When games cross over into entertainment
Video games and their streaming audiences have become reliable source material for film and television, and the crossover now runs in both directions.
Entertainment News
Funding rounds, acquisitions, ad-market data and earnings from companies built on creators, reported with the filings and figures that support them.
Short-form video and music discovery
Short-form video music discovery has overtaken radio as the way young listeners find songs, and labels now build release plans around sounds before singles.
The podcast clip economy, explained
Podcast clips have become the format's growth engine: a fraction of an episode travels on short-video feeds while the rights stay with whoever owns the recording.
How fan theories keep shows alive
Between seasons, fan theories do the work trailers cannot: they keep a series in conversation for months, and some creators now design puzzles to feed them.
The 2023 strikes and the streaming residual legacy
The WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes of 2023 won success-based streaming bonuses, AI consent protections and record minimum increases, re-linking creator pay to audience for the streaming era.
How streaming viewership numbers are counted
Nielsen measures US TV-connected viewing in weekly minutes while platforms self-report global hours and views on their own definitions, and the gap between the systems is structural.