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News Trend covers music, TV and streaming, gaming and internet culture, with the industry data behind each trend, checked before we publish.
MusicExplainer
In June 2026 the U.S. Copyright Office closed its first five-year review by continuing the MLC and DLC designations, with five recommendations for the MLC.
Sud takes over on January 1, 2027, when Witz steps down after nearly six years as chief executive. Her contract runs to 2029 with a $2.6 million salary.
The streaming and film company added about 335,000 net members in the third quarter as revenue rose 107.7% to $159.0 million, helped by Young Washington.
Published in the Federal Register on November 12, the repeal swaps the 39% limit for case-by-case review. Pay-TV firms and public interest groups opposed it.
GamingExplainer
In May 2025 an appeals court upheld the refusal to halt the $68.7 billion deal, and the FTC then dismissed its own case, closing the U.S. challenge.
Reported revenue more than doubled to $33.1 million, but most of that jump came from deferred revenue. ARK made up 91.5% of the publisher's revenue.
The influencer marketing firm booked $7.0 million of new campaign work, and three clients brought in about 69% of its revenue, by our count.
Internet CultureExplainer
In August 2024 the European Commission closed a DSA case for the first time, making binding TikTok's pledge to pull TikTok Lite's rewards scheme from the EU.
Subscriptions fell to 42% of the factual streamer's revenue from 51% a year earlier, as licensing revenue rose 35% and total revenue 13% to $20.7 million.
Trend DataExplainer
NTIA's Internet Use Survey found 49.5% of U.S. households subscribed to cable or satellite TV in November 2023, down from 72.8% in 2017, with data back to 2015.
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