Plus: Video games are raking it in, and ‘Black Widow’ is selling tickets.

Amazon and Google are trying to break into gaming. They’re not doing a great job.

London-based artist Stacie McCormick founded Fair Art Fair, which she calls the “Tinder for artists and collectors.”

MoviePass throttled user accounts so they couldn’t take advantage of the all-you-can-watch offering.

Mythical Games raised $75m to create “Blanco Block Party,” an open-world game where players own the characters… as NFTs.

Roblox is on a roll, thanks to hyper-engaged youths.

Bunim Laskin found his first customers using Google Maps. Today, Swimply sees 15-20k reservations a month.

F1 is a global phenomenon. Here’s how it used Netflix to grow even bigger.

The owner of talent agency WME and MMA sports league UFC is trying to go public for a second time...and it’s bringing Elon along for the ride.

Amazon wants to make its workers more efficient… by gamifying things.

Nintendo’s beloved characters and enduring hardware have seen massive success. Now, it’s gearing up for the future.

Smith tells us the story behind her hit true crime podcast (Small Town Dicks), the difference between TV and podcasting and her favorite show.

Last year, Google was planning to hire thousands to make video games. It just shut down its in-house gaming studios.

Plus: how they find talent, a request for a startup and Kevin Hart's crazy work ethic.

Video game retailer GameStop is up more than 20x since March lows (and +79% in just the past 2 trading days). What’s going on?

Streaming wars

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Cyberpunk 2077 has been such a disaster that the game studio behind it (CD Projekt Red) has seen its stock fall 40%+ in recent weeks.

NBA Top Shot -- a blockchain platform for NBA-licensed digital collectible highlights -- has seen $5m+ spent on its platform this year.

James Daunt is turning around Barnes & Noble by… not being Amazon.

East Goes Global works with leading Western celebrities (Britney Spears, Shawn Mendes, Jessie J, Will Smith) to grow their brands in China.

WarnerMedia’s move to release its 2021 films straight to streaming means lower paydays for talent.

Reddit says it has 52m daily active users, which is growing but still pales in comparison to Facebook and Twitter.

Billionaire Steve Cohen and entrepreneur Nat Turner are taking Collectors Universe -- a 3rd party collectibles authentication service -- private.

Roblox has boomed during the pandemic, now it’s ready to take its virtual sandbox world public.

Sex robots have huge implications that we need to think harder about.

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Microsoft lost to Sony in the previous round of the console wars. The company is responding with an entirely new strategy for its Xbox gaming division.

Welcome to the scourge of the streaming “+.”