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It’s the surprise comeback of the century – decades after vinyl LPs declined in popularity they are now on the rise again. In the last year, vinyl LP sales have increased by 49% from the previous year – to the tune of 8 million LPs. Indie rock fans and other niche music [...]Read more

Netflix recently inked its first major deal with a U.S. pay-TV operator. Dish Network Corp and Netflix Inc. are joining together in order to bring the Netflix app to Dish subscribers. The latest set-top boxes will include the streaming television app, but the offer won’t be [...]Read more

For many web users, swinging by YouTube and Vevo to watch the latest viral videos is part of their daily habit. Will consumers pay? Viewing free videos is a mainstay of Internet culture – but the new company Vessel is hoping that consumers will want to pay for the privilege. [...]Read more

Starting in 2015, NBCUniversal will initiate plans to launch a live stream version of its broadcast network. It’s an effort to make their content watchable on computers and mobile devices to cater to younger viewers, who are more likely to look to alternative sources of television. Read more

Netflix Inc. and other streaming-video providers are in approximately 40% of American homes, but up until now very little is known about the viewing habits of those subscribers. That’s all about to change as the Nielsen company begins to measure subscription online video [...]Read more

Your favorite web store may now (or soon) be down the street – at least if it follows in the footsteps of Warby Parker. The hipster chic eyeglass web store has kept prices low by avoiding storefronts. But now that the business is doing well, it is expanding its footprint to [...]Read more

Although details so far are fairly murky, Google has announced plans to sell wireless service directly to consumers. The company has signed a deal with Spring Corp and T-Mobile US, but didn’t offer clarification on how widely it plans to offer the service, how much it will cost [...]Read more

Smartphones have come to replace so many aspects of modern life, and now your wallet may be one of them. For years, tech companies have aimed to create a secure method that consumers can use to pay for items with their smartphones. Ultimately, those attempts have been [...]Read more

Fundamental change was the name of the game at the close of quarter announcements for McDonald’s Corp. Plagued by years of problems in several aspects of its business, corporate management has vowed to overhaul several aspects of the business in order to increase net income. [...]Read more

When your market of billions of buyers lives on pennies a day, you need to create products that fit their budget – but don’t break down too quickly. For years, multinational companies avoided selling to lower-end consumers because they assumed there was no potential for [...]Read more