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Hollywood’s Summer of Discontent

Posted onJuly 14, 2017July 28, 2017AuthorPaul Sweeting

Franchises aren’t simply a played-out genre that can be mothballed for a while Read More …

Paramount Needs A Strategy, Not a Strategic Investor

Posted onFebruary 25, 2016March 3, 2016AuthorPaul Sweeting

For the better part of a decade, Paramount, under Viacom, has shown a lack of strategic imagination. Read More …

The Fault In Our Stars: Lessons From The 2015 Box Office

Posted onJanuary 5, 2016January 8, 2016AuthorPaul Sweeting

Movie studios and record labels can no longer rely on inertia as a marketing strategy. Read More …

One of the more striking aspects of the conversation around Musk’s pursuit of Twitter, including from Musk himself, has been its U.S.-centric focus. Much of the discussion has been framed against the backdrop of the U.S. culture war and the ersatz controversy over so-called cancel culture, such as around whether Musk will invite U.S. figures like Donald Trump, Katie Hopkins and Alex Jones to rejoin the platform after they were banned by the previous management for violating Twitter’s policies on hate speech and disinformation. Yet Twitter is a global platform. Read More …

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12 Aug

Merck Mercuriadis on Lamont Dozier: ‘He was as important as any songwriter that has ever lived.’ https://rightstech.com/2022/08/merck-mercuriadis-on-lamont-dozier-he-was-as-important-as-any-songwriter-that-has-ever-lived/

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12 Aug

Hipgnosis Moves Into Asset-Backed Securities With $222MM Bond https://rightstech.com/2022/08/hipgnosis-moves-into-asset-backed-securities-with-222mm-bond/

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12 Aug

Apple is reportedly funding podcasts that it could one day turn into TV shows https://rightstech.com/2022/08/apple-is-reportedly-funding-podcasts-that-it-could-one-day-turn-into-tv-shows/

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12 Aug

Spotify has spent $1.2bn+ on companies to scale its non-music business over the past 3 years https://rightstech.com/2022/08/spotify-has-spent-1-2bn-on-companies-to-scale-its-non-music-business-over-the-past-3-years/

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