David Bloom

• Insights: Nano NoNos—Brands Target Unsophisticated New Influencers Without A Net
• Insights: Netflix Really Wants To Win Some Oscars, So It’s Changing Its Whole Strategy For Big Films And Filmmakers

  Netflix changes its day-and-date release approach for three Oscar contenders. The compromise, pushed by filmmakers Alfonso Cuaron and the Coen Brothers, could mark a less expensive way for Oscar campaigns in the future.

  
• Insights: AT&T Corporate Cleanup Of Streaming Sites Stamps Out The Interesting Stuff

  A string of small digital-video companies and services connected to WarnerMedia have shut down. Is that just new parent company AT&T cleaning up its org structure, or harbinger of a broader die-off in digital video?

  
• Insights: Should You Give Facebook Another Portal Into Your Life?

  Facebook launches its first hardware devices, the Portal and Portal Plus. But given all the privacy headaches and missteps the company has stumbled through over the past few years, do you really want to buy a new device that vacuums up even more information about you?

  
• Insights: Should Amazon Snap Up Struggling Snapchat?
• Insights: Streaming Giants Are Remaking Awards Season, Just Like Everything Else in Hollywood
• Insights: With Bigger Phones And Way Faster Networks, Are Creators And Companies Ready?
• Insights: How Influencers And Brands Can Avoid Follower Fraud
• Insights: Resetting The Game Biz—Microsoft, Amazon, Samsung and Fortnite Show Where We’re Going
• Insights: Amazon’s Brand Ambassadors Swear Everything’s A-OK
• Insights: Stage 13’s Emmy Nominee Alexis Denisof On Shakespeare, Shorts, ‘Bekka’, And ‘Buffy’
• Insights: In ‘Helping Helen Smash’, Laura Clery Finds A Massive Facebook Fanbase