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Spotify Launches ‘Video Podcasts’
Spotify Launches ‘Video Podcasts’
July 21, 2020  |  Subscriptions

Spotify Technology on Tuesday (July 21) augmented its big push into podcasting with a major new offering, as the music streaming service announced plans to...

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Amazon Watch Parties Enable 100+ Users To Stream Together
Amazon Watch Parties Enable 100+ Users To Stream Together
June 30, 2020  |  Amazon Entertainment

While video streaming has always been by its very nature something of a solo activity, the pandemic-driven lockdown has changed that. As it turns out, consumers...

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Educational-Toy Company Learning Resources Pivots Into Content
Educational-Toy Company Learning Resources Pivots Into Content
April 23, 2020  |  Retail

For the past 25 years, parents have known Learning Resources as the company that makes those toy cash registers. And in today’s work-at-home world, parents...

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Netflix Results Show Deluge Of Streaming Media Demand, With Tempered Growth Coming Later
Netflix Results Show Deluge Of Streaming Media Demand, With Tempered Growth Coming Later
April 22, 2020  |  Earnings

Call it, in a way, the power of the lockdown. As we’ve detailed in this space in the past, the coronavirus has shifted all manner...

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State Taxes Could Cause Spike In Streaming Prices
State Taxes Could Cause Spike In Streaming Prices
February 24, 2020  |  Subscription Commerce

About 50 percent of U.S. states have already begun taxing residents’ streaming subscriptions to services like Netflix and Hulu, and others are considering doing the...

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Barr Questions Whether Facebook, Others Should Be Immune To Lawsuits
Barr Questions Whether Facebook, Others Should Be Immune To Lawsuits
February 20, 2020  |  Facebook

U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Wednesday he was unsure whether social media giants like Facebook and Google needed the immunity that protected them...

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Biden Wants To Abolish Law That Gives Online Companies Content Liability Immunity
Biden Wants To Abolish Law That Gives Online Companies Content Liability Immunity
January 17, 2020  |  Legal

Joe Biden, a candidate for president, said he wants to repeal Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a law that gives internet companies immunity...

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Verizon Embraces Cord-Cutting As Streaming Landscape Changes
Verizon Embraces Cord-Cutting As Streaming Landscape Changes
January 10, 2020  |  Internet of Things

This is a big year for streaming TV services, and for the consumers who rely on them – or plan to rely on them – for...

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Amazon Streaming Gain Comes Amid Bigger Industry Changes
Amazon Streaming Gain Comes Amid Bigger Industry Changes
January 06, 2020  |  Amazon Entertainment

2020 is supposed to be a year for streaming services, given the emerging and revised options out there, as well as the cultural trend of...

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