The Jonas Brothers are giving fans a new way to access exclusive videos — charging $5 per month for the privilege — on Scriber, a smartphone-based subscription startup. Jonas Brothers followers who subscribe via Scriber are promised “unique, behind-the-scenes videos and updates” directly from the singing trio.
Source: Jonas Brothers Launch Smartphone-Only Video Subscription Service on Scriber
As the attention recession meets the fragmentation of listenership, viral moments will become fewer and further between and have less of a sustained impact. This is because there are increasingly fewer massive cultural moments for everyone, and more, smaller moments for individuals and their niches.
Source: The record label addiction to virality is about the attention recession, too
Netflix and Meta were the canaries in the proverbial mine for the attention recession and it is looking increasingly likely that difficult times lie ahead. If the attention crunch was not enough on its own, it has been compounded by the perfect storm of headwinds: the cost of living crisis, rising interest rates, energy and global grain supply constraints, and the Russo-Ukrainian war.
Source: The Attention Recession: How inflation and the pandemic are reshaping entertainment
Last spring, the little-known crypto artist Beeple sold an NFT for an eye-popping $69 million. This month, he revealed he’d been working with Madonna for a year to create a trio of racy NFTs that depicted the “Material Girl” giving birth to a tree, a centipede, and butterflies. They sold for $135,000, $346,000 and $146,000, respectively.
Source: High-profile NFT auctions from Beeple, Madonna flop amid crypto crash
Whether Netflix’s subscriber growth slowdown at the 222 million mark portends things to come for other major streamers is one of the biggest unknowns fueling media stock volatility. Hollywood has staked its hopes for growth over the past few years on drawing subscribers from the global market thanks to streaming’s ability to reach beyond geographic borders.
Source: Can Streamers Get to 1 Billion Subscribers? Netflix Misfire Raises Doubts
The RIAA is opening the doors to its new D.C. headquarters — a multi-use space that features a recording studio, performance venue and more. “We have toured a few members [of Congress] around and some who have been here have said, ‘Can I bring my guitar? Can I go to the recording studio?’ It’s so cool, and it’s really lucky we have that to offer them,” COO Michele Ballantyne says.
Source: Inside the RIAA’s New D.C. Headquarters, Where Members of Congress Can Come to Play
The 27-year-old artist (who uses both ‘she’ and ‘they’ pronouns) said that she has “a song that I love that I want to release ASAP.” The problem, as Halsey tells it, is that their label isn’t willing to release the song unless she is willing to “fake a viral moment on TikTok.”
Source: Content Creator Beats Presents Copyright Free Music for Content Creators and Creatives
The rise of streaming services such as Netflix and Apple TV+ and HBO Max has resulted in boom times for content creators, one that’s seen the cost of buying finished movies grow exponentially. But it’s also left smaller players without the financial resources to land the hottest movies. So right before the pandemic hit, Quiver Distribution jumped into developing and creating its own movies.
Source: Why ‘Dead for a Dollar’ Producer Quiver Distribution Shifted Its Business Model
From July 19 this year, Universal-owned distribution platform Spinnup will be changing from an “open DIY music distribution service” to a “curated artist discovery and distribution platform”. That’s according to a notice published on the platform’s website this week, in which Spinnup explains that it “will be reducing the number of artists on the platform as we move into this new chapter”.
Source: Universal dumps DIY distribution, as Spinnup goes invite-only