad Pitt & Apple Original Films Records (Deadline)
• Spotify revamps its Discover Weekly playlist after 10 years (TechCrunch)
• TikTok, Instagram Plot TV Apps Following YouTube’s Success (The Information)
• iPhone customers upset by Apple Wallet ad pushing ‘F1’ movie (TechCrunch)
• It’s Official: Streaming Is Now the King of TV (NYTimes)
• Amazon Ads & Roku Set Landmark Pact Giving Brands Access To 80% Of Connected-TV Households (Deadline)
• EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Doubles Prime Video Ads to 6 Minutes Per Hour (AdWeek)
• Meta Talks to Disney, A24 About Content for New VR Headset (WSJ)

May

• Cricket gives Disney-Ambani unit in India almost as many users as Netflix (FT)
• Is Mubi Really Worth $1 Billion? Inside Efe Cakarel’s Plan to Make the Global Streamer Cooler Than A24 (Variety)
• Netflix debuts its generative AI-powered search tool (TechCrunch)
• Netflix Overhauls Its Home Screen for the First Time in 12 Years (NYTimes)

April

• Netflix rolls out dialogue-only subtitles (The Verge)
• Amazon’s New Movie Strategy Starts With Theaters (NYTimes)

March

• Napster pioneered music sharing over 25 years ago. It just got bought for $207 million (CNBC)
• Apple Streaming Losses Top $1 Billion a Year (The Information)
• “Awful”: Roku tests autoplaying ads loading before the home screen (Ars Technica)
• Sonos has canceled its streaming video player (The Verge)
• YouTube at 20: How the Video Colossus Launched the Creator Economy and Turned From Hollywood Foe to Friend (Variety)
• YouTube launches a $7.99 per month, ad-free Premium Lite subscription (TechCrunch)
• YouTube Music hits 125 million subscribers, adding 2m subs per month on average over the past year (Music Business Worldwide)

February

• ‘Bond’ Producers Stepping Back From Iconic Franchise As Amazon MGM Studios Takes Creative Control (Deadline)
• The Apple TV app is now available on Android: watch Apple TV+ and MLS Season Pass (9to5Mac)
• YouTube Surprise: CEO Says TV Overtakes Mobile as “Primary Device” for Viewing (THR)
• Spotify Reports First Full-Year Profit (WSJ)

January

• Streaming prices climb in 2025 after already surpassing inflation rates (Ars Technica)
• Netflix won the streaming wars, and we’re all about to pay for it (The Verge)
• Spotify Paid Out $10 Billion to the Music Industry in 2024 — $1 Billion More Than Last Year — and $60 Billion Total (Variety)
• As Netflix stock surges, an ‘anti-ESPN’ sports strategy emerges (NYTimes)
• Oscar Nomination Scorecard: Netflix Leads Among Studios With 16, A24 Close Behind With 14 (Variety)
• Netflix Adds 19 Million Subscribers in Latest Quarter (NYTimes)
• Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and Fox Pull the Plug on Venu Sports Streaming Venture (THR)
• Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery call off plans to launch Venu sports streaming service (CNBC)
• Google’s ‘Daily Listen’ lab is a personalized podcast based on your Discover feed (9to5Google)
• TiVo-powered TVs are coming to the US (The Verge)

2024

December

• ‘Red One’ Becomes Most-Watched Prime Video Film Debut Ever With 50 Million Viewers After Modest Theatrical Run (Variety)
• Here’s a Hollywood Twist: Streaming Success Runs Through Theaters (NYTimes)
• Spotify Wrapped 2024 adds an AI podcast powered by Google’s NotebookLM (TechCrunch)

November

• Drake Accuses UMG & Spotify of Scheme to ‘Artificially Inflate’ Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ (Billboard)
• Netflix’s Tyson-Paul Boxing Bout Gets 65 Million Viewers at Peak (Bloomberg)
• Why Everyone Is Now Watching Podcasts on YouTube (WSJ)
• Netflix Says Ad Tier Reaches 70 Million Users Globally (Variety)
• Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse. (Ars Technica)

October

• Netflix Adds ‘Moments’ Feature Allowing Users to Easily Share Favorite Scenes (EXCLUSIVE) (Variety)
• Hulu and Disney+ No Longer Support Signups and Payment Using App Store (MacRumors)
• Amazon Adds Apple TV+ to Its Channels Store for Streaming (Bloomberg)
• Spotify adds a new, automatically updating playlist for offline listening (TechCrunch)
• Amazon to increase number of advertisements on Prime Video (FT)
• Christian Selig’s unofficial YouTube app for the Vision Pro just got taken down (The Verge)

September

• Songs by Adele, Bob Dylan, Green Day, Many More Blocked by YouTube in Legal Dispute (Variety)
• Apple Rolls Back Its Big Plans to Release Movies in Theaters (Bloomberg)
• TikTok to Shut Down its Music Streaming Business in November (Bloomberg)
• How Netflix won the streaming wars (FT)

August

• Apple Rethinks Its Movie Strategy After a String of Misses (NYTimes)
• Report: “FAST correcting issues that VoD created” (Advanced Television)
• The Little Streamer That Could (NYTimes)
• Sonos considers relaunching its old app (The Verge)
• Crunchyroll Passes 15 Million Monthly Paid Subscribers (The Wrap)
• Crunchyroll Is Thriving Thanks to Gen Z and Appointment Anime Viewing, COO Says (The Wrap)
• The Google TV Streamer might be the Apple TV 4K rival we’ve been waiting for (The Verge)
• Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery’s Sports Streamer Venu to Launch at $42.99 per Month (Variety)
• How the NBA’s Slam-Dunk Deals Will Reshape TV (The Hollywood Reporter)

July

• The Rise of ByteDance’s CapCut Threatens Adobe and Canva (Bloomberg)
• Amazon Paid Almost $1 Billion for Twitch in 2014. It’s Still Losing Money. (WSJ)
• Netflix Q2 Profits Surge 44% to $2.15 Billion As Streamer Adds 8 Million Subscribers (The Wrap)
• A One-Man Telemundo on TikTok (NYTimes)
• Spotify is going to let you leave comments on podcast episodes (The Verge)

June

• An AI version of Al Michaels will deliver Olympic recaps on Peacock (The Verge)
• YouTube dominates streaming, forcing media companies to decide whether it’s friend or foe (CNBC)
• The song Stevie Nicks wrote to “haunt” Lindsey Buckingham
• As streaming becomes more expensive, Tubi cashes in on the value of free (LA Times)
• Spotify to Introduce More Expensive Subscription Tier for Music Lovers (Bloomberg)
• Twitch is raising US subscription prices for the first time (Engadget)
• Spotify is increasing US prices again (The Verge)

May

• Spotify offers Car Thing refunds as it faces lawsuit over bricking the streaming device (TechCrunch)
• Disney Is Banking On Sequels to Help Get Pixar Back on Track (Bloomberg)
• Apple Signals That It’s Working on TV+ App for Android Phones (Bloomberg)
• What Happened to Our Ad-Free TV? (NYTimes)
• Spotify is going to break every Car Thing gadget it ever sold (The Verge)
• Netflix ad-supported tier has 40 million monthly users, nearly double previous count (CNBC)
• Comcast to Launch Peacock, Netflix and Apple TV+ Bundle at a ‘Vastly Reduced Price’ (Variety)

April

• Peacock Hikes Subscription Prices Ahead of 2024 Paris Olympics (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Americans’ New TV Habit: Subscribe. Watch. Cancel. Repeat. (NYTimes)
• The Life and Death of Hollywood
• To Keep Viewers, Disney Plans a New Streaming Concept: Old-Style TV Channels (The Information)
• YouTube cracking down on third-party apps that block ads (9to5Google)
• YouTube Accounted for Nearly 10% of All TV Viewing in March, Nielsen Says (TheWrap)
• How Bluey Became a $2 Billion Smash Hit—With an Uncertain Future (Bloomberg)
• Spotify Plans New Remixing Tools for the TikTok Generation (WSJ)
• Spotify launches personalized AI playlists that you can build using prompts (TechCrunch)
• Disney+ will crack down on password sharing in June (CNN)
• Rock band Kiss sells rights for $300mn to firm behind Abba hologram show (FT)

March

• Hulu on Disney+ Launches Out of Beta With Marketing Push to Grow Subscribers (The Hollywood Reporter)
• The Disney Plus-Hulu merger is way more than a streaming bundle (The Verge)
• OpenAI Courts Hollywood in Meetings With Film Studios, Directors (Bloomberg)
• Spotify adds video learning courses in latest experiment (The Verge)
• MusicWatch Reports Results of 2023 Annual Music Study: Record Numbers of Music Streamers and Paid Subscribers (Music Watch)
• Spotify adds music videos in some countries (TechCrunch)
• How Netflix’s Massive Paydays, COVID and TikTok Caused ‘Explosion of Comedians’ (Variety)

February

• Netflix confirms it’s cutting off Apple billing for legacy subscribers (The Verge)
• Tuned In: Amazon Said To Be Paying Record $120M To Stream NFL Playoff Game (Front Office Sports)
• Apple Sports: New Free App Provides Real-Time Scores and Stats, Designed to Drive Apple TV Tune-In (Variety)
• Apple launches Apple Sports app with scores and betting odds (The Verge)
• How an African streaming service dethroned Netflix (Rest of World)
• ESPN, Fox and Warner Team Up to Create Sports Streaming Platform (WSJ)
• YouTube says a Vision Pro app is ‘on the roadmap’ (The Verge)

