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Spotify gets visual in a new TV Tokyo show about podcasting

National / Media | Japan Pulse Jun 19, 2021

Spotify gets visual in a new TV Tokyo show about podcasting

by Patrick St. Michel

Spotify dips its toe into broadcast television with a new show that will either be a boon for podcasts or chain restaurants.

Tokyo Olympics may be most profitable ever despite pandemic, NBC says

Business / Corporate Jun 15, 2021

Tokyo Olympics may be most profitable ever despite pandemic, NBC says

by Gerry Smith

Though TV viewership has declined during recent games, NBC still makes money — reaping $250 million from the 2016 Olympics in Rio.

Kim Jong Un calls K-pop a ‘vicious cancer’ in the new culture war

Asia Pacific Jun 14, 2021

Kim Jong Un calls K-pop a ‘vicious cancer’ in the new culture war

by Choe Sang-Hun

K-pop's growing influence has drawn the leader's ire. But even a dictator may have trouble holding back the tide.

'Boys' Love' dramas dance around China's LGBTQ censors

Asia Pacific / Social Issues Jun 7, 2021

'Boys' Love' dramas dance around China's LGBTQ censors

The boom in homoerotic dramas is mostly fueled by demand from straight women and their growing interest in a more delicate form of masculinity.

32 Japanese bureaucrats punished over wining-and-dining scandal

National Jun 5, 2021

32 Japanese bureaucrats punished over wining-and-dining scandal

Of the 32 officials, nine have been subjected to disciplinary action, including five who were given pay cuts. Another 23 have been reprimanded.

Amazon boosts streaming ambitions with deal for MGM studios

Business May 27, 2021

Amazon boosts streaming ambitions with deal for MGM studios

The deal bolsters Amazon Prime Video with some 4,000 films — including the James Bond franchise — and 17,000 television shows.

70% of broadcasters in Japan have no female executives, survey finds

Business / Corporate May 25, 2021

70% of broadcasters in Japan have no female executives, survey finds

Of the total of 1,797 executives at 127 commercial broadcasters, only 2.2%, or 40, were female, the results showed.

Bureaucrats wined and dined 54 times on Tohokushinsha's tab

National / Politics May 25, 2021

Bureaucrats wined and dined 54 times on Tohokushinsha's tab

A panel set up by the company concludes that although the affair may look like dinners for favors, executives just lacked awareness of the importance of obeying the law.

Actor Masakazu Tamura, star on TV and in film over 60-year career, dies at 77

Film May 19, 2021

Actor Masakazu Tamura, star on TV and in film over 60-year career, dies at 77

Tamura's relatives held a funeral for the actor, a Kyoto native born into a showbusiness family, following his death on April 3, they said.

AT&T-Discovery deal highlights media's thirst to be like Netflix

Business | ANALYSIS May 18, 2021

AT&T-Discovery deal highlights media's thirst to be like Netflix

by Helen Coster

Discovery brings a global footprint with its pan-European television sports network Eurosport, as well as a portfolio of broadcast channels across Europe.

AT&T prepares to merge media assets with Discovery in major strategy shift

Business / Corporate May 17, 2021

AT&T prepares to merge media assets with Discovery in major strategy shift

by Ed Hammond

The move, to combine Discovery’s reality-TV empire with AT&T’s vast media holdings, would be a surprise reversal and position the new firm to take on Netflix and Walt Disney.

Netflix gets ‘Spider-Man’ and ‘Jumanji’ franchises in multiyear Sony deal

Business / Corporate Apr 9, 2021

Netflix gets ‘Spider-Man’ and ‘Jumanji’ franchises in multiyear Sony deal

by Lucas Shaw

Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, though previous reports suggest Sony was seeking as much as $250 million a year.

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