Study: Newspaper circulation revenue surpasses advertising

NEW YORK -- The year 2020 saw welcome growth in racial diversity of LBGTQ characters in films released by major studios, according to a new study by the advocacy group GLAAD.

Mark Sutherland The music streaming business appears headed for unprecedented upheaval in the U.K., after an influential government committee recommended a “complete reset” of the sector.The U.K. Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) Committee has been running its investigation into the economics of music streaming since October 2020.And, while British government committees are not usually synonymous with radical action, this one did not come to play.

Google has announced a new initiative to ‘maximise returns’ for developers who launch games on the Google Stadia platform.

UPDATED with reactions: Ted Lasso scored 20 Emmy nominations on Tuesday, becoming the most-nominated freshman comedy series in TV history.

Netflix, HBO Max or Amazon release vague pronouncements about how well “Bird Box,” “Wonder Woman 1984” or “Borat 2” did on their respective subscription-based streaming service without providing much in the way of empirical evidence.Over the weekend, Disney shook things up, revealing that not only did “Black Widow” set a pandemic-era box office record with its $80 million domestic debut, but it also padded those numbers with an additional $60 million in rental revenue on Disney Plus.

Ted Lasso scored 20 Emmy nominations on Tuesday, becoming the most-nominated freshman comedy series in TV history.

coronavirus pandemic revenues by the year 2025, according to a new forecast.Live music is set to return without restrictions in England on Monday (July 19) following the UK government’s decision to go ahead with lifting the majority of coronavirus-enforced rules in the country.

Sacha Baron Cohen is suing a US cannabis dispensary for allegedly using his comedy character Borat on its advertising. The 49-year-old British film star is seeking damages of at least $9m (£6.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorMedia and entertainment revenue globally dropped 3.8% in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic led to an overall $81 billion drop, according to PwC’s “Global Entertainment & Media Outlook 2021-2025″ report.It’s no surprise that COVID ravaged certain sectors of the business.

Pokémon GO has earned more than £3.6billion ($5billion USD) in revenue since originally launching in the summer of 2016.According to Store Intelligence data gathered by Sensor Tower, Niantic has generated £724,000 ($1billion USD) on average each year since the AR game launched.This also means that Pokémon GO is the global leader in the Geolocation AR category, picking up £549.4million ($641.6million USD) in the first half of 2021.“Pokémon GO generated record revenue from player spending in

Love Island viewers have been left in hysterics after an advert for a pubic hair trimmer starring none other than Aaron Francis has resurfaced.The 24 year old is currently looking for love on the hit ITV2 show, but has seemingly been on television before, promoting the trimmer, which is less-than-subtly named Balls.The advert has now been uploaded to social media platform TikTok, where he is seen relaying the positives of the trimmer.

Norway has implemented a new set of rules for social media influencers.

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Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentStreaming services, including Netflix, Amazon and Disney Plus, will soon have to invest between 20%-25% of their French revenues in French content under a new decree that was just unveiled by the French government following an 18-month process.The French decree is a stepping stone in the implementation of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMS), a legislation put forth by the European Commission to place streaming giants on an even playing field

Lily Moayeri The International Dance Music Summit has published its annual business report. This year’s edition focuses on the global impact of the pandemic on electronic dance music in 2020.

ViacomCBS has wrapped its upfront negotiations seeing “historic demand” that was solid across the board and benefitted from the conglom’s broad portfolio strategy.

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Facebook‘s attempts to implement “in-headset” ads in VR games has not gone down well.Blaston, the first game to sign up for the test, has reversed course after facing backlash from players.Just last week, Facebook, the owner of Oculus, said it would begin a test of in-headset ads.