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Media & Entertainment

2024: The Year Streamers Cracked Live Programming

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For years, traditional cable had one trump card against the upstart streamers devouring their business: live programming. Not anymore.

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Media & Entertainment

Disney’s Streaming Bet is Paying Off. So What’s Next?

Has Bob Iger now done it? Has he restored the magic, the thing defeated activist agitator Carl Icahn said was missing?

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Media & Entertainment

Did Streaming Kill the Music Industry?

Music streaming services that offer more or less all the recorded music in history. So how is the industry supposed to grow?

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Media & Entertainment

Is Amazon Finally Breaking into the News Industry?

The e-commerce and media titan is in talks with veteran TV news anchor Brian Williams to host an election night special, Variety reported.

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Big Tech

TikTok is Ditching Music Streaming — But Spotify Can’t Relax

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TikTok is calling it quits on a music streaming business that barely made it out the door, and only launched trials last year.

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Media & Entertainment

Universal Music Feels the Sting from Streaming Saturation

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Taylor Swift may be signed to the label, but Universal Music Group somehow can’t find a way to make its business work.

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Technology

The State of the Billionaire Space Race

Blue Origin is going slower than SpaceX, but it also nailed a massive rocket launch on the first try. Jeff Bezos is back in the space race.

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Finance

Crypto-Friendly Neo-Broker eToro Files for IPO

The listing marks a potentially triumphant comeback story and an insult of sorts to the embattled London stock exchange.

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Energy

Oil Markets Show Signs of Resilience and Retreat as 2025 Gets Underway

With the way things are going today, it’s becoming increasingly hard to figure out what’s going on with the oil market.

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