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Mediamorphis @mediamorphis.bsky.social · 19d

"This is the “Hungarian model” on speed.Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s authoritarian leader, spent a decade asserting increasing control over that nation’s media.

The Trump administration is poised to accomplish the same in less than a year – and at greater scale."

theconversation.com/a-paramount-...

A Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger could give Trump even more influence over US media – shaping the news and culture Americans watch and stream

The proposed Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery merger would concentrate oversight of two prominent newsrooms – CNN and CBS – under one owner with strong ties to Donald Trump.

theconversation.com

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Peabody Awards @peabodyawards.bsky.social · Aug 30

💬 How do you think art can reveal the absurdities of everyday systems? Thankfully on 'We Disrupt This Broadcast,' we have Julio Torres to share his insights, along with @adewaard.bsky.social to contextualize the cultural cost of art.

Full podcast episode out now! peabodyawards.com/stories/podc...

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Peabody Awards @peabodyawards.bsky.social · Sep 3

💡 Author @adewaard.bsky.social joins We Disrupt This Broadcast to explore why disrupting the financialization of media is essential for empowering creative workers. 💥

💬 How do you think capitalism shapes the art and media we consume? Share your thoughts: open.spotify.com/episode/4G0b...

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Peabody Awards @peabodyawards.bsky.social · Aug 30

💬 How do you think art can reveal the absurdities of everyday systems? Thankfully on 'We Disrupt This Broadcast,' we have Julio Torres to share his insights, along with @adewaard.bsky.social to contextualize the cultural cost of art.

Full podcast episode out now! peabodyawards.com/stories/podc...

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Andrew deWaard @adewaard.bsky.social · Aug 15

It was an absolute honour to talk with the @peabodyawards.bsky.social, an organization I love. Come for Julio Torres talking about Dogville and RTS games and little consumers and his incredible show Fantasmas; stay for me ranting about capitalism and David Zaslav and derivative media.

Peabody Awards @peabodyawards.bsky.social · Aug 14

🚨 #NewEpisodeAlert!🚨

Julio Torres, 2x #PeabodyWinner & the creative genius behind #LosEspookys and #Fantasmas, joins us on We Disrupt This Broadcast! 🎙️ PLUS expert insight from Professor @adewaard.bsky.social, author of Derivative Media: How Wall Street Devours Culture.

➡️ pod.link/1685960595/e...

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Peabody Awards @peabodyawards.bsky.social · Aug 13

Plus, joining us is @adewaard.bsky.social, author of 'Derivative Media: How Wall Street Devours Culture,' who will dive into the cultural costs and implications of "financialization."

Don’t miss out on this thought-provoking conversation and follow our podcast!
➡️ peabodyawards.com/podcast

We Disrupt This Broadcast - The Peabody Awards

Drawing from the interviews conducted during the Peabody Awards ceremony, special events, and other conversations with honorees, “Stories that Matter: The Peabody Awards Podcast” is a series created a...

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Peabody Awards @peabodyawards.bsky.social · Aug 13

🚨 TOMORROW –– #newepisodealert🚨

Get ready for an exciting new podcast episode of #WeDisruptThisBroadcast! We’re thrilled to welcome the brilliantly creative Julio Torres as our featured guest. 🙌

#Fantasmas #PeabodyWinner #StoriesThatMatter 👇

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Andrei Zanescu @andreizanescu.bsky.social · Aug 7

Diving back into media industries work this month and I’m absolutely blown away by @adewaard.bsky.social’s Derivative Media (2024).

His 2020 piece has been on my mind for years and the book is bigger, better and bolder.

If you’re a media industries, cultural studies or coms reader, check it out!

Andrew deWaard @adewaard.bsky.social · Sep 3

DERIVATIVE MEDIA is out today with
@ucpress.bsky.social ! It's the first in-depth book on how Wall Street is harming film, television, and popular music. It's available in print or for free as an ebook. Please share!

www.ucpress.edu/books/derivative-media

bookshop.org/p/books/deri...

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Brian Fauteux @brianfauteux.bsky.social · Jul 24

I recently spoke about Music In Orbit with @corybarker.bsky.social for the New Books Network podcast. We talked about the turn to subscription listening, Liberty Media's growing power in the media industries, and music programming in the streaming era. Listen here

newbooksnetwork.com/music-in-orbit

Brian Fauteux, "Music in Orbit: Satellite Radio in the Streaming Space Age" (Univ of California Press, 2025) - New Books Network

newbooksnetwork.com

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Andrew deWaard @adewaard.bsky.social · Jun 3

Betty (skatepark), Shoresy (hockey rink), Baskets (rodeo), Slings & Arrows (theater), Always Sunny (bar), Frank's Place (restaurant), Detroiters (workplace but plenty bar/Detroit/community), Lodge 49, Jackass (do semi-public settingS count?), Letterkenny? Reservation Dogs? Muppet Show?

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Andrew deWaard @adewaard.bsky.social · May 6

this is happening in a few hours!

Andrew deWaard @adewaard.bsky.social · Apr 28

I’m very excited to give a book talk for Derivative Media at San Diego Central Library on May 6 at 6:30pm. Registration encouraged. Refreshments served!

sandiego.librarymarket.com/event/deriva...

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Andrew deWaard @adewaard.bsky.social · Apr 28

Thanks to @carlzoilus.bsky.social @eweisbard.bsky.social @alyxvesey.bsky.social & @erazlogo.bsky.social for this great chat with me, @lizpelly.bsky.social & @brianfauteux.bsky.social
-- video now available:

youtu.be/9_Q68lIQ00k?...

