Mediagazer: Nielsen: Golden Globes drew an average audience of just 6.9M people this year, compared to 18.3M in 2020 (Josef Adalian/Vulture)

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Jacob Lorinc / Toronto Star:

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Elaine Low / Variety:

Disney CEO says the company will let consumer behavior guide its decisions on theatrical windowing and that 50%+ of the Disney+ subscribers don't have kids — Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecommunications Conference on Monday, Walt Disney Company chief exec Bob Chapek said he's …

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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

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Sony says the PlayStation Store will stop offering movie and TV show purchases and rentals on Aug. 31, citing users' preference for video streaming services — As of Aug. 31, 2021, the PlayStation Store will stop offering movie and TV show purchases and rentals.

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Josef Adalian / Vulture:

Nielsen: Golden Globes drew an average audience of just 6.9M people this year, compared to 18.3M in 2020 — With few stars and even fewer blockbuster nominees, America pretty much ignored Sunday night's Golden Globes broadcast. Per Nielsen, an not-so-nice average audience …

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Tim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide:

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Sophia June / The Daily Beast:

How four alt-weeklies, Cleveland Scene, Seven Days, The Stranger, and The Austin Chronicle, have been surviving the pandemic after it crippled events revenue — ‘A WAY FORWARD’ — One year ago, the consensus was that alt-weeklies faced certain extinction amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Marc Tracy / New York Times:

Profile of Democracy, a 15-year-old quarterly with 500 subscribers that incubated many of Biden team's policy ideas, publishing essays by six Cabinet officials — Democracy, an unassuming policy journal with an office near the White House, is a place where members of the new administration …

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