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Showbiz Sandbox 599: The Grammy Awards Have A Timing Problem
The nominees for the 65th Annual Grammy Awards were announced this week and as expected Beyonc, Kendrick Lamar, Adele and Harry Styles will all be competing for top awards. Yet some of the years big
Showbiz Sandbox 598: Streaming Growth Goes International
Its no secret that streaming services have been affecting every part of the entertainment business in one way or another, from movies and television to music sales and book publishing. After the late
Showbiz Sandbox 597: Audiobooks Are Changing Our Reading Habits
Audiobooks have slowly gained enough market share in the publishing industry that the medium now rivals print and ebooks in terms of sales and consumption. How audiobooks are changing the way we read
Showbiz Sandbox 596: The Compact Disc Turns 40 Years Old
Its hard to believe that the compact disc format was first launched forty years ago this week. Billboard has a great oral history about the launch of the CD format and how it initially faced stiff re
Showbiz Sandbox 595: Vinyl Sales and Payola on the Rise in Music Industry
With mid-year music revenue figures finally tallied it appears the growth of streaming music has begun to slow as vinyl sales has increase. Also on the rise are reports of payola as indie music artist
Showbiz Sandbox 594: Fall Film Festivals Set The Stage For Awards Season
The annual film festivals in Venice, Telluride and Toronto overlap not only in their timing but often in their official selections and this year was no exception. As usual, titles that begin their fes
Showbiz Sandbox 593: This Year’s Emmy Awards Turns Into A Rerun
The 74th Annual Prime Time Emmy Awards were held this week and they managed to honor most of the winners from last years ceremony. The same shows, and at times the same actors, continue to top most o
Showbiz Sandbox 592: Why Is HBO Max Dumping Content?
At a time when streaming services are hoarding content in an attempt to attract subscribers and capture market share, Warner Bros. Discovery has taken the opposite approach with HBO Max; they are remo
Showbiz Sandbox 591: Live Sports Becomes the Costliest Battle of the Streaming Wars
There is no better evidence that the streaming wars are still in full swing than the news that streaming services are accounting for more viewing than cable television for the first time in history. A
Showbiz Sandbox 590: New Warner Bros. Discovery Strategy Is A Little Batty
The newly merged Warner Bros. Discovery held its first earnings call last week making so many headlines it was all anyone in the entertainment industry could talk about. The company has a ton of debt,