Awards
Awards season is rewriting its own rulebook
Eligibility windows, streaming counts and a very public argument about what a release even is.
Topic
Streaming
Television
Streaming's quiet shift back to weekly episodes
Bingeing was never the business model. It was the land grab.
Music
The tour that sold out in nine minutes, explained
Dynamic pricing met a fanbase that does arithmetic, in public, with spreadsheets.
Music
Award nominations became a streaming metric
The nomination is no longer the prize. It is the campaign asset, and the campaign starts eleven months out.
Football
The post-tournament hangover clubs finally planned for
A congested summer used to cost a season. Sports science departments spent four years making sure it costs six weeks.