January

• Amazon Is Now Charging Prime Members Extra for Ad-Free Streaming. For Some, That’s a Deal Breaker. (WSJ)
• Streaming Pirates Are Hollywood’s New Villains (Bloomberg)
• Netflix is going to take away its cheapest ad-free plan (The Verge)
• The secret to Netflix’s total dominance (Business Insider)
• Spotify plans to launch in-app purchases, if Apple gets out of the way (The Verge)
• Netflix Pays $5 Billion for ‘Raw’ in Bet on Live Events (Bloomberg)
• YouTube and Spotify Won’t Launch Apple Vision Pro Apps, Joining Netflix (Bloomberg)
• A Survey of Popular Apps Currently Compatible With Apple Vision Pro (MacStories)
• How Twitch lost its way (Fast Company)
• YouTube is restructuring creator management teams (TubeFilter)
• Apple’s Vision Pro Won’t Launch With Netflix App (Bloomberg)
• The NFL and Taylor Swift surprisingly aren’t enough to crash Peacock (The Verge)
• ‘Peacock Game’: The NFL’s Digital Buttfumble (WSJ)
• Netflix’s Ad Tier Now Has More Than 23 Million Monthly Active Users, Advertising Chief Says (Variety)
• Amazon’s Twitch to Cut 500 Employees, About 35% of Staff (Bloomberg)
• Amazon Debuts Video-Streaming Feature That Rivals Apple AirPlay (Bloomberg)
• Netflix Cuts Over 100 Shows In Major Programming Shift (Bloomberg)

2023

December

• Amazon Prime Video will start showing ads on January 29th (The Verge)
• Scoop: Warner Bros. Discovery in talks to merge with Paramount Global (Axios)
• In Search of Cash, Studios Send Old Shows Back to Netflix (NYTimes)
• Netflix reveals how many hours we spent watching The Night Agent and Queen Charlotte (The Verge)
• Apple iTunes Will Now Redirect Users to Redesigned Apple TV App for Movies, Series (Variety)
• Twitch plans to shut down in South Korea on February 27, 2024 (VentureBeat)
• Amazon Fails To Renew Live UK Premier League Rights As Sky & TNT Maintain Grip On Games (Deadline)
• Spotify cuts 17% jobs amid rising capital costs (TechCrunch)
• Kiss say farewell to live touring, become first US band to go virtual and become digital avatars (AP)
• Apple and Paramount Discuss Bundling Their Streaming Services (WSJ)

November

• Inside Spotify Wrapped, an Annual Song of Ourselves (WSJ)
• YouTube is reportedly slowing down videos for Firefox users (Update: Statement) (AndroidAuthority)
• A Quibi-like app called ReelShort hit record downloads and revenue this month (TechCrunch)
• Disney+, Hulu Merged App to Launch Next Month for Bundle Subscribers, Bob Iger Says (Variety)
• Disney Says It Will Take Full Control of Hulu (NYTimes)
• Netflix, Pushing Into AVOD Fray, Plans New Ad Formats, ‘Crown’ Sponsorship Deals (Variety)

October

• Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and Apple News+ Receiving Price Increases (MacRumors)
• SPOTIFY IS CHANGING ITS ROYALTY MODEL TO CRUSH STREAMING FRAUD AND INTRODUCE A MINIMUM PAYMENT THRESHOLD. ITS PLAN? TO SHIFT $1 BILLION IN PAYOUTS TOWARDS ‘WORKING ARTISTS’ OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS. (MusicBusinessWorldwide)
• ‘Pause Ads’ Creep Onto Hulu, Peacock and Max as Streamers Seek New Revenue (Variety)
• Netflix Plans Price Increase as Password-Sharing Crackdown Boosts Subscriber Growth (WSJ)
• Twitch launches stories for streamers (TechCrunch)
• Netflix to Open Stores Where Fans Can Play, Shop and Eat in 2025 (Bloomberg)
• YouTube passes Netflix as top video source for teens (CNBC)
• How Bandcamp makes more money than Spotify (Fast Company)
• Netflix Plans to Raise Prices After Actors Strike Ends (WSJ)

September

• Netflix Prepares to Send Its Final Red Envelope (NYTimes)
• Spotify launches Jam, a real-time collaborative playlist controlled by up to 32 people (TechCrunch)
• Amazon to Run Ads on Prime Video in Key Markets Starting in 2024 (Bloomberg)
• Streaming Is Changing the Sound of Music (WSJ)
• The Decomposition of Rotten Tomatoes (Vulture)
• Spotify’s $1 Billion Podcast Bet Turns Into a Serial Drama (WSJ)
• Messi Drives Jump in Apple TV+ and MLS Subscriptions (WSJ)

August

• Twitch competitor Kick is dividing the internet’s top streamers (NBCNews)
• Amazon in Talks With Disney About ESPN Streaming Partnership (The Information)
• Spotify Looked to Ban White Noise Podcasts to Become More Profitable (Bloomberg)
• Linear TV Falls Below 50 Percent of Viewing for First Time (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Hollywood calls time on golden era of cheap streaming (FT)
• Could a True Streaming Bundle Be Upon Us? (Vulture)
• Prices of Disney+, Hulu Premium Plans to Get Jacked Up but New Duo Bundle Will Offer Deep Discount (Variety)
• Apple Music debuts new algorithmic Discovery Station radio (AppleInsider)

July

• Spotify now has 220 million paying subscribers (The Verge)
• It’s Spotify’s turn to increase prices (The Verge)
• The creator economy was already exploding. Then Hollywood went on strike. (Washington Post)
• Google raising price of YouTube Premium to $13.99 per month (9to5Google)
• Netflix Shakes Up Pricing: ‘Basic’ Tier Axed in UK, US (Cord Busters)
• Peacock to raise its subscription prices on August 17 (TechCrunch)
• Bob Iger Shifts From Building an Empire to a Disney Yard Sale (Bloomberg)
• Actors say Hollywood studios want their AI replicas — for free, forever (The Verge)

June

• Mixtape Sites Like DatPiff Propelled Rap. Can They Be Preserved? (NYTimes)
• Twitch will require new labels for streams with sexual themes, gambling and M-rated games (TechCrunch)
• Netflix Tweaks Its Top 10 Rankings, Adds View Count (THR)
• Spotify Plans New Premium Tier, Expected to Include HiFi Audio (Bloomberg)
• How MrBeast Became the Willy Wonka of YouTube (NYTimes)
• Spotify Takes a Sharp Turn With Its $1 Billion Podcast Division (Bloomberg)
• Netflix to Enter Live-Streamed Sports With Celebrity Golf Event (WSJ)
• Spotify says it’s testing an ‘offline mix’ for when your connection’s patchy (The Verge)
• Netflix Subscriptions Jump as U.S. Password-Sharing Crackdown Begins (WSJ)
• The Binge Purge TV’s streaming model is broken. It’s also not going away. For Hollywood, figuring that out will be a horror show. (Vulture)
• The Simpsons Is Good Again After 34 seasons, 750 episodes, and a decades-long funk, the show innovated its way back to popularity and relevance. (Vulture)
• Amazon Plans Ad Tier for Prime Video Streaming Service (WSJ)

May

• Netflix’s password-sharing crackdown is here — and it costs $7.99 per month (The Verge)
• Max will stream over 1,000 movies and TV episodes in 4K at launch (The Verge)
• YouTube 2023 Upfront: Platform to Launch Unskippable 30-Second Ads on TVs, Roger Goodell on Hand to Tout NFL Sunday Ticket Pact (Variety)
• Netflix Advertising Tier Now Has “Nearly Five Million” Monthly Active Users (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Netflix Plans to Cut Spending by $300 Million in 2023 (WSJ)
• A Growing Number of Streaming Video Customers Watch Ads (Bloomberg)
• Telly’s wild idea: Free TVs with inescapable ads (Fast Company)
• ESPN’s Jimmy Pitaro Will Decide the Fate of Cable Television (Bloomberg)
• Hollywood Writers Strike Over Pay Disputes with Streaming Giants and AI Concerns (Gizmodo)

April

• These Are The Most Popular TV Shows on the Internet (Bloomberg)
• Netflix Adds 1.75 Million Customers in Q1 2023; Grows to 232.5M Globally (The Streamable)
• Netflix Gains 1.75 Million Subscribers, Axes DVD-Rental Business (WSJ)
• Spotify will drop paywall for Gimlet podcasts (Semafor)
• ‘The Penguin’ Trailer: Colin Farrell Returns to Gotham as ‘The Batman’ Spinoff Series Confirms 2024 Release (Variety)
• YouTube Premium adds more perks with SharePlay support, higher quality video and more (TechCrunch)
• NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube starts at $249 for the 2023 season (The Verge)
• Blockbuster pushed HBO to start investing in original content, cable giant’s ex-chief says (CNBC)
• Spotify shuts down its Clubhouse-style audio app Spotify Live (Musically)

