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Amazon’s Ad Business Continues to Boom
Amazon's ad unit keeps surging. That business grew to $11.8 billion, representing 8% of its total revenue. Amazon reported net sales of $143.3 billion during the first quarter of 2024, up 13% compared to the same three-month period last year. Year over year, Amazon's ad segment increased 24%, outpacing Google, but falling behind Meta for the first time in several quarters. “It was a good start to the year across the business, and you can see that in both our customer experience...
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Roku Unveils Trade Desk, iSpot and NBCUniversal Partnerships at NewFronts
The streaming platform and operating system Roku announced three blockbuster partnerships at its NewFronts presentation at The Glasshouse in New York on Tuesday afternoon, as well as a slate of new video programming. Roku, which now reaches over 81 million households, unveiled tie-ups with demand-side platform The Trade Desk, measurement service iSpot.tv and the publisher NBCUniversal, according to head of ad sales Julian Mintz. “We want to position ourselves as the lead-in to all...
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How Caitlin Clark and Women’s Basketball Scored Big for Disney and Its Partners
Where men’s sports often receive brand and broadcast support based on their potential, proponents of women’s sports note that investment in their game hinges on proof of its value. This year’s NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament—with help from Caitlin Clark and Dawn Staley—just provided its broadcasters at the Walt Disney Company and their brand partners a small forest’s worth of receipts. When the second round of the tournament aired more than a month ago, Disney’s ESPN noted its 1.4...
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Warner Music Group boss Robert Kyncl backs US Senate bill to crack down on AI deepfakes
Kyncl to give testimony to a subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Commitee on Tuesday (April 30) Source
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India’s Tips Industries generated $7.6m in calendar Q1, up 22% YoY
India-headquartered music and entertainment company Tips has published its financial results for calendar Q1 Source
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‘There are so many people who make beats but don’t know how to produce.’
T-Minus talks about his work with J Cole, Drake, Lil Wayne and more, as well as what makes a great producer in 2024 and what he would change about the modern music industry Source
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FKA Twigs voices support for NO FAKES Act in prepared remarks ahead of Senate hearing; says that she’s developed an AI version of herself that can ‘speak many languages’
Artist to give testimony on Tuesday (April 30) in front of a US Senate subcommittee looking into a proposed new bill to regulate AI deepfakes Source
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At Newfronts, Condé Nast Calls Red Carpet Moments the New Live Sports
Digital media company Condé Nast unveiled a slate of new video programming at its NewFront presentation at Highline Stages in New York this morning, emphasizing its expanded efforts in the world of sports, news and live events. The company, which houses more than a dozen editorial brands including the New Yorker, GQ, Vogue and Wired, will create 100 new pilot shows and return 235 original digital video series as part of its ongoing effort to expand its video footprint, according to chief...
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Spotify vs. Songwriters (again): NMPA says SPOT’s latest move to lower royalty rates is ‘likely to end up in a legal conflict’
David Israelite on his problems with Spotify's 'bundle' switch, and whether the NMPA will sue Source
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Jill Weindorf and Joe Dent promoted to Executive Vice President roles at Concord Label Group
The move is one of the first under newly appointed Chief Executive of Concord Label Group Tom Becci Source
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Unlock Creative Effectiveness and C-Suite Buy-In With Neurodesign
Selling creativity in large multinational companies can often be a laborious challenge. There is always pressure from the C-suite to maximize return on investment. And that's before we even get to the age-old subjectivity challenge--everyone in the business feels entitled to an opinion when it comes to a piece of creative work, whereas they'd rarely
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Edwardsville baseball wins 20th straight at Busch Stadium
ST. LOUIS – After its 19-game winning streak inside Busch Stadium came to an end last season, the Edwardsville Tigers started a new streak Monday. Led by a two-hit, three-RBI performance from Bryce Beyers, the Tigers powered past the Parkway West Longhorns 10-0 in their annual Busch Stadium game in St. Louis. The Tigers had won 19 straight inside Busch Stadium before getting beat by Jackson (Missouri) 5-1 last season. Prior to that, the last loss was 4-3 to Jersey in 2002. Ranked fifth in the...