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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.
Paramount hopes merger with Skydance will bolster its streaming operations
Jul 8, 2024
The challenge for streaming companies is not just getting subscribers, but also keeping them.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
For public good, not for profit.
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.
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.
BBC's funding system under fire amid viewership changes, Conservatives' hostility
Feb 1, 2022
Boris Johnson's government may scrap the national license fee that's funded the UK broadcaster for generations.