FTC cancellation inquiry reaches the streaming bundle
The click-to-cancel standard was written for gyms. Applied to bundled streaming it becomes a product question, not a legal one.
Joe Bel Bruno
Senate Commerce puts training data on the record
A hearing date forces publishers to say in public what they have only said in licensing negotiations.
Decoding Wall Street's content arms race.
The Apollo Global Management CEO has spent five years rebuilding the firm around a single conviction: that the most valuable thing in finance is not a leveraged bet but the ability to manufacture investment-grade paper nobody else can manufacture, and then place it with insurance money that needs somewhere
Warner Bros Discovery separation timeline lands earlier than modeled
The 8-K puts the split inside the current fiscal year, ahead of most sell-side assumptions.
Substack's $1.1B mark tests the creator-platform comp set
A $45M round at that valuation reprices every private newsletter and creator-tooling business behind it.
Warner Bros Discovery files 8-K on studio separation timeline
Copyright Office opens comment window on training-data disclosure
Streamers Face a New Cancellation Reckoning
Bundled subscriptions turned cancellation from a consumer nuisance into a test of how streaming platforms design retention—and where regulators draw the line.
Tracking platforms, distribution and the fight for attention.
YouTube shifts creator revenue into a per-view pool.
Spotify Q2 gross margin widens to 31.5% on audiobook mix
Audiobooks are beginning to change the economics of Spotify’s platform—and its relationship with publishers.
Patreon reports median creator earnings up 12% year over year
