US recorded music revenue grew 3.1% YoY in 2025 to a record $11.54B; streaming grew 3% YoY to $9.75B, including $6.38B from paid subscriptions, up 5.8%

https://lemmy.world/post/44406012

FIFA and YouTube partner for the 2026 World Cup; media partners will be able to stream the first 10 minutes of every match and select full matches on YouTube

https://lemmy.world/post/44405987

Canadian billionaire Stephen Smith agrees to buy the entire 26.9% stake in The Economist Group held by Lynn Forester de Rothschild, sources say for ~$346M

https://lemmy.world/post/44405815

Vurt, a mobile-first vertical streaming platform designed for indie filmmakers to upload their micro series or feature films, launches with 100 episodes

https://lemmy.world/post/44405763

Amid his $10B lawsuit against the BBC, Trump accuses the broadcaster of using AI to tamper with his January 6 speech and criticizes its coverage of the war on Iran

https://lemmy.world/post/44405709

A federal judge orders Voice of America employees reinstated by March 23, putting hundreds of people who have been on administrative leave back to work

https://lemmy.world/post/44405603

Over 2 years, search traffic fell by 60% for small publishers with 1K-10K daily page views, 47% for medium-sized publishers, and 22% for large ones

https://lemmy.world/post/44405551

“people will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.” https://library.hrmtc.com/2026/03/17/people-will-come-to-love-their-oppression-to-adore-the-technologies-that-undo-their-capacities-to-think/ #adore #aldousHuxley #book #capacities #CommunicationMediaStudies #love #MassMedia #MassMediaInfluence #MassMediaUnitedStates #Massenmedien #MeDiasETatsUnis #MeDiasInfluence #MoviesTV #music #neilPostman #OFfentlicheMeinung #oppression #people #PerformingArts #PerformingArtsTelevisionHistoryCriticism #PoliticalSciencePoliticalProcessMediaInternet #politics #quote #SocialScience #SocialScienceMediaStudies #SociologyReference #technologies #think #TVHistoryCriticism #undo #unitedStates #USA #willComeTo

JD.com launches its online marketplace Joybuy in the UK, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, as it expands globally to challenge Amazon

https://lemmy.world/post/44360454

Job ads show Southeast Asian scam hubs are recruiting humans to make deepfake video calls to facilitate crypto and romance scams

https://lemmy.world/post/44360438