March

• Disney Eliminates Its Metaverse Division as Part of Company’s Layoffs Plan (WSJ)
• Apple Considers Bidding for English Football Streaming Rights (Bloomberg)
• Apple to Spend $1 Billion a Year on Films to Break Into Cinemas (Bloomberg)
• Netflix’s Ad Tier Hits 1 Million Users. Is That Good or Bad? (Bloomberg)
• Disney+ Users Paid Up When the Price Rose (WSJ)
• Apple Music boosts streaming music revenue to record $13.3 billion in 2022; vinyl outpaces CDs for first since 1987 (9to5Mac)
• The future of TV is up in the air (The Verge)
• Spotify’s new design is part TikTok, part Instagram, and part YouTube (The Verge)

February

• Meta Completes Acquisition of VR Fitness Company Within (CNET)
• Meta Targets Teen Users in Broader Horizon Metaverse App Revamp (WSJ)
• Netflix hasn’t confirmed its plans to stop password sharing just yet (The Verge)
• Confirmed: Netflix Unveils First Details of New Anti-Password Sharing Measures (The Streamable)
• Meta Plans to Shut Down One of Its Most Popular and Long-standing Multiplayer VR Games (Road To VR)

January

• Showtime to Be Rebranded ‘Paramount+ with Showtime,’ Added to Paramount+ Premium Tier (The Streamable)
• Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings to step down as chief executive (FT)

2022

December

• Amazon Has Discussed a Stand-Alone Sports App as Andy Jassy Doubles Down on Prime Video (The Information)
• ABBA’s successful avatar show in London offers a glimpse at a daring new direction for live music (CNBC)
• YouTube Paying Roughly $2 Billion a Year for NFL Sunday Ticket (WSJ)
• Google’s YouTube in Talks for Rights to NFL Sunday Ticket (WSJ)
• ‘South Park’ Creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone Land $20 Million in Funding for Their Deepfake VFX Studio (Variety)
• Netflix’s Ad-Supported Tier Was Its Least Popular Plan, Analytics Firm Estimates (WSJ)
• Netflix lets advertisers take their money back after missing viewership targets (Digiday)
• YouTube Stars Cash In Video Rights for Millions of Dollars (WSJ)
• The Grown-Up Art of Andor

November

• Apple Music reveals top music in 2022 and listener charts (AP News)
• Robert Iger Returns to Disney Facing Radically Different Streaming Landscape (WSJ)
• Disney Shocker: Bob Iger Returning as CEO, Bob Chapek Exits (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Apple Kicks Off Major League Soccer Plans With Pricing & Launch Details (Deadline)
• Netflix’s new feature lets subscribers kick devices off their accounts (TechCrunch)
• Disney+ reaches 164.2M subscribers as it prepares for ad-supported tier launch (TechCrunch)
• With Netflix’s ads tier, you never know what you’re going to get (The Verge)
• Patreon’s long-awaited video hosting feature is finally rolling out to creators (The Verge)
• Twitch opens Guest Star up so anyone can run their own talk show not (TechCrunch)
• YouTube’s Primetime Channels bring streaming movies and TV into the YouTube app (The Verge)
• Amazon Prime now comes with a full music catalog of 100 million songs and ad-free podcasts (TechCrunch)

October

• YouTube redesign gives long-form videos, Shorts and Live videos their own tabs on channel pages (TechCrunch)
• The beginning of the monster Game of Thrones Twitter Thread (Twitter)
• Spotify Boosts Subscribers and Revenue, Says 2023 Price Increases Likely (WSJ)
• Alphabet misses on earnings as YouTube shrinks; company will cut headcount growth by half in Q4 (CNBC)
• Apple is raising the price of Apple Music, Apple TV+ and Apple One from today (9to5Mac)
• Netflix adds more than 2.4 million subscribers, reveals details about password-sharing crackdown (CNBC)
• The New Netflix Age Has Arrived (Puck)
• Netflix’s ad tier will cost $6.99 a month and launch in November (The Verge)
• TikTok Parent ByteDance Sets Sights on Spotify With Music-Streaming Expansion (WSJ)
• You Hated Your Cable Package. Your Streaming Services Are Bringing It Back. (WSJ)
• YouTube is asking some users to purchase a Premium subscription to watch in 4K (TechCrunch)

September

• Here’s Why Movie Dialogue Has Gotten More Difficult To Understand (And Three Ways To Fix It)
• Amazon Scores Big With First ‘Thursday Night Football’ Game (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Twitch to ban Stake.com streams and other unlicensed gambling content (The Verge)
• YouTube will share ad revenue with Shorts creators (Engadget)
• Spotify Launches Audiobooks Business With A La Carte Pricing, No Discounts for Subscribers (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Roku to Launch ‘The Buzz’ Short-Form Content Hub on Home Screen, Refreshes $30 Streaming Device (Variety)
• Why Disney didn’t buy Twitter (Vox)
• AMAZON’S THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER IS SMALL-SCREEN HIGH FANTASY DONE RIGHT (The Verge)
• Disney Explores Membership Program Like Amazon Prime to Offer Discounts and Perks (WSJ)

August

• Netflix Eyes $7-to-$9 Price for Its New Ad-Supported Plan (Bloomberg)
• Twitter is becoming a podcast app (The Verge)
• Streaming Is Starting to Look A Lot Like Cable TV (Bloomberg)
• Netflix’s Ad-Supported Plan Will Block Downloads of Shows, Films (Bloomberg)
• U.S. Streaming Tops Cable TV Viewing for First Time, Nielsen Says (Variety)
• Cameo Now Lets You Have 10-Minute Calls With Celebs (Gizmodo)
• Walmart+ members will soon get Paramount+ streaming as part of their subscription (Engadget)
• Disney+ Ad Plan Price and Launch Date Set — Along With Fee Hikes for Disney+ Premium, Hulu (Variety)
• Walmart Ponders Streaming Deal With Paramount, Disney and Comcast (NYTimes)
• Spotify starts selling live music tickets to fans directly (TechCrunch)
• Warner Bros. Movies Are No Longer Guaranteed To Arrive On HBO Max After A 45-Day Theatrical Window: Source (Decider)
• Netflix is expanding its push into video games, but few subscribers are playing along (CNBC)
• HBO Max, Discovery+ to Merge Into Single Streaming Platform Starting in Summer 2023 (Variety)

July

• NFL+ Enters Sports Streaming Wars As League Launches New Service (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Why Big Tech Is Making a Big Play for Live Sports (NYTimes)
• Netflix loses fewer subscribers than expected and says cheaper ad tier is coming in early 2023 (CNBC)
• Netflix Tests Another Way to Charge for Password Sharing (Bloomberg)
• ESPN+ Monthly Subscription to Rise $3 as Disney Strives for Streaming Profits (Variety)
• Crunchyroll is lowering monthly subscription fees in almost 100 regions (Engadget)
• Netflix is partnering with Microsoft for its new ad-supported tier (The Verge)
• HBO & HBO Max Smash Past Netflix In Total Emmy Nominations As Hulu & Apple Score Strong Showings (Deadline)

June

• Here’s why Netflix made you wait a month to watch the rest of Stranger Things (Recode)
• NBCUniversal, Google Compete to Help Netflix Develop Ad-Backed Tier (WSJ)
• Apple, Major League Soccer Strike 10-Year Streaming Deal for All MLS Games (WSJ)
• Some Ads Play on Streaming Services Even When the TV Is Off, Study Finds (WSJ)
• Inside Roku, talk is heating up about an acquisition by Netflix (Insider)
• Record Labels Dig Their Own Grave. And the Shovel is Called TikTok.

May

• Can Paramount Go It Alone? (NYTimes)
• Star Wars: The Rebellion Will Be Televised
• Netflix Hit By Layoffs; About 150 Mostly U.S.-Based Employees Affected (Deadline)
• Netflix Exploring Live Streaming For First Time; Plans To Roll Out For Unscripted Series & Stand-Up Specials (Deadline)
• Disney+ Hits 137.7M Subscribers, Beating Wall Street Expectations in Streaming (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Spotify becomes first music streamer to launch on Roblox (TechCrunch)
• Facebook Pulls the Plug on Podcast Business After a Year (Bloomberg)

April

• Meta’s Bleak Q1; Spotify’s Netflix Moment (The Information)
• Netflix and Facebook have given up most of the last few years’ gains since tech’s November peak (CNBC)
• The Netflix Nightmare: What Happens When an Industry Becomes a Squid Game (Vanity Fair)
• CNN+ Streaming Service Will Shut Down Weeks After Its Start (NYTimes)
• Netflix Q1 net subscribers unexpectedly decline, revenue misses expectations (Yahoo!Finance)
• Netflix Plans to Launch Cheaper Ad-Supported Plans (The Hollywood Reporter)
• CNN+ struggles to lure viewers in its early days, drawing fewer than 10,000 daily users (CNBC)
• How Netflix tests Netflix: The story behind the service’s new two-thumbs-up feature (Protocol)

