Brief - The Hustle | streaming media (8)

The 21-year-old entrepreneur who’s reshaping the music charts

Michael Waters
Updated 7/28/20
White space for plant-based milk, and Peacock charges into the streaming market

Nick DeSantis
Updated 7/15/20
Move over, Nielsen: This analytics service is measuring viewer passion

Michael Waters
Updated 7/10/20
This startup is trying to master networking by video conference

Michael Waters
Updated 7/6/20
Want your cheers on ESPN? There’s an app for that

Michael Waters
Updated 6/19/20
YouTube creators are turning clicks into charity

Belle Long
Updated 6/11/20
The Google Play store smacks down Zynn, the TikTok lookalike

Michael Waters
Updated 6/11/20
The music biz pressed pause for Blackout Tuesday, but it didn’t go smoothly

Belle Long
Updated 6/3/20
China’s farmers borrow from the streamer’s playbook: They’re going live

Nick DeSantis
Updated 5/7/20
The magic of network TV now happens in living rooms

Michael Waters
Updated 5/1/20
For Netflix’s DVD-by-mail service, it ain’t over ‘til the fat lady streams

Caroline Dohack
Updated 4/27/20
Oldies are golden and pop stars lose their luster: our quarantine listening habits

Nick DeSantis
Updated 4/27/20
These social media sites will quench your quarantine thirst

Michael Waters
Updated 4/14/20
The new always-on TV ads

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 8/20/24
Teenagers are obsessed with YouTube — and so is everyone else

Sara Friedman
Updated 1/3/24
Disney will buy Comcast out of Hulu as streaming looks more like regular old TV

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 11/3/23
On Bob Iger’s to-do list: Fix ESPN, TV, Pixar, and more

Jacob Cohen
Updated 8/8/23
So, can we stop calling it ‘the streaming wars’ now?

Jacob Cohen
Updated 7/25/23
The world’s subtitle use is speaking volumes

Jacob Cohen
Updated 6/13/23
Christopher Nolan is leaving Warner Bros. — the latest domino to fall in AT&T’s streaming misadventures

Mark Dent
Updated 4/11/23
Teletubbyland is a world of love and laughter — it’s also pretty lucrative

Jacob Cohen
Updated 4/11/23
Price increase? Disney fans are nonplussed

Ben Berkley
Updated 3/20/23
Can Netflix be a lifestyle brand?

Samir Javer
Updated 2/7/23
Showing no signs of chill, Netflix enters its next phase

The Hustle
Updated 1/23/23
Bob’s back. Can he bring the magic?

Jacob Cohen
Updated 11/22/22
Is Apple blocking Spotify’s growth plan?

Jacob Cohen
Updated 10/27/22
Should the NBA go all-in on streaming?

Samir Javer
Updated 10/26/22
Who will win the audiobook wars?

Samir Javer
Updated 10/10/22
Streaming mergers are coming

Rob Litterst
Updated 10/10/22
Why do younger generations love subtitles?

Rob Litterst
Updated 9/20/22
Why YouTube’s best weapon is its library

Rob Litterst
Updated 9/15/22
‘Coolhunters,’ explained

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 9/9/22
Bezos’ $715m gamble on The Lord of the Rings

Jacob Cohen
Updated 9/1/22
YouTube = future podcast champ?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 8/26/22
Are we going back to the cable days?

Rob Litterst
Updated 8/22/22
Should streamers get spoooooky?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 8/11/22
Digits: A big lawsuit, Montana supercars, and more

Jacob Cohen
Updated 8/1/22
Where does all our time go?

Rob Litterst
Updated 7/28/22
Lofi Girl vs. YouTube’s copyright problem

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 7/19/22
Why Spotify bought a music trivia game

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 7/13/22
Digits: Star Wars, TikTok, and 750m slim cans

Rob Litterst
Updated 7/11/22
Digits: The CIA’s gym, anonymous donors, and more

Jacob Cohen
Updated 6/27/22
Digits: 15-minute delivery, Lightyear, and teacher shortages

Jacob Cohen
Updated 6/21/22
Disney+ has a looming subscriber problem

Rob Litterst
Updated 6/14/22
Is Netflix about to buy a product it spun off in 2007?

Jacob Cohen
Updated 6/9/22
The ‘Yellowstone’ housing crisis, explained

Jacob Cohen
Updated 6/8/22
Can Paramount+ survive the streaming wars?

Rob Litterst
Updated 6/3/22
Dick Wolf, the producer who owns prime time

Rob Litterst
Updated 5/23/22
Disney will beat Netflix, but it has a problem

Jacob Cohen
Updated 5/16/22
YouTube’s growth struggles to load

Jacob Cohen
Updated 4/28/22
Digits: ‘Stranger Things,’ cremation, and saltier salt

Jacob Cohen
Updated 4/25/22
The economics of Netflix’s buttons

Jacob Cohen
Updated 4/14/22
Should Netflix sell ads?

Rob Litterst
Updated 4/6/22
Digits: Emoji news, overdue books, avocado mayhem, and more

Jacob Cohen
Updated 4/4/22
Webtoons are taking over the world. Is the US next?

Rob Litterst
Updated 3/30/22
Why the Oscars needed drama this year

Jacob Cohen
Updated 3/29/22
Why Amazon bought MGM for $8.5B

Rob Litterst
Updated 3/21/22
By the numbers: Metaverse taxes, a McFlurry mess, and more.

Jacob Cohen
Updated 3/7/22
Spotify’s made lots of podcast acquisitions. What’s the master plan?

