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Publisher Chelsea Green and the authors of a controversial book claim that a letter Warren sent to Amazon expressing concern over the company’s role in spreading Covid-19 misinformation violates their First Amendment rights. In a September 7 letter to Amazon, Warren complained that the book “perpetuates dangerous conspiracies about COVID-19” and vccines, yet was among the top products consistently featured on Amazon when her staff searched for “Covid-19” and “vaccine.”

Source: Covid-19 Skeptics, Publisher Sue Sen. Elizabeth Warren

Phoenix Waters Productions in partnership with tech companies Marvion and Coinllectibles is launching digital entertainment studio Omnific Blockchain Studios to develop and produce entertainment-related non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and digital goods.

Source: Omnific Blockchain Studio Launches With NFT-Backed ‘Karma’ Film and ‘Marvion’ Music Show

The Country Music Association has inked an exclusive partnership with Solo Music for an NFT drop in celebration of the upcoming “55th Annual CMA Awards,” which airs Nov. 10 on ABC. The NFT collection will debut Nov. 12, featuring artwork surrounding the CMA Awards trophy.

Source: Country Music Association Teams With Solo Music For NFT Collection

Netflix weekly active users now over-index for leading games consumption behavior, from mobile gaming to esports viewing (source: MIDiA Research). Offering in-service games allows the company to retain engagement in-platform, while also augmenting its growing credibility as a driver of globally relevant entertainment content.

Source: Why Netflix is making its play to become a (meta) entertainment service

Songlorious, a startup selling personalized songs, is looking to use its big “Shark Tank” win as a springboard to greater success. Custom songs on Songlorious start at $45 for a 30-second acoustic jingle but can cost as much as $230 for a three-minute track. For an extra $150, the company also offers a commercial license option for small businesses.

Source: Cameo for Songs? This ‘Shark Tank’ Startup Wants to Dominate the Personalized-Music Market

NFTs are generating billions of dollars’ worth of transactions each month lately. However, the latest sales data from top marketplaces and collections suggests that momentum within the Ethereum NFT market is still tapering down from the frenzied heights of August.

Source: Ethereum NFT Frenzy Cools as OpenSea Monthly Volume Drops 12% – Decrypt

Announced Tuesday, the award-winning director and writer is auctioning off seven uncut scenes from “Pulp Fiction” as nonfungible tokens, also including original handwritten scripts from the film and exclusive audio commentary from Tarantino himself. The collectibles will be auctioned on NFT marketplace OpenSea.

Source: Quentin Tarantino to offer seven uncut scenes from ‘Pulp Fiction’ as NFTs

Mubi Go, which has debuted in New York, allows cinephiles to watch one movie per week at a theater — and also stream hundreds of handpicked films from home. Put more bluntly, the program mashes up the membership concept behind MoviePass and the at-home streaming convenience of Netflix for those with a taste for international and independent cinema.

Source: Art Houses Want Audiences Back. Can a MoviePass-Style Program Help?

Short for free, ad-supported streaming TV, FAST is a rapidly expanding quadrant of the video universe best known to consumers through platforms such as Pluto TV, Xumo, and Tubi. ViacomCBS, Comcast and other media giants have snatched up these services because they’ve realized there’s huge profit potential in serving audiences who can’t — or simply don’t want to — pay for an increasingly expensive array of subscription-based streamers

Source: FAST Money: How Free Streamers Are Changing the TV Game

If 2020 was the Peak of Inflated Expectations in the hype cycle and the start of 2021 was the Trough of Disillusionment, then we are now in the period of slow, steady consolidation, where the real market is built out of the rubble of over-zealous hype. With so many investments made in 2020, there was always going to be a consolidation opportunity for those players with a sound, longer-term view.

Source: Live streaming’s second growth phase