March

• Spotify puts its Podz acquisition to use with test of new podcast discovery feature (TechCrunch)
• NFL considers creating a streaming service of its own (The Athletic)
• Apple Is First Streamer to Win Best Picture Oscar for ‘CODA’ (Variety)
• YouTube is taking on over-the-air TV with nearly 4,000 free episodes of TV (The Verge)
• TV, merchant media and the unbundling of advertising (Ben)
• Netflix Will Prompt Subscribers to Pay for Users Outside Their Households in New Test to Address Unauthorized Password Sharing (EXCLUSIVE) (Variety)
• Vimeo is telling creators to suddenly pay thousands of dollars — or leave the platform (The Verge)
• FC Barcelona agree to sponsorship deal with Spotify, will rebrand stadium as ‘Spotify Camp Nou’ (CBS Sports)
• HBO Max, Discovery+ to Combine for “Blowout” Product, CFO Says (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Streaming boom propels film industry’s pandemic recovery (Axios)
• Global Entertainment Industry Revenue Rebounds From Pandemic, Thanks to Streaming Boom (Variety)
• These are Netflix’s Most Popular Shows (According to Netflix) (Bloomberg)
• Amazon launches a ‘live radio’ app, Amp, which lets you play DJ with music and call-ins (TechCrunch)
• Disney+ to launch cheaper ad-supported tier later this year (CNBC)

February

• Francis Ford Coppola’s $100 Million Bet (GQ)
• Spotify is acquiring two major podcast tech platforms (The Verge)
• Spotter raises $200M to invest $1 billion into YouTubers’ back catalogs (TechCrunch)
• ViacomCBS rebrands to Paramount in focus on streaming (The Verge)
• The Little Streaming Comedy Platform That Couldn’t (Vulture)
• Amazon’s Lord of the Rings Series Rises: Inside The Rings of Power
• Spotify CEO Addresses Joe Rogan’s N-Word Use, Doubles Down on Keeping Podcaster on Platform (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Spotify CEO defends Joe Rogan deal in tense company town hall (The Verge)

January

• Spotify finally responds to Joe Rogan controversy with a plan to label podcasts that discuss COVID-19 (The Verge)
• Joe Rogan defends podcast and apologizes to Spotify for backlash (The Verge)
• Spotify’s big Rogan mistake (Protocol)
• Apple CEO: ‘We Don’t Make Purely Financial Decisions’ About Apple TV Plus Content (Variety)
• Why Netflix Just Had Its Worst Day in A Decade (Bloomberg)
• Netflix stock market woe is warning to Hollywood (FT)
• Spotify Takes Down Neil Young’s Music After His Joe Rogan Ultimatum (WSJ)
• Netflix Falls Short of Q4 Subscriber Target, Stock Tumbles on Weak Forecast (Variety)

2021

December

• Here’s why streaming services are always duking it out over channels (The Verge)
• On “Succession,” Jeremy Strong Doesn’t Get the Joke (The New Yorker)
• Roku, Google settle messy battle over YouTube distribution (Axios)
• Why the Beatles’ ‘Get Back’ May Stand as the Best Rock Doc Ever (Column)
• The art and science of Spotify Wrapped (Protocol)

November

• Adele gets Spotify to take shuffle button off all album pages (BBC News)
• Netflix’s Expanded Viewing Data Move Is Mainly a Flex (Variety)
• Amazon will let you easily share clips from its Prime Video content (The Verge)
• Spotify expands into audiobooks with acquisition of Findaway (TechCrunch)
• MoviePass cofounder Stacy Spikes has bought the company back and is planning a relaunch (Insider)
• Disney+ Subscriber Growth Slows, Company Misses Wall Street Expectations (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Netflix to Roll Out TikTok-Like Short Clip Feature Aimed at Kids (Bloomberg)
• Snapchat Inks Deal With NBCUniversal to Use Audio From ‘SNL,’ ‘The Office’ and More (Exclusive) (The Hollywood Reporter)

October

• Life in the FAST Lane: Free Streaming, Big Money (Vulture)
• Inside Wheel of Time, Amazon’s Huge Gamble on the Next Game of Thrones (GQ)
• Comcast Launches XClass TV, Its First TV Sets in the U.S., Taking Streaming Platform Direct-to-Consumer (Variety)
• YouTube Has Surpassed $3 Billion in Consumer Spend on iOS — Giving The World Access to Tailored Quality Content (App Annie)
• Netflix Estimates ‘Squid Game’ Will Be Worth Almost $900 Million (Bloomberg)
• G4 TV returns November 16th with Attack of the Show, Xplay and more (The Verge)
• Disney’s shift to streaming puts ESPN in awkward position of clinging to the past (CNBC)
• YouTube To Stop Making Year-End ‘Rewind’ Videos (Exclusive) (TubeFilter)

September

• YouTube gets official video downloads on the web, saving you from using some very sketchy sites (Android Police)
• Roku debuts new Streaming Stick 4K bundles, software update with voice and mobile features (TechCrunch)
• Netflix and Apple TV+ clean up at the Emmys with ‘The Crown’ and ‘Ted Lasso’ (Engadget)
• Apple Music is using Shazam to solve the streaming industry’s problem with DJ mixes (TechCrunch)
• Adult Swim: How an Animation Experiment Conquered Late-Night TV (NYTimes)
• Amazon Unveils First of Its Own Smart TVs, Will Bring TikTok to Fire TV in U.S. and Canada (Variety)
• EXCLUSIVE: Amazon is close to launching its own TV in the US (Insider)
• YouTube music services hit 50m subscribers in race to catch Spotify (FT)

August

• Apple buys classical music streaming service Primephonic (The Verge)
• And the First Streaming Service to Partner With TikTok Is… (Rolling Stone)
• Disney+ beats expectations to reach 116 million subscribers in Q3 (TechCrunch)
• Exclusive: Salesforce enters the streaming wars (Axios)
• FandangoNOW and Vudu merge into a new streaming service with titles to rent, buy or stream free (TechCrunch)
• Spotify is testing a less restrictive ad-supported tier costing $0.99 a month (The Verge)
• YouTube ‘Premium Lite’ subscription offers ad-free viewing for less (The Verge)

July

• Hollywood Calls the Russo Brothers When It’s Time to Build a New Universe (Bloomberg Businessweek)
• Peacock Reaches 54M Sign-Ups Thanks to Olympics, 20M Monthly Active Users (The Streamable)
• YouTube Q2 Ad Revenue Hits Record $7 Billion as Alphabet Trounces Estimates (Variety)
• HBO Max and HBO Gain 2.8 Million Subscribers in Q2, AT&T Raises Year-End Target for Streaming Service (Variety)
• YouTube’s newest monetization tool lets viewers tip creators for their uploads (TechCrunch)
• New Anthony Bourdain documentary deepfakes his voice (The Verge)
• Netflix Plans to Offer Video Games in Push Beyond Films, TV (Bloomberg)
• Amazon launches its mobile-first Kindle Vella serialized story platform (Engadget)
• Disney Plans to Raise ESPN Plus’ Monthly and Annual Subscription Costs (Variety)
• Box Office: Marvel’s ‘Black Widow’ Debuts With Dazzling $80 Million in Theaters, $60 Million on Disney Plus (Variety)
• The Tin Man Gets His Heart: An Oral History of ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’ (The Ringer)

June

• YouTube TV Unveils Dolby Digital Support & Premium Add-on with 4K, Offline Downloads, and Unlimited Streams (The Streamable)
• How Roku used the Netflix playbook to beat bigger players and rule streaming video (CNBC)
• Inside Comcast’s Plan to Become a Streaming Giant (WSJ)
• Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners, Netflix Forge Film Deal in Sign of Changing Hollywood (Variety)
• Can Streaming Pay? Musicians Are Pinning Fresh Hopes on Twitch. (NYTimes)
• Spotify launches its live audio app and Clubhouse rival, Spotify Greenroom (TechCrunch)
• Netflix Has a Plan to Sell You Toys, T-Shirts and Concert Tickets (Bloomberg)
• Marcus Graham: Looking back on 10 years of Twitch’s experiment with livestreaming (Venture Beat)

May

• James Bond, Meet Jeff Bezos: Amazon Makes $8.45 Billion Deal for MGM (NYTimes)
• Amazon to buy MGM Studios for $8.45 billion (CNBC)
• Spotify finally adds offline music downloads on Apple Watch (The Verge)
• Now that WarnerMedia and Discovery have tied the knot, the pressure’s on ViacomCBS and NBCUniversal (CNBC)
• Amazon Pondering Deal to Buy MGM (The Information)
• Apple announces lossless Apple Music is coming in June at no added cost (The Verge)
• Amazon Music Drops HD Tier to $9.99, Shaking Up Hi-Fi Streaming Market (Billboard)
• AT&T to spin off and combine WarnerMedia with Discovery in deal that would create streaming giant (CNN Business)
• Disney Plus Hits 103.6 Million Subscribers as Rapid Growth Slows, ESPN Plus Perks Up (Variety)
• Roku will launch original programming fueled by Quibi’s content on May 20 (TechCrunch)
• Playlists and podcasts? Netflix is exploring developing ‘N-Plus’ (Protocol)
• Verizon sells media businesses including Yahoo and AOL to Apollo for $5 billion (CNBC)