Rob Litterst
Updated 2/23/22
Olympic viewership is way down. What’s going on?

Rob Litterst
Updated 2/7/22
Is YouTube bigger than Netflix?

Trung T. Phan
Updated 2/3/22
Streaming services lose ~50% of subscribers after big releases

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 2/2/22
The business rationale that led to Spotify’s moderation scandal

Trung T. Phan
Updated 2/1/22
Digits: An odd lawsuit, $3.2B shapewear, and cargo cruises

Jacob Cohen
Updated 1/31/22
Netflix stats show a slowdown in streaming. How can the industry restart growth?

Trung T. Phan
Updated 1/31/22
Can CNN make streaming work?

Trung T. Phan
Updated 1/27/22
A bigger bill for Netflix and chill

Jacob Cohen
Updated 1/18/22
Digits: Butter, boy bands, and electric mail

Jacob Cohen
Updated 1/17/22
The podcast conundrum

Jacob Cohen
Updated 1/13/22
How a 10-year-old became the king of toys, and YouTube

Rob Litterst
Updated 1/13/22
TikTok’s next victim could be Spotify. Here’s why

Jacob Cohen
Updated 12/29/21
By the numbers: The NBA’s nuke bunker, menu sizes, and road cheese

Jacob Cohen
Updated 12/20/21
Can Peloton sue HBO for the portrayal of its bike?

Trung T. Phan
Updated 12/14/21
Spotify Wrapped is the streaming giant’s secret growth hack

Rob Litterst
Updated 12/6/21
Is Disney creating too much Marvel and Star Wars content?

Trung T. Phan
Updated 11/29/21
YouTube is going all-in on livestream ecommerce

Trung T. Phan
Updated 11/16/21
TikTok built a $400B+ tech giant on the smartphone. Can it transition to TV?

Trung T. Phan
Updated 11/5/21
Loom and the rise of asynchronous video

Trung T. Phan
Updated 11/2/21
What you can learn by analyzing ‘The Bachelor’ franchise

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 10/26/21
Digits: Bottlenecks, miniature toys, and a $25m shredded painting

Jacob Cohen
Updated 10/18/21
Disney is all-in on streaming, but ESPN can’t kick cable

Rob Litterst
Updated 10/12/21
You don’t want to make hackers angry — and Twitch just learned that the hard way

Rob Litterst
Updated 10/8/21
The power of ‘Squid Game,’ Netflix’s surprise smash hit

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 10/6/21
Prime Video may not be winning big, but it sure is spending big

Jacob Cohen
Updated 10/1/21
CAA is buying ICM, creating a super-agency to take on a changing Hollywood

Rob Litterst
Updated 9/30/21
What are Netflix’s biggest hits?

Trung T. Phan
Updated 9/29/21
YouTube vs. NBCUniversal, explained

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 9/29/21
Hollywood unions vs. streaming services

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 9/23/21
Was Joe Rogan’s Spotify deal worth it? It depends on what you value.

Rob Litterst
Updated 8/27/21
The latest player in the streaming wars is a B2B software company

Rob Litterst
Updated 8/13/21
Netflix is losing subs in the US. This could be bad news for streaming.

Trung T. Phan
Updated 7/22/21
Shoppertainment is a trend you should know about

Rob Litterst
Updated 7/22/21
How MLB created the Disney+ streaming service

Trung T. Phan
Updated 7/16/21
Can livestreaming classes finally shake up online ed?

The Hustle
Updated 7/9/21
How demonetized YouTuber pranksters still rake in dough

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 7/1/21
Roku was spun out of Netflix and is now pursuing the streaming giant’s playbook

Trung T. Phan
Updated 6/23/21
2 ways to monetize a huge podcast audience

Trung T. Phan
Updated 6/17/21
Social music site Turntable.fm is back from the dead… and has an interesting rival

Kolby Hatch
Updated 5/28/21
Amazon’s $8.5B acquisition of MGM, explained

Trung T. Phan
Updated 5/28/21
How Vimeo went from CollegeHumor side project to a multibillion-dollar company

Jacob Cohen
Updated 5/27/21
Can deepfakes make dubbed shows look better?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 5/20/21
WarnerMedia and Discovery combine to create a $150B streaming giant

Trung T. Phan
Updated 5/18/21
YouTube is an unstoppable beast, thanks to a wardrobe malfunction and a 9-year-old toy critic

Jacob Cohen
Updated 4/29/21
Podcast wars: Apple vs. Spotify

Trung T. Phan
Updated 4/26/21
Facebook wants to be all up in your ear

Trung T. Phan
Updated 4/21/21
Bezos’ decadelong, $10B NFL bet is part of a larger streaming playbook for Amazon

Jacob Cohen
Updated 3/23/21
Square spends $297m for a majority stake in Jay-Z owned streaming service, Tidal

Trung T. Phan
Updated 3/5/21
Spotify’s plan to monetize podcasts, explained

Trung T. Phan
Updated 2/26/21
Snap’s plan to beat TikTok: Pay people millions

Trung T. Phan
Updated 1/21/21
Transmit widens the streaming landscape with its picture-in-picture ad platform

Jacob Cohen
Updated 1/21/21
Can you build a streaming service around one show?

Trung T. Phan
Updated 1/16/21
Another streaming war: Stock pickers are feuding over FuboTV

Jacob Cohen
Updated 1/5/21
The streaming wars are heating up. Who will win?

Trung T. Phan
Updated 1/5/21

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