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Where the Money Goes When You Stream a Song

Recorded music is growing again after a lost decade — but the path from your subscription fee to an artist's bank account is longer and stranger than most listeners imagine.

Amara Diallo · August 23, 2026
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Entertainment

The Box Office Didn't Die. It Moved.

Cinema attendance never fully returned to its 2019 peak — but the story isn't decline. It's a global reshuffling of who goes to the movies, where, and for what.

Amara Diallo · August 22, 2026
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The Streaming Wars Are Over. The Streaming Business Has Just Begun.

For a decade the question was who could add subscribers fastest. Now it's who can actually turn watching into profit — and the answers are reshaping what gets made.

Amara Diallo · August 21, 2026