April

• YouTube TV removed from Roku channel store amid Google contract dispute (Axios)
• Spotify’s Surprise (Stratechery)
• WarnerMedia plans to charge $9.99 per month for ad-supported HBO Max (CNBC)
• Inside Netflix’s Quest to End Scrolling: How the company is working to solve one of its biggest threats: decision fatigue. (Vulture)
• Spotify launches podcast subscriptions, but you can’t subscribe in-app (The Verge)
• Roku says it may lose YouTube TV app after Google made anti-competitive demands (Axios)
• Apple, Spotify and the New Battle Over Who Wins Podcasting (WSJ)
• Netflix, Disney and Amazon’s Streaming Wars Heat Up Overseas (WSJ)
• 15 Years of Spotify: How the Streaming Giant Has Changed and Reinvented the Music Industry (Variety)
• Netflix falls after pandemic boom reverses to rare weakness (Bloomberg)
• Apple introduces Podcasts Subscriptions to pay creators for content in redesigned app (9to5Mac)
• Apple Music Reveals How Much It Pays When You Stream a Song (WSJ)
• Roku’s latest streaming device gives 4K, HDR, and a voice remote for $40 (Ars Technica)
• Spotify’s Car Thing debuts as a limited release for selected US users (The Verge)
• YouTube is social media’s big winner during the pandemic (CNBC)
• Streaming Services Have Finally Run Out of New Shows. Kind of. (Bloomberg)
• Comcast Weighs Pulling Universal’s Movies From HBO Max, Netflix (Bloomberg)

March

• Apple invests $50M into music distributor UnitedMasters alongside A16z and Alphabet (TechCrunch)
• Verizon to center media arm around new subscription platform Yahoo+ (Axios)
• Microsoft in Talks to Buy Discord for More Than $10 Billion (Bloomberg)
• Spotify says over 13,000 artists’ catalogs earned at least $50K in royalties last year (The Verge)
• Netflix Begins Test to Crack Down on Password Sharing Outside Your Household (The Streamable)
• I guess I have to watch ads everywhere on my $1,500 LG TV now (The Verge)
• ‘Follow our podcast’: Apple Podcasts to stop using ‘subscribe’ (Podnews)
• Why popular YouTubers are building their own sites (BBC News)
• Turntable.fm is back from the dead — and now there are two (The Verge)
• The problem for Paramount+ (and every other streamer)? Everyone already has Netflix. (Recode)
• How a tiny startup is reinventing the DVR for the cord-cutter era (Fast Company)
• Square acquires majority of Tidal, Jay-Z’s streaming service, in $297 million deal. (NYTimes)
• Forget ‘Succession.’ You Can Watch ‘90 Day Fiancé’ for 100 Hours Straight. (NYTimes)

February

• Why Plus Is a Minus When Naming Your Streaming Site (NYTimes)
• ViacomCBS bets you will subscribe to 5 or more streaming services, leaving plenty of room for Paramount+ (CNBC)
• Spotify HiFi is a lossless streaming tier coming later this year (The Verge)
• What Peter Jackson’s original two-movie Lord of the Rings almost looked like (Polygon)
• ViacomCBS Goes ‘All-In’ on Streaming, But Without Many of Its Top Shows (Bloomberg)
• First Apple TV+ AR app launches with ‘For All Mankind’ backstory through mixed reality (9to5Mac)
• Disney says it now has 94.9 million Disney+ subscribers (CNBC)
• Who Really Created the Marvel Universe? (The New Yorker)
• NBCUniversal’s Streaming Strategy Raises Prospect of WarnerMedia Merger (The Information)

January

• AT&T Q4: HBO Max Activations Double to 17.2 Million, Warner Bros. Revenue Declines 21% (Variety)
• YouTube has paid more than $30 billion to creators, artists, and others over the last three years (The Verge)
• Americans spend average of $47 a month on streaming services (The Desk)
• Netflix shares rise on strong subscriber growth, considers share buybacks (CNBC)
• Netflix’s ‘Shuffle Play’ feature will roll out to all users worldwide this year (TechCrunch)
• Is Letterboxd Becoming a Blockbuster? (NYTimes)
• Spotify Bets Big on Podcasts as a Path to Profitability (Bloomberg Businessweek)
• Roku TV Was the Top Selling Smart TV OS in 2020 (The Streamable)
• A New Service Seeks to Streamline Your Streaming (WSJ)

2020

December

• TV Ratings: First Streaming-Only NFL Game Scores Solid Numbers for Amazon (Variety)
• IAC shares jump after Vimeo spinoff announcement (CNBC)
• New WarnerMedia chief Jason Kilar is moving to shake up Hollywood. Insiders are questioning if he has what it takes to turn around the entertainment giant without destroying it. (Business Insider)
• HBO Max Is Launching on Roku, After Device Maker and WarnerMedia Finally Bury the Hatchet (Variety)
• Disney Plus is increasing its price to $8 a month starting in March 2021 (The Verge)
• ‘Star Wars,’ ‘Pinocchio’ and More as Disney Leans Sharply Into Streaming (NYTimes)
• Who’s Behind the Fight Between Warner Bros. and Hollywood? It’s AT&T (NYTimes)
• Inside the Human Science of Spotify’s New Music Friday Playlist (Variety)
• Sony’s Funimation acquires anime streaming service Crunchyroll for $1.175 billion (Polygon)
• Christopher Nolan Rips HBO Max as “Worst Streaming Service,” Denounces Warner Bros.’ Plan (The Hollywood Reporter)
• ‘Dune’ Producer Legendary Entertainment May Sue Warner Bros. Over HBO Max Deal (Variety)
• Disney faces digital dilemma despite streaming success (FT)
• Warner Bros. will release all of its new 2021 movies simultaneously on HBO Max (The Verge)
• WarnerMedia’s CEO explains why he’s blowing up the movie business (Recode)
• Hollywood’s Obituary, the Sequel. Now Streaming. (NYTimes)
• Hulu’s Watch Party feature is now available to all subscribers (The Verge)

November

• Hollywood’s ‘We’re Not in Kansas Anymore’ Moment (NYTimes)
• HBO Max Is Finally Coming to Amazon Fire TV (Variety)
• Disney Plus Hits 73.7 Million Subscribers As They Reach Their One-Year Anniversary (The Streamable)
• Roku Adds Apple AirPlay to 4K Devices, Which Gives Users New Workaround to Stream HBO Max and Other Mobile Apps (Variety)
• Wish Spotify streamed on Apple Watch? The time has arrived for many (9to5Mac)
• Spotify will now allow artists and labels to promote tracks in your recommendations (TechCrunch)

October

• Netflix is raising the price of its most popular plan to $14 today, premium tier increasing to $18 (The Verge)
• Streaming was part of the future — now it’s the only future (The Verge)
• Amazon Argues Users Don’t Actually Own Purchased Prime Video Content (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Quibi’s Open Letter
• Quibi Is Shutting Down Barely Six Months After Going Live (WSJ)
• In defense of Quibi (Recode)
• Katzenberg May Shut Down Quibi as Options Run Short (The Information)
• Netflix misses on subscriber additions and EPS (CNBC)
• Apple Launches ‘Apple Music TV,’ a 24-Hour Music Video Livestream (Variety)
• Disney says its ‘primary focus’ for entertainment is streaming — announces a major reorg (CNBC)
• Katzenberg Strikes Out on Quibi Sale Efforts, So Far (The Information)
• Facebook’s Portal adds support for Netflix, Zoom and other features (TechCrunch)

September

• Here’s what the new Chromecast’s Google TV software looks like (The Verge)
• Disney+ now lets you binge watch with friends, even when you’re not together (CNN Business)
• Netflix Price Hike Is “Probable” Soon, But It Won’t Slow Company’s Roll, Analyst Says (Deadline)
• Roku Unveils Redesigned $100 Ultra Streaming Box, Will Add Ability to Stream HBO Max via Apple AirPlay (Variety)
• Apple Buys Startup That Creates Radio-Like Stations for Podcasts (Bloomberg)
• Why Spotify Has So Many Bizarre, Generic Artists Like ‘White Noise Baby Sleep’ (OneZero)
• Quibi Explores Strategic Options Including Possible Sale (WSJ)
• Amazon Music Joins Podcasting Fray (WSJ)
• Spotify says Apple One bundle is a ‘threat to collective freedom’ (Apple Insider)
• AT&T Plans Lower-Priced Version of HBO Max With Advertising (Bloomberg)
• ‘Apple One’ subscription bundle confirmed by Apple Music for Android ahead of Sept. 15 event (9to5Google)
• How Netflix’s Reed Hastings Rewrote the Hollywood Script (Forbes)
• Twitch’s Prime Video watch parties are now available to everyone (Engadget)

August

• Netflix Is Offering Free Access to Select Original Movies and Series, Even Without an Account (Gadgets360)
• Joe Budden is taking his podcast off Spotify because the company ‘is pillaging’ his audience (The Verge)
• Apple Plans Augmented Reality Content to Boost TV+ Video Service (Bloomberg)
• Netflix test puts a ‘Shuffle Play’ button right on your home screen (TechCrunch)
• Our Long, Arduous Attempt To Watch ‘Cocoon,’ And Why Some Classic Movies Seemingly Just Vanish (UpRoxx)
• Disney+ Gains Foothold in Streaming Battlefield, Nielsen Says (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Apple confirms cloud gaming services like xCloud and Stadia violate App Store guidelines (The Verge)
• Disney+ grows to more than 60.5M subscribers (TechCrunch)

