Music Ally reports: “Beats and samples marketplaces can generate valuable income for the artists and producers selling their sounds online. The latest startup hoping to drive that business is Unisound, which launched this week. It’s an online marketplace for sound packs, beats and presets co-founded by producer, engineer and songwriter Gregorio Torres.”
Deadline reports: “Clue is set to get another crack at the remake treatment. Sony Pictures has landed the TV and film rights to the board game that was turned into the iconic 1985 movie starring Tim Curry. Sony Pictures Television and TriStar Pictures closed the competitive deal with Hasbro Entertainment, which has been shopping the rights about over the last few months following its split with eOne.”
GamesBeat reports: “Browser-based casual games platform Arkadium announced today that it is opening up for third-party game developers. It’s launching a new program called Arkadium for Developers, which allows developers to submit their browser-based titles to Arkadium for consideration. Arkadium offers developers whose games are selected to retain 75% of the revenue.”
Business Wire reports: “In a move poised to reshape the digital media landscape, media veterans Jarret Myer, Rich Antoniello, and will.i.am announce the formation of UPROXX Studios. This powerhouse independent company emerged from the strategic acquisition of Uproxx, HipHopDX, Dime Magazine, and other leading media assets from Warner Music Group (WMG).”
The Hollywood Reporter reports: “Wondery, Amazon‘s podcast studio and network, on Wednesday unveiled the launch of Wondery+, its curated podcast subscription service, in the U.K. It touted “exclusive podcast content, ad-free listening as well as early access to new episodes of popular shows.” All in all, the service promises subscribers “dozens of exclusive podcasts, early access to more than 50 shows, and over 45,000 episodes all ad-free.”
Digital Trends reports: “Not that Tubi was exactly lacking for anything to watch, but the free (as in ad-supported) streaming service just added a couple more reasons to keep you glued to your couch. The Fox-owned FAST service (that’s short for free ad-supported television) today announced a partnership with DAZN that brings a bevy of sports to platform.”
Radio Ink reports: “One month after consolidating its podcast division, Audacy is now doing the same with its sports content offerings under a new Audacy Sports banner. The new division is designed to consolidate and amplify the broadcaster’s over-the-air, digital, and podcast inventory. Audacy Sports will encompass the company’s 40 owned-and-operated all-sports stations, 160 sports streaming channels on the Audacy app, and its top-ranked sports podcast network with over 600 titles and live events.”
Broadband TV News reports: “Amazon’s big budget TV series Fallout is taking 30% of viewing in most major markets and is seeing 91 million hours of viewing across 102 million views.According to PlumResearch, the videogame adaptation has premiered to weekly views of 53 million and over 47 million hours viewed in the United States.”
Music Ally reports: “Messaging platform Discord’s roots remain in the gaming industry, but an ever-growing number of music artists are using it too. That should make The Verge’s interview with Discord CEO Jason Citron worth a read, even though he doesn’t talk about music specifically.”
GamesBeat reports: “Infinite Reality, a creator of virtual, AI-powered immersive experiences, signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Drone Racing League for $250 million. The acquisition bolsters Infinite Reality‘s capabilities and IP, and boosts its valuation to $3.5 billion, up from $3 billion earlier this month.”
