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Comcast cable spinoff reflects rapidly changing streaming landscape

by Samantha Fields
Nov 20, 2024
Media giants see the economics of cable TV weakening and consumer interest shifting to streaming, experts say, despite profitability issues.
In a shot from April 2023, then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy appeared on CNBC, one of the cable properties that Comcast is spinning off into a new company.
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Tech and media companies are ditching user totals from their growth reports. Why now?

by Kai Ryssdal and Sofia Terenzio
Jul 23, 2024
Instead, companies are opting to report other metrics of growth.
Some experts believe media companies are no longer reporting user totals to avoid potential doubt for future company growth.
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Paramount hopes merger with Skydance will bolster its streaming operations

by Elizabeth Trovall
Jul 8, 2024
The challenge for streaming companies is not just getting subscribers, but also keeping them.
What can Skydance do to make Paramount a competitor in the age of heavyweight streaming services like Netflix?
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Why are media mergers so tough to pull off?

by Matt Levin
Apr 8, 2024
Corporate marriages are hard. And corporate marriages in the always-in-flux media business can be even harder.
A successful marriage of entertainment companies in the internet age is difficult — but not impossible.
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For some small businesses, creating content is big business

by Justin Ho
Nov 8, 2023
Many small business owners rely on content creation to boost sales, promote their brands and even generate additional revenue.
Video production on social media is a mainstay of content for small businesses. Sometimes it's meant to promote their offerings, but sometimes the content itself generates revenue.
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What does the future of the streaming economy look like?

by Kai Ryssdal and Richard Cunningham
Jan 24, 2023
"This battle that the big streamers are undertaking ... it could turn into a bloody battle, and there could be victims of it," said NYU professor Luis Cabral.
"If you look at Netflix, I mean, they spent billions of dollars, they've created a lot of good content. But it's an iffy proposition. What if it doesn't pan out?" said NYU professor Luis Cabral.
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On their first date, this now-married couple decided to open a business

by Andie Corban
Dec 30, 2022
Aryn Henning Nichols and Benji Nichols run Inspire(d) magazine from Decorah, Iowa.
Benji Nichols and Aryn Henning Nichols of Decorah, Iowa.
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The big business of true crime 

by Janet Nguyen
Oct 31, 2022
The genre, cheaper than its scripted kin, has taken on a life of its own, with seemingly endless sub-genres on multiple platforms.
Police tape hangs across the street in front of the house that Dennis Rader lived in. Rader, known as the serial killer BTK, pleaded guilty to 10 murders over the span of nearly two decades.
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There's a new spate of working-class sitcoms, and they're not sold on the American dream

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Jul 25, 2022
"They're sort of poking fun at the idea of upward mobility, of the American dream being something that's attainable," said Vulture's Roxana Hadadi.
Craig Robinson, left, and Rell Battle star in the new working-class comedy "Killing It."
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Is this what the “metaverse” looks like?

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Jun 1, 2022
“Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal takes a guided tour of a virtual world.
Kai Ryssdal explores a simulated conference room using a virtual reality headset.
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