July

• AMC and Universal agree to let movies go from theaters to digital rentals much sooner (The Verge)
• Plex launches a live TV service with over 80 free channels, most available worldwide (TechCrunch)
• HBO Max has more than 4 million subscribers, AT&T says (The Verge)
• Netflix shares fall after earnings miss, weak subscriber guidance for third quarter (CNBC)
• Inside Peacock’s Ambitious Plan to Crash a Crowded Streaming Field (Variety)
• How to subscribe to Apple’s free daily news podcast (9to5Mac)
• Peacock’s interface aims to recreate the feeling of live TV, but it comes up short (The Verge)
• Peacock is live: Prices, free trials, devices, shows and movies (CNET)
• SiriusXM Is Buying Stitcher in Deal Worth Up to $325 Million (Variety)
• NBCUniversal’s Peacock is unlikely to reach deals with Amazon and Roku by July 15 launch (CNBC)
• Is Anyone Watching Quibi? (Vulture)
• Quibi reportedly lost 90 percent of early users after their free trials expired (The Verge)
• Mmhmm turns your boring Zoom call into a Weekend Update-style TV show (The Verge)
• There are more streaming choices than ever — why are prices going up? (The Verge)
• Spotify brings its Premium Duo plan to the US, UK and dozens more countries (updated) (Engadget)
• YouTube TV hikes price to $64.99 per month following new channel additions (TechCrunch)
• Twitch breaks records again in Q2, topping 5B total hours watched (TechCrunch)

June

• Amazon Prime Video introduces ‘Watch Party,’ a social co-viewing experience included with Prime (TechCrunch)
• Microsoft is shutting down Mixer and partnering with Facebook Gaming (The Verge)
• Twitch’s Streaming Boom Is Jolting the Music Industry (Bloomberg)
• Hey YouTube WalkThrough (YouTube)
• This Is How Much More Money Artists Earn From Bandcamp Compared to Streaming Services (Pitchfork)
• FC Barcelona Soccer Team Launches Digital Subscription Service (Variety)
• HBO Max won’t hit AT&T data caps, but Netflix and Disney Plus will (The Verge)
• YouTube’s Chase for Streaming-TV Ad Dollars Faces Hurdles (WSJ)

May

• ‘We had no idea how to do it’: YouTube’s founders, investors, and first employees tell the chaotic inside story of how it rose from failed dating site to $1.65 billion video behemoth (Business Insider)
• Apple TV Plus acquires past Fraggle Rock seasons ahead of reboot (The Verge)
• Advertisers Seek to Revise Deal Terms With Streamer Quibi (WSJ)
• HBO Max debuts without the two most popular streaming platforms, Roku or Amazon (USAToday)
• ScreenHits TV to Launch Streaming Aggregator to Combat “Subscription Fatigue” (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Spotify signs ‘The Joe Rogan Experience” to an exclusive multi-year deal (TechCrunch)
• Bill Simmons Just Wants to Win (Vulture)
• With its Joe Rogan exclusive, Spotify’s new podcast strategy is to kill podcasts (Digital Trends)
• Apple Buys Older Shows for TV+, Stepping Up Netflix Challenge (Bloomberg News)
• Inside HBO Max, the $4 Billion Bet to Stand Out in the Streaming Wars (Variety)
• Apple plans to add audio versions of publisher articles to Apple News+ (Digiday)
• Apple releases ‘major’ update to Logic Pro X (AppleInsider)
• Jeffrey Katzenberg Blames Pandemic for Quibi’s Rough Start (NYTimes)
• Disney says it now has 54.5 million Disney+ subscribers (CNBC)

April

• Spotify Q1 beats on sales of $2B with monthly active users up 31% to 286M (TechCrunch)
• Blunt New CEO Inherits Challenge of Turning AT&T Into Media Star (Bloomberg)
• John Stankey’s challenge: Making AT&T’s $100 billion bet on Time Warner pay off (CNBC)
• AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson to step down, COO Stankey to take over (CNBC)
• Sonos launches its own streaming radio service (The Verge)
• Apple launches App Store, Music, Arcade, Podcasts, and iCloud in new countries (9to5Mac)
• WarnerMedia Sets Late May HBO Max Launch (The Hollywood Reporter)
• AT&T’s HBO Max Will Dive Into Crowded Streaming Market on May 27 (Bloomberg)
• With Shut-In Kids Flocking to Streaming, Disney Channel Retools (Bloomberg)
• As YouTube Traffic Soars, YouTubers Say Pay Is Plummeting (OneZero)
• Anyone’s a Celebrity Streamer With This Open Source App (Wired)
• Disney+ Surpasses 50 Million Paid Subscribers After Launches in Europe & India (The Streamable)
• Netflix will allow parents to remove movies and shows, filter by rating in new update (The Verge)
• Quibi app review: shifting landscape (The Verge)
• How to stream Quibi (The Verge)
• HBO Will Stream 500 Hours of Free Programming, Including Full Seasons of ‘Veep,’ ‘The Sopranos,’ ‘Silicon Valley’ (Variety)
• Apple Lets Some Video Apps Sell Shows Without Taking 30% Cut (Bloomberg)

March

• Spotify Brings Standalone Kids’ App to U.S., Featuring a ‘Wash Your Hands’ Playlist (Variety)
• HQ Trivia Returns Thanks to Anonymous Investor (WSJ)
• Google Podcasts is finally available of iOS (TechCrunch)
• Exclusive: Disney+ Sees Huge Subscription Spike As Homebound Audiences Clamor For Content (Forbes)
• Music streaming may actually be falling because of coronavirus (QZ)
• With Movie Theater Shutdown, Universal Pictures to Stream New Release Films on Prime Video, iTunes, & More (The Streamable)
• Movie Crowds Stay Away. Theaters Hope It’s Not for Good. (NYTimes)
• Coronavirus Impact: Netflix Shuts Down Film, TV Work in U.S. and Canada as Production Nears Standstill (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Exclusive: Google plans new Chromecast Ultra based on Android TV (w/ remote!) (9to5Google)
• Now you can share your Netflix account just by sending a link (Fast Company)
• Quibi is giving people a 90-day free trial in hopes they’ll actually sign up (The Verge)
• VSCO’s new editing tool Montage lets you edit and layer both photos and videos (TechCrunch)
• Streamer Quibi Raises Additional Funds Ahead of Launch (WSJ)
• Hulu’s live TV service is now on PS4 consoles after PlayStation Vue shutdown (The Verge)
• Roku is in talks for original programming, following the footsteps of Netflix and Amazon (Digiday)
• NBC’s experimental PGA Tour live stream makes it easier to follow your favorite golfer (The Verge)
• AT&T TV now available nationwide with Android TV set-top box — and a two-year contract (The Verge)
• Spotify’s Newest Pitch to Labels and Musicians: Now You Pay Us (Bloomberg)

February

• New Netflix feature reveals the top 10 most popular programs on its service (TechCrunch)
• Netflix added a top 10 list of its most-watched content — here’s how to find it (The Next Web)
• How the BBC’s Netflix-killing plan was snuffed by myopic regulation (Wired)
• Cord-Cutting Accelerated in 2019, Raising Pressure on Cable Providers (WSJ)
• Spotify finally starts showing proper, complete song lyrics synced with music (Android Police)
• SiriusXM Acquires Minority Stake in SoundCloud for $75 Million (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Netflix dominates viewing on TVs over all other streaming services (CNET)
• Netflix Spends Big for Oscars—Will Hollywood Give In? (WSJ)
• ViacomCBS to launch new streaming service blending CBS All Access with Paramount films, Viacom channels (CNBC)
• Netflix will now let you disable its awful autoplaying feature (The Verge)
• Spotify is buying Bill Simmons’s The Ringer to boost its podcast business (Recode)
• Disney earnings beat expectations, fueled by strong Disney+ subscriptions (Yahoo! Finance)
• YouTube is a $15 billion-a-year business, Google reveals for the first time (The Verge)
• Disney Takes Tighter Control of Hulu After Disney+ Bundle Revs Up Growth (Bloomberg)
• Spotify, Apple Music Trail Little-Known Rival in Music-Obsessed India (WSJ)

January

• Super Bowl 2020: The madness and magic behind the game’s first 4K HDR broadcast (Digital Trends)
• CollegeHumor Helped Shape Online Comedy. What Went Wrong? (Wired)
• Apple Hires Key Netflix Engineer in Bid to Boost Subscription Services (WSJ)
• Behind the Scenes at Rotten Tomatoes (Wired)
• Amazon Music subscriber numbers close in on Apple (FT)
• Netflix says Disney and Baby Yoda may have cut into the streaming service’s growth (Recode)
• Spotify in Early Talks to Buy Sports and Pop-Culture Outlet the Ringer (WSJ)
• NBC’s Peacock streaming service will launch on July 15th with three different price tiers (The Verge)
• Twitch’s loss of top streamers impacts hours watched and streamed in Q4 2019, report says (TechCrunch)
• Disney+ was the most downloaded app in the US in Q4 2019 (TechCrunch)
• U.S. Music Streams Topped a Trillion in 2019 (WSJ)
• Streaming Services Reckon With Password-Sharing “Havoc” (The Hollywood Reporter)
• I’m a Millennial, and I Don’t Understand What Quibi Is Trying to Do (Fortune)
• QUIBI VERSUS THE WORLD (The Verge)
• Quibi unveils “Turnstyle,” its flagship mobile video format (Axios)
• Quibi’s secret weapon: Videos that work in portrait and landscape mode (Engadget)
• Fire TV Edition expands to more soundbars, plus cars, cables boxes and more (TechCrunch)
• Roku TV adds 15 more brand partners plus a new ‘Roku TV Ready’ program (TechCrunch)
• Apple Deal Returns Former HBO Boss Richard Plepler to Spotlight (NYTimes)

2019

December

• SPOTIFY TO SUSPEND POLITICAL ADS IN 2020 (AdAge)
• YouTube gives creators more control over copyright claim disputes with new update (The Verge)
• Netflix was the best-performing stock of the decade, delivering a more than 4,000% return (CNBC)
• 11 Lessons from the Success of Disney+ (MatthewBall.vc)
• Tuvalu is a tiny island nation of 11,000 people. It’s cashing in thanks to Twitch. (WSJ)
• Sling TV gets more expensive, raises cheapest subscription price to $30 (The Verge)
• Livestreams are the new telethons, and they’re raising millions for charities (Washington Post)
• Inside YouTube’s Year of Responsibility (Bloomberg)
• State of the Stream 2019: Platform Wars, the New King of Streaming, Most Watched Game and More! (Stream Elements)
• Spotify prototypes Tastebuds to revive social music discovery (TechCrunch)
• TiVo to Merge With Entertainment-Tech Firm Xperi in $3 Billion Deal (Variety)
• Cord cutters, you can finally stream your PBS stations online – on YouTube TV (USA Today)
• Virtual product placement is coming for TV and movies and Ryff has raised cash to put it there (TechCrunch)
• Far Side creator Gary Larson launches website with promise of new work (The Guardian)
• A Letter From Gary Larson (TheFarSide.com)
• Why Do We Still Pay Only $10 a Month for Music? (Rolling Stone)
• Roku Built the Dominant Streaming Box. Now It’s Under Siege (Bloomberg Businessweek)
• VSCO acquires video editing startup Rylo (TechCrunch)
• Spotify Year In Review Thread (@baekdal)
• Inside VSCO, a Gen Z-approved photo-sharing app, with CEO Joel Flory (TechCrunch)
• Plex launches a free, ad-supported streaming service in over 200 countries (TechCrunch)

November

• Spotify’s Daniel Ek Has a Plan to Harness Hollywood for Podcasts and Create “the World’s No. 1 Audio Platform” (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Inside the Most Watched YouTube Channel in the World (Bloomberg Businessweek)
• ByteDance to take on rivals with music streaming launch (FT)
• Apple Plans Mega Bundle of Music, News, TV as Early as 2020 (Bloomberg)
• Netflix and Nickelodeon partner on original programming, following Disney+ launch (TechCrunch)
• Here’s what time every episode of The Mandalorian and other Disney+ shows go live (The Verge)
• Photoshop for iPad is now available in the App Store (WCCFTech)
• Apple TV+ is now live in the TV app: Start watching Apple’s original TV shows and movies (9to5Mac)

October

• The New HBO Max is competing with Netflix by giving you Friends and Game of Thrones for $15 a month (Recode)
• PlayStation Vue is Shutting Down Live TV Streaming Service in January (The Streamable)
• Spotify grows users 30% in Q3 2019, premium subscribers reach 113 million (VentureBeat)
• Behind AT&T’s plan to take on Netflix, Apple and Disney with HBO Max (Reuters)
• Apple TV app launches on Amazon Fire TV devices (9to5Mac)
• Verizon Will Give One Year of Disney Plus for Free to All Unlimited Wireless Customers (Variety)
• Comcast’s ‘free’ streaming box actually requires an additional $13 / month fee (The Verge)
• Twitch’s new Watch Parties test taps Prime Video for movie night (SlashGear)
• Inside Apple’s Long, Bumpy Road to Hollywood (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Netflix soars 8% after beating on earnings, despite miss on subscribers (CNBC)
• Netflix finally admitted two things we already knew about the streaming wars (CNBC)
• ‘Billions’ Creators to Develop ‘Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber’ Series at Showtime (Variety)
• AMC Theater Chain Gets Into Streaming With On-Demand Movies (NYTimes)
• Apple Launches In-House Studio With ‘Band of Brothers’/’The Pacific’ Follow-Up (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Hulu finally launches support for downloads, initially to ad-free viewers (TechCrunch)
• Music labels wary as Apple tries to bundle subscriptions (FT)
• Inside Disney’s New York Stream Factory (Variety)

September

• Spotify users can add podcasts to playlists (Engadget)
• Spotify is finally getting Siri support with iOS 13 (The Verge)
• Inside Tinder’s Secret Streaming Series (Variety)
• Amazon Music rolls out a lossless streaming tier that Spotify and Apple can’t match (The Verge)
• Netflix Lands ‘Seinfeld’ Rights in $500M-Plus Deal After Losing ‘Friends’ and ‘The Office’ (The Hollywood Reporter)
• ‘The Big Bang Theory’ to Show on New Streaming Service HBO Max (WSJ)
• NBCUniversal’s Streaming Service Is Called Peacock and It’s Launching Next April (Vulture)
• Iger Departs Board of Apple, Disney’s New Streaming Competitor (NYTimes)
• MoviePass will shut down for good on Sept. 14 (CNBC)
• J.J. Abrams Officially Closes Sizable WarnerMedia Film, TV Partnership (The Hollywood Reporter)
• The end of the backend? Disney wants to limit profit participation on its new TV shows (LA Times)
• Apple TV+ costs $4.99 per month and launches on November 1 (Venture Beat)
• Apple Music launches a public beta on the web (TechCrunch)
• Streaming makes up 80 percent of the music industry’s revenue (The Verge)
• Coming Soon to a Small Screen Near You: Short Cuts (WSJ)
• Amazon unveils a new Fire TV Cube, soundbar, and over a dozen Fire TV Edition products (TechCrunch)

August

• Netflix ships milestone 5 billionth disc (CNET)
• Netflix Unveils Release Plans for Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’ (Variety)
• Netflix tests human-driven curation with launch of ‘Collections’ (TechCrunch)
• Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman is a perfect example of Netflix’s big screening dilemma (The Verge)
• Shazam data is powering Apple Music’s newest chart, the Shazam Discovery Top 25 (TechCrunch)
• Apple Targets Apple TV+ Launch in November, Weighs $9.99 Price After Free Trial (Bloomberg)
• Apple splashes $6bn on new shows in streaming wars (FT)
• Spotify’s Premium Family plans get an explicit content filter (Engadget)
• The Roku Channel is adding a kids and family section with free TV shows and movies (The Verge)
• Disney+ will stream on these devices at launch (The Verge)
• HBO Max eyeing ‘Big Bang Theory’ and ‘Two and a Half Men’ in $1.5 billion deal (The Daily Dot)
• Google will start surfacing individual podcast episodes in search results (The Verge)
• ‘Game of Thrones’ Creators Close $200M Netflix Overall Deal (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Disney Announces $12.99 Bundle For Disney+, Hulu, & ESPN+ Available At Launch (The Streamable)
• Late Night Dispatch: Tuca & Bertie versus The Algorithm (Julia Alexander)

July

• Spotify Grows to 108M Paid Subscribers Compared to Apple Music’s 60M (MacRumors)
• NOW EVEN FUNERALS ARE LIVESTREAMED—AND FAMILIES ARE GRATEFUL (Wired)
• PBS & PBS Kids Coming to YouTube TV Later This Year (The Streamable)
• AT&T is launching another new streaming service this fall called AT&T TV (CNET)
• AT&T Chief: HBO Max Will ‘Ultimately’ Offer Live News, Sports (Variety)
• PLEX MAKES PIRACY JUST ANOTHER STREAMING SERVICE (The Verge)
• Disney Won. Now What? (BuzzFeed News)

May

• AT&T Has Become a New Kind of Media Giant (Fortune)
• Disney’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge theme park lands, explained (Polygon)
• Editorial: Why Apple created Apple TV+ rather than buying Netflix (AppleInsider)

April

• Disney+ app and worldwide rollout plans revealed (Engadget)
• Disney+ streaming service will be available starting Nov. 12 for $6.99 a month (CNBC)
• YouTube TV Hikes Price to $50 per Month for All Customers After Inking Discovery Deal (Variety)
• The next front of the streaming wars is the battle for ad-supported programming (Digiday)
• Netflix confirms it killed AirPlay support, won’t let you beam shows to Apple TVs anymore (The Verge)
• Hundreds of thousands of ‘lost’ MySpace songs have been recovered (The Verge)
• Justice Department Warns Academy Over Potential Oscar Rule Changes Threatening Netflix (EXCLUSIVE) (Variety)
• Media Companies Take a Big Gamble on Apple (NYTimes)
• Tweet Storm on Apple+ and The New Yorker (@Michaelluo)

March

• The danger of ‘I already pay for Apple News+’ (TechCrunch)
• Spotify is testing Premium Duo, a discounted subscription for two (The Verge)
• Apple launches $9.99 Apple News Plus with more than 300 magazines (The Verge)
• Apple announces Apple TV Plus video subscription service (The Verge)
• YouTube Bows Out of Hollywood Arms Race With Netflix and Amazon (Bloomberg)
• Digital media companies Group Nine Media and Refinery29 are said to be in talks to merge (Business Insider)
• New York Times CEO warns publishers ahead of Apple news launch (Reuters)
• Apple’s plan for its new TV service: Sell other people’s TV services (Recode)
• Inside Garageband, the Little App Ruling the Sound of Modern Music (Rolling Stone)
• MoviePass’ unlimited plan is back and at the original price — for now (Polygon)
• Apple’s Big Spending Plan to Challenge Netflix Takes Shape (NYTimes)
• Addressing Spotify’s claims (Apple Newsroom)
• Apple Courts HBO and Showtime for Service to Challenge Netflix (Bloomberg)
• Apple’s March 25th event is official: ‘It’s show time’ (9to5Mac)
• Spotify Premium now includes Hulu for no extra cost (The Verge)
• Big Media Isn’t Ready to Fight Back (Netflix Misunderstandings, Pt. 5) (Redef)
• U.S. Music Industry Posts Third Straight Year of Double-Digit Growth as Streaming Soars 30% (Variety)
• How Disney Built Star Wars, in real life (TechCrunch)

February

• Rotten Tomatoes tweaks audience ratings system to thwart online trolls (LA Times)
• Apple Music Integration Possibly Coming to Google Home Devices (MacRumors)
• Close Enough (Slate)
• Can Subscriptions Save All Media Companies, or Just the New York Times? (NYMag)
• “Do We Want to Be in Business?” The Strange, Never-Ending Saga of MoviePass (The Ringer)
• Spotify has bought two podcast startups and it wants to buy more (ReCode)
• Amazon Alexa Now Lets You Choose Your Own Adventure (Geek.com)
• Locast, a Free App Streaming Network TV, Would Love to Get Sued (NYTimes)
• Why the Outlook for Digital Media Behemoths is Worse than You Think (Talking Points Memo)

January

• Hulu announces a new ad unit that appears when you pause (TechCrunch)
• Facebook Watch Isn’t Living Up to Its Name (Bloomberg)
• Coming to a TV near you: personalized ads (Axios)
• Katzenberg and Whitman: Hollywood’s New Odd Couple (Fortune)
• YouTube TV finally goes nationwide almost two years after launch (The Verge)
• Hulu drops to just $5.99 per month after Netflix’s price hikes (The Verge)
• Spotify Will Soon Let You Block Artists (Thurrot.com)
• The economics of streaming is making songs shorter (QZ)
• Is Spotify’s Model Wiping Out Music’s Middle Class? (The Ringer)
• Netflix beats on subscriber growth, but misses slightly on revenue — stock falls after hours (CNBC)
• Netflix will raise prices for US subscribers, with its most popular plan going up to $13 per month (TechCrunch)
• Twitter hopes you want to watch NBA games from a camera focused on just one player (Recode)
• Apple is putting iTunes on Samsung TVs (The Verge)
• Keeping up with Netflix originals is basically a part-time job now (QZ)
• BLACK MIRROR: BANDERSNATCH COULD BECOME NETFLIX’S SECRET MARKETING WEAPON (The Verge)
• The Bird Box Effect: How Memes Drive Users to Netflix (The Ringer)
• HOW THE SURPRISE NEW INTERACTIVE BLACK MIRROR CAME TOGETHER (Wired)

2018

December

• Bird Box Is the First Great Monster Movie About This Poisonous Invention (PaleoFuture)
• Movie Theaters Bounce Back: What’s Behind the 2018 Rebound (Variety)
• Watch the trailer for Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, releasing Friday 28th on Netflix (The Verge)
• Apple Music removes ability for artists to post to Connect, posts removed from Artist Pages and For You (9to5Mac)
• YouTube Rewind 2018 is officially the most disliked video on YouTube (The Verge)
• Apple’s ‘Netflix for Magazines’ Getting a Chilly Reception (Bloomberg)
• YOUTUBE CREATORS BLINDSIDED BY MAJOR NETWORK’S COLLAPSE (The Verge)
• A 7-year-old boy is making $22 million a year on YouTube reviewing toys (MSN)
• The story behind Netflix’s $100 million ‘Friends’ deal (Recode)
• Your 4K Netflix Streaming Is on a Collision Course With Your ISP’s Data Caps (Motherboard)

November

• Apple Music is coming to the Amazon Echo (TechCrunch)
• YouTube to Make New Originals Available for Free, Ad-Supported Viewing With ‘Single Slate’ Strategy (Variety)
• PewDiePie’s Tumultuous Reign as YouTube King Is Almost Over (Bloomberg)
• Pandora brings its Genome technology to podcast recommendations (TechCrunch)
• The Tricky—but Potentially Lucrative—Task of Streaming Videogames (WSJ)
• Netflix to Test Lower-Price Plans as It Seeks More Asian Users (Bloomberg)
• At Netflix, Who Wins When It’s Hollywood vs. the Algorithm? (WSJ)
• HQ Trivia was a blockbuster hit — but internal turmoil and a shrinking audience have pushed its company to the brink (ReCode)
• Comcast is developing a video-streaming platform for broadband-only customers (CNBC)
• Flickr will end 1TB of free storage and limit free users to 1,000 photos (The Verge)
• The Cartoon That Invented Internet Culture Gets a High-Definition Rerelease (Intelligencer)
• Spotify is just $6.8 million away from profitability (Engadget)

October

• At Netflix, Radical Transparency and Blunt Firings Unsettle the Ranks (WSJ)
• Podcast on Netflix Culture (Planet Money Podcast)
• Spotify Premium gets personalized artist radio stations and better search (The Verge)
• MTV is bringing back ‘The Real World’ for Facebook Watch, and will let the audience vote on the direction of the show (Business Insider)
• Adobe launches Premiere Rush, a cross-platform video editor (Venture Beat)
• Has 10 years of Spotify ruined music? (The Guardian)
• Apple plans to give away original content for free to device owners as part of new digital TV strategy (CNBC)
• Snapchat becomes the mobile HBO with 12 daily scripted Original shows (TechCrunch)
• AT&T will launch a Netflix rival next year (CNBC)
• Raised by YouTube (The Atlantic)
• MoviePass’ new funding means it isn’t going anywhere just yet (Engadget)
• The Rise of Netflix Competitors Has Pushed Consumers Back Toward Piracy (Motherboard)
• Netflix Is Planning a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure ‘Black Mirror’ (Bloomberg)
• Amazon’s IMDb will announce this week a new free video service to compete for TV ad dollars (CNBC)
• The anti-Netflix: Free, ad-supported video streaming services are growing (Digiday)

September

• SiriusXM to buy Pandora in all-stock deal valued at $3.5 billion (CNBC)
• Living The Stream (ESPN The Magazine)
• ESPN’s new streaming service passes 1 million paid subscribers in five months (CNBC)
• HQ expands beyond trivia with new ‘Wheel of Fortune’-type game (Digiday)
• Apple Is Deleting Bought Films From iTunes Accounts - And Don’t Expect A Refund (Forbes)
• A New Spotify Initiative Makes the Big Record Labels Nervous (NYTimes)
• The Tension Is Building Between Spotify and the Music Industry (Bloomberg)
• Vimeo pivots business from media to tech (Axios)
• Vimeo launches stock video marketplace starting at $79 per clip (Venture Beat)

August

• Amazon Plans New Video App, Latest Step Into TV Ad Market (The Information)
• Netflix Tests Promotional Videos but Users See ‘Commercials’ (NYTimes)
• Netflix tests a bypass of iTunes billing in 33 markets (TechCrunch)
• The Netflix ID Bible – Every Category on Netflix (What’s on Netflix)
• Netflix, Amazon Video, and Xfinity are accidentally re-creating cable TV (The Verge)
• Jeffrey Katzenberg’s ‘NewTV’ Startup Closes $1 Billion, All Major Studios Among Investors (Variety)
• MoviePass Abandons Price Hike, But Will Limit Films to Three a Month (Variety)

July

• Verizon Is Seeking Google or Apple as 5G TV Provider (Bloomberg)
• What Netflix’s big miss means for the new tech economy (Axios)
• THE ONLY GOOD ONLINE FANDOM LEFT IS DUNE (The Outline)
• Netflix Isn’t Being Reckless, It’s Just Playing a Game No One Else Dares (Netflix Misunderstandings, Pt. 3) (Matthew Ball)
• European Networks Are Joining Forces to Take On Netflix and Amazon (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Netflix Binge-Watching Just Got Even Easier: Now It Automatically Downloads New Episodes To Watch Offline (BuzzFeed)
• Apple slices into Spotify’s lead in the US music market (CNBC)
• Ice Poseidon’s Lucrative, Stressful Life as a Live Streamer (The New Yorker)

June

• Apple Eyes Streaming Bundle for TV, Music and News (The Information)
• AMAZON FIRE TV CUBE REVIEW: A SMARTER STREAMING BOX (The Verge)
• SBS to screen World Cup games after Optus fail (Sydney Morning Herald)
• APPLE’S ORIGINAL CONTENT IS FURTHER ALONG THAN YOU THINK (LoupVentures)
• Netflix’s latest hit ‘The Kissing Booth’ is a Wattpad success story (TechCrunch)
• Inside the Binge Factory (NYMag)

May

• Impatient, distracted consumers upend the media landscape (Axios)
• Roku Earnings Beat Expectations as Ads, Services Surpass Hardware Revenue (Variety)
• FX and New York Times partner for new series ‘The Weekly’ (CNN)
• Pandora Learns the Cost of Ads, and of Subscriptions (Wired)

April

• Hulu Beyond ‘Handmaid’s Tale’: Execs and Stars on a Promising Yet Uncertain Future (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Global Recorded Music Revenues Grew By $1.4 Billion in 2017 (Music Industry Blog)
• Netflix Licensed Content Generates 80% of U.S. Viewing, Study Finds (Variety)