Warner Bros. is creating over 6 million DC Comics-inspired physical trading cards packaged with redeemable NFTs that will be available later this month. Cartamundi, a card and board game company, will design the cards, which will feature 155 different superheroes. The NFTs are being minted on the Ethereum sidechain Immutable X.
Source: Warner Bros. is Creating 6 Million DC Comics Trading Cards With Redeemable NFTs – Decrypt
Amazon just recently released a beta version of Amp as well as a website for the platform, which is currently issuing sign-up codes in its social-media bios and elsewhere. “The only true equipment you need” to go live with a radio show, higher-ups explained, “is Amp on your iPhone.” (The company doesn’t “have a hard date” for an Android rollout, but this version of the app “is coming.”)
Source: Amazon’s Amp Live-Radio App Debuts With ‘Tens of Millions’ of Songs
The ByteDance-owned viral video app has just launched its own promotion and music distribution platform, called SoundOn. SoundOn is already Live in the UK, US, Brazil and Indonesia, and it lets artists upload their music directly to TikTok and RESSO. It can also distribute their music to other platforms like Spotify, Apple Music and Instagram.
Source: TikTok just launched its own music distribution platform, SoundOn
YouTube is reportedly offering money to podcasters in a bid to get them to create video versions of their shows, according to a report from Bloomberg. People close to the situation told Bloomberg that YouTube is offering individual shows $50,000 and up to $300,000 for podcast networks, potentially to fund filmed episodes and other video-based content.
Source: YouTube is reportedly paying podcasters to film their shows
The average sale price of an NFT is now below $2,000, according to market tracker NonFungible. That’s down from over $6,800 in January. Cumulative daily sales have dropped from $160 million in January to $26 million on Thursday. Not long ago, NFTs had a total market capitalization of $23 billion, exceeding that of CarMax and Take-Two Interactive Software. Today, it’s just over $10 billion, according to CoinMarketCap.
Brandon Sanderson, a prolific sci-fi and fantasy author, started an online fund-raising campaign this week to self-publish four of the novels he wrote during the pandemic. The eye-popping sum raises questions about what is possible for authors with major platforms who are willing to self-publish — and why the vast majority of big names stick with traditional routes to publication.
Source: Fantasy Author Raises $15.4 Million in 24 Hours to Self-Publish
The UK-based startup, which supplies creators with affordable background music and sound, just raised £4.6. Uppbeat boasts an extensive library of copyright-free music tracks, which can be sorted by their genre, vibe, or relative popularity. The platform includes its own trending tab, which lists its most-used pieces of music. Uppbeat has approximately500,000 users.
Source: There’s an Uppbeat solution for copyright-free music on YouTube, TikTok, and Twitch – Tubefilter
In a time of dwindling journalism profits, publishers are forced to choose between the ad revenue and subscription models. Adblock and paywall evasion further complicate the matter. NFTs could prove to be an effective fundraising effort, journalism outlets utilizing the digital scarcity NFTs provide, but the backlash to the AP’s most recent NFT efforts prove the public might not yet accept such a solution.
Source: Why the Associated Press’ migrant NFT fiasco could be a troubling new trend
Once upon a time in Hollywood, the largest film library ever amassed in the world belonged to none other than Netflix. More than 100,000 DVD titles offered by the streamer equaled an unmatched cinematic treasure trove back in 2010. That luminous library has been slashed by more than 85% to some 15,000 titles today, with typical members having access to just 4,000 films today.
Under the multi-year agreement, Sandbox Productions and SME will collaborate on the creation, production and distribution of scripted and unscripted content across TV, film and digital formats, including the development of a June Carter Cash documentary film. The companies have also partnered on the premiere of LOVE,TOM, a film narrated by Grammy, Oscar and Golden Globe nominated songwriter Tom Douglas.
Source: Sony Music Entertainment inks multi-platform media deal with Jason Owen’s Sandbox Entertainment