entertainment

Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousands of years specifically for the purpose of keeping an audience's attention.

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Amazon Leans on Perks as Walmart Pushes Value in Bid to Boost Membership
Amazon Leans on Perks as Walmart Pushes Value in Bid to Boost Membership
November 02, 2022  |  Retail

Leveraging the deep engagement of streaming entertainment to make their core commerce platforms stickier, Amazon Prime and Walmart+ are taking different routes to the same...

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Studios Line up for Piece of Ad-Supported Netflix
Studios Line up for Piece of Ad-Supported Netflix
November 02, 2022  |  Streaming

As Netflix prepares to launch the ad-supported version of its services, Hollywood studios have begun negotiating with the company for more revenue for the right...

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Google Will Pay YouTube Creators in Bid to Crash TikTok’s Party 
Google Will Pay YouTube Creators in Bid to Crash TikTok’s Party 
October 26, 2022  |  Google

Calling it “a big deal” for creators, Google parent Alphabet said Tuesday it will pay top creative talent to post videos on its new YouTube...

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NHL Aims for International Subscribers With Refreshed Subscription Plan
NHL Aims for International Subscribers With Refreshed Subscription Plan
October 24, 2022  |  Subscriptions

With consumers increasingly viewing sports games across a wide range of channels, leagues have the opportunity to grow their audiences in more ways than ever...

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Apple Hikes Music, TV Prices for First Time
Apple Hikes Music, TV Prices for First Time
October 24, 2022  |  Apple

For the first time, Apple is raising the prices of its Apple Music and Apple TV+ subscription services in response to rising licensing costs and...

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Netflix Surges 25% on Earnings and Leads CE 100’s 5% Weekly Gain
Netflix Surges 25% on Earnings and Leads CE 100’s 5% Weekly Gain
October 24, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Earnings are trickling in as October moves into its last few trading sessions.  And so far, we’re getting a look at some of the pockets...

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Sightline, J.P. Morgan Partner to Expand Gaming Payments Platform
Sightline, J.P. Morgan Partner to Expand Gaming Payments Platform
October 20, 2022  |  Investments

Gaming payments platform Sightline Payments has secured a strategic investment from J.P. Morgan Payments and said the firms will work together to develop an integrated...

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Netflix 5.0 to Measure Revenue, Not Subscribers
Netflix 5.0 to Measure Revenue, Not Subscribers
October 19, 2022  |  Streaming

It may have taken 25 years and at least five distinct cycles of evolution to get here, but “Netflix 5.0” if you will, is setting...

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Hasbro Sees Increasing Consumer Price Sensitivity and Reliance on Promotion
Hasbro Sees Increasing Consumer Price Sensitivity and Reliance on Promotion
October 18, 2022  |  Retail

For a business that’s been selling toys and games for 99 years, Rhode Island-based Hasbro — which now calls itself a “branded entertainment” company — is...

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