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Roku reports record streaming growth in the fourth quarter and for the full year 2020, including double-digit increases in every category.
Pandemic facilitates nonprofit media boom, Dr. Soon-Shiong reaffirms commitment to LA Times and Hubspot shares customer experience trends.
iHeartMedia is buying Triton Digital for $230 million. The purchase will help secure the company’s reign as the top podcast publisher.
New Statesman grows digital subscriptions 75% in a year, NYT tests digital subscriptions for kids & SiriusXM gives 1M lifetime subscriptions in a settlement.
Disney’s direct-to-consumer subscriptions save the company’s first quarter of fiscal year 2021, with Disney+ soaring to 94.9M subscribers.
Sports Illustrated launches premium memberships, Ordslip & DoorDash partner for on-demand delivery and Spotify considers a la carte payments.
Substack welcomes newsletter competition, Word Press’s parent buys content analytics platform Parse.ly, and Comcast holds off on data caps.
Disney+ will launch ad-free bundle, Apple & Facebook trade barbs over business models, & Sports Illustrated will put up paywall for premium content.
HD Media sues Facebook & Google for ad dominance, AMC Theatres raises $917 million to keep going, and Vimeo is valued at over $5 billion.
In streaming audio platform Spotify’s fourth quarter financials, the company reported 155 million premium subscribers, a 24% increase.
