MoviePass revolutionized the movie-theater business, which now embraces movie-ticket subscriptions. In the process, the company imploded.
Why MoviePass really failed
An industry-shaking idea, and a company that flew directly into the sun
MoviePass Works. Why Is Hollywood So ‘Meh’?
“If we’re doubling the frequency of the customers who’ve been abandoning you, you’d think they’d cut us in on some of your increased profits.”
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Popcorn Time is giving away Hollywood’s most valuable content for free, and making that piracy easier than ever.
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The Day the Music Burned (Published 2019)
It was the biggest disaster in the history of the music business — and almost nobody knew. This is the story of the 2008 Universal fire.
The making of Amazon Prime, the internet’s most successful and devastating membership program
An oral history of the subscription service that changed online shopping forever.
Fans overcharged by $1.72 each by 'monopoly' Ticketmaster-owner Live Nation
The lawsuit said the firm's practices had led to higher ticket prices and worse service for customers.
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How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game and Stole Millions
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12 states file lawsuit to block $110 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. merger
Twelve state attorneys general filed a lawsuit challenging Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. NBC News' Allie Canal breaks down how the lawsuit says consumers could be impacted and what it could mean for Paramount.
Between Conversion and Repentance: Christian Wiman on the Uses of Fiction
I. The mansion in Hollywood had a vast ballroom that was empty except for a thick rope that hung from the thirty-foot-high ceiling to the floor. The owner was a director, famous in that famished an…
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