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Andrew deWaard @adewaard.bsky.social · Apr 28

I’m very excited to give a book talk for Derivative Media at San Diego Central Library on May 6 at 6:30pm. Registration encouraged. Refreshments served!

sandiego.librarymarket.com/event/deriva...

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Brian Fauteux @brianfauteux.bsky.social · Mar 29

Last week, @adewaard.bsky.social visited the Department of Music at the University of Alberta to talk about his new book, Derivative Media, for the Questions About Music colloquium series. The conversation can still be watched here: www.youtube.com/live/gFwh9Nz...

How Wall Street Devours Music | Andrew deWaard

YouTube video by Questions About Music at the University of Alberta

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Andrew deWaard @adewaard.bsky.social · Apr 1

Thanks Dan! 🙏

Dan Hassler-Forest @danhf.bsky.social · Mar 30

I’m currently reading @adewaard.bsky.social’s brilliant book DERIVATIVE MEDIA and even to me as a media studies guy focused on political economy, it’s genuinely unsettling to read how far the financialization of our world has already gone, and how devastating it is to the creative industries.

BlackJew 🏳️‍⚧️ @blackjew.bsky.social · Mar 30

Bring out the meme

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Andrew deWaard @adewaard.bsky.social · Mar 22

extremely excited for this event with @annakornbluh.bsky.social in chicago. maybe some folks from #SCMS will still be in town?

Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · Mar 22

chicago! how do Hollywood's financial instruments shape its aesthetic output? join InterCcECT monday 7 april for a session on the fab new book Derivative Media, with special guest Professor Andrew deWaard!

interccect.com/2025/03/22/a...

asset managerial aesthetics

How do the financial instruments deployed in Hollywood shape its aesthetic output? A new book tracking the financialization of culture industries offers a comprehensive theory of the derivative for…

interccect.com

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Andrew deWaard @adewaard.bsky.social · Mar 21

I had a great chat with Liz and Brian about the music industry, check out the video here. Thanks PMBIP!

Alyx Vesey @alyxvesey.bsky.social · Mar 20

In case you missed it, here’s the latest PMBIP. @adewaard.bsky.social @brianfauteux.bsky.social and @lizpelly.bsky.social get into satellite radio, Spotify, and derivative media. I particularly appreciate Andrew's appeal for regulation at the end. Check it out!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_Q6...

Liz Pelly, Andrew deWaard, and Brian Fauteux on the streaming music industries, PMBiP, 3/18/2025

YouTube video by Eric Weisbard

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Carl Wilson @carlzoilus.bsky.social · Mar 18

The Popular Music Books series returns today (Tues), 5 pm ET, w/ a round on 21st-c music economics: Liz Pelly's streaming crit Mood Machine; Andrew deWaard's finance salvo Derivative Media; & Brian Fauteux's satellite investigation, Music in Orbit. To join: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Musi...

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Brian Fauteux @brianfauteux.bsky.social · Mar 14

Popular Music Books in Process Series / Tues March 18 5pm ET / Liz Pelly, Andrew deWaard, and Brian Fauteux

"Spotify, Satellites, and C-Suites: Three Presentations on the Streaming Music Industries"

To join listerv or contact organizers for zoom link: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Musi...

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Brian Fauteux @brianfauteux.bsky.social · Mar 11

MUSIC IN ORBIT: SATELLITE RADIO IN THE STREAMING SPACE AGE is *officially* out today with
@ucpress.bsky.social.

Available in a number of formats and you can now get 30% off with the promo code: UCPSAVE30

www.ucpress.edu/books/music-...

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Andrew deWaard @adewaard.bsky.social · Feb 17

honoured to have my book reviewed alongside the excellent "Immediacy" by @annakornbluh.bsky.social in @publicbooks.bsky.social. thank you @ryanboyd.bsky.social

Public Books @publicbooks.bsky.social · Feb 11

New at PB, @ryanboyd.bsky.social reviews @adewaard.bsky.social's “Derivative Media” (@ucpress.bsky.social) & Anna Kornbluh’s “Immediacy” (@versobooks.bsky.social), which interrogate the decay of narrative art, namely their general turn toward a slop of sequels, prequels, & reboots.

Money for Nothing: Finance and the End of Culture

Art continues to get made—that’s what human beings do—but capital devours it.

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Brian Fauteux @brianfauteux.bsky.social · Jan 20

I'm quoted in this (very thorough!) article on Canadian content and streaming platforms, arguing that major streaming companies should absolutely pay into Canadian content development and that the ad campaigns by the Digital Media Association are incredibly misleading.

Major Music Streaming Companies Push Back Against Canadian Content Payments: Inside Canada's 'Streaming Tax' Battle

Spotify, Apple, Amazon and others are challenging the CRTC's mandated fee payments to Canadian content funds like FACTOR and the Indigenous Music Office, both in courts and in the court of public opin...

ca.billboard.com

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Andrew deWaard @adewaard.bsky.social · Jan 13

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Andrew deWaard @adewaard.bsky.social · Jan 13

Thank you to @deanvannguyen.bsky.social for this generous review of Derivative Media in Jacobin!

Read it here: jacobin.com/2024/12/capi...

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Andrew deWaard @adewaard.bsky.social · Jan 6

Sergi & Rydstrom, The Endless End of Cinema: A History of Crisis and Survival in Hollywood?

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