Austin The Latest City To Try And Impose A Netflix Tax

Hungry to boost municipal budgets, a growing roster of states and cities have spent the last five years or so trying to implement a tax on Netflix, Hulu, and other streaming services. Sometimes (like in Chicago) this has involved expanding an...

Terence Winter’s New Media Firm Plans Ad-Supported Streaming Network

One of the channels available on the network from the newly formed Infamous Media will focus on mafia and mob-related content.

Oh Deere, Is That Right To Repair Resolution Troubling You?

Over the years a constant in stories covering the right to repair has come from an unexpected direction, the farming community. Their John Deer tractors, a stalwart of North American agriculture, h…

TikTok’s 2021 music recap says it’s getting even better at creating billion-listen megahits

Megan Thee Stallion and Doja Cat were the most popular artists.

Netflix Sued Over Dubbed Version of Korean Hit ‘#Saraitda’ (1)

Netflix Inc. was accused in a lawsuit of unlawfully releasing a dubbed version of a hit South Korean film, wiping out the potential theatrical audience for producers who claim to have the rights to an English-language version of the movie.

Netflix Wants to Own Online News About Its Content, Too

A new website, Tudum, will host news like renewals and consumer content about series and films, marking the latest editorial effort by the streaming giant.

Glyn Moody (@glynmoody@mastodon.social)

A few companies dominate the music market; meet the rising giant that could beat them all: Spotify - https://walledculture.org/a-few-companies-dominate-the-music-market-meet-the-rising-giant-that-could-beat-them-all-spotify/ ek, he's ambitious...

Fox News Ready to Go All-In On Streaming If Pay-TV Decline Keeps Up

Fox CFO Steve Tomsic says "we aren't going to pull the trigger on that anytime soon" but it has the means to do so through Fox Nation.

Cracking The Spotify Code

If you’ve used Spotify, you might have noticed a handy little code that it can generate that looks like a series of bars of different heights. If you’re like [Peter Boone], such an enco…

Adele, Spotify and the right